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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
Tanning Unruly Mules.

The first time the pack saddles are
put on young mule the excitement
furpasscs description, writes cor
respondent from the Western Plains.
The beast, strong and wiry, is lassocd
and led into small open space. Be-
fore he knows what it is all aboat a
moose of the lariat around his neck is
slipped over his nose this gives him a
shock, as it were, and he makes start
for liberty. Bat the more he pulls the
tighter the piuch on his nose, SO he
finally gives il up and stands still.
More ropes are brought into use, and
he is finally brought to have leather
binder put owe, his eyes. Tho next
step is to put the pack saddle on The
great kicking is done when the
crupper is slipped under the tail.
Words cannot tel the way that mules
heels fash through the air in all direc-
tions. But strategy wins and mules tire.
The pulling up Of the 'sinch' " as the
girth is called, brings out a new strug-
gle, but it is soon over and to an extent
the mule Is conquered.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
An Incident at a Base Ball Game.

Tho Rev Dr. Woods referred to the
team work Of tho Cleveland Base Ball
Club at the meeting held Sunday after.
noon in honor of the rsoponing of the
Thrill Baptist Church. IIo showed how
necessary 1t was fof congregation of
Christians to "pull together" and in
Illustrating tho point said that he had
atten dod the Cleveland Boston game on
tho afternoon OF July 4. In his opinion
Boston had better players, but he unity
Of work among the Cleveland. gave
thom tho game.
There was an incident of tho aftcr-
noon, however, that the Doctor did not
refer to. In common with many other
we'll known citizens he sat on tho
bleaching boards as the uncovered seats
at League Park are called. IIe was very
near the bench on which the Boston
players sat when they had their innings.
Although the doctor was accompanied
by another miniSter, and was surround
cd by many gentlemen whose presence
would lend grac, to any drawing room,
there were several ia kativo chaps near
by who said some unpleasant things to
the Boston team. Finally tho umpire
made decision which the Bostonians
thought was much against them, and 1t
had hardly been delivered when ono of
the individuals on tho blcachors began
chiding the dsgustod and angry play
ers. Manager Hart of tho Bostons, who
sat with his players, lost his temper at
the combined attack of spectator and
umpire, aud, springing upon the bench
on which he had been sitting, shook his
index fngor under DR.. Woods nose,
became very red in tho face, and ex-
claimed, in loud tone of voice:
"sir, if you don't keep your mouth
shut, I'll have you put OF tho ground"
DR.. Wood' blushcd, but his clerical
friend Immediately came to his rcscu,
by giving Mr.. Hart some interesting in
formation.
My dcbr sir" said the minister,
''you don'f know whom you are talk
ing to. The gent eman under whose
very nose iou shook your finger is the
Rev. E. Al Woods, D. D., pastor of
the First Baptist Ch .rch, the most
fashionable congregation of that dcnom-
inatioa inH this city. DR.. Woods camc
here to cHjoy the gamo. He hasn't i'd
a word, lbut has conducted himself like
a ChristIEbn and a gentleman"
It wa3a then Mr.. Hart's turn to grow
s.1t ho -&mnst fell off his
perch ot the bench. He Hammered
out a public apology from where he
stood, atd after the game enlarged up
on 1t in 1 private conversation with DIR.
Woods. The Doctor did not tell this
story Sutday afternoon and the L<ader
takes OCCASION to give it to the public,
so that Everybody and not only DIR.
Woods friends, can enjoy it, for it is
one of aho best things, so far, of the
base ball season. - Citoeland Leador.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
HUMOROUS.

One out OF thousand-999.
Once moro in our midst-The water.
melon.
Out on a fy-Tho dove when it left
the Ark.
No wonder sea captains are crusty
when they arc pilot bred.
"Tho quiet marriage" makes .he
noise when it gets out.
Marriage may not be failure, but
there are lots OF Mrs. made in matri-
mOny.
Jones, who is engaged to an heiress,
ca Is her Economy, because she is the
Rroad to wealth.
There is a good deal osdiGorenco be-
tween tho scum and the upper crust,
though both are at the top.
SINE people cat more than they need
so that it ''wont go to waste.' But
that's just where it does go-to waste.
There is a good deal of humor writ
ten on the subject of marriage; but
alter all matrim 3nal matches should OF
be made light of.
Detectivc-''Was your cashier right
or lcft-handcdl" Bank President
Right, should say; nothing he coul1
get his hands on is left"
~ had once dog that was so clever
that he could easily distinguish rogue,
from honest people; but l had to give
him away, for one day he bit me.
1t is a singular fact that the ''sceker
after truth" wherever found, is always
a person who never allows any one else
to tell him anything. lie knows it all
NJ Magnus-I think travel broadens
one; don't you think so, Mrs. Loftyl
Mrs. Lofty-Oh, lal yes. Why, / gain
ten or fifteen pounds every time go to
Yurrup. .-...s
A little girl in Piedmont, w. Va,
who was given drink of fzzing min
eral water the other day, took sup of
it and then exclaimed; at tastes like
your foot's a,leepl"
Bjones You and Giles have become
great friends OF late" Mcrritt-'I
should say so. When we meet now
he doesn't tap me on the shoulder; he
thumps me in tho back"
smith-"say, Jones. your wife is
graduate Of Vassar, isn't Shel" Jones
eyes" Smth-"How many tongues
is she mistress Off" Jone,-" "Only one,
but by Jove that's fustlerl"
~ am from St. Louis" said young
man, as he registered at Chicago hotel.
"Oh, well, replied the clerk compass
sionately, "put your address down as
New York. Your awful secret will be
safe with me.
Clarissa (the bride to- bc)-"O, l am
so afraid shall blush like anythingl"
Adela (who wanted him herself Never
fear, dear; even if you do it will never
show through all the paint you've got
on your face.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
Rat and Poll Parrot.

Chris Pnaro owns poll parrot that is
a dandy. Tho other morning a rat,
lured by tho luscious smells of the bake
shop, left the stenchcs of the cellar and
sewer, and, climbing up stairs, made a
raid on cream puffs, gorgcd down few
tarts, nibblol the macaroons, and ,am-
pied the pies and gingerbread before his
dcpredations were discovered. Then he
was hustled off with vengeance, and,
rushing into tho room where the parrot
was, succeeded in breaking into Polly's
cage. Polly was playing circus with
her claws and bill, and when she spicd
the rat she camo down on his back with
both claws and he it firmly to the
bottom of the cage. Tic rat rolled
over and twisted its head around,
squcaling like mad as Polly pecked at
its eyes and soon had them both out.
The rat snapped ard tore cut some Of
Polly's feathers, but she held fast to the
vsrmint and succeeded in killing it.
Then mounting her perch and ruff ny
her feathers about her neck, she an
nounced, "Polly wants a cracker
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
Ayer's.ss4 saparilla.

Since then Mr.. LELAND has recommended
AYERS SARsAPARILLA in many similar
cases, and he has never yet heard Of its fail
ure to effect radical cure.
Some years ago one of Mr.. LELAND's fariN
laborers bruised his leg. Owing to the bad
state of his blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling
or lump appeared on the injured limb. Hor-
uble 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,
discharging 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-
R11A sSbish allayed the pain and irritation,
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored the limb TO use.
Mr.. LELAND has personally used
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
The Upas Tree.

Supernatural, almost diabolical, in
fue ces are attributed to the famous
upas tree, which, according to all ac-
counts, is SO deadly that if hot wind
passes over it an odor is carried
along which is fatal to whosoever
breathes it. Old letters, written
from Paris in 1912 by "The Turkish
Spy," describe a plant cultivated in a
garden in the city that blasts all that
grows within ten cubits of its roots.
They call it ''ill neighbor." lie de-
clares that there was withered circle
around it, while the tree itself was
green and thrifty. There is tradition
of poison or upas tree that grows in
the Island of Java, from which putrid
steam rises and kills whomsoever it
touches. Foersch, a Dutch physician
Q769, says: "Not a tree or blade of
grass is to be found in tho valley or sur
rounding mountains. Not a beast or
bird or reptile or living thing lives in
the vicinity. On one occasion 1900
refugees cncamped within IA miles of
it, and all but 80 died within two
months. The falsehood OF this story
is exposed by Bennett, who says: "The
tree [upasl whilc growing is quite in
nocuous, though the juice may bc used
for poison; tho whole neighborhood is
most richly eovefedS .wilE yego.at.o.N,
men may fcarlessly walk under The tree
and birds roost in its branches " Dar-
win, in his Loves of the Plants,'' has
pcrpetuatcd Foer.ch's fable when he
says:
'On the blasted heath
Fell Upas sits, tho hydra tree of death"
1t is probable that the fable of the
blighting influence of the upas tree has
been derived from tho fact that there is
in Java small tract of land on which
nothing can live. This is caused, not
by the "fell upas," but by emanations
of carbonic acid gas, which are con-
stantly going on. At tho same timc it
is quite true that the juice of the upas
is deadly poison.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
"On the blasted heath
Musical Sense i'm Horses.

An interesting report regarding the
development of the musical sense In
horses has just been made by commit
tee OF German biologists and botansts
The report says: "Thc investigations
as to the musical sense of horses have
shown that that sense is very poorly de-
vcloped in these animals. 1t has been
proved beyond doubt that horses have
no notion whatev Of keeping time TO
a4us-,, s>sz1ss'sAssSe circuses they do not
dance according to the tune, but that
the musicians have to keep time accord.
ing TO tie steps of the animals. Other
Investigations show thai horses do not
understand military trumpet signals. 1t
is only the rider or the animals instinct
of imitation which induces horses to
make the moves required by the signal,
but n horse without a rider, however
carefully trained, takes the slightest
notice of trumpet signal, and the
same observation has been made on a
large number of cavalry horses without
riders.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
To Tell Twins Apart,

''Speakin' Of twins" said old maD
Chumpins, 'there was two boys raised
in our neighborhood that looked Just
alike to Their dyin' day. Lem didn't
have any teeth and his brother Dave
did, but they looked prce- cisely alike
81. the same. The only way you could
tell 'em apart was to put your finger in
LENS mouth, and if he bit yer twas
Dave. - LesoistoH (Ae.) Journal
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
Ayers Sarsaparilla

for Rheumatism, with entire success and,
after careful observation, declares that, In
bis belief, there is no medicine in the world
equal to IL for the cure of Liver DisorderA
Gout, the effects of high living. san
Rheum, Sores, EruptiOns, and all the
various forms OF blood diseases.
We have Mr.. LELAND's permission to invite
all who may desire further evidence in regard
TO the extraordinary curative powers OF
AYERS SARsAPARILLA to see him person
ally either at his mammoth Ocean Hotel,
long Branch, or at the popular Leland Hotel,
Broadway, 9th and 2Sth Streets, New York.
Mr.. LELAND's extensive knowledge of the
good done by this unequalled eradicator of
blood poisOns enables him to give inquirer
much valuable information.
PREPARED BY
Or. &c. .Ayer& Co. Lowell, Mass.
SOLD by all Druggists; 81, six bottles for So.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09

NOrah-"An' has your mistress good
,aster' Bridget Good taste. is i'll
Faith, her dres Is look better on me
than do me Own."
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
WARREN LELAND,
whom everybody knows as the successful
manager of the
Largest Hotel Enterprises

Of America, says that while passenger from
New York on board a ship going around Cape
Horn, in the early days of emigration to Cal
fornia, he learned that one of the officers Of
the vessel had cured himself, during tho voy-
age, of an obstinate disease by the use OF
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
A Country Road.

A Country Road. NJ
Yellow with dust il sleeps in mondays glar
yellow with dust 1t stretches far away;
On the messed wall the chipmonks frs
and play,
Where golden daises broider all the air.
Now nature seems TO dream mid fragrans.
rare
For summer silence holds unbroken sway,
Till round the bend creaking vain OF
hay
Comes numbering down the drowsy thor
oughfare.
Then all is still again; the orchard trees
Are motionless as the distant purple hills
On which the shadows Of the white
clouds rest,
When suddenly the white-necked clover seas
All joyous tremble while the bobolink'
trills
His widest melodies with sweet unrest.
r. K. Munkittrick in Horpsr's Weekly
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-09
settled.

Husband-Ha.f the time l don't
know whether am crazy or not.
Wife ! know all the time.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17
SOME CURIOUS wAe6as.

IN rs, O young itA gentleman, far q
wager. 81, out GO wal, 90 Canstanunop.a and
back again 30 ono gear
a hopping man engaged ia DelomLsr
li3l. % bop 900 yards .u lftV hops u ST.
james park lie performed .ls feat 100 forty
49,
la September. 1850 q Col Ross So GA;
lrom London for York, on q wager with O
Ar fisot Cd. 500 gul-4s that Ae reached Al.
destination ia lorty-eight hours on tho sam.
ho.se lie performed the journey three h0urs
".tuu t4- time
On tho 18th Of May lsl., a respectable
farmer of ku.oa-Llndsay. tor wager ol a
ic" pounds undertook o. ride pony up
two pairs ol stairs into "a chamber. of ID.
George .ln aud down again. which fest lac
actually performed
in Felru2rl. ls,). d bet was lail bya noble
earl that lo should fAl Ia maa WHO would
ride o. Edinburgh and blca again o. London
ia less timo than another noble earl should
make million dots la tho most expeditions
manner hc could contrivc
Tho Earl or March, on laying bet that be
wouli cause a message % he dispatched GER
am distance quicker than any horse could
.onyey Is. Won Dds wager By inclosing thr
message ia q cricket bali, which vas thrown
from hand 70 hand by relays OF professional
ericketers.
In l'@Ja poulierer OF Leadenhall market
bet so mo would walk ~ Times round the
area ct Upper Moortelds IN twenty seven
hours, and accordingly proceeded at the rate
OF ave miles an hour on the amusing pursuit,
TO tho Infinite Improvement Of his business
and great OBLIGATION Of hundreds Of specta.
tors
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

Did you ever iuu across % man who
did not have his own remedy forcvcry
Ill 10 which poor le-h D, rr.r' And
If suffering from oac of these myriad
lbs. did y0l eyer tIy go apply aN oi
these remedies, IS Young mau I'M Cha
cagO. who has lnrra circle OF ac-
Qu9intanccs. appeared in public the
other day with q face mNamed and
swollen from en- liberated tooth just
behind h. Hemet bis friends one by
one in his walks about town JUS m-
shopcly face 90 once attracted their
attention. WHAT'S the maiiCr-bad
tooth. was the first query. he would
reply, with several Qualifying adiec.
tives, that it was Bad tooth Put
oil Of cloves on ihe gum-bcst thing
in the world for toured ue always
does, one mon said The sufferer had
conhdencein his friend and bought a
small vial OF oil Of cloves.
After ho had anoiuted the swollen
Jaw with the powerful oil for am hour
or SO he thought he was carrying q
red hot base burner around inside Of
his mouth and he threw away the
bottle IN great disgust "Salpcler
will knock tina. in "a minute, said an.
other friend. The druggist WAS again
enriched, but the raw saltpcter made
the inAamcd flesh howl, and It wa
also thrown away. "Poultico YOU
face with ho, ginger tonight ' sale
another friend. That's the stuff. " L
any one does not believe that this ad
vice was followed the young sufferer
can show him the outline Of the poul-
tee on his cheek. la turn he tried
thirteen sure cures recommended by
well meaning friends, and one side o.
his face is sight. He has agree,
with himself 10 Try no more oxperi
ments, and will suffer in silence unit
tho tooth gets tired. Then he viii
bave it out. Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

& curious problem WAS presented to
Pittsburg aud Allegheny City when
lhe use Of natural g-a became general
n the twin cities 10 had been tho
custom OF the householders TO dispose
OF most OF the garbage and refuse by
burning it in the kitchen range. The
use OF fuel gas at once prohibited this
Not a wisp nor a single match stick
can be tossed into a gas crate or range
much less even the smallest portion Of
vegetable matter To meet this emer-
nency a garbage and refuse cremation
company was established, and a ere
matory built The company has its
carts. which make rounds regularly,
and householders who pay for the
privilege have their refuse cans as re-
gulariy In waiting. Their contents
are conveyed 10 0o huge furnaces
and speedily converted into another
co,nbination OF particles -Pittsburg
Telegram.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

FROM the number Of letters we have
received ON the subject it appears that
very important question, first preached by
the TINES, is taking hold on the popular
mind Of the people We refer to the ne
cessity for q very abort and constant
watch on the proposed plan Of haul
iug.up challengeTs az elections TO
be tried before Federal Courts on
trumped mp charges that could be made
available before a packed Jury. If we
are denied the right 10 challenge voters
of course elections could be managed to
suit the party in the majority at any par
ticular locality and Sherman's pet idea Of
declaring a Republican majority accord
Ing TO the census report would be carried
out in hort order.
The way to stop this proposed outrage
is 10 let il be known, and very well
known, that the men summoned on these
juries must be on hand, or else the Radi-
Gals could have the jury constituted so as
10 decide according to Republican politics
and not law
Besides this, the people should give a
moral support to the men who act as
challengers, OF else an important occa'
sion may lind US at the polls with no
body to question the arbitrary count OF
,Eederal supervisors rar
- L..-LL
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

TIE Agricultural Department Will be
likely to curtail the privileges OF Con
gressmon in the matter OF sending seed
TO constituents.
The official garden seed has for long
generations been used for eleciioneering
purposes, and when the enterprising
statesman went out to SOW he cared not
how much fen on stony ground at Gov
eminent expense, when he knew all the
same that much would bring forth good
voting fruit
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

THE Philadelphia Times has the fol-
lowing paragraph, which every patriotic
American citizen should read and digest:
The generous subscriptions that have
been made in New York and Boston, es-
pecially by Grand Army posts, toward n
home for aged and crippled Confederate
soldiers Ia the South, show about as well
US anything how little Of the resentments
OF animositles of the war linger among
the soldiers themselves As General
Grant once said 1T is The fellows who
STAYED home who want the war fought
over again; tho men who did the Sight
ing are satisfied"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

THF Washington P0si says that Wis
ilors 70 The inauguration viii, Of course
expect 10 pay higher prices Than on ordi.
nary occasions. And II ought 10 have
added that they viii get less for the
n ney
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

Fashion IN France has taken a SEN
sible turn. Henceforth amorial crests
and such things are 70 be banished
from such i'll suited places as letter
paper, etc, but arc to be embossed on
womens dresse in c0lors over the
hnait
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

THAT Is u curious proposition 20 dc
stroy hostile fleet entering harbor by
covering the surface of the water with
oil and setting II on fire
Pouring oil on the waters il generally
supposed 10 produce peace.
Al English paper commenting on the
plan tries 10 DO funny, which ia rather
an elephantine trick for an English
paper, aud It suggests that Mr.. Edison
might conirive mighty magnets with
which 10 control the movements OF tho
attacking ironclads.
The fact is that tho old iron-clads
would be blown up by torpedo boats and
dynamite cruisers before being got TO the
point OF being burned by kerosene and
drawn by magnets.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

IN The Nevada Legislature the iemi
nine hat is being discussed, and the great
Western Reformers OF that august body
are thinking how they can relieve tho
alter audience from the nuisance of high
hats and waving feathers.
The bill introduced proposes TO forbid
~ unlawful any hat that sspires more
than three inches above the crown Of tho
head. OF course this includes the
feathers ami haga, ribbons and things
that constitute the top hamper and bunt'
ing of iadys hat The
point IS how 10 measure The
hat, and how many hat inspectors It will
require 70 reduce the average audience
10 any degree Of certainty that they can
see a play after paying their money for
that privilege
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

The fast cruiser Yorktown Ia finished
and has been tried As the first com
pleied Of the cruising vessels laid down
by the present administration the York
town gives cause for congratulation not
only among naval officers, but among the
whole people. She is an augur Of equal
success for all the other war ships now
building
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

Ma. ALBERT SUEsMAN, western man
ager OF the United Press Association.
was in the city Yesterday, and was enter
tanned at the Westmoreland Club and
called on Governor Lee.
lie was charmed with Richmond and
will soon return under sunlight
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17

THE New York suns Cabinet IS a.
follows;
Sta,e-Mr. Blaine, Maine
IroaMry-Mr. Window, Minnesota.
Nary-Mr Plat, New York.
War-Mr W. u. Hoare, Wisconsin
Jnteri0r-Mr. John L. Swift, California
PosoHice-Mr. Wanamaker, Penn.
attorney. General-Mr z H. Morgan
Dakota
Agr.cuiture-Mr Charles Foster, Ohio.