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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
Three Lanterns.

A somewhat vexatious law in China
compels every doctor, after dark, to
hang up in front of his house as many
lighted lamps as he has sent patients
into the next world. One evening
European, who was staying in Pekin on
business, set out in search of doctor
for his wife, who had been suddenly
taken i'll. He called at the houses of a
good many, but was deferred by the
large number of lamps exhibited before
each
AT length, after tramping about for
several hours, he came to the house Of
a DOCTOR where only three lamps shed
a melancholy light over the entrance.
Our happy European dashed into the
house of this excellent man, Weakened
him, and took him off to his lodgings.
II presume You are the best practi
toner in this city" he remarked to his
companion as they went along.
"What makes you think soY'
because you have only three Ian
terms hung oyer your door, while your
colleagues have dozens displayed on
their house fronts
"Ah, is that the reason?" calmly
asked the doctor. "The fact is, | only
lately set up in practice, and have had
but three patients. "
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
The Pioneer Typewriter,

Charles Thurber, Of Massachusetts,
Is credited with being the inventor Of
the first writing machine used IN
America. He secured a patent in 1s43
and got people to invest fifteen tbous.
and dollars for the purpose Of manu-.
featuring his device. A model Of
Ihurber's creation still exists. 1t is de.
scribed as consisting Of a wheel about
foot in diameter, which turns hori.
zontally upon central pivot; the rim
OF the wheel is bored with Twenty-Five
holes, in each one of wb!.h, .rod
bearing at the top glass letter, and at
the bottom a similar letter of steel
The paper sheet is so arranged that the
line to be printed is under the rim of
this wheel, and the letter wanted is
swung into place by turning the wheel.
when in place rod bearing it is de-
pressed until the steel letter or TYNE
touches the paper Even the fastest
operator could not write half as fast as
a man with a pen.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
A Strange Career,

A Jack-of all trades has just been dis
charged with caution from a French
police court. He was we'll educated
and took his bachelors degree; then he
posed as usher; after that he entered &
toy mandatory and earned bare
subsistence by polishing the heads of
dolls; velocipede house in turn secured
his services as instructor, until the
peregrinatory attractiveness of a sand.
wich mans life tempted him to new
course. Fortune still hid her face, but
Auguste LerouX perseyered, and, thanks
TO fresh complexion and face limo,
cent of hair, he secured the position Of
nurse in very respectable family.
Here at length he, or rather she, for he
was known as Augustine, prospered till
a too charming lady's maid tempted
him to the disclosure of his passion and
simultaneously of his real character.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
Red Cotton.

For two years or more considerable
publicity has been given to and no little
interest excited by the discovery of red
cotton and the efforts to perpetuate its
growth. According to the latest rel ort
the several attempts have been success
full in the main. A planter in Alpha
retta, Ga, has an acre of cotton, every
stalk of which is said to be of a deep
red color, leaf, ball and bloom. This
novel crop is the product of seed de
rived three years ago from two stalks of
red cotton found in a cotton field. If
this variety can be perpe,uated it will
likely mean a fortune to the successful
planter.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
A Suggestion.

The most severe rebuke | ever got
from the Bench, said an American
lawyer, was from one of those typical
Western judges who had determined
that it was time to introduce a little
more of the formality of the East in
court than he had formerly insisted on.
1t was my first case in court, any way.
| had gone cut there about as green as
they make them, and had purchased Il
half interest i'll the practice of a sharp
lawyer, who Immediately retired from
practice in that town and made me a
present of the remainder of his bust
ness when he felt my money safe in his
pocket SO | was thrown on my own
resources, and was soon houndering so
deep in legal quagmires that the Judge
felt called on to interpose A few
months before he would probably have
poured out some choice abuse on my
head, and would have offered to fight
me if | did not like it. But now he
was standing on Formally.
"Young man." he said impressively,
"the best thing you can do for yourself
and for your client will be TO hire
lawyer
| did so.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
Her Father.

The faith of little children in their
fathers and mothers is one of the most
beautiful things in the world, but its
manifestations sometimes provoke an
involuntary smile. A Broadway car
ran into the rear end of an express
wagon with such force as to tip it com
pletely over. A little girl about six
years old was on the seat with the driver.
The man was pitched head-f first upon
the sidewalk, but landed on his hands
and knees, and received only few
slight bruises. The child, who chung
to the seat, fell underneath the wagon,
fortunately the high seat prevented the
weight of the truck from falling on her.
and she was drawn from under the
wagon-box uninjured.
One of the by-standers as he stopped
to brush her dress, asked if she was
hurt.
"0h, no" said the little girl, "my
papa wouldn't let me get hurt"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
Baron ROthschild's MaxIms.

The elder Baron Rothschild had the
walls of his bank placarded with the
following maxims:
Carefully examine every detail of
your business.
Be prompt in everything.
Take time to consider and then de-
eide quickly.
Dare to go forward.
Bear troubles patiently.
BE brave in the struggle of life.
Maintain your integrity as a sacred
thing.
Never tell business lies.
Make no useless acquaintance.
Never try to appear something more
than you are.
Pay your debts promptly
Learn how to risk your money at the
right moment.
Shun strong liquor.
Employ your time we'll
Do not reckon upon chance
Be polite to everybody
Never be discouraged
Then work hard and you will be GER
tain to succeed!
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

There's a patent medicine
which is not a patent medicine
paradoxical as that may
sound. It's a discovery the
gOLatu discovery of medical
science It's the medicine for
you-tired, run down, exhaust
ed, nerve wasted men and
women; for you sufferers from
diseases Of skin or scalp, liver
or lungs-it's chance is with
every one, it's season always,
because it aims to purify the
fountain of life-the blood
upon which all such diseases
depend.
The medicine is DR.. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery.
The makers Of it have
enough confidence in it to
sell it on trial.
That is-you can get it from
your druggist, and if it doesn't
do what it's claimed to do, you
can get your money back,
every cent Of ii.
That's what its makers call
taking tile risk Of thar a0ordS.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case az catarrh that cannot be cured "
takfhg Hall's Catarrh Cure.
II. !. CHESEY & Co, Props. Toledo; U,
We. the undersigned, have known =.
Cheney FOR the last Is years, and believe MN MN
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
lions. and financially able 20 carry out any 90
legations made by their firm; NJ
WEsr Il TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Ioieao'
q. -, ,t.
WAtbfNc. KtNSAN & MARVIN, wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Hairs Catarrh Cure g taken internally act
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price 75c. per bottle, sold By all druggists
The deg,ee Of success obtained may often
be asceriained by the amount Of Jealousy
which II afOuses.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
In Its Concentrated Form.

Doctor" said the tired looking
caller, II believe trial of Doctor
Koch's lymph would do me good. "
"Your lungs, sir, " replied the ply
stefan, care perfectly sound. You
need no consumption cure
"But | have a tired feeling all the
time.
- l2iad Of i;l,''iispositiom To take any
active exercise?''
eyes.
"or any other kind of exercise?'
eyes. I"
"Or to do anything like work."
'Um-yes.
"What you most need sir, is the
lymph of industry
81 believe you are right, DOCTOR
said the caller, rising languidly. eT'n
live on honey for the next thirty DAYS
and see how itgoes.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
Anew Use for Petroleum

The most marvellous results are now
being obtained from the use of petroleum
in the treatment of catarrh Of the head
aud throat and lung troubles. Send for
pamphlet free describing the new treat
ment to the HEALTH SUPPLIES Co.
20 broadway, New York.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

Tiny, little, sugar coated
granules, are what DR.. Pierces
Pleasant Pellets are. The best
Liver Pills ever invented; &C
tive, yet mild in operation;
cure sick and bilious head
aches. One a dose.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

HARTFORD. COM. April y, lesN.
ion. and have used two bottles OF your noble
medicine. must say it j. the best medicine
have had yet. Ezra = bNs,,.
cnrc ~, Sol Headachc. Indigestion, Dyspep-
fla, Biiiousness, Liver Complaint, Nervous De-
biIlty and Consumption. II is the only sure
cure for these complaints. Ask your druggist
for II and Get well.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
B. B. EarnshaW & Bro
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
Flour, Feed, Grain & Liquor Dealers,
Cor. IL and NJ SITS, S. f.,
tGaddis Old Stand,)
WASHINGTON, D. C.

HAVING greatly enlarged our business by
IL securing two large warehouses for store
ing the immense stock of goods that we are
CON PEELED to carry to supply the extraordh
nary increase in our trade. We will say. that
We aienow prepared o 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
J. QUO from first hands and with the expe-
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we can safely promise our friends that We
will meet their expectatio $: Remember our
Farmers Brands OF Flour. ''White and Gold"
Fancy MINI. patent, "Tryphe Ia" Fame
Winter patent; "Drusilla," Choice Winter
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Goods packed and delivered to transp1r-
ta.ion companies free of charge.
Buists celebrated Garden Seeds in large
a sortment.
3. B. EARNSHAW & BRO ,
Cor. IL and VI streets =. f.,
WASHINGTON. DC.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

Syrup,

Martinsville, NJ, Methodist Par
sonage. My acquaintance with
your remedy, Boschee's German
Syrup, was made about fourteen
years ago, when I contracted Cold
which resulted in a Hoarseness and
Cough which disabled me from
filling my pulpit for a number of
Sabbaths After trying Physician,
without obtaining relief-I cannot
say now what remedy he prescribed
i saw the advertisement of your
remedy and obtained bottle !
received such quick and permanent
help from it that whenever we have
had Throat or Bronchial troubles
since in our family, Boschee's Ger
man Syrup has been orr favorite
remedy and always with favorable
results. l have never hesitated to
report my experience of its use to
others when I have found them
troubled in like manner" REV.
w. H. HAGGARTY,
of the Newark, New A Safe
Jersey, NJ. E. Confer
ence, April rs, 90. Remedy.
q
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, WOOdbury,NJ.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

MALARIA cured and eradicated from tho
system By Browns Iron Bitters. which en-
riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids dlgesII
tion Arfs like a charm on persons In general
III attn, giving new en.rgy aud streng Il.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

BRowN's Iron B.tters cures Dyspepsia, Ma
laria. Biliousness ami General Debility Gives
crea es anpetite The pest tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
Baltimore i Potomac Railroad.


After Sunday, GERBER goth, 80, the
trains on this road will run as follows:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

FITS stopped free by On. KLTNE's GREAT
NERvY RTsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures Treatise and ~ trial oottle
free. Dr. Kline, e9l Arch St., Phila.' "a.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

Men of character are the conscience OF the
society to which they belong.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
Orders are Orders.

A gentleman was looking at Il suite OF
rooms in an apartment house, he found
them quite satisfactory, and said to the
janitor,-
II will take them"
"Have you any children, sir?'
eyes, two"
''Then l cannot let you the rooms. :"
"Why, my children are both married
and live in Iowa.
That makes no difference. My
orders are not to take in any tenant
who has children
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

lie must be an obscure and commonplace
person who has no enemy.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

The certain way to be cheated is to fancy
ones self more cunning than othefs.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

If the power to do hard work is not talent
il is the best possible substitute for it.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

fem cited with sore eyes use Or Isaac Thomp-
cons Eye ater. Druggists sell at 2je per bottle
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

You cannot drea ii f'sseassssss ifinto character.
you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05
ONE ENJOYS

ON II GSNJOX -
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habituai
constipation, Syrup of Figs is The
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial IN its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand win pro-
cure it promptly for any enc who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA Ffc SYRUP CO.
. SAN FRANCISCO, oAL.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-11-13
At the Silver Wedding.

Twenty-Five years ago Mr.. and Mrs.
]. r. Reyes were married, the event,
as will be remembered by the older
folks, not being without some ro-
nance. Last Monday they remem-
bered their anniversary by holding a
reception at their cosy home on Duke
street, when a large number of their
friends gathered to congratulate
them on the very pleasant celebration
of the event. The bride and groom, y
who looked both well and happy, re-
ceived their friends in the parlor,
after which the guests dispersed them
selves all over the house and enjoyed
themselves in various ways. The
presents were not only handsome
and numerous, but were of the useful
sort, also, among the silver being a
handsome wa ter pitcher. a syrup
pitcher, cream pitcher, two handsome
butter dishes, a fine cake basket,
pickle dishes, spoons, of all sorts, and
a great many other articles. Refresh
ments of the most enjoyable character
were served, and it was not until mid
night that the guests babe their final
adieux The occasion was an unusual
ly pleasant one, informal and marked
by the greatest sociability, and will
long be remembered by those who
were present. That Mr.. and Mrs.
Reyes may celebrate more anniver-
saries is the wish of their many
friends.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-11-13
Wedding at Sharpsburg.

A very pretty and stylish wedding
was solemnized in st. Paurs Episco-
pal Church at Sharpsburg, Md, on
Wednesday, the contracting parties
being Mr.. Thos. Blackford and Miss
Hattie Eugenia Russell, all OF that
place. The bride was attired In
travelling suit of blue broadcloth and
carried Marechal Neil roses. The
bridesmaids, Misses Birdie Russell and
Meta Miller, OF Washington, ID. c.,
wore. blue broadcloth and carried
white and yellow chrysanthemums'
The maid of honor, Miss Rose Marmi-
on, of Harper's Ferry, wore tan-coi-
ored Bedford cord and carried pink
chrysanthemums. The groomsmen
were Messrs. John Beckenbaugh, OF
Hagerstown, and DR.. Howell Gard
ner, of Sharpsburg ushers, Messrs.
John Line and Robert Highberger.
The groom with his best man, Mr..
Edward Turner, of Richmond, Va,
met the bride at the chancel. DIR.
Russell gave the bride away. The
ceremony was performed by the rec
tor, Rev. Mr.. Costello. Miss Lula
Syester presided at the organ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-11-13
VALLEY NEWS.

Five prisoners escaped from the
Salem Jail last Friday.
Plans have been adopted for the
erection of new Catholic church at
Roanoke which will cost about $50, 600.
The old mansion Of William G.. Ag-
nor, in Rockbridge county, known as
Rock Castle" was destroyed by fire
last week. 1t was built about one
hundred years ago.
Rev. DIR. James Murray, pastor of
Bethel Presbyterian Church, Rock
bridge county, has resigned after a
pastorate of twenty-eight years to &C
cept position in a female college in
Alabama.
The farm house of Joseph Bowles,
near Bethel, in Clarke county, was
burned last week. The cause OF the
fire was a defective fiue. The tenants,
Stillman and Benn, lost about $4,000
i'm value and the house WAS insured
for $500.
The Paper Fabrique Company at
Basic City has failed. 1t was opened
but a few months ago with consider
able flourish and was generally
thought to be doing a considerable
business, especially in the manufacture
of playing cards. 1t is stated that
the company last week attempted to
remove its presses and machinery,
upon which attachments had been
placed amounting to about $4,000.
Sheriff Watts OF Augusta county,
however, recaptured the cars contain
ing the outfit at Roanoke and COM
PEELED their return TO Basic City.
The failure appears to be absolute.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-11-13
Interview with Senator Faulkner.

The Washington correspondent OF
the Wheeling ntelligencer, in an in
terview dated November Sth, says:
Senator Faulkner has been in the
city most of the past week looking
for house for himself and family
during the coming session OF Congress
He has succeeded in making a selec-
ton of a furnished house located near
the corner of Nineteenth and K streets,
in the swell northwestern portion OF
the city. He will have for neighbors
Senator Daniel and family and quite
a number of other congressional fam
lilies. He will remove his family here
about the middle Of the month, when
he will come TO remain until the first
session of the Fifty.second Congress
adiourns. Asked if ex-senator Cam
den was going to oppose his re-elec-
ton to the Senate. as a candidate
himself, Mr.. Faulkner said he did not
know anything about it. Il will tell
YOU this" he said, IF Mr.. Camden
concludes to be a candidate for the
Senate against Inc l believe l will be
the first one to whom he will make
such intention known"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-11-13
A Lunar Echose THIS Month.

Lunar ECHpSe rms "o"".
The decrease in the length of the
DAYS for the month of November, says
a writer in the New York Times, is a
little over an hour, being more in the
morning than in the afternoon. The
day is now almost six hours shorter
than it was at the summer solstice,
fact that becomes far too apparent
as the chilliness Of the evening over
takes us at an earlier hour from week
to week. The month is quite no.
ticeable one in astronomical circles,
as it contains two eclipses-one Of the
moon on the 18th and one Of the sun
on the 30th. The latter is only a
partial eclipse, invisible in this lati-
tude, but visible quite generally in
antarctic regions, in which in its
greatest magnitude it embraces some
what over one-half the disk Of Old
Sol.
The total eclipse of the moon on the
18th of the month will be visible here
and also in Asia, Africa, Europe, the
Atlantic and the eastern portion OF
the Pacific Ocean. The moon remains
FIVE hour and a-half in the shadow,
the period of total eclipse lasting one
hours and shalt. The entire magni-
tude of the eclipse is one-third larger
than the face of the moon. The per-
torrance begins at 5.2S ia the even
ing and the curtain drops at $50 p.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-11-13
A GREAT MAGAZINE.
The century's Programme in 1924 New
life Of Carbohydrates for
Farmers, etc.

THAT great American periodical. The Cen-
turn, is going TO Guido its unrivaled record In
its programme for lss2. and as many OF It's
new features bt gin with the November num-
Der. new readers should commence with that
Issue.
In this number are the opening chapters OF
THE NAULAKA,"
novel by Rudyard Kipling, the famous au-
thor OF "Plain Tales from the Hills written
in collaboration with an American writer,
wolcott Balestier. 1t is the story OF young
man and q young woman from booming
Colorado town, who go TO India. he In search
of wonderful jeweled necklace, called 1.-THE
Naulahka" from which the story takes IL.
nance, and she as a physician 10 women
The novel describes their remarkable adven-
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The well-known humorist Edgar W. Nye
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supply OF the Future" which every farmer
should read, TO be followed by a number Of
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OF GREAT PRACTICAL VALUE To FARMERS,
treating especially OF the relations OF the
Government TO the farmer, what 1t Is doing
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A celebrated spanish writer is 10 furnish a
Life OF Columbus" which will be brilliantly
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One of the novels 10 appear in 1872 is
A STORY OF NEW YORK LIFE
by the author Of THE Anglomaniacs, and
the Magazine will contain n great deal about
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