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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-21

did not JON IN the stampede. hut remainsl. NJ
his post. The ronAitiee ou credentials was
then appointed, consisting of one delegate
recommended b, his delegation from each dis
trict. No recommendation being made IRON
Pomonkey and Nanje,uov, the chairman AZ
pointed Mr. F. NJ. Cox FROM the former aud
Mr. G. ". Gray from the batter. Tue com
mitiee MS constituted was romposrd as fIllows:
lst District. J s Turner; 2nd strict, Hon
r II. Eielen; 3rd District, G W Ge,y, 4th
District, +. Davis; 5th District, ".
Jameson 9Th District, John IL. Mitchell; 9TH
District, f. NJ Cox; 9Th District, T. D. Car
diner; 9Th Distri,t, c. W. Carroll
The convention then took a recess to aw ,it the
report OF this committee In half an hour
il reassembled and the committee # ported
unanimously in favor of seating the delega
tons which had been recognized By the con-
vention and that The temporary organization
be made permanent MIR. j. Samuel Turner,
John 7. Davis and VIM H. Tro ter were
elected delegates to the State convention. Mr.
John H. Mitchell then offered d resolution de-
Glazing it inexpecient to nominate local can
didates at this time. The resolution proyok-
ed some discussion. Mr.. John t. Davis ia
v0red immediate nominations; Mr.. Eielen
agreed with Mr.. Mitchell, and upon a vote tae
resolution was adopted and the convention
adjourned subject to the call Of the State C n.
trail Committee.
The boilers alter leaving the CON
vention held a consultation and then
assembled in the dining room at the Centen-
NAL Hotel, and held a meeting. DR.. Al
Smoot was called to the chair and Captain
AiPheus Haislip acted as secretary. Mtssrs F.
N. Cox, IN. Thomas aud ex-Judee w. Mex
burroughs were elected as delegates to the
state convention. A resolution was offered
iAvoring the retention of Mr.. J. Samuel Tur.
ner as a member of the State Central Com.
mittee, which was voted On amidst the
widest confusion and declared adopted The
meeting then adjourned to meet again Octo-
Der End.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-21
OUR

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YOU

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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-21

Sane Democrats and meddlesome RePubli-
cans are making au effort TO SOW seeds of dis
cord IN tn. ranks of the Republican party
Their scheme is transparent ana their purpose
will fail
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-21

See card of Mr.. ]. G. Busch. His first
class bar room 10 Port Tobacco is supplied
with cnoice drinks He IS ever polite and
courteous. Call and pay his place your re-
spects.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-21

Mr.. T. J. Grant, Of Upper Marlboro. was in
town on Tuesday selling stock Of the Agricnl-
tural Association, Of Prince Georges county.
He did not do much There was too much
politics to do any business.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-21

An excellent sermon was preached at st.
Thomas Church last Sunday by the Rev.
Father Martin Holohsn, vice rector of st.
Peters College, Jersey City.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
A Curious wedding Custom.

The Mandingoes, who inhabit tract
of country in Africa. are strict Mo-
hammedans in religion, but, curiously
enough. they still retain many Of the
superstitions of the negro races from
which they sprung. Consequently their
marriage ceremony is a mixture of the
two, and, although it is performed by
a marabout or holy man in the mosque,
it contains one very ridiculous clement.
Next in Importance to the marabout
Is the bridegroom's sister, and when
the marriage ceremony reaches the
point where the visible bond, usually
typified in civiliZatio by the ring, this
sister steps forward. and In place OF
the ring presents the lady with a pair
Of trousers, which are Immediately
donned. The ceremony is concluded by
a very mournful song sung by the com.
panions Of the bride, who then conduct
her again to the home of her parents,
as, owing to the extreme probability
Of one or the other retracting at any
moment by reason of an unfavorable
omen, no house is built until the cere.
mony is completed. Polygamy is the
rule, but each wife has her own house
to keep her from quarreling with the
other wives. They are the most tyran-
meal wives in Africa, and, hating each
other, band together against their hus.
band and rule him with a rod of iron.
Ladies Home Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
The Care of the Piano.

The temperature of the room in which
the piano is kept is one Of the most
important things to be considered
writes James Thomson in the June
Ladies' Home Journal. AS moisture
is absolutely necessary, see to it that
the air in the room is not allowed to
become too dry. The growing plant
will prove good test; il it thrives you
may be sure that the atmosphere is
such a one as your piano needs, and
if, on the other hand, the plant does not
thrive it would be well to find out the
reason. About 20 degrees is the proper
temperature for the room in which the
piano is kept. Do not allow it to stand
where the suns rays can shine directly
upon it, and be careful to keep it closed
and well covered while the sweeping
and busting Of the room in which ii
stands are in progress.
To prevent the case Of your piano
from becoming smoky in appearance
wipe small portion at time with a
fine sponge wet in tepid water and Il
little CASTLE soap. Dry with moist.
ened channels cloth which has been
wrung until it is almost dry. When
this has been done apply some reliable
piano polish with soft flannel cloth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
Cape Prince of Wales.

Tho following dialogue contributed
by a bright young schoolmarm of rural
New England shows how much more
clearly Young Americas mind can
grasp point of fact than any point
involving the divine right of kings"
The third class in geography, number
ing one pupil, was reciting.
Teacher-What is the most western
cape in North America?
John (promptly)-Cape Prince Of
Wales.
DO you know why that is called
Cape Prince of Wales?''
NO, maam."
Did you ever hear of England,
John?''
NO, ma'am."
The globe is produced. and some time
is spent in locating England on it, and
on Johns mind.
Teacher with enthusiastic desire to
add another fact to Johns scanty sup
ply)-Over there the people don't have
president they have a king. or if the
ruler happens to be a woman she is
called the queen. There is queen in
England now, and the oldest son is
always called the prince of Wales.
Now, John, tomorrow who will you
tell me that cape is named for?
John (confidently)-Miss Kings Oldest
boy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
Glazing as n Science.

Glazing is being exploited as science
by MI. Edward Atkinson, who in re-
cent talk told most Interestingly Of GER
tain experiments he has conducted and
experiences he has had in relation to
the quantity, quality and usefulness of
LIGHT as received through different sorts
of glass.
At a meeting of the British associa-
ton, said Mr.. Atkinson, an explanation
was given of the Fresnel lens for trans
Knitting light in one beam horizontally.
Now, by reversion, a glass apparatus
has been made to serve as difuser of
light You will be surprised to know
that the amount of light that is alb
sorbed by ribbed glass is 10 per cent
and by clear glass is 80 per cent; that
there is only per cent difference in
the obstruction Of light between q
double thick German clear and fine
ribbed plate of the same thickness.
Now, through plain glass you get no
diffusion; your light falls directly on
the floor, and the clear sunlight falls
on your looms or frames, If you are
at work in factory, making dark
shadows; while with the ribbed glasses
you get diffusion through the room
without a glare; you need no window
shades and you have no desk shadow.
Then, in the practical use Of light, you
viii get vast deal more with that
ribbed glass without window shades
than you will with the clear glass with
the window shades which you must
have on q south side.
An inventor. continued Mr.. Atkinson.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
Glass Lined Pipes.

Iron and lead pipes rapidly oxidize
and consequently contaminate more or
less water or other liquids which may
be passed through them, and for want
Of better means of conveyance we
are obliged to use them for our water
supply. Some Belgian engineers have,
however, adds the Ohio Valley Manu-
facturer, been successfully experiment
ing with glass pipes, which they make
capable of resisting great interior and
exterior pressures in the following way:
They place glass tubes in metal tubes
Of slightly larger diameter, and fill the
space between the two with special
kind Of cement which perfectly unites
the two tubes. 1t is found that these
compound pipes will bear a very great
internal strain without damage to the
glass, while they present to the ex-
ternal strains rather more resistance
than the metal pipe would alone. The
method Of manufacturing is applied
not only to straight pipes but to every
form and shape Of conduit. The ends
Of the pipes can be fitted with fianges
so that they can easily be Theoretically
joined by means Of gutta percha wash
ers. These pipes would also appear to
be specially suitable for running cleo
trio cables in, rs they would not re-
quire further insulation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
ONE OF DEPEW's sroRYs,
Told SomN Years Ago, Chauncey
Now Has 100 Variations of 1t.

Told SomO Years Ago, Chauncey
Now HIS 100 Variations of 1T.
Speaking Of the way some Of his pet
stories were denuded Of pith by those
who, after hearing them from his lips,
told them to others, Chauncey Depew
said recently: "A coon story told
in Boston half a dozen years ago is
still going the rounds. have collected
100 versions of it, and l would not VEN
ture to guess how many have escaped
me. Were it not that caught the first
ones and followed up the trail would
never. within 4 month after telling
it, have recognized my own story. The
great joke is that l have heard gentle
men repeat one or other of the emascu-
lated versions with the assurance that
they We're among the hunters. AS the
yarn went, some coon hunters following
Il hot track found the dogs barking
around Il big sycamore on the edge OF
Il shallow stream. The hunters thought
they saw the coon in the tree-top, and
one fellow climbed to shake it off Eff
ty feet or so above the earth the climb
er encountered a big bump that encir-
cled the tree. With great difficulty he
at last climbed over the obstruction
and was much chagrined to find that
what he took to be coon was but a
wooden excreScence. Then he Skinned
down to the bump. over which he slid
feet first, but wriggle and stretch as
best he could he could not bring his
legs to the trunk below. The bump
prevented it. He crawled up again
and shouted to his comrades: oh,
lordy. boys, I'm freed 'sted of the coon,
| an Ill stay here till Gabriel blows less
the river rises fifty feet an floats me
| Off Some Of the adaptations picture
the coon sitting on the pump holding
the hunter at bay, others have the
river rising in the nick of time, and a
third class bring the other hunters up
the sycamore and over the pump unril
the three are freed and praying for a
high stage Of water"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
GENTLE SEX.
How a Clever English Girl Succeed
ed--Women With Dirty Faces
1.-The Women Of Many Ills
The Care Of the Piano---A
Curious Wedding Custom

How a Clever English Girl suc-
ceeiled. .,..7
Frequent reference has been made inv
the past week or so to the beautiful
decorations of the new Cunarder Cam
pania, but it is known to only few
Americans that the magnificent ocean
liner was entirely upholstered, decor
ated and fitted up by Il woman. Miss
Charlotte Robinson, decorator to the
queen-the first business woman to re-
ceive recognition from her majesty
holds foremost place in her line to-
day, which was won by no fair field or
favor but by determination, capacity
and perseverance, added to true artistic
instincts and a natural and highly cul-
tivated gift Of design. Eight years
ago, having received Il thorough train
ing in art, design and modelling, she
rented some rooms in her native city
of Manchester and stocked them with
artistic furniture. There ensued many
days OF trial and discouragement;w when
no sales We're made, when stock ac-
cumulated and became "out of date"
OH her hands, and when crafty dealers
turned her ineXperience to their OWE
advantage; and when the intrepid and,
as yet, not hopeless young dealer was
everywhere greeted by her pessimistic
friends with that most exasperatin
formula, II told you So" Finally few
orders came in, and We're filled with
such originality and boldness of design,
artistic workmanship and thoroughnesS
in execution, that gradually they null
tiplied and many who had scotfed at
this new ana ''unfeminine departure"
came to entreat Miss Robinson's adj
vice and assistance in the decoration
of their homes.
With the Manchester exhibition came
Miss Robinson's chance; her stand of
furniture and fittings, many Of which
were altogether novel and had been
made from her own graceful designs,
proved one Of the most attractive in tho
building and drew the attention of 10Y
atty. with the result that the appoint
NET of decorator to the queen" was
conferred upon her. Miss Robinson's
success was now assured, and her influ-
ence on the English standard of taste
in interior decoration became extended
by her acceptance Of the post of adj
wiser in such matters to the readers
of the London Queen and by the open
ing of Il branch of her business at 20
Brook street, London, and between
which dainty depot Of what might be
called decorative CONNECTIONS and her
establishment in Manchester Miss Rob
inson divides her week. Miss Robinson
does not contine herself merely to fur
nish the abodes of the newly married
or replacing the commonplace with the
artistic in English homes. She revels
in mammoth orders, such as fitting up
hotels, theaters, ETC., and now her lat
est achievement is the superintendent
of all the interior fittings and decoration
of the Campania the largest and finest
| ship at1Oat
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
Women With Dirty Fnces.

A we'll known London woman recent
ly in this country called the American
women "a lot of dirty faces"
you are smart and all that" she
said to 4 Post-Dispatch man, "but you
don't know how to keep your faces
festivities in New York I went every
where to see the parades and to see the
people. 1 saw them both to the very
best advantage, and I reiterate what
1 said the day landed-the American
women are lot Of dirty faces. In
London you can see all Europe in q
day, and in New York, am told, the
whole American nation is represented
on an occasion like the arrival of the
foreign fleet. had glasses with me,
my eyes are good and can speak from
careful observation. In the houses
where I have visited found the toilet
tables and baths stacked with nasty
greases and cheap soaps. They call
the rancid stuff cold cream but I
would rather use cold lard if I had to
choose. Now it is a great mistake to
put these preparations on the face
unless it is sore and needs healing.
Even then would rather go to a chem
list and get some fresh made salve or
glycerine jelly.
what do I use? Almond meal and
Il loophar. An old loophar is the best
thing in the market for clean face.
To my mind it is natures face washer.
Loophars come from Japan, believe,
but you can get them in any shop where
sponges are sold. The loophar is rough
and Irritating at first, but after it is
thoroughly soaked and has been in use
q few months it is excellent. It not
only cleans the skin thoroughly, but the
friction is just enough to bring the
blood to the surface and excite pers-
piration. This circulation and exuda-
ton open the pores, and If there are
blackheads they come out would
no more think of doing without my
loophar than my tooth brush. Then I
never use soap on my face. Pure Cas-
tile is, admit, excellent, but there is
always slime left that nothing will
remove but powder, and as I don't want
to powder any more than can help,
prefer almond meal to soap. I just
lather my face with the meal and scrub
it clean with the loophar. In cold
weather use warm water and in warm
weather cold water. I buy the meal
by the tin, the best quality can find.
When 1 am IN this country or on the
train and I can't get a supply do with
oatmeal 1t is quite as good, only l
fancy the trace of perfume in the
almond meal. If my face gets rough
or chapped mix up wash one tea
spoonful of glycerine jelly, the same
quantity of lemon juice and a table
spoonful of cologne-and use it after my
bath. This agrees perfectly with me
and has the desired effect. For rough
hands and sore lips use the glycerine
jelly alone"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
To Check Undue Precipitation.

A celebrated physician prescribes the
following for checking undue perspira.
ton: Place three or four ounces of
oak bark in pint of boiling water
and boil for ten minutes. Add half OF
this to a basin Of hot water, in which
also place a dessert spoonful Of pow
dered borax and the same quantity OF
powdered starch. Sponge the affected
parts with the preparation night and
morning.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
''GePnlan
Syrup

William McKeekan, Druggist at
Bloomingdale. Mich. ~ have had
the Asthma badly ever since I came
out ofthe army and though I have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until
few months ago, when I used b.
schees German Syrup. am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
it has done ME. lam greatly reliev-
ed during the day and at nightgo to
sleep without the least trouble" O
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
A Useful. Form of Telephone.

A useful form of telephone has been
invented whereby one instrument can
be used by persons in different parts
Of building, so that communications
may be received in, and sent from, a
room in which no telephone is located.
Speaking tubes are placed throughout
a building running from central Of
flee. Tradesman adds that circuit
wire is placed in connection with each
tube, and in q guest room, if a hotel or
office, is telephone receiver, which
when not in use hangs from peg. If
this apparatus is used in Il hotel and
call comes to the office telephone
for a guest, the clerk calls through the
speaking tube to the guests room that
his attention is required. The guest
has only to take the receiver from the
peg in his room and carry on con-
versation the same as If he We're di-
rectly at the telephone, proper connec-
ton having beer previously made in the
office. A guest may also send tele-
phone call by requesting through the
speaking tube 10 the Office, to be con-
nected, and when the connection has
been made, carry on conversation
as already described. In large office
buildings, as well as in hotels, this In
yention can be ;adyantageously used
as It entirely obviates the necessity for
q separate telepke ne for every office. 81
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01

worked on my theory OF window glass.
He has applied this idea to conical
glass, which is put under the arc light;
with this idea he has done away with
the glare and destroyed the shadow.
You may have daylight from an arc
light in your mills without the shadow
and without the glare. The dispersion
Of light through the ribbed glass 10
relatively Ga per cent In horizontal
planes to per cent in plain glass.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
Fortune Seeking Enisrnnts.

Many a poor family that seeks the west
crn wilds in the hope Of winning fortune,
is preserved from that insduous foe Of the
enigrant and frontiersman-chils and fever
by Hostetter'S Stomach Bitters. So effect
ually does tina. Incompatible medicinal de-
Tense fortify the system against the COM
bined influence. Of u malarious atmosphere
and miasma-tainted water, that protected
provided with it, may safely encounter the
danger.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
rhe Nomnn of MANY ms.

OF course you know at least one of
her kind, says a writer III the Philadel.
phia Times. I refer to the woman Of
many ills, either imaginary or. other
wise, that she insists upon recounting
to every person who unfortunately
comes within ear-shot. She Is the
feeble creature who one day has heart
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
safe Durins the. World. Fair.

Snfe During the. Worlds Fair.
Chicago Man-There goes the luckiest
man in the city.
Boston Man Successful in specula-
j ton. eh?
Chicago Speculation nothing!
He has no relations and not friend In
the w0rld.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
disease, the next is seized with inflam.

disease, the next is seized with innam-
matory rheumatism. and on the third
Is quite certain that she Is suffering
from some fncurable malady that Is
sapping her life away. With ghoulish
glee she dwel1s on her various symp-
toms and the rapid progress toward
the grave that she is hourly making.
She fingers over all the narrowing de-
tails, and is very much put out If you
do not appear to enjoy the tenor of
her conversation She dOtes on medical
works and reads with avidity Of every
known ailmenu that has ever visited
the frame of poor humanity. If new
disease Is mentioned in the papers, be-
fore twenty hours have passed over her
head she imagines herself the victim
of the latest malady and is quite hurt
if any one else of her acquaintance
should dare to be more seriously ill
than herself. Notwithstanding the fact
that she is tottering on the brink of
the grave, she is able to eat her three
meals day with astonishing relish,
and if there is anything on hand of
especial interest she forgets for the
time being what an invalid she is and
appears to enjoy the amusements of
the healthy with as much zest as do
those mOrtalS who cannot confess to
an ache or a pain. In fact, she is an
all around humbug who bores every
one but the doctors and the chemists
and for them she is Il never ending
source of profit, though at times she
must be a bit wearisome even to them.
Work Done by Wealthy Women.
xr-t,N 1ol- 70 lpsfi0 nc
for one of the exchanges was COM
planning recently that those who do
this work for living are frequently
undersold by women who do not have
to earn their bread. but who want to
add to their pin money, says the Brook
Ign Eagle. She said: These women
surely ought not to exhibit their work
for sale at emporiums which were
primarily established to help wage earn
ers. Do they not defeat the very pur-
pose of the exchange by so doing? They
have more leisure than we do. They
can afford to take up the finest kind
Of fancy work, ard as they do not de.
pend for the necessities of life upon
what they earn they are often willing
to sell for less than we can afford to,
and the worst of it is they often have
wealthy friends who desire to purchase
their articles. There is just one point
in all this, and that is that these women
should seek to sell at stores managed
upon q purely business basis rather
than at these salesrooms, which were
organized to help needy women earn
a living. But some few unsuccessful
workers would go farther than this
and say that well-to-do women should
not attempt to earn money at all If
they so desire. One might as we'll say
that women in comfortable circum-
stances should not write books, paint
pictures or think out inventions fol
fear of competing with those less favor
ably placed. Mediocrity would be the
result. To forbid all women the indus
trial field who are not absolutely driv
en- to work would be Il step backward
rather than forward in the progress OF
Womankind.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01

The first wooden bridge. so far as known,
was. the Sublician bridge at Rome, built
in the seventh century.