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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24
PORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND FEBRUA AIRY "a 1885,

with all the experience which | have
gained with fifteen years practice.
Ramsay first Of all administered a
draught TO Grace Thorucycroft, who
was seated in a reclining chair. A few
moments later ho made a small incision
in an artery in the patients right arm,
which movement he followed by max
ing a similar incision in an artery of his
own left arm. The two arteries he
then connected by means OF a small sill
yer tube. Facing his subject, Ramsay
tapped her head, near the base Of the
brain, two or three times with his
knuckles, and then gazed into her eyes
Ten minutes passed slowly by and no
perceptiblc difference was noticeable in
Grace's condition. Ten more minutes,
and a gleam Of intelligence seemed to
be forcing its way into the face of the
poor girl-but, strange to relate, avid,
far-away look was settling upon Ram
sayl Another ten minutes, anil Grace
Thorneycrolt recognized every one in
the room, including myself, while John
Ramsay was led away from the newly
conscious girl, raving maniacl
As | have before remarked, | have no
explanation to offer-I can only chron-
icle bare facts. Ramsay was man of
genils, surely though in the one act of
his life in which he proved that genius,
he partially failed; and, in that by
losing his mind he was unable to give
his theories to the world, his genius
will never benefit posterlty.
Habershon married Grace Thornoy-
croft two years later, and they have al
ways taken the best of care of the man
who saved woman's reason at the ex-
pense Of his own = Detroit Free Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24
Southern Rice Fields

III ~ IVY limos Tie cultivation va,
confined mostly 10 tba soa i.l,nl. a4
the low shore lands Of thg coasts Of
South Carolina and Georgia. More re-
Gently Lorbiana and several o,b
southern states have produced larac
quantities oi rice, making rice culture
one Of the most important industries Of
the south. fettIlo annual consumption
of rice in the United states is reported
as nearly double The production.
One Of the greatest troubles of the
cultivator Of rice is the bi-annuat at
tack Of birls. In the spring. at the
time Of planting, the birds Of
various kin Is cat the seed before the
ground is well flooded with water
Again, in The fall, when the grain is in
the milk, the birds arc very annoyiar
and destructive, and it il never-faiIint
time Of great an xiety TO the rico grower.
Many birds are fond Of rice, but the
chief maraul9r is the 'ricc BIRD or
''boIolink' Of the north. These winged
"anarchists' 90 not visit the fields by
scores or hundreds oaly, but BY thou
sands and by innumcrabo muItitu les.
Sometimes whole field are destroyed,
bringing to the rice-planter "erop OF
discouragcmepts2 instead of crop Of
rice.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24

oefscani 'aSPVi a. - : '.V",''a.' -.
"heh hailtstoh p'iilV ioi 'uo ''0''
sport
Inc spohgy' Marcy palmetto ioi''
ana the SHIPS "ith ther tol'sai'' 'au' u'''
'iih
Gun and swivel and culverin
Shouting their murdcrous roundelayl
-, ,..-..en ~. ;,,,,nrod for
-. ....s. -. ,,..od
'i''o ''.'' IN :, = ,i,..iag,I,. i.t.
Struck the patriot staff, and snapped 1t
quite,
Neat in the middle, without one fleck,
And whirled the flag from the rampart's
height.
p,,+ 1yi1li,,, ras,,or s,yv from, bis most
And lis vounr blood seethine. still as a
ghost,
Straight through the perlious Ilre leapea
down,
Ieaped down, and back, by leopard spring,
The smoke in his eyes, erect ana brown,
All IN the beat OF swallows wing.
Ana he'd Close cio9e' a. ne cliihpel alole'
Inc banner sacred ana oVefthrowhi
ANA quick win that steady hahd OF ms
Notchihg lts loops ON ms famrod bare
" lth 80 my beauty !! ana one frank KISS,
Fluhg u again 70 the glad, ffee AR!
Then the friendly tides turned clean about.
Ami slipped from under the frigates stout
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24
A Successful Crusade.

Every afternoon, between five and six,
an understood man with nervous but
decided air boards a Wabash avenue
cable car at Washington street and rides
south. Probably not one out of twenty
five of his fellow passengers recognizes
him as the hero of a desperate fight
against the City railway company.
Chicago grows very fast, and the sensa,
tion Of yesterday is hardly the memory
of to-day. This is D. B. Fisk. When
the City railway company, about a
dozen years ago, put bobtail' cars
Gears in which passengers drop their
passes through a slot into box), on its
lines, Fisk, single-handed, began a cru.
sade against the bobtails, aad ceased
only when the cars were removed. How
did he 60 about it2 He simply refused
to pay his fare except to a conductor.
The drivers on the line came to know
him and ceased jingling their bells
Tor his fare. He used to enter car and
offer to pay the fares of all the passen-
gers-to conductor. The result was
many a carload of people were hauled
free. Fisk found few nervy followers;
the newspapers took up the battle, the
public joined in, and the result was the
complete subjugation of the company
and the removal Of the obnoxious ve-
hicles. The fight, it is SAID, cost the
company hundreds Of thousands in lost
fare and cars left on their hands. which
they were obliged to sell at prices away
below their cost -[Chicago News.
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Bill Nye's Cow For Sale

Owing to ill health, says Bill Nve. the
humorist | will sell at my residence in
town 29, range IS, west, according ia
government survey, one pushed -rasp-
berry colored COW, agel 8 years. She
is a good milkstcr and not afraid Of
cars-or anything else. She is a COW Of
undaunted courage and gives milk fro-
quently 70 a man who doe; not fear
death II any form she would be Great
boon She IS very much attached TO
her home at present, " means Of trace
chain but she will be sold to anyone
who will agree to treat her right. sh3
is one-tourth short horn and three
fourths hyena. Twill also throw in
double oarrelled shot gun which goes
with her In May she generally goes
away somewhere for week or two, and
returns vita tall, red calf with long
wab3y legs Her name is Rose, and |
prefer to sell her to a non re, ident
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24

The confusion IN the question whether
the year 1900 is part Of the nineteenth
or Of the twentieth century arises prob
ably from the omparison Of the age of
a man with the years of the century.
We do not call child one year old till
he has lived a year, and we call him ten,
for instance, all through his eleventh
year. But the year one began with the
day No. l, and we call it the year one
up to and including the 365th day. So
the years from 1 TO 100 comprise the
first century, and the second century
begins with the year 101 and ends with
goo, and the nineteenth century began
with the 1891 and ends with the Ia
day Of the year 1900 -lspri gield
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24
The New Universal Lanpuape

= love- thou lowest, she loves" in
Volapah' the new universal language, is
'Loioo, lofous, lofof." and "They will
have been lovedo is aPu.ofoms.
The knowledge of ones self is the lest
foundation Of all virtues Is, in Vol
aguh l'l'evam ebinom stabin eulil,a
tuga' yahk.'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24
M0ROUS.

u HOtct Gdlt-bQF never IthGS UlItuM
when the clerk ycls 'FRONT.'
The English language sounds odd to
foreigner as when one says, 81 will
come by-and-by to buy bicycle.
The man who make. your Rnucklas snap
And says "Im glad to meet you,
Is very frequently chap
Who'll readily forget YOU
Did you ever sec doctor kick \
banana peel off the sidewalk, or tell an
acquaintance that he was sitting in a
draughtl
New Jersey swain calling on his
gifB-What makes the hous5 shake so,
darling? GiH-Its pop, upstairs. Hes
got the fever n ague agia
Ia play recently produced in Paris
there were twenty horses On the stage.
Its not likely thai the performance
came to an end without hitch.
A laundry which stands in the shadow
of an cast-side church, Buffalo, bears
the appropriate legend on tssian board
"Cleanliness is next to Godliness."
yes" he said, q began life as a
farmers boy and to-day am worth
millions" TO what do you attribute
your succes?' "To getting away from tho
farm as soon as could"
A book agent tried to sell Pittsburg
woman a volume entitled "Tho Art of
Speech yesterday, but she cast such
withering look upoa him that the
wretch slunk away in shame.
A sportsman is man who spends all
day away from his busines So for pow
der and shot, and comes home at night
tired, hungry and ugly dragging
a fourteen cent rabbit by the ears
There IS a general feeling Of content
mcnt among the Chinese Iaundrymen
over the trade Of 1887. Some Of them
have saved up So and are going back
to China to live in case and luxury all
their life.
We know Or no nicture more kooolo
portragant Of human anguish and the
awful consciousness Of imminent disaster
than that ofa disnifcd man with his
mouth full Of baked beans trying to re-
press a snecze.
A scientist saws: eIf lbe land wora
eottonod ont tbo .oa ,,,,ld 4 -
miles deem All over the world tfang
man IS caught tiattenlng out the Ian
shoot him on the spot. A great MANY
of rs can,t s,yi,o
Aiiiilu loun@ ouitof l"ho Aa5 won
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24
Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Since then Mr.. LELAND has recommended
AYERS SARsAPARILLA in many similar
ceses, and he has never yet heard of its fail.
ure to effect radical cure
Some years ago one Of Mr. LELAND's farm
laborers bruised his leg. Owing to the bad
state Of his blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling
or lump appeared on the injured limb. Hor-
rible itching of the skin, with burning and
darting pains through the lump, made life
almost intolerable. The leg became enor
mously enlarged, and running ulcers formed,
dischargng great quantities of extremely
offensive matter. No treatment was Of any
avail until the man, by Mr.. LELAND's direc-
tion, was supplied with AYERS SARsAPA-
RILLA, which allayed the pain and irritation,
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored the limb to use.
Mi. LELAND has personally used
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WARREN LELAND,
Largest Hotel Enterprises

whom everybody knows as the successful
p,ananar cf t1,o
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24
Petroleum as a Medicine.

Dr. Blache states that reiiner of
petroleum having been prohibited by a
project the distribution Of petroleum in
medicinal doses, the fact led to an in
qulry being made as to its alleged
utility in affections Of the chest-the
petroleum from Pennsylvania and Vir-
ginia being that first experimental with.
DR. Blaohe states, as the result, that
in chronic bronchitis, with abundant
oxpectoration, it rapidly dininishcs the
amount Of the secretion and the par
oxysms Of coughing, and in simple bron-
chitis rapid ameloration has been OBJ
tanned; ITS employment IN phthisis has
been continued for too short time, as
yet, to allow of any opinion being de-
livered as TO its efficacy, beyond tho
fact that it dimlnishos expectoration,
which also losas its puruleat character
The petroleum is popularity takea in
doses OF teaspoonful before each meal
and, alter the first day, any nausea
which it may excite in some persons
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-24
Ayers Sarsaparilla

for rheumatism, with entire success and,
after careful observation, declares that, in
us belief, there is no medicine in the world
equal to it for the cure Of Liver Disorders
Gout, the effects of high living. SaN
Rheum, Sores, Eruptions, and all the
various forms of blood diseases.
We have Mr.. LELANDs permission to invite
all who may desire further evidence in regard
10 the extraordinary curative powers Of
AYERS SARsAPARILLA to see him person.
ally either at his mammoth Ocean Hotel.
Tong Branch, or at the popular Leland Hotel,
broadway; 27th and 2sth Streets, New York.
Mr.. LELAND's extensive knowledge OF the
good done by this unequalIed eradicator OF
hlood poisons enables him to give inquirers
much valuable information.
PREPARED BY
9r.J.C.Ayer& Co. Lowell, Mass.
SOLD by all Druggists; 81. six bottles for s..
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Of America, says that while passenge. from
New York on board a Ship going around Cane
Horn, in the early days Of emigration to Cal
fornia, he learned that ono of the officers of
the vessel had cured himself, during tho voy.
age, of an obstinate disease by the use Of
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
TELEGaAPHIC BRIEFS.

JASPER, IED., September l9.-Mrs Mar
tin of Huntington, Ind, convicted OF
infanticide in the Dubois Circuit Court,
was last night sentenced to imprison-
meDt for life
NEW YoRK, September i9.-R. c. Jack
SOD, superintendent Of the New York
division Railway Service, and his chief
clerk, +. l. Chapman, were to-day re-
moved by the PostmasterGeneral.
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, September 19-
John Murphy, deputy postmaster OF
Artesian, Meade county, Kansas, was ar.
rested Monday on the charge Of robbing
the United States Express Company Of
$4,000.
NFw YORK. September 19.-The Irish
Brigade, at its recent reunion, pledged
their lives and sacred honor to secure the
annexation Of Canada in order TO remove
from America the last vestige of the
British flag.
BUCHANAN, VA, September l9.-Wm.
Brown and VIM. knabensbuh were
killed by the explosion of the boiler in
VIM. Browns saw mill at Point Noun
tam last 9lgnt. AnOlntI Sun VI tnC
owner was also killed.
FoRT SMITH, ARK, September 1.-two
Cherokees, Blue Hog and Pigeon, quar-
relied over the possession of mulatto
girl with whom Blue Hog had been living,
and in the fight that followed both men
were mortally wounded and the girl
killed instantly.
ScoTT HAVEN, PA. September 10
Last midnight while dance was ir pro-
gress at the residence OF Nicholas
Backus, James Green, aged 81, an unin-
vited guest, became Involved in
a dispute with Backus. The latter
drew knife and stabbed Green to death.
Blckus was arrested.
COLUMBIA, S. G. September io.-HOn.
George ID. Tillmsn was to-day renom-
mated for Congress by the Democratic
convention of the second district, which
had been in dead locked session nearly
a month and had taken over six hundred
ballots.
WASHINGTON, d. G. September 10
The Commissioner OF Agriculture has
sent to the several commercial boards OF
the packing and canning centres an in
yitation to send representatives of those
interests TO meet him at the Grand Pacific
Hotel, Chicago, October 9th, to make ar
rangements for the meat exhibit at the
forthcoming Paris Exposition.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
Police Notes.

Counsellor Giles Jackson was the en-
tegtaining feature OF the Police Court
Yesterday lie proved what the Irish
poet stated, En- though convinced he
could argue still" For a long time he
laid down propositions of law which
were unique TO the extreme, and he
argued them after the Court had told him
that bis mind was made up. He finally,
after the Court had told him that he
would dismiss the case against his client,
succeeded in drawing out from his own
witnesses evidence proper to convict,
aud IL was all about free fight among
negro women in Shocks alley. Five dol
lars and costs was the fine imposed Oh
each OF them.
James Lewis (colored) who struck
Willis Johnson over the head at Frey !
Hotel last sunday evening, which made
such excitement on Broad street among
a lot Of Washington cOlored excursion
lists, was discharged on payment of costs.
Mary Smith, little black girl, stole a
lot of clothing from Alice Watkins. "A
yellow girl. she being an old offender
was given ninety days in Jail
James Watkins (colored) cursed the
driver Of hack in front of Ford's Ho-
tel and got term in Jail for falling TO
pay fine of s. and costs.
Emmanuel Gondali beat Thomas lack
son because he would not pay for drink.
He paid s. and costs.
E. K. Martin (colored) was fined so
and costs for driving bis team faster than
the law allows. The court said that fast
driving was to be broken up il be, in his
official capacity, could do So
Lewis Harris. the negro man who,
when crszed with drink, used profane
language on the public street and vio-
lently resisted Policeman Robinson in
the discharge Of his duty was examined,
and the case sent on to the grand jury.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
Mr.. Columbus Moves to New York.

Three weeks ago Mr. d. Columbus, who
for number of years past has been
carrying on the confectionery and ice
cream business at the corner OF Broad
and Third streets as the agent Of Mr
John A. Kratz, the wholesale fruiterer
and candy manufacturer, went to New
York He did not return, but instead
telegraphed for his wife and child, who
left the city Tuesday TO join her husband.
Why Dir. Columbus deserted his busi
ness and made New York his residence
was Yesterday hard to learn. 1t seemed
to be a private affair altogether, aud so
the reporter was informed by interested
parties.
Mr. Kratz would say nothing. Mr..
George +. Neshon, who rented the build
ing to Mr.. Columbus, said very little
more. Columbus went to New York on
business He consulted with me before
going and advised him to go" was all
the reporter could get.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
Walted-A Hat Rack.

Police Justice Crutchfeld is proud in
the possession OF a handsome new Brus-
sells carpet a. his office in the Police
Courtroom. The office is now well
fitted up. 1t lacks one thing, however,
and that is hat rack with umbrella
stand. Ladies who nave 10 come to court
as witnesses sit in the Office awaiting the
Sergeant to call their names They have
to come in rainy weather, and 1t would
be pity to have wet, dyed umbrellas to
discolor their handsome carpet with the
dripping water.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL.
Sent TO the President Before Edmund.
Knows IL.


WAsHwGToN, D. c. September 10
At the meeting Of the Committee on For
eign Relations Of the Senate this morning
the Canadian retaliation bill was re-
ferred 10 subcommittee after an in
formal discussion of it. Senator Ed
munds was instructed TO report TO the
Senate an order Withholding the Chinese
exclusion bill until the committee shall
have an opportunity to examine it and
its effect On existing treaties and rela-
iions.
At the time that Senator Edmunds
was Offering in the Senate the resolution
OF the Foreign Affairs Committee to
Withhold from transmission to the House
the Chinese bill, the bill had been signed
by the Speaker of the House and the
President pro tl0,, Of the Senate. and a
few minutes after the resolution was Of
fered, the bill was on its way to the
House preparatory 10 its transmission to
the President Unless the House Com
mittee on Enrolled Bills holds it back II
will 20 TO the President before evening.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
THE BENEFIT AT THE ACADEMY.

But for the uuiayorable impression
which had been previously created by
Burton's Bad Boy. the Academy of Mu-
sic would no doubt have been crowded
Yesterday afternoon at the matinee when
a benefit was rendered the fever suffer
ers. As it was, the receipts were only
S53, which were promptly turned over to
the Mayor by the management. II is but
Just to Messrs. Berger x Leath, the man
ayers of the Academy, to state that they
we're as badly taken in by the Bad Boy
Combination as were the public.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
The Feast of Iabernacies.

The Jewish festival of "Succoth," or
Tabernacles, began at sunset yesterday
evening. The Hebrew word "Succolh"
signifies booth or tabernacle, and the
feast Is so called for the reason that the
children of Israel were commanded to
dwell in booths for seven days. The
feast was intended to mark the compile
ton of the agricultural labOrs of the year,
and therefore received the name Of the
harvest festival. The feast comprises
seven days, the first of which is holy
dav
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
CuANCERY COURT.
Pittsylyania Democrats.


CHATHAM, VA, September 1S-The
prospects for Pittsylvauia county giving
one OF her old fashioned majorities OF
over thousand increases every day.
Colonel Richard F. Beirne spoke here
yesterday with the most iatiering re
suits. His speech was eloquent, logical,
and convincing, and replete with every
thing that could interest or influence the
public. His presentation of tariff reform
was so perspicuous and conclusive that
the movement has been given such an
impetus that it will sweep the county.
We only regret not being able TO have
Colonel Beirne with US again. Our peo-
pie have never been better impressed
with a speaker or more thoroughly CON
yinced OF the great claims of Democracy,
necessity for reform, and amendment in
taxation We feel assured the seed sown
here viii bring forth a bountiful harvest
Of Democratic votes. DEMOCRAT
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
A Pair o. Kids.

This inimitably funny play was pro-
duced at the Theatre for second time
last night TO full house. From the rise
of the curtain on the first act to Is fall at
the end Of the performance the audience
was kept in roar The Kids is a series
of laughs, music and fun from beginning
to end, and well deserves the patronage il
has received. It will be presented to-
night for the last time this season.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
Suit Against the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas

TOPEKA, KAN, September "a bill in
equity has been filed in the United States
Circuit Court by the Union Trust Com
pany of New York against the Missouri,
Kansas aud Texas Railroad Company,
and the Mercantile Trust Company.
asking for foreclosure of the consoli-
dated mortgages issued Feprusry l, 1871,
June l, 1872, November /, 1872 and June
l, 1873. These mortgages were given TO
secure bonds aggregating about SIS, s,0OO,.
000
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
VOL. U.-NUMBER 1913.

the body He discussed Republican pros
poets and predicted great victory. 10
response TO a question he made some
savage remarks about Oolsnel Brady and
II. II. Dyson Malone was boarse and
evidently unwell, and his speech was
brief.
The Arnold Convention adjourned in
time for the delegates TO leave by the
evening trains.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20
The Manchester Railway and Improve
ment Company.

This road is Trogresslng very salts
factorily, so far as the Richmond side of
it Is concerned 1t Is completed nearly
as far as Harrison street, the only gap to
be filled being across Seventh on Mar
shall street. An official Of the line said
yesterday tha, with fair weather there
was no doubt that cars would be running
to the Exposition grounds by October.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-20

II you want TO live quite happy and
never know regrets,
Don't let your stock run down too low
In My Sweetheart Cigarettes,
For nothing in this market into favor
has so grown
As these tine brands OF cigarettes OF Car
roll & Greensboro.