Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-04-15
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


TnR Oldest pensioner of the war of
1912 is supposed to be Isaac Richards OF
East Machias, Me, who is ninetynlne
years of age and lives in the same house
with his children, grandchildren, AMI
at-grandchildren
TUE Austrian war minister has issued
an order to encourage religious feeling
in the amy He finds that Austrian
soldiers do not attend divine service ac-
coring to the regulations lnasmuch
as the encouragement of religious feel
ing is regarded as of great service to the
military, the army must henccforth 60
TO church at least once q month; like
wise, the young officers in command at
church must conduct themselves in u
moro reverential spirit than has been OBJ
serted lately.
The art of restoring pictures has been
brought TO perfection that would aston
ish those who have not looked into the
subject Not only are the faces Of pic
lures cleaned and frightened, but pic
lures of moderate size are actually re-
moved from old and ro,ting canvases and
paced upon new The method is TO var
nish the face Of the picture and then
paste it down upon plain surface. The
ro;ting canvas is then picked, thread by
affixed; the face of the picture is un-
glued and restored and the canvas is re-
framed.
THERE is a good story told Of tho
powers of the Rev. W. II. GLADDEN., tho
evangelist Mr. GLADDEN. was brought
into prominence last summer by his
work at the Tarentum camp meeting.
There the religious fervor ran so high
that it was 4 common occurrence for per-
sons at the meetings TO become over
powered and remain insensiblc for somo
time. One instance is recalled of man
Who becoming excited, shouted Clio"
and then fell over unconscious, remain
ing in that condition for an hour On
coming to he completed the exclamation
by saying cry" showing that his mouth
had been set TO say "Glory," but at tho
first syllable animation was suspended,
and when the senses wcro restored the
lips had 20 complete the word.
ONTuE German seod- farms labor is very
cheap. The average wages of working.
lhan Is lloh seven 10 hiho shilllngs
week, and for this he works from five in
the morning to seven in the evening, and
in winter ono hour less, commencing at
SIX instead of five In summer the hands
are employed in the seed grounds, and
during inc winter months IN the ware
houscs cleaning ana dressing seeds
Much OF the hghter held work, such as
Ioe.nS' cleaning ana gathering seed, is
cone Ny women ana S'rlS' VINO work IN
They are ycrv cyno-t IN tho nso Of tho
hoe. and get over nearly as much cronnd
ms n man They earn from tonnonco IN
one shilling NOR dov. nul many boro 10
walk several miles 10 and fro n work ne
tLo majority live in the snrroundinr
villapcs
~ interesting story comes from ap-
larehtly 'e"ooie sources OF remarkable
ma o. hist"r!c remains near mon Land
ing, OhIo. Ioh the site "t an Old house
PloW turned up a skeeton, 0ni inyesti-
Than a score OF others within a space
lof'y lee' square ahi iiIe ieet deep Tho
romans were those ot bo'h children and
auulls III far preservation, and were
piIed upon one another with little regard
Tor order' save mat inc heats were gen
orally toward the Ohio River. Curioasly
wrought beads ana metal rings were
found as wen as Stone and metal imole-
mehts' muSsel s"ehs ana ashes in abun-
uall"e. III is sal ti.at people in the