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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17
A Christmas Gathering.

Al
AHo Shristilas Time mas como agalh' luz
~, H'o'iSoii'e 'nrl'iila' tlne'
INC eNergreshs are neFried bright, the Doosl'
are "ilite WIN riihe'
Hioi'i every steeple lar ana near 'lie JOY -0'is
pealng ring
4ne voice OIL man IS good VIII % man sli"A7
warm glow the lights 10y cottase-hear'h' ~
ior'ily mans on7 h'sh'
anu many tale OF love Is toll neath frosty
starlit sky,
AS meiri.y the sleigh bells ring aud siVefy
=, laughter sweet
Dieip'' F" 'h the crunehinS ot the sno" pc
iieie' s'ralhs 9 J'yous music come from yol
oer crowded hail'
q ho sounds or m.rth and twinklng feet pro
cam the Coris mas BALI
anu g'o"ihS ch'eN9 anI cleaning gems ana
r.. - y '''si - e' ''G mere
Aoiie' u iiihnoo > chliuhoods grace ana
Ahe ii'SV g o. hangs COY aloit Its polished
-, neou' oi "hite
-''A0' ",'l tue la'lfei ana the bay ana scar
NC ~ oeirle5 prisho
- e''s'e'ii''B nol'y' whist the ye" peeps
~. eio''' u. IRON oGDea'h
'i0 s''"iis ii'.'9S' 'Hlu over al Is " llleu the
Tho 1it,. ,,
AH0 iu''e TN yedi-olu cavalier assumes q
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17

y Fort keosh (lontana) cores
pondent Of the Philadelphia Times says
That thousands Of ontclopes have APP
pe'red IN That vicinity tins season. Inc
writer adds; To huat the antelope sue
ce'Slu.ly requ res more than ordinary
sAlIl Wlth the exception OF mountain
sheep antelope are the most diihcult
game animals to approach on TINS contl-
Hcnt. ! Dear Wl'' stand up ana ac'uaAy
Sex hsh'i oulIaio oul VIII run Nv
hi,t' but once wounded asIanu-uP nSn'
TO the pittcr emu IS the pfooaoie OUT
comes an Elk can be aPPFo"chou anu
s'uh without exercising eA'r'oiu'""'y
Pre'au'I'ns' ana oscr Is soi'ie'i'n'S 10
dangerous ana ue"lScrcnt us d niouu-
'' III 'lo"' oH 'l' o'i'e, ii''i,'' ''o ""'
rope u'''' '"s'' anu "'' '''0 ','.'o ~ 0',''
upon il's IT, lor surety "' y = i'', =
say 'u'' '"ey arc 'ng N'e''''' "s ''''S
are me most GRACEFUL ol qu'''ul'''S'
lNeFe y no lun III store ior 'n' s'oo"
norm VINO attempts 10 "ul' LUIS ""''''',
"iIhout Understanding - ""'s ""'
haO''s' A"y0ouy can lu'' ANU N',i t,s
o'9oH' o7''' ANU i''"! ~ '"' ''
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17
III MOROIS.


A tue is the only thing that has its
''"' osAi'''
butter is now protected" but the
cows stiLl Kick.
me darkest hour is when you can't
ma the matches
Phy-ic beats the faith cure, because il
has the inside track.
The advent of cyclone is ALWAYS 81
sad blow to tile community
If Won want to fod ..,, l
man is, let him ton if himself
u,n ;.
orioion ~ i.l '''''' gums ,o"nu Is an
: '''''' case
tho -. '''''' ' ''S S''0''loh--
"A restaurant keeper can make both
'"''' meet ny serving calis head and
= ''"' soup
'''.'''''i''S mothers seerete the erring
~ ~ '''r 'Ae iather will hide him
"'''" ne comes home.
This is the only country in the world
where the mon elec Nd her ra'ors evccnt
''e" wives by ballot.
You would not perhaps expect it, but
1t IS fact, that well water will some
times make nponIo sick
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17
On the Framing Of Pictures.

The framing of cngrayings i, matter
of great nicely Firstly the margin
should be cut to suit the size Of the pic
ture. A vast meadow" Of white is
offensive to good taste, and tends to
dwarf the engraving portion. The fash
ion of ebony frames with a beading Of
gilt is bold and harsh and fuaerealin as
pect where the engraving or etching is
large. The simple square-edged frame
of oak unvarnished, with "a slight inner
rabbit of gold, is about the best and
most suitable; but here again the tone
of the wall must be considered. But
whatever the color or character Of the
frame for the engraving or etching, II
must not be elaborate. ART JouraaL
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17

According to Treasurer Morgan Of the
SaImagundi Club, the missing link has
been discovered in the Philadelphia Zoo.
1t is a monkey that can reason, talk and
sing. To be sure, her store of language
is not very copious or fluent in its eX-
preston, but NJ Morgan AYERS that it
possesses certain articulate and familiar
sounds She displays her comprehension
of facts by all manner of leats similar to
those that have endearcd Muster Grow
ley to the habitues of Central Park, but
she far discounts that simian star, says
her panegyrist, in the fertility OF her
resources and the lingual proficiency that
has made her famous. | wonder i TINS
gifted troglodyte is not akin to the elo-
quent ape | once visited in fanciers
shop in Cherry street. This tradesman
was in the habit of buying birds anu
beasts from the the ships along the docNs'
and this establishment was great sup
ply-place for the organ grinding iratef-
nifty. Some E4st India skipper sold nun
a bowling monkey Of the female SEX
which melodious beast soon acquired
local reputation as a songstres'' ii't
fame came to me as the Jenny Lima o.
her race, so went to see her ana sn9
howled me nearly deaf at the eommanp
of her master. Then she took dLlnA
OF ale, swallowed half paper oil nue.
cut tobacco ana went to sleep o9
uupy sack. -Nen I2rf Aers
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MISE2 JOHNS SHADOW.
A HOLIDAY STORY.


"pll foreclose on him, of course i wiiif7
he softly chuckled as he rubbed his
hands together. 81 lent him the money
and he can't pay it back, and why
shouldn't take his house and lot2 Pn
take walk up that way. They needn't
call me an Old miser and say Pm hard
hearted. It's a straight matter of bust
ness. lend money on a mortgage; if
the money isn't repaid Pm entitled to
the security. That's straight business
the world over"
1t was cold John White" as every
man, woman and child in the town called
him. When they didn't refer to him BY
that name it was to speak of him as
Miser john" "Stingy White" or
"Mean John. Men had tried to recall
one kind or liberal act on his part, but
in vain. Women had sought to find ex-
cuses for his seishness and avarice, but
it was hard thing to DO. If he had
ever been married if wife or child had
shared his lot no one could remember
it. He hyed alone-sclfsh, penurious
and friendless. No man entered his gate
unless in financial distress and driven to
put himself in the nav Of the shark. No
child ever halted an instant in front Of
the grim, tumbed- down building Miscr
John called home.
1t was almost Christmas time. The
winter winds were like the teeth Of
wolves, and now and then the light snow
was caught up and whirled over street
and housetop in a spiteful way. The
rich shivered as they stepped from their
doors; the poor suffered even as they re
mained within.
Miscr John left his cherries home fol-
a walk of a mile, and as the winds took
hold of him he fairly gasped for breath.
His garments were old and thin and
worn, but he had planned that they
must do him for the winter.
'It isn't so very cold, " he said to him
self as he hurried along "All this talk
about the poor suffering 50 much is non
sense, Let 'em move around and keer
their blood circulating and they win be
warm enough"
He held a mortgage on the little homc
of Clark, the mechanic. Death had en-
tered the mans family-sickness had
come-a great factory had shut down
and left scores of men without work o
wages. There was interest due as vel
as principal, and the day had come wheI
the law would permit Mser John to com
mence proceedings Of foreclosure. II,
was not the man to delay an hour Th'
misfortunes of others were nothing tc
him. If he owed debt he had to pay
it; if Others owed him it would 90 hare
but what he would have the amount.
"rll just pass the house--softly pas
by it." he whispered as he came near il
"Ihere ought to be half an acre o
| ground there, and l want every inca 0
it, And l want Clark to leave the hous
in good repair, and to be out as soon a
possible. I'm not to blame that his bo,
died, nor for his sickness, nor for th
trouble at the factory. People who Dor
row money must pay it back"
1t was lamplight as he paused in from
Of the house. 1t was better building
than he had hoped for, and the lane
seemed all there to the last inch Mise
John was softly rubbing his hands wheI
he noticed an object leaning on tn
fence Iw yards away. 1t did not seen
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17

smo additional facts concerning the
IN stream are set forth by a Boston
ogn a,i.t 1t is, he says, a stratum of
sOi. Nine water not more than fifty
s4iD .bom. deeo. aud flows due east at
ll.nV .u tb,f wolld take it to England
Ia'i '.bia 4 hundred days on Cape Hat
W. WIZ III, noihward flowing stream is in
's,'1 'ta 5,rm of a fan, its three warm bands
w. ln..cading out over The Atlantic surface
Y - aggregate breadth Of l6i miles,
" .bae & two cooler bands Of an aggregate
t.5a5tb OF hfty-two miles are interposed
\ trsen Them. The innermost warm
E,.d +. the one that shows the highest
,annoratare y,a and speed, Its velocity bel G
,re5te.t where it is pressed by the Arc
\. current so that the ate Of four miles
''o, % hour is occasionally observed. Z he
noenjnr blua color Of the water prob
iislg i because the river silt washed into
tbe cuff by the Mississippi is held in sus
pension
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rhn VINE TaYern Keener.

cbar,c-ss tic of the Name country
,.vorn keersis bis talent for making a
ittIe Sleep "a long way No matter
how late ra arrive, he comes to the
door with bis lantern to greet you and
ask YOU ifyol have had any supper. If
.on wish to ave at 4 or > o'clock in the
morning # i the landlord who raps at
rour door, IN many Maine towns the
.,aces arrive at Irregular and unseason-
,ble hours. Irecently was guest at a
Maine hotel at which the only stage
.nl that The only connection with the
outside rorIl) arrived at II p. m. and
which it left at 3 a. m. The landlords s
,.bole force consisted of himself. his
,,ife and hi: daughter, and the family
.ooned to be able to live without sleep.
I remember paying another Maine land
lord sereatg-Hye cents for supper and
,oiaiag, and then asking him to call me
at 4 a. N. to take the stage. "AlI
r.rbt, I've got to sit up till 10 o'clock
for team, and l guess won't 90 to
Nod at all to-night, so as to be sure ia
roII YOU. If that was not accommoda,
+ion what was it2
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17

churches to ring the requiem of the dy.
ing year, and then to peal the deep toned
bells TO welcome in the new, men came
to them and said:
"Whcn that is done you must toll the
death Of NIiser John. lie died an hour
ago. Dotrou Fles Press.
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! Disappointment.

oHersb book mentioned in this
raoe- entitled Hints on Hu,bandry, y"
,,d Mss Smiggle; 81 think I'll 90
down town and buy me a copv.o Her
b,other to whom the remark was adj
dressed, smiled and said nothing. That
evening the supper table he inquired:
~Did you get the book you spoke OF
today Niranda3" "Ye-es," was the
.'meuhat reluctant reply. "And how
lid YOU enjoy it~ "Well, I reckon it's
4 good enough book, but the title is
kind o disappointin. ~ Nerhqnse
Insan
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17
The ShopIiftelss Work.

A shop-keepsr said 10 a St. Louis
Globe D.u,o1rsl ortcg.Agrao amount
.e.---5 ... :,,.,..s u, -. -
store during ydbf Is Insignificant,
when you conr how apparently neg
ligent merehaprc In piIing articles
upon the cous. When a shoplifter
is caught anlr deeds are written up
in a paper tbadors at once conclude
that stores INSTANTLY preyed upon
by he profeaals. But professionals
are scarce aiey do not last long, for
their very as while making a raid
confess ther The clerks. Oh, there
is no neccs<ior detectives, l assure
you, for it il easy thing to detect
thieves, al detectives are la
bic to q INTO collusion with
them. trstand that these
shopEftcrs always women, for men
are so out oiace in a dry goods store
that they ao feel as if everyboly's
eyes were u them when they enter.
~ do not bee women become skill
full thieves. if they do Their greed
generally leathem to Try to carry away
too many tts. it is only during
rush that t-oloplifters dare try to ply
thoir neiar trade. For instance,
when .aa sale is advertised, our
clerks look for them, and if you
have noticed viii see that when shop
Hrters are rsted it was during a rush
At store 5iday times are occasions
for their dalations, but they escape
with only Of ng spoils. Probably
II. : store rg loses a few hundred dol
hr, worth goods in year, and that
amount j, missed from a big stock. p"
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c.,l., It was the day before Christmas.
I,p,' I the mechanic, entered AIiser
Io,in' '1a house with fear and trembling,
aro. ,uo Out wlplng the tears from hi,
o5ss . ana his face Illuminated with the
l.;1 great Joy in his heart; NIiscr John had
cancelled the mortgage. Others oanoa il,,
..,id.1l a,iS went with the same feelings. The
E,uoEed Eau.' and the fathorless in a dozen
nom hon'' were made glad by present, sA,'i of
each a.. anu luel' and men whispered to
ea,n s,,,,.. other as they passed: fIsn't i i
'u'''a'' hiser John ha, gone crnzv p
'a'n the scxtons stood in IL.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17

'ae sections stood in the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-12-17

OF course seonId not do les than
hand out a aa''iss.4o!lar biII, and the cider
departed, aiteFexpresiug the hope That
he might always be as lucky. Mine host
says he shall not sit down" with a
preacher again Hapsrs Ra7asiae.
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! operation in view Of the trade com.
plications that now environ them. As
ISOLATED, the farmer will command re
spect; in isolation he is cipher. AS.
ISOLATED, he becomes . pupil in most
excellent, instructive school, in which
the consideration of practical questions
will stimulate his mind, multiply his
sources of information, and enable him
to bring higher intelligence to the d.
rection of his labors. This would of
itself be strong argument in favor Of
organized effort, if the farmer were only
tiller of the soil, only newer Of wood,
and needed only increased skill and ef-
fciency to meet the enlarged demand
upon his labor. But he is citizen as
we'll. and environed with social and
political duties, which he can no more
forget than his individual responsible.
tiles, nor can he delegate to others
those sovereign and economical obliga-
tions, that imperatively demand intel
ligent discharge at his hands. IF their
organization becomes prime factor in
promoting higher qualifications for both
industrial and civil life - and no
thoughtful man will deny 1.-THE duty
becomes clear and should appeal with
irresistible force to every intelligent
farmer in the State.
ADVERSE COMBINATIONS.
Coal companies combine to advance
the price of coal. Combination by a
mystic power fixes and advances the
price of nails, at will. IF stocks accum-
ulate the shop is closed, the production
stops, the operative goes hungry, and
the combination calmly awaits the inev-
liable necessity that knows no law. If a
manufacturer stands aloof from the
soulless alliance, he is mercilessly crush
ed. Almost everything the farmer
needs in building, in farming; scores,
in fact, of articles necessary to his COM
fort and success, have prices fixed by
combinations, or the monopolists. The
extravagant price of fencing wire is
thus fixed, and he offers feeble protest,
whilst the merchants, the professions,
the business classes in the cities, whom
telephone monopoly taxes too high,
find a champion even in the govern
ment itsc If. Conspiracy exists against
the public, and contrivances to raise
prices, all except the price of products
in the farmers hands, in fact, the strug-
gle goes on, and combinations multiply
around him, yet he pursues the even
tenor of his way. and seemingly submits
to his plucking as matter of course.
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stand and fight and none get anything
- oot h,,f tho old ha 1000

stand and sight and none get anything
to eat but the old bosses.
1t makes the cattle much tanner
and there is no danger Of them hook
ing you when you want to put q
rope on them, as some of mine tried
very hard to do. ! think It just the
very thing to do, and so would you
if you could just see them. Now as
to the cruelty. I cannot see where
it comes it. There was not single
one of mine that beloved once, not
once, and they would go to eating as
soon as they were out of the stanch-
ions. They did not bleed much. and
they cared more for being fast than
they did for taking the horns off. and
those that tore around are the ones
that bled the most. There was not
pint of blood from all Of mine. One
old COW with nine rings on her
horns did not bleed enough to cover
the horn with blood and the operat-
ion did not hurt her at all. I have
Just read of man that was hurt very
badly by bull, and l knew two men
that were hurt, one, indeed, being
killed and the other injured badly. l
got good tumble once myself, but
came off very lucky but very badly
scared. fit is barbarous and in
human to take the horns off as some
say, wicked, l would like to know
what castration is? 1t is not to be
compared with dehorning, for | do
both and know tn at the animals acts
quite differently. AS any one knows
castration is very painful. And [
think if some of these tender-hearted
men would never do anything to
hurt an animal worse than dehorn-
ing, they would certainly be very
good to their beasts. But they would
be kinder if they would fix them so
they could not hurt each other, or
any person either. Wait until they
get gored and then they will be con-
WINGED.
J. M. hartley.
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Dehorning.

1t will probably surprise most of
our readers to learn that dehorning,
that is saving the horns off of cattle
is rapidly growing in favor in some
localities of the west, and judging
from the favor the practice meets
with, it will become general every
where. Like every new discovery
this meets with shudderlng opposit-
ion and protests from would be hui
manitarians, who jump at conclus-
ions. In response to one of these pro-
tests, we find the following among
quite mass of correspondents in
the Western Rural, defending de-
horning, which we copy in order that
our readers may understand the pro-
cess which appears to be nothing
more than simply combining the ami
NAL securely and saving off its horns
We have always been under the be-
lief, without any experience or prac
tical knowledge of the business, that
it would necessarily be very pain.
full operation as we'll as attended
with serious danger, while it seems
to be neither. But here is what the
writer alluded to says:
/ thought l would just try de-
horning to see how it would go, as I
had some ugly COWS So l arranged
for it, and one rainy dav in early
spring 1 went at it. Caught the ug-
Hest one I had and put her in the
stanchions and held her head to one
side. Then l took a saw and before
I knew what | had done, her horns
were off close to the head. l then
let her loose to see if she would drop
dead, but not much. She was so
mad that she jumped at one of the
younger COWS to hook her, but she
could not hook, so they went to
fighting, and the younger one soon
did her up, which she had never
done before. The COW soon found
out that she was no good on fight
and let everything drive her. SO l
kept on and took the horns off of
eighteen that afternoon and in about
three hours. Some were mich COWS
and l could not see any difference in
the amount of milk they gave. 1
haye not horn on the place now,
and you never saw quieter SET of
cattle than 1 have. When they come
to the trough they will crowd in as
thick as they can stand. They are
not afraid of each other; do not
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THE Poultry Yard.
Poultry Diseases.

Chicken cholera is term that is Of.
ten misapplied. The term is abused
pretty much as the term hog cholera is.
IF fowls die and there is an ignorance
of the cause, it is SO easy to call it chol.
era that the temptation is not always
resisted. There is one characteristic of
chicken cholera, that is never absent.
1t is diarrhea. When this is observed,
it is safest to suspect cholera. The food
given should be nourishing and contain
cayenne pepper or iron. What is called
the Douglas Mixture is an excellent
remedy. It is made as follows: Put
eight ounces of copperas into two gal
Ions of water and add one ounce of oil
of vitrol. Put the mixture into jug.
Give this in the drinking water, tea
spoonful of the mixture to a pint Of
water. Give it to the entire flock, the
we'll and the sick ones alike, whenever
the disease appears. Always separate
the sick birds from the the flock. Fun.
igate the poultry house with burning
sulphur, and thoroughly whitewash it
inside, and add considerable crude car
bolic acid to the whitewash. Rub the
roosts with kerosene oil and lard.
Distemper, if neglected, will termin-
ate in roup. 1t may be known by the
face being pulled and of a scarlet color.
Then comes discharge from the nos.
trils. Use kerosene by filling the throat
with oil, holding the bird so that it can
not swallow, and by injecting it into the
nostrils, after washing them out thor.
oughly. When the throat is believed
to be thoroughly washed with the oil,
let it run out of the mouth. Not more
than one application will be needed, if
the remedy is applied at the very begin,
ming of the trouble. Great care should
be taken to keep the surroundings of
the fowls clean. Some affirm that chol-
era comes from filth only. We do not
care to affirm that, but we will say that
uncleanliness is cause.
Roup, as before said, comes from dis
temper and also from tainted drinking
water, unclean drinking vessels, badly
ventilated houses, and from any other
cause that renders the blood impure.
The symptoms are bad breath, swelled
head, with considerable inflammation,
and the presence of canker in the
mouth. Put two grains of bromide of
potassium every day in the drinking
water and give it to each fowl. Also
wash the mouth out with kerosene.
Bromide of potassium, given as above
directed, is also highly recommended for
chicken-pox which may be known by
blotches on the comb and throat
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