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Interesting Items From Everywhere.


A god brick rec 'ntly shipped from
YUM, Arizona, to San Francisco is said
o be worth $4,000 \ residence con.
,truct.d Of bricks like this would cost
several dollars more than most people
,an afford to pay.
In a hail-storm in West Virginia re-
-ently tho halstones were like great
,iunks Of ice, aud smashed windows and
made large holes in the tin roofs of
lousos that got in their way. If these
storms woull he more accommodating
aud como along in summertime the ice
1itis Of the fathcrs Of some OF us would
he very largely reduced.
ClocEs are rogariol as curiosities by
III lIindoos, aud for this reason half Il
lozen Of more timePieces are ton found
IA the apartments OF the wealthy Hin.
Instances. They are not used us time.
pieces, bat simply for ornament. since
The old-fashioue way of telling the hour
Of the day in India, by calculating the
number of bamboo lengths the sun has
travelled above the horizon, is entirely
satisfactory to the natives. 1t is said
that in the country police stations in
India, whore tho European division Of
The hours is observed, time is measured
by placing in tub of water copper
pot in whicha small hole has been bored
It is supposed that it will take one hour
Tor the water to leak into the pot so as
% fill it and sink it, When the police.
nan secs that the pot has disappeared
le strikes the hour on hell-like gong.
If he is smoking or doing, the copper
pot may have disappeared several
minutes before he discovers the fact;
out the hour is when he strikes the gong.
Il Harpcrs Young People.
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curmLAReE'S PLUGS, The Great Tobacco, ~ !,
CHEW fidotei-Pyice 10 Cts. At all aruggIsss g..s
who Did That9

Innocent gossip with no malice ia
II has often a charm for the best on
people, as, indeed, why should IL DoU.
The person who takes little interest,"
i'm the loves and hates, fortunes anu
misfortuncs of his neighbors IS Iar
more likely to lie the possessor OF
cold heart than Of a superior nninu'
hut there is such thing as being Aoo
inquSitiyc.
In the davs when our grandmotn-
crs were girls, there came OCCASION
ally into the family of a good deacon
with nine children village dress
maker of the kind immortalized by
Mrs. Stowe in The Minister'S Woo1
ing" :
She was neither as delightful nor
as daring as Miss Prissy, but she had
all Of that good woman's interest III
other peoples affairs, and always
looked forward with particular pleas
ure to the week during which she cuU
ana fitted for the deacon's girls,
knowing that his house was in some
sort social center, where she was
likely to hear plenty of news ana en-
tertaining anecdotes
one day she arrived late for work,
and. as she entered the house, caught
glimpse of the six daughters al,
ready assembled in the family sitting
room, with their gowES and patterns!
their workboxeS, and their new roll
Of "Injy muslin"
But none cf them were at work, for
one was telling the others a story OF
such absorbing interest that they sat
breathless and spcllbound, with hands
fallen in their laps or needles sus-
pended in the air.
The sight was too much for the
new conner With one mitt on and
one off, her unfastened pelisse drag
\ ging from her shoulders, her bonnet
( dskcw ard Itsloosane9 strings streaRa
4 ing, she appeared suddenly among the
astonishcd girls, crying as she came:
what? What? What is it? Who
did WHAT"
She was answered, although giving
a fun answer involved the retelling
Of the whole story; but her compre-
hensiye inquiry beclme thereafter a
family byword.
Among the dcacon's descendants to
this day, if one shows signs of too
great inquisitiveness, it is sufficient
for any other member of the family
to ask, with lift Of the eyebrow:
"Who did what?"-YOuth's Com
paniOn.
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A JIangman', Rove 20.

According TO the New York World
cx-Hangman Berry's book of cxpc-
rcnccs as koko seems TO have fallen
with some fl luucss. Theirs is one
amusing incident, although its humor-
Gus side doesn't seem 10 have inn
pressed Mr. i try. Some years ago
lie was travc'ing by rail in one of
those famous compartments of which
We read queer tales from time to time.
Ills three companions in this coop,
which seems TO be SO contrived as TO
permit OF unlimited insult to an uuof-
. fcn'sihg passenger, "ppc.srod 10 be
gentlemen, and what is moro, ap-
pcarcd 10 have taken strong dislike
TO Mr.. Berry. lie soon discovered /
that they had in some way identified
him as the public cxecutioncr, and
they lost no opportunity of expressing
in visible an | audible and even tangi-
bic fashion the contempt and loa,hing
with which they regarded his eyes,
hands aud particularly his shins. lie
didn't make al cutlery, however. Two
ears afterwards Mr.. Berry went to
Carlisle on Professional tour. He
was tiero called on to hang Mes'rs.
Ru'ise, Mar in and Baker, whom lie
identified at Il glance as his fellow
travellers aud tormentors.
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IIindOO PcnitpnCc,

The IIindoOs care mrrc for the
brute thau for human crcali m. An
abr ! C., cowhcr,l-was carrying Il
calf and let il drop, breaking tho neck
of the animal. The brahmins cXcom-
municated him for SIX months; no
member of his family was allowed TO
shelter or feed him; he had to make
a number of pIgrimages i'll a nendi-
ca Is garb, with rope around his
neck and the tail of the calf lie had
killed on his shoulder. Returning
home after six months he had to live
ia hut by himself built for the pur-
pose. There hc must be purified. \
barber shaved the hair off the head and
face of the pcnitent and pared his
nails Another man came and burned
the hair and nails and set the tenn
porarv hut on fire. After that the
male fac or had to battle in the river
until his skin was clean, when lie
could come out Even thea he was
only purified but not yet reinstated in
the caste of cowherds. He had first
to feast fifty brahmins and 100 of his
brother ahirs bcf re he could be re-
ccivcd back in the fold.-[Chicago
Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

they went all over the house, even
down 10 the cellar where tho ghost
was supposed to do his rattling at the
dead of night. And Mr.. Vaudeville,
still with his eyes fixed on Naialic's
bright gypsy face, decided that tha
property needed repairing thoroughly,
and invited the widow and hei
daughter to visit him in New York
willie the renovation took pace.
"My sister will be there to chapcron
Us, y lie said, "and | will cndcavor TO
show my little cousin Nat,y some of
tie things best worth seeing in our
great metropolis"
ooh" cried Natty, with her great
eyes glit,cring like pools of jet, chow
nice that will bel Oh, Cousin Mande-
villc, | do like you so much!'
"Will she dare to say that one year
from today?' he asked himself, with a
NulA AOus sGllHuNlUil at MS lltdl l. AOl bitV
was SO young aud prctty-so like n
rrc-ripo peach with the bloom still on
its checks"
Upon the next years first of April,
Mr.. Luray came to lis chief with an
anxious face.
"That old Morand Mansion, sir"
said hc--'I understand il is in perfect
order, now, painted and frescoed
throughout, with the ground laid out
by landscalc gardener. Am | to
put il on the list of TO Lc;s?"
"No," said MandevIlo, brusqucly,
81 propose to occupy it myself as a
summer residence"
"You, strip
81 am to be warricd next week, >"
said Mr.. Vaudeville, "to Miss Natalie
Vanc. Aud we shall live there for the
ire cut."
That was William Mandcvllc's love-
idyL - New York Ledger.
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| ahOrerS in Alaska.

The working-man need not complain
in Alaska. Three dollars day, with
board and lodging provided by his
employers. are miners wages. Indian
workmcn in the mines receive two
dollars a day, aud 'fi ld themselves.
The st OF provisions add, dollar a
day for each white cmploye to the
expenses of the mining company,
aud with these items i'll the
operating expenses, amy fractions of
dividends sufficiently prove the rich
ness of the mines. Hydraulic mining
begins in May and lasts until October;
and unless they are situated in snow
choked canons, difficult of access, the
quartz-mlls can run all the year
round. Tho great Trcadwcll mill on
Douglas Island thundcrs night and
day, winter and summer. grinding
out in the twelve mon lis ending with
Iast May S769, 765 .80-sufficiont to
answer to all that has been said
against Alaska's being or becoming q
great mining country. lIarper's
Weekly.
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The New Treasnrr Notes.

Perhaps the principal object Of tho
revision of the United States paper
money is TO make the backs of tho
notes more opeu-that is less covered
with the engraving-so that the silk
fbres shall be more distinctly visible.
The distinctive paper now in use no
longer has the two threads Of silk
running longitudiually through the
note, but in their place are two
stripes, each half an inch wide or so,
of short rcd and blue silk fbrcs scat
tered thickly in the palcr, in such
manner that they show only on the
reverse side of the bill.
These two fibre stripes practically
divide the note into three sections of
about equal siza, and this feature of
fibre i'll the paper is held to be an
almost absolute safeguard against sue
ccssful couuterfcitiug. But that is
only one of several devices employed
to insure the inyiolability Of the cur
rency.
Each note has an entirely separate
design, the work Of which is so open
as to show readily any error Of an at
tempted counter fcit, and no portion
of the design is repeated on the same
note; so that no small part could he
engraved by skilful operator and
then duplicated by mechanical pro-
ccsscs to fiji any amount Of space, as
has been the case with some of the
previous paper money" of the Gov
ernmcnt,
The geometricaI lathe work of the
new designs is said 70 be the most cx-
quisite and implicated ever executed,
aud snch as to utterly battle any at
tempt at its Illicit reproduction
Paper World,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

"D1 you know the surest indica-
lion Of old agc?' asked D.. Reed Of
a number of friend, at the Lindcll
Hotel, ST. Louis, recently. "Thc
surcst indications in man" lie con-
inucd, "arc II moist eve, a dry palm
and a shrinkagc Of the calf of the
leg. All these indications arc due to
some action of the nerves consequent
upon advancing years. In the matter
of the eye, tile fifth section is inter-
fcrcd with, and it is this which causes
a flow of wa'cr The dryness of the
palm Is I,ossuced by San nity fcronoc
with the functions of the body also
due to tie action of the nerves, and
tie shrinkagc of the leg follows from
similar causes. In old age, too, you
notice some men bee Dmo more corpu-
lent than in tho earlier portions Of
their lives With drinking men the
change is often prOduc by the guam
tity Of saccharine which they consume
with their drink, and with those who
do not drink it follows from other
physiological changes. As to the hair
becoming gray, IL results in the major
ity of cases to the partial closing of
the hair cells and the reduction of
the quantity of natural coloring mat
ter which the closing produces. With
women he dimncss of the eyes does
not come so soon as it does in men. y
-rChicago Herald.
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Learned Children.

Mrs. Mary f. Burt Of Chicago, who
has recently returned from Greece
saws that The COMMON school children
of Athens arc taught ancient and
modern Greek, French and sometimes
Eng They have no school
.'rcadcr" such as alll Ct American chill
dren, but as soon rs they are able to
read they are put into the classics of
their own literature, SO that long
before they have reached mature
wears they are familiar with Homer
Xcmophon, IIcrodotus, P,u'arch and
The dramati,ts. Instead of rcciting
nursery rhymes they learn the best
myths Of Hellenic literature. One little
girl of an age at which American
children are beginning to appreciate
the beauties of "hickory, dickory,
dock. gave Miss Burt a graphic re-
cital of the labor of Hercules.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
Writing With the Left HnI.

From the st. Louis Globe Demo.
rat The number Of men who can
write legibly with the left hand ia
7ery small in this country, where the
iact of being ambideXterous is moi
appreciated at its full worth. Sir
Edwin Arnold remarked while in 81
Louis that in Japan every child il
aught TO write with either and both
lands, and he limited that this was
lot the only evidence Of sound com.
mon sense he met with while in the
Kingdom of the Mikado.
/ learned to write with my left hand
some years ago, in consequence ~
he impression created in nv mind
oy reading the arguments of Charles
Reade on the subject, and now
change my pen from hand to hand ON
The first impression of Weariness
There have been many remeIiea
suggested for what is known MS writ,
ac's cramp, and many writer's alter.
cate between the pen and the tvna.
writer; but the simplest plan of all is
20 acquire the art Of writing with ei,
ihcr hand and change from one To the
other on the first suspicion of fatious
1t is quite easy for child to learn
70 write with the left hand. and nj.
though after tie muscles have GOT
set with age it is more difficult ri.
most any man can learn to write with
ais left hand in a week, and to wtita
about as well with ohe hand as the
)ther in less than a year.
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PORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND. JUNE 10, 1892


said It in the meadow path,
say it on the mountain stairs
The best things any mortal hath
Are those Which any mortal shares.
The air we breathe, the sky the breeze
The light without us and within
Life, with its unlocked treasures,
Gods riches-are for US to win.
The grass is softer to my tread
For rest it yieds uunumbered feet;
Swcetcr to me the wild rose red,
Because she makes the whole world sFee
Into your heavenly loneliness
Ye welcomed me, o solemn peaks
Ard me in every guest you bless
Who reyereuty your mystery seeks.
And up the radiant peopled way
That opens into worlds unknown,
1t will he lifc's delight to say
Heaven i, not heaven for me alone.'
Rich through nv brcthren's poverty
Such wealth were hidcous | am blcst
Only in what they share with me,
In what share with all the rest.
-[Lucy Iarcom, in The New Earth
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"Dying Place" of the GuanacOs.

The guamacos-animals of the camel
tribe which have been largely domcs-
ticatcd in South America-have a
"dying place" at the sou hcrn cxtrem-
ity of Patagonia. 1t is a spot to which
all of these beasts inhabiting the neigh
boring plains repair at the approach
of death to deposit their bones. Dar-
win first recorded this strange instinct
of theirs, and his observations have
since been fully confirmed by others.
Accurately speaking there are several
of these dying places, the best known
being on the banks of the Santa Cruz
and GallegOs rivers, where the valleys
are covered with dense thickcts Of
bushes and trees of stunted growth.
There the ground is scattered thickly
with the bones of countless dead gem
erations, the animals in most cases
having crawled, before dying, be-
meath and among the bushes. - WASH
ingtOn Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10
A Dark Mystery.

Good Little Boy Does majority
rule in this country!
Father Indeed it docs.
Good Little Boy-Thcn how does it
happen that one bad iitllo boy can get
All MS good little boys INTO so much
mischief FL e Iod News.
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THE OLD MANSION.
BY MAY X. pOLPlL

Mr.. Vaudeville had just como int
his office on blowy, blue skicd, bus
tcring March day in the SOS, wher,
the open gratc-firc presented an ap
pearance of comfort, and the clerl
was busily occupied i'll engrossin.
leases for The coming first of May
In an arm chair before the checry
canncl-coal blaze sat an agent, bluff
red-faced man, who wore Pei per
and salt suit, and havcd his countc
nance very close indeed.
"WeIl? said Mandcyillc, curtly.
"Thc old Wakcham house is let, ,
said Mr.. Luray, cat twelve hundred
dollars for boarding house. No re.
pairs"
"Thats good ncws,' said the ric!
man."
"Evcry house in the Windham
n'V0N mas 9oHc oh Ut Hlilc huhdre'
IKE not cakes added Luray' com
placcntly. every attractive houses,
those. only wish | had dozen
more like 'em. The place on Second
square needs repairs; you'il be obliged
to have plumber and carpenter
rIsh' on. /
see 10 IL 'lloh' S"ld Man4'
beginning TO glance AT the pHc of,
opened letters on hi' desk a little i'm
P"ic''I!'
A'u '''cre Tue moran" Na"Sioh,
"''''" N'' L''"y' up on 'lle lla'icin
"''eI-
" 'a' cfled oI'"deVlIlc, sharply
Isl. mat let ye'f
~ ; my opinon' SIR said Mr.
"",ay, s'oWiF' "'hefe 5 something
r"'io"'ly wrong about 'h1t there
house. Nobody wants it. It's been
III 'iio market 'nreo successive years
ana II won go OIL nohow we can fix
It,
put Vaudeville exclaimed,
"il"' 90 you mean! 1t isn't
iau"'ca:
moi 10 my knowledge, Sir" said
'iic agent ""ilIess the tenants have
c''o''" 10 get up ghost for their
SPcc'"' e'''lca'lon.
- ne tenants arc distant relations
OF my own sad Mr.. Vaudeville, a
n'''c nouShtlIy' 81 have not met
'h'n' lor many years, but | have
reason to believe they are ladies.
erhaPS So Slr' sald Mr.. Luray,
uf!Iy' "bul 1t has occurred TO my
nlilu' no" and again, as things will
occur you Know, sir that perhaps |
h"a oe''er 90 up there and see about
IT,
N'' oaa Idea' sad Vaudeville.
u II 90 myself"
anu nc went.
Inc Morand Mansion was a great
antique house OF moss-covered gray
Stone on the banks of the Harlem
riNet' WIN borders OF yellow duffodils
ou'li'hns ITS path like ribbons of gold,
ana 'he earnest crocnscs blossoming
around It's doorsleps, while hoary old
pear-'recs dropped their loughs in The
Safoeh' ana superb whi'e-piae tree
spread its umbrella of black green
shadow over the paved court i'll
'front.'
r. Vaudeville rang at the do T.
oa'' glancing as he did so at the "To
ct which had become detached
from It's ooard' and lay wcdgcd in a
'ahgIe OF gooseberry bushes. A black
eyed, handsome young elf came to the
door, with mass of gyp'y back hair
curling down her back, and a faded
calico frock, which was nevertheless
whole and neat.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

The largest rose tree in the United
States is in Ventura, Cal. 1t is a
Lamarque, three feet in circumfer-
ference, Ggss branch twenty-one
inches in circumference, often has
10000 roses at one time.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

A RICE trust has been formed IN
this country The Chinese must gol
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-06-10

Win practice in the Court Of Appeals and
p the oourts Of Charles, St. M&ry's Calvert,
Aarv Arundel, and Prince Georges counties
s-Ae he n attend regularly.
-Stce ,ssd address, Annapolis, MI
AxaFA-I1
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-30
DR.. JORDANS OFFICE
II at the residence Of ex-Mayor
Yesler, Third and James.
REAL ESTATE SALES.
Deeds Recorded i'm the Auditors once
Yesterday.

Deeds Recorded in the Auditors Once
Yesterday.
Real estate transactions from January I, 1892,
are $Il,5i5, S970l. There we're filed for record
yesterday IS deeds, the considerations aggregat.
ing 1870, an average of s2N56 Following 10
the list as furnis he'd by Osborne, Tremper & Co.,
abstraetors of titles. ZIG Cherry street. between
Front and Second:
l. H. Rogers to E. Ricksecker, NV NV 10, %, 4,
q c, 81.
j. II. Cox to Fl. Dunhsrn, lots II and IL, block
81, Huntington park, $l0I
City to +. J. Hemen. Got l, block g, Nagle's,
taxes.
City to F. J. Hemen. lot 2, block q. Nagle's.
taxes.
". J. Styled to Max Clericus, lots le, II and
Is, Whites 18th Kid, IS.
Albert Hanback, to John schram, lot Il, block
n. Lake Union, $50.
Puget Mill Co. to Jacob Furth, tract on Madi-
son st, s.
J. A. Pauison to P. p G4lseth, part IS. g. ., 81
Yesler Wood, Coal and {. Co. to u. freeman,
lot z block 8, Yesler, &l0o
c. W. Turner to J. b. Metcalfs, lots East Ta-
coma, 81.
$5O
q. F. Brundage to F. W. Balsnyder, lots Pot.
terry Works add, ST.
s. P. l. & ]. Co to J. D. FISCHER, lot Ia, block
Is, South Park, $75
+. W. Denton 10 J. r. SiEiison, block q, Sal
mon Bay PIX, 5000,
Lizzie Mitchell to n. o. 7iedemaun, lots Q, 10,
block l9. Gilman PIX, 81.
H. o. Tiedemaun to ID. c. Hay, lots 9, 10, block
10, Gilman PIX, $1,000.
W. r. Smith to NJ. A. Str5ugham, lot 2, block
l, Palatine Hill. $500.
A c. Halter ct al to ANNE Brown, lot Is, block
43, IcSler's ID supl, $500.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-30

the same as usual of late Berries are not COM
ing In In good condition and they pass OF
slowly Cantaloupes are lower and in fair de-
mand. Fine grapes are easier at quotations
Table grapes are plentiful and dull
inere Is no change 70 report in fhe vegetable
markeL Co1signuerts 10 Gamers under con-
tract are heavy. aud they also clean up surplus
STOCK Corn is more plentiful. but is in light
demand. Potatoes and onions are still in quite
active demand for shipping purposes and prices
are cEm. Squash, eucumbers and tomatoes are
dull and plentiful.
Produce receipts-Four, 500 quarter sacks:
wheat, s5,ooo centais barley, Loo eentals; beans
auo sacks; potatoes, 2.oo0 acks: bran, I.eoo
SACKS; wine. 5000 gallons
tiour-Family extras. s4l54i2S per barrel:
bakers extras. S4W6sllo; supsrtiue, s. sgtdS 90
wheat-No. shipping, si.2s&.; milling grades.
u: 2l1E9l-5 per GENITAL.
Bsriey-Feed. snesslitc par GENITAL for dark
coast; s2s2esSi4e Tor good quality; s5c for
alier, 81 l59i.0 per ceatal for standard; SIX "a
$l-eo for lower grades.
oats-surprise, sl.S7I,e,45; milling, s.sea
lSo; good TO choice iced, si-275sfgf.s5; Oft
grades. slo5<Gli5: black, $Io5@yi.i0 for CON-
mon: II lSsL.I for choice for seed; gray. sLl71s
Corn-sl.22lz for large yellow; 81 25tsl ~ for
small yellow; $.S21sGsl 81 per GENITAL for nite.
OPTIONS
CAL board sales: wheat-Buyer December
xsa1l S4s4. closing 81 s5ss; seller year, q. 81
Bariey-Bnyer December, aossc.
FINANCIAL.
Drafts-Sight. Zoe; telegraph!c l5c Sterling
bils-Bsnk, A.s61s: sight, Sass; commercial,
$isSla. silver bars, sS11slSSSl4e. Mexican dol
urx,~n .-o
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-30
BRITISH LEGISLATION.
To Dfsestablish tho Welsh Church and
Re-Euact the Corn Lava.

LONDON, sept 2a.-WeIsh newspapers declare
that Gladstone has invited an eminent Welsh
ecclesiastic to draft o bill disestablishing the
church in Wales They add that the bill will b
prepared in . manner acceptable TO the Welsh
clergy.
NEW YORK, Sept 2a-Col. Nelson, editor and
proprietor OF the Kansas City Star, today made
the statement that when parliament again con.
vened in England bill for placing duty on
American wheat would be introduced, and
pamphlets urging the policy OF such . measure
are being distributed throughout England.
LONDON, Sept 2a.-The report cabied from
New York regarding the introduction OF . bill
to place q duty on foreign wheat 10 here pro-
nounced nonsensical, II IL implies that any ~.
sponsibls member of tho commons win intro
duce such Q bill Some farmers organs have
urged such thing, but no prominent member
is in the remotest way connected with It