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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
The Rule Of Success.

Il is astonishing how many of our
successful business men attribute their
good fortune neither to luck or general
excellence of judgement, but Will tell
you how strict adherence to some
single rule has done it all for them. Com
modore Vanderbilt's receipt for making
millions with certainty and CELEBRITY, was
to never sign note; William f. Dodge
would not hold any pecuniary interest in
any enterprise that was at all active on
Sunday, and he firmly believed that his
wealth was reward for conscientiously
observing the Sabbath day; the first
John Jacob Astor's charm lay in invest,
ing nothing aside from his regular
business except in real estate; and
Alexander T. Stewart would have
anticipated misfortune if he had wantonly
broken the smallest personal engagement
Men Of success can afford to practice
their theories, and even become slaves to
them. Men of failure cannot indulge in
such luxuries of conduct.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
Cannon Made of Silk.

That ingenious but incredulous and
obstinate people, the Chinese, cannot be
induced to believe that we make ca,
wheels and other things requiring the
tenacity and durability of steel out Of
paper But they ask us to believe that
they have made cannon out Of silk and that
it is efficient artillery, of which single
camel can carry dozen batteries.
Thackeray's spinster, who thought there
were few things which could not be done
with cut flowers, would hardly have
deemed them suitable projectiles; vet
such a claim wonld hardly seem more
surprising than that advanced by the
inventive pigtails concerning then
artillery.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
japanese Rooms.

"What sort of stoves have the
Japanese" asked e gentleman of a
dealer in japanese goods.
"The Japs, dear sir, don't have any
stoves at all. l was in one of their
houses once, and the coolie, who had no
clothes of his own on worth mentioning,
saw me SILVER, and so took me out in the
sun to g arm"
"How do they furnish japanese
room?"
Nothing simpler, sir. The Japanese
don't have any furniture. They have
thick mats woven of reeds-something
like the Indian one You will see on the
wall. They squat on them in the day
time, and at night they put on their
quilted bed gowns, fit their necks on the
head-rests-like crutches. you know
and go to Sleep"
''But is that all there is in japanese
rooml" continued the interiocutor.
IAN but the platform at the end,
where they arrage their vases and bric-a-
brac. They have different set for every
season, and each is symbolic in its
decoration.
"Then our japanese rooms are not
Japanese rooms?"
''They are simply repositories fol
japanese objects Of art. y
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

,,Ihe Recovery n digestion. and the ressulmlp-
S Un o. activity BY the liver, bowels og ana nra na
on the road ie sIisb They speedily become
prceptible Wbas' iunstefter's stomach Bitters
Is used BY tbe ia,.aiid. Nothing so surely and
expeditousiy nsnrncs the distance to the de-
sired goal. Il' tsedily function can suffer
Interrupted 49,, ;mIairing the the general
health % IN. s,.t,,a 30 the system can never
acquire perfect ,i e, health's synonym, until
That function b actively resumed :, TAKE ,k;cb f9I
instance Digestion. suspension oil S nc az +
INVARIABLY recded BY the Blt, Sa weak .e hi iii
iousness, coB.t;,,a,ion. headache, poverty OF
the blood, and ! Rnpdred other symptoms su-
pervene, Which indicate indicate unmislekably "a,
3;aneiul general influence Of dyspepsi,nS ro Inc
t,btsappearalce q all tbese synPfp1 What tber
tne use OF The Bitters, chow WIN VIM 'iiol
Oughness ii removes their cause.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
Buy Pictures.

Get pictnresif you can. Nothing is NOR
melancholy particularly to a person VIII,
has to pass much time in his room, thar
blank walls ard nothing on them, fo
pictures are loopholes of escape for tn,
soul, leading it to other scenes and othe
spheres, 1t is such an incxpressible re
lief to some persons engaged in writing
or even reading, on looking up, not t
have his line of vision stopped short b,
an odious bare wall, but to find his sou
c Gaping, as it were, through the frame
an exqu site picture to other beautiful
and, perhaps, idyllic scenes, where III,
fancy Of a moment may rcyel, refreshed
and delighted.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
aisQarrE CITY SPRINGS

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fias9 Sith fairness, Lap Blankets &c, con-
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ITO -, THOMAS E. pARLErr,
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
Somebody's Child.

Somebody's child is dying dying with the
flush Of hope on his young face, and somebody's
mother thinking Of the line when that dear
face will be hidden where no ray of hope can
brighten it-because there was no cure for
consumption. Reader, if the child be YOU
neghbor's take this comforting word to the
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that consumption is durable; that men are
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SURPRISES cod liver oil, hypophosphites, and
other meaaines in curing this disease. Sold
by Druggists.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

The, Maharajah of Indore being dead w,
have here another solemn warning win ", w
spect to the necessity Of taking exercise ~,
departed friend was so lutte given to II tba,
nobody knew o. his existence until he died a. =
The Judge. '
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

One among the many eminent church digni
taries who have given their public endorsa
ment the wonderful efficacy Of St. Jacobs IN
in case Of rheumatism and other painful all
ments is the Right Rev. Bishop Gilmonr
Cleveland. Ohio.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

Charity is first mortgage on every human
beings possession.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
The Rro,yu Cotton Gin is "a No. l."

ut is simply perfect" Has all the latest i'm
provements and is delivered free Of all charges
at any accessible point send 70 COMPANY ny GoS aS
New London. Ct. for catalogue or ask your
merchant To order one for You.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

DIR. Pierce's "Peletsr-the original ..Titt1o
Liver Pills lsugar-coated) cure sick and hill
lous headache, sour stomach and bilious at.
tacks. By druggists. W.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

The only cough mixture before the peonl
that contains no opiates or narcotics il RI,
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

are made pallid and unattractive by functional
Irregularities, which DR.. Pierce's "Favorite
Prescription will infallibly cure. Thousands
of testimonials, By druggists.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
TI... Ile,ra ..rs,,-l,..g.,na assocI.1IsA wit

If you have tunor, Tor tnmor syimNDms,
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

If the night ara. is so WHOLESOME, why do
owls live 50 long?
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

Shuttle was making a small purchase ar9
handing out standard silver dollar, was greet eel,
ed with: rs that the smallest YOU have,s, ~
replied Shuttle. That is the smallest dnIia,,
coined IN the known world. HaTtf0rd Past
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
baltimore i Potomac Railroad
TINE TABLE. SOUTH

After Sunday, December goth, IS the
tains on this road will run as follows:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

The boss" book agent Of the South is Mr..
w. /. Hopkins Of Eastern n. c.. who is work.
ing for the publishing house Of b. +. Johnson
az 20, OF Richmond, Va. MIR. Hopkins profits
are frequently footed up 10 over sos week,
and is thoroughly under the impression that
the books published by b. F. johnson d Co,
Garth
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

A New York clergymen refuses TO officiat
at an evening funeral.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

GET Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners applied to
those new boots and they will never run over.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

Badness and dandruff can be preventoa !.
using Halls Hair Renewer 'e'i'ou oS
Quinine relieves only temporarily in fe,,a,
ana aGue' Ayers ASue Cure cures permanently
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable to
use. 1t is not liquid OF snuff. 5Oc.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
SCROFULA

can only be cured by thorough purifiea-
ton of the blood. If this is neglected.
the disease perpetuates its faint through
generation after generation. Among IFS
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu-
mOrs, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas.
Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Phy-
steal Collapse, etc. If allowed TO con-
tinue, rheumatism, Scrofulous Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases.
Tubercular Consumption, and vari.
GUS other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced by it.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

Plain facts-W Western prairies
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13

John Kuhn, of Lafayette, Ind, had very
narrow escape from death. This is his own
story: "One year ago was in the last stages
of Consumption. Our best physicians gave
my case up finally got so low that our doc
tor said could not live twenty-four hours.
My friend then purchased bottle of DIR. WIN.
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, which bene-
fitted me. continued until | am now in per-
feet health, having used no other medicine"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
KINGS EVIL

Was the name formerly given to scrofuh
because OF superstition that it could be
cured by kings touch. The world Is
wiser now, and knows that
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-02-13
A Powerful Torpedo-Boat.

The Fake, torpedo-boat, just built in England for the Austrian Government, made her official trial recently, when the mean speed of her six runs over the measured mile, made in fighting trim, reached the surprising figure of 22.263 knots per hour, the vessel hav- ing actually covered p IA knots within the hour. The Fake is 135 feet long, IA feet in extreme width, and g feet deep. Her draught forward in fighting trim is 2 feet inches, and aft 5 feet 6 inches, her displacement being S8 tons. She is built throughout of galvanized steel, her skin varying in thickness from one-eighth to one-quarter of an inch, the greatest thickness being at her bows, to strengthen her for ram- ming purposes. Her machinery is of the compound surface-condensing type, having three cylinders. One of the most important peculiarities of the boat is that she is fitted with loco- motive boiler which generates steam sufficient to indicate ], ,400-horse power. N. r. Post.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-02-13
UNCLE ESEK.
Words of Wisdom and Philosophy Clothed
 in Homely Garb.

Words of Wisdom and Philosophy Clothed
 in HomeIy Garb.
 If we expect to be happy we must be busy; it is better to hunt up hornets s nest and fight that, than to be out of a job; no idle man ever was happy, and but few idle men are innocent long.
 Mirth is short-lived; cheerfulness never tires.
 It never was intended that man should be perfect on earth; the great thing is not never to miss the bulls eye-but to get little nearer to it every time we shoot.
 Those who mold and move most the minds and actions of men are seldom seen. They never head the procession.
 Rheumatism, like many other things, is easy enough to cure in some one else; but when we undertake to cure our own, then business begins.
 My dear youth, if you must talk about yourself, pray don't mention your good luck; the world doesn't care to listen to such things.
 You may put the world down as a mob of fools, but don forget this! it takes smart man to beat them.
 No man ever did polite thing yet without feeling little prouder for it.
 There are plenty of people on earth, who are going to be very indignant when they reach the other world, and find there are no reserved seats.
 Justice ought to be as cheap as the dew, but half the time it costs more to get it than it is worth. Century.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-02-13
J. W. DORRINGTON, Proprietor.
NUMBER II.

What do you think the minister said to the children after prayers that nightp It was this: That's a plucky little Bantam of yours, boys" They both turned pale. Garry began to cry. He continued: "I wish 1 could obtain one just like him for my little sickly boy at home. He is very fond of such pets"
 Was he not good? Elmer told Frank confidentially. "If that minister would only stay here should join the church his church, right off," ''So would l." said Frank, ''he's the man for me; he knows enough to admire Bob"
 When not doing anything else Bob was certain to be teasing Tabby. She did not care one fig on her own &C., count, but those kittens of hers-they must not have their eyes put out before they were fairly opened to the glories of this beautiful world. All her moth- erly instincts and feelings forbade it.
 One lovely summer afternoon when the entire family were absent excepting Katy Kos-ta-ma-lasky-John Nikota said she had no eyes or ears for any thing else-Tabby got her back up at Bob. First she cuffed him, then she spit in his face, and had about made up her mind to eat him alive, when he escaped from her clutches. He flew on to the soap barrel and crowed over her.
 Tabby, doubly enraged, sprang up after him. Her weight tipped the cover off and Bob fell into the barrel. Tabby fell in too, but she got out again. Bob never did. At least not until next morning, when Elmer fished him out. Then he was dead. Of course he was.
 What vast pity so little, so hand some, so plucky bird should have met his death in a soap barrel.
 Long and sincerely the children mourned for him. They laid him ten- derly in little tin box and buried him in shady corner in the garden.
 Elmer put white palings around his grave, and Carrie planted white rose- bush upon it. Frank set up little headstone, upon which was printed
 BRAVE BANTAM BoB.''
 Jennie Vickery, t,s ". r. Tribune.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-02-13
BASE BALLS.
How They Are Made-An Ingenious and
 Important Industry.

How They Are Made-An Ingenious and
 Important Industry.
 The manufacture of base balls in this country has become an important in- dustry, and an ingenious one, too, according to the description given of the process: First, there is little hard rubber ball, around which there is wound strong blue coarse yarn, and, when this reaches prescribed size, it is firmly wrapped with white Vene- tian yarn. The balls are now placed in an oven and baked until the moisture is taken out of them and they are re- duced in size, this making them solid. They are then coated with cement, which causes the balls to retain their shape, and they can not be knocked crooked. After this comes some fine blue yarn and around the whole is placed fine white gilling twine. The balls are weighed, each to have cer- tain weight, and the covers are put on, these being made of the best horse hide. It consists of two pieces, each cut in the shape of figure eight By bending one section one way, and the other in an opposite direction, complete cover is obtained. This is simple and effectual substitute for tho former method of covering with four pieces of leather.-M '. Tribune.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-02-13
DON'T CUT THE SYRINGE
The Habit of Waste in Little Things @
 Drawback to Ones Value and Useful

The Habit of Waste in Little Things 8
 Drawback to Ones Value and Useful
 ness.
 Said one of the most successful merchants of Cleveland, O., day or two since, to lad who was opening parcel: Young man, unite these strings-don't cut themr It wasn't the first remark he had made to a new employe. It was the first lesson for the lad to learn, and involved prin- ciples of success or failure in his busi- ness career. Pointing to a well-dressed man behind the counter, he said: ''There is a man who whips out his scissors and cuts the strings of the Ra9k5aSaf 9k5Sa na hrfs 8r SHr SGp nfes @ sv1a He s anything more. I presume he lives from hand to mouth and very likely IS more or less in debt. The trouble with him is that he was never taught to save. I told the boy just now to unite the string instead of cutting it, not so much for the value of the string as to. teach him that everything must be- saved and nothing wasted. If the idea can be firmly impressed upon the mind at beginning in life that nothing was made to be wasted, you have laid the foundation of success"
 The moral of this little incident is self-evident. A young man well brought up, with fair education, seeks employment in business house. The habit of waste in little things is noticeable, and becomes drawback on his value and usefulness to his employ er The disregard of saving strings and paper develops into carelessness that runs through all his habits. He does not get on in the world because he is wasteful. Small sums slip through his fingers almost uncon- sciously because they are small. He wastes time by the minute, without thought of the old adage: "Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves"
 Sitting in the counting-room of one of Cleveland's oldest and most sue cessful merchants of the day we noticed that he cut of the blank sheets of the letters he was engaged in filing. The name of this man is synonym of character and benevolence, and his liberality in all good works IS almost mbounded. His attention being called to what seemed to be an unu- sual proceeding, he said: "Yes, it may strike you as singular thing to save these half sheet of paper, but l commenced life as boy in a country store, and'this was one of the first les sons in saving little things that was +onorbf mo bu nu omnlOvor He haS been nearly half a century under the sod but Inever do this without thinking of the good old man. I believe it was the cause of my success in life"
 This saving of little things does not imply stinginess or meanness. It IS simply the habit of saving instead of wasting. It is embodied in the motto: Waste not, want not" Therefore we do say: Don't cut the string. "- NeWsboys' Appeal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-02-13

other day for a train, and as he was walking in and out good deal the police officer on that beat cautioned him to look out for confidence men.
 "Oh, know all about confidence men," was the reply, and that ended the conver- sation for that time.
 In about an hour the old man came rushing up in an excited state of mind and cried out:
 "Some internal skunk has picked my pocket of twenty-two dollars!"
 "WeD, I cautioned you"
 "You're liarl You told me to look out for confidence men, and never said a word about pick-pockets! While I was a-telling one chap that was no greenhorn, and that nobody could confidence me, his partner got into my pocket. You're a nice old police force, you are!"-Detroit Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-02-13
PITH AND POINT.

livingston (N. 1.) dudes nave de- cided not to kiss girls who chew gum. Let the good work go on. We mean the gum-chewing. g.-FaU RiUer AdUance.
 Bishop Horne promised to 'spare no labor to learn the art of it'' if any one would tell him "how truth may be spoken without offending some. "-M r Tribune.
 This was a rare philosophy in the three-year-old boy who asked what night is for, and not content with the reply 'For rest and sleep" added, ''No, papa, night is for tomorrow.
 A Virginia Colonel blew into a gun the other day and found it was loaded. It isn't safe for men who don't know anything about firearms to bother with them Rochester PoSt-Erpress.
 -"Kiss the baby while you can," ad- monishes poet "We can kiss her just as well eighteen or twenty years from now-if she's that kind of baby" eau tiously remarks the Buffalo Express.
 A modern wit defines the difference between men and women: ''Aman gives forty cents for twenty-fve-cent thing he wants, and a woman gives twenty five cents for forty-cent thing she does not want"
 In New York bank: Texas Wis., Itor-'1 reckon, stranger, you do a right smart business?" Banker, prompt ly-"My dear, sir, you have no idea how extended our business relations are. At the present time we have three cashiers in Canada.-N F. Sun.
 A little four-year-old girl was put to bed in the third story of her home and left, as usual, in the dark A ter rible thunderstorm came up, and the mother, thinking that the child would be frightened at the lightning, went to her. On entering, the child called out with delight: "Mamma, the wind blew the sun up just now; did you see it?' Fears had no entrance there.-TOledo Blade
 The athleticism of these times is not always conducive to the smooth running of the household. 'I must hurry home," said Mrs. De Peyster to Mrs De Joghns the other morning. Reginald has been riding his bicycle again. 'In- deed, and did he break his record?'' 70, no; but he broke his other leg. He has only one whole limb now, and that is the middle finger of his left hand. "- Hartford Post.
 -"Yes, sir," said Jones to Smith, ''as men grow in age and experience they advance in knowledge" :" II don't think so,'' replied Smith. Don't think SO? That's rather singular. The opin- ion hold on the subject is the universal opinion." ''It may be, but have my own opinion, nevertheless, and it is that the younger we are the more we know When 1 was youth I knew twice as much as my father. Now I am aged and don't know half as much as my son-'' -BOStOn GdzptP
 10, Henry! you must send for the doctor at once. I believe I am getting the dropsy. Now don't delay mo- ment." MT. De Why, what put that in your head?" 'Dear me! Will you never be satisfied that what say is trueP I got weighed to-day, and o, it's awful. Iweighed three hundred pounds Awful! Where did you get weighedp" ''Around at your coal yard" "Calm yourself, my dear. Your weight is exactly one hundred and fifty pounds. ."-MontreaI Witness.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-02-13
Married Men as Duelists.

Here is good story apropos of dueling Two frequenters of the principal cafe at Aries quarreled, with the result that two friends of the one who considered himself the affronted party waited on the other, a corn merchant in the town. The latter received them courteously, but after hear ing their message sent them back to his an- tagonist with the reply; "Tell M. Cariuza," he said, "that it would give me great pleas ure to fight him were we on an equality as adversaries. But M. Carjuza is a bachelor and am a married man and the father of three children. Tell him that when he, too, is married man and the father of three children will seriously consider his chaI lenge. e."-London Figaro.