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RUNS 200 MILES AN HOUR.
Terrific Speed Is Claimed for Newly
EesiSncd Electric Locomotive.

Terrific Speed Is Claimed for Newly
Designed Electric Locomotive.
A locomotive that win run 200 miles
an hour has recently been completed at
the Baldwin Locomotive Works in
Philadelphia. 1t is called the lightning
express electric locomotive. Nothing
that resembles 1t has ever been con-
structed. 1t is announced that with
this locomotive a speed OF 100 miles an
hour has been made privately. This
would bring Chicago within five hours
ride OF New York.
In appearance the new locomotive
gives hardly a suggestion of its speed.
There is little mechanism visible, as the
motors are hidden In jackets Of steel
with the exception OF the driving
wheels, whose length and solldity are
not SO apparent from their size as from
their construction. The locomotive has
the appearance of an ordinary baggage
car. While not in the least resembling
the conventional locomotive in out
ward appearance, this one is considered
the most complete in the world. The
frame Is made OF 10-inch rolled steel
channels. surrounded by a half-lnch
rolled steel plate, covering the entire
floor The plate Is an important de-
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The CUR Disanpenrinr.

1t Is rather a disturbing thought to
feel that great portions of the carth's
surface are slipping away, as in the
case OF a mountain In Gard. France.
Niagara changing, or that the Gulf of
Mexico is being gradually filled up. The
latter change is predicted by the St
Louis Republic.
| In the years to come, the Biographies
will make no mention of the Gulf Of
Mexioo, bat will picture an immense
iraet of lowland in its stead. the man
beingprobabIy provided wlih footnote
something like this: "Note-There IS a
tradition that this level tract of swami
land was once a billowy sea several
hundred miles long, embracing all that
fountry between Mexico and Cuba Oh
the west and east and Yucatan and
Louisiana on the south and NORTH
This state of affairs is being gradually
but surely brought about by the Mis-.
sissippi and other United States rivers,
which annually deposit millions of tons
IF sediment in the CULTS bottom. Elk.
pert photographers declare that the
Mississippi alone annually deposits
mud sufficient In the gulf to cover org
square mile. Of its bottom 10 q th.ekness
of Two l5andre1 and fortS frel.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

4 writer in London Answers quotes
the talk OF the resident physician of a
large asylum for the insane, who says
that persons confined in such institu-
tons often display an inventive turn Of
mind One Of his own patients believes
himself shut up in the old Fleet prison
for the national debt, and in the hope Of
raising The wherewithal TO pay this
trifiing sum and so obtain release, has
devoted himself To nyenting things
Strange to say. among a host of abb
suIgl ideas, he has produced two which
are really practicable. His friends and
| have supplied him with such harmless
materials as he requires, and he has
just finished a simple automatic con-
trlvanee for the head of a lawn tennis
racket. to pick up the balls and abolish
STOPPING. 1t acts perfectly well, and
I'm so convinced there's money in it
that I've advised his friends to secure
Il patent for him in case he becomes
cured.
His other invention is OF n different
kind, being a really etficacious prevent
i've of seasickness. It's very simple;
two Of its components are in every
kitchen and the rest in every chemists
shop. have successfully tested 1t my
self on two occasions when crossing
the channel in very stormy weather.
As an instance of the cleverness of
lunatics. ii may interest you to know
that very valuable Improvement con-
nected with machinery, now in daily
Use everywhere. was Invented by the
inmate of an asylum well known to ey-
cry one by name. AS he is now quite
cured. and is somewhat prominent
man, / won't mention any details; but
his invention, designed and modelled
as diversion while absolutely insane,
has since brought him In thousands OF
pounds.
A unatic at an asylum where l was
once assistant physician invented fiy-
ing machlne, and had unique method
Of suspending it in mid-air "Atmos-
pheric pressure being fifteen pounds to
the square .nch," he said, Il have sim
ply to exhaust all the air from above
my air-ship by an enormous air-punp
fixed over the whole deck. and the air
pressure underneath will hold the ship
up"
told him he'd need another air-pump
on top of the first one to exhaust the air
that would he pressing that pump
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their one object is to get well.
They have no confidence in them
selves, and only topoftcn lose faith IL
their physiciansf
All irregularitie les, whites. bearing.
down pains, nervousness headache,
backache. " blues, distaste for society,
sounds in ears, palpitation, cmacia-
ton, heavy eyes, ''all gone" feeling,
dread of impending evil, sleeplessness,
etc, should at Office be removed and
vigorous health assured.
Lydia Z. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Com
pound has for twenty years saved
women from all this. Hear tbs wo-
man speak -
q wish to publish what Lydia E.
PinlSham's Vegetable Compound and
Sanativc Wash have done for me. ] had
falling of the womb and leucorrbsa
and they have cured me of both. am
a well woman. ] suffered dreadfully
with such dragging pains in the lower
part of the back and extending around
the body, irritation of the bladder,
pain when walking and painful men
situation: weakened terribly. / had
been treated by three doctors without
much help, and it only took FIVE
bottles Of your Compound and three
packages of Sanative Wash to cure me.
/ can recommend them to all women
suffering with complaints like these. -
Mas. vAxNArTA, 1927 n. Broad st.
Philadelnhia. Pa
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BarbarOus PractIccs IN England.
That the barbarous practice OF i'm
mersing noisy women In ponds or
streams was in full swing at the close
OF the seventeenth century is evident
from the "Chamberlain's Roll for the
city OF London. issued by the Historical
Manuscripts Commission. The duck
Ing stool provided. with the new chair
for 1t, and the apparatus bought for
branding felons in the face are the
most outrageous entries
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NEW STYLES IN SKATES.
Large Assortment t. Select from Thl,
Season.

With the opening of the ice-ska ting
season the business Of selling and buy
Ing skates picks up. says the Chicago
Record. Persons who last year did not
purchase skates on account of their
failure to decide on pair in the large
assortment offered have much harder
time this season. They have several
new styles to consider.
Many of the old styles have been
placed on display this year with one or
more improvements tackled to them.
Some have been so thoroughly subject
e. to fruits of the inventors mind
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1t Is hardly a comp iment TO say that any
)ne IS clipped. bal anyone is pretty badly
dipped who suffers with sciaiica. II is in
The hip that the excrucIatlng pain takes hold
and toriures. 1t Is just there where 81.
Jacobs Oil. with its soothing penetration,
RAs done some OF It's most remarkable wor
Il cure. Those who suffer thus, therefor.
need not drsp ir Of cure when this great
rsmtdy for pain can be had so readily. and rs
i Is known rs a sure cure. b. sure to get it
and insure sp'e y and perfect radiance Of
the INTENSE misery. There a.s cases OF coa-
hrmed Gripping from this malaty which
this great remedy has effeclulliy enrel and
restored The sufferer to sound condition.
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A rare old volume known as Frank.
ln's Prayer Book" fetched $3.50 at a
book sale In Boston. This is an abridg-
ment Of the English book of common
prayer. with the psalter, which was
made. as Benjmain Franklin told q
correspondent, '.by noble Lord Of
my acquaintance at whose reques. aae
(Franklin) Abridged the cateciilsm and
singing psalms and wrote the pref.
ace. II is Interesting to note that DR..
Franklin cut the catechism down TO
two questions: ''What Is your duty to
God? What is your duty to your neigh
horI" with answers.
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whers ths wiIl.o'-tac.w.sp I. Seen

Where ths wssp Il seen.
The American who would tell the
west European that he had Aeset seen
Juch o I,autcth, OF wlll-o-the.wisp.
would not be believed. In Ireland. Nor.
mandy and sehleswlgI Iolsteid the *.
nus fatuus Is so frequent d phehomchon
that It Il known to old and young by
dozens OF familiar names, and even
further south, In the French lands and
on the lower Danube. there afr dis.
tricts where It is almost Impossible to
cross a swamp after the sunset Of a
rainy day without seeing score Of fen.
fires. as they are called. skipping about
Ia various directions
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Incendiary Remark 4,

She-Do you think smokeless pow
der will ever be used In war?
he--Yes; when | accused Miss Red.
key OF using it the other evening we
Immediately went to war. Washing
ton Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

She Isn't It wonderful 10 think Of the
achievements Of science? So many
Kings have been brought within the
each Of the masses. lIe--YsI, indeed.
some years ago golden ha,i vas the
BOAST Of a favored few. now. anybody
.an have 1t that wants lt.-Puck.
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or M JTss 70 Him.

Agnes Strickland once urged Mr..
Dome to introduce her to George Bor-
row. the author of 1.-THE Romany Rye"
Borrow, who was In the room at the
time, offered some objection, but was
at length prevailed upon to accept
the introduction. The authoress com.
menced the conversation by an enthn-
siastic eulogy of his works. and con-
cluded by asking permission to send
him copy Of her Queens of En-
gland" For Gods sake, don't, mad
am" exclaimed Borrow; Il should not
know what TO do vita them"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

Tommy-Pop, do soldiers ever sleo1
On duty
Tommy's Pop'-No, my 10y.
T0mmy-!Thsn why do they carry
Rlispsacks ?--I,hila dcsrtsia-Rprura
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

In 1884 j50,0O0,OO0 pounds Of coffee
were imported into this country. IN
the same year $1,000 100 pounds Of tea
were brought from a., East.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

4 FOOL finally hangs himself, II given
enough rope. but he makes lot of
trouble for others before lie does It.
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that they have practically advanced
from the old to the new. The skates
are of all shapes and weights. Racers
still have the conventional 'turn-up-in.
'front.'" while the old-fashIoned club
skate has been subjected to improve
ments. Beginners may have a new
pair with the slightly turned-up runners
IA front and rounded behind.
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To Train British soldiors

Arrangements for the training OF
British Infantry next winter are 10 be
on more elaborate scale han usual.
and especial prominence Is to be given
to long-dlstance marching.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

The man who would be wise, must sit at
he feet Of those who are wise.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

How many fathers and mothers make re-
Iigion such cruel thing that their children
hate II
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

Over 4OO00 curel. Why not lot To-Bac
regulate or remove your dsi for tobaecri J
SIvcs money, makes health and manhood,
drugg SIS.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

CAscsRrTs stimulate liver. kidneys and
towels. Never sexen, weakei OF grip; lue.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
l. BALTIMORE 4 POTOMAC Il. Il.

Ia Eject Noe. l5a. 1896.
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L. N. SWITZERLAND.
.AU G. 10 NEER
Port Tobacco, Charles County, MD.

WI attend TO al business entrusted q
aim, in any portion of the County. Com
nunications addressed to i'm at Port
tobacco will receivs urompt att ution
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~ Stops only on notice to conductor
agent or ON sgntl.
S. NJ. PROVOST, J.R. WOOD,
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent
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UTANTED.-Several trustworthy re nile
w men or ladies TO travel in Msrylanc
for established. liable house. Salary sra
reference and selr ddkresed stamped snvel
ope. Tne Dominion CoApany Ihira Flo.,s
Omaha Bldg, Chicago N.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

Mrs. Winsl rvs Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhaInma.
tion, ullays pain. cures wind collie 25e. bottle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

We have done too little, when we have not
done our lrayerful hest.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

The hotter the fire, the sooner the enemy
will be out OF ammunition.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

Self-rishteousness never has any mercy on
itself or anybody else.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

WHEN lilious or costive, cat Casraret,
candy catharue; ire guarantee :; TO-, &C.
Some people look happiest when they have
Dad news to tell.
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FITSstnpred free and permanentlycured. y !
Its after first daS 5 use OF On. KLtNE's GHRAr
NERVE RtsTonEH. Free 81 trial hot / eHnd treat.
Sc. send to DR.. Kline. 93l Arch St, Phila.. Ps.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs.-REv. d. BuCHMuBL-
LEis. Lexington, Mo-, Feb. "A 1894.
II there is good in US, it will bring out
good Ia others.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

Jusr Try l0c. boz OF Cascarets. canly ca
tLar,ir, hhe { nNtr and bowel regulator inaae.
We will always lnd good, when We look
Tor 1t with good heart
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.rhe Bicycles are the CO LIBERATED Pierce special,
ls97 Pattern, mid By Geo. N PierceA Co.. of But,
fsio. Boston and New Y ork. Fitted with Hartford
Tires, First Glass Nickle Lsmn, Now Departure
Boil. Standard Oyclometer. and Hunt Lace Saddle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-01-29

The man who controls himself, may hop,
to reform other men.
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wOMAN's pow
II SHAPES THE pEsTlNitss
AND NATIONS.

where Men Are ~ Disadvani.,
"Oniy Woman Can rndess,aads
mans IIls.r
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her: let me lay here nat" We didn't
know Jet what to do only TO look closer
for q chance to play even.
"'Twosn't long TIL she noticed some
thin, an gays Why what's tho matter
with Mr., Cutler?'
"'Why IT'S the heat ur--ul'-some-
thin. he's kinder slck-it affects come
people that way But a little red streak
a-trlcSlln' over the rocks from under him
made me out liar
"'Why, no. she says, he's been MT
an about half RAISED herself to no to him
whom one Of the bOys reached around,
kt,onln' her by The dress an pullin' her
down Test Ms about q handful Of bulleta
hit the top whore her head showed a eec-
ond Thty thought they hit, an yelled
some an about that time ! low We got
1--WE for one,
well, sir, nothn' would do but she
must look al his hurt, 80 we got on our
hands on tnecB an wrlggled him back.
She opened hts shirt, an there 'twoH--a
f5rly.four hole Jest TO the right OF tho
crnlor Of hl3 brClft She took OF came
KIND on ltcrchef she had around her
naci an washed the blood away WIN
water from a cnntecn an took D9Fn mead
In her lap an bAlncu ms lNinplDa Hll
washed the powder gmOlN an dust OFT
hla face. She wasn't trcmhlln' mono now,
but she was white an tht tcnt1 Kept
droppln' gjfrllke Oh Docs face 10
didn'l know nothn' about H. though for
ho had f1H,s1 dead away Polr BOY
rho ttld, he may have q mother come
place an II might have been my Jimmy
AM rlEht th6rp every one HW0ro 10 Mn
r1lf that II lOmu. lil5hirdH w11 IN All.
g1ny we'd llnd him wc rot out or lhnt
hole nll0O
""rwaan'l long nflnr That $50 heard u
clillcun' c1mln' ~ the canyon an then
~. ~ ytllH un' ohbuiln' me 'PighcR
on tolhor eide hmNo cover nn' went lp
inc cIuyon. am rght there We gb, ln our
work. hondr1mr plugFn % To ril ~
oyrry mmp whenever va got one, ho'd
ro MO into the nir turn uvoi Ike u JOCK
"abbll an come down In o heap, nul
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just send the things back, an tell her I
was killed In mine accident or by In
dams, or somethlng-anything but this
for The love OF God, won't your
"'We'll shorely try an square things
for you with your mother, jim.
Thanks, hoys-lt was-mv last
sure
I'VE waited minute, then one OF the
boys stopped over him. picked up his
| hat an covered his face with 1t.
Glow was we to know that Curly
Jim, stage robber, cattle thief an gam
| bier, was James Richards? Then after
! we knowed IL who'd tell his mother? |
| low they was as neryy a set OF men
there as they was In any camp: men
that could look over the muZzle end Of
a rifle an meet your eyes through the
sights without wink, but they wasn't
one OF 'em with nerve enough to go
down to that tavern, an tell that wait
In little old whlte-haired mother who
an what her son was, an how he died;
no, sir, not one of u.s."
How'd we get around It? Lied, sir;
lied like boss thieves, every man OF US
Said we'd found out that James Rich
ards had gone 70 California six months
before; We got one or the boys to play
his old pacdner, an lie done 1t up hand
some; told her all about 1t, an how Jim
was always talkin' OF his old home an
mother. an how, soon as he made lit
tie more, he was goin' back home; was
not goin' to get married but to take
care OF his mother. that he would try
his luck in California awhile, and then
go back home. Told her what a great
blg-hearted Teller Jim was, an how ev-
erybody liked him. We all stood around
an upheld him in II, too. Well, the little
mother cried some, an then said she'd
60 back home an walt for him. ] tell
you, we all done some fast swallerlp
when she said that. We got action on
her little trunk once when she was out
OF her room. an III bet she went back
with more money than she come out
with. We went through HE cabin, but
they was nothing there worth saving
but little old Testament, with her
name writ in 1t and her photograph, an
we thought It was best that them things
went with him.
That's why nint tra!lln' mono now
with posse com!tatuses, not II eco ON
irst," and old Paystreak drew his
blankets farther back from the i,ro Tor
the night.
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With a Posse Conaitatus.


an they got behind 'em wep sir. II
w. hpt, puslefln hot the afternoon
Sun oeatin down on rs there IN rha.
ho.e, an MOI breath Of nh ,orld reach
US; an them devils on, tothsr sde Ken
q plunNn away at US. fhfv Mad 10
shoot up kinder, an by LAWN elost they
shot over us.
we KEEP a shootln fast foy we didn't
want EN- 10 know how MANI they vas
OF US, for they might mare 4 rus1. but
sac sorter handicapped ma ~ nrnvin,.
When the shootin' an yellinj ftrst Ne
gan she got kinder trembly but rot
over Il an lowed somethlnf ibont God
beln' as clost to us out there nm Ari-
Eony canyon as he was hi York state.
an then she went TO praginl You gee'
the 'Paches 'ud only SNOW n arm ar nart
OF lace behind bowlder AM Twas
necessary TO shoot clOst, bIlt when She
commenced TO pray they seemed 10 be
kind OF mist gether in the Mind alchts
an sometimes we shot plum Mid
Course, she thought she was doln' all
right, good soul. an how was she no
know, beiH a stranger that the Waite
Hills was forty miles outside OF the
knowledge OF God, an then, red devils
over there a-shootln az us was the
PICK OF old Satan's own imps, a-runnin'
wild an KILN for the fun OF II. But IL
seemed to cheer her up some. an we
didn't count on 1t much; we figgered
more on maklR our cartridges last Till
Bin got back witTa gang Of boys from
the slatlon-lf he git there. II ne didn't
well, the mist cleared out Of the sights
sudden when We thought Of what might
happen to that white haired mother. an
u they'd been any way 10 get her out OF
there we'd been plum wlllin' for the In,
juns 70 make rush, As twas, all we
could do was to grit our teeth an draw
little finer. This made 'em stay hid
more, an for awhile they wasn't much
shootln', an she said:
~ had heard nothing OF Indian
troubles fora good while, and | thought
by the papers they We're good and
peaceable now
Them PEACHES aln't never peaeeaois,
ma'am, said Doc. Though low some
OF EN- are goo 4 now an he kinder grin
ned as he looked between his bowlderi at
four or five half-naked bucks a-layln' In
the sand In the bottom OF the gulch. She
was back against the bank an COULDN'T
see EN-.
"'Do you think the driver got through
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another physician, and he treated her
steadily for a year without doing her
any good. In fact, II seemed that she
was continually becoming worse he
finally gave up the case as hopeless,
and advised US to get DR.. WllliamS
Pink Pills for Pale People for her as
no said that they We're the only thlns
that would benefit her.
u procured a couple OF boxes or the
pills, and found that their use helped
her considerably. She kept on taking
them till she used about a dozen boxes
with the result that she was entirely
we'll. and since then there has been no
symptoms whatever, OF her old trouble.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are certainly
n wonderful medicine, which did Won
derful good In Clara's case, doing what
several physicians failed TO accom-
pllsh,"
All the clements necessary TO give
new life and richness 10 the blood and
restore shattered nerves are contained,
in a condensed form, In DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, They are
also specific for troubles peculiar TO
females, such as suppresslons, irregu-
larities and all forms OF weakness. In
men they effect radical cure In all
cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excuses OF whatever nature.
DR.. williams Pink Pills are sold in
boxes (neyer In loose bullO at 20 cents
box or six boxes for $3.50, and may be
had OF all druggists, or direct by mail
from DR., Williams Medicine Co., Sche-
nectady N. Y.
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pulled the window curtains down va.
day, an mamma banked him goo N, =. ,
hard Cincinnati Enquirer y
A little girl at Sunday scboN
asked what II meant 10 bear ts,, osas
ness against ones nelghhor 4,se VII.
ITS when nobody haln't dohe n rspIl't
and somebody goes and tells /, SaV'alSs
A little 4-year-old girl, after b,.
the story OF the massacre OF cS15 as
at Bethlehem. and being much toa 'Sl's
by il, asked; Wasn't II selfish 'o ~ u
TO save his own little boy ana ~ ~ 10
else's?" "0'0al
Grandna--Don't get sc,r,a
the tiger is about 10 be fed: tS,,lw Willie
mnkss him hmn mn ana ~ In 'ual VIA,