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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-02-28

ceedingly great desire, to make herself
worthy of his love.
81 m only a country girl she said
to herself, land he lives in the city,
where he is meeting brilliant women
every day. And it would be dread full,
if, after we were married, ho should be
ashamed of mel
Mrs. Rigney, distant cousin of the
Crests, had offerel to give Frances a
home for the winter for what use she
could render in household matters, and
the money she had saved was to be
spent in suitable dress, lessons AMI
other expenses.
And, best of all, she would see
Stephen Ellsworth every day. She
had looked forward to this for a long
time; now it was very near, and her
heart was full of happiness.
She finished her household tasks and
went quietly out TO the nook in the
woods where she knew that she should
find Lizzie.
- L ..as sss,su. sss,A ]. ... <.a>ssAss~as
twisted grape vine overhung the brown
waters of blbbllng brook Ind tall
plumes of golden-rod nodded along
the narrow path.
And here, with her heal leaning
listlessly against a tree trunk, sat a
lovely girl of scarcely 18, with deep
blue eyes, full, cherry red p', and
complexion like balsam- flower. Oae
hand was immersed in the cool, run
ming water; the other held c;umpled
pocket handkerchief, dronched with
tears.
"Lizziep exclaimed Frances, 'you
have been cryingW
Tie blue eyes sparkled resentfully.
"Crying2 OF course I've been cry
ingp retorted Lizzie Crest. "Who
wouldn't CRY, to be left alone in this
dismal hole all winter long while you
are enj ying yourself in the city2 But
won't stay here. I'll run away and
go on the stage, or else drown myself
in Packers pool"
"L;zziel Lizziel think what you are
saylngp
81 don't carep pou'el Lizzie.
"What is life worth in a place like
thisa'
And she burst into fresh flood of
tears.
Frances sat down and took the gold
en- head tenderly into her lap.
All her life long she had been &C
customed to subordinate her will to
that of this lovely, tempestuous sprite.
What signified one sacrifice more or
Iess1
Don't cry any more, LizzieH' she
whispered. 'Ive made up my mind.
You shall go to Aunt Josie, instead of
me-"
.If"
"And I'll wait mother year." added
Frances, swallowing lump in her
throat. 'You shall have the music
lessons and the art lectures; you shall
see what winter in the city is like. "
Lizzie's eyes sparkIed; her cheeks
were red. She flung her arms around
Frances's neck with a sudden cry of
rapture.
oh, Frances, you don't really meaa
III"
"Yes, do" bravely uttered Frances.
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The True Ring.

Mother-Geraldine, was that letter
you received this morning from Mr..
Won r chez
"Yes, ma"
"Well, did its wording have the true
ringl"
"Yes, ma-a splendid engagement
ring. - Norristo0B Herald.
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should like to see the child in her new
dresses. ! think I'll go up to Albany
and surprise her. Lucy Lampson will
take the school for a week. Dear little
Lizziel how astonished she will be.
"Wife," said Farmer Crest hoarsely,
when Frances had gone up to bed, full
of her new plan, Il don't knows we
ought to let her 60"
"Why not, Obedl'
a saw DIR. Jones's son this morning.
He is just home from the Albany medi-
cal college, and he says every one is
talking of our L zz,e's engagement to
Cap'n Ellsworth"
"Obed Crest, you're a-dreamin'!'
81 wish was, wife, l wish l was
But it's only what wee ought TO have
expected. Lizzie is as pretty as a pic
ter, and as frothy as a bowl o soap
suds, and brimful O mischief into the
bargain; and Ellsworth only a mortal
man after all. Frances ought to have
.;Gsss .;;GsssssIie1 -hir1 year ago, when he
wanted her to do so, only she wouldn't
leave US until we'd paid the mortgage
on the farm, and got even with the
world"
''Blt, obed, what are we to dol l
can't tell her." sobbed the old lady.
sNor !, neither There's no help
for it, wife; she's got to fud it out
herself"
And he let his wrinklol forehead fall
into his hands with groan.
Z Just then the door opened.
A tall, slight figure came in like a
gliding shadow.
"I've heard it all, father" said
Frances, and you mustn't blame either
Stephen or Lizzie. lit was only
natural. He has grown tired of wait
ing for me. And Lizzie is very lovely.
! can't blame any man for wanting to
make her his wife. shall 60 to Al
bany, all the same, and tell them not
to mind me. You know" with rather a
forced smile, "people always said l was
cut out for an old ma d. And-and-
we three can be very happy here at
home all our lives long, clnt wel'
And here poor Frances broke down,
and cried bitterly.
Don't mind me" said she. 81 shall
be quite used to 1t after awhile.
1t was a brilliant January afternoon
the ground covered with snow, the
sun shining with arctic spIendor, and
all the streets musical with the joyous
chime of sleighbelIs-when Frances
Crest arrived at Mrs. Rgney's house in
Albany.
"why--Frances--Crest," calculated
the good lady, ''is this your
Il came to surprise Lizzie, Aunt
josie" said the traveller, smiling
family.
"Well, it will be a SURPRISE" said
Mrs. Rigney. ''Go right up, dear.
She's in the parlor with"
'sWith Capt. Ellsworth"
'sHow on earth did you know9"
cried the comfortable elderly lady.
"Has she written to your
'sNo, not word" Frances an
swerei. "But l know it all, Eeyerthe-
less.''
She went on, and knocked vt the
parlor door.
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AYERS
Cherry PectOral.

No other complaints are so insidious in theft
ssssss1z0s e.ag the throat ard y. Lungs 81
none so trifled with by the majority of suffer
ers. The ordinary cough OF cold, resulting
perhaps from trihing OF unconscious ex-
posure, is often but the beginning Of fatal
,iekness. AYERS CHERRY PfcT0RAL has
well proven its efficacy in a forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should be
taken in all cases without delay.
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R0SINE'S ROMANCE.
BY KATE NJ. CLEARY.

When Miss Magnolia carefully with
drew the dress from the great cedar
trunk, unpinned the old damask table
cloth which cnveloped it, and spread
out its shining folds for the admir- ration
OF her niece, R)sine, that young lady
clasped her pretty hands and quoted
K ats.
" "A thing of beauty is a joy forev.
eiF" she said.
Miss Magnolia nodded and smiled
She was altogether unlike the large,
lair, splendid flower, after which she
had been chr.stened-almost grotesqu
ly unlike, in fact. sac was small and
round, and brown, as a maiden lady OF
decid edly certain age could be. In
deed she reminded one Of nothing SO
much as little russell apple But her
heart, which had been full of scnti-
ment once, was warm and sensitive
organ still. And she took deal Of /
interest in r osine's romance.
Yes, my dear, it is thing of
beauty And 10 think never wore it
but twice. D.ar dearl' And she
went on stroklng the primrose sati1,
enderly as a mother touches the hair
II child.
You had lover then, auntiel
'sked Rosine.
"Yo', pet, this is one Of the dresses
got Tor my marriage. But he went {
way on business, he said. Aud he !
ever came back.
Hastily she wiped her eyes lest
ear should stain the shimmerine stuff 4
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How Tippo lib Got His Name.

Hamad ben Mohammed-T -Tippo lib
accompanied Mr. Stanley down the
Lual aba to the Seventh Cataract IN
1876, says Herbert Ward in Scribnor.
The origin of the latter sobriquet is pc
culiar. 1t was applied to him by the
people at Kansongo iu consequence of
their hearing the sharp distant rattle
Of the bandits guns when on some of
their slave catching excursions. The
crack of the rife-shot sounded in their
ears like 'tip-tip-tip.' Another
name that has been given to this re-
mark able man, on the cas- tern side of
central Africa is M Kango Njaa'-
"Afraid of Hunger the natives
iastne famine 1e1A sss q fc3 >ss1s ticcl.rro
that that is the only enemy of which
Hamad, with his large caravans travers-
ing their barren country, is in dread.
This man life for the past thirty years
has been one constant success sion of ad-
ventures. He is at the present moment
the strongest and most formidable ruler
in the Congo regions of Equatorial At
rica
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-02-28

ain 1857 took a severe cold, which affected
my lungs. had a terrible cough, and passed
night G. er night without sleep The doctors
gave me up. ] tried AYERS CHERRY Pee.
ToRAL, which relieved my lungs, induced
sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary
for the recovery of my strength. BY tine
nent cure was effected. | am now g. years
old, hale and hearty and am satisfied yom
CHERRY PICTORIAL saved me.
HoFACE FAIRBROTHER."
Rockingham Vt. July Is. 1882.
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Workingman-Give me work, and
do not care for the rest of the world.
Tramp-Well, give me rest, and don't
care for the work of the world.
Thompson (proudly Robinson, you
see that gun2 My wife killed bear
with that once. Robinson-Ah, in
decd What was she shooting at1
Minnie-L2ts see, dear, what is
that sentence about spelling the Egypt
ians1 Mame-I don't know. Pm
sure, though, that it has no reference
to the mummies.
II thought you were going to marry
Miss Goldthwaite. "Her family were
all opposed to it," ''Well, but if the
girl herself" II said all the family.
She was one of 'em.'
Fangle-What do you think of this
piece of newspaper advice: "Tell your
wife every day that you love herr
Cumso--I don't think the papers
ought to enc rage lying. ..-.x<ss s,,,
Old Gentleman Giving tramp a cenh
And now, my man, what will you do
with this money! Purchase bread1
Tramp (sarcasticaIly)-Nawl Tn goin'
ter drink myself to death with it!
A facetious Bostonian, who has occa-
sion to send postal cards to a certain
small city where there is a postmistress.
writes this legend on the top of the
card; "Plea'o forward after perusal."
Stanley estimates that there is room
in Africa for 50, 600 miles of railroad.
American railroad conductors will never
60 to Africa to secure employment at
their calling. They might be able to
stand the climate, but the names of the
stations would paralyze them.
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NO. 45.
UnreeOgnized.

OnreoOgnlzed.
A seed came floating near me
A brown and paltry thing,
1t seemed an idle pastime
To stay its hasty wing.
But lol my neighbor grasped II,
And meath her watchful care,
1t grew and gave her freely
A wreath of blossoms rare.
And then the plant beholding,
My tears fell freely down.
The seed was o, so paltry,
And light as thistle down.
Why was there none to whisper,
"Tis opportunity
The bloom and fragrance yonder
Would then have been for me.
Clara j. Denton, IN Detroit Free Press
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-02-28
Man Is Like a ship.

Mhu - 1iht " OhiH
Isaw freighted ship come in
From off distant cruise,
Ihesrd the glad and merry din
That spread the welcome news
/ saw how all the people ran,
saw the colors dip
For every ship is like man,
And man is like a ship.
saw a ship on a foreign shore
Wrecked by an angry wave,
Its sailors ne'er could man il more,
The ocean was their grave,
But no one came relief to plan
No colors few to dip
For every ship is like a man,
And man is like a ship.
-DoHaid R. N Gregor
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-02-28
A Strong Combine.

Etrl-I see the typswriters are form.
ing unions all over the country.
Wilson-Indeed; 1 hadn't heard IL
Trade unions7
Earl-No; matrimonial. Puck,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-02-28
HUMOROUS.

When money talks of course it talks
cents.
The peal of a banana has falling
infection.
It's very wise father who knows as
much as his son.
When will the authorities refuse
rhymsters poetic licensoa
A cloud upon real estate title does
not always have silver lining.
Men are like drums-the on, with
the big head makes the most noise.
A citizen of Franklin, Pa, is taxed
nine cents on real estate and So. so on
dogs.
Woman's hand may be pale and deli
cate, but she can pick up hotter plate
than a man.
A clergyman who expended SIS in
order to oficiate at wedding in Harris.
burg Pa, received fee of SO.
There is hardly any man so friondless
In this world that he hasn't at least one
friend ready to tell him his faults.
1t requires no tariff prophet to pre-
dict that it will be excee iingly difficult
10 DO away with the tacks on clrpots.
Clouds are a good deal like men
Ihey are harmless when alone, but they
make trouble when they get together
Anything new under the sun.
oday1" Yes, that paint you're sitting
W. painted that step this morning."
In five minutes a woman can clean up
man room in such way that it will
AXE him five weeks to find ont where
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PORT TOBACCO MARYLAND FEBPI7ARy9 > 75

''ns to bo the belle of Madame oh..
f...'. fancy dress ball. The proposed
~usity bad been the talk of Now
means fer several weeks. The pigb,
anticipated was cool, crisp. sweet
p'arly Brilliantly lighted was
~ "'oad-baleonied old residence on ST
Vs street. Many carriage rolled
- rolled of When Rosine descended
t.n .us oarouche of her chaperon she
oo., H''le nervo little elatod, and
1''uS -, 'hat she was looking uncom-
4'a'y well-as indeed she was Omit
picture was the pretty young figure in
sinS gown Of pale yellowisb
s.t' pic'uresqlely puffsd and QUANTITY
D'9"ea' The corsagc cut roundlv
'aieu The firm, full throat. DAINTY
'usoskin swathed the arms, which II
Ivy T. were also exquisitely rounded.
''u 'he small, olive tinted face was lii
a.I ,'ue's Dy pansy black eyes. A
''i u alteration succeeded tho ser.ne
'0nc ha' 'ance Of Cyril Rodnov's connie. |
'l'e, as he caught sight Of her. He |
made his way to her side.
queen Rosiner he mu-mured. .1
wonder If you know that you're bv far
,ae ! prettie't girl here tonight Poor
Suclo Albertl-how complete will be
the mus cf' '"o'
and off he wentl He soon retnr,oa
hy his side was sturdy old gentle.
no'lno's =, heart beat more rapidly.
0i''eFy hair had the dragon. A dark G
'nu''ache had the dragon. A Aorid ,
.omp'ezion had the dragon. And
! ;'nneF that was grave, dignifed, cour. E
Ulcle Albert" explained Cyril.
''l Doyish eagerness, '4his is Miss
''sine Wilde"
"lldel The old gentleman started n
fIceptibly. He looked at the blush. l.
Y glrl-at the yellowish gown. He h,
l'wed =.
Aad, Z avowod young Rodney, ru
aiding his sweetheart sw;f4 -
I'c0qragement, "and-the young lady It
whom lspoke to you.o ey
"ohl" exclaimed Albert Ellsworth at
zen n'errogatiyely; "WilIea Was
" fathers name Clayton Wilder z.
Rosine assente /.
Ana your mothers maiden name
slagnolia Kingsleya
/ -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-28
FOREIGN.

Don GAIINDo, the Salvadorian agent at
Guatemala City, telegraphs to President
Ezeta that peace honorable to Salvador
has been arranged.
The Bishop of Sierra Leone, who is at
present sojourning in Switzerland, has
received news confirming the report of the
death of Messrs Gates. and Jaderquest and
Mrs Kingman, members OF the party OF
nine missionaries who left the United
States few months ago with the object
of teaching in the Soudan. They died at
Sierra Leone from African fever.
The government has sent relief to the
victims of the great storm in the south
east part of France. The latest reports
are that an immense amount of damage
was done to property. A lady was thrown
from her carriage and killed. A large
number of persons were injured.
THE Government of Bogota has passed
to the Senate the petition of Lieutenant
Wyse, the Panama Canal Company Com
missioner who recently arrived from
Paris Lieutenant Wyse asks for six years
prolongation of the canal company's con
cession without recompense, and that the
Government concede to the company 10, coo
hectares of land for the lake which VIII be
formed by the Chagres river, the Govern
ment receiving 1900 600 francs, which
sum the company will pay in installments.
Nothing more is offered,
The first section of the Barnum (
Bailey circus train was wrecked at
ShelbyviIle on the Grand Rapids
& Indiana road this morning by
coupling breaking and several cars
flying the track A wrecking train
from here went to the scene of the
accident, and the tram was brought to
this city about II o'clock 1t was then
found that three men were badly hurt.
They are Martin Foley, of st. Louis, both
legs broken, and mangled; Ira Bungle, Of
Flint, Mich, compound fracture of left
arm, and James Smith, of Cincinnati, leg
broken. Foley will not recover,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-28
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The Thousand Island Park Hotel and
five cottages at Thousand Island Park, on
the ST. Lawrence. were burned Thursday
morning. Loss 800, 900.
B. H. Cook & Co., Nashville Tenn,
one of the largest clothing houses in the
south assigned Thursday. Liabilities
5000, 900; assets $40, 900.
EIGHT persons we're killed outright and
over score injured by the wreck Of pass
enger train on the Old Colony Road, at
Quincy, Mass, Tuesday afternoon. The
train jumped the track when running at
the rate of forty miles an hour.
ELEVEN persons were killed outright by
the cyclone that devastated Wilkesbarre,
Pa, Tuesday afternoon. Ten were fatally
injured, some of whom have since died.
A score were seriously hurt. Four hun
bred buildings were laid in ruins. The
money loss is estimated at over 81 900, 900.
Hundreds of people are at work endeavor-
ing to restore order out of the chaos.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-28
LUCKY MRS. nOwARTH.
she Tells y Reporter How She Got Her Big
Prize.

Eyes, | got my SIS, 900 Wednesday" said
Mrs. Jane Howarth of 40l Central avenue
kcarncy, to q Journal reporter who went TO
rec her about the matter this morning.
Mrs. llowarth, whe is a bright, pleasant
faced woman, then told the whole story OF
the affair MS follows;
II have been purchasing tickets and parts
of tickets ii the Louisiana State Lottery for
the past year. On July | bought one
twentieth Of ticket No. 9256l, paying one
dollar for II. or course, as did not expect
% get much out of it, | did not fret much,
out had interest enough in the matter TO
make me keep my eyes open for the returns
from the drawings, On July Is, however,
you may believe | was made happy by the
.eceipt OF notice informing -Iae that had
won one-twentieth OF the capital prize of
$500, 900 ! then went to New York with my
husband and placed my ticket in the hands
II the agent OF the Adams Express Com.
pany for collection, and on Wednesday, as
>aid before, | got my money and now have
1t placed away in safe place"
old you ever win anything before ~
queried the reporter.
"Yes, only last Christmas | won an ap.
proximatc prize OF IS, and at other times
small sums.
II believe that the lottery is conducted
fairly, for, il ii was not why should | get
such large sum Of money for so little
They know nothing about me or mine"
Since Mrs. llowarth's good luck has be.
come known, she and her family have be-
come very popular with their neighbors,
although some of them envy her good luck.
--Nslodrk N. j. Journal, August l.
A well known lawyer of Toronto, who is
about TO be married, ordered his weddin :
suit whereupou it was attached by lady to
whom he owed S4l, the payment of which
he had Systematically eyaded. His wedding
garments are now in the hands OF court
Official, and will be put up at auction if the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-28
CRIME.

There is nothing of Importance
in the Otterville train robbery. Supt.
Fuller, of the Pacific express, re-
iterates the statement that he made
last night, that GA in cash was
secured by the robbers.
ONToNAGoN, Mich, is said to be
plagued with incendiaries. Seven at
tempts have been made to fire the princi-
pal buildings in the place. A municipal
reign of terror is prevailing. One thous-
and dollars reward is offered for the
capture of the incendiaries.
COUNTY JUDGE MAX STEIN, of Hidalgo
county, Texas, the leading merchant and
most popular citizen of Edenburg, Tex,
was shot and killed in Reynosa, Mexico,
by Mrs. Della McCabe, of Kernes
county. Tex. The murderess is the
wife of ex-County Judge Homer 7.
McCabe, of Hidalgo. Mrs. McCabe is
about 20 years old, and handsome bru-
nette. The killing, which grew out of ii
political row bet 0een McCabe and Stein,
was committed in the presence Of Judge
Stein family.
A DARING robbery was committed
here last night. Charles Lee and
Charles Barnes, were riding home
on a street car together when Lee
pulled out roll of bills and
boosted that he had more money than
Barnes. The latter didn't think so and to
prove it he produced his pocketbook and
exposed the contents. Lee grabbed Barnes
money and fed He was chased into a
hotel but eluded discovery. Later he was
captured while attempting to escape from
the house by letting himself down through
a window with a rope. He was brought
before a justice today and held for exam
nation on Wednesday.
SOME Children playing about a hay
stack on the farm of S. +, Barnes,
in Talmadge township, Ohio, six
miles east of Akron, saw what they
mistook fora skunk under the hay, and
thrust the pitchfork into the hay to kill
the animal. One of the fork tines en-
tered the eye of negro hidden under the
hay and was driven into the brain
with fatal effect. The negro was identi-
fed by the police as John Williams, well
known to the police of all large cities as
one of the most dangerous burglars IN the
country. lie had served three terms in
the Columbus penitentiary, and had killed
one man and crippled another for life. On
Williams body was found loaded revol-
yer, cartridges, burglars outfit and
property stolen from places about here
He had just escaped from the peniter.
tlary.