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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
To the jjnattainable.

Dear how many the songs bring to you,
Woven of dTeam-stuhs, pleasure and pain
All the songs Of my life I sing to YOU,
And YOU hear. aud answer again.
Though no rhyme do your dear lips say to
me,
Yet, my poet, sweet songs you bring;
When you smile then the angels play to me
Tunes to the silent songs you sing.
All my soul goes forth in a song TO you,
All my deeds for your sake are done,
All my laurels and bays belong to you,
In your name are my battles won
Just by living you make my life dear To me,
Though your lips never speak my name;
'Tis your hands that in dreams appear to
me,
Bringing me all that ask Of fame.
What though here you are wholly lost to
me,
Though you never will know or sec,
Though lifes pain be this worsbip's cost to
me.
Am not richer than great kings be!
Have not you in the holest heart ofme-
You, in the eyes which see you alonel
Shall not rise to your soul, which is part Of
me,
Till you shall meet me and know your
own?
--TE. Nesbitt in Iongman's Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
A Farmer Holds a Mail Train "At
Bay.o

John Reardon, VIII county farm
er, had whole barrel of fun the other
day, which might have continued in
definitely had not the law, personated
by Capt. Horace Elliott and detach
ment of his police stationed in the En-
glewood district, suddenly put stop
to the sport and thereby rescued
Rock Island passenger train from a
most exasperating dilemma.
1t is doubtful if railway history can
boast of an incident SO excruciatingly
ludicrcus.
IT, .i-~l- r-i-t.-l -e--4------s----a xusss
due in this city at 80 O'Clock in the
morning, On account of Farmer
Reardon's hilarious obstinacy the train
did not reach the city till noon.
Farmer Reardon got an early start
and stopped at Washington Heights
for the purpose of inquiring the short
est way to Chicago.
Some wag told the agriculturist the
"shortest way was along the Rock
Island tracks. The farmer took the
hint and started his nag down the
tracks. A few moments later the fast
mail dashed around a curve. The en-
gneer sighted the farmer and set the
air-brakes, at the same time pulling
open the whistle-valve. In response
70 the shrieks of the iron horse, Mr..
Reardon turned and shook his fist and
made ''faces" at the engineer, but
turn aside he would not. The train
hands consu ted and decided that the
obstructionist was .Ebad man" and
most likely had gun. The locomo-
tive was sent ahead at a slow pace and
once hmtg ped agaisss -. lis ..,
old farmers wagon. But he wouldn't
pull out, and the procession moved
slowly toward the city.
At South Eng glewood dispatch was
sent Captain Elliott, aud great rush
was made by that officer and his men
to rescue the fast mail. AT the police
station Reardon said he had "the
right of way and didn't propose to get
out of the way of any gosh-blamed
ingine. ."-[Chicago Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
NO. 43.


INere is no Joy hut has it, drop ~ -.
No song but has sn undertoue ~ pain.
Dur Yesterday, today, and vet 'om 'rrow
H e'er its sunshine utersp ,rsed with
rain.
We chase the brightest ,uubeams and they
lead US
Full often where the deepest shadow lies!
We fret at fate, but never will il heed US
Or turn the course of fortune otherwise
We sigh because too heavy seems life's bur
den,
The path too rugged for our weary feet.
We weep because too meagre seems our
guerdon,
And long for wayside cool and meadows
sweet.
And yet we rise by obstacles surmounted.
BY burdens bravely borne and foes o er-
thrown.
Each seeming hindrance may be counted
Unto the higher realm a stepping stone.
Worthless the gold while yet uutried by fire;
The finest statue grows by many a blow.
He who has much to meet may much aspire.
lie Of the even way must stay below.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
MARYLAND. FEBRUARY 10. 1891.

ney-General of the United States, and
who had tried to prevent the meeting,
writing few days later of the melan-
choly affair, says; decatur was APP
parently shot dead; be revived, how
ever, after while, and he and Barron
had parley as they lay on the ground.
Dr. Washington, who got up just then,
says that it reminded him of the clos
ing scene of a tragedy-Eamlet and
Laertes. Barron proposed that they
should make friends before they met
in heaven (for he supposed they would
both die immediately. Decatur said he
had never seen his enemy. that he
freely forgave him his death-though
he could not forgive those who had
stimulated him to seek his life. One
report says that Barron exclaimed:
"Would to God you had said this much
yesterdayw 1t is certain that the
parley was friendly one, and that
they parted in peace. Decatur knew
he was to die, and his only sorrow was
that he had not died in the service of
his country.
Decatur was placed in his carriage
and taken to his home in Washington,
where he died that night at II O'Clock.
Among those who followed his re-
mains to the tomb were the President
of the United States, the members of
his Cabinet, the Foreign Ministers re-
sident at Washington, and many other
distinguished officers and citizens.
After a long and tedious illness
Barron recovered from his wound,
but he was never restored to active
duty, passing the remainder of his SER
vice on shore duty and waiting orders.
He became senior officer of the navy
in 1899, and died in Norfolk in 1851,
thirty years after the fatal duel Ma
gazne of American History.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
Keaninr the Rooms Sweet

Those who do "light housekeeping"
as it is termed, in small rooms, where
'i'"'- {, snl-- Z =. sleep, cook and eat, often
complain That in spite of continual
airings there is disagreeable odor.
One nice way to rid yourself of it is
this After the usual mornings airing
take shovel, or iron dish, and make
a close pile of bits of paper, and on
top sprinkle grated orange peeIing, or
tiny broken pieces of it. Then set it
on fire and let it burn slowly, or as
long as it will. Save and dry your
orange peelings for this purpose, as it
imparts a delightful, fragrant odor to
a room. BY the way, very small oil
stove will not only heat a little room,
but more cooking can be done on it
than is generally supposed. A lady
whose home is one "hall bedroom
has made beautiful little sitting room
out of it and heats it with a 75-cent
oil stove. 1t costs her 25 cents week,
as she burns that amount of astral oil.
She can also cook a small chicken on
this stove and recently stewed one de-
liciou,iy by putting it in deep oval
dish. Oval shaped dishes are best to
cook in whenever the small one wicked
stoVe fs of the same shape New
York News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
The Food Of the Future.

81 believe" said DR. James K. Sui
livdn, ''that in time chemical food
will be invented or discovered upon
which the human race will subslst.
1t has been demonstrated that clean
or aud purer article of food can be
made from chemicals than the average
varieties now in use, and it is in my
opinion that perfect food such as
milk is to an infant, win be produced
at some time, and that all the natural
foods will be considered superfuous.
-IThe Globe-Democrat.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
Porter. thsso Shoes arc tlacssnsd With
sIMaEEIe IMaEEIeIEsAnE u EISssf III 1 .R7I|ackjinElet, 7I|ac

Barron believed he should not have
served on the latter after having
formed and expressed an opinion in
the former. After his suspension
Barron went abroad and remained
away for number of years. When
the war of 1912 was over he returned
to this country and applied for restora-
ton to active service in the navy, tho
term Of his suspension having expired.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
Torpedo Boat Destroyers.

The best appointed European navies
are now furnished with a class of ves-
sells called torpedo-boa destroyers-
They are from 225 to 25O feet long,
and carry very powerful machine
guns, varying in size from the largest
to those one inch in diameter. They
arc aIso furnished with powerful en-.
gines, and show a speed equal to that
of the torpedo boats which they are
expected to drive off or Destroy
Youths Companion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
Food Of Humming Birds.

The food of humming birds consists
mainly of insects, mostly gathered
from the flowers they visit. An acute
observer writes that even among the
common fower-frequenting species he
has found the alimentary canal entirely
filed with insects and very rarely
trace of honey. 1t is this fact doubt
less that has hindered almost all at
tempts at keeping them in confinement
for any length of time--nearly every
one making the experiment having fed
his captives only with syrup, which is
wholly insufficient as sustenance, and
seeing therefore the wretched crea-
lures gradually sink into inanition and
die of hunger. r.-[Chicago Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
A Toy Butterfly.

1t is little things hat make big
money. Fortunes have been lost ia
colossal patents and millions have
been made out of articles retailed on
the two-for-fve basis.
A pale-faced japanese has been
coming big money for the past week
on Kearny street selling toy butterflies
at two for % cents. A sharp assistant
captures the "insects" as they return
from flight as high as the tops of
the telegraph poles, and so saves them
from the preda;oeoas and insolyent
street Arab.
AS a triumph of simple mechanism
and an exhibition of manual dexterity
in construction, a modern watch is not
to be compared with these scmi-bar-
barrie painted trifes. There is nothing
to the whole concern but strip of
tissue paper gaudily painted and fash.
ioned in the shape of a butterfly. The
framework is composed of one strip of
bamboo bent into the shape of a long
u, and another strip of bow shape to
stretch the pinions. he head of the
butterfly" is a bit of light wood, in
which is an elastic spring. The pinions
arc shaped on the Archimedean screw
propeller principle. All the proud
owner has to do is TO turn the body
round half score of times and letg
The pinions revolve, the butterfly goes
up with whirr thirty or forty feet in
the air, and, when the force is ex-
hausted. falls light as down or a squir-
rel from tree, - San Francisco
Chronicle,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
lie Had a BIZ.

First Swell-Here comes Lunnent,
the tailor. He looks as if he intended
to speak to us.
Second Swell (nervously)-Lets
turn into this side street and hide in
some alley-way. II don't like to
associate with people in trade.-[New
York Weekly.
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Produce

Thankful for past liberal patronage of ny
county friends, respectfully solicited co
tinGance of ne same
]. W. MONTGOMERY, with "a
hov l2-lm BULLEN & AcKEEV Err. \
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
A FAMOUS DUEL.

The duel which gave the field of
Bladensburg, near Washington, its
greatest and worldwide notoriety was
that of James Barron and Stephen
Decatur, both Ctiicers in the United
States Navy, on the 22d of March,
1920. In tie long aud bloody record
of the code inscribed upon the history
of the first half century of our national
existence, this melancholy and unfor-
tunate affair ranks second only to that
in which the lamented Hamilton lost
his life at Weehawken in 1904. At
the time of his death Stephen Decatur
was the most brilliant and conspicuous
figure in the American navy, and few
men in any of the walks of public life
attracted larger share of ubiic at
tention or had stronger hold upon
the affections of the people. His
domestic relations were as happy and
charming as his public career was
brilliant. On Lafayette square in
Washington he built the commodious
and elegant mansion which still bears
his name. Here were displayed the
trophies of his prowess and glory
Here the accomplished wife who adored
him dispensed hospitality as refined
and elegant as If was heartv-reianed
the queen of a circle that for brilliancy
and accomplishments has never been
exceeded in Washington.
To the careful reader who follows
the long correspondence between the
two the conclusion is almost irresisti-
bic that although the challenged party,
Decatur was, in fact, the aggressor.
The elimination of the quarrel be-
tween the two men was the result of a
long. series of events, extending
through several years. Singularly
enough, its origin may be found III
certain events largely instrumental in
bring on the war of 1912. In 1907
Barron, who had attained tie rank ef
Commodore, was placed in command
of the United States frigate Chesa-
peake 1t was just when our affairs
,xr;tb I',o,.oo loJ oe-nn,oJ tko;,. ,D,o,4
threatening aspect-when war with
that power seemed imminent. The
vessel, after undergoing hasty repairs,
had been hurricdly manned, provi-
stoned and ordered to sea. Her decks
were encountered with stores, and
her crew were undrilled III Their new
quarters and duties. Just out from
the port of Norfolk it was overhauled
by the British ship Leopard of fifty
guns, whose commander demanded
certain alleged British deserters said
to be among the crew of the Amer
ACAus lldIIOAi itlhSCu " SUI ACiuCL tlC
men, and thereupon the Leopard
opened fire, killing three and wound
ing eighteen of the Chesapeake's men.
Wholly unprepared for action, the lat
ter vessel was forced to strike her col
ors, though her crew managed to fire,
one gun by coal brought from the
cooks galley Thereupon The British
commander boarded the American and
carried off the alleged deserters. His
Eggs, and all nads O1Uountty ed
Produce e.
Thankful for past liberal patronage of ny
county friends, respectfully solicited 60
tinGAnce of Tie same
j. W. MONTGOMERY, with I'd
nov l2-lm BULLEN & AcKEEVER. \
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
HUMOROUS.
A ground hog-case--Its skin.

X
A regular figurehead-The account
ant,
Hailstones should be classed as
shamrocks.
A boy can often make an earring
with whistle.
"Tm busiest when things are dull.
says the scissors grinder.
The young man who was "unable
to express his joy saved money by
sending it by mail.
"When drink much 1 can't work,
and so l let it alone.' "The drinkingY'
"No, the working
GA run on the bank" has caused
many a Mississippi river packet to
"stop its draught."
"What experience as an electrical
expert have you had" "Pve been
struck by lightning"
At 20 a man thinks he knows it all;
at so he merely thinks he could have
known it all if he had tired.
Attendant Gin railroad waiting
room)-Say, mister, no going to sleep
here. This amt no church.
You never quite comprehend how
mean other people are until you begin
to compare them with yourself.
Johnson-And so Jimsou has gone
MS ,r.-~12 p~@..aan--Yas-
poor felowl I'm afraid he has.
1t is one of the solved mysteries how
two persons can exchange rubbers and
both invariably get the worse pair.
The man who said, "Alrs fair in
love or war;" is undoubtedly the man
who got the best of it in both cases
A little girl sent out to look for eggs
returned without success, complaining
that all the hens were standing about
doing nothing.
Blimbers-I hear that Flaxou
writes poetry. Il oues-But his
friends are doing their best to contra
dict the report.
Young Man Yes, 1 eau mimic
anybody. Did you ever see me take
your daughter off Old Gentleman
No, but I'd like TO.
Sanso-Is lie drgnilied man? Rodd
Why, | should say he is. Why,
that man could step on banana peel
without losing his dignity.
- .Bnt you have no. no ancestors; q ye
know" said his 1ordship. mo"
replied Miss Lakeview. "We have
the advantage of you there"
Wiggins-Ifs said that Goodfellow
absolutely throws his money away.
Do you believe it? Stiggins-Well, |
heard he lent you some last night
Mother-You'd better put on a veil.
The wind will chap your face. Clara
Never mind. A chap never hurts my
face. rather enjoy the sensation.
Aunt Mary; Poor Bess, does your
tooth ache yet? If it were mine, dear,
I'd have it out at once. Bess: If it
were yours? Well auntie, so would /.
The young man who knows enough,
to leave early, bring candy for her
brother and make love TO her parents
will not find the course of true love SO
very rough.
Sophomore heard one of the
girl undergraduates make truly wo-
manly answer the other day. Junior
Indeed Sophomore-Yes, the
professor in astronomy asks ! her why
the earth goes around the sun Junior
What answer did she make? So
phomore-Because.
When fear comes to pretty girl
Or terror may confound her,
just for protectors sake, Of course,
Why put your armor round her.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13
Important Consideration.

Fledgely-I love you. ALICE viii
you be mine?
Aice-What are your ideas regard
ing rings?
Fledgely-Diamonds.
Alice-Take me.-[J jewelers. Cir
cular.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-02-13

Broken-hearted lovers should bear
IN mind that Cupid is capital tinker.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-19

THE Evansville Courier says the re-
form ballot law has redeemed the State
of Indiana from the curse of bossism. We
trust that it has, but probably the Courier
is too enthusiastic. So mighty power is
not rooted out in a single year. The new
law has greatly mitigated unhappy con-
ditions, and in time it will eliminate a
vast deal of evil; but so long as human
nature remains as it is, there will be dew
iltry in politics. We have adopted the
law in California, a better law in some
respects than that Of Indiana; we hope
for great good things from it, but do not
expect that it will revolutionize political
methods in a single season, or wholly
deprive bosses of their calling. We shall
be entirely satisfied if it inspires voters
with the courage to be free men, and TO
seek the protection the secresy clauses of
the law afford. But that there will be no
more venal voting, no more buying of
votes by bosses or selling Of them by
vicious men, no one anticipates. The law
will make the traffic precarious; if the
great mass of voters avail of the law and
declare their independence, then indeed
bossism, finding it cannot deliver the
goods Of it's contract, will go under.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-19

REVIEWING all the news at hand con-
corning the Charleston, the Itata and the
Esmeralda, we conclude that the likeli-
hood of the Charleston overhauling the
Itata is very remote, and that as for
any passage of arms between the Esne-
ralda and the Charleston that is entirely
improbable. 1t would seem now that the
authorities propose to trust to the inter
ception of the Itata by United States yes
sells in southern seas. We entertain,
however, very grave doubts whether
there is any serious desire to take the
Itata. The Government, it would seem,
is prepared to rest content with having
exercised ordinary diligence in the mat
ter. That this will satisfy the present
temper of the people is unlikely. Public
sentiment is that the United States has
been insulted and treated cavalierly by
the Chilean insurgents, and that ordinary
national self-respect demands that we
should seize the ship that was the cause
Government is placed in close corner.
1t is very DESTROYS of establishing broader
and surer trade relations with the South
American States, and since the Chilean
insurgents of to-day may be the recog-
nized Government OF Chile tomorrow,
it is with great deal at stake that we
make any sort of interference.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-19

IT is now reported that the cause of the
his wearing of boots when he entered a
Japanese temple, the religious regulation
requiring that those who approach the
barefoot. If the Czarowitz was guilty of
such an offense against the local religious
belief and regulation, and, as is alleged,
ter, it is not at all surprising that he was
assaulted. He, Of all others, being mem
Der of state church that Furnishes I'M
pious conduct severely, should have been
the last to offend the devotees Of another
religion.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-19
THE PEARY EXPEDITION.

Engineer Peary of the United States
Navy has been granted leave of absence
TO make an expedition toward the North
Pole. He will depart soon, probably by
June LIST, and be accompanied by but six
companions. BY whaling vessels he will
reach the farthermost northern point of
Greenland, TO which any of the fleet
of Arctic whalers go. Then will begin
the land journey. Each Of the seven men
have had experience in Arctic travel.
Peary went far north in Greenland in
1856, and made some interesting geo
graphical observations. His men have
been members of land and sea expedi-
tons towards the open sea of the north.
From Whale Sound, the northernmost
point they expect to reach by ship, the
men will, after wintering, push into the
interior east by north sufficiently to es-
cape biting ocean winds, and then turn
due north, proceeding with dogs and
sleds by easy stages, say nineteen miles a
day, as far as they can go. Engineer
Peary declares that travel in Greenland
is as easy as in British Columbia and not
so difficult as in Alaska, because the
country is not so rugged. There are no
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-19

precipices, no mighty canyons, no great
rivers, and the highest altitude necessary
to attain is a glacier peak but 5000 feet
above the sea level, and there dry snow
prevails. From that point the surface of
the snow is as firm and white as marble,
and travel over it can be made with great
rapidity.
The Peary plans resemble closely
those of DR.. Hayes in 1860, and Nor
denskjold in 1870, and of the latter again
in 1888. Neither of them, however, went
to the limits of land as Peary expects to
do. LieutenantLockwood went ,O69 miles
north in Greenland in sixty days, at times
moving when the thermometer registered
490 below zero. Peary expects to go 200
miles beyond the point Lockwood
reached, thus making the most northern
excursion in Greenland ever undertaken.
The possibility of his reaching the shore
of the northern sea is not remote.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-19

The debates in the Spanish Cortes over
the reciprocity convention with the
United States disclosed that Spain was
moved TO agree to the reciprocity arrange
ment to prevent threatened rebellion in
Cuba. 1t matters little to us what the
motive inspiring Spain, since we gain de-
cided trade advantages by the convention
and enlarge our export trade. If the ar
rangement pacifies the Cubans, and
makes the Spanish Government more
considerate of Cuban interests, then we
have incidentally accomplished great
good for the Cuban people, and done
much to render peace in that island per-
mauent
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-19

THE Mayor of New Orleans spoke to
the Italian offenders brought before him
the other day with iustifable severity.
When he told them that their threats and
attempts to dominate and rule by terror
ism would not be tolerated, and that the
authorities Of the city would use every
means afforded them by the law to crush
all such offendings and drive out con-
spirators and terrorizing agencies of
hatred and malice, he spoke as became
the Executive of the municipality. 1t
was infinitely better than to appeal to the
mob spirit and to complain that the law
is unequal to its own vindication. Such
declarations as the Mayor made on the
occasion referred to will tend to discour-
age resort to violence, and to inspire the
people with confidence in the law and in
the power of its agencies to protect them
and to punish offenders.