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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-10-31
VI oolen Goods,

In ga and a widths, 70. Mems and Boy 5
weai: Ladies' Dress Cloths and Farcy Wool
ems for Wraps.
In very extensive Department is included:
Ladies, Gents, BOYS, Misses and Chill
drens Nerino aud All.Wool Underwear, Ito
sierv and Gloves, Gents Shirts aud Night
shirts, Collars. Cuffs, Black and Fnucy Neck
Ties and Scarfs. Packet Iandkerclheis, Sus.
pegdeFs, Umbrellas, &c.
We are large Importers Of Foreign Goods,
our European buyer visiting the hest mann
tnctnres twice year consequently, we have
our goods at the very lowest c9st-qIite ~
low as any Importer ia New York.
When requested, We will give information
in regara.to the price Of gOnds, or will send
.samnies Int not unl.ss do. 4 gloon al
about the price, cuorJ preferred, Sc.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-10-31
Housekeeping Goods,

In Linen and Cotton Shectilgs; Domestic
Cottons in all Widths, Of the best makes;
Blankets, Quilts Comforts Lace and other
CurtIins, Table Dlmasks, NAPKINS, Towels,
Table and Piano Covers, Art Squares, Flan-
nels, Lap Robes, &c.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
In Bed With q Snake.

Travellers in India sometimes have
strange bed-fellows. A frst-class passen-
ger,by a slow passenger train running
between Howrah and Assensole, was
disagreeably surprised to find, on walk
ing from sound sleep, that something
cold had come in contact with his hand.
On looking at his hahd, what was his
horror to find that underneath it was a
cobra. AS the snake was asleep and
had not coiled itself around the hand,
the gentleman sprang up and managed
to evade its bite. How it got into the
carriage is one of those mysteries no
one can unravel. It may have effect
ed an entrance while the carriage was
in the siding at Howrah, quietly
ensconced itself behind the cushions OF
the carriage seat.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
A New Alloy.

This. alloy consists of 81 parts Of
copper, 81 parts of zinc, parts of tin,
2 parts ofarsenic, and part of phos-
phorus. The copper is melted in a
crucible, the zinc, tin, and arsenic are
then added, and just before the alloy
is poured into the moulds, the phos-
phorus is added. This alloy the in
ventor state is not porous, 1t is ductile
and elastic, it is not liable to tarnish,
and it takes good polish, it is capable
of receiving electrolytio deposits of
gold and silver, it is sonorous, and it
is suitable for bearings for shafts. The
rolling and drawing must be conducted
slowly, and after each step in the oper-
alton the alloy must be annealed. It
must not De brought in contact with
water when hot, or it will crack. The
inventor claims the alloy formed as de-
scribed, and also some notifications in
the proportions by which the proper
ties may be altered.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
HOW HAPPENED.

I got to thinkin' of her, both her parents
And all her sisters married off, and none but
but her and John
ALVIN all alone there in that lonesome sort
ofway,
And him a blamed old bachelor contender
every day.
I'd known 'em all from children, and their dad
dy from the time
He settled in the neighborhood and hadn't
airy dime
En- dollar, when he married, for to start
hOusekeepin' on;
So got to thinkin' of her, both her parents
dead and gone!
1got to thinkin' of her and a-wondern wha,
she done
That all her sisters KEEP gittin married one
by one,
And her without no chances, and the best
girl of the pack,
An old maid, with her hands, you might say,
tied behind her back!
And mother, too, before she died, she used to
jes' take on
When none of 'em was left, you know, bnt
Evaline and John,
And jes' declare to goodness at the young
men must be bline
10 see what wife they'd git if they got
Evaline.
got to thinkin' of her; in my great affection
she
Was SIGH comfort to us, and so kind and
neighborly;
Shed come and leave her homework fer to
hep out little Jane,
And talk of her own mother at she'd never
see again:
Maybe sometimes cry together, though, for
the most part, she
Would have the child so reconciled, and hap
Ply like, at we
Felt lonesomer'n ever; she'd put her bonnet
And say she'd rally hat to be a-gittin back
to John!
I got to thinkin' of her, as I say; and more
and more
I'd think of her dependence, and the burdens
t she bore;
Her parents both abein' dead, and all her
sisters gone
And married off, and her a livin' there alone
with John;
You might g:h say jes' toilin' and a-slavin' out
For man at hadn't pride enough 20 get
hisself wife,
Less some one married Evaline and packed
her off some day;
So got to thinkin' of her, and it happened
that away.
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
Condition Of London Ceme-
tries,

The recent official return on the
condition ofthe London cemeteriesie
unsavory reading enough. In Bromp-
ton cemetery, with an area of 28x.
acres, there have been buried within
less than fifty years, 1876 ,O64 bodies,
while in the Tower Hamlets cemeterK
with twelve acres less, in about th6
same time the number is $4,000.
When it is remembered that these,
masses of subterranean corruption
are accumulated in the midst of pop-
ulous districts; that the soil is pe.ul--
iarly united for the purpose, and that
in addition, every artificial means H.
adopted for prolonging the natural
process of decomposition, surely it ie
clear that the time has come for 3
practical effort to be made to enforce
q reform OF the system.-Londen
Truth.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
A Chimpanzee's Joke.

In recent lecture NJ. Romanes ie
reported as having strongly denied
the existence of even a trace Of any
feeling of the ludicrous in therenowned
chimpanzee "Sa]ly." Itmay be worth.
while to record small fact observed
by me lately, tending, I think, to IA
vor an opposite view.
Being alone with friend in Sally's
house, we tried to get her to obey the
commands usually given by the keep
er. The animal came to the bars Of
the cage to look at us, and, adopt
ing the keepers usual formula,
I said: "Give me two straws,
Sally" At first she appeared
to take no notice; although she
had been eying us rather eagerly be-
fore. repeated the request with mo-
further result; but on a second Or
third repetition she suddenly took.
up large bundle of straw from the
floor and thrust it through the bars
at us, and then sat down with her
back to us. urrequest was perhaps
unreasonable, seeing that we had MO
choice morsels of banana with which
to reward her. She did not, however,
seem i'll tempered at our presump-
ton, and the next instant was as
lively as ever. It seems to me that
her action on this occasion certainly
came very near to an expression of
humor. Rather sarcastic humOr per-
haps it was, but she certainly ap-
peared OF take pleasure in the specta-
Gle of something homogeneous, and
this surely lies at the base of all sense
OF the ludicrous.-Nature.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
An Everglade Court

A Florida lawyer tells a New York
Tribune correspondent bis story of
practice down on Indian river: The
lawyers down there were good-natured,
indolent fellows, who never had their
cases ready for trial when called.
The Judge had often been forced to
spend a week in the close little court
house and at the dreadful hotels, when
two days. prompt work would have
wiped off the calendar. He scolded
and threatened to no purpose many
time Court week. was semi-an-
nual celebration down there, the
''crackers' gathered in from far and
near, and the tavern-keepers expected
to make good thing of it and were
seldom disappointed. But the judge
determined to tea Oh them lesson on
this occasion.
He opened court promptly, with the
result that one-half the cases on the
calendar were called before counsel
began to arrive. OF the other half
not single case was ready. Every
lawyer had a witness missing, or a
juror late, or some legal formality yet
to be complied with, and all noted
how affable the judge was in granting
a few hours time on the most trivial
plea. Finally, when the clerk of the
court announced that no more cases
were on the calendar, the Judge
gravely replied:
.'Mr. Clerk, all these cases are con-
tinued until next term. This court is
going fishing"
Next term was six months off and
there was great Indignation, but the
old judge-could not be prevailed upon
to change his mind.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03

She flung away the scarlet cluster
and put her arms tenderly about
him.
"Dear Guy" she whispered, ri love
him; but if you are unwilling-if It
takes away any of the home feeling
for you, it only remains for you to
say so, and. ;.
Her voice died away, her head
dropped on his shoulder.
here was an instant's silence. and
Guy said bravely: !,
"Well, SO let it be. My father is q
trump, and you are the only woman
alive who is worth " of him. And I
suppose people would say six years
was too much difference in our ages.
although how they're to get over thS
fifteen years between you and father
I don't know" he added, with a forced
laugh. And then and there Guy
Paley learned his first lesson in self
abnegation. /
Dorcas picked up her holly berries
and went into the library, where her
promised husband stood.
II have just seen Guy" she said.
"Isn't he pleased?" i,
Eyes, I think he u.s." hesitated
Dorcas. "Guy is strange boy-e
noble nature. lam not sure, Horace"
she added, with a dimness in her
eyes, chat would have married
you if | could not always have had
Guy with me-"
"And my true wife will be Guys
true mother!' said Mr.. Paley, draw
ing Dorcas tenderly to his side.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
Speaker Reeds First Speech.

The first public speech Tom Reed
was ever known to have made, says a
Bridgton Me.) letter to the Washing
ton Post, is amusingly described by
Mrs. Libby, an elderly matron OF Old
Orchard, for which / am indebted to
Edgar Yates.
II carried Tom Reed to school the
first day he ever went" said Mrs. Lib
by, as she smoothed her apron with
her hands. ut was to the school on
Bracket street in Portland. Thomas
was tow-headed little fellow then.
His cheeks were fat and his eyes as
round as buttons. I know I wanted
awfully to take him TO school that
day, and so did another girl-and we
had a regular squabble over the little
fellow to see who should take him. I
remember he sat as still as a mouse.
We used to have speaking poe try
every Saturday then. Once when we
were all done the teacher asked: Are
there any others who have piece
hey can speak p Up got Thomas
Ind said: L know one
old Jim Crow came riding by,
Says l, "Old man, your horse will die. {"
Says he. ''If he dies I'll tan his skin,
And ii he lives I'll ride him again."
And that's all know
THAT is, suppose, the first speech
Thomas ever made. I wonder if he
remembers it now. He had funny
little voice, but he was so earnest
about reciting his piece that it made
us all laugh"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
He Tries Their Courage.

Professor Cook, of Harvard Col
lege, is one of the most popular in
structors in the university. Every
freshman has a course in chemistry
under the venerable scientist. But
if the course were not prescribed it Isl
likely that his class would be fully as
large as they now are. An hour in
his experiment room is like at
tending an entertainment. He makes
things lively in the most approved
"college celebration" fashion with
his explosions, burning chemicals
and other fireworks experiments.
The professor has spent a good
many years over his crucibles, retorts
and receivers. and his hand trembles
visibly when he picks up any one his
apparatus or instruments. One ofhis
lectures is devoted to dangerous ex-
plosives, and a stir always goes over
the room when he picks up a bottlela-
beled nitro-glycerine. His smile is as
innocent as child's and it reveals
the most genial and sympathetic ma
ture in Harvard College. When he
picks up the bottle and holds it up,
the yellow liquid stirring with the
shaking of his hand, he always says
something like this: "Now, gentle
men, it is commonly believed that If
l we're to drop this little bottle we
should all be blown to the skies this
hand trembles a little more, and
timid freshmen look longingly at the
door, but if this compound is pure,
perfectly pure, mind you, l can light
a match with perfect safety and
thrust it down the neck of the bottle"
Here he feels for a match. But"
he instantly adds, II am free to con-
TESS that I have not enough conf
dence in it's purity to try the expert
ment." MANY signs of relief and
one of the Professors divine smiles.)
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
Bully for the Babies on Our Block.

The presbytery of Cincinnati, by de-
claring that ''all infants dying in in-
fancy will be saved" has worthily
linked its name with Mrs. Winslow's
soothing syrup. Now, if some of the
other churches would tell us what will
become of the infants who die in old
age the world would have another vex-
ed question set at rest and the mile
MUM would add one more lap to its
score. Two laps on fact; both of 'em
laps of ages.-Burdette in Brooklyn
Eagle.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
A Thrifty Irishman

There are thrifty sons of Erin in
Newton Highlands. One recent y
bought a lot of land for $500 and built
thereon $4,000 house. Then he went
to get it insured. Il want policy for
$780," said he to the agent "But
the house only cost $780," was the
reply. Faith, but l want all my
money protected. TIL have $500 in
surance or nothing" Hunt" said the
agent. pausing. 'rll tell you what + II
do. though. I'll put $4,000 on the
house and $500 on the land" .'Begor
"a, an you're q gintleman, sir!''
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
How He Won His Suit,

"Did you win your suit?" II did"
':Easily?" ''Quite so. Our Judge is
the most honest man in the world.
The day before the decision I wrote
him few lines begging him to accept
check of 500 francs which inclosed."
''But it seems to me this was a pro-
ceeding which might have ruined your
case" "Quite so! Only I took care
to sign my adversary's name to the
check. Paris Figaro.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
Pass the Pie.

The Rev. Joseph Cook says: "Be-
ware of the nation which does not eat
pies" Come to think of it the nations
which don't care for pies are great on
revolutions, loose in their morals and
are gradually degenerating in rank as
war powers. 1t takes mince pie to
keep nat ion in the front rank.--Free
Press
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03

not been there since the preceding
day. The stranger thanked him and
retired. but returned half an hour
later with the same inquiry. Again
receiving reply in the negative, he
said: 81 am Mr.. Lincoln, the presi-
dent You allow me to take your
place as Waterman, while you go to
Surgeon Barnes house and tell him
want to see him. Let me have YOU.
badge, and I will sit right here in
your chair and carefully attend to
your duties till you come back"
The veteran in relating the story,
says that for moment he was speech
less from establishment, but, quickly
recovering himself, he pinned his badge
on the coat of the president of the
United States and hurried off after DR..
Barnes, whom he brought back with
him. ''Well," said the president, as
he returned the badge to its rightful
possessor, Il have proven true to my
trust as your substitute. and nothing
has gone wrong while you were away"
The old Waterman feels proud to think
that he is the only policeman who was
ever relieved by the president. Sur
geon Barnes lived on Lafayette square,
and it took Etter half an hour to 90
there and back; so for that space of
time Abraham Lincoln acted as a
Waterman at the treasury department.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
President Lincoln a. . Treasury Waterman

James Etter, an old soldier who for
over twenty years has been one of the
lay watchmen in the bureau of the
second auditor of the treasury, re-
lates with pride an interesting exper-
fence he had in 1868, says Washing
ton letter to the Pittsburg Dispatch.
As he was alone in the building one
sultry July Sunday morning a tall.
:lerical-looking man entered from
Seventeenth street and politely asked
him whether Surgeon Barnes was in
bis Office. He replied that Barnes had
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
SAID TO BE TRUE.
Why a Baptist Minister Refused to
BaptiZe.

6dpIIZ0s
The following is true story, and is
we'll worth printing: Two young ladies
of this city, says the Boston Courier,
were DESTROYS of joining one of the
prominent Episcopalians churches, but
as they had been taught that INNER.
sion was the true form of baptism, they
wished, on joining themselves to the
church, to be baptized in that manner.
They stated their wishes to the pastor,
and he expressed himself entirely
willing to administer the ordinance in
that form, but as there were no con-
veniences in the church edifice for the
purpose, it would be necessary to 60
outside-to the frog pond on the Com
mon, or the pretty lakelet in the Pub
lie Garden. They looked upon this
proposal with horror. They could not
think of it, could not think Of making
such a spectacle of themselves.
Then" said the genial pastor,
s'you had better go to Baptist church
for the purpose, and after baptism, il
you desire it. you will be received into
the Episcopalian fold"
The ladies were delighted with the
suggestion, and, as soon as convenient,
called upon prominent Baptist pastor
and made known their wish to be bap-
tized.
Certainly" replied the pastor,
''but there are certain preliminaries
to be gone through before baptism, cer-
tain preparations to be made. It is a
solemn ordinance, one not to be lightly
submitted to, and, by the way, it ap-
pears to me strange that you have not
previously consulted me, that the prep
arations so necessary"
"Oh! we are already prepared, "
said the young ladies.
ALREADY prepared?"
Eyes; we do not intend to become
members of your church; we only want
to be baptized, as we believe INNER
sion to be the proper form of baptism.
We are going to join the Episcopalian
church"
'Oh! that's it, said the pastor, ris-
ing; ''then permit me to inform you,
my dear young ladies, that we do not
wash Episcopalian sheep here"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
When Our Dreams Come True.

When our dreams come true at the dawn OF
LIES tomorrow,
The clouds Of care will never float across
our skies of blue
The gracious sun Of happiness shall Danish
every sorrow,
And our hearts rejoice forever when our
dreams come true
When our dreams come true and we wake
in the supernal,
Where all the things we fondly hope shall
break upon our view,
Then the roses and the lilies in a comeli-
ness eternal.
Shall blossom all about US when our
dreams come true
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
The Art Of Milking.

Suburban resident: "Yes, I want q
useful man about my country place.
Can you milk?" Applicant: "Yis,
sor." (Which side of a cow do you
sit on when milking?" "Wull, sor,
Oh niver MIXED but wan cow an she
vas q kicker, sor, an, bedad, good
dale av the toim OF was on both solids
av her, sor. New York Weekly.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
UNEXPECTED Comment

Jimmy Tufborn Ito minister who
Is dining with the family: didn't
you say in your sermon this morning
that there wasn't anything in this
world perfect?" Minister: Eyes, I be-
lieve so; why DO you ask?' .'Oh.
heard ma say before church time that
you were q perfect bore. "-Epoch.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03
HIS STEPMOTHER.

'Hush, Doras! is that rain? It
sounds as if some genii were dashing
pals ofwater against the easements.
cts rain, Guy. The equinoctial
storm, you know"
"And that dreary moaning down
the chimney it wind?"
The boy shivered a little, and drew
the bedclothes up around his chin.
The red flames from the blazing log
on the hearth danced up and down
like a magic lantern; the shaded lamp
burned steadily on the table. Dorcas
Wynter stitched quietly away at her
sewing without looking up.
"It muct be an awful tempest,
Dorcas,'' uttered the lad, as fresh
gust of wind seemed to shake the
octagonal tower to it's very founda-
lions.
cit is, Guy. I heard old Capt Lake
say that the tide had not been so
high since the year the Royal Victoria
was wrecked off Paine Point"
cit is better to be here, even with a
broken Leg" said Guy Paley, slightly
lifting his eyebrows, ethan out at sea
in such blow as this!''
"A good deal better, Guy"
"Not that am a coward, Dorcasl"
cried the boy. "There are worse
things than a storm at sea, and I
have an instinct that I shall be a
sailor yet; But this sickness has
taught me- this sickness and you,
Dorcas, that it's better to go for a
thing in an honest, straightforward
way, than to try to reachit by sneak
ing. But always supposed it was a
fine thing to run away to sea, or else
I shouldn't have tried the get-out Of
the-window by-midnight dodge, and
broken my leg. I'm wiser now!"
Dorcas smiled at him with melting
hazel eyes and rose-red lips, revealing
a line of pearls.
"Poor Guy!" said she. "It was a
hard lesson, wasn't it?"
II think l need it, Dorcas. Ifever
there was a Thoroughbred young
ruffian it was II" groaned the boy.
"But, you see, nobody ever talked
to me. Seedlings without end I got,
I grant you, but no one tolhed COM
nonsense to me before. You are the
only one who seemed to think me
worth reasoning with; and you shall
see, Dorcas that, l am worth the
trouble. Once I'm up from this
scrape I'll tackle my lessons in real
earnest, and try to do something
better. And l say, Dorcas.-"
eyes, Guy?"
"You're the prettiest girl I ever
saw"
"Nonsense, Guy"
"Oh, but you are! and the sweetest
and most sensible. l can't think how
you ever came to be a housemaid in
q place like this
Dorcas colored a little.
"Shal I tell you, Guy? I came as
governess to the primary depart
ment, but I had no discipline, they
told me. The younger boys did ex-
actly as they pleased. I've always
thought that Mrs. Vail. who sue
Ceeded to the position, had some
thing to do about the bad reports OF
my management that reached DR..
Delfer's ears. But that can't be
proved, neither can it be helped. I
was alone here and friendless, and
was glad to accept a vacant position
under the housekeeper to mend linen,
care for occasional cases in the in
Urinary, and make myself generally
useful"
II knew you were a lady" exul-
family cried the boy. II could see it
in your face"
II would rather you would call me
. true woman, Guy, than q lady,"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-03

in.
Something in the paternal glance
and movement struck the boy.
II never saw father look so young
and bright BEFORE" he thought.
"Something must have pleased him
very much. Perhaps aunt Soph is
going to marry some old fogy or
other, and the coast will be clear"
$50 you knew about it, Guy?" said
Mr.. Paley laughing.
''About what: sir?'
''About my engagement"
The book fell with a crash to the
floor.
"Your what, father"
"At least you told Aunt Sophronia
about it. Well, I'm glad you are
pleased, my boy, and Dorcas says
she will always love you as if you
were her own son. AS a general
thing, don't approve of stepmoth-
ers, but you and Dorcas love each
other so dearly that Why, Guy,
what is the matter?" for the boy had
rushed out of the room with an odd
suffocating sensation in his throat.
He met Dorcas coming up the gar
den path with bunch Of scarlet hol-
ly-berries in her hand.
''Dorcas," he cried, "Dorcas, you
are as false as the serpent woman!
You beau"
She comprehended him in an in
slant, though his voice was choked
into silence.