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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

"The cleverest thief have ever
known, says a United States Post
o'hce luspe tor, 'Ope ated out West
number u years ago. a bank tn al
Montana mining distrlctused TO send
rs lemittauces to its Chicago co ne.
spondcnt through the mails in resis-
tered letters They always sent
large bills, say ono hundred dollar,
each. They were tightly hacked and
tive rubber bands held them together
About three thousand dollars was sent
each time, and about oace q moHlb
one bill would be missing. Tie pltk-
ase wa always sealed, and the sells
were never disturbed. Neither had
the envelope been cut or torn. sg.
piciou at first pointed to the clerk. n
the Montana bank, and then TO tbe
men in the Chicago institution. but
at last it, vas proved beyond a douhf
tnat these men were b nest and That
the money was stolen while the lettat
was IN transit
When this was decided one OF aut
best inspectors was put on the case
lie Went to Montana aud began h.,
work from that end Before he got
Chicago he had arrestel the thier
As lusk would nave it the ra,raO
chose hat day for one Of his periodi
cal raids upon this mail, The IN
spector, dressed as a baggageman, wa
working in the baggage end Of tie
mail car 1t was not heavy route
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

Uncle sam has some very valuable
treasures NJ gold in the National
Museum Tney are Of great worth
utrin,ieally, apart from the historic
interest attaching 90 them Among
these are three massive Baskets of
ma gold each rs big as fOlr-
-gnl candy box They were gifts
On Gen, Grant from the cities Of
London, AYR and Glasgow, respect
tcIE contain NJ tile freedom of
Oh Sc towns There is a gold card OF
invitation to a bail, which was sent
81 tie hero Of AppomattOx by friends
u san Francisco. 1t was incloeed in
silver envelope. with the address
engraved on the outside and an ordi-
nary 2-cent stamp affixed. Also
there is gold scimitar sent by the
Emperor Of Morocco to Thomas JEFF.
ferson. as well as many gold-hilted
swords with solid gold scabbards.
Two Of these were given to Gen.
Shields by the States of South Caro-.
lima and Illinois as tokens OF appre-
citation for services in the Mexican
war Congress purchased them from
the Generals family for $4,000
In the same collection is gold
BOX G. with big y in almonds,
which was presented by Napoleon
Ill to Joseph Francis, the inventor
81 the l.fe-saying car. There is also
a metal of gold worth s., 600, which
was given by Congress to Francis in
recognition OF his service to human
ity 1t is the most valuable medal
ever conferred Ivy this Government
on an individual. Francis died
about six months ago, being long
past 90 Some time previously he
had surrendered these trophies to the
National Museum, and during the
last years Of his life he constantly
haunted that institution, keeping an
eye upon the case containing his go d
box and medal, while watching with
gratided interest the visitors who
paused to examine the mementoes Of
bis achievement. All such treasures
at the museum, though apparently
protected only by glass, are in reality
connected with system Of burglar
alarms. so that nobody could touch a
single article without rousing the
whole building Once a year all Of
them are cleaned though their
brightness is but little dimmed, the
cases being air tight There are ever
so many golden valuables besides
those mentioned, such as the big
chunks of gold in the form of shoes
most commonly which serve for
coins in China, and Japanese gold
coins as large as tea plates and bear
Ing curious hieroglyphics Chicago
Times
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03
FASHION NOTES.

Waved hair, done in a door knob
knot is popular fashion.
The mirror velvet is used extensively
in this season millinery.
A new fancy in bracelets is the heavy
rope twist Of Roman gold.
The Alpine storm hats promise to
be a successful negligee style.
Crowns are lower, and there ia not
as much fus7iness in the trimmings as
there was last season.
Christopher green satin and black
velvet form the materials for some of
the smartest new hats.
Old fashioned null embroideries,
such as our grondmothers made their
caps of, are used this season for
tichus.
The prettiest scarf mantelets a.e
made OF accordion pleated black silk
muslin, with long stole fronts, con
fnad r-;+b . io+ br.llo
If it is true that color has decided
influence upon our lives, what may We
,,a+ o,noot from +ba ooorooo+;on AZ
o,Iors which ora move soon IN tho nov,
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Tho honn.t for full dross = ,arr
small oeair hut makes nm il olooonoo
what = l.cL. in .iy. Il i :, J.. ,,orn
!, tho ce,ttrs IF Tho b.ad allo,yir,, +ho
yrort.and bocl If t3a coifure om,J,
room, - ho ..on
Il.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

A planters wife wasleft with Mis-
sissippi river plantation, Under s23, 900
mortgages and a family of five chill
dren. just ready for school and col
lego, The two yclrs' illness Of her
husband had given her grasp of the
business After his death, when the
commission merchant came up to
'close her out, the improved condition
Of the place and the wisdom of her plans
caused him to say 'I'll advance all
the money you want this year. Atthe
end of three years she had paid the
mortgages, sent her sons and daughters
to college, and her plantation was nni-
versallv confessed to be the best i'm
proved one in the county. Not very
long after she married young man
whom she had placed in charge of a
store she had opened. m Atlanta Con
stitutlon.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

# is said that this is not the age Of
chivalry. There is much evidence in
hand to prove that whether the DAYS
Of knight-errancy have passed or not,
this certainly is an age OF gallantry
There was much Of this quality for
instance, in the young man who had
but recently been married 10 a your Q
girl, who, though short Of stature,
was a person Of great beauty who is
reported to have said. she would
have been taller but she is made OF
such precious materials that nature
could not afford it."
This man would seem to have the
qualities of mind aud disposition to
make any woman happy, if he does
not permit time to dim the lustre
thereof. Harpers Bazaar.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

Congress ought to git patent on
its Confidence Rest0rcr.
IIayseeds don't grow in the pollt-
ickle fee q.
Congress never made a law agin a
man eatin' with his knife.
A pore Congressman is mitier On
the stump than he is in a Washing.
ton bOrdin house.
Nobody knows what the Lord does
with statesman when He takes him
to his long home
Amerikin po!liticks may he a yard
wide, but it faint all wool down
South.
A little offs pays big Diet some.
times
Country polliticks is cleaner than
city polliticks, but it don't know so
mulch
Pollitishuns is born. not made.
You can't stop some men from run.
min fer Office no more'n you can stop
a hen from scttin', Free Press,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

with local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease Catarrh is blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
it you mus, take internal remedies Halls
Cafarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous surface. Halls
Ca;arrh Cure is not quack medicine. 1t was
prescribed BY one OF the best physicians in this
country for years. and is q regular prescription.
It is composed OF the best tonics known. com
biped with the best blood purifiers, acting di-
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of tue two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials free.
T. J. CHENEY q Co, Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, price 7jc.
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
4 orrrN'a cANtNr rErs.

Queen Victoria has iihy.fye pei
dogs. They live in the grandest ca
nine style that was ever known Their
dining-room is handsomely carpeted,
and ornamented with the portraits of
their celebrated ancestors. in oil and
water colors Some of the pictures
hre adorned with tufts of the hair
which belonged 10 the departed pets
Of her Majesty The dogs are proud
of their portrait gallery, and they de-
spise all the low-bred ours Of creation
New York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

Every country has some form Of
smokeless powder France clings to
melinite, one Of the plcric forms of
explosive. Germany has a powder
with which it is well satisfied, and
Italy has still hopes of balistite.
Cordite, besides being safe, gives the
very high initial velocity of $500
feet per second to a projectile, and
develops a maximum pressure within
the gun of from fifteen 10 eighteen
tons per square inch. 1t is very
powerful ammunition, ahead of gun
powder.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

Though western Australia is near
ly nine times the size Of the United
Kingdom, its population was esti-
mated n March last at but 50,7lS,
with 10, 000 more males than females
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

In paper read recently before the
Royal Geographical Society, London,
ON the Highlands of Borneo, in the
Indian archipelago, Charles Hose
gave an account Of how the native
mothers stick huge rings through their
daughters ears at the age of eight
months only, eventually increasing
them to the weight of two pounds
each. BY the time that girl hns
come to her maturity, her ears thus
weighed down, reach almost to their
elbows. and Mr.. Hose has seen one
woman put her head through one of
these elongated ear-lobes In the
south of Italy long and heavy earrings
are worn, though not approaching
those of Bornco
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now po1lY MADISON WOW HrnnrsnANn

HOW DOLLY MADISON WON HERHUsBASp.
Mrs Madison was uuquestiouably
the most popular woman that has ever
presided over the social life of the Elk
ecutive Mansion She was extremely
beautiful III person and gentle and
courteous in manner Consummato
tact made good her lack of liberal ed
ucation. Madison first met her when
he was a member of Congress at Phil
adelphia, and, with Aaron Burr, board
ed at the house of her father, Mr..
Payne. She was then the widow Todd.
The future president promptly fell in
love with her. But having some doubts
about her mental qualities, he one day
handed her a book to read and asked
=. s.-i..--.z4...= - -. : -. =.
: her TO give MIN her OPINION OF IT, 5nd
gave the book to Burr with the re-
/ quest that he would write a letter for
/ her to copy This he did with his
usual brilliance and Madison, on re-
ceiving the note, was fully convinced
that his lady-love's intellect was equal
to her beauty. He at once offered
himself and was accepted. II Scribner'
Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

Peope overlooked the importance Of per.
manfn''y beneficial effects and were satisfied
with t'ans'ect action, but now that It Is zen
erally know iaat Syrup OF Figs will perma-
nenty cure Aa1i ual constipation, well in
formel people VII not buy other Ia1atives.
which act for a time but finally inJure tn e
system.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

This Company acts as Executor, Admins.
traitor, Trustee and in all Judiciary capaci les.
Pays Interest on deposits Of money subject
to check 1t has a Special Saving Debart
meut, and receives deposits from dine
ward. The fines Safe deposit Vaults mon y
and skill can Trod &c.
Non-resdents will find ita most interesting
place visit when they come to the National
Capt. ].
Gss-Call or write for information.
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- BeTaT7 y M MN or Woman Whom
childw not love.

For Dyspepsia Indigestion and Stomach dis
order, use Browns Iron Bitters the Best
Tonic ltrebulis tae Blood and. strengthens
the ms les. A splendid medicine for weak
and dealitattd persons.
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.IG!!:S | Q i;:|''z'!!'';l'!!I
for Infants and Children.

Castoria $50 well adapte 60 children that
recommend 1t as superior to any prescription
AuoWh TO me" II. A. ARcgsR " j..
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, Ny.
"The use OF 'Castoria is So universal and
its merits so well known thai 30 seems work
OF supererogation to endorse Few are the
intelligent families who do uai Keep CAstora
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARryN u NJ
New York city.
Late Pastor BlOomingdale Reformed church.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

Tht b'-- PREPARATION for behaving right is
to think -iht
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

Syrup

Two bottles Of German Syrup
cured me of Hemorrhage Of the
Lungs when other remedies failed.
l am married man and, thirty-six
years of age, and live with my wife
and two little girls at Durham, Mo.
l have stated this brief and plain so
that all may understand My case
was bad one, and l shall be glad
to tell anyone about it who will
write me. PHILIP L. SCHENCK, P.
o. Box45, April IS, 1890. No man
could ask a more honorable, bust
uess-like statement. .
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OFF1CRRs-Br1inar II Warn r, Presi-
nj; Joh1 joy Edison, VnePres dent; VIM.
B bison, Secretary, John L. Carmady,
Ire SURF
DfRFcToRs--John T. Arms, Cherries B.
Bal ey, Charles Baum, James L. Ba bour.
J hn NJ Clapp II. S. umm ng7 J, J. D r
lington. John.Joy f son, Albert T. Fox o.
c. Green, VIM. b. Gurey. John A. iamil on,
j hn B. La ner, John Ri out, George T
schqier, n. II. Shea, Thomas Somcrv lie.
JOHN A. swoTe, J. ;. swor stedt Geo-gc
Tru del Is, IT, Warner, A. A Wilson e.
D. Wine. :. W, Woodward, A. S. WORTH gtou
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LA PLATA.


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PREsIDENT-Johu n. Mitchell, Esq.
VICE PREsIDENT-EK.JudgeF F. Stone.
SECRETARY lion. A. Posey.
TR AsURER-J. H. r berts, Esq.
ATTORNEY Col. L. A. Wilm r.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
John H. Mitchell, Attornsy-at-Lsw,
F. Stone Ext hief Judge.
A. Posey, Attorney-st Law.
Col L. A. w liner. Attorney.st-
J II. Roberts Merchant.
J. ; Mat ngly Reg ster Of Wills.
P. Il. Horney, Res aurant
Gs-The above Company will receive de.
post and nj axe loans to persons of small
means. A RE chance is offered to small
vsge.earaer, to save their small earnings and
buy nlfuild home. And as an investu ent
the SOC, Of the Company is safe and
profitable.
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Cg'a is advantage over beauty
it neyar H3a-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03
ASTRONOMY.

1910 Charts Of the moon CONSTRUCTED
by Scheiner, Longrenus kevelins, and
others
1915. Roemer's discoveries Of IT.
velocity Of light made.
1915. Greenwich Observatory found.
ed. The first great modern ohserva.
tory
1876. Roemer's observations made 81
the satellites of Jupiter.
1876. Haley demonstrated the revo.
luton Of the sun on its own axis
1852. HALEY fixed the identity OF
comets and predicted their regular r..
turn.
1857 Newton's "Principia" published.
and the Newtonian theory establisheL
1858. Flamsteed made the first ex
haustive catalogue of fixed stars.
1862. Cassini made a careful chart
the tirst-of the fun moon.
lI0l Cassini discovered the sataI
lites of Saturn and proved thoir char
actor.
l704 Newton discovered the CON,
posite character Of white light.
1904. Newt n demonstrated that
comets move in elliptical orbits.
1905. Haley made the first prpdie-
ton of a comets return. Verified 1858
1905. The red flames from the suns
disk observed by Stannyan by man7
others since.
17l5. Total eclipse in England stars
shone and birds went to roost at mon
Iil6. HALEY suggested the obst .b-
e 4
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Ittnmau turo to hate hm whom you
have .ar-I
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ALL RUN DOWN.
Tired, SIeepless, Discouraged.
Swamp-Root Cured Me.

Amstcrdam, n. !. juno ?, 1888.
DR.. Kilmer CO.. Binghamton, ". Y,
Gentlemen.-I ought to have written you long
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-03

CastorIa cures Cole. Constipation.
Sour stomach, Dilrrhna Erlctation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes III
gesticn,
Without injurious medication.
For several years 7 have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue ~
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results"
EpwiS F pARDBs. NJ D.,
1.-THE Winthrop. l-5th Street and 7th Ave,
New York City.
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Tan cs,rAra cosr4vr, q MURRAY STREET, NEW Yops-
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hmm. pill. are rureIy xcsetable. Is cant..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-26
POOLING q President.

The New York Herald claims to
have mapped out President Cleve-
lands Hawaiian policy. 1t claims
that Commissioner Blount's report
was published to the world in
Charles Nordhoff7s special dispatch
to the Herald. Mr.. Blount's re-
cital," says the modest journalist,
simply emphasizes it with the
force of an official communication
to the Government" 1t is well
known that Mr.. =, ordhof's first
letter to the Heral was dispatched
from the islandsi e morning after
Nordhoff' s arriva The misinfor-
nation contained in that letter was
communicated to Mr.. Nordhof on
the steamer on the way out. When
the letter was dispatched he had
not been in the islands long enough
to know of his own knowledge any
thing about the political situation.
If BIount's report and Nordhof Is
letter are substantially Identical, as
the Herald claims, the latter could
not have contained important facts
that we're not in the former. 1t
seems, therefore, that the Herald
either led President Cleveland into
his Hawaiian policy or served as
Mr.. Cleyeland's instrument to mis-
lead the public. The amusing part
of the business is that the Herald
should be boasting of the part it
took in the matters. F. Call.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-26

commerce, theEAneed no excuse for
offering forcibls resistance either
TO the official piracy that seems to
hsve been ordered by our national
administration, or to the expiring
effort Of thoroughly disreputable
aggregation of swindlers headed
ostensibly by the discredited
woman whom our government
has endorsed. Bishop John P.
Newman of the Methodist Epis-
eopal Church, visited Hawaii in
his official capacity shortly before
the reinforcement of Liliuokalani.
He Is satisfied that the people of
the Islands will not permit Presi-
dent Cleveland to restore the mon
archy. He saws that at the time
Of his visit the people were ripe
for independence" and that the
leaders Of the revolution were the
cream of the intelligence and dig
nifty of its residents Bishop New
man declared in the interview
printed recently in the Star, that
but for American influences the
islands would now De in & state of
mental and moral decadenee: 8
conclusion easily and naturally
reached by any one who has
studied Hawaiian tendencies and
watched the degrading efforts of
the so-called monarchy. The testi-
mony on this part of Correspondent
NordhOff himself, given disinterest-
eddy, before his services were or
dered by the New York Herald in
behalf Of the opponents of the mis-
sionaries, is printed elsewhere in
the Star. This testimony, like that
of Mark Twain, who is not to be
suspected of any ELUSIVE admira-
ton for missionaries in the abstract,
is heartily and unreservedly in their
favor. But all these facts and this
reasoning are not taken into &C.
count by those who would inject
partisan considerations into our
foreign policy. A blow is dealt
both to Christianity and patriotism,
q century of soul-ssving and edu-
eative effort is rebuked by force of
arms American religious sentiment
is contemptuously disregarded, and
the feminine vulgarity who bias
phemously terms herself 1.-The
Lords Amounted" is encouraged to
resume her corrupt and degrading
rule. And it is all done by the
President of a nineteenth century
republic Washington Star.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-26
PLAIN Talk.
The washington Star" on the
Present Situation.

Aside from the commercial and
political considerations which have
been discussed in connection with
the Hawaiian disturbance, there is
one phase Of the imbroglio that has
received much less attention than
it deserves. Ex-Minister Stevens
touched upon it when he said that
''all that American piety, American
benevolence, American schools and
American patriotism have accom-
plished in Hawaii in the past sew
enty years are now centralized in
the Provisional Government, and
stand in its support. It is govern
ment honestly and ably admins
tered, and the best government that
Hawaii ever had" 1t is just such
government as might have been ex-
pected Of men whose intelligence
and moral strength are a direct re-
suit Of the Outstanding influences
set in motion and sustained by the
religious Iiberality of American
philanthropists. Missionary effort
alone has brought q considerable
proportion of the Hawaiian popu-
iation out of the darkness Of
heathendom into the sunlight of
civilization. Missionary teaching
gave to the best native elements
the virtuous and self-respecting
sense that rebelled against Liliuo-
kalani's icentiousEess and tyr
amy. Missionary energy set the
example by which go many Of the
missionary educated kanakas
achieved business success. And
now it Is not merely proposed,
but deliberately planned by
the Government Of the United
States that all the good done in
many years of earnest Christian
endeavor shall be shocked even to
possible destruction that the vici-
Gus and laBless are to be set up on
high and that honesty is to suffer
humiliation and venomous persecu-
ton.
That the conspiracy against the
good government Of Hawaii may
Be frustrated Is the fer7ent prayer
Of millions Of Americans. With
LiliuokaIani OF any other cancan
monarch on throne at Honolulu,
there would be no peace for those
who have undertaken to give q
good government to the Islands,
and as these men-natiTe and
American-oEn most Of the prop
erty and control nine-tenths of the