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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
Fate is Often Pickle.

An officer Of an Illinois regiment in
the civil war tells an amusing story of
himself, which illustrates the fact that
while many persons fail to get adc-
quatc rewards for their efforts, others
are paid honors TO which they have no
right:
81 was acting as Majpr in certain
battle" relates the officer, ''whcn the
brigade was ordered to carry by storm
a position in which the enemy was
strongly fortified. The regiment went
forward, but when it came under ire,
the centre wavored, while the wings
made dash to reach a stone wall in
front, bending Tho rcgimenial liEc
like a rainbow. | was in the rear of
the centre urging the men to push for
ward, when my horse, which was new
in the business, took the bit in his
teeth, and dashed at a gallop ahead OF
the men and up to the stone wall. |
made the best of an awkward situa-
ton, rose in my stirrups, waved my
sword, and called upon the men TO
push forward. Believing that ] had
gone willingly into danger, they
dashed forward to my rescue, and
after furious fight, we drove the
enemy from their position, went over
the wall, and were soon in full posses
sion of the ground tl.at we had been
directed to occupy. ! was credited,
of course, with extreme bravery.
There was great deal of talk about
the gallant manner in which rode up
to the very bayonets Of the enemy.
'ln the end | was promoted to
Colonel at one jump, and ever after
tRaqtI tR9aqItIuAI, / !, ,ep94lcayorel ID 70 msintain the
born old ..orse. / was 10 more re-
sponsiblc for that daring ride than if
had been carried there by hurri-
cane. My crcditablc part in the per-
formance was in The fact that | was
not too badly scared TO take advantage
of the position in which the horses
stubbornnoss had placed me. y llar-
per's Young People.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13

So quickly was the Pomcranian upon
his foe, that the latter had no time TO
recover from his surprise, not even TO
raise his gun. The onslaught of the
huge fellow bore tho little Frcnchman
TO the earth, aud the Pomcranian
picked him up, neck and crop, and
dragged him over the wall.
The rcd-trousercd grape picker was
then led, jccred and hooted at, through
the village most detected skir-
mishcr.
The chasscpots across The way yclped
angrily at us throughout the rest of
the day; but two days aficrward,
that hillside over there was swarmins
with Prussiaus, and the iron ring had
closed moro closely about Metz
[D1troit Free Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
Valuable Insects.

Last July James Shinn of Mics,
Cal, imported from smyrna the
blastophoya, an insect which fertiizcs
the edible Smyrna fg of commerce by
conveying to the blossoms the pollen
of the wild fig, but as they arrived at
the wrong time the insects died and
no results were obtained.
Professor Gustav Eiscn, who is now
in Lower California, has discovered a
wild iig inhabited by the blastophoya
and he recently sent collection of
the figs full of insects 10 Z. w. Mas
lin of this city. Yesterday the insects
were placed on the wild figs at Mr..
Shcvcrs orchard, in the hope that they
would find an entrance to the fruit
aud propagate. If the experiment
succeeds the thousands of Smyrna figs
in the State now sterile from want of
propagation may be made productive,
aud the problem of raising Smyrna
figs here will be solved. - San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
An Epic i'm Embroidery.

Probably the only epic in embroi-
derry the world contains is treasured
in the Hotel de Vile of Bayaux,
France. Miss Strickland says of this
piece of work: 'It is beyond all
competition the most wonderful
achievement in the gentlc craft of
nccdlcwork that ever was executed by
fair'and royal hands" 1t was done
by Matilda of Flanders, wife of Will
liam the Conqueror, and the ladies of
her court. 1t is a coal sc linen cloth,
PA feet long and twenty inches wide,
OH which is worked in woolen thread
of various colors representation of
the invasion and conquest of England
Ly the Normans. 1t contains the
figures of about CPS men, 200 horses,
fifty-fivc dogs, forty ships and boats,
besides quantity of quadrupeds, all
executed in the proper colors, with
names and inscriptions over them TO
elucidatc the story. 1t is valuable
historic document, as it gives a correct
and minute portraiture of the Norman
costumes and their manners and
customs.-[ New York Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
PIE FOR LUNCH.
a Timely Warning Against a Gastronomic
AbomInatIon.

A Timely Warming Against a Gastronomic
AbomInation.
! say unto such of you as would
preserve intact the inside garments
of your respective stomachs, choose
with exceeding care the companions
of your midday lunch. For pitch IS
not more likely to stick 10
whoever touches it than is ab-
stemiouSness to drop from one
who consorts with pie-eaters
and other cannibas. Heavy, even
as the crust thereof, is the spirit OF
the devOurer of pie at noon. And he
who succumbs to the temptation OF q
plate of wheats is llatter than either
the plate or the wheatS. Therefore,
when noon comes get We to a bun
merry; or, if you must needs go where
pies are sold take heed how you are
accompanied. Verify, it is harder for
Il rich man to pass through needles
eye than for an eater of sandwiches
To resist the allurements of pie as
flaunted before his face day by day by
so-callcd friends. And once fallen
from grace. no derrick of cast-irOn re-
solve shall lift man to the atmos-
phere of sandwiches and virtue again.
As in the case of the first fall, the
flavor of the forbidden fruit spoils the
palate for that which is innocuous.
Once / was gastronomically as pure as
the beautiful snow, but | fell
through the Vaccinations of one who
called himself my friend. His plan
had a deyilish malignity about it that
should be letter Of recommendation
for him in hades. 1t was merely to
eat pie beside me each day as |
munched my plain sandwich, and to
simulate in dumb show ecstatic de-
light in its SAVIOR. This plan breaks
down the resolution by the slow and
insidious process of undermining, and
is much more etfectual than any sud-
den coercion. Well, net TO owen a
eater, w4tlfiildetails. qegar p 4Keanlifs
Of the term OF such are the legion
Of pale spirits who hurry through the
business streets at noon seeking pie
and an early grave. They find the
the said pie, and the said grave finds
them. If a million tallow-faccd dys-
peptics and million unhonored
graves attest the fatal work of the
American pic, yet men there are who
live and grow fat by means of it.
These are the men who sell it to the
men who eat it, and the men who
write jokes about it for other men to
laugh at if they (the other mem can.
Thus the American pie is both filling
end nutritious to those who refrain
from eating it. 1t fattens the man
who does not eat il and thins the man
who does. And the grave fattens by
both; in the one case by the greater
number Of its victims, and in the
rther by their greater rotundity.-
Hotel Mail.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13

That astonishing youth, the En-
pcror William, touched the universal
heart of The Fatherland the other day
when he accompanied the King of
urtemburg to the barracks at Pots
dam. When their serene majesties
reached the canteen a tremendous
kettleful Of sausages was simmering
on the fire. Wilhelm H., German
Emperor, King of Prussia, X. G., etc,
asked for sausage, and when min
istering spirit rushed of for a plate,
knife and fork from the officers mess,
the Emperor stopped him saying,
"Never mind the fork. inst hand
the sausage over 10 me. A hot sau-
sage tastes better when eaten without
a knife or fork !" and he took the
dainty between his imperial fingers.
He who takes William for a fool has
got hold of the wrong man. This is
the very man 10 mould the German
nation like clay.-TChristian Leader.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
Unfortunate HankinsOn.

Mr.. Ilankinson-IIere arc some
cho o:olate creams, johnny. Do yOI
think Miss Irene will be down so N?
johnny (after slowing them away
securely les, sis II be down purity
soon, | reckon. wish il was you,
MIR. Hankinson, sis was goin' to marry
instead of that stingy old Snagsford.
-TChicagO Tribune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
,.nttle Tint Feed Themselves.

Last year the six counties Of North
Dakota covering the Red River Vai-
ley produced $4,000 600 bushels of
wheat and nearly MS many bushels of
oats and barley, states Senator lIans-
borough of North Dakota. Beside
this the farmers raised and disposed
of Il 5 rcat many horses aud cattle, for
/ want you 10 particularly understand
that stock raising in my State is one Of
the most profitable industries TO be
found in any country. one feature
OF the business of stock raising is al
most unbelievable and when | have
told this to others in the past have
been put down rs a "boomcr." 1t is
true, nevertheless.
refer to the fact that cattle and
sheep are never fed on grain, but sub
sist during the winter entirely and
exclusively OH native hay; i'm fact,
wild hay cut from tho lowlands and
the sloughs. Thi; wild hay is very
nutritious and the average COW will
subsist upon it aud give a fair guam
tity of milk during the natural milk
ing seasons, and come out in the spring
moderately fat and in far better shape
than the cattle you sec in the Eastern
States that have stood to corn and bar.
ley and oil cake all winter. The finest
beef | ever saw was butchcrcd in the
month of February and not a grain of
any kind of food except hay had been
fed to it. OF course it is needless to
say that the stock ranges in my coun-
try, under the circumstances, are of
the very best during the spring, sum
mer and fall seasons. New York
Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
Horns Of the RhinOcerOs.

The horn of the rhinoccros is moth
ing more than protubcrance COM
posed of agglutinated hair. Cut it in
two, and, examining its structure un-
der the microscope, it will be found
that it is made up entirely of little
tubes, resembling hair tubes. OF
course, these are not themselves hair,
but the structure is the same. Tho
horns of the African rhinoceros somc.
times grow to the length Of four feet.
From them the Dutch Beers make
ramrods and other articles.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
Height and Girth of Trees.

The average girth of trees in Great
Britain is not norc than - feet, nor
the average height above 60 feet. But
in New Zealand there are miles of
kauris whose average height is not
less than 100 feet and whose girth is
not less than so to 40 feet The larg-
est kauri yet discovered was 20 feet in
girth, and the trunk was 200 feet
li0h
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
The Secret of the GIomMorm.

In the glowworm, and in the tircfly
especially in the splendid species
which abound in Cuba, Professor S.
p. Langley has found that light is
emitted with no wasteful partnership
whatever with rays of heat. How
soon will genius, keen of eye, skillful
of hand, read the secret of this tiny
craftsman and translate ii into an en-.
CINE for the illumination OF the world.
- ICourier-Jeurnal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
Our Oldest Preacher is a Woman.

The oldest preacher in this country
is tho Rev. Lydia Sexton of Seattle,
Washington, cousin of Bishop Simp-
son. She was born in 1899, and is
now ninety three; fifty years of this
period she has been a preacher. Her
grandfather was the Marquis Anthony
Cozot, who came TO this country early
in the last century, and died at Somcr-
sci, n. j. lie held q valuable grant
of land on the Mississippi. but re-
linquished it. This his heirs are now
cndeavoring 10 get restored in part
The name became changed to Casad.
An orphan at thirteen, Lydia Casad
was taken on long and perilous
journey to Hios, as Ohio was then
called. 7 ,s4., 4 uHly lived and married
he' to ma v.'.et k,dge Of the continefftt,
where she liveF, finely rroolrved old
woman, whose strongly marked face
shows her to be a woman of ability
hnd experience New York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
Seven nunared MIles Above the Earth.

If il were possible TO rise above the
atmosphere which surrounds the
earth, the sun would look like a
sharply-de1ned ball Of fire, whi.o
everything else would be wrapped. in
total darkness. There could be no
difference Of light without an atmos-
phere or some similar medium for the
suns rays to act upon. But. on the
contrary, if the earth's atmosphere
extended 10 height OF 700 miles. the
suns heat and rays could never pene.
trate il, and we would freeze 10 death
whiie wrapped IN darkness blaekor
that the blackest midnight.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
Earth's Tribute.

First the grain, and then the blade
The one DESTROYED. The other made;
Then stalk aHd blossom, and again
The gold Of newly-mintel grain.
So Life, by Death the reaper cast
To earth, again shall rise at last;
For It's the service Of the sod
To render tod the things of God.
-lJohn B. Tabb, in Youths Compalion,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13
His Only Case.

Attorney Wan,ing-What did your
father say when he saw my picture in
your watch?
Miss Worth-That 1t was the only
case you md ever appeared in
IJewsllersl Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-13

oojoot publ TO convince
properly prepared, doraoe The
stood we'll olives.
property AIS seen
other Town
Country materials pgt
and ~ N ~,
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28
PROPOSALS FOR BOILERS, &c

PROPOSALS. FOR BOILERS, &C..
L FOR THE NAVAL ACADEMY,
ANNAPOLIS, MD--July -. 1892
Sealed proposals, endarsed Proposals
for Boilers, &C., for the Naval Academy,
Annapolis Md to be opened August 2,
1922 will be received at the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing, Navy Depart
ment. Washington. ID. c.. until IL o'clock
noon, August 2. 1892, and publicly open
ed Immediately thereafter, to furnish at
the Naval Academy, Annapolis. Md, 2
boilers, / smoke stack; also a quantity OF
terra Gotta pipe, bricks, carpets, furni-
ture, sc The articles must conform to
the Navy standard and pass the usual
naval inspection. Blank proposals will
be furnished upon application to the Su-
perintendept OF the Naval Academy or to
the Bureau. The attention of manufac-
turers and dealers is invited. Tie bids,
all other things being equal, decided by
lot. The Department reserves the right
to waive defects or TO reject any or all
bids not deemed advantageous to the
Government. EDWIN STEWART, Pay
master General U. s. Nary. 2 1S.2w.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28

Thy terrible fire that lately de-
vastated Newfoundland and the
consequent suffering it caused ap-
pealed to every charitable heart,
aud the good people OF Maryland
have already responded to the call.
Annapolis is never behind in good
works, and when called upon al
ways responds literally. There
is an historical interest for Mary
land in Newfoundland, as it was on
its southern peninsula that Lord
Baltimore founded his province of
Avalon. Here he held possession
for years, but eventually surrendered
his charter and obtained another for
the land adjacent to Virginia, which
by settlement, became the Province
of Maryland.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28

III the Republicans wanted to
keep the Force measure out of the
discussion of the popular issues of
the day during the present cam
paign, why did they insert plank
in their platform looking to this
very thing? Did they expect to 60
through the canvass without any
debate on this question and then,
in case of winning, spring it upon
Congress next year as one the peo-
pie had approyingly passed on ? II
their party deprecates the agitation
of negro domination, as many OF
the politicians now do, it would
have been very easy, in referring to
the "free ballot" hobby, to have
guarded against q misconstrucsion
of meaning. But the fact is the
manipulators of the Minneapolis
convention desired that the express
sion made there on that head
should be interpreted by the ne
groes and radicals as meaning bay
onet control cf the elections in the
south, and that is just what they
do mean, if they can ever get power
to carry out the purposes of their
real leaders.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28
THE Acrs OF 1884 CRATER 46a.


SECTION 1913 BE IL enacted, That the
taxes for each year shall be due and pay
able on the first day of July next sue
ceeding the date of the levy thereof.
From all tax bills for County purposes
which shall be paid prior to the first
September, In the year of the levy. dis
count of five per cent. will be allowed; If
paid In September. four per cent, If
paid in October discount of three per
cent will be allowed, and IL paid in the
month of November, two per cent will
be allowed. and If paid in December in
the year of the levy. no discount allo wed
or interest charged If not paid in De
cember, in the year of the levy. the taxes
will be in arrears, and interest charged
from January LIST, succeeding the date
of the levy.
SEC. 300. Sub Sec. g. Provides that
all bills remaining unpaid by the first
Monday in April after the date of the
levy, shall be placed In Constable g
hands, and additional cost added thereto.
Sec. 200 SUB Sec. 3. Provides that all
bills remaining unpaid on the first day
of June next succeeding that in which
the same shall have been levied, the
Treasurer must proceed to enforce pay
ment by sale of property on which the
taxes are levied and unpaid. ~
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28
A BYLAW.
Imposing the City Tax for 1892,

SECTION 1. Be it established and or
dained by the Mayor. Counsellor and
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis. and
by the authority of the same, That tax
Of eighty cents be and the same is here
by imposed upon each one hundred dol
lars of the assessable property OF the
City of Annapolis, for the year one
thousand eight hundred and ninety two,
10 be collected pursuant TO the laws OF
the State of Maryland. and the ordinance
and bylaws of this corporation.
SEC. g. And be 1t established and or
dained by the authority aforesaid. That
out of the amount named in the first sec
ton of this Bylaw, the sum of five
cents on each one hundred dollars of the
assessable property, be, and the same Is
hereby set apart for the sinking fund, to
redeem the bonds of the City of Annap
oils, as required by the Act of 1870,
Chapter 300, and 1t shall be the duty of
the Collector and Treasurer to collect
said sum of five cents so set apart to the
sinking fund, separately, and to keep
separated the receipts on account thereon,
and to deposit the same to the credit OF
the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
in the Farmers National Bank of Anna
polls. and to receive on account there
United States, and the same shall be APP
piled under direction of the said Com
missioners only for the redemption of
the said City bonds.
Sec. 3. And be 1t further established
and ordained by the authority aforesaid,
That the Collector and Treasurer be, and
he is hereby directed to express upon the
tax-bills for the year 1892, that seventy
five cents thereof, are for the ordinary
expenses of the City and payment of its
floating debt; and five cents for the
sinking fund
SEC 4. And be it further established
and ordained by the authority aforesaid,
That this Bylaw shall take effect from
the day of its passage.
Approved July 18th, 1892.
JAS. H. BROWN, Mayor.
Test :-PHILIP L. POTTER, Clerk
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28
FOR ANNUAL SUP
PLY OF FUEL FOR THE u. 5. Ma

PROPOSALS. FOR ANNUAL SUP
PLY OF FUEL FOR THE U. 5. Ma
VY.-July 7th, 1892.-SEALED PRO
POSALS, endorsed Proposals for fuel
for the U, s. Navy, to be opened
August end, 1892" will be received
at the Bureau of Provisions and Cloth
ing, Navy Department, Washington,
ID. O., until ~ o'clock noon, August
2, 1892, and publicly opened Immediately
thereafter, to furnish the annual supply
of coal, coke, wood, and charcoal At the
Navy Yards: Portsmouth, N. H.; Bos-
ton, Mass; New York; League Island,
Pa; Washington, ID. g.; Norfolk, Va;
Pensacola, Fla; Mare Island, Cal; the
Naval Stations: Newport, X. l.; New
London. Conn Key West, Fla and the
Naval Academy. Annapolis. Md; also
the annual supply of coal at the Naval
Hospitals, Dlspensaries, &c. Ports
mouth. N. ii Chelsea, Mass Brooklyn,
N. Y; Philadelphia, Pa; League Island,
Pa; Washington, ID. c.; Norfolk, Va;
and Mare Island, Cal. Blank proposals
will be furnished upon application to the
Bureau, to the Commandments of the Navy
Yards, or to the Navy Pay Offices. The
fuel must in all cases conform to the Ma
w standard and pass the usual naval in
spection. Tie bids, all other things be
ing equal, decided by lot The Depart
ment reserves the right 10 waive defects
or TO reject any or all bids not deemed
advantageous to the Government. ED
WIN STEWART, Paymaster General,
u. s.. Macy. III. Al,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it il pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanscs the sys
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers aud cures hahitual
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
it's action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent Qualities commend 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
crre Il promptly for arv crc -
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. kY NEW YORK ~
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28
NOW TRY THIS.

II win cost you nothing and viii sure.
ly do you good, IL you have q Corzh,
Cold. or any trouble with Throat Chest
or Lungs. DR.. Kings New Discovery
fe paid back Sufferers from La Grippe
found It just the thing and under ifs
use had . perfect and speedy recovery
Try sample bottle at our expense and
learn for yourself just how good thing
Il II. Trial bottles free az the City Drug
Store. Large size b0c. and e1.e0.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28
49, FRAME BUILDING

formerly used as a church Being the
same property conveyed unto VIM. Tay-
lor and JAS. Wells by deed from VIM. II.
Bells and wife dated July %. 1888. and re-
corded IN Liber 5. H., SO. at folios FAC.
and from John Tyler and others. Trus-
tees, to the same. dated Sept LIST. 1888,
and recorded in Liber S. a.. 80, at folios
5s4, and therein more particularly de-
scrited.
TERMS OF SALE.-One third cash
upon the day of sale or the final ratifica-
ton thereof and the balance in two equal
instruments at three and six months from
the day of sale respectively; the deferred
payments to be secured by the bonds of
the purchaser bearing interest, or all cash
at the option of the purchaser.
DANIEL r. RANDALL,
z 10 Trustee.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-28
WnAr a difference there is to I'M

WHAT difference there is to the
ending of heroic acts. A Poston
printer who stopped pair of run
away horses has received legacy of
$4,000 for his bravery. Several
years ago one of the attaches of II
foreign legation at Washington in
trying to stop a horse running away
with an empty cab, got a broken leg
and bill for $4,000 from the sur
geon who attended him.