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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
Why No True American should be q
Free Trader.

The period Of Free Trale from 1917
to 1861 cost this country, in the destruc-
ton Of its industries. far more than war
with Mexico. Although the influx Of
gold from California begin in is49-50.
aud was al its height 10 i55i-53. yet as
early as the fall os 1858 general desrth
Of employment prevailed among artisans.
manufacturing establishments Of various
kinds Aere closing. and in the spring Of
1854 hard times came to stay. Almost
daily, processions Of the suffering ones
formed on Astor Place in New York
City, aud marched down Broad way. 81
600 20 20, 600 in number They fled
past The City Hall, hearing rude rag
banners. on which we're inscribed, owe
are starving. We don't mean blood,
but we must have bread" etc., etc. Long
winding lines oflaboring men and women
gathered in front of the numerous soup
houses, waiting for their turn at the
soup. One of the city missions gave
away free food ticket, to :he poor, which
had been paid for BY those having
means. Bat ia spite of the utmost ex-
ertions of all charitable committees and
of individual efforts, starvations and
deaths from hunger were daily reported.
President Buchanan said in his mes
sage. December 9Th, 1857: "In the
midst Of unsurpassed plenty in all the
elements Of national wealth we End our
manufactures suspended. cur public
works retarded, our private enterprises
Of different kinds abandoned. and thou.
sands Of useful laborers out of employ
ment and reduced to want"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
silver Upon Earnings

The majority Of Democrats 10 the
House Of Representatives, and indeed in
the whole country, are in favor Of free
coinage Of silver There is, however. a
large minority Of that pasiys opposed to
the measure, and will DO all they can to
prevent the passage Of free coinage
law. The division in the Democratic
party On that question:. which will inev-
itably come. will oe the means Of again
placing the Republican party in power
and guaranteeing to the country wise
laws beneficial to all. The following is
FROM a stauuch anti-silver Democratic
journal.
There can be no greater or more in
defensible wrong, nor one more utterly
without remedy than the infiction oil
di,hones, Or appreciated currency upon
the people who are depositors in banks
or holders OF insura noes.
This class is large fraction Of the
wage earners Of this country. including
the great mass Of clerks, statesmen, book
keepers and workers of this kind Of both
sexes.
These persons are absotstely helpless
in the matter Of the currency in whic
they receive pay. IF there is one kind
Of money cheaper than another that will
be the money they will get.
The new silver law compe's the Gov
eminent to take the silver Of the mine
owners. and Cor every 10 cents of it give
to the owners legal tender nptes Of the
United States for 81 This is profit
70 the mineowner over the market price
Of 43 per cent.
II is loss to the men who are com
PEELED to receive these notes Of go pei
cent; it gives the silver men $40 fof
81; it forces the creditors to take 81
forS10.
Some have argued that the 20 cent
Bland dollar will be legal tender and
when working man gets it he passes il
on and is no worse off than before.
The statement is utterly deceiving
nevertheless. The Eiand dollar is le-
gal tender for debts. but the wage earn
er is not debtor; he is creditor and
always SO. He practically buys for cash
II his purchases are not for cash they are
on short credit. The man who ex peet,
to be paid in currency worth 20 cents or
dollar will see that he is paid enough
money to make a real dollar,
He will therefore ask 81 10 for eacl
dollars worth Of goods. The wag'
Garner who gets $40 per week will fnc
that it. in silver. goes no further thai
81 now. The ssiudle is obvious anc
iuevitable.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Counterfehs Of the beautiful new sill
yer coins are already in circulation, and
the blame for it is laid upon the Chinese
IN Tho country, who have shown gres
skill in this direction. 1t is growing
palmer AMI palmer every lay that the
government can afford to keep a very
sharp eye upon the men whose ways are
dark and tricks vain.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Mr.. Maddox has introduced in the
Legislature bill to change the manner
Of appointment of the trustees of the
Almshouse. bysgiving the same to the
County Commissioners: Under the
present system it is continuous board
majority of the trustees filing vacan-
cies whenever they occur.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
NJ SWITZERLAND, Auctioneer.

By virtue Of power contained In . mort
gage from Richard Wade and Charlotte Wade,
bis wife, to William w. Kennedy, Guardian
Of Il. Milton Wells, dated the 5th day Of July,
10 the year SS7, and duly recorded in Liher
]. s T., No. I. folio 400. &c . one Of the Land
Records Of Charles county, the undersigned,
the Attorney named in said mortgage, will
sell at public auction, at the Court House door
in Port Tobacco, On
Tuesday, the sth day OF April, 1902.
at o'elsck p. m.
Ali that tract or parcel If land (which is
particularly described in said morigsgeJ, sit
mated and lying in Charles county, upon which
the said Richard Wxde resided at the time Of
his death, containing
liz Acres; more or less,
commonly kno~ q as, and called
"PLEAsANT HILLS.o
Being the same tract or parcel of land com
posed of
"PLEAsANT HILLS"
and a part of
"BRIAR wOODy
aow all known as
"PLEASANT HILLS,'
which was granted and conveyed to the said
Richard Wade by Elizabeth NJ Young, by
deed dated August 9Th, 1858, and recorded in
Liber II. c., No. /, folio l5 one Of The Land
Records of Charles COUNT; save and excerpt
the detached portion known MS
"FRIEND'S ADVICE,
supposed to contain about
80 Acres,
which has heretofore heen conveyed to Brnja-
min D. Tubman as will appear by reference
to Liher>B. g 8, No /, folio $50, one OF the
Land Records aforesaid.
Also all that piece or parcel Of land, part Of
\ tract of land known rs =
i "LONGEvITY.-
situated in Charles county, aud living north
Of the public road leading from Port. Tot.cei
to Pomohkey, containing about ~,
so Acres: more or less.
and adjoining. the above described irac, an,
the land ofth-s hairs of George Jenkins ana
the land formerly owned ny william fohng-
man Being the same tract or parce. OF land
which, by deed dated the 10Th dav of pril
1887, and recorded in Liher SIT No. 4,
folio 466, &c, one OF the Land Records afore-
said WIS Granted and tonve ed nv \ VI Cox
and wife, and San uel II tex 10 the said Rlrils
ard Wade. :
The above d. scribe property isc,nvcnieuif
ly located, aid the soil Well adapted 10 tiS
growth OF the staple products OF This section
A nj ~ The improvements con
4TaEt-kN sist o. comfortable dwelling
AiiIEnisM house IA good condition; tst,
good tenant HOUSES; three
barns anil other out-huildings.
/ Terms OF sale: Cash.
A deposit OF 5000 will he required from the
purchaser on the day Of sale
JOHN II. MITCHELL,
Attorney named in the Mortgage.
NH Hts.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

All who have tried Old Saul's Pile
Ointment declarethat there is nothinglike
it for the relief and cure Of piles or hem
orrlsoids. This indispensable prepara-
tion costs emily % cents box
Don't send eat 10 fetch milk" but
send for a package Of OH Sa1l's Catarrh
Cure if you're suffering from catarrh.
that mean disease. 1t will cure you
Price % cents. A; all druggists.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

A great coal strike against reduce
ton of wages has begun in free trade
England and many collieries are idle.---
1t is the greatest labor disturbance in
many years. Several hundred thousand
miners and their helpers are out
Protected American miners ought to
raise them big fund.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

A generation ago the biographies
taught that there were only 1000, 900
Jews on the globe. They have increas-
ed rapidly since then. In New York
city alone there are now 100000. In
the whole country. therefore, there must
DO considerably ever million. Last
year Russian and Polish Jews to the
number Of some 5000 landed in this
country.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

With 100000 immigrants leaving
her shores every month. Europe ought
not to be overcrowded. The strange
part Of it, is, however, that the country
from which almost no emigrants go.
France is the one that increases least in
population. Perhaps she can find work
for her citizens at home.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Why saffer excruciating pain, occa-
stoned by walking Of riding wi en- you
have ex ernal piles. when a few spplica-
tons If Old Saul's Pile Ointment will
relieve you at 1t once Price % cents.
A positive a pleasant cure for catarrh.
cold in the head, ETC., is Old SauFs Ca
tsrrh Cure. only % cents a package
Always safe and reliable. Sold by all
druggists.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

The object of the manu-
facturer of Dobbins' Flee
trio Soap has been, ever since
1869, to make il of such SUI
perior quality that it will
give universal satisfaction.
Have they succeeded? Mill
ions of unsolicited letters
from women all over the
country, and foreign coun
tries. giving it unqualified
praise, las. the very
best, very purest, and IN ST
econom cal soap ever used
by the writer's, give an af-
.firmative answer to the
above question. If you can
not accept he experience o.
millions who HsefG after the
twenty. three ye.lrs it has
been OF the market, one tri-
al will convince YOU.
For washing an.
AIN i ih~, compares Il II
with DGuIlns Electric tilothrr soaps shfink
and turn yellow all WOODEN goods like f,nnpis
and blankets: If you 1sa DohLins' rlerirr
Soap. and no other; and follow directions
your hannes vi always remain rs white and
as soft as when new
|. L CRiGlN 4 CO.,
SIP il-J Phiadelphia. Pa
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

For the e,en months ending " III the
Slst of January. our imports of leaf to-
baeco fell of from s9sSST. 973 to S.
esO.S4s. Wbyf Because the McKin-
by bill Of 1890 gave the home market
90 the American farmer in time for the
1901 crop.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
FORSALE


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no pay required. IL is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

This Compa ~ acts as Executor, Admins.
TRAITOR, Trustee and IN all 6duciary capacities
Pays interests on deposits Of money subject
TO check. Ii has a Special Savings Depart
ment, and receives deposits from dime up
ward. The finest Safe Deposit VauLs money
aud skill can produce.
Non-residents will find ii a most interesting
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Capital.
Call or write for information.
Officers. -Brainsrd II. Warner, President.
John Joy Edison, Vice-President. VIM. B.
Robson, Secretary. John r. Carmady,
Treasurer.
Direciors.-J T. Arms, Charles B. Bal
ley, Charles Baum, James l.. Barbour, John
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John Joy Edison, Albert F. Fox, o. C. Green,
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ian 6-y
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Col. L. l.. Polk. President Of the Ma
sional Farmers Alliance. said few
days since that as far as be was concern
cd he "sas foot loose from all political
parties" having severed all party ties
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
statesmen WANTED.

Wanted-a good salesmen TO sell Nursery
Stock. Salary $40 per month and expenses
paid. Address, with references, d. H. PAT
TY, Nurserymen, Geneva, N. Y. nh liam
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

A woman started around the world
the other day clrrying only small
hand sstche! for baggage. Verify we
live in strange lines.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
We useAICohOI

pure alcohol to make WoLFF's AcaE
BLAcKrNG. Alcohol is good for leather;
it is good for the skin. AlcehoI Is The chief
ingredient of Cologne, Florida Water, and
Bay Rum the well known face washes.
We think there Is nothing too costly touse
in good leather preservative.
Acme Backing retails at zoe.
and at that price sells readily. Many
people are so accustomed TO buying dress
ing or backing at Sc. and 1Oc. bottle
that they cannot understand that black
ing be cheap at zoe. Wewant 70 meet
them with cheapness If we can, and to &C
complish this we offer reward of
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
E L o IN r.
white Oak" "SterIing."
JOHN L. RODGERS & CO.,

Wholesale Depot 2l8 Spears Wharf, Baltimore
confidently the WHITE OAK ss.s
the Bottom and ses
bad mo M wes of the Mississippi Valley unusual resgh
making deci-us white bread STERLING
made selected fer all
We desirable all other f
-four constantly which especially ELK LICK and
TROY family ..s.s ~
These sold principal Charles ST. Mays Aaas AsA
Is
thema ind VOW no
Mr. H. g. Dorney sells the Should wish
der and Mr. Dey with write direct orders shall have
prompt and carcfil attention. JOHN L. RODGERS & CO,
sly 2S Spears Wharf, Baltimore. Nd
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-18
THE HOLMAN RESOLUTION !.

Mr.. Holmans first resolution passed
by vote of 229 to 40, commits Congress
against the granting of subsidies or
bounties in money, public lands, bonds,
or by Endorsement, or by pledge of the
public credit, to promote special private
industries or enterprises of corporations.
Mr. Holman's second resolution, passed
by vote of 164 TO so, declares that no
money ought to be appropriated by Con-
gress from the public Treasury except
such as is manifestly necessary to carry
on the several departments frugally,
efficiently and honestly administered.
These resolutions mean everything or
nothing according as they are inter
preted. Mr.. Holman assured his col
leagues, when asking for votes, that
they meant nothing.
According to the first resolution, if
strictly interpreted, Congress would
cut off the sugar bounty and ruin the
chief industry of Democratic Louisiana.
It would cut off shipping subsidies and
place this country on plane of infe-
riority to every shipbuildlng nation.
According to the second resolution,
strictly interpreted, no money would be
appropriated for public buildings, for
improvements of rivers and harbors, for
scientific investigation or for pensions.
Does any one suppose that these reso-
lutions, passed by hungry and thirsty
Democracy, mean anything but bun
combe? We hope they do not. 1t
would be very bad if they did.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-18
As TO CHILE.

The skies in the direction of Chile look
more overcast to-day the decision of
Senior Pereira, the Chilean Minister of
Foreign Affairs, that the refugees put
abroad the Yorktown may be taken out
of any merchant vessel touching at a
Chilean port by local authority is natur-
ally very unsatisfactory TO the officials
at Washington, who had supposed the
Balmacedist refugees would be permit
ted to leave the country without further
hindrance. II is supposed that Secretary
Tracy will now order the Yorktown to
take the refugees to some neutral port
from which they can sail with safety !;
but the real significance of Commander
Evans dispatch lies in the color il lends
TO the reports Of war preparations going
forward with all haste in Chile
II would be the worst Of blundcrs TO
assume, as rash correspondents for
weeks past have been assuming, that
war with our Southern neighbor is newt
able: but the reported dispatching Of
Chilean cruisers and torpedo boats to
hold the Straits of Magellan and the for
warding of torpedoes in considerable
numbers TO Valparaiso do not harmonize
with the protestasions from other quar-
ters that the prospects of peace are as
surcd.
The Montt government cannot be re-
garded as n stable ene. and witheHt at
tributing TO Montt personally the hot
headed rashness that would plunge into
fight simply TO crafty the Chilean
dislike of Americans, II IL not
impossible. perhaps not unlikely,
that a popular foreign war may present
itself 10 his mind as the rcadicst means
Of preventing another civil war, which
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-18
MODEST MIR. SPRINGER.

Since Mr.. Springer's confidential assur-
ance that there would be no silver legis-
lation this session, softly whispered into
the ears of some millions of his fellow
countrymen, he has learned something.
Like the young gentleman whose coun-
tenance was spoiled by mule, he knows
n heap more than he did. There was n
tone almost of apology in his remarks at
the Tariff Reform banquet in New York
on Saturday night: Il have no author
ity to speak for them. nor can state
what measures will be reported by the
committee hereafter No definite action
has been taken by a majority OF the
committee up TO this time" Tins is
modesty itself compared with Mr..
Springer's utterance on silver. With
equal care he goes on TO say:
II is my opinion, and ! speak for myself
alone that much good can be accomplished
by the introduction and passage through
the House OF separate bills, having for
their object the enlarging of the free list,
the securing of free raw material and the
cheapening of many of the neceSsaries of
life TO the great mass of the consumers of
the country. Something should be pro-
posed also which would more clearly de
ine the position of the Democratic mem
bers on the subject of reciprocity.
But that something has already been
proposed by Mr.. Breckenridge of Ken
tuckv. who sat mt the same table with
Mr.. Springer. and who spoke imme-
diately after him. has it not Or does
not Mr. Springer consider Mr. Brecken-
ridges bungling adaptation Of Mr..
Blaines famous reciprocity proposal as
defining the position Of the Democratic
members on the subject Of recipr0cityF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-18
But 1T ISN'T.

If the Democratic parry were wise it
would heed the earnest words of
warning which come from North
eastern Democrats such words, for
instance, as were spoken by Gen.
Olney Arnold to a News reporter last
Saturday: 81 drop this hint, as an old
Jacksonian, that we, as q party, should
not want or ask for anything but good
money. have no objection to silver I;
but ! want good dollar. A dollar bill
or a dollar coin that is worth but IS
cents, will not go very well with the
masses"
A seventy-five cent dollar would at
act first and most disastrously upon the
workingmen. Three-fourths wages for
a days work would be the result, GER
tainly until wages had become adjusted
to the new conditions, and the disastrous
results in the business world due to a
lower standard would probably prevent
that adjustment.
If Democracy We're wise it would heed
such words. But il isn't.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-18

Our esteem contemporary the Journal,
in one of its characteristic long editor
ials on the wool tariff, lets fall this gem
of thoughts 1T is almost impossible to
believe, however, that the growers VIII
endorse and second the protest against
further meddling with the wool schedule
of the Mckinley bill"
To the News it seems not only not i'm
possible but altogether certain that the
wool growers will object TO free wool.
Why shouldn't they? Wool is raw
material TO the woolen mill, but it is the
farmers finished product. Free wool
would benefit the manufactures, if there
were no reduction on woolens, by giving
him free raw material. But what can
Congress do to give the farmer free raw
material? Nothing. 1t cannot make
pasture land cheaper, and it ought not
to make labor cheaper. The Journal
says that the year has witnessed de-
crease both in production and in prices
of native wool and it thinks that the
farmers must, abandoning the belief
that any duties on wool can benefit them,
come out at last for absolute free trade in
their product" Exactly! Because
prices are low, take the duties off and
make them lower? We fear that the
Journal, in the language of the street is
"kiddin' the farmers, or "playin' 'em
for suckers"
Free wool wouldn't harm Rhode
Island unless accompanied by free
woolens. But the political party which
passes free wool bill will certainly
make dangerous enemies in Texas, Ohio
and other close or doubtful states. We
are quite resigned to Democracys trying
the experiment.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-18

For long time the business Office of
the News at "a Westminster street has
been too small for its needs and for the
convenience of its patrons. 1t is a
pleasure, therefore, to be able TO inform
our readers that on or about Feb. the
News will take possession of the Office
OH Weybosset street lately vacated by
the Telegram. This is more conveniently
located for general patronage and far bet
ter adapted to the requirements of a
growing newspaper than the present
arrangement.
This removal will be of itself cause of
congratulation by the NEWS many
friends. They will also, we feel sure
he pleased to learn that the News is TO
be considerably enlarged in celebration
of the removal, and that it will then
contain more telegraphic news, more
cable news, more local news, more sub
urban news and more miscellany than
now. It WILL in short, acknowledge the
obligation which is laid upon the rep
resentativc daily Of Rhode ISL
and to be up with the times, to keep
moving and improving.
1t is not often that new paper is
compelled, in the first four months of its
existence, to move for greater space and
TO enlarge its sheet twice. The swift
and sudden success of the News is the
journalistic sensation of New England.
1t has come because the community
needs such paper, and we shall hest
tate at no effort to deserve it.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-18
EDIsON's GREAT SCHEME.

Mr.. Edison has invented a scheme for
annihilating Chileans or anyone else OBJ
noxious, by the use of applied electric
ity. In each fort Mr.. Edison would put
an alternating machine of 10000 volts
capacity. One wire would be grounded.
A man would govern stream of water
of about 400 pounds pressure to the
square inch, with which the 10000 volts
alternating current would be connected.
The man would simply move this stream
of water back and forth with his hand,
playing OH the enemy as they advanced,
and moving them down with absolute
precision. With grim humor he adds
that the operator could modify the cur
rent gently so as simply to stun every
body, then walk outside his fort and
pick up the stunned generals and others
worth keeping for ransom or exchange.
But suppose, Mr.. Edison, the enemy
doesn't advance" but stands off eleven
miles and knocks your electric machine
to smithereens with cannon balls? It's
TO be feared that the sage Of Menlo Park
is better electrician than tactician.