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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
Liftinq an Elephant.

London has been entertained lately by
feats of strength that are certainly re
markable and probably unsurpassed in
modern times. First there was man
named Sanlow, who was an enormously
powerful man; he was succeeded by
Sampson, and he in turn by an Irish
American named Sullivan. Curiously,
the three names begin with the letter S,
which is also the initial OF strength,
aud Of the Greek word for strength
(sthenos). Sullivan, the latest conner,
is thirty years Of age, stands 5 feet, 81
inches in height,and weighs 16s pounds.
His appearance presents little that is I'M
usual in the way of muscular develop.
ment, and his biceps are neither very
large nor wonderfully rigid. 1t is in his
neck and jaw that his strength chiefly
lies, and the majority Of his feats arc
such as to bring this peculiarly into
special prominence. At an exhibition
given in London, he fastened chain to
a 56-pound weight, aud the other end
being gripped between his teeth, swung
himself round and round until the twirl-
ing chain assumed a nearly horizontal
line. The feat was repeated with the
|
weight doubled, and az the performer
with both hands to his hips, and using
every sinew in his frame, swir.ed round
and round, the audience wondered will
anxiety what would happen if one o
the links should fly asunder. The mos
remarkable feat, however, which Sulli
van performed, was the lifting Of al
elephant by his teeth. 1t was "ba5y,
It's true, but it weighed about $50
pounds, and was lifted a clear three in
ehes from the ground, its whole weigh
pendent from the jaw Of the man above
Sullivan was not successful in an attemT
to break chain with his arm, having il
jured this limb on the previous nigh
He succeeded, however, in proving tn,
his proves was not entirely confined
feats with his teeth, by lifting a barr
Of water, weighing $50 pounds, with tt
middle finger of his right hand. -Ha
rer's Young People.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Red are the lips of my darling, my dear,
Sweet are the lips of my own;
Love like bee at her budding mouth sips
Drunken with passion before he has flown.
But oh, ami oh,
Red lips will pale sunIe day,
Co., While true heart lasts for ave
Gray are the eyes of my darling, my dear,
Bright are the eyes of my queen,
Fond as the dreaming of tropical skies,
Glad as the rivulets midsummer sheen.
But oh, and oh,
Bright eyes will dim some day,
While true heart lasts for aye
Brown is this tress of my darling, my dear,
Silken this tress of my fair,
Brown with hint of the suns tenderness
Twined in the strands OF her beautiful
hair
But oh. and oh,
Sleek locks will thin some day.
While a true heart wears for ave
Praises belong to my darling. my dear,
Love is but due to my sweet;
So here pluck from the garden of song
This tiny blossom to throw at thy feet
But oh, and oh,
Beauty will fade some day,
While true heart lasts for ave
George Horton, in Chicago Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
Map-Aaking In an Original WAY

In exploring Africa DR.. Junker made
use of curiously original system of OBJ.
tanning maps of the new regions
traverscd When on the march he wore
coat provided with numerous pockets
for his note books, watch and compass.
From button hung pencils of different
colors-red for his route line, blue for
the streams and black for noting the
time and direction of his course. At the
eud OF every five minutes of his progress
Of upward of four thousand miles
through equatorial Africa he would enter
IN his book notes OF the direction by
compass in which he going, with fuller
notes on tue depth aud breadth Of
streams, the character of the surrounding
country and the readings of the aneroid
and thermometer. In fact he did every-
thing with true German carefulness and
patience.-New Orleans Picayune. !.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
What Selection viii Do.

As a specimen of what selection will
a., Il NAV be observed thai ROSTERS aud
hens among the Rucuyenue tribe of In-
dams in the western part of French
Guinea are perfectly white. Not col
ored feather can be found among them.
The natives have no tradition OF time
when their ancestors had fowls OF other
colors but the white chickens are prob
ably explained by the fact that white
feathers are the choicest ornaments
among this people, and they will moi
wear feathers of any otaer color. IN
fact their fowls are rated more for their
feathers than for the cooking pot. It is
sup,,osed that long time ago. when
their ancestors chose white as their IA
yorite color, they gave the preference to
those fowls which were nearest white,
rcserving the others for the cooking pot
and BY constantly breeding from fowls
that were white or nearly SO the presen'
bresd of chickens was evolved.-Bos
] ton TRANSCRIPT. '-'-''=--- T Z ,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
Regular Army Of Eurous.

Inc regular army IN Cuba does not, al
present, exceed 10000 men, and that
number will be decreased this year,
owing to the falling off in the revenue
and the general spirit of economy nov
animating the Government. The regulars
are employed in the various fortresses
Throughout the island, and have little to
do except the most ordinary "policingT
OF their quarters. Tney do not COM
pare with the Volunteers in physique or
intelligence, and seem dull, if not
stupid, to eyes accustomed to Ameri.
can, German, OF French soldiers. This
is largely due, l infer, to the fact that
he home Government must use every
able-bodied man it can find to keep the
army up to its numerical strength. The
ordinary pay of a Spanish soldier is
three dollars a month, and Of Captain
fifty dollars, and they must pay their
own expenses out of this pittance. This
sum being trebled on foreign service,
Cuba is a favorite place Of exile with
those who do not fear the yellow fever,
and prefer money and novelty abroad to
hunger and idleness at home. The
Volunteers receive no pay, but as there
are fifteen regiments Of them in Havana,
and each goes on duty only one day in
turn, their duties are more interesting
than arduous. The men are well dressed,
active in appearance, and fairly well set
up, but they are slouchy in movement,
weak in evolutions and the manual of
arms, and use a short mincing step in
marching which gives them brisk ap-
pearance at distance and takes them
over the ground rapidly, but it does not
look ''serviceable" to military eyes. The
men in the same line of tours do not
even try to keep step while marching, in
many cases, nor do the Officers try to
keep time with their men. Each regi-
ment is headed by squad of grenadiers
while. marching, these being distin-
guis6sd by the profusion of red trap
pings on the front of their tunics. l
| should consider the Volunteers ex-
ceIlent material for good soldiers if they
were as thoroughly drilled and schooled
as our metropolitan regiments. New
York Post.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

the place usually devoted to the living.
while the living bury themselves in veri-
table sepulchers. These cave.dwellers
are happy and contented people.
Their homes are warmer in winter and
cooler In summer than those OF their
neighbors. Their villages are hives Of
industry, and although their manner OF
life is recent revelation, not few ar.
ticles Of European origin have been
found in their underground homes. -san
Francisco Examiner.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
NO. 40.
won.

Long bad waited, oft thought was fatsd,
Never the heart Of my darlingto move,
And others came wooing. with richa pur.
suing.
The while had nothing but riches Of love
l sought her, told her, and love made me
holder;
vowed that for her even life I'd resign:
She smiling relented and then she CONSENTED,
This jewel Of heaven at last to be nina.
The angels they found us. in heaven they
bound u,
By trus lovers knots which death cannot
part,
For love is supernal. undying. eterna'i
A fountain OF life is true love in the hear.
And when youth forsakes us and age over.
takes US
And paints his grim pictures Of change AMI
decay
Wen gather the roses where true love re-
poses,
And drink of loves fountain which flows on
for aye.
Oh, how enraptured, at last have captured
Ny souls brightest dream in my beautiful
bride;
A dear little wife, partner for lie
In whom eer to trust in whose heart to
conhde.
Golden Neyys
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
"HuskIes,, and Their H,hlIs.

The dogs and sleds form very inter.
esting part Of the Hudson BAY outfit.
One does not need to 20 very deep into
western Canada to meet with them. As
close to our centre Of population as Nipi-
gon, on Lake Superior, the only roads
into the north.nre the rivers and lakes
traversed by canoes in summer and sleds
in winter. The dogs are Of a peculiar
breed, and are eaIle1 ''duskiesv
doubleday corruption Of the word Is
quimaux. They preserve a closer resen.
blance to the wolf than any Of our do.
mesticated dogs, aud exhibit their kinship
with that scavenger Of the wilderness, in
their NATURE as well as their looks. Tc.
day their females, if tel aud left in the
forest, will often attest companionship
with its denizens by bringing forth litters
Of wolfish progeny. Moreover, 1t will
not be necessary to feed all with whom
the experiment is tried, for the VOLTS
will be apt to bring food to them as long
as they are thus neglected by man. They
are often as large as the ordinary New
foundland dog, but their legs are shorter
and even more hairy, and the hair along
their necks, from their shoulders to their
skulls, stand erect in a thick bristling
mass. They have the long suouts, sharp
pointed ears and the tails of VOLTS, and
their cry is yelp rather than bark.
Like VOLTS they are apt to yelp in chorus
at sunrise and at sunset. They delight
in worrying peaceful animals, setting
their own number against one, aud they
will kill cows and even children if they
get the chance. They are disciplined
only when at work, aud are then so sur
prisingly obedient, tractable and indus.
trious as to plainly show that though their
nature is savage and wolfsh, they could
be reclaimed by domestication. In iso-
lated cases plenty of them are. As it is,
in their packs their battles among them.
selves are terrible, aud they are danger
Gus when loose. In some districts it is
the custom to turn them loose in summer
on little islands on the lakes, leaving
them to hunger or feast according as the
supply of dead fish thrown upon the
shore is small or plentiful. When they
are kept in dog quarters they are simply
penned up and fed during the summer,
SO that the savage side of their nature
gets full play during long periods. Fish
is their principal diet, and stores of dried
fish are kept for their winter food. Corn
meal is often fed to them also. Like
wolf or an Indis- "husky" gets along
without food when there is not any, aud
will eat his own weight of 1t when it is
plenty.-Harper's Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
Whose FACE Was It2

One Of the most remarkable as well as
the most interesting relics Of prehistoric
man ever found in America was discov-
cred by James Cormack and Daniel
Rees, two hundred feet beneath the sur
face of the ground, at Angus, Dallas
County, Iowa, when the famous Coal
Town shaft was being sunk. The relic
in question was perfect human face,
composed Of indurated clay. It was
something more than half the usual size
of the human face, with nose and FORE
head of the general contour known to
the anthropologist as "the Aztec type. "
Everything, even to deep indentation
across the cheek and mole at the side
of the nose, goes to prove that the find
was not simply baked clay image, but
that it had been fashioned from a plaster
cast or death mask of some human being
that had once lived aud breathed. Mr..
Rees, one of the discoveries Of the curios-
ity, was experimenting the opening of
the mines at the time. He is an honor
able gentleman, and his word is consid
cred good wherever he is known. He
says that the mysterious specimen was
found imbedde1 in a stratum of clay or
shale just above the coal, which in that
part of Iowa lies from 200 to 220 feet
beneath the surface. Taken altogether,
it is believed to be the earliest trace Of
prehistoric man yet found in America.
The discovery is enough to make ones
flesh Jingle with mystery when he asks
himself the question; Whose face was
it?-St. Louis Republic.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
Hoa skin For Walls.

''Hog skin leather" says hide and
Leather, ''is becoming fashionable for
wall paper in the homes of the rich. This
may sound odd, but it Is true neverthe.
less. Few people know what beautiful
leather may be manufactured under skill
full management from the skin of hog,
which closely resembles human skin. P.
II. Martin. Of Cincinnati, an authority Of
hog skins, said: Hog skins are shaved
down and turned into soft, velvety
leather, which is embossed or stamped
artistically, and owing to its peculiar
grain, very pleasing and rich effect is
produced. The skins are tanned in bark
liquors IN about six weeks. They arc
considerably used for saddle seats, horse
collars and other harness feathers. Some
OF the skins we obtain are immense. !
remember one that weighed 1913 pounds,
aud measured 81 feet from head to
tail. Another was lao pounds aud con-
tanned seventyone square feet of leather
when finished. Here is a piece II
inches thick. II is decided curiosity
As regards prices, we get S12 dozer
skins for hog skin collar leather, and $40
to $50 dozen for seating.'"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Word now comes that Western Kansas
is filling up again, in spite of the severe
lessee; of the droughts of 1889 and
1890, with new class of settlers who
arc taking up the abandoned farms or
buyinq them 'sfor song" The new
corners are from the eastern part of the
State and fro :. Missouri, and bring with
them thc means the lack of which proved
fine ruin of their predecessors. They
are prepared for season or two Of
drought. "The experience of the Men
nonites and other Russians in Kansas"
saws the Kansas City Times" furnishes
conclusive proof that farming, taking
one year with another, may be as profit
ably and successfully carried on in what
was once known on the map as the
.Great American Desert as in any other
section of the United States. These
peopIe began to settle in Kansas as early
as 1875. Some located as far west as
Ellis County, which was then on the
frontier, and farming there was regarded
MS doubtful experiment. But they
were skilled in agriculture, and, patient,
frugal aud possessed of little means,
were prepared to take the bad with the
good. They suffered crop failures in
the beginning just as the Western set
Tiers suffered in 1889 aud 1890. But
from the abundance in their grhneriei
and their store of money saved from
prosperous seasons, they were able to live
aud look hopefully forward to another
planting time. They have thus pros
pered aud grown rich"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

If the people of Argentina would turn
their attention to agriculture instead OF
10 revolutions, there seems to be no rea-
SON the New Orleans Picayune is con-
vine,d, why that country should not be
rich and prosperous. The Bureau OF
American Republics has letter from a
settler in Diamaute, Entire RIGS, Argen-
tina. which says that over eighty reaping
machines and forty-ive threshing ma
chimes we're received in that locality last
year, while the cost of the Irvine used
for binding wheat amounted to $50, 900,
and estimates that this year $3.50, 900
wortb of Irvine will be used. He says
that the settlers this year will need $780,
900 bags. Within the last two months
Diamante has purchased 1852. 900 worth
of agricultural machinery. The yield
of wheat during the past season has
averaged almost ton an acre, and is of
superior quality.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Here is queer pervcrsion of language,
long current among boys and now get.
ting into print. We clip 1t from a Buff
ialo paper: according to the descrip.
tion left with the detectives, Mr.. Blank
is about hye feet five inches in height
and of slight build, aud weighs about
100 pounds. He has red hair, red
moustache and side burns, and ieir COM
plexion." 'Sidc-burns" arc what the
English call whiskers and the Americans
side.whiskers. They were worn in flow
ing aud picturesque style during the war
by General Burnside, and came to DC
called after him, first Burnside whiskers,
then simply Burusides. The transition
to ''side-burns7 was easy.--BuiIalo On
W CourieI.i e.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Professor Samuel A. King, of Philadel-
pbia, proposes to cross the Atlantic in a bal
loon this summer, and says he has sufficient
capital pledged to make the experiment
or the start. The expense will be from
$4,000 to s25, 900. 1t is his idea that the
balloon should be a hydrogen one with
a capacity Of 400, 600 cubic feet. Two
cars are to be attached to his balloon,
the upper one to carry passengers and
food, and the lower one to be used as a
kitchen. The attempt to strike favor
able current Of air is to be made, accord
to the Professors programme, in
August. He has made 300 ascensions.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

The distinguished physician who
asserted that if he vera given full charge
OF any intending suicides he could in.
duce most of them to change their
minds by the liberal use of baths, food,
medicine, good clothing aud wholeso me
advice was, in the opinion of the San
Francisco Chronicle, not far wrong.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

A movement is on foot to raise a
memorial to John Walker, the inventor
of friction matches. Walker, who died
in 1869, was chemist and druggist
carrying on business in the High street
at Stockton, England. He tool an
especial delight in studying the proper
ties of phosphorus, and eventually in
vented the friction match, which he sold
in boxes of fifty at twenty-five cents per
box as far back as 1927.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
Squirrels are Fond Of oranues.

"When VIC see oranges falling from
palmetto trees says the Halifax (Fla.)
Journal, 1--WE might think they had
taken to producing that fruit, but a
closer inspection will show us disap-
pointed squirrel, looking longingly after
the mandarin or tangerine it had
dropped. 1t is an amusing sight to
see one OF these little'f fellows hold an
orange and disrobe it Of its covering,
preparatory to feast.n
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Chicago elergymen have denounced
the custom of wearing heavy black
mourning for the dead. Their action i,
well taken, maintains the Chicago Times.
"Aside from the folly of conventionaliz.
ing sorrow it has always been a stumbling
block in the path o. the unregenerate to
see people hiding the light of day from
their faces because relatives have entered
into everlasting life and become part o.
the heavenly choir
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
IafnIte Variety Of the Fsatanr Tribe.

The Infinite variety Of the leather
tribe of Brazil, with Their gorgeous coli
cred feathers, offers no end OF material
from which the factories eslaoi'shed az
Rio dc Janeiro, Bahia aud Pernampuco
arc producing the most wonderful re
suits. The greater number OF these
flowers, as well as the feather ians' are
exported to Europe and tae en''ea
States, and as these products arc Tree Of
export duty, and are frequently carrieo
in quantities in the luggage Of travellers,
we arc unable to give the exact anoan'
of the value OF this important INDUSTRY
but it cannot amount to less 'haa saw
600 annually. Opinion
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

The recent display Of the aurora borea.
lis in Minnesota was rarely beautiful.
One writer, in describing it, says: "The
northern Heavens were robed in green
last evening until the stars were obscured.
Wave after wave of quivering lights
swept up from the horizon like folds OF
fleecy lace until to the very zenith the
sky was shut out by the shifting shadows,
and the earth seemed hemmed closely
IN
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
A STUDY In PINK.
BY JOHANNA sTAArz.

HE Pink nurse, zie
called her. And that
settled it. After that
it was no longer
Annie Durrant, but
80 ur pink nurse
with the whole fam
lily, and it even came
to pass that she was
known throughout
the whole village as
"B ri g g's pin k
nurse. And the name
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

The savings banks in New Hampshirs
nave greater proportion Of deposits in
proportion to population than in any
other State Of the Union.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

The value Of agricultural implements
in tac United States is about s 4O O GOO
u, "oo. The value of farms about $40, ooO,'
coo, 900, or twenty-five times as much.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
I2Is4IS 6l7 10 Il

Now" said she, ''lf you two gentle
men will go into bedroom No. and
wait few minutes I'll find a spare room
for one of you as soon as have sh' wn
the others their rooms" Having thus
slowed the first two 10 No. /, she put
the third in No. 2, the fourth in No. 3,
the fifth in No. 4, the sixth in 10. 5,
the seventh in No. s, the eighth IN No.
z, the ninth in No. s, the tenth In No.
3 and the eleventh in No. ~. Having
completed the task she went back to
room No. 1, where you will remember
she had left the twelfth gentleman along
with the first, aud said: ~ nave now
furnished each of the others with a
room, and have room to spare II you
please, step into room No. Il anu you
will find it empty" How was 1t aonef
st. Louis Republic.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

Among the greatest preachers, Dwight
1. Moody and Edwin Il. Chaplin were
,.o,aiuates, while Jonathan Edwards
and tse Beecaers were college bred.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

The French Congo country in Africa
: nVe times the size of France, and is
believed to contain population of s..
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25
How Was II Dons3

The following has been submitted for
publication in sais department: A cham
bermaid is said TO have put twelve COM
mercial travellers into eleven bed rooms,
aud yet to have given each man a sep
arate apartment. Here we have the
eleven rooms:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-03-25

"Tm not kid. I'm a girl. And
my name is lie. l didn't know until
to-day that your name was Joe. Our
Pink nurse told me. Would you mind
telling meif you've an Annie-alreadygr
1--WE no Annie" and Mr.. Ripley
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