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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
Singing Baby to SIeep.

"Sometimcs," said an experienced
nurse "ihe numerical system of sing
ing is decidedly useful. Many a
mother in singing a restless child TO
sleep has sung the same song over and
over again repeating the verses indef-
initeiy. Usually this form of ryth.
metic repetition is effective; there are
few chilnren that can hold out against
it If the voice is gentle and the sing
ing is continued without break and
a gradually decreasing volume of
tone. But occasionally 1t happens
that just as the child is about to go to
sleep there il brief period when its
senses, though yelled by drowsiness,
are really remarkably acute aud when
the work of hours may be easily up
set in an instant A momentary halt
in the singing may awaken the child;
the. almost imperceptible rustic attend.
ing the bending forward to see if the
child is asleep may have the same cf-
feet, and there comes tine when
even the words of the song strike the
sensitive nerve with wakeful rather
than with reslful impulses. Here is
where the numerical system may be
used to advantage. substituting for
the regular words of the song, with
their dissimilar and therefore some
what disturbing sound waves other
words more nearly uniform in charac-
ter.
"Supposc, for instance, the mother
is singing 'Grandfathcr's Clock and
that she has been singing for an hour
or an hour and a half and has re-
pcatcd it say seventy or eighty times
At the critical moment between wake
fullness and sleep she gliles gently
into, 'Thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty
three, thirty-four, thirty-iivc, thirty
six, Ihirty-sevcn.
"rhe similar sounds which these
words produce make but the fanest
ripple OF the sensitive ear, and gencr-
ally ten or fifteen verses of the song
so sung are enough for the purpose"
-TNew York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA IN 40.


The Aensau0u Caused Bg an ihNoicS -
UOnsn's Boanets.
Life in California was back in '49,
Il wild romance, says a writer. No
words OF mine ran describe the scenes
that were enacted during that chaotic
period Thousands Of men, organized
in bands, or wholly disorganized, were
constantly arriving from every part
OF the world and leaving Tor the dig
gings OHtlaws and professional
gamblers opened saloons by the score
at every point where men congregated.
Money WAS scattered everywhere as II
by the wind. Miners who had real-'
lied fortunes in few days came
down to Stockton, Sacramento, and
San Francisco to squander them in q,
night at the gambling tables All
restraining influences Of society were
absent, and ! can not and an express
sion better suited to the case than
"Pandemonium on q Frolic."
As there were no wives, there could
be no homes or families. few stores
had been hastily put up along the
shores, made Of rough boards or cam
vas, and all Of them were doing an
enormous business The rost OF the
village consisted Of shantics or tents,
used for restaurants and SalOOns.L
Human life was a moving panorama.
The whole place was alive with q
mass of unkempt men clad in flannel,
shirts and heayyfbo0ts, who were in
spired with the ohe desire to hurry on
to the mines. i
This rough life was not without its
touches OF sentiment. one day the
town was electrified by the rumor
that an invoice of wOmen'st bOnnets
had arrived and could be seen at one
Of the stores The excitement was
intense. and there was rush from
every direction to get a realistic view !
OF even so insignificant substitut6
for female society. Idonot 0yerstate
the truth in saying that the thoughts
OF home that were awakened in the
breasts Of the rude-looking men at
the sight or those bonnets started
tears from the eyes which the worst
forms OF privation anaS hardship had
failed to moisten.
The Christian missionary was al
ready on the ground and good PaEson
Williams had managed to find place
where he could preach on Sunday.
One Of the first men who arrived with
his family came to zone Of these meet
ings attended by his wife and baby.
During the sermon it CHANGED that
the baby cried and the mother was
about to withdraw, when the preacher
addressed her thus: "My good wo-
man, | beg you remain; the innocent
sound Of that infants voice is more
eloquent than any words | can COM
mand. 1t speaks to the hearts Of
men whose wives and children are far
away, looking and praying for a safe
return to their loved ones at home"
Never shall forget the sobs and
tears which these words evoked
throughout that rough assembly.
That infants cry setsae *. i ..i,i.sae
music Of angels.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
Remarkahlo Rnins in Arizonn.

ApiGuarians are very much inter-
osied in tho discovery of an aborig-
inal fort in the valley of the Gila,
about ninety miles below Phoenix,
Ariz. The discovery was made by
some miners who became lost in the
desert. 1t is the largest and most pc
culiar structure found in the valley.
The ruins lie about four and one-half
miles back from the Gila River, and
cover about a mile square. In the
centre is the fort still IN remarkable
state of preservation. 1t covers an
area of about six acres, and is built in
a very peculiar way. The first table
is about twenty feet in height and is
made of dirt, with wall OF boulders
laid in cement around the outside.
On top of this, and of the same height,
though only half the size otherwise,
is the second table, walled up as the
first. On this is q smaller one of the
same height, and on top of that is the
fort proper constructed of stone The
edges of the tower tables were used
as gardens, and around the walls are
fsadreas Of bouldcrs brought from
the river, doubtless for the purpose
Of casting down on tho hnadS of q foe
In the top fort are many skeletons and
human bones, and in all probability
the place was besieged and the people
died of starvation. A ditch four and
one-half miles in length runs by the
base of this structure and brought
water from the Gila. 1t is well de-
fined and about thirty feet in width
though 10 water runs through
it Boston Transcript
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
The Cooking Done by Brides.

Justly incenscd at the inane lest
which the press Of the country feels
bound to fling after the bride respect
ing the quality Of Ter cookery, and
which it filings us clumsilv as the
traditional old shoe is usually flung,
writer has set herself against the
moss-clad wltticism in an article in
Leisure Hours. The gist of her con-
tenlion is that the average young mar,
ried woman is much better equipped
for her domestic duties than is the
average young husband-which no.
body can deny. The champion of her
sex likewise makes another felicitous
hit when she asserts that the average
lover is so filed with romance before
marriage as to bo Indifferent TO his
future wife's domestic equipment.
After marriage "the bride puts upon
the table food cooked as her mother
cooked it, instead of the way his
mother prepared the same dish. And
the immediate conclusion is reached
that the young woman Is a delusion
and snare"
Unhappily, it is easier TO diagnose
the troublc-for it is widespread
than to prescribe an effective treat
ment. The writer referred to sug-
gests that the wise young woman
should learn to cook by her mother
in-law's recipe. At first glance this
might be a most promising specific.
Unfortunately, however, while the
principle is sound enough, the trouble
is in the application.
Nothing is more amazing in the
surprises of cookery than the dexter
ity with which two persons can con-
scicntiously evolve diametricallv op-
posite results out of the same recipe.
In fact, cases arc on record in which
single person has arrived at differ
ont results every time from such
simple recipes as those for making
bread and decociing coffee. Cookery
ought to be an exact science, especial
ly cookery for exacting bridegrooms.
Perhaps, when it shall be taught in all
tho schools like the multiplication
table, this cloud may pass away from
the face Of the honeymoon and life
become once more rcfulgeut for the
cranky bridegroom. = Philadelphia
Record
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
A Chinese Governor.

Tshang Yao, the Governor of the
Province of Shantung. who died re-
Gently, was one of the highest digni-
tarics of the Celestial Empire. lie
had highly adventurous career.
Born in lowly position, he was OBJ
liged to flee in his youth on account
of having murdered the tormentor of
an old man. He became a robber
and soon stood at the head Of all the
bri9ands who made the province of
Human unsafe. When, during the
rebellion, The chief town of the
province was threatened, the Governor
issued a proclamation in which he
promised the hand of his daughter to
the man who would save the town
from the enemy. At the head of 500
bandits, Tshang beat Off the attack of
the rebels, and led home on the next
day, as a reward for his bravery, the
almond-eyed beauty. Then he made
rapid progress. lie was not able to
re ID or write. but was of great integ-
rity, and died poor as he was born.
He was called by his people, OH ac-
count of his charity, Tshang, "'thc
blue sky." II is said, however that he
was not always just toward Europeans,
and especially the missionaries.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
Highest Railroad in the World.

"Did you know that Chill is about
completing the highest railroad in the
world?" said ID. V. Mccormick, a
civil engineer, who has travelled ex-
tensively on the vsst coast of South
America, now at the Windsor. "This
is the Transandean Railway, which
crosses the Andes at Cumbra Pass,
where there will be tunnel a little
over three miles in length at an elsva-
ton of 10, 450 feet above sea level.
The pass itself is nearly 5000 feet
higher and is situated four miles and
a half south of Aconcagua. 1t is ex-
pected that in point of engineering
skill and perfect roadbed the Transan-
dean Railway viii be the finest road
in the world. 1t runs from Buenos
Ayres to Valparaiso. New York
Telegram.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
Queer AntinathieS.

"Talking of pecuiarities of ap-
petite" said a citizen in conversation,
Il know man who has not eaten
mouthful of meat in twenty years"
"a vegetarian, eh?' queried lis
tcmcr.
"No; lie took a sudden dislike to
meat of any kind, and gave up eating
it. But lie could not tell himself what
caused the change in his appetite.
"My wife can never eat an OYSTER"
said one present, "without her skin
breaking out with purple spots as
large as dimes. She feels no uneasi-
ness. but naturally does not like to be
spotted like pard.'
al was acquainted with woman
out west" said another Of the party,
''who broke out with prickly heat
whenever she jaw or tasted goats
milk cheese. Her husband brought
some into he house aud hid il in a
cupboard. When she approached it
she began to sbiver, and declared that
she felt The strange prickly sensa-
ton"
,s.seaaH@ . .knQw. - here was
no cheese in the house | should think
it was that, she said, and then her
husband acknowledged that he had
done il to test her. The physiological
effect satisfied him that it was not in
the Imagination"
A strange antipathy was then re-
lated by young doctor present.
II had ordered pair of new and
fashionable trousers when was taken
i'll with severe attack of jaundice.
The garments were made and sent
home, but | was too sick to wear
them, and after looking at them and
seeing that they were just as | ordered
them, laid them away. When | was
well was about to wear them when
recalled all the symptoms of my i'll
ness, and could not endure the sight
or touch of them. tried again and
again with the same result. There is
no law in matera ms dica 10 account
for such manifestation. - Detroit
Free Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15

The Kansas state Board of Agriculture
reported a total winter crop Of that State
Of Sc, 170, 694 bushels, and Of spring
vheai 2i5T9 959 bushels, making a
total ayr he State, winter and
har1aS -sslsheIs
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
licss. Harrison Bros. & Co.

years I bought
of YOU Country Ready Paint with which had my
~ me the same Kind and sane amount with which
house does not really need pafate
of poes unovered weather. and need
wood paint the whole house Il
che pa have ever used and hose
uwf1l me The sameki
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
To a Southern Girl.

49,
Her eyes
Would match the Southern skies
When Southern skies are bluest.
Her heart
VIII always take its part
Where Southern hearts are truest
Bright pearls,
The gems of Southern girls,
Her winning smile discloses;
Her checks.
When admiration speaks,
Wear only Southern roses.
Her voice,
BY nature and by choice,
Zen those who know her slightest
win find
As soft as Southern wind
When Southern winds are lightest.
Her laugh,
As light as wine or chat,
Breaks clear, at witty sallies,
As brooks
Run bubbng through the hooks
or all her Southern val eys.
Such youth,
With all its charms forsooth,-
Alas, too well | know i'll
Will claim
A song Of love aud fame.
Sung by some Southern poet,
But she
In future years, maybe,
These verses may discover,
Sometime
May read this little rhyme
Sung by Northern lover,
flames G. Burnett, in the Century
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15

Viii practice in the Court of Appesls and
aa the courts Of Charles, St Mary's Calvert
Asn~ Arundel, and Prince Georges counte ca
'~AS \ he VI attend regularly.
-~Stce I'D address, Annapolis, Nj
ssat tu-i'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
Great Comfort.

Conductor-We have missed the
connection, and you will have to wait
at this station six hours.
O.d Lady-(who is a little nervous
on the railroad) Well, Pm safe for
six hours anyway New York
weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15
An Extended Examination.

He-Are you sure | am the only
man you ever really and truly loved?
She Perfectly sure. went over
the whole list only yesterday - New
York Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-15

lie had made a mistake at the out.
set, which is rather different frem
making ones fortune, az all the world
knows. -fNew York Weekly.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1892-08-29
Qfnerifa.
aussige aus guboIf grOnou's SeftI9rift sur 4oOiabri.
gen SubeIfeter Der Gntbeduna Amertfa's burcb
Sbriftopb Columbus; @erla9 BON abel
unb Witler, Setpalg.
8ierunb6reiBtgfe Tort1ebunQ,

gternnbbreiBisite Sort1eBnng.
9iele @ilben batten feline re6te S6Iadt,
lonbern MIR S9aarmitbel, benin fie ibers
fallen einanoer GottentpetB, tpeiden pnb
iteuen immerbor frti9e an. Sl Iolden
S6armilBeln wer6en bic @rl6laaenen alsz
balo bon 9%etptiien 2euten binueaqel6leppt.
tDel9e NIT etli6en &obritiideu, 10 i6Grpffer
benin Elm S6ermeiier iino, ibnen BON Der
Sttrn on rings berumb Die Saut biB auff
Die 6irnl1al ablDien, bno btelelbiae eank
herab 3ieben, alio, baB bas 6aar, einer@bleH
lang in einem &nopff 3uiommenaebunoen,
nod oaran bleIbet. (0ie Saar ober aber
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1892-08-29
Die meltaus lteuune.
Seidreibnns Oes Oenti6eu 9Orfes.
Ripdlitdt swifden Oeutfdlano uno
2ranfreid.
Ser rene SerWaltungsratb.

Die G~tnweihunosfeier. - DerFauf Ger 6e=
oenfmin3en. 5ortfdritt DER 2Irbeiten
auf Dem QusftelIuuespIabe. Die
itaiienif9e Qusiteuung. - Sietnens nno
6alsFe. - QnerIei.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-18
ELErTRIc RIrTgRs.

This remedy is becoming so well known
aud so popular as 70 need no special men
ton All who have used Electric Bitterl
sing the same song Of praise. A purer
medicine does not.exist and II is guaran
iced 10 do ali that il claimed. Electric
Biiters will cure sll diseases Of tie Liver
and kidneys. will remove Pimples, Boils.
Salt Rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood. win drive Nal ria from
the system and prevent as well as cure 81
Malarial fevers For cure of Headache
CONSTIPATION and Indigestion try Electric
Bitters Entire satisfaction guaranteed
or money refun1ed. Price Soc. and $1.0C
per bottle, at A. Q. Smith 81 Co.'S Drug
Store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-18
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SHOPS.
The Proposition of the Company VIII B
Recommended Formally to the Council

The Proposition of the Company Will Be
Recommended Formally to the Council.
The special committee appointed at the
last meeting of the city council to act in
conjunction with Mayor Turner in an in
vestigation of the proposition made By the
Southern Pacific company to remove its
Terrace and Carlin shops TO Ogden, has
held meeting ana formulated report to
the council which recommends that the
proposition be accepted without de-
lay and the necessary appropriation
made. rhe report will be acted upon
at the Monday nights meeting of the coun-
Gil, and as the members oil that body, with
the possible exception OF one, heartily
favor the move, IL will undoubtedly be ap-
proved.
The Southern Pacific asks cash bonus
of $50. 600, TO be paid when the shops are in
working order, one million and half OF
brick and one cubic foot of water, the lat
Ter TO be pumped from the Weber river at
the expense OF the company. AS the city
owns practically the entire river. the
deciding away OF the required water Will
work no hardship upon the municipality.
There are several political schemes on
foot to raise the cash bonus any one Of which
should meet the approval Of every tax
payer Of Ogden who desires to see the city
make Announcements in commercial aud
manufacturing Importance. II is esti-
mated that the monthly pay roll Of the
shops when running at their full capacity
viii be slightly in excess of $4,000. Tue
company also agree TO establish an engine
and car mandatory here just az soon as
capital has been induced To erect smelters
in this vicinity for the reduction into pig
iron of the vast beds of ore which crop out
near Willard and in Ogden caiion. This
would mean the building up of en- indus
try second TO none in the United States.
The county court also has under consid-
GRAFTON a resolution introduced at the last
meeting, providing for an appropriation
sufficient TO cover the expense which would
be insured in the purchase of the brick,
about So, 500 and may adopt the measure al
lis next meeting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-18
THE ALFRED TRIAL.
1t Is Still Grinding Away in the
Fourth District Court.
The Southern Pacific Proposition to Erect
shops 70 Be FaTOrabiy Reported on
Other Ogden Happenings.

The hearing in the damage case Of P. h.
Alfred end two sons VS.. Salt Lake city, oc-
cuDied the entire day in the Fourth
district court at Ogden yesterday,
and is progressing very slowly.
The plaintiffs have one and PROB
ably two more witnesses to place on the
stand and then the defense viii have an
inning. Judge Tode thinks he can put in
all the evidence necessary for q good de-
Tense in one day. II this proves to be the
case the trial may be ended by Saturday
night, unless Judge Miner adjourns TO-
might until Monday morning.
The evidence introduced by the plaintiffs
has gone 10 show that prior IoJulY, 1889.
the stream which issued from the reservoir
on the Alfred farm was amply sufficient to
irrigate farm of 120 TO $50 acres Of land
but that bstween Aug. l6sh and Sept. 10th
of the same year the water in the reservoir
receded fully fourteen feet and became
impure and stagnent, and has never risen
high enough since TO run out of
the waste gate in the dam. Every witness
attributed this diminutiUn TO The artesian
wells put down By Salt Lake city in the
horse shoe bend OF the Jordan river durin q
the months Of July. August and Septem-
Der. 1859. for The purpose Of measuring the
water supply Of the municipality.
The plaintiffs, when placed oE the stand,
claimed that the city wells had tapped the
underground stream which found an out
let in their spring, and notwithstanding the
fact thai the wells mad been capped, the
water still gushes up directly around and
near the pipes in sucn volumes that the
pressure necessary TO MAKE the spring
how as Of yore il wanting, and the water
In the reservoir remains at the same level
il has main tanned since September, 1883.
Two flowing wells near the Alfred home
stead have also receded aud the water now
stands in the pipes at the same level as in
the reservoir.
During the two days the case has been
on trial considerable expert test mony has
been introduced In an effort to sustain the
plant regarding the underground current
and the geologica! structure OF the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-18

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