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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-02-09
shroye Tuesday and Ash Wednesday

ASH wednesday usueteu IN tue season o.
Lent The day derives its name from tn,
Office of the Catholic Church, which opened
with the solemn ceremony of putting ashes on
the foreheads of the faithful The ushes are
obtained by burning the palms used on Palm
SUNDAY If the previous year.
Last Tuesday was called Shrove Tuesday
In olden times, Shrove, or Confession Tide,
occupied whole week in some countries II
is the special season for members nf the Cath
Ollie Church 10 confess their sins. Shrove.
tide in England became season of fasting
aud merriment-esp especially Shrove Tuesday,
the eve of the forty-day Lenten fast. Ia this
country, as well as in England, this day is in
many places still recognized as Pancake
Day -
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Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction "a, IN
was tod by her doctors she had CONSUMPTION
and thet there was no hope for her ~ t,So
bottles of Dr. Kings New discovery
enred her and she says it saved her lifa NJ.
Thomas Eggers, 1879 Florida street: Sa,s ran
cisco, suffered from dreadful cold Sah ~
ing consumption, tried without re- '',rt.
thing else then bought one bottle of n. E,ogs
New Discovery and in two weeks w. ..l Ms
He Is naturally thankful. It is such results, of
which these are samples, that provo ~ son
derful efficacy of this medicine in .ns
colds; Free trial bottles. Regular sssa socts
and 81, For sale by W. W. Padgett e. III IA.
haeeO ~ koIl ~
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Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so well known and
so popular as 10 need no special mention. All
who have used Electric Bitters sing the same
song of praise, A purer medicine does not exist
and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed.
Electric Bitters will all diseases of the ly.
er and kidneys, will remove pimples, boils, salt
rheum and other affections caused by impure
prevent as well as cure all malarial fevers. For
cure of headache, constipation and indigestion
try Electric Bitters-entire satisfaction gaaran-
teed, or money refunded. Price Scots and 81
per bottle. For sale by W W. Padgett, Port
Tobacco.
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Mr.. ". ". Brent who was left by his
late father, Judge George Brent, deceased,
Trustee, under his will, has filed bill in
equity in the Circuit Court for this county,
asking TO be relieved of the Trust. No an
swer has as yet been filed IN the case by his
sister. and brother who are made defendant
in the suit
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CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice,
having hsd Tlaced in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula Of simple veg.
etahle remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure Of Consumption. Bronchitis, Catarrh,
Asthma and all throat and Larg Affections,
also positive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative powers
in thousands of cases, has felt il his duty TO
make it known to bis suffering fellows. Ac-
tuated 10y this motive and desire to relev,
human suffering. | will send free Of charg,
to all who desire it, this recipe, IN German,
French or English, with full directions for
preparing and using. Sent by mail by adj
dressing with stamp, naming this paper
w. A. MOVES, 800 Powers Block, Roches-
ter, New York. NH 6-y
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DOBBINS' NEW
"Oleine''
SOAP

Is the best Oleine Soap ia the world,
as one trial will demonstrate. 1t is
the result Of twenty-seven years of
experience in the man fracture Of
the old and well-kuown Dobbin,'
Oleine Soap, during which tiue
we have been ,tudyine and learning
how to put the most raLuc into oar
of soap, while others have been ex-
perimentiug as to how mucn they
could reduce cost aud with it. as a
matter Of course, value.
What we have learned, we now,
for the frsi time, embody in popu-
lar Oleine Soap, and one triil will
satisfy you that it is what we say,
Olelue, the best Soap in the world.
ES-Ask your grocer for it, and don't
be put off with any other until you
have tried it yourself.
Dobbins' Soap Manufacturing Com
pany. Philadelphia.
|. l. CRAGIN h CO.,
oct i3-y Philadelphia. Pa
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Terms for Advertising.
Transient Rates.


Divine services will be held D. v, sun
dav, February llth, ut Pisgah, v. +. Church,
South, at 10 90 a. N, and same day at Chick
amu1en, at r. n The Trustees of PisRAh
Church are requested to meet at the church at
10 30, February tn.
]. C. SEDwICK, P. C.
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The little ones are the life and JOY of the
household, and no home is complete or natu-
raj without them. For ali their little ills and
worriments DR.. Fenner's Soothing Syrup is
superior to all others. Warranted to satisfy
or money refunded. For sale by all dealers
and W. W adgett. Port Tobacco.
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ORDER or PUBL1CA71 TON.

10 the Circnit Court for Charles County.
John J. Stafford, Plaintiff, against George X.
Petty, administrator o. John N. Lloyd, de-
cersed. and al.
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The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter,
chappeu han ds, chilblaiHs, corns, and all skin
eruptious, an positively cares piles or no pay
required 1t is guaranteed to give perfect s. +
isfaction or money refunded. Price Is cents per
box. For sale by W. W Padgett, Portr obaco
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-02-09

~ tried bottle of Salvation Oil on wound
and was cured within several days. never
had such good remedy as Salvation Oil in
my hands. Mrs j. G. Duncan, lexington,
Mo-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-02-09

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, die cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoris-
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
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Insurance Notice,
Parties wishing to insure their property
can do so by calling on B. A. HOWARD.
Bel Alton, Md dec 29-bin
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Rotal anO prsonal.

JEg- The Office Of The INDEPENDENT has been
rsrsops5 to re first floor 81 ne Masonic Hait,
.r,sassidielp opposite @' Episcopal Church
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-06-01

THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
Personnel and Powers of Great Britain's
Unpopular Legislative Branch


Unpopular Legislative Branch.
The English house of lords tor pcers)
consists of the whole peeragc of Eng
land and of certain representatives of
the peeragcs of Scotland and Ireland;
but, according to the st. Louis Post
Dispatch, many of these last have also
English titles which give them seats In
the house As, for instance, the duke of
Hncclench, Scotch peer, sits as carl
of Doncastcr, and the duke of Leinster,
an Irish peer, as Niscount Leinster.
According to the latest official list, cx-
elusive of twelve minors and one baron.
whose claim is not established, the
present house of lords is composed as
follows: Five princes of the blood, two
archbiShops, twcnty-one dukes, TWEEN.
ty-two marquises, one hundred and
fifteen carls, twenty-five viscounts,
twenty-four bishops, three hun.
"rcd and four harons, sixteen Scot.
hsh representative peers elected for
each parliament, and twenty-eight
Irish representative peers elected for
life. In all, five hundred and sixty.
All peerages are now hereditary, but
Uhtil 1856 there were occasional crea-
tions of life peeragcs. In that year,
however, it was decided that such peers
could not sit in the house, and since
then none have been made. Peerages
are lost by attaindcr for high treason,
and an attaintcd peerage can only be
restored by act of parliament-no by
the crown. The house of lords NAV
originate legislation of all kinds en-
cept money bills, which must come
from the house of commons. The for
mcr has also veto power upon the
legislation OF the latter, and can throw
out any bill from the lower house, no
matter how large majority it has re-
ceivcd there, 1t is this veto power
which, more than any and everything
else, makes the house of lords unpopu.
lar with the great mass of voters.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-06-01
UNCLE SAM LOST NOTHING.
report as to the Admnist ration of Cus
toms Affairs at the World, Fair.

report as to the Administra ration of Gus.
toms Affairs at the Worlds Fair.
Secretary Carlisle lately sent to the
house long report from John NJ.
Clark, late collector of customs at Chi
cago, relating to the administration of
customs affairs at the Worlds Colum-
ban exposition. The fact that total
of about four million passengers were
carried in safety to the lake in the
vicinity Of the city, the report SAYS, is
an eloquent testimony to the officers
ana men of the revenue marine service.
The business of the exposition in the
matter OF the foreign exhibits, the col
lettor points out, appears to have been
SO conducted that loss to the revenue,
II there has been any, has been so small
rs to be ilnmaterial. 1t is believed that
the fines and penalties collected and
paid INTO the treasury from those de.
trctcd Ill attempts to dcfraud the raye-
nur have amounted TO more than any
loss the government may possibly have
sustained from attempts that were sue.
cesslul.
Exhibits were received at the cypo.
sition from sixty different foreign ma.
tons, states and colonies. They con-
sisted of lG2, ,Go3 packages, valued in the
statement of the exhibitors at Sl4 1O7.-
69s, and required about 5000 cars to
transport them. OF these goods ahout
- per cent. have remained in this coun.
try. The result rf the appraisements
OF those entries for consumption or re-
warehouse, including value of goods in
which no invoices were received. was
to show an average increase of about
90 per cent. on foreign estimates of
value made by The exhibitor. The goods
entered for consumption paid the aver
age duty of 21.9l per cent. Assuming
this To have been fair average of the
duty on all exhibits, the collector esti
mated the American value of foreign
exhibits at S2S, ,O00, 900. The packages
acquired by various universities, col.
leg 5, schools, museums, etc, were
0, S2s, valued at II, ,5ja, ,oSO.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-06-01
PUZZLEF FOR THE ANTlQUARIANs
Reiics OF Race Who Lived on an Island
On the Ircnrh Cnnst.

A lady whose home is in the south Of
France writes to (oldthwaitc's Maga
Zine of visit she made recently to an
island on the coast of Brittany. Those
VINO have read the story of King
Arthur and his knights will remember
that they started out over the sea in
pursuit of the dragon. In this. the
Marbihan sea- is Il little island which
can be reached from the mainland
| only when the water is smooth. The
sole inhabitant is Breton shepherd,
who lives in little hut and spends his
time in caring for his sheep. The
party landed and were met bv the
kind-faccd old man, who led them over
the grassy slope where his flock was
tecding, and showed them the way
around II hill, on the east side of which
they found the entrance to tunnel.
lhls extended some distance, and its
loor, sides and roof were made of
immense fiat pieces of stone, covered
with hicroglyphs and figures 'looliinc
somewhat like Wrcaths and again like
colled scrpcnts." At the end of this
tunnel was n hall, also hoorcd, rooted
and walled with the same curious
stones. and in the center was an altar
and stone upon which it is thought
that human sacrifices have been Of
fcred. The strangcst part of all is that
no stones or rocks like those used in
this tunnel can be found on the island,
and at no place nearer than one hun.
dred miles inland. Who brought them?
How did they come? There is no rec
ord left-at least none has been found
to tell who these people were, or
anything about them. They must have
lived many centuries ago, but have
vanished entirely, yet their work is as
perfect apparently as when first built.
1t is thought that they may have been
Druids, who came here when they left
Great Britain; others, again, think
that they were worshpcrs of the ser.
pent god called lIoa. But it is coniec-
turc. All we know is that the stones
are there. strangely carved, skillfuily
put together, but of their builders
there is no tracp
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-06-01
WHAT FAD PARTIES ARE,
Each Guest Must Illustrate His Hobby and
Tell About 1t.

leu ABOUT
lsupposc you have heard about fad
parties, asks the New York Herald.
They are positively the latest dissipa-
ton of those who like to kill time.
The people who are invited to fad
party are expected to bring some OBJ
Jcct which represents their pet fad, and
each must talk about that fad, tell the
reason of its existence and everything
of interest about it. | went to fad
party the other evening. There we're
eight people four men and four
women.
1t was droll sight. One man sat
gingerly holding scarfpin, another
brandishcd a Malay krcesc, still an.
other fourshed Il photograph of a
famous actress, and the fourth man
toyed with a dainty snuff box.
The first had a mania for collecting
scarfpins, ana described some of his
experiences in picking them up. He
had Travelled the world over, and many
of his stories were hairlifting.
The next man had a wonderful col
lection of weapons, and his talk upon
them was decidedly entertaining and
instructive.
Then the youth who has Il passion for
the famous actress, and who has three
hundred photographs of the lady, spoke
sadly of his hopeless infatuation, and
the man with the snuff box took us
back to the days of powdered heads
and rustling bro2adcs.
The womcn's fad..wcrc quite as in
tercsting. One exhibited bit of rare
old china, and described the plates
and tcacups which line her drawing
room, telling many amusing stories of
her experiences in farmhouscs and
dingy little shops.
Another discourscd upon fans, hut-
tering meanwhile q priceless trihc of
lace and paint and fluff.
The third brought one of her scrap
books, and treasure house it proved
to be. For years she has been collect
ing pictures of famous people-not pho
tographs, but prints, wood cuts, litho-
graphs and the like.
Perhaps the most amusing fad was
that of Il very clever and scdatc Young
woman, who sat gravcly listening to
these various disclosures, holding a
huge japanese doll in her lap
'knowing.' said his owner. "Whv,
Dihbuutz knows more than the aver
age human. Indeed, am not alto
gcthcr sure he is not human. Look
at his new kimino made him bcau-
tiful red silk one not long since and
when put it on him he guashcd his
teeth and dartcd n look of rage at me.
He plainly did not like the color.
swell, not long after, came in
from a walk one day and picked him
up from his nest of cushions on the
divan, and what do you think? His
kimino was rent in twain, slit from
top to bottom in the back. You see,
he was determined not to wear any. !
thing so unbccoming to his style"
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-06-01

The most curious book In the world
Is one which is neither written nor
printed. Every letter is cut into tho
leaf, and us the alternate leaves are of
blue paper it is as easily read as tho
best printing. The book Is entitled
"rhe Passion of Christ" 1t Is very
old volume, and was q curiosity as
long ngo us 1910. 1t belongs to the
family of Prince de Ligne, and Is now
In France. Another book in which
the text is neither written nor printed,
but woven, has lately been published
by Roux, bookseller at Lyons. It is
made of silk. and was published In
twenty-five parts at ten francs each.
Each part consists Of two leaves, so
that the entire volume contains only
fifty leaves, inscribed with the service
OF the mass and several prayers. Both
the letters and the border are woven
In black silk on white ground.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-06-01
MAKING PRAYERS IMPRESSIVE,


the Opening of the Senate Sessions.
Vice President Stevenson has made
the opening ceremony in the senate
more impressive than it was by several
changes in the arrangements, SAYS the
Philadelphia Record. For example, a
few minutes before twelve O'Clock all
the pretty, pleasant little pages in
their knicllerbockcr suits range them.
selves directly in front of the scnatori.
al desks in scmicirclc each boy
standing in front of desk and being
separated from the next boy by the
space between the desks, SO that it is
well-ordcrcd line. Then ut one minute
before twelve the vice president him.
self walks in from his room behind the
chamber, followed by the chaplain,
Rev. DR.. Milburn, the blind man clio.
qucnt,' led by the smallest of all the
pages, who conducts him at Mr.. Stew.
enson's request, not as formerly to the
clerks desk, but to the vice presidents
own place, while the vice president
modestly takes his station at the side
of his desk on level with the clerks
desk, and the other officers of the sen.
ate form in line in front of the clerks
desk. The vice president takes up the
little white ivory barrel, which serves
him for u gavel, brings 1t down with a
light tap on his grcen-covered desk
and softly says: THE chaplain will
offer prayer" At this word every sen.
ntor in the chamber rises to his feet
and bows his head, if he does not close
his eyes, in what seems to be rever-
ential attitude, and remains thus while
the blind chaplain, in his musical and
sonorous voice, and always original
style, invokes the Divine blessing.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-06-01

NOTlCE-State OF North Carolina, Buncombc
~ county. by virtue of the power vested in
me as trustee in q certain deed of trust to me
executed by ID. ID. Smttle, of the county of Bur-
conibe and State of North Carolina, on the end
day of August, 1880, to secure the payment of
certain note for the sun, Of titty-fve hundred
dollars to ]. d. Bostc, default having been made
In the payment of said note when the same be.
came due and payable, and having been re.
quested Dy the present owner of said note Mrs
Julia Il. Woodcock, Is make sale of the Lands
hereinafter described, l will sell to the highest
bidder for cash. at the court house door In the ci,y
of Asheville North Carolina, on the ,oth dnv Of
June, 1894. at Ia o'clock meridian, tie iclloying
described land, situate, lying aud being In the
county of Bunconibe and State of North caro.
lima, bounded and described as follows, towit
beginning at stake on the east side OF Beaver,
dam road, Rays corner and runs thence with
said road north degrees and so minutes five
hundred and thirty-two and one-lialf feet to a
stake at the corner OF W. p. Blantons garden,
thence east nine hundred and eighty feet to a
stake at the fence, Kinberly's line; thence south
degrees west five hundred and sixty-nine feet
with kinberly's line to a stake in Rays line.
thence with Rays line north 81 degrees IS min.
utcs west nine hundred and twenty-four feet 10
the beginning, being the same premises con.
veyed by ]. d. to y. ID. Stttie by deed
bearing date the - day ----- iSo--. Said deed
oftrust Is registered In the Registers Office of
Bunconibe county, N. G., In book Of mortgages
and deeds Of trust No. az at page 100, TO which
reference Is hereby made, This the 10Th day Of
May 1884 j. G. MERRiMoN,
S-3odiot Trustee.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-06-01
THE FIRST TEST.
Doctors Give Chloroform Trial
as an AnDsthetic.
startling Results Obtained from Admins
trations OF the Cntried Drug-Dig-
nifcd Physicians In Gro
tcsque Attitudes.

While the discovery of anmsthetics in
surgery was made by an American 1T
is claimed for three different mcn-vet
the first use of chloroform for the pur.
pose was made by DR.. afterward Sir,
james Simpson. Chloroform is still
generally used by English surgeons,
while in this country most surgeons
prefer ether. A recent article in the
Century by Miss Eve Simpson, his
daughter, gives an interesting account
of her fathers experiments. In his
resolution to discover some new and
unobic ionable agent to produce in
scnsibility under the surgeons knife
he was bold almost to rashness. lie
tried every new compound first upon
himself, and then, with few devoted
medical friends, made further tests of
all such as seemed to promise success.
In the year 1si1, especially, he had
been working hard, holding. with Prof.
Miller, DR.. duncan and DR.. Keith, a
sort of annsthetic seancc every night
after supper. SO many strange, un-
pleasant and more or less dangerous
mixtures were tried by these gentle.
men that one of them, Prof. Miller,
made it his custom to make brief
call at breakfast time every morning
in order, as he would say, chccrfully,
to hear if any of the cxp>rimentcrs of
the evening before were dead yet.
1t was one evening in November,
after having tried several other sub.
stances with little effect, that DR..
Simpson bethought himself of small
bottle of chloroform which he had
meant to try and which must be some
where about the place. A search was
instituted, and it was found under n
heap Of waste paper.
1t was tried at once. Immediately a
delightful excitement seized upon the
doctors; their talk became brilliant,
mirthful and then positively hilarious.
Prof, Miller, Mrs. Simpson, and one or
two members of the family who were
present, became much interested in
listening to the doctors as they cxpa-
tiatcd upon the charms, qualities and
prnf Mn nI;,Ion mJ.,S n,,.,, Va '.e he" n'''o'
.c,,,,''', o ~ '''.. '',r''H ,' "'i"' c''S"c":
sound. vi,s hnirr. ,n 'ne't ", w, WAS 'alk OF
,on MI, '"s ,nt,, '."." ''No '''oSc ol COT
NOVA ,l,on ] al, ,,'aa "','' .. -o.''oi ''o'nehU
cr,sI, ~" vas 4"'o'' anu 'heh II
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Asheville daily citizen., 1894-06-01
AN ANIMALS GRATITUDE.
How 1t Was Clearly shown by wild
llrrcss

|
savage beasts, even in their native
wllds, sometimes recognize an act of
kindness, and show their gratitude BY
the most unmistakablc signs" re-
marked an old sea captain recently.
"a number of years ago the ship which
then commanded was becalmed off
the coast of India, and, taking boat
OF men, | went ashore in search Of
fresh water. In some way became
separated from the crew, and in wan
dering around was good deal startled
ut coming directly upon a full grown
tlgrcss. Much to my surprise, the
beast did not make any hostile demon.
strations toward me, but cronching
on the ground looked steadfastly,
first at my face and then ut tree n
short distance away. For time
could not understand this conduct, and,
not daring to run for fear she would at
once overtake me, stood rooted to
the spot. Presently the tigrcss arose
and walked to the tree, looking back
ward as She went. On turning my
gaze aloft, saw among the branches
of the tree what had caused the evident
solicitation of the tigress. There,
pcrched in one of the limbs, sat big
baboon with two little tiger cubs in its
arms Having an aX with me | start.
ed to cut the tree down, the tigrcss
watching me intcntly all the while.
When the tree fell and tho throe ami.
mails with it, the tigress pounced upon
the baboon and with great fury dis
patched it. After gently caressing her
offspring she turned to me with n look
which plainly expressed her thanks for
the service had rendered her. She
then disappeared in the forest, her two
cubs trotting behind her"