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kelicS Of the War.

Mr.. William S. Wells, of the firm
of William S. Wells & Co., has some
very interesting war relics, collected
by himself during the late war. Mr..
Wells was n naval officer on the fri
gptc New Ironsidcs, aud served from
November, 1862, until 1870.
Among his curiosi les is a fragment
of the frgatc's iron deck pla ing
which was torn out by tcn-inch shot
in the second iron-clal attack on
Sumter. This shot furn shed n good
illustration of the old saying that
Gan is fair in war;" etc. In the first
iron clad attack on the fort, the
Keokuk was sunk. Afterwards the
Confederatcs obtained possession of
her ten-inch guns, and turned them
effectively against the Union fleet.
One of these guns was particularly
offensive TO the frigate New lronsidcs,
anu iiIIIOd llCi IlOH pittiiS COhoittCI-
ably. The fragment of The deck
plating referred to is two inches
thick, four or five long, and about
three wide. The impression of the
shot was made in such way that its
kizc and kind could be calculated.
Another bit of rusty iron, smaller
than the one described, is a fragment
from a gun on the deck of the frigate
Congress. 1t was clipped off by Mr..
Wells eight months after The Congress
had been wrecked by the Mcrrimac.
A relic which Mr., Wells praises
most highly IS the twisted piece of
wire which was used by the Confeder-
a'cs to explode the mine under Fort
Fisher, where so many of the Union
men were destroyed.-[Ncw Haven
Palladium.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

The great ocean steamers are ALI
trying 70 break the record for speed
n the voyage across the Atlantic.
iicnce unusual care is taken in keep.
ing the exact time.
The British government has n m,n
stationed at Hochc's Point who is Maid
To record in n look the exact time
these steamers pass his signal station.
both inward and outward bound.
since the acute rivalry between the
fleet ships OF the White Star and In
man lines has sprung up, this man
has been more than ordinarily careful
IN carrying out his instructions. In
passing ROche's Point the vessels 90
through a chenncl hardly three miles
wide, and, as general thing, they
pass within an easy mile of the gov
eminent signal station.
Since fast ships began to reckon
their speed so carefully, this signal
officer has timed them from the mo-
ment they were exactly abeam Of his
station. The outward-bound vessels
usually go past him at full speed.
what becomes Of them after that is
no concern to the slgnalman. lie
Immediately telegraphs his record to
the steamship agents in Queenstown.
where il is forwarded to the main
Office at Liverpool. Both the Inman
and White Star lines have man of
their own at Rochc's Point TO make
observations and figures. Sometimes
they differ. But if, by any possible
chance, the question Of vessels act
ual time came up in British court
OF law, the Government signalman's
figures would stand.
In a similar way the official time
on this side is taken the moment the
vessel is abeam Of Sandy Hook. lust
outside New York The line is set
by the compass and the telescope does
the rest. The moment Of crossing is
almost as clearly defined as in the
of the running horse on the track.
Passengers On the transatlantic
steamers date the time of their pass
age either from Lands End or from
the time the vessel starts until she
comes TO anchor The steamship
companies do not take this into ac-
count at all in thcironicial records.
They know the time, 81 course,
that vessel leaves Liverpool, and OF
her arrival at Queenstown. But this
is not considered in the record of her
passage. The subsidized mail boats
the White Star and Cunard usual
~ anchor at Queenstown, a mile or
two further inside Roche's Point than
do the Inman boats and other Allan
tic lines, which are not obliged ia
await the arrival Of the Irish mail at
Queenstown, except for stray pass
enger or two. The mail boats are
usually the last to get away from the
harbor.
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The CITY of Flowers.

There is prof. ably no town in the
United States so devoted to the hold
ing of flower and fruit festivals as
Los Angeles, California. No sooner
is one fair over than another COM
mences and the same spirit is observ-
able in all the smaller towns. IL is this
spirit which encourages tho growth
and culture of flowers, and undoubted-
ly there arc few spots where flowers
are given so much care. Everybody
seems TO possess a garden, and the
consequence is that flowers can be
bought more cheaply in the shops of
the San Francisco florists than they
can in the Los Angeles flower-stores.
What strikes the stranger as most
singular arc the floral displays in the
offices. There is not bank III town
upon whose high desks great lunches
of roses do not rest. The paying aud
receiving tellers' desks, the cashiers
desk, the managers desk, the presi-
dents desk, in fact, nearly cvory desk
has bunch of exquisite roses. [San
Franci.co Chronicle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

Armies in fiction are much moro
interesting ard consistent than they
are in reality, the Listener thinks.
In the first place, officers of the samo
grade always have the same general
characteristics, so that one can sec at
a glance the part they are destined
to play in drama or story. Here.
for instance, is your general Of fiction.
He is always very grand; hasn't very
much to say, and generally wears
mustache AMI white Side-whiskers.
He is not, however, so strongly indi-
yidualiZed as your colonel. A colonel
in a story-is always very tall,
spare, elderly, and generally stiff in
the knee-jOintS. Sometimes he is i'll,
naturcd, but is capable Of great mag.
nanimity and generosity. Alwayl
bestows his blessing on young people
at the right place-and is frequent,
lX~ imposed upon by them. He inva.
rldbly has resources outside of his
pay, and is never dissipatcd. Your
major of fiction, on the other hand
there arc no lieutenant colonies in
novels-is a bad egg in a harmless
way He is much given to the flow
Ing bowl, and always has a forid
countcnancc as result. He is short
of stature, and given to strutting. Is
q terrible talker, brags a good deal,
and says "Egad," on all occasions.
He fights, but in a comic way; he
5neers at civilians, and is always in
need of money. Captains are of two
sorts, in novels, One sort is the
somewhat elderly captain, who does
not get on very well in the service.
lie is always bluff, generally good
looking and frequently dissatisfied
with things. He is of medium stat
IRE. The other kind of captain is a
dashing young fellow, a sort of glori-
fed lieutenant. The rank of lieu
tenant is the most important in tlc-
ton Economically, heroically, the
lieutenant outranks the field mar
shall. In point of physical beauty he
GurpasseS all the rest of the army. In
battle, the duty of "leading charges
falls upon him in special way Ho
is generally poor, but always wears
good clothes, Of course. In horse
manship and magnanimity he excels
all other grades in the service. Wom-
en- seldom fall in love with any officer
but a lieutenant, though the major is
the prey of designing widows. As
for the n0n-commisSioned officers.
there are great differences between
sergeants and corporals Sergeants
are tn. ,-witted and solemn and cor
porals efficient and witty Armies
could not get along at all without
corporals. One gets the impression
that they rather run things, and that
commissioned officers are merely for
social purposes and for leading
charges. Thus the army in novel
and drama pretty picture on the
whole.
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liz EIistnkc.

They had been married for several
years, and had gradually risen from
poverty to affIuence. One evening
Joe settled himself back in his chair
with a self-satisfed air and said:
"Things have changed some since we
were married, haven't they, Mary"
"A great deal, Joe, she replied
quietly. "Th2 first year was pretty
hard, he went on. Il didn't make
any more than enough to pull US
through But | told you then I'd
get up; and | have" "Yes," she adj
mitted, you have. You've made it
much easier for me, financially. "
And I've worked hard TO do it," he
said with some pride; Il have toiled
night and day; and | will do better
still; you shall be even more comfort
able than you are now" You are
very kind, joe" said Mary, with Il
faint smile; nevertheless, I've some
times wondered if you quite under
stood the clergyman who married Us. !"
Why, what have | done?" he asked
suddenly, Strengthening up in his
chair. Nothing wrong, l suppose,
Joe," she replied in the same quiet
way, but it has seemed sometimes r.
Just a fancy of mine, pcrhaps-it has
seemed as though you thought you
had married the Office 1t sees more
Of you than-than She stopped.
1t wasn't necessary to say any
more. 1t WIS only necessary to
kiss him to show that it vas not in a
purely faultfnding spirit that She
spoke, and she did that. And the
essen that money well, the lesson
was not lost ON him.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

ANY man who can read would prob.
ably resent such an imputation Of H.
norancc as this question conveys.
mDo YOU know your lctters?' IS what
"a asked the little tot when he or she
nrst sets foot in school. But grown
mn men and women may be partl0ncd
for believing they aPd speaking The
truth when they answer yes" 10 the
question. The chances are, however.
that they don't know their letters.
why has "a" its present shape?
Stumped the first time! Every
American ought to know that. A
takes its shape from a picture OF 9n
eagle. Il was once the picture Ct an
Fgyptian bird. ID represented a
mans hand. f was the horned viper.
The two upper strokes are the re-
mains of the horns and the perpen-
dicular line the upright body Of the
yirer II was once the semblancc Of
sieve. We got our letters from the
phpnician alphabet, which IN turn
came from the hieroglyphic picture
writing of Egypt. So don't b. so sure
of your knowledge next time you are
askeu a simple question.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Canes are made Of paper pulp.
Fowls live from ten to twenty
years.
In Guiana the Indians mix clay with
their bread.
A quarter Of Scotland is owned by
twelve persons.
It is estimated that there are 1900
600 Irish in Australia.
The earth is tho greatest distance
from the sun OIL the morning of the 9th
of July.
A fish dealer in Bath, Me-, found
sight twenty.penny nails in tho
stomach of yellow perch.
The longest American railroad tun-
rel is the Hoosac, on the Fitchburg
I (Afass ) railway, four aud three quar-
t;r miles.
Paradoxical as il may seem, all you
have to do to .ulToca;e frog is to
put stick in his mouth SO he cannot
shut his jaws.
A deaf mute of Winfred, w. Va,
named Meadows, while walking about
his home recently sneezed violently
twice and fell dead.
There is a whirlpool in the Santa Fe
River, three miles northwest of High
Springs, Fla, into which 1000 feet of
line has been lowered.
Wcll-borers at East Los Angeles,
Gail, found the iusk of mastolon,
or American elephant, at depth of
46 feet below the surface.
AsafcIida is not, as many suppose,
an animal product. 1t is prepared
from the roots and stems of a plant
grown extensively in Persia, BeloCc'.-
is,an and India.
1t is now known that The ancient
Babylonians had tunnel under the
Euplratcs almost equal in point of
workmanship TO the famed Thames
tunnel at London.
After eating heartily of hailstoncs.
a Scottsburg (Ind.) girl was taken
violently sick and died soon after. The
doctors say she was poisoned, aud the
hailstones probably killed her.
The longest tunnel in the world is
St. Gothard, on the line of
the railroad between Luccrne,
Switzerland, aud Milan, Italy, being
nine and onc-half miles in length.
In South America there are giant
grasshoppers with bodies five inches
long and wing spread of ten inches.
Owing to the fact that they are not
very numerous these formidable in
sccts do not do much damage.
Black snow fell, during the winter,
in the cnton of Geneva, Switzerland
"a phenomenon which was once
thought to presago the black plague
and other caIamilics, but is now known
to be due TO fungus in the snow.
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In Tie a1lnce nf II 49,.

In the place Of n rop,o0
who's weak, ailing, and iniserable.
why not be q woman who's heai,bv
happy, and strong? You can h.
You needn't experiment Tbe
change is made, safely and surely.
with DIR. Pierce's Favorits Pre-.
scription.
It's a matter that rests with vo,,
Here is the medicino-the only one
for woman's peculiar weaknesses
and diseases that's guaranteed to
help you. Il must give satisfac.
ton, in every case. or the moucy is
promptly returned. Take it, and
You're q new woman. You can af.
ford to make the trial, lor you've
nothing to lose.
But do you need to be urged?
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Oatmeal Minis.

Oatmeal is not made on an ordinary
flour mill, but the grain is first passed
through a JIuller TO remove the husk.
The hulled grain is then ground in
the ordinary manner, coarse or fine,
as NAY be desired. The requisite
machinery may be attached TO any
mill. To remove the bulls moro
easily, the grain is kiln ID New
York Times
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

mere IS more catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurahle. For great many years doctors
pronounced it u local disease and prescribed
local remedies and by constantly failing TO
cure with local treatment, pronounced 1t ~
durable. Science has proven cntarrh to he a
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by + Cheney & CO.. Toledo,
Ohio. is the only constitutional cure on the
market II IL taken internally in doses from
lOdrops TO a teRspOonfUl. II acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer SlU for any case il fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
CHENEY d Co, Toledo, o.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

You don't want size in pill-it
means disturbance, You want re-.
suits. With DIR. Picfces Pleasant
Pellets, smallest, cheapest, easiest to
take, you get the best results. Sick
Headache, Biliousness, Constipation,
Indigestion, and all arrangements
of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels
are prevented, relieved, and cured.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
hir.ez-.and Bowels, cleanses the sys,
tenn efiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
reputable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy end 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 will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CA.
LOUISVILLE, NJ. NEW YORK, N.Y.
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For impure Of thin Blood, Weakness, Mala-
ria N urglgin, Indigestion. and Biliou, ness,
take Brow ms Iron Bit ers-ii gives strength,
making old persons feel young and young
persons strong; lca>ant TO take.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

Syrup,

Ny acquaintance with Boschce's
German Syrupwas fiade about four
teen years ago. l contracted a cold
which resulted i'll q hoarseuess and
cough which disabled INC from FIJI,
ing my pulpit for a number of SAB
baths. After trying a physician,
without obtaining relief l saw the
advertisement of your remedy and
obtained bottle. Ircceited quick
and permanent help. l never hest
tate 10 tell my experience. Rev W
II. Haggerty, Martinsville, N. ]. o.
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Dr. T. !. Williamson, Eustis. Fla, says: The
bottle Of Bradycrotine You sent me was given
three ladies who were suffering from headache.
They said the effect was Simultaneous and very
satisfactory" All druggists, fifty cents,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

BEECHAM's PILLs are painless and effectual
remedy for all bilious and nervous disorders.
For sale by all druggists.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

FoR Dyfpereia, Indigesi N. and stomach
disorders. use Browns irJa l}ittCrS. The Best
T, mic, IL rebui d The :, STEM, leans the Is uod
and stiengl hens the muse e. A splendid ton
ic for weak and debi itated pers rus.
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bonanza" is a Spanish word, meaning
fair or prOsperous weather.
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Baltimore \ Potomac Railroad

After Sunday, ..ecer,5er 2oth, So the
trains on Il is road will run ms follows;
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T y Z u IN ~ ~ OVs1
tB- Sold by Druggists. 15c.

There are 106 boys born to every le1 girls
but more boys die in infancy than girls.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

Castoriaisso wei adapted to children that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
known TO mo" IT. A. ARCHER, n. D.,
Ill So. Oxford 81, Brooklyn, y. Y.
THE use OF 'Castoria Is 50 universal ana
its merits so well known that IL seems Work
OF supererogation to endorse 10. Few aretne
intelligent families who do not keep CastoriA
within easy reach
CARLOS MARTYH. .. D.
New York CITY.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
for Infants and Children.

Castoria cures Collie, CONSTIPATION,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhona. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di.
gestion.
without injurious medication.
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&" For several years / have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results
EDWIN F. PARDEB, NJ D.,
"The winthrop, 18th Street aud 7th Ave,
New York City.
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Tn. csy4Aun conpAyr, II MURRAY STREET, new YOnH.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-05

Geo. W. Grayson, of San Francisco,
vent East last night
Sam Neuschwander is running a
Jew elry shop at Piocne.
Rev. John Wallace will preach IN
Lamoille next Tuesday evening.
A vote for Harrison IN Nevada is a
vote for Cleveland for President.
Preaching in the Presbyterian
church Sunday at IL \. M. aud 7:45
?. NJ.
Mrs.. L. Daniher, OF Carlin, was
drafted from the U. s. MINT on the
list OF tho month.
A special train of Pullman Palace
ears carrying Knights Templar Of
ECalifornia to the g-aad oonclave at
Denver passed through this morning.
"r. G. A. Fletcher, OF Eureka, will
pass through Eiko next Monday on
his way to Salt Lake, and his son,
Granville, will stop in Elko and visit
his aunt, Mrs. D. E. Hooten.
From Frank McPhetres, who came
down from Tnscarora last night, we
learn that Ed. Todd's safe was cracked
on the night Of the 9th OF last month
and between $500 and $1,000 taken.
Suspicion rested on a certain patty
and he and his house were searched
and nothing found.
Bar silver ia S5H to-day. IL Harri-
'Bon's administration ia friendly TO
silver, how Dies it come that silver is
lover now than it was under the hos
tile administration Of Grover Ceve-
land? Will some Harrison gold bug
p'ease send us an answer2 God save
W from such friends.
Judge Webster, of Reno, passed
w,st fLom trip east of ttVe Mississippi
river yesterday on No. j. To an In
DEPENDENT reporter no said that
while in Missouri and Iowa hs talked
with great many Democrats and Re-
publicans who told him that they
would vote the Peoples party ticket
in November. He thinks there will
be great shaking up of the dry
bones IN the Mississippi Valley in
November.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-05
Around tho World ON Foot.

John A. Botsum, the Ohio newspa-
per man, and noted traveller, reached
Elko last evening. Botzum is a
young man, and ia March of 1891
started from his native city, Akron,
" 60 around the world on foot.
Since then he has succeeded in
making his way through nearly MI Of
the European nations, across Egypt,
up the Milo river, through Arabia,
The Holy Lands, Turkey, India, parts
Of China and japan. He has slept
upon the great pyramids and roamed
abont old Jesusalem and the hlstor-
ical places as but few people have
ever done before At times he has
been ahipwrecked. again at DEATH
door, but by means Of pluck he sue
cceded in pushing on, meeting kings,
queens and peasants and in seeing
the world thoroughly.
He landed in San Francisco and on
July End. started out again upon his
long tramp across thu great CONT
mont. He says that his experience in
crossing the deserts of Nevada has
been OF a very hard nature. The nov
city of the young mans trip is the
foot journey, and his income is fro m
the sales OF his weekly illustrated
paper which is printed in Ohio and ia
called "Around The World On Foot"
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A BORN CALCULATOR.
Won dsrful Mental Feats OF = Mathemat.
icAl Prodigy.

Won dsrful Mental Feats OF = MathemAt.
icAl Prodigy.
This gift, like Blind Toms musical
talent, very often is accompanied by
rather inferior mental power or even
very defective intellect in other re-
Bpects. A Columbus (Kan.) correspon-
dent OF the Scientific American gives
the following notes regarding the pro.
digious calculating faculty possessed by
Reuben Field, native of La Fayetto
county, Mo-, about forty-fivc years old.
Field is described as "a very strong,
heavy-set man." He never went TO
school, even day, for the sole reason
that he was always regarded as an
idiot. He can neither read nor write,
and his Reasoning powers have never
developed beyond those of a child of
the most ordinary intellect. In the
face of these facts, however, he has the
keeneSt perception of the relation of
numbers and quantities, and is able, as
II by instinct, to solve the most intri-
cate mathematical problems. He does
not know figures on a blackboard,
but he understands them perfectly in
his mind. No one has ever been able to
catch him" in multiplication or in
division. He has been given such prob
lens as: 1.-THE circumference of the
earth is, in round numbers, q, OO0 miles.
How many fax seeds, allowing twelve
to the inch, will it require to reach
around it2" Within minute he re-
turns the answer: '19,OOS, OO0, Co.,"
II the distance to the sun or to uny of
the planets is taken, he answers with as
great ease. If given the day of the
month and the year on which an event
occurred, he instantly gives the day of
the week. But what is yet more re-
inarkable is that he can tell the time at
any hour, day or night, without aver
missing it, even d minute. If awakened
cut of deep sleep in the darkness of
night, and asked the time he gives it at
once Once in my Office asked him the
timc' He replied at once: Sixteen
minutes after three" In order to test
him, drew him off upon some other
question, not letting him know my OBJ
jcct, and when seventeen minutes had
passed, I i'Soked ut my watch and asked
him the time. He said: "Twenty-seven
minutes to Jour"