Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-04-15
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


TnE Oldest pensioner of the war of
1912 is supposed to be Isaac Richards OF
East Machias, Me-, who is ninety-nne
years Of age and lives in the same house
with his children, grandchildren, AMI
great-grandchidren
Tue Austrian war minister has issued
an order to encourage religious feeling
in the Amy. lie finds that Austrian
soldiers do not attend divine service ac-
coriing 10 the regulations. Inasmuch
as the encouragement of religious feel
ing is regarded as of great service to the
military, the army must heneeforth go
to church at least once month; like
wise, the young officers in command at
church must conduct themselves in a
more rcverential spirit than has been OBJ
serted lately.
The art of restoring pictures has been
brought to a perfection that would aston
ish those who have not looked into the
subject. Not only are the faces Of pic
lures cleaned and frightened, but pic
lures of moderate size are actually re-
NOTED from old and roiting canvases and
placed upon new. The method is to var
nish the face of the picture and then
paste it down upon plain surface. The
ro;ting canvas is then picked, thread by
threat, from tho back, new canvas is
affixed; the face of the picture is un-
glued and restored and the canvas is re-
framed.
THERE is a good story told Of the
powers of the Rev. W. IL. GLADDEN., tho
evangelist. Mr.. GLADDEN. was brought
into prominence last summer by his
work at the Tarentum camp meeting.
There the religious fervor ran so high
that il was Il common occurrence for per-
sons at the meetings TO become over
powered and remain insensible for some
time. One instance is recalled of n man
s'ha becoming excited, shoufAA alsla--- z
and then fell over unconscio,Ss. remain
ing in that condition for an hour. On
coming to he completed the exclamation
by saying ''ry," showing that his mouth
had been set 10 say "Glory," but at the
first syllable animation was suspended,
and when the senses were restored the
lips had 20 complete the word.
0NrHE German seed farms laboris very
cheap. The average wages of aworking.-
man is from seven to niue sbillings a
week, and for this he works from FIVE in
the morning TO seven in the evening, und
in winter one hour less, commencing at
six instead of FIVE In summer the hands
are employed in the seed grounds. and
during the winter months in the ware.
houses cleaning and dressing seeds.
Much of the lighter field work, such as
hoeing, cleaning and gathering iced, is
done by women and girls, who work in
gangs, under the charge of foreman.
They are very expert in the use of the
hoe, and get over nearly as much ground
as man. They earn from tenpence to
one shilling per day, and many have to
walk several miles to and from work, as
tic majority live in the surrounding
villages.
Az interesting story comes from an
parently reliable sources of a remarkable
find of historic remains near Union Land
ing, Ohio. Upon the site Of un old house
a pillow turned up skeleton, and inyesti-
CATION resulted in the unearihing Of moro
than a score of others within a space
forty feet square and five feet deep. The
romans were those of both children and
adults in fair preservation, and were
piled upon one another with little regard
for order, save that the heads were GEN.
orally toward the Ohio River. Cur;oaslv
wrought beads and metal rings were
found, as well as stone and metal imnle-
ments, mussel shells and ashes in album
dance. 1t is sail that people in the
neighborhoad carried off curiously en-
graved thin metal plates and decorated
pottery.
= FioA7fSf semi scientific paragraph
tells of the discovery that near-sighted-
ness prevails TO larger extent among
blondes than among bruneties. The dis
coverer refers TO the number of speetacles
worn in Germany as proof of the cor.
rectness of his statement. His deduction,
however, the New York Sun saws, is
wrong. In German schools the fact is
well known that of the wearers Of glasses
the number of Jewish children, who are
almost invariably brunettes, is much
larger than that of blond German pupils.
The same condition is observed here.
Blindness reaches the highest point in
civilized lands (2l6 persons to 100, 900 OF
population among the Spaniards, who
are, proyerbially and conspicuousIy
brunettes, while it is mach smaller in
Sweden 81 per 100000, OF less than
half. the land of stalwart aud rosy
checked blondes. The United States. Nv
the way, has the lowest ratio of blind
population in the world. Egypt has the
highest.