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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07
The SILK Threads In Paper Money.

In spite of the skill and industry of
counterfeiters, they have never made a
bill which did not have one or more
vulnerable spots. Some Of the products
of their handicraft may seem perfect to
the unframed eye, but will find that
each one, like Achilles has netting
lacking in its armor. .rhaps the feat
ures Of good treasury notes which coun-
terfeters have found it most difficult to
initiate are the two blue silk threads
which run lengthwise through them.
They are a little over an inch apart, and
though sometimes almost invisible, they
form part of every bill issued by the
government bureau of printing and en-
craving. A. l.. Drummond, chief of
the secret service of the treasury depart
ment, who has had long experience
with counterfeiters and their wares, ex-
planned recently why it was so difficult
to copy good bills in this respect.
at the first place" he said, "the silk
threads are put in the paper when il IS
made at the factory. To make paper
of this kind used by the government
requires big plant and lots of capital,
so counterfeiters are kept out of it. Even
if they had the necessary money, they
wouldn't be fools enough to risk it all
for the chance of making bogus bills.
1t would be exceeding improbable for
a paper manufacturer who already has
factory to make the paper because to
do so is a penitentiary offence.
Doctor Drummond then showed the
reporter a counterfeit two dollar bill
which had a single thread running
lengthwise through its centre.
"This is the only bad bill that ever
saw with a silk thread in it. Even this
has only one thread in it, instead Of two
so it would not be dangerous to n
skilled teller. | have never heard Of
more than two other bills like this one.
1t is easy to see that the counterfeit
split this note, put in this thread and
then pasted the two parts together again.
The frayed edges showed that. The fell
low must have been very stupid not to
know that genuine money has two
threads instead of one. An expert can
easily tell when a bill has been split in
two and pasted together again, SO the
silk threads would not deceive him. /"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07
The frstbluc-bird is the one we notice most


Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the system
euectually, yet gently, when costiveor bilious,
or when the blood is impure or sluggish. to
permanently cure habitual constipation. to
awaken the Kidneys ard liver to healthy nc
nVi'y' without irritating or weakening them,
use syrup OF Figs.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Ca.
DONALD KENNEDY
Of ROxbuIy, Mass, says

Kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep
Seated Ulcers of 30 years
standing, Inward Tumors, and
every disease of the skin, ex-
cept Thunder Humor, and
Cancer that has taken root.
Price, $50. Sold by every
Druggist in the United States
and Canada.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

SYRE, PA, Feb. 0, 1900.
recommend your Floraplcxion rs an inyal-
liable remedy to all persons afflicted with that
terrible disc ase, dyspepsia. D. NJ. O'BRIEN.
FlUfd1HeriOH Is the speedy and permanent
cure for Sick Headache, Indigestion, Dyspep-
lility and Consumption. It is The only sure
cure for these complaints. Ask your druggist
Tor it, and get well.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

THERE is no such thing as freedom
in the world; from the cradle to the
grave we are under orders to some one
or something. Just as the high walls
hem in the playground where the boys
are free to do as they like, SO does the
great circle of that which the Greeks
called Necessity surround the life play
ground we call free will; and liberty is
but a shadow. Throughout we are all,
young and old, under the harrow OF
circumstances.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

BRowN's Iron Differs cureI Dyspepsia, Ma
lara Bilousncss AMI General Debility. Gives
Strength, aides Digestion, tones tbs nerves -
creates appetite. Tho best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

were suffocated by smoke in the Republic Iron
Mine, at Marquette Michigan. They had
descended into the mine TO ascertain the eK-
tent of the fire raging in No. 5 and No. 8
shafts. The damage by fire has already
reached 100000, and the duration of the fire
is impossible to foretell.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

Memory is the only paradise out Of which
we cannot be driven away,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

MALARIA cured and cradicated from the
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which en-
rIches the blood, tones the nerves, aids diges-
ton. Acts like II charm on persons In general
i'll health, giving new energy and strength
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

FITS Stopped free by DR.. KI1NE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRFR. No fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and s. trial
bottle free DR.. Kline, 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

A hundred petty virtues are not worth one
genuine heart uch.
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Flour, Feed, Grain & Liquor Dealers,
Cor. Ii and NJ SITS, s. E.,
tGaddis Old Stand,)
WASHINGTON, D. C.

HAVING greatly enlarged our business by
Il securing two large warehouses for store
ing the in mense stock of goods that we are
con PEELED to rry to supply the extraordil
nary incr ase in our trade. We will say that
We are now prepared TO meet all demands for
goods in our line at prices that will satisfy
all buyers. We are large receivers of Flour
and Grain from the West. Groceries and
L'quo 8 from first hands and with the expe-
rience Of twenty-five Years in the business
we cln safely promise our friends that we
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Farmers Brands OF Flour. tW hi'e and Gold,'
Fancy MINI. pateIt, ''Tryphe ia" Fanc
Winter patent; "Drusilla," Choice Winter
ia ent; "Our Secret" Fancy Fam ~; ''Sun
Beam" Choice Family.
Goods packed and delivered to ira spor-
ia ion companies free of charge
Buists celebrated G lrden Seeds in large
a,scItment.
3. B. EARNSHAw & BRO,
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WASHINGTON. Dc.
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Halls Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally, and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. send for
testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists 75c.
k. }. CHENEY & Co., Proprs., Toledo, 0.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

Some men are balloonists by profession;
others by initiation.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

Open defeat is better than under handed
victory.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07
Baltimore 4 Potomac Railroad

After Sunday, GERBER goth, SO the
trains on this road will run as follows:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07

The dandelions are the spun gold of spring
time.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-07
Money i'm Chickens.

q man who devoted q ysara
OF his life to CONDUCTING
a POULTRY YARD AS A
BUSINESS. not a. a pas
time. As the living of bin.
self and family depended
on ii, he gave the subject
such attention as only a
need OF bread will com
mand. and the result was q
grand success. after he had
spent much money and lost
hundreds of valuable chick.
ems in experimenting. v nas
he learned in oil these wear
is embodied in this book.
which We send postpaid fda
IS cents 10 stamps. u
teaches you how to Detect
and Cure Diseases, how u,
Feed for Eggs and also for
Fsttening. which Fowls to
ssve for Breeding Purposes
aud everything. indeed. 2ou
should know on this subject
BOOK PUB. HOUSE.
l54 Leonard St., n. x. Oitss
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-04

career where many wiser and better
equipped had failed
She soaa-l herself into "a kind q calm,
and then she remembered She must
brace ug Willard with 20 cheerful letter.
Poor buy. with his weak chest and
natural habit If looking on the dark
side Of things. he needed a deal Of brac-
ing She arose with red and swollen
eyes, brushed back her tumUled hair,
and felt the thick, dreadful packet still
burning IN the pocket Of her gown.
Now it was drawn forth and the seal
was broken. Yes, il was her poor re-
jected story; but instead Of the heartless,
cold blooded printed slip saying "the
return Of a Ms does not necessarily i'm
ply lack Of merit or u~nttness for publ
cation" a typewriter letter from the
editor fell into her lap not unhndly
worded
Your story" it said, shows marks
Of hurried composition. It Is crude in
parts and lacks literary finish But the
plot is a good one and capable Of expan-
sion If you are willing 10 rewrite it,
carefully eliminating at least one-half Of
the adjectives and reconstructing the
sentences / have marked, and If you
choose to expand it 70 twice its present
size, | will then consider whether l can
accept it FOR cur magazine, which Is now
publishing a complete novelette, n each
number. / do not, however. pledge my
self TO anything until IhAvere-examined
th~ Ms"
The letter wa brief, curt and business
like, but on the whole r-eassuring. A
ripple Of glrhsh laughter escaped from
Edith's lips. In her wild revulaon Of
feeling she dashed the tears from her
eyes and kissed the typewriter sheet
half frantically. What a charming man
that editor must be! What a friend and
lover Of his kind! She pictured him
white haired and benevolent looking.
with girls Of his own whom be tenderly
kissed every morning before going 70 his
Office. She few dancing and skipping
round the room. her eye bright with
excitement, for she had not completely
failed after all. There wa a crumb Of
hope left, and being young and ardent
Edith could live on very small crumbs Of
that divine aliment
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-04

The annoyance of breaking
lamp-chimneys need not be
borne.
Get tough glass chimney 5.
Macbeth pearl top a. d.
"pearl glass are to@-
against heat; they do 70.
break, except from accident.
They are also clear, trans
parent, not misty or milky thcj
fit and stand Upright shape
and proportions are right to d.
rect the draft upon the flame.
They cost a little more thar
rough and wrong chimncys OF
common glass that break con
tinually.
Pitsburg. GEO. A. MACBETH & CO.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-04

Having purchased sH interest iu the firm o
WolrerstorH Haskell Manufacruring Co.. u St
Paul Mimi. iu which ] take an active part
S~eptemberl, 1871. ] wish % dispose 81 the FUR
uifura and bar fixture of the Yellowstone hotel
lunch counter, ice house and bot and storage
cellar. at reasonable rates for cash Guarantee
five years lease AZ same rates. For further par
t~iculars address JOHN. I. ". DEJONG, Glendive,
Montana.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-04
MAKE A NOTE OF THIS.
The YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL reach

larger class of people in the city and surrounding
country and has a larger circulation than any
other paper, and is therefore the best advertising
medium.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-04
Mrs. NOTthup Ledger
By AUGUSTA HARMED

ICrpyriEhL 1891. by American Press AssociA-
toni
CHAPTER L
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

There are 5000, 900 acres in Beaver coun
ty yet unoccupied.
1t is claimed that there are $500 acres Of
cotton in the vicinity of Lexington.
The site has been secured and work be-
gan on a Catholic college at Guthrie.
The militia wants to keep the bawl roll
| ing until they get it all out of the "trip.
The farmers in Logan county are rapid y
| paying off their Santa Fe wheat notes.
The report of the Sac and Fox allottins
agents was sent to Washington yesterday.
It is reported that a majority of the
| Cherokee council recently elected are in IA
yor Of selling the outlet.
The nearest point between Beaver coun-
! ty and the rest of Oklahoma is one hun
! dred and fifty miles.
Col. ". T. Laney snd Capt. Lafe Merritt
have purchased the Lexingtod, O. T.,
Leader from Mr.. Covington.
There are lots of fellows chewing fine
cut in Oklahoma this summes. that had to
borrow most of their plug tobacco last
year.
The Muskogee Phoenix is authority for
the statement that The Cherokees are
now ready to talk trade with the Chero-
kee commission.
A big normal institute IS soon to be
held al Guthrie. in which the talent of the
territory will take part. Lecturers of ter
rltorial reputation will speak.
The man who thought we weren't going
TO have any summer this year, has showed
up at the Oklahoma City ice factory and
asked to be frozen in big cake of ice.
The Oklahoma City base ball boys have
lost their first game. They had to lose
one, SO they could get somebody to play
with them. The other clubs were getting
scared out.
An effort Is being made TO create some
enthusiasm in the worlds fair in Oklaho-
ma Oklahoma will come up smiling
with the biggest pumpkins imaginable,
when the fair opens.
The Oklahoma City Gazette occasion
ally makes some pleasant discoveries. II
now says that there can be 10 special ses-
sion OF the legislature, and quotes the
Dakota statutes TO prove H.
Shaneewtown has a petrjied squaw
about four feet two inches high and weigh
ing somewhere in the nelghborhoOd OF
seven hundred pounds Il excItes the
curiosity OF all strangers passing,
In July ten girls were born in Oklahoma
county and only two boys. There has al
ways been surplus Of the masculine gen
der n Oklahoma ever since the opening.
The Lord knows what be IS doing.
II seems TO be The general opinion that
the new lands will be opened without aBy
days notice. Some hearing the news VIII
come from Washington. aud the ike Of
such a scramble viii never be seen again.
". p. Thompson has paid OF the 1880
note held By the Commercial bank Of
Guthrie which WIS secured oy mortgage
ou the News plant The editor - usually
happy man, bat &c is nog more joyous
than ever
Robert McCauss, deputy collector. has
received official information that the CON
missioner Of Internal revenue has in
structed Cy Leland. the internal revenue
collector. 70 issue special tax stamps for
the sale OF matt liquor in the Indian terri
tory. Mr. AcCsCss Is ordered 70 hereafter
receive their applications and mo1ey- This
has been a mooted question for long
time, bat this definitely settles lt tAss the
Indian Can have hss beer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11

As was noted in the proceedings of
Saturdays meeting of the Colored Bap-
fist association in this city, a resolution
was adopted denouncing separate schools
for the children of the white and colored
races. What the object was in passing
such resolution by the body referred to
Is matter of speculation, inasmuch as
the thing they demand already exists
under the laws of this state. But if it
did not, it is not quite clear to the
writer's mind that it Is the best thing to
do, viewed solely from the standpoint of
the best interests of the colored children.
1t seems next to impossible for the
church to keep out of politics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11
W, j. WILSON,
Manager,
139 North Main Street.
Books to Read In a Hammock.

1 Some people never take books 20 the
country with them. They either feel no
need for the strength or relaxation the'
might gain from reading. or they rely
upon chance for their mental pabulum.
Few are the readers who carry with
them anything but the highest Of sum-
mer noyels-books that can be thrown
away without regret when finished.
Perhaps il is too much % ask that any
one not a student Should expeDd much
energy in hot weather upon mental i'm
provement. Yet it does seem a. though
something better might be read than the
merely ephemeral novelette,. How many
Of the rising generation are really famil-
lar with the novels Of Scott, of Dickens,
Of Thackeray, Of Cooper. Of George
Eliot, Of Miss Mulock. OF with tho
charming long and short stories by our
own American authors2
There was a time when the heavy
binding and high cost Of standards rem
dered them undesirable books 20 read in
a hammock, but the recent issue Of ths
works Of many Of the best English AMI
American writers in paper covers does
away with this objection. Good books,
in good type, on good paper, at a prica
that practically puts them within tho
reach Of every one, are 70 be had ca
every hand
Ia purchasing an outfit for the sum-
mer vacation the hammock books should
no more be overlooked than the ham
mock itself, bat let both be If kind
that will stand wear. Trashy reading
provokes mental dyspepsia akin % tho
physical malaise produced by diet %
swestrneats unaccoTapanied By substan-
tials. Such q course q treatment unEt1
either mind or body 20 do the winters
work, for which strength should 30 40
cunulated during a summer vacation
Harpers Bazar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11

No person in this country IS getting a
greater amount of newspaper notorietv
just now than Sam Jones: not even
Cleveland or Jerry Simpson. In Chicago
they are telling this story on Sam: Re
Gently he was addressing a crowded au-
dience, and said: Il want everyone in
this congregation who wants to go 10
heaven TO stand MP" Of course almost
everybody rose. Then be said: Now
| want every body who wants to go to
the other place to stand up" At first no
one stood UP, but finally a long and lank
and skinny individual in the back seats.
about as fat as an umbrella. arose and
said: Il don't exactly want to go 10 the
other place, but am willing to stand up
rather than let the preacher stand al,
alone
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11

The great Barr will case, involving
property valued at $1,000, 600, has lust
been decided in Cincinnati By Judge
Sage, of the. United States district court.
and concured in by the United States
circuit court, Judge Jackson. The prop
erty involved is 100 acres en- Inie Hin
now covered by elegant residences occu-
pied by wealthy citizens of Cincinnati.
The heirs are the descendants of Wm.
Barr, who purchased the property for a
few hundred dollars in 1916. After tbe
senior Bars death the estate finally re-
verted to five brothers and a sister. The
brothers claimed the property, but the
sister, Mary Barr, who married Daniel
Grafton and died near Natchez. Miss.
was lost sight of, and it was not until
sixty years after that her poSterity laid
claim to that portion of the property
which rightfully belonged TO her.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11

Congressman Holman, of Indiana. is
quoted as saying that the Fifty-second
congress must cut down expenditures all
along the line, except at one or two
points. The appropriations, he saws.
certainly must be Sl00, 900, 600 lower
than last year, and such a reduction can
be made without being felt" The prin
cipal exception he makes is on account
of pensions. The appropriation for pen
sions, he says, cannot he reduced. "as
the pensions are debts against the gov
eminent Per contra, Congressman
Tarsney, Of the Kansas City. Mo. dis
trict, has boldly declared that in order TO
effect the reduction (which the Demo
Gratis have agreed upon as a campaign
dodge must be made largely from the
pension account. L viii be fun 10 see
the Democrats lock horns over the pen
sion question.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11

was standing On the back platform
of a street car the other day when
high school boy asked the conductor,
What Is electr1city,'
The conductor made some testing re-
ply. when the Lad, 81 if 70 show of 2
lesson ne had inst learned saId, 'Elec-
tricity Is a manifestation Of energy"
How delightfully."- defnitel What an
accession Of knowledge the boy had re-
ceived when he mernorized that defni-
toni No scientist can define electricity.
bat the bootbiac& who calls II ''Jglce' Il
more precise than the high school lad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11
Mr.. ingalls, Unseemly Jest ~

AbOu4 SuLCdSO
According to the Rev. D. j. Holmes,
pastor of the Lincoln Street Methodist
church, the only way for the Republican
party to save itself from destruction is
to make prohibition the main plank in
its platform. From his pulpit last night
MIR. Holmes Numbered against the ''evils
OF the rum traffic" and asserted that
mo other power on earth could level the
government of this great republic to the
dust but the power Of the saloon"
Every head was here bent in prayer
When the pastor gazed on the upturned
faces again, John j. Ingalls," he be-
gan.
pray for him!' man with soulful
voice uttered.
Heads were bowed once more. The
minister resumed: John j. ingalls,
was a classmate of mine, and | have al
ways regarded him as a friend, but it
would have been more seemly for him to
make merry at his mothers grave than
to joke as he did in Wisconsin few days
ago at the alleged failure of prohibition
in Kansas. John j. ingalls, joke was
not founded on fact. A granddaughter
of mine visited me from Kansas last
week, and she lifted her hands in horror
when she saw saloon on Madison street.
1t was the first one she had ever seen"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11
A Tolerable Good Showing.

From the Atchison Champion.
Kansas will raise over 10000, 00C
bushels of corn this year. That at low
estimate, say an average of 90 cents per
bushel, will foot up S20,O0O,00O, with
the wheat crop, say $4,000, 600 bushels,
at an average of so cents, or a total of
$40, 100000, and with about 5000, coo
head of cattle, worth fully $50, 1000. 900,
making a grand total of $3.50, 900, 600, to
say nothing of the hay, oats, sorghum,
fruits, vegetable, rye crops and poultry,
Which will probably run up the grand
total to 5000, 100000 for the farm pro-
ducts of 1891, makes a tolerable good
showing for the suntlower state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11

James Johnston. who murdered bis
wife and four children ~ Ballarat, and
was condemned - death. was Tsspib~d
By telegram ten minutes before tie tine
Of execution on the grouzd q insauitY.
Two doctors obtained access % him &C
midnight and gave = certificate q lu-
nacy. Which vas telegrspaed % the gov-
ernor AZ 3 O'Clock IL ne morning by too
medical hoard examining .-Lo1don Tit
Bitz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-11

1t seems that the lottery question is to
be made the leading issue in the pending
state campaign in Louisiana. and it is
stated that one wing of the Democracy
will fuse with the Alliance in opposition
to the lottery. If there could be rea-
sonable excuse for fusion between polit-
ical parties or factions the issue in Louis
lana certainly affords it. And all good
people can not but wish the effort COM
plete success.