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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-08
The Population Of the World.

OF course any attempt 10 give an
estimate Of the total population Of
the world must be made without lay
ing any claim to such close accuracy
as is possible in compiling the popu-
lation of the civilized countries, which
have perfected system of careful
enumeration of the people, still such
estimates are made, and as the nnm-
Der of countries taking accurate GEN.
suses of their population has greatly
increased, the element of pure con-
lecture has largely diminished, par
ticnlarly as more frequent commune
cation with the semi-barbarous regions
has enabled statisticians to estimate
with much better chance of success
the poulations of those portions of
the world where 10 actual enumcra-
ton has been taken.
The percentage of the total popula-
ton of the world, which has been
enumerated with greater of less de-
gree of precision, is said to be fifty
teven per cent. of the whole. The
population of the earth is put by re-
cent German statistics at nearly L.
$50, 100000 The increase Of total
population since 1882 has been in
round numbers about 10000, 900, or
at the rate of between 100000 and
5000, 900 year. II appears from
the statistics given that the density of
population is greatest in Europe,
which has ninety-four inhabitants to
the square mile. IL is next greatest
in Asia, where there are forty-seven
inhabitants to the square mile. Africa
comes third, with fourteen inhabitants
TO the square mile, and then follow
the Oceanic Islands, America and
Australia, with ten. eight and one to
The square mile respectively.
According to these figures there is
room In the new world for great in
crease in population. If the figures
for Europe for "a inhabitants to the
square mile be accepted as the max.
inum, which does not necessarily fol-
low. America, with only eight persons
10 the square mile, could support II
times as many people as at present.
A long time must therefore elapse be-
fore the new world becomes as dense
ly populated as Europe.
Despite the rapid advance of Austria
ia, that vast British possession has
only one inhabitaat pcs square mile.
which indicates very clearly that
Australia is susceptible of vast de-
gree of development before there need
be any danger of overlooking. =
New Orleans Picayune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-08

IT Is a poor policy to hire a man -
watch bank who believes there ia no
harm in stealing chickens,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-08
Curions Litter of Kittens.

Our genial friend and fellow-citizen,
Colonel W. C. Winslow, will excuse
the mention of a wonderful and
curious trick of nature in litter of
kittens that recently increased the cat
family at his house. 1t is said that
there were fourteen in the family, the
offspring of one mother, of varions
hues and stripes, as kittens generally
are. Some had tails and some had
none; six heads on three bodies, and
six feet each ON two. The limbs
woro badly distributed, for three of
them could only show nine claws
Fort Valley (Ga.) Enterprise.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-08
Dead Sea Water an Antiseptic.

The discovery has recently been
made that the water of the Dead Sea
is powerful antiseptic An expert
menting chemist recently tried it upon
germs, OF more properly, microbes, of
diphtheria, measles, scaTletina, small
pox, and various other zymotic dis
orders, and found that the microbes
were killed inside of forty-eight hours.
Whether it will prevent bacterial
growth in wounds is yet to be deter
mined, but so far everything is in its
favor. and it may soon come to pass
that Dead Sea water will be on sale
at so much bottle. 1t can be easily
fabricated. New Orleans Picayune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-08
The Derivation of Dollar.

Few persons have ever troubled
themselves TO think of the derivation
Of the word dollar. Ii is from the
German thai valley, and came into
use in this way some 800 years ago.
There is little silver mining ely or
district in Northern Bohemia called
.toaehimsttsi or Joaehim's Valley.
The reigning Duke of the region an
thorized this city in the sixteenth cen
:nry to coin a silver piece which was
called 'joachimsthaler." The word
'Joachim" was soon dropped and the
name ''thaler" only retained. The
piece went into general use in Ger
many and also in Denmark, where the
photography was changed to "dalcr,"
whence it came into English, and was
adopted by our forefathers with some
changes in the spelling.-ESan Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-08
: PreyeutsbIe Fires.

Most fires originate in preventable
accidents. If every one were as care
full as the insurance journals urge him
to be, fires would be rare indeed. But
many people are not careful-are, in
regard to the danger of fire, aggrcs-
sigely careless. 1t is this hecdlessness
of an ever present danger that makes
our annual fire loss the largest in the
world. in spite of the efforts of the
best fire departments to be found any
where. Commercial Advertiser.
Man wants the earth, but it is the
sb0usebeeper who gets the dust.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-01-08

A college professor and his daugh.
Ger sat at hotel table with the mar.
Tatcr of the story. In the course NJ
conversation the professor, wishing
to express negation, made use 6 the
Objectionable form nope"
Father, said the daughter. ener.
getically, "you shouldn't saw none,
you should say no."
Il suppose so, my DEAR" acquiesced
the father. at is the force of habit
makes me say 'nope.'"-
why, father, have you always said
'nopeT inquired the young lady
The father reflected for a nor,on.
A dreamy smile lit up his feat l1vn :
and he gently and peacefullv ,n,,s
INJURED, yep. st. Louis Rennh lua
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Fish Ten Thousaad Years Old.

In making railroad tunnels, cuts, ETC..
aud in sinking wells and pits in Nevada,
Utah, and Arizona, salt strata are often
struck at varying depths, sometimes as
much as hundred yards beneath the sur
face. Hundreds of fish, we'll preserved,
are found in blocks of this pure rock
salt. These salt fields are supposed to
occupy what vas ouce the bottom of a
lake thirty miles long, dfteen miles wide
and many hundred feet deep. The fish
found resemble the pike and pickerel
species, and are wholly unlike the fish
found in the lakes and rivers of that
region at the present time. The specl-
mems found are not petri6ed, but are as
perfectly preserved in the flesh ss though
but recently frozen in a block of ice.
When taken out and exposed to the heat
of the sun they become as hard as blocks
of wood. Occasionally workmen at the
salt works located in 1.-THE basin" have
attempted to eat thsse antediluvian relics.
Men of learning who have investigated
the matter say that these salt preserved
fish are at least 10000 years old.-St.
Louis Republic.
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Folks Who Live Long.

"What occupation tends most to pro-
lopg lite2" asked Star reporter Of the
chief mathematician for one of the great
life insurance companies.
"That is a difficult question, he re-
piled. 81 can only answer it By refer
ring to the occupations OF persons whose
lives are and have been insured by US. In
asmuch as they number several hundreds
OF thousands they will afford good
basis from which to draw conclusions on
the subject. According to this evidence
: it appears that commercial travellers ana
agents live longer than men in any otner
kind of business, Notwithstanding the
hazards which attend transportation oy
: rail and water. Next to them come
dentists, teachers and professors, lncIuo-
ing music teachers"
"And who after them2"
"Next to them in point OF longevity
are hatters, clergym-n and missionaries.
The last may occasionally furnish food
for the larder of nntutored, but they are
q first rate risk nevertheless. Next come
bankers and capitalists, who seem to live
just a trihe longer than butchers ana
marketmen. Lawyers and jewelers. tol-
low, and they are succeeded on the list
by merchants, peddlers, milkmen ana
T. pawn brokers. Then come gardeners
laborers, civil engineers ard canvassers.
Perhaps the treatment which canvassers
are apt to receive in the ordinary course
of their business shortens their lives.
"Where do newspaper men come Inv
"Oh, they don't live as long as eny OF
the people have mentioned. Even book
keepers and bank cashiers, as well IS
artists and architects are ahead of them.
They come IN next, with the printers,
physicians and gentlemen who are not
engaged in any active employment. Then
follow the apothecares and photogra-
pliers, and after them in order bakers,
cigar makers, real estate agents, army
officers and soldiers, liquor dealers, mar
liners and naval officers. Shortest lived
of all seem to be the auctionecrs, board
ing house keepers, BARRIERS and drivers. :"
ttDo you take into consideration the
question of customers occupation IN
granting policy2"
"Not unless it is more hazardous than
any of those have mentioned, though,
if We were in doubt about accepting the
man as a risk for other reasons, such a
point might turn the scale. ."--Wasn'ng'
ton Star.
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The Biggest of Balloons.

James Glaisher states that the balloon
CONSTRUCTED in 1864 BY Eugene GODDARD
was the largest ever made. Its capacity
was nearly half million cubic feet.
/ The air in this fire balloon was heated bv
an eighteen foot stove, weighing with
the chimney, $50 pounds. This furnace
was fed with straw, and the '.car" con-
sisted of a gallery surrounding it. Two
ascents of this balloon were made from
Cremorne Gardens, London, on July
2uth and July 28th. 1864. The '+Geant,
Madras colossal balloon. contained 2l5,-
1853 cubic feet of gas, and raised thirty
five persons at one time, This balloon
was also remarkable as having attached
to it regular two. story house for car.
It's ascent on Sunday, the 18th of 0cto-
stober, 1868, was witnessed by nearly
half 4 million of persons. After pass
.ing over the eastern part of France,
Belgium and Holland, the +'Geant' suf-
fered disastrous descent in Hanover
! on the day after 1t started on its peril
3ous journey. In 1873, a balloon of
400, 900 feet of cubic capacity was made
: to enable Mr.. Wise to cross the Atlantic,
3bur it unfortunately burst The longest
distance travelled in a balloon in the
shortest time was 1850 in twenty hours,
by Messrs. Wise and LaMountain, the
route taken being from St. Louis in the
direction of New York.-Yankee Blade.
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copythe questions and answers that
are upon the blackboard.

copythe questions and answers that
are upon the blackboard.
Bones or articulation are those joint
at wlch tow (2) borns play on each
other, come in contact, muscle are COM
monty cold flesh or meat moses or red
Blood is o read liquaint called YER
tebre.
Digestion goes through u canal call
asparagus into q pouch call stomach.
Name two kinds of blood.
Thick and thin, warm and cold, red
and yellow,
How is the air received into the
body7
The air is received first by the
throat, enters the boldly to spungy
bulk in our boddies call lites.
The organ of circulation is the nose.
Circulation is cal sed by the circula-
tion of the ear.
While I am musing upon the pos.
sibilities and the future of these ur-
chins before me hear the teacher say:
ave will now hear some remarks from
our visitors"
How the changes ring in the gamut
of fear. Even while think am called
upon to speak. Don't ask me what I
said, something about Cinderella and
being good children. They must par.
don my abruptness. I never made a
speech, in fact wasn't prepared. Then
get to talking about Joseph and am
suddenly disconnected when pick
anninny says: know dat; Joseph was
prltty man an his brethren sheep
heads"
$50 am 1" is my inward thought, and
sit down. The others of the party
make brief addresses and then Ben
comes forward. / take pencil from
my pocket and slyly copy his remarks.
OLD BEN MAKES A SPEECH.
Chillen, yo' sure should be proud to
live and 60 ter school. When I wa a
boy like yo', I used ter get lash in
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stead of the spellin' book. Yo' should
lie glad to be in America, and. mig
gers tho yo' he, yo' is as surely Ameri.
can as anyone else in it. See what a
fine city we live in; we has bank in
this city, wei is. We are great people.
Yo' must be good boys and girls. with
hearts large enough to grasp de whole
worr; yo' must hab sympathy TO- de
falpn an de lowly. Fo'get yo'self and
live fo' others an in others.
Yo' nebber saw yo' poor'ole nanny
tied and lashed. Yo' nebber heard de
houn's bay at night while vo' knelt at
her knee an tried to say "Our Father" :"
Yo' nebber heard de cry of de unfor.
tunis creature. Yo' hab nebber bin
sold to de highest bidder. Pore Ben
remembers we'll de fust tim he wa
sold. He were free in soul tho called
brute; free in thought tho called ig.
norant. I've heard yo' spell, an it fill
my soul with JOY. 1t make pore Ben
glad ter know his boys and girls can
read and write.
And then, leaning forward, he pray.
ed for them and theiis. What simple
PRAYER it was-the very a, b. c's! And
vet who knows but in His sight it WAS
more acceptable than Others that are
more magnificent Ben's prayer was
from the heart.-MIss 10 NARo, 10
Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch.
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the sides ofthe pedestal are most exquls-
itely done. The whole country ought
to be proud of that monument. 1t COM
memorates slender enterprise that was
charged with mighty spirit. Why
we're the few weak and weary men and
women who landed on the ioe-clad, rock
bound coast of New England, in bleak
December, not swept away and all theil
plans and purposes broughtto naught by
the successive calamities that rained up
on them? The words of Edward Everett
are applicable here.
TELL me, man of military science, in
how many months were they all swept
away by the thirty savage tribes Of New
Eng land9 Tell me, politician, how long
did this shadow of colony, on which
your conventions and treaties had not
smiled, laneuish on the distant eoastF
Is it possible that from beginning so
feeble. SO frai!, 50 worthy, not so much
of admiration as of pity, there has gone
forth progress so steady, growth so
wonderful. an expansion so ample, q
reality so important, a promise yet to be
fulfilled, so glorlous?"
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The question, "What shall bethe title
pf the President of tbe United States7"
according to the St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat, was one which elected no little
discussion among the members Of the
first Congress, and it is said that the in
auguration of Washington was delayed
several days by consideration and debate
as to what should be his title. ."His
.Highuess. the President of the United
States of America and Protector of Their
Eiberties," was discussed and rejected.
t'His Excellcncy" Was also proposed and
hlso rejected. After numerous sugges-
hons, it was finally decided that the
Chief Executive Officer should be Of
6cially known as the president of tho
United States"
The title Exoellency, as applied 10 the
President, was of later growth than the
kime of Washington, who was greatly
relieved when Congress decidedthe ques-
eion by giving hilo no title, as he was
much in dread lest lofty title should
provoke envy aad an.XSousm.
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guns in easy reach, six cannon on the
roof and q vigilant sentinel ready to
give the alarm on the first approach OF
danger. They believed that the way to
have peace is to be prepared for war
In Pilgrim Hall one may see the old
est State document in the United States,
brought over in the Fortune in 1921.
Until 1883 it was not known to be in
existence. There is also a commission
issued by Oliver Cromwell in 1854. The
signature was stolen in 1S4S by sone
mean fellow, but the fac siuile of the
signature put over the torn corner is in a
bold hand and worthy of the Lord Pro-
tector. One sees all sorts of relics, some
of which have but little to do with the
history Of Plymouth colony
If you want a piece of Plymouth
rock you can easily get it The Gus
todian of the hall has pieces that were
Clipped from the under side of the lock
some years ago. A piece as big as your
fist can be had for SO and little bits
from five cents up, according to sine.
But we must see the rock itself. A
short walk brings US to that historic
bowlder. 1t is near the water, having
been raised from its orig iginal position.
The rock has something OF rowing dis
position. Perhaps the pressing feet of
the Pilgrims communicated in some mys-
terious way spirit of peregriuation. In
1884 piece Of the rock that vas acci-
dentally split off in 1774 was moved to
the ground in front of Pilgrim Hall and
there carefully guarded by an iron fence,
but afterward was returned and eemented
to its place, and there it now stands on
Water street protected by granite can
,opy, in the attic of which peacefully re-
pose the bones of some of the Pilgrims
who died during the first year and were
puried on Coles Hill. By the way, it
was quite in keeping with historic asso-
Citations that the rock should have shown
ssSeparatist" tendencies.
Coles Hill near the water is spot of
melancholy interest. Here it was that
those who died during the first winter
were buried, and in the spring their rest
ing place was planted so that the Indians
could not tell where the graves we're and
would not know how the little company
of brave spirits had been depleted.
Not far away is the site of the first
house in Plymouth, and the first street
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shares of other parties, afterward came
into ownership of the entire animal.
There is also deed given by John Alden
in his own handwriting. But more in.
teresting still is the original charter of
the colony which can't over in 1929, to-
gether with the seal, ponderous thing
about three-quarters of an inch thick
and about four inches in diameter, with
the leather.covered box in which the
precious document was sent.
But there remains one sight which the
tourist must not omit, whatever else he
fails to see, and that is the National
monument to the Forefathers. 1t is on
commanding hill, from which one has
magnificent view of the harbor, EN-.
bracing the strip of sand which serves as
break. water, the points of Saquish and
the Gurnet, and Clark's Island. where
the infexible Pilgrims spent bleak
December Sabbath rather than desecrate
the sacred day by explorations however
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A Novel Clock.

A novel clock, made OF colonial cedar,
the case being forty feet high, will be
sent to the Worlds Fair from Australia
for the New South Wales Court. Agroup
of figures, each twenty inches high, re.
presenting the federation convention,
will be represented in the upper portion
of the case, and each one is to rise from
his seat in turn and deliver speech on the
federation. Each hour large organ will
play tune inside the clock, and the as.
Economical feats of this unique piece of
mechanism will be admitted to the in
terror of the clock and the tower.-
Woman's Journal.
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imperative the case might be. Here on
this hill is the place of all places for the
monument. 1t is easily accessible to the
visitor, being but a short distance from
the business part of the village.
The monument is eighty-one feet high.
The central figure, Faith, holds the
Bible in one hand and with the other
points upward. 1t is the largest granite
statue in the world, being thirty-six feet
high. It is an inspiration to look up
into that face with its expression of radi-
ant hope. The hope of the Pilgrims is
there without their tinge of stern sad
ness. The four sitting figures on the
pedestals about the base splendidly re-
present Law, Freedom, Education aud
Morality. The bas-reliels which adorn
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Of hants, sit it over hot lard and say
De Lawd He put de debbil in de
swine an done send de debbIl in de
lard, fo' swine and lard mus Evil
spirits keep, but de Lawd He save de
chile"
but, Ben"
"When yo' dream ofa coffin yo' will
heah yo' friend is married to yo' lover,
but if yo' see de corpse yo' will marry
him yo'self. When yo' scour fo'
always turn yo' bucket to the right; it
save you many shiver. When de deb
bill come i'll the sick room, burn de
bed and yo'll have live man ter
keep
"Ben, don't you-"
"When de white lady ask too many
questions and 'rupt pore Ben he won't
SOW any mo- " and with this quaint bit
of wisdom he ended his seeming solilo-
guy.
How sorry was that 1 had inter-
rupted him. coaxed him to continue,
but he was not to be coaxed. That
evening we were all sitting ON the YER
anda when Ben said:
'NWhn is de daughters Of the Revo.
luton yo' talk so much aboutg" and we
each gave our views of the question
and explained it simply, 80 that he
would understand.
"An' must yo' prove that 20 ances-
tors tfought2 sure believe my old
woman is one Of de daughters. Hel
ran'father, Massa s., wa a Gen.
'eral in de wah. He sure fought in de
Rebolution; he sure wa killed at de
Bunker HILL
"Are you very sure about it, Ben;
very sure? How did she come TO be 30
far South?
Someone carried her mother heah.
Yo' com ter de cabin an ask de ole
woman yo'self she knows"
Again Ben had innoccntly raised q
perplexing question. His wife, the
quadroon and ex-slave, could boast of
aristocratic blood. This women, this
negroes, was the grandchild Of man
whom the colonists loved and admired
"A daughter of the Revolution! Mo-
No! Her black blood, the negro blood.
forbids that, and yet what irony of
fate brands this women negress ana
counts her three-fourtbs of white
blood as nothing2 Is it not strange
What inequalities of life in land
where all naeu are declared free and
equal. What black and clouded skies
for some, what brilliancy and sunshine
for Others! Martyrdom and freedom
80 hand in hand. Time must solve
this problem.
VISIT TO BLACK BELT SCHOOL.
Ben has taken us all to the village
school. What humble boys and girls
we see. AS we 60 into the room the
pupils lay down their well-thumbed
spelling books and look at US IN
anazement. The professor" tells US
to be seated and continues the lesson.
Sydney c. give sentence con-
tanning a conductive adverb."
Sydney rises, and with quivering
lips replies: 20, the sun is running
around the globe and I'm so cold"
"Give another" says Ben. (The
professor has told US to request his
pupils).
"The heavens declare the glory Of
God and Birmingham is great city,"
replies Sydney, now thoroughly fright
ened.
I look around the bare room and
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Syrup"

Boschee's German Syrup IS more
successful in the treatment of Con-
sumption than any other remedy
prescribed. It has been tried under
every variety of climate. In the
bleak, bitter North, in damp New
England, in the tickle Middle State;
in the hot, moist South-every-
where. It has been in demand by
every nationality. Ithas been en-
ployed in every stage of Consump-
ton. In brief it has been used
by millions and its the only true and
reliable Consumption Remedy. D