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The Progress., 1893-09-23
Especial Correspondence.l

ward the City.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON. Sept. I9.-Weu. our grand
old cap9spl is lG0 years old at last. Yester
day we celebrated the centennial anniver
sary of the laying of its cornerstone. and
about this celebration you have all heard
and read before this no doubt The great
building never looked more imposing more
inspiring thasl it did yesterday. 1t was like
some grand men and women we know. All
our lives we live beside them, and being 50
familiar never pause to realize how noble
they are, how majestic their characters,
how worthy of emulation their traits and
virtues.
Suddenly something occurs--an accident
or incident, an achievement or an anniver-
sary-which attracts the attention of out
siders, and then we arouse ourselves, per-
ceive the fine qualities which we never per-
ceived before and wonder that we could
have been so long blind. So it is to a GER
tain extent with this great national state
house of ours. Those of us who have for
years lived within its shadow, who have
been familiar with every room within its
walls, with every corridor and column, have
just now awakened to due appreciation of
the fact that we have been all this time
dwelling within view of one of the worlds
noblest and most notable structures
Men who have travelled a good deal say
the United States capitol is the finest build
ing in the world used for the home Of a ma
tional parliament. Perhaps finest" il not
the best word to use in this connection. 1t is
not so rich as Westminster in London nor so
ornate as the new and truly magnificent
German parliament house in Berlin. But it
outclasses both of those buildings in char
acter, in that peculiar kind of impressive
ness which causes its form and stvle to live
within the memory. In the simplest and
most accurate of words, it is the most i'm
posing parliament house in the world.
Westminster houses of parliament cannot
be at all compared with it, The French
chamber of deputies in Paris is nothing be-
side it. Only the new palace in Berlin is
worthy of being classed in rivalry with it,
and this latter is palace of the nineteenth
century, while the American capitol be-
longs to 100 years ago.
When one reflects upon the fact that the /
greatest completed legislative palace in all
the world was built by this still young ma
tion during the years of its infancy, Just
after emerging from the war which sealed
its separation from foreign power, when .
the people were sparse in numbers and .
poor in wealth, when but a narrow strip of .
territory along the coast had been re-
deemed from the savage and the wider
ness, when art and literature and architec-
ture had made little or no headway among
the pioneers, there is all the more reason
for marvel and for self qualification at its
OF course we all know without consult
ing our books of history that the capitol,
as we now see it, as we yesterday found it,
tecked with flags and banners and sur
The Progress., 1893-09-23

THE folding bed can be robbed of
all its terrors by the simple process
of securely fastening it open when it
is not desired to close it up. No
nicely adjusted weights or spring S
that operate with touch, even
though the touch is inadvertent
will answer. If folding bed manu-
facturers were as responsible as
sleeping car companies one case of
smothering would have resulted in
the adoption of a device which would
have prevented effectuslly any Sec
ond catastrophe from the unexpected
closing of this useful economizer of
household space.
The Progress., 1893-09-23

FRANCE is playing the roll of a
swash-buckler, and if she doesn't
have a care some nation with a big
navy and big army will bring her
to book. With her high-handod
usurpation in Siam, ner killing 100
Italians through the agency of a
French mob, and her recent open de-
fiance to Great Britain by further
Siam encroachments she may be able
to get what she does not want. 1t
looks much as if war were played out
only theoretically.
The Progress., 1893-09-23

The Eskimo traditions are told over and
over again. Every one knows them word
for word, and should the relater omit or
add a single syllable he would be corrected
instantly by some one of the audience.
The relater of the story sits at one side of
the room, and covering his head turns his
face toward the wall away from the audi
ence before he begins.
The Progress., 1893-09-23

THE bankruptcy of the Nicaragua
Canal company should stimulate the
effort to have the canal constructed
as a government enterprise. Now
that the company is in the hands of
a receiver it can hardly set very
high figure on its vested rights. The
government should be able to buy
out its concessions on reasonable
terms and carry the enterprise
through.
The Progress., 1893-09-23

SEVERAL persons have of late laid
stress on the point that ministers
work Sundays for pay. Clergymen
can easily ward off further attacks OF
this sort by preaching free and rails
ing rates on the midweek prayer
meeting.
The Progress., 1893-09-23

CHINESE smuggling across our
Canadian border has received a tenn
porary check. But it is doubtful if
5000 miles of boundary line can be
20 guarded that this kind of snug
Cling can be entirely prevented. When
Canada is annexed sll these problems
will settle themselves.
The Progress., 1893-09-23

IT is not true that a reward has
been offered for a woman's scrap
book that does not contain the poem
that begins
Beautiful faces and those that wear
but, if it were, the chances are that
the reward would never have to be
paid
The Progress., 1893-09-23

THE financial distress in New York
has reached pass that almost battles
comprehension. A pawnbroker failed
the other day, and people are even
looking with suspicion on the most
prominent faro banks.
The Progress., 1893-09-23

THEY figure in Europe that the
worlds production of wheat this
year will be 2,279.O00.OO0 bushels,
and yet Europe will need all she can
buy of US to provide the needed food
supply. There is a goodish number
of mouths to feed in one country Cr
another
The Progress., 1893-09-23

IT has been many years since Lew
Wallace brought out ..Ben Hur.n and
not until recently has he brought out
another book. 1t is better to write
lew books worth reading than hun
lred that are good for nothing.
The Progress., 1893-09-23

ENGLIsHMEN have long accused
Amer leans of being too careless Of
human life. The fearful railroad ca
tastrophes which so frequently hap
pen in this country very seldom hap
pen in England. If they can be
avoided there, can they not be
avoided here?
The Progress., 1893-09-23
SHREVEPORT.

THAT plot TO rein tate mOnarcL; IL
Hawaii was a deserved izzle. There
is still a secondhand throne for sale
in Honolulu, but it must not be used
on the premises.
The Progress., 1893-09-23

A nat entirely made Of and trimmed with
corn shucks has been made by Miss Mary
Ryan Of Tuscaloosa, Ala
The Progress., 1893-09-23
ANINS?IRING EDIFICE
THE SIMPLEST BUT FINEST PARLlA-
MENT HOUSE IN THE WORLD.

The Grandeur of the Great Capitol at
WashingtOn-Wo of the Ubiquitous
Real Estate Agent-Its Back Turned To-
ward the City.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Car, the big staghound, which Tor
more than two years now has been
one Of the best known figures on the
Rialto, has just passed through a
thrilling experience ont West. Some
months ago Car and his MASTER
Frank de Vroom, were engaged Tor
the parts of walking dog and leading
gentleman in a Chicago production.
After the run of the play in that city
1t took to the road. In the course OF
time it struck Indianapolis Mr.. De
Nroom and Gar engaged a room at
the best hotel.
The first morning after their ar
rival, as master and dog passed
through the corridor, they heard the
hotel clerk hail a bell-boy and ask If
the dog had spent the night in the
hotel. When the bell-boy admitted
that he had, the proprietor shouted:
Well don't let that occur again. "
Gar and De Vroom waited for few
moments and then sauntered up to
the desk De Nroom asked for his
bill. The hotel clerN looked aston
ished
"Why but l thought you were go
ing to stop a week, sir Have you
any complaint, sir?7
ooh, no" replied De Vroom care
lessly, 81 am quite satisfied. It's my
dog that's kicking
The dog" cried the clerk,
ayes, the dog He's particular
brute and doesn't like your beds. As
for the meals well, he says he
wouldn't serve such meals to hotel
clerk. New York sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Beat two eggs together until light,
add to them one cup Of milk, half
teaspoonful of salt and sufficient flour
to make a thin batter that will pour
from spoon. Beat until smooth.
Have ready deep pan OF hot fat add
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
to the batter, mix thoroughly and
drop By spoonfuls into the hot fat.
When brown on one side turn and
brown on the other; take ont with a
skinner aud serve very hot. Do not
pierce them with fork. as it allows
the steam to escape aud makes the
fritter heavy New York Telegram.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10


Cheap soap IS always dear in the
end.
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u li'''7
me cleaning OF windows Is made
e@ yer ana oet'er by putting niue
kerosene III the wafer
If vasehne or butter be applied to
the skin immediately after blow OF
any N'h' 'iere VIII PC no o''colora-
''o'
A piece OF inflow, wrapped IN tissue
paper and lald with turS or other gar
ments, will prevent the ravages of
moths
A new, soft paint brush is good
thing to dust carved furniture WITH as
the bristles viii penetrate the deepest
erevlces.
New cushions and sachet bags are
made in snddle-bag fashion, and are
of plush silk or brocade. They are
tied together with ribbons with large
bows.
ANY cold vegetable can he made in.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

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After this friendly warning the
Judge went on to state that he, the
prisoner, was accused Of having, on
such a dat, shot the deceased. Upon
the prisoner broke i'll
wen an so dld'
me Juuge was inuch annoyed aC
lle interruption.
llolq your tongue ST. he eN-
ca llheu'
nave ioU Uoiu you HoV 10 com,
NM yourSeli, nor 70 luueIrupu uie'
sualI commit , you lor cohtenlpI q
court i you uo 80 dEdin' nc auueu'
stormy;
lie tlleh repeated lne accusation,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10
COOKING 1NFERIoR STEAK.

To cook an inferior steak, such as
back cuts of the rump or round, or
chuck steaks, rub the meat lightly with
salt and pepper, dredge well with
-four, patting it on with the hands j;
then have your thick iron pan very
hot with a spoonful of siet, lard, olive
Oil or rendered butter; plump i'll the
steak and quickly turn over and over
till the outside is well scared, then
add small cupful of boiling water,
slice an onion over the top, put on Il
snug lid and let simmer very gently
for half an hour, longer if meat is still
tsngh This makes most sayorv dish
and goes finely with mashed potatoes.
1 prefer to use suet in cooking steaks,
as it imparts the finest flavor II New
York World.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Boil six fresh eggs fifteen minutes,
remove the shells, cut them into
halves lengthwise. Take ont the
yolEs, mash them fine and add table
spoonful Of fnely-chopped ham, a
dash Of cayenne, and tablespoonful
of melted butter. Mix all well to-
gether and fill back into the whites.
Press the two halves together firmly
but gently. Dip into egg, then into
bread-crumbs; then again quickly into
the egg and then back into the
crumbs, and then fry in smoking-hot
fat.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Roots draw enormous quantities OF
moisture from the soil, and by this
means it is discharged into the at
mosphere. For example, the COM
mon sunGower was found to eXhale
twelve ounces of water in twelve
hours, and an oak tree with an es-
timated number of 100, 900 leaves
would in the same way give off some
thing like 100 tons of water during
the five months it carries its foliage.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Take ripe pumpkins, pare, cut in
small pieces, stew soft Drain the
water off, mash and strain through a
colander as if for pies. Sprend the
pulp on plates in layers not quite an
inch thick; dry in an open stove oven
and be careful not to scorch it. 1t
will dry in dry. The sheets thus
made can he kept in any dry place I'M
til wanted for pies. Then sonk piece
in milk over night and it will return
to a nice pulp. Season as You would
fresh pumpkin; it makes excellent
pies. II New York Voice.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

we would grumble less.
VINO kills the man when he wor-
rles himself to death?
EVERY man who does right is help
ing some boy to be good.
IN doesn't take very much money
to make a good man rich.
II IS the man who is willing to die
dali who will always live.
LOVE needs no law. Reing loyal
I'm heart it IS loyal in hand.
W. would all do more lifting up II
we would do more locking up
O>E secret Of living long is to learn
how 10 live one day at a timc.
r. WANT to be good is the surest
prophecy that we shall be good.
is hard TO remember the good
qua tics Of those who forget us,
LOVE is the only thing man needs
thai he can not get for himself.
THE GAYS arc never long enough
for the man who loves his work.
SOME religion is pretty sure to give
us an ap Petite Tor more religion.
Con has never yet made man
VIII could please all his neighborS
Al LONG as he knows there is a
God why should a good man worry?
NlMAN has religion enough who
doe not rejoice in the Lord always.
THERE can be no pardon for The
ma who will not forsake all his $ ms.
TIE happiest Christians are the
ones who work the most at the trade.
THE man whom God fills has no
trou lie about keeping the world out
Fl f.. i i rs " "a 81 thea nan who
Is afraid the devil is being slandered.
BREAD from Gods table is only for
tho.e who are willing to fight and
wurN
The surest way OF getting more
from God is to enjoy what YOU already
hay'.
TEaE is nothing like unseldshness
for Getting nners to believe in
Christ
THERE isnothng moro beautiful in
Heaven than the life of Christ lived
on earth
WE never find ont how bright the
light is until we have been for awhile
in the dark.
The man who has God never has
to be loaded down with gold to make
him happy
TlE man who is satisfied with him
sci is always being disapT ointed with
otlnr people.
1uE more sounding brasses there
are in a church the less good it does
to ring the bell
lr requires the constant and con
tiuuous work of God to make a saint
out Of a sinner.
In order to show US the stars Got
had to fix it so that the sun would
not shine at night
THERE never was sin that die
not promise to more than pay It's OWL
way to begin with.
A MAN with a good backbone will
I of =" h. more BATTLES than one whC
en Wiin%kar head.
A. "isr naat Is oil the time try
liz tfUO pow -.-4za--
ing to Tell the world something that
God has told him.
FIRST giving yourself TO the Lord
is the only way by which you can ever
become real giver.
THE ten commandments are Gods
field orders telling man what to dc
to overcome the devil.
To HUNGER and thirst after right.
eousness means to be going at full
speed toward the throne.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

A chemist computes that at the
present market value the average
human cadaver contains something
like Sls, 0O0 worth Of calcium. But,
like the fabulous values of aluminium
in clay, or gold in sea water, the cost
of extraction at present prevents all
profit to the wouldbe cnterprising
manufacturers, ard the schools Of
anatomy will have no immediate
cause for alarm as regards CONNER
cial competition.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

woods, The dog dashed away, and
8hen the robbers realized what had
happened, they started in pursuit,
firing shots at the animal as it fed.
Bohen, who had been felled to the
ground with club. crawled to the
side Of the road and rubbed himself
until he was able to walk. Just then
the dog bounded from the woods,
stilI carving tie wallet between his
teeth' Tho farmer secured the wal.
let and ran down the road to get
away before the thieves returned. He
was successful, and reached Shamo-
kin, where he had his wounds dressed.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Floating islands are by no means
rare, but an unusually queer one is
located in Cranberry Lake, near Ar.
den, New York. Some years ago, in.
order to keep the island from folting
down the stream, it was attached to
the mainland by hawser, in nearly
the same manner as an ocean steamer
is tied to a dock The old hawser
still remains led to a tree, and is the
object Cf much interest TO visitors.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10
disadvantage Of Richness.

a specially rich strike Of silver ore
in the west is not so profitable to the
owner Of the mines as an outsider
might suppose, partly because it costs
more weight for weight to transport
rich ore than poor ore from the mine
to the smelling furnace. When a
mine owner asks a railway company
to run in a spur to his mine and seeks
to make terms for transportation the
first question in reply is: GLOW
much does your ore assay" The
railways charge per ton is in pro-
portion to the value Of the orc.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10
FOR THE HOUSEWIVES.


In Smelling beans take off the green
ends, and when washed drain them in
n colander; put them into pan with
plenty of boiling water, adding salt;
boil them till tender; drain in a col
ander and serve with parsley sauce.
When beans are grown large, but not
mealy, boil and blanch them; have
ready white sauce made hot; put in
the beans, and just heat them through
in it aud serve Immediately.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

"My dear, said Mr.. BIoobumper
to his wife, Il wish you would have
some Of these biscuits of yours when
Mr.. Briscoe is here for dinner.
81 thought you didn't like Mr..
Briscoe, love, replied Mrs. Bloc
bumper, sweetly.
Il don't. ~ Judge.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Workmen about to build a brick
pier for new building in Lewiston,
Me. dug down four feet intothe ground
and came upon a large fiat stone. Il
pleased them to discover what they
believed would be a fine foundation
for their pier and they went to worl
building unon it, They built The
-saamAmausaaumaanmu
pier NJY sht Of twelve feet, and
then weic dStonished to see itsink into
the earth. Investigation showed that
their fat foundation stone covered
the top Of an old well thirty feet
deep.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting tine worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
alive etiectaally cleansing the system,
dispelllng colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in Doc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, you will NOT
accept any substitute il offered.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10
ThinIY Formulated.

Though western Australia is near
~ nine times the size of the United
Kingdom, its population was esti-
mated in March last at but 59,7lS,
with 10. 900 more males than females.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10
SAVED BY A DOG.


4 Farmers Savings Preserved by an Intel.
ligent spaniel.
Through the sagacity OF little
spaniel dog George Rohen, a farmer,
who recently moved from Chemung
county, New York, to Shamokin, Pa,
was saved the earnings Of a lifetime,
81, 100, A few nights ago Mr.. Rohen
lost his way near Shamokin and was
suddenly set upon by three masked
robbers, who demanded his money.
Rohen. while struggling with the
robbers, called his spaniel dog, and
thrusting a wallet containing 80, 100
into its mouth, bade it go into the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Yeast for bread-making was first
manufactured in 1884. 1t is COM
puted that over 2,OOo,0 900 pounds
enter into the daily bread of the
people of this country, while triple
shis amount is used in Eurone.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

II your Back nes, or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, it is general debility.
hrown's Iron h tiers will cure you, make Won
strong. cleans our liver, and give you good
appetite-tonts he nerves.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

1t it human nature to hate him whom you
have injured
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Choose rather to punish your appetitas
than to be punished by them.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

Ugliness has tins advantage over beauty
it never fades
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10
I,,I!!!':S!7sli:{'.z'!:I!
Tor Infants and chIIdren.

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhea. Eructation.
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

The use Of Castoria is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems work
Of sipererogation to endorse It. Few are the
Intelligent families who do not keep Castofla
within easy reach
CARLOS MARrYN, n D
New York CITY
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10
RAMS HORN BLAsTs
w..nlas Note. Calling tho Wicked to Re

o L D prayers
never brin <
warm blessings.
SUCCESS that
Is not deserved
can not be en-.
loved.
BEw ARE fthe
man who apollo
gizes for a n y
kind of sin.
II some of us
would pray moro
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10
what is AUGUST Blower for "

What IS august Flower Tor ?"
As easily answered as asked. 1t is
for Dyspepsia 1t is a special rem
edy for the Stomach and Liver
Nothing more than this. We believe
August Flower cures Dyspepsia
We know it will. We have reasons
for knowing it. To-day it has an
honored place in every town and
country store, possesses one of the
largest manufacturing plants in the
country, and sells everywhere. The
reason is simple. 1t does one thing,
and doesit right. Itcures dyspepsia9