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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

lqcki FEN her woAGlN AahGalN slH i5a sssEf tsSt, qsSt
ht the only honest one. in the lot, a
Young Irishman, and she asked him
how much he would charge to take
ller to pier s, Richmond.
"'Wcll;" he said, 'Oi cuddent do it
fur a clint under swim dollars. 1t nd
take four hours
"Then she told him that she was
going TO join her husband in the south,
and that she hadn't but ten dollars
with her, aud she would need most of
it for other things, aud SO he dropped
TO three, for lie was ,jist back from the
ar-r-my' himself, and 'wuddent rob a
soldiers wife, aud the trunk and crib
and rocking chair were piled on the
old trap, and the mother aud baby
climbed into the musty interior, aud
jolly, gloomy, intcrminable ride began.
"Richmond aud pier were reached
at last, and the Irishnan and the little
woman, both loaded with baggage,
went, as directed, out 10 the end of the
pier and across four vessels in all
stages of lading, until the Sarah Jane
was reached. The captain was on
shore and the mate was so taken by
surprise that trunk and furniture were
deposited on the deck and the hack
man was paid and had gone before he
recovered enough 10 ask what under
the sun she wanted.
"'Are you the captain of this YES
sel?' asked the little woman. And
when he said that he was not and that
the captain had gone ashore, but was
expected back soon, she calmly said
she'd wait and seated herself in the
little rocking chair, between trunk
and cradle, and rocked to and fro,
singing softly to the baby, until after
while big, round-shouldered, down
east Captain Grimes made his appear
ance.
"'How de do, momY' he said. Pm
Cappen Grimes aud the boys sez you
want to see me-
"'Captain Grimes, weren't you ex-
pecting me?' And her heart began to
sink.
"'Wal, no, nom! can't say as
exactly was.' Then looking at the
trunk, you don't mean to tell me as
you calculate to ship with us?'
"'Why, was sent tor to Balti.
more by Mr.. Smith of the paymaster-
generals Office, and he wrote me that
he had arranged everything and that
l was to sail for Wilmington on the
Sarah Jane first thing in the morning.
And nearly ready TO cry, the poor lit
tic thing stood there in the lantern
light with her baby hugged tight TO
her breast, the picture of distress.
sd never sot eyes on your Mr..
Smith, and never hearn tell of him,
and there amt no possibility for you
to go on any such craft as this here, "
said the old fellow, $50 you'd jes:
better come ashore with me, nom, and
I'll take you to respectable tavern VI
1.-The little girl nearly broke down,
but with tears in her eyes and great
sobs in her voice, she told the captain
her story and begged him to take her
And when he said that lie had nc
room, no place in which he could pul
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

In one OF the great Pennsylvania
manufactures there was recently an
apparent discrepancy in the accounts
involving a matter of 5000 pounds Of
scrap iron. The clerks spent two
whole days over the dgures and final
ly gave up the task of trying to make
the accounts balance. Several days
later the office boy took a notion to
amuse himself by adding a column OF
figures on sheet Of paper which hap
pened TO be on the desk before him,
but somehow he could not make the
footings agree with the amount seq
down. His curiosity was quickened
and, not being pressed with work, he
examined each figure minutely and
discovered a fly speck at the side OF
the figure one, in the thousand col
umn. which made it look precisely
like a four. Each of the clerks had
called it a four, and but for the sharp
eyes of the boy, the mystery would
have probably remained unexplained.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
Egyptian Incubation,

Egypt the art of incubating chicks
ut the warmth of a sitting hen
Wy zen known from the earliest
nas and it is practiced today on
'in which chicken ranches on the
'01 icientific plan do not display. A
n'o en- will superintend the Matching
Ae" larter of q million chickens
u few months, and it is calcu-
WI hat nearly a hundred million
ia'e are thus incubated in Pharoah
LOW slnually. A dispute is going on
iau1 1,hether artificially hatchcd fowls
~ fertile as those which are
ae d by the hen. 1t is question
ns' the naturalist can only settle
wH temalic inquiry into averages.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

Twas an attempt 10 obtain money
u'lcr false prcteLcc., for the scoun-
Cel was only an impecunious clerk in
Il office aud of bad reputation as was
aerwards found.
"At last letter came, written as
uial on official paper. stating that
ID chance had come, that the coal
sooner Sarah Jane would sail for
u station from pier s, Richmond,
j't outside of Philadelphia, on the
FLOWING Wednesday aud that the lit
4 woman should come to Philadel-
pia on the train arriving at O'Clock
hesday evening aud should go to
lruger's Hotel on Blank street, where
Mr. j. G.. Smith would meet her and
GO that she was made comfortable
nd put OH the vessel in the best shape
Imaginable.
''rhen she was happyl She told
er aunt that she and the baby were
.oing to join Jim aud in spite of the
trOngest protestations proceeded to
Jack her trunk.
"She had never travelled, except
rom the native farm down on the
astern shore 10 Baltimore, and the
I'D lady insisted that in her inexperi-
mce and with young baby she would
meet with all sorts of trouble and
would probably not get their alive.
Smith had stated in his letter that
there was only room in the Sarah Jane
for one passenger and so the aunt
could not have gone too.
"In spite of everything, however,
the trunk was packed and with the
baby's crib aud the pet rocking chair
was put on board the train late Tues
day afternoon and the little woman
and the baby had a whole seat tC
themselves and ratified over to Phila-
,Ielphia in the bumpety-bump fashion
of the sixties. Holding the baby Oh
one arm the little mother pulled out
Smiths letter and read it over two OIL
ti.ao t;,nas aud auaru fina lha raau /
her mind misgave her more. Tit
most innocent, unsuspecting person il
the world herself, some good ange
must have put suspicion into hel
mind, or, if not suspicion, at least th'
idea that it would be safest TO g
straight to the schooner, for might i
noiStail without her if she went to th'
~ = e. .~.A.. Ia. az. Enamel Paint Il
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

Sir WIN. Dalby, consulting auraI
surgeon to St. Georges Hospital, has
been noting down some ''strange in-
cidcnis in practice is to say,
certain cases within his own expert
ence as medical practitioner-which
he confesses himself unable TO account
for by any course of cause aud effect
with which the profession can be said
to be at all accurately familiar. The
most curious have reference 10 the
effects of emotion on the various
senses. One is that of lady who
was standing before her toilet table
aud looking through an open door into
her husbands dressing room, when
she saw IN a mirror the reflection of
her husband in the act Of cutting his
throat. From that moment she was
absolutely deaf. A similar sudden
and complete loss of hearing happened
some years later to a young married
woman who was suddenly confronted
with her husbands dead body at the
time when she believed him to be
quite well, and when she was going
to meet him alter long absence.
On various occasions Sir William
Daily has noted the remarkable effects
produced upon hearing by emotional
influences not only by great mental
shocks, but by mental strains. He has
known not only sudden grief but also
overwhelming joy, instantly to make
person quite deaf. Sir William
DAILY has known the sense of smell to
be lost by very strong emotional in
huences, and with this the sense of
taste. A remarkable instance of loss
of faculty is that of brother physi-
clan. who in boyhood found himself
suddenly deprived of the power of
speech. He was a man of middle age
and robust appearance. HIS hearing
was perfect aud he could understand
all that was said, but his replies were
always communicated by pencil and
and paper. Ono day this physician
announced that the power of speech
had returned as suddenly as it had or
iginally left him. He added that he
was entirely unable TO ascribe the re-
covory to any cause, and Sir William
oanfcssas that his experience does moi
enable - ID offer any explanation
Gst, Jasa NJ Gazette.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

ler and nothing to give her 20 eat, she
declared that she could sleep on deck
aud If they had hard tack and water
that would DC enough for her. and sse-
ing denial still in his grilr old face
she choked down her sobs and sat
resoutely down in her chair and said
she would stay, they must take her.and
that was the end of it. The captain
still eXpostulated. but she said with
lofty air that the letter from the pay
master general of the navy, which she
had in her pocket, was authority
CROUCH for him. and that he'd be paid
for the passage if that was what he
wanted. aud that (with great empha-
sis) she --going-to-stay!
"Then she rocked back and forth
with great spirit, and as the baby be-
gan TO whinper, Yes, mothers dar-
ling, it is going to sue its father, and
no cruel-hearted old sailor is going to
make it stay any longer! There,
there, there, go-to-slecp, go-to-sleepP
at was hard fight, but she won!
The old fellow gave in grulnblingly
and went below to see about ways and
means. He guve her his own bunk
and rugged up screeus for her, and
she had presence of mind enough to
smile aud thank him warmly when he
showed her the miserable hole, and to
praise the greasy bacon and hard tack
aud wletched coffee they brought her
in the morning.
"The voyage was hard one, but
she sat on deck in her chair all day
long. The few men on board were
very respectful, and the captain and
mate made much of tie baby. There
was nasty weather rounding Cape
Hatteras, and at one time they were
in great danger, but the little woman
could not be made TO go below.
Advice, entreaties nor commands had
any effect. Stationing herself abaft
the mainmast, or somewhere on deck,
she stuck out the storm, her eyes
turned always to the sou'-sou'- west,
where Jim was.
''And when at last they glided be-
hind the breakwater and the harbor-
masters boat put out TO meet them,
with Jim on board, there she stood,
near the bow, her baby in her arms,
her eyes brimming With tears and her
face transtigured wifh gladness.n
''' vs. az p'"skssllisle girl 4 ssi.ssI
bror, H. =, sndn iiia- aisT0sieT poo
: wife was in those days. But did the
a never learn anything more about ihs
fellow, Smith?n
Eyes! The husband wrote to
friend i'll the office and the matter wa
investigated. Smith was discharge
with little extremely plain talk froI
the general which resulted in his dc
parture for other scenes"
, "But where comes in that vivi
personal interest which YOU said vo
had in the storyYn asked Middle
1 brook.
e "Why," said Pond, as he relighle
= his cigar, 81 married the baby
Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

.
t1llEur quail with one shot
- he championship record"
rank Noisinger Yesterday.
w don't want to boast, but
tIeman who killed twenty
uail with one shot must
ack seat for Killed 10 less
rtv with one shot, and | can
with afidavits 1t was soon
e of the early falls of snow
ar and caught sight of a
'' probably sixty huddled to-
ndcr hedge. knclt down
u probably thirty yards drew
a from the centre of the brown
al only fired one shot, but
rye scattered well, and |
p thirty quail
stopped to see the effect of
IIc evidently read in
ms p written on the faces of his
~ slIor he added;
"oai t. souch of Princeton, and |
ea' it by the man who was
eau Was it sportsmanlike? Oh,
WIN know, knew could break
w" d and-well, am little
''e IF it, but it is done and |
@'"' ling more to say. ."-[kansa'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
Do You Like to Fish:

An Oregon newspaper declare
that the place for sportsmef
to 90 lust now is to Okanogan River
The stream is said TO be full of trout
and that section OF the country b
the natural home Of cauyasback ami
teal duck, and also of wild geeso
Within an hours walk from the towr
of Okanogau the mountains are over
run with deer and other game, whil'
A few miles further back mountain
lions and bears furnish all the spor'
that more ambitious hunters migh'
alesiraL
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
cling Up Their Old Ships.

Union, says the IrOnmOnger,
Ig ground in the North of
that, with one million tons of
lying idle, much of which
' as bo used again because it is
"ii mind cannot be worked sue
0O' =, againss the economical mod
ef steamer, it is the duty of
gu break it up and put the old
y" the market. Much of this
ne' york has already been done on
'ot he, the Mersey, at Belfast and
'ne brow, and it is probable that
AZ nlS9S further number of old
"u 1ill share this fate. Many of
81" cents who have ships on sale
'"0 recommend this course. It
" merit of common sense in it,
mas le ships cannot in future find
a. rative employment, they may
ien Il be converted into money as
as Is possible, and clear away a
soo onnage which is standing in the
vas of further legitimate develop
way in sailing ships and steamships
men j.. .nno
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

Like those who travel eastward through
the day,
We journey on along Life's devious way;
Behind us each a shadow basteneth
And suddenly, ere we are quite aware,
Lo! at our side presence mute is there
To be our fellow to the door of DEATH
Darker the path each moment grows and
then
At last the journey done, Night falls again;
And with the Shadow we lie down to rest,
And slumber peacefully upon Earth's breast.
IF. ID. Sherman, in Harper's Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

THE man who hates his enemies
does not love God.
A BAD man hates the things that
can do him good.
CHRIST was Gods idea Of what a
man should be,
WHEN we try to please everybody
we shall please nobody.
No WOUND can hurt so badly as the
one inflicted by friend.
Tue world demands OF a Christian
al that the Bible requires.
A LIE turns pale whenever it finds
out that truth is on its track.
BEWARE of the man whose wife is
always saying he has no faults.
IT is no harder for God to make
mountain than grain Of sand.
WHEN you get giant down, stick
to him till you cut his head of.
1T is easier to backslidc at camp
j meeting than il is. Y a,shipwreck
" "a. re.,I---"ff''f d'''-- '-'F' = trv-
mahza - uAioUIIUltNVi ICtlNIo
The devil aoSes IL nanEaibund
people who do not giy6half enough.
The higher men rise outside Of
Christ, the farther they have to fall.
IT is when we are willing to go
down ourselves that Christ is lifted up
WE do not have to travel far to find
out that all hogs do not wear bristles.
THERE are too many people who
are only plous when things go right.
GOD can say things to the poor
that be cannot even hint at to the
rich.
THE world Is full of heroes whose
names will never be known in this
life.
SOME people Will sell their souls
very cheapIy for the promise of spot
cash.
WE lose our own possessions the
moment we begin to covet those OF
another.
THERE is nothing against which
the Bible warns US that is not way
Of death.
SALN ALTON Is CUuullluucu upOu Oul
being willing to receive it through
Christ
WHAT the devil did in the Garden
nf Eden every sinner would try to do
in Heaven.
No MAN has ever yet been able to
climb into Heaven on ladder OF his
own make.
WHEN God calls for volunteers, it
is not always giants who are the first
to step out.
WHEN a man measures himself he
always does it with a badly shrunken
yardstick.
THE kind of religion that warns
and cheers is the kind that is full OF
sunshine.
IT is only in man and through man
that the love of God can be seen and
understood
WE will not break any Of the other
commandments so long as we keep
| the first one
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

- ,..ss7si, .e,-t NV ~ a'~s .sssg
Der nothing Of the war myself, |
have vivid personal interest in this
event."
''Let us hear it," said the Judge.
"Its only fair that the other side
should be given a chance" And call
ing for cigars the Judge settled back
in his easy chair in a comfortable way,
as good listener as he was a talker.
"The little woman in my mind, ;"
said Pond, "was living in Baltimore
in 1862. She was only twenty, but
had been married two years, and q girl
baby of nearly year occupied her
time day and night. Six months be-
fore her husband had been sent to
North Carolina and was acting as
naval storekceper at an important
station of the North Atlantic squad
ron, and she had been left i'll a board
ing house with widowed aunt.
''It was awfully hard on the poor
little thing TO live away from her hus-
band, but of course it was 10 place for
her down there; so she had to make
the best of it on his infrequent letters.
She actually used TO put the baby up
in her high chair and make believe that
she was jim just back from the south,
and she'd tell her how much she loved
him, and how lonesome she'd been
while he was gone, and what a good
baby she had been and how glad he
would be to sec her, until she was all
mixed up in her personal pronouns
and broke down and cried over her
own poor little game.
''In fact, it only took about seven
months to make her desperate In
spite of Jim's description of the desc
lation of the place, and i'll fact partly
because of it, she made up her mind
to join him. Three-quartcrs of Jim's
salary had been coming to her every
month from the paymaster generals
office in Philadelphia, and so she
wrote to that official aud told him
plainly that she must get transporta-
ton 10 Wilmington, n. c., and that
she would die, or something of the
sort, if she didn't. In a few days a
reply came. OH official paper, signed
81. c. Smith, assistant, stating that ii
was practically impossible to comply
with her request, but that an oppor-
tunity might come by some possibility
at some future day, and asking fur
ther particulars as to her reasons,
whether her husband was sick and
whether she was strong enough to
stand such rough journey.
"The little woman replied in full
and thinking u. G. Smith TO be a
person of great Importance, made as
strong an appeal to him as possible.
His reply, which came promptly,
strengthened her idea of his impor.
tance, for he stated that he had beer
touched by her appeal and that it wa:
fortunate that her original letter had
come to him, for he would be able tC
do more for her than any one in Phil
adelphia. Aud then more question.
were asked and the correspondent,
was continued, on her part with the
single idea that the good Mr.. Smith
was doing mis- best 10 secure her pas
sage to Wilmington, while on his par
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

LII lies are great
travellers.
kTHE riches that
run to us soon
fly away.
w HEREvE z n
there is selfish
ness there is sin.
THE greatest
Of all duties is
the present one.
GOD is never
loved until His
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
TRUMPET CALLS.
LII lies are great

Rams Horn sounds Warning Note 20
the Unrndeemeh.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
SAFETY DEVICES.

After several weeks wrestling over
the question, the United States senate
has passed, with some amendment, the
bill requiring that all railway trains en-
gagged in interstate commerce traffic
shall be provided with air brakes and
specified safety devices for coupling.
A feature Of the bill which seems most
admirable is a clause relieving those
engaged in coupling cars from all re-
sponsibillty in case the safety devices
are not properly constructed. Ranked
by life insurance companies among the
most hazardous of all employments is
that of the rail road brakeman. There
lacks no proof that this Judgment is
just. Of the great army of brakemen,
almost one-half of them ar e going about
minus fingers, arms and legs. There can
benoQueStion but thatth occupation is
extremely and unnecessarily risky. The
law as it now stands does not protect
those engaged in it as it should; it
stands decidedly on the side of the rail-
way corporations, for it holds the brake
man who is engaged in coupling cars,
ETC., to the rule Of contributOry negli
gence if he makes the slightest mistake.
With such condition Of the law it is
no wonder that the railway companies
continue to use this mankilier system.
The companies employ corporation at
torneys who are paid a fixed salary, and
it is far cheaper to fight the suits
brought by the manned railway EN-
ployes. by which others can be fright
ened from bringing SUIT on the ground
that they were to some extent guilty of
not taking the caution they might have
taken, than to put on the safety devices
which would lessen by very large per
cent the chances for injury.
Every state legislature should adopt
a law similar TO the one before congress.
The air brake has been proved to be as
easily used upon freight as passenger
trains. 1t is more expensive, of course.
than the present mankilIer system of
freight train coupling and braking, but
the interests of humanity demand that
it should be adopted. Human life and
limb are too precious to be frittered
away to serve the interests of soullesS
corporations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
BETWEEN CONTINENTS.

A Southern genius proposes to erect
a pneumatic tube twelve inches in di-
ameter between the United States and
Europe, through which mail matter,
large packages, grain and petroleum
may pass. There seems to be nothing
impracticable in the scheme. A pneu-
matte tube need not lie in a direct line;
this fact has been demonstrated beyond
cavil. Why, then, is the possibility
doubted? This is quite clearly one of
the accomplishments of the near future.
There stands in the way of the project,
seemingly, only the interests of the cap
italistS who have invested i'll tranS-At-
lantic cables. For If the pneumatic tube
proves successful, the cable must be rel
egated to the past. 1t is figured that by
the tube a message will be not more
than three hours on the way. AT first
this method of transmission Will prob
ably be more expensive than by the
cable, but it will be much more salts
factory. Not only will news be trans
mltted in full, and as it could not well
be by cable, but material articles can
be sent that way. 1t seems almost
clear that it will not be many years
until the telegraph system will have to
take an inferior seat to better ways of
sending things.