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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05
TOMMY AND SIR WALTER
Fyom me Boston Transcript

Tho Listener has Just been trying literary expert
mani on Lis young friond Tommy. This venyeai-
Old boy like All boys and girls OF his generation has
read 81 Nlcholsses and Wide Awakes ana YOUTH
ompanlons and that sort OF fagmentary literature so
much that his taste IN reading suffers from nc as
eursiveness Of his time. But he has never'heless,
read a lot of stories chiefly new ones-Stevenson's
with approval and Rider Haggard's more or less sur
reptitionsy and he affects sharply critical air In me
matter OF novels Walter SCOTS books are accessible
TO him. but he followed the fashion of not reading hem
and fancied them turgid and foreign 10 HIM Ilndlng
lately very good new edition Of Rob Roy In a
bookstore, with all the hard words conveniently defined
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05
A GREEK "PONY" THAT BiLhED.

They tell good story at tho expense OF Batts
freshmen who has been accused OF riding pony ~
death good deal since he got the hang OF the sch0o
house One day tho professor called tho young gsn,ie
men up to recte in tho Odyssey Tho Young rcs on
man started I'm with very rhythmic and beautiful YER
sion but in the midst OF q lovely Sentence ne iorgot
what the pony said, and the animal baked badly IIS
frartlv imnerOus gesture and funny look In his eye
said " Drive on my young friend. drive on" Inc
class broke out into irrepessabe mrtn when me GiH
tho father OF gods and men been present In person
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05
EXCEPTIONALLY FINE ART.

Troy has q bright but erratic four year-old who
creates much amusement and no end of pctpexlties
for his parents. BOT long since while visiting at a
friends house he attracted by picture OF the
Saviour and the following conversation cnsuod:
Mamma, who II that n
"1hat IL jesus
.Whero docs Ile livei'
"Why, lie lives In Heaven, dear
"They take pretty good pictures In Heaven. don't
they, mar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05
now LAWYER GREW so EXPERT
4" Daniel.

Daniel"
ayes, sire.7
IL see that our friend. Frank Lawler, claims to be
an authority on American shipping and wanted q
place on the Committee on Merchant Marinc.'
Yes, Sire. | saw that in tho papers
IL didn't know LAWYER knew anything about ship
ping. Where did he get his knowlodgel'
AT his saloon In Chicago, sire. He handles
great many schooners.s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05
HAVE YOU A HUMOR OF SKIN OR BLOOD (.
II SO, the Cutcurn Remedies will Cure You.

induced after all other remedies had failed to thu
CUTICURA REMEDIES my boy four years OF age. WHO
had running from his thighs to the ends OF his toes
fell His ard face else covered and
he was a horrible sight The CUTIcURA and CUTICURA
SOAP we're all that Two days after their we
a tho better and in six weeks the child
perfectly we'll
was then induced TO try them further. wife had
what termed dry scale letter psoriasis for nearly hf
teen years tried everything that could get hold 0t
and asked the eminent OF the profession
but all all her body and all her head
and face used but bettio of the RESoLVENT two
boxes OF the CUTICURA and two cakes OF CUTICURA
SOAP week from the time so began their use
could a better II Is nearly
since she stepped using the CUTICURA REMEDIES and
there is no pronounce her entirely cured one
only disease aad those who constantly
about patients realize the torture ia which they
are placed.
/ have recommended the CUTIcURA REMEDIES 10 All
whom that In need OF skin euro
One whom recommended them mad suffered for over
years. and In that time spent nearly five hundred dol
nothing helped aud after the use q"
five bottles Of the CUTICUKA RESoLNENl, and vera
boxes OF GU rICURA two cakes OF CUIlCO IA Soia
reloces Ia having found cure have OF ers AZ p,'o
under and with goot prospects N no o W wy
knowledge, have the CUTlCURA REME - iansu, ma,
take pleasure In sending this to You ttusths 'hat MAJ
prove oesshs 10 you anu !" '"' pR'I- MILIIRoN.
Kimbali Brue County DakotA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05

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,lIns,rafions and loo Testimonials
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05

.rNrrn with tho Iovsest decacy tho akin preserved
vim S,tTiCURA MEDICArED SOAP
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
Variations of Ships Comnasses

"The variations Of the needle, says
Sir Thomas Browne, may proceed from
mutations of the earth, by subterranean
fires, fumes, mineral spirits or other
wise, which, altering the constitution
Of the magnetical parts in process of
time, doth vary the variation of the
place" HID the nobly eloquent ex-
plorer OF "vulgar errors" lived in these
days, he would have added others to his
list of the causes of the dchections of
the needle; and not the least strange
item in the catalogue would be the
wearing of electric belts by rheumatic
or debiIitated sailors.
zone or BUR crew here" writes the
master of a steamer at Smyrna, "has a
magnetic belt. got it from him one
day last voyage and taking it on the
bridge | found that all three compasses
were very much affected by it; in fact, :"
adds the captain, "the highest compass
Of the three went rceling round and
round"
The moral he desires to point is that
as-so at least he says--these belts are
much worn by seafarlng men, and fire.
men in particular, masters should be care
full to ind out what magnets their crew
or passengers may happen to have with
them "eithor in the shape of belts or in
any form, for as he justly asserts, er-
rors il the compass lead the seamen at
times into terrible accidents. -. London
Telegraph.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
A Blind Wntchmaker's skill.

Many yearf ago there lived in the
town of Holbeach, England, a blind
matchmaker hamed William Rippiu,
whose dclicacE OF touch and marvollou;
skill in repairing watches were famous
throughout al the neighboring country.
He was not BON blind, either, so that
as congsnfraG 1ArGgT IsarnIss slsf lifs 81 r.5
in regular fashion he commenced bust
ness at Ho beach, but three or four
years afterwards caught severe cold in
his eyes, which resulted in amaurosis,
and although under treatment of th3
leading occulsts of the day, he became
totally and hopelessly blind at 2S years
of age. Instead Of being crushed by his
misfortune, he, by great and untiring
energy and perseverance, became one of
the cleverest Of blind mea His ability
to clean and repair clocks, watches,
musical instruments, and every article
connected with the business was mar
vellous
He was able to work as well as before
his affiiction. He could do any repairs
required, even turning in verges, sc.
The only aid he required in taking tC
pieces and putting together watch was
in unpinniag and pinning the hairspring,
which was impossible for a blind man tC
do, which was done by his wife, whom
he taught to work at the business after
his loss OF lsht. He generally had 1OC
watches in the shop for repairs, some Of
them being brought from a distance O
100 to 200 miles Every watch he
knew by the touch. and every customer
by his voice Having been a frst-class
cricketer previously, even after his loss
of sight he played two single wicket
matches, both of which he won. lie
could play cards, domiaoos, bagatelle,
was a good musician, and leader of the
Holbeach Brass Band. lie was an in
telligent man, nearly six feet high, and
many who saw and converscl with him
were unaware that he was blind He
died early in consequence Of the severe
treatment for his eyes, but the prosper
Gus business he left at Holbeach wa'
carried on successfully by his wife and
daughter until about five years ago. -
Jewellers Review
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
Pearl OHsters.

The business Of getting the pearls oui
Of oysters is tOlcrably dsagreeable one.
The oysters are thrown into large YES
sells and left to di,, when the shell, oper
Of their own accord The shells art
then removed, but the oysters them
selves are left In buckets till they be
come decomposcd, when they are wei
stirred. The pear, sink to the bottom
and the remainder is poured of. L
may be readily inferred that the odoi
in the camp Of the pearl seekers i.
moro powerful than pleasant.
Tho pearl had its origin in the efforts
of the oyster 70 protect itself from the
irritation caused ~ the presence Of
some foreign lody between the shel
and its mantle, as the soft skin of the
oyster is technically termed. To nit
igate the sufferins caused by this vex
atious intru lei, the oyster deposits
thereon a coating Of the same materia
as that of which the she'll is composed,
and when once this process has begun
it continues, till in time the pearl grow.
large enough to Kill the oyster.
Linneui, the father Of naturalists,' >
received the 10 or of knighthood for
demonstrating the possibility of artif.
cially inducing the formation of pearls
in the bearing mu,sel. But a,
mas been the case with other European
inventions Of which we have thought g
good deal, it has since turned out that
John Chinamaa has been doing this thing
for a couple of thousand years or so.
The Chinese method IS to take the mus
sci from the river, carefully force the
shells little way apart, and insert be
tween the mantle of tic oyster and one
of the shells a few little pellets of clays,
tiny pearls OF foreign DO lies Of some
kind. When this has been done, the
oyster is turned over, and the poor fel-
low is obliged to submit to a similar uu.
comfortable process ON his other SIDE.
He is then pu back into pond, where
he is kept vel and fat by diet more
nourishing than nice. After a few
months, or Sometime year or two he
is again taken from his bed, his pearls
are taken out and he is eaten Boston
Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
A Revolutionary Hero.

One of the heroes of the Revolution
whose deeds arc not recorded in history
was William Gof Of Gray, Me. When
news came of the battle Of Lexington
he was chopping wood, with his gun
conveniently near him, ready for any
stray game that might appear. He at
once dropped his axe, picked up his
gun, stopped at his home a minute to
bid his wife goodbye, went to a
neighbor's and borrowed some bullet
nlolds, run what lead he had into bull
lets, aud walked to Cambridge, getting
there just in season for the battle Of
Bunker Hill When asked after the
battle in what company he was enrolled
he promptly replied, William Gofs."
lie continued to serve his country until
1777, when he fell at the battle of Ger
mantown.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06

"They are great travellers, and always
90 in a trot. Their quadrupedal loco
motors are in some way connected with
an internal gruntiug arrangement.
This capability for locomotion, and
their innate snfuIness, scientifically
explain their existence in West Virginia
and their ancestry There is no author
ity for even supposing that all the
swine historically described as going
down into the sea or lake with devils in
them wero drowned. The Sinaitic
Vatican and Alexandrian manuscript
say achoked; !" SO | stake my scientific
reputation upon the assertion that the
razor back hogs Of West Virginia are
descended from the survivors of those
owned by the A. d. 1 pork roisers, for
the reason that they have more devil in
them than can possibly be compressed in
to modern pork, have coven feet, a long
tail, and never miss an opportunity to
upset bucket eat a weeks washing,
or squeal when the baby is asleep, -
American Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
A Difference in Parents.

A Prospect-Avenue father was reading
aloud from the paper at breakfast the
other morning about the musical prodi-
gy, Josef Holman. When he had
finished lo remarked to his little
daughter who was demurely eating her
hash and johnny-cake: "Thcrc, Ethel,
that boy is bright boy. Now why are
you not as brilliant as he2' "Why |
ought not to be-" said Ethel "Ought
not to be! Pray why not, asked her
father. "Well, in the first place" said
the little girl with an air of much seri-
business, "that boy probably had intelli-
gent parents. The father did not
pursue the subject further.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
IT TOBACCO, MARYLAND. JANUARY 6. 1883.
After ihe Dar...Night.

AiteI lhe Dai--- NiEhts
Love knocked early at my door.
In the morn he came to End mo-
Saying. "Let me cross thy floor,
And thy chains shall ever bind me'
But turned away my heart;
Who was love that lie should find mel
Saying well thou playest thy part,
But perchanca thy chain would bind me-
Noontide past he sought my door
"If thou wilt thou still may 50 bind me,
And will vet cross thy floor;
Here again you never find me-
But madly choose my part;
What cared to stay and find hinl
Love should never win my heart
Wherefore should pause to bind hir
Night is here; and at my door
Nainly now / seek TO find him;
Could be only cross my floor,
l would give all else to bind him.
But again without my door
shall never waiting find him;
He will never cross my floor
No one thrice has power to bind him
-[From Temple Bar for December.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
A Natural Selection.

An intelligent man, while in a strange
town, needed medical advice. lie ap-
piled not to the landlord of the hotel,
nor to the local druggist, but went
straight to the postmaster Tell me, 1"
he said, (which of the doctors of the
city takes the largest number of jour.
nalsl' The postmaster told him, and
the gentleman replied: "a man who
takes the journals Of his profession is
we'll read, and up with the times, and
that is the doctor l want to treat me
and my family. - Philadelphia Call.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06

Some people were talking about a
young married couple who recently
solved the problem Of unhappiness by a
divorce. GLOW fortunate that they
married, remarked and old club cynic.
GLOW sol" replied a lady.
"Why, if they had not and had mar
ried separately they would have made
four people unhappy instead of two. -
philadelphia Press
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06

Oh, yes, I'll tell you about that,
too, " said Mrs. West. Mary, dear lit
tie thing, was so delighted over the
news that she couldn't rest until she
fixed up pretty bouquet to place on
Mr.. Moriey's desk so that he would find
it when he came down"
MY Golw screamed silas. 'Do YOU
mean that"
''Ycs she went to the mills half an
hour ago, and Will be here in few
minutes"
With a wild shrek Of more than NOR
ial agony, slas West staggered for
ward and fell senseless to the floor, Just
as tho muiIlcd sound OF an explosion a
mile away ratified the windows Of the
cottage
1t was a long time before silas West
recovered from his attack of brain fever,
and when at last he was strong enough
in mind and body to listen to the sor-
row-strIcken woman by his bedside, he
silently prayed for death.
I" 1t was 50 horrible, silas," said his
weeping wife, to have our little
gotden-haircd darling killed in that
manner She was manglcd beyond
recognition, and the horror Of 1t nearly
killed me. But, Silas, there was one
bright CLEAN in the midst Of all our
trouble. MIR. Morley and his wife came
here. They had the funeral arrangs-
ments made, and during all the weeks
that you have been i'll Mr.. Morley has
footed all the bills and saved US from
starvation. We owe him debt OF
gratitude that We can never repay"
She paused in her talk. Her husband
had tainted.
The tragedy caused by the explosion
OF the dynamite bomb in Mr.. Morley's
office had been driven out Of the public
mind by other matters Of sensational
interest before Silas West was able to
rttura to his work. Some of his fellow
operatives told the wretchcd father that
the affair was supposed to be the work
of the anarchists, but that no clew had
ever been obtaine l. 1t was believed
that the little girl had waited in the
Office for Mr. Morley, and the queer
looking package had attracted her at
tention. She had probably handled it,
and an unfortunate touch had caused it
to explode.
Mr. Morley told his wife that Silas
West was the most tender hearted man
he had ever known He went back to
work a changed man. His face wore a
look Of hopeless sorrow, but he seemed
to ~ 1ielY devoted g threo things
his wife, his work, and Mr.. Morley.
t'No, said Mr. Morley one day; n
am not afraid of anarchists in my mills.
treat my workmon like men, and they
appreciate it. But if there is any danger
that man. Silas West, Will warn me in
time. For some reason he has an intense
hatred Of anything ike anarchy. If you
mention the name Of an anarchist in his
hearing he turns white and rcd and grits
his teeth. tell you, West has a heart
Of gold! There will be no anarchists
around as long as he stays with me.
The patient, palo-fac worker In the
Morley mills will doubtless go to his
grave and make no siga. His wife won
ders sometimes at his ten lerness, and
his employer thinks him little crank y
in his rigid sense Of duty.
Slas West alone knows the cause Of
his regeneration and reformation, and
his secret has made him a feeble old
man, although he is still in his thirties.
ATLANTA Constitution.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06

Over the threshold of once peaceful
home the serpent Of infideiity has
wriggled, and his black and shiny trail
exhales a recking pestilence. Dis
closures are said to be imminent and the
sensational ghouls will shorty buzz
about the loathsome carcass and fatten
its filth. Fl Biz ghamt6a Leader.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
4 Big Ferry Boat.

A massive ferry boat, built expressly
with a view to its ability to crush heavy
ice in the Straits Of Mackinac, is being
constructed at Detroit for the Mackinac
transportation Company. 1t will ply
between Mackinac and Point St. Ignae.
The boat will be 235 feet long, 50 feet
in breadth and will have compound
engines of 8, 900 horsepower.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06

Mother TO B1bby)-Im shocked to
hear that Willie Wafll3s whipped the
poor cat, Bobby, My little boy wouldn' t
do such thing.
Bobby with conscious moral superior
ity)-No, indeed, ma.
Mothcr-Why didn't you stop him,
Bobby
Bobby couldn't, ma. l was holding
the cat. Il New York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
HUMOROUS.

A soar spot The eagles nest
A peck-aud- neck race Giraffes.
The divers business is going down
A man who does business on large
scale-a coal dealer
A skilllu cook IS the most popular OF
all interior decorators
If the galows is the instrument Of
death, what is the accordion3
When the baker makes his morning
rounds the roll call is In order
westward the star Of empire takes
his way but he frequently walks home
again on the ties.
''He gave me some pointers, said tho
tramp of the farmer; "ho jabbed me
with ptchfork
On seeing a house being whitowashod, a
small boy Of wanted to know if it was
going to be shaved.
The man who can never get a day off
the chap who has "thrty days from
the police court Judge.
1t does not take a schoolboy long to
evince love for division, provided
another boy owns the apple.
What is the difference between
country school masetr and Britannla7
One rules the wave and the other waves
the rule
The difference between the sun and a
mans nose is one is the center of the
solar system and the other the scenter
Of the human system.
aWF7 ss4rsf ii sSiuS sHRaS Harry yfstq@tss55r. Of of
them: "Why3" Because they are al
ways wanting the earth
He Cat a very late hour, with deep
enderness) How can leave thee? She
Really, Mr. Slayer, l can't tell
you. l wish to heaven | could.
A Boston surgeon has extracted the
nerves from a mans check. What bust
ness house the patient intends to serve
as commercial traveller is not stated.
Caller TO little Bobby Bobby,
what makes your eyes 50 brighc2"
bobby (after a little thought q des
it's tause hain't had 'cm very long
..po,,o ~ oel,ed littIo Robbv McSwiI-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-06

A watch that won run doesn't need
any chain.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-07-10

In about another decade the Am er
lean and Canadian legislative bodies
will not be absorbed with arguments
on the home and habits of the festive
Goldfish. He is disappearing from our
coasts, and the banks of Newfound-
land which knew him once know him
no more. Fishermen now practice
deep sea fishing with very poor re-
suits, as the cod seem to fight shy Of
all bait. While we consider these
facts our attention is directed to the
other side of the globe, where i'm
mense schools of Goldfish are reported
on the west coast of Africa, although
they have never been heard of in that
quarter before. They must have
grown tired of the eternal squabbling
about their feeding grounds and have
emigrated to neutral territory. Queer
isn't it? About the opening of the
next century Goldfish will be a rare
delicacy, and in 1850 or thereabouts
the secret of that delightful dish
known as the Goldfish ball will only
linger as a memory in the chronicles
of the cuisine.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-07-10

EVERY resident of Oregon and
Washington should be glad TO learn
as this mornings dispatches state
that Col. Thos. Casey has been NOM
mated by president Cleveland to fill
the responsible position Of chief of
the United States corps of engineers
vice Gen Duane, resigned. Col.
Casey's opponent and chief competi-
tor was Parke. Parke has steadily and
persistently opposed the river and
harbor improvement of this coast, and
used his official position in the en-
gineer's office at Washington to re-
tard the work. Parke is the man
who so influenced the president as to
cause him to withhold his signature
from the last river and harbor bill
passed by congress. To him, as much
as any one man is to be ascribed the
mahgn influence OF "the pocket
veto" To place such man in 50
important a place is a menance that
fortunately no longer is to be feared.
The senate will confirm Col. Casey's
nomination.