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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

In an article entitled "From the
Coast to the Golden Klondike, writ
ten for Outing by Edward Spur, of
the United States Geological Survey,
the author has this to say of the Indi-
ans who carried his baggage during
an official journey into the interior of
Alaska in 1896:
These Indians all have some Eng
lish name, which they have got from
the mission, where they hang around
when there is anything to be got by
it. ] find in my notes ''Tom" credit
ed with carrying one hundred aud ten
pounds of meat, and Jim" with one
hundred and sixty-one pounds of sun
dries. Toms original name was Kuk-
shon, and he claimed to be a chief of
the interior, or Stick, Indians He
spent his spare time during the short
space of my acquaintance with him in
daubing vermilion around his left eye
Before starting across the pass he
painted the rest of his face black with
SCOT and grease, but carefully left the
red around his eye; and this orna-
mentation, together with smile,
which ! think he meant to be engag-
ing, and which he offers on all occa-
sions as a substitute for conversation,
made him a particularly villainous-
looking parsonage. Among the pack
ers were also a number of women.
These were mostly ugly old hags, and
many of them plainly suffered greatly
from fatigue; yet their patient endur-
ance was remarkable. 1t seems to
fall to the lot of the old women, among
these people, to do the hardest work;
but men, women and children are
schooled to carry heavy burdens. We
met on the trail whole family pack
ing, carrying out a sort Of contract
with some of the miners. The man
carried one hundred and twenty-seven
pounds, boy of thirteen carried ono
hundred pounds, aud the squaw and
little girls had heavy loads. Even tho
dog, about the size Of a setter, carried
forty pounds, with which he waldled
along patiently enough.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

The people of Belgium evidently
believe in training their children in
habits of economy. Possibly no bet
ter method of convincing the young
folks of the wisdom of looking after
small things could have been found
than that resorted to in the public
schools of Brussels.
Some time ago the children were re-
quested by their teachers TO gather up
all the waste and apparently useless
articles that they could find on their
way to and from school and to deliver
them to their respective teachers.
For eight months the work of coll
lection went on. Such objects as tin
foil, tin cans, paint tubes, bottle cap
sules and refuse metal were especially
looked after. Theresult was astonish
ing. Nineteen hundred and twenty
five pounds of tin foil rewarded the
children's efforts, together with 1900
pounds of metal scraps, 400 pounds
Of bottle capsules and old paint tubes
that, in the aggregate, weighed 300
pounds.
But it was when the articles were
disposed of and the money applied to
useful objects that the full force of
this economy was manifest. The pro-
ceeds completely clothed 500 poor
children, and sent ninety invalid chill
dren to recuperation colonies, and
there was goodly balance left to be
distributed among the sick poor of the
city. The Outlook.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

Marie A. Millie, in St. Nicholas,
tells a number of "5tories of Elo.
plants" Mrs. Millie says
Some time before the elephant-hunt
/ have described, my husband was at
a station in Bengal. His work kept
him out nearly all day, aud, being i'll,
| used TO lie for hours in long gar
den-chair on the veranda, too weak to
read, or enjoy any more exciting
amusement than my eyes supplied to
me.
We had three elephants for our
tents and baggage; and one dear crea.
ture use to feed from my hands every
day, and seemed as gentle as any pet
dog or cat.
One of our government chaprasis
was particularly devoted to her, and
invariably shared his meal of fruit OF
flour cakes with his dumb friend. On
a particularly hot day, the chaprasi,
to my surprise, placed his tiny child
of six month at the elephants feet,
warming her expressively that the in.
FAINT was in her charge, and was to be
cared for till his return. myself was
au eyewitness of her wonderful sa-
gacity. Large banana trees and fig
trees grew around, and, to my sur
prise, the elephant broke off one of
the formers spreading leaves, held it
like fan in her trunk, and from time
to time gracefully waved it over the
slumbering child, whether TO temper
the heat of the atmosphere or TO keep
off flies, I am unable to say. The gen
tie way in which she moved her feet
over the child, aud across TO each side,
astounde1 me. l sent for a white loaf
and some oranges, and calling her by
name (she was never chained), tried
in vain to tempt her to my side on the
low veranda. Nothing would induce
her to leave her charge The warm
air and monotonous wave of the swing
ing fan overpowered me with drowsi-
ness, to which yielded; aud, after a
sleep of some duration, was awak-
ened by quiet, subdued snorts beside
me. To my surprise, found that the
chaprasi had just returned to his off
spring, and the elephant stood near
the veranda beside me, patiently wait
ing and gently asking for the tempt
ing dainties so bravely withstood for
over two hours.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

Though l was born and raised in
Massachusetts,, where some of the peo-
pie are much bent in their ways, and
now and then trife superstitious.
especially the women folks, remarked
a resident of Falls Church, Va, to
Star reporter, II was never believer
in such nonsense until l became a
resident of Virginia am not be-
lever in it now, although it does not
seem to do any harm. | moved into
a new house a couple of years ago, and
somehow things seemed to 20 wrong
constantly. First it was one thing.
and then it was another | mentioned
the matter to an old colored annie.
who did our laundry work, and she
told me that il was because there was
no toad frog in the cellar She said ID
was good luck for new house to have
a toad in the cellar, and that many
builders always left frog in the eel
lar when they finished house. Asit
was such q simple matter to set things
right, l caught toad and put it in the
cellar, and, strangely enough, things
began running all right Immediately.
Since then my cellar has never been
without toad frog, and to that ex-
tent I am superstitious. Washing
ton Star,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01
A SEA MYSTERY.
What Will BE the Fate of Modern
Fighting Machincsf

Fighting Machincsf
The most remarkable experiment in
recent years is the building of nayies at
enormous expense, when there has
been no opportunity Of testing the
value of the new machinery in actual
warfare.
During the last quarter Of a century
there has been no naval battle worthy
of being mentioned IN the same breath
with Trafalgar or the Nile, or with
ROdney's great victory in the West In
dies. Llssa In the Adriatic was a small
fight at the opening Of the new era OF
naval progress.
A few ironclads have been in action
on the west coast of South Africa. and
n British fleet shelled the Harmed
forts of Alexandria. There was n bat
tie between fleets on the Yalu not long
ago; but the mental inferiority of the
Chinese to the japanese rendered it i'm
possible for experts to judge what their
ships would have done If they had been
properly manned ard well handled
has been revolutlonized, and every mar
itlme nation has been expending i'm
mense sums upon battleships and other
lighting vessels without knowing
whether armor viii adequately protect
them or whether torpedo boats do not
hold the proudest fleets at their mercy.
Two years ago there was wonderful
naval review mt Kiel when the Baltic
Canal was opened. and this year there
has been another of Portsmouth at
which the most powerful English fleet
ever assembled In any waters has been
seen on holiday parade. These fleets
were immense combinations of ma
chine-shops, engine houses and gun
factories What their value may be in
a sea battle is one of the mysteries of
the sea.
The best experts frankly say that
they do not know whether these com
plex iron boxes filled with steam and
electric machinery VIII remain afloat
under heavy fire from shore or torpedo
attack. They readily admit that navics
will be transformed as soon as there is
a great engagement between modern
fleets.
In Nelson's time there was an I'M
written law that hot shot were not to
he used in battle, on account of the
risks involved in setting fire to inflam-
mable wooden ships. There was then
Il naval instinct against treacherous
methods of fighting This has passed
away. Every navy now has all the
modern resources for setting on fire or
sinking by secret assault an enemy's
ship.
In naval reviews the battleships are
floating batteries which seem to defy
assault; but torpedo boats have never
been used against them. With a single
sting of the little steel wasp the great
leviathan with its heavy armor and
long range guns may go down with
quick plunge. If the experts only
knew what was the real. effective value
of the torpedo in naval warfare, they
could tell with a fair degree of conf
dence what the fleets of the future
would be like.
They do not know, and the building
of the fleets 90 on in fog of uncer-
tainty. Il command one of these
ships" said an old sea-dog at Kiel, but
let me tell you frankly, l would not
like to go into battle with her. We
shall know more after the next naval
war than we 10 now"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01
THE SILENT MARCH.


When the march begins in tho morning
And the heart and the foot are light,
When the flags are all a-futter
And the world is gay and bright,
When the bugles lead the column
And the drums are proud in the van,
It's shoulder to shoulder, forward, narchl
Ali let him lag who cant
For IT'S easy to march to music
With your comrades all In line,
And you don't get tired, you feel inspired,
And life is Il draught divi.le.
When the march drags on at evening
And the color-bearer's gone.
When the merry strains are silent
That piped so brave In the dawn.
When you miss the dear old fellows
Who started out with you,
When it's stubborn and sturdy, forward,
march!
Though the ragged lines are few,
Then it's hard to march IN silence,
And the roadhas lonesome grown,
And life is bitter cup to drink;
But the soldier must not moan.
And this is the task before us.
A task we may never shirk,
In the gay time and the sorrowiul time
We must march and do our work.
We must march when the music cheers us.
March when the strains are dumb.
Plucky and valiant, forward, march,
And smile, whatever may come.
For, whether life's hard or easy,
The strong man keeps the pace,
For the desolate march and the silent
The strong soul finds the grace.
Margaret L. Sangster, in Interior.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

chaff with which he was assailed ON
all hands for his little mistake. He
snatched up his gun and departed in q
fever of rage and modification.
That very afternoon he was tele-
graphed for by his partner on urgent
business, while Louisa was unexpect-
edly summoned to the bedside of
a moribund grandmother. - London
Hrnth
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01
FUN OF THE DAY.

'My Lord, " said the foreman of an
Irish jury, when giving in his verdict,
I'VE find the man who stole the mare
not guilty. Tit Bits.
Brown-"Why do they call the BIZ
cycle the silent steed?'" Smith,
don't know exactly. The horse isn't
saying word, is he?"-Puck.
Howso--'T bought my boy bicycle
last week. " Comso-'How is he
getting along?' Howso 49, "On
crutches Detroit Free Press
Sapsmith-"S Scientists say that
mans mind is blank when he is
asleep" Grimshaw-'' ''Then how do
you know when you are awake, Sap
py?'-Judge.
What made you tackle his Whisk-
crs?' asked the Zephyr of the Cyclone,
which had been having fun with the
Anarchist Il just wanted to blow
him off Puck.
Loco Luke Congratulate yerself,
pardr' Bronco BiII-"W'ot on?"
Loco Luke-"W'y. ther boys hev iist
lynched yer twin brother, thinkin' it
was you Judge.
Desmond, you seem to have lost
your interest in that pretty girl you
wanted so much to meet?" ''Yes-I
found ont that her frs name was
Birdie - Standard.
Excited Wife-"Oh, professor. the
cook has fallen and broken her collar
bone" Professor Discharge her at
once. You told her what to expect if
she broke anything more. -Tit-Bits.
Mrs. May Fair-."And how did you
like Paris?" Mrs Parvie- -New-"O
it was delightful l met such charm
ing and cultivated people Why. even
children of three years speak French,
Standard.
Cholly waiting for sister)-''Myl [
never had so much candy as that when
] was a lad" Bobby guess yer
didn't have a good-lookin' sister w'ot
took yer along ter III grocer's, dill
yer?"-Judge
Hicks-"I suppose that it is bar
gain between Dick and Miss Sparker.
They seem made for each other"
Wicks-''Yes; as soon as they met, he
made for her and she made for him.
Boston Transcript
Garrett-''Has Newlight acquired
an assured position in literature yet?"
Sellers-"You bet he has Why, he
makes no secret of the names of pub
fishers who once declined to accept his
manuscripts. Detroit Free Press.
'It makes me so nervous when that
young Billings calls on Mabel They
make such lot of noise. That
young johnson makes me more ner-
vous When he calls they make no
noise at all "-Indianapolis journal.
81 went in for amateur Photographic
during my vacation" said the man.
"There was no en- of girls for sub
jects.' "But how did you make out
among the girls?" "Oh, | got lot
of negatives. Philadelphia North
American.
Jack Wyld -"That young Simperly
seems such fragil fellow. | should
hesitate to touch him, for fear he
would break. Tom Fax (who has
had experience) He wouldn't hesi-
tate about touching you if he was
broke. Puck.
Gentlemen. wrote the editor of
the Boomville Terror, "the Klondike
fever has hit this community hard.
Please send me at once, by express,
four pounds of cap KS and the same
amount Of lower-case KS. Can't get
this weeks paper out till they come"
Chicago Tribune
An Impressionist u am told that
artist is a very ha-d worker, said
young woman. Yes, replied Miss
Cayenne. ''To what school does he
belong?' Hes an impressionist.
care you sure?' "Yes. He labors
under the impression that he is great
artist w Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

As the cry In 1S57-59 was pixies
Peak or bust" so now the argonauts
are yelling, "Ilo, for the Yukon" The
rush of the enthusiasts continues and
the vessels at the Pacific coast points
are not able to accommodate the
crowds desiring to take passage. Some
lnen even propose to make part of the
journey to Sitka on foot 1t is not like
ly that they will actually make this
journey, or if they do that they will be
heard of again. \ st. Louis man pro-
poses to 90 to the diggings in balloon,
and he is not less wise than many who
are starting for the gold fields by other
means. Hundreds of those who are
going to the Klondyke region are %
tally untitled for life under the circum.
stances they will encounter there. The
hardships there are intolerable almost,
and the chances of fortune decidedly
against the "tenderfoOt"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

The popular superstition about the
"divine number three is that it Is al
ways fortunate. As IL matter Of fact
it is not. If the Fates were three. So
were the Furies, If the Graces wera
three, so were the judges in hades
and the heads of Cerberus. There
we're three disloyal tribes in Welsh
history, three robbers in Orion's belt
and three tyrants at Athens.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

A most wonderful phenomenon has
recently occurred at Boston, England.
A poultry keeper placed a hen on fif-
teen double-yolked eggs and twenty
nine chicken were the result. 1t is
said that the hens bowilderment at
this extraordinary brood from such an
ordinary number of eggs was very pro-
nounced. The chickens, which are
black Minorcas, are now about three
weeks old, healthy AL peckish, and
have been viewed by scores of incredi
BILE curiosity hunters. .-LoIic: Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01
NO. 81.
ONE TO LOVE TIM.

There was never star in the dark O. the
night
In the skies that were bcndin above me,
And never a lily that leaned to the light
TIL the Lord sent a woman to love me.
For all O. the beauty OF stars and OF skies
found in the light Of woman dear eyes.
Then sprinetime kissed all o. the winter
away
And the bloom and the bright were above
me;
star for the night and sun FOR the day
When the Lord sent q woman TO love me.
And earth seemed rs fair as the heaven
above
For just the sweet sake of a woman's dear
lovel
F. L. stanton, in Chicago Times Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

There is a quaint plant which grows
in pea bogs. 1t has large flowers, with
an odd umbrella-like shield in the cor
ner. The leaves are generally about
half full of rain water. in which many
insects are drowned Some naturalists
say that the flower lives on the drowned
insects.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

A small boy, the Rev. DR.. Lambpth
relates, teased his father tor a watch
till he was forbidden 20 mention ~
matter again. At family prayers ne~3
morning, when asked for his Scrintnr.oS
veroe, the youngster repeated: oNbat
say unto you say unto all-watcb ~
-Chautaudua Assembly Herald
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01
LA PLATA. MARYLAND. OCTOBER 1. 1897

been able to show up; and I should
have hal some peace with Amy"
Have You yet-pardon my imper-
tinence--haye you yet proposed to that
sweetest girl in the world?"
mol 1 cannot get the chance.
Three times I've been just on the eve
of 1T; aud three times I've been inter
rupted by that irrepressible Louisa.
| could wiring the woman's neck with
the greatest satisfaction" concluded
Buckley, viciously.
The Hon Horace sat silent for sew
eral minutes When this viyacious
gentleman was silent and thoughtful
it was ten to one he was meditating
mischief. And so, as it proved, he
now was.
"Charlie," he said, at length.
Hear the wind?"
al do. "
"Squally day tomorrow. 1 expect. .
Eyes; bad forg oting."
"And good fo. athing else"
"For what, them
For certain little plan which has
just occurred to me-.
And with many winkings, chuck
lings, and abusive gestures, MI Stur-
tlvant proceeded to unfold his little
plan.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-01

A vaudeville trust has been organ.
ized and is now in operation, but IL i.
just as well to remember that the same
old soubrettes cannot safely he trusted
under the new regime.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-22
POliczyli kOSZta.
Y j, PDdno'osk,i.

Nieda"no temu ukaLa1 sic artykui
W gazetach o dwoch farmerach re
Stanu Iowa, ktorzy sic p~rooesowali
blisko 10 lat, wydsjsc tysisce dola-
row ma adwokato~ k slta sadowe,
a to wszystko o ciele w.rte nsjwyzej
10 dol.
Artykul ten zawiers nauke moral.
nj, warta uwagi. Wykazuje bowiem
Jsk niez 1sczDa rzecz ozasami spro.
wadzic mozs DUO klopotu i kosztu,
lezeli cd rszu ME zostsnie zaiatwio-
ma.
To samo zastosowac MONA do
chor0b i ich lekarstw. Czasami ma
10 dolegliwosci wzrastajs " grozliwe
i chroniczne choroby, jezeli cd razu
ma ME sic ME zwsta j ich sic ME le-
czy Take zaniedbanie kosztuje W
kohcu setki dolar0w, a ME przytem
lie to trzeba wycierpiec. C~zytajoie
90 po~iada p. Mateusa Forszer z Bel
levue, Ohio.
IONA moja by1a chorowita przesz{o
10 lat, a przez ostatnie 4 lata PREY.
kuta do iozs bolesci. Mog!a sic le-
dwie ruszsc, wiec musielismy js pie
leguowsc jak dzieoie. Szesoiu dok-
row ja leczyio, co mnie kosztowalo
przeszio 800 dolarow. Ostatni trzei
doktor1y z~4tPili o jej wyzdrowie-
niu.
Pewnego dnia wyozy tsiem artykui
W jednej z gazet W S.anis Michigan
o leksrstwie, kt6re postsnow WIDEN ola
mel zony sprowadzic ma probe. Pc.
s3aiem Po maize pudeiko tego leksr-
silva j Poczaiem jej takowe dawac.
Wkr0tce spostrEeglismy, ae stan jej
sic polepszyi. Stopniowo stswsia sic
silnisjszs ! dais PRAGUE samS okolo
domu, pomimo tegc, &c ju, liczy 81
lat. Ten szczesliwy stan swoj "a
wdzieoza Jedynis uaywaniu Gomozo.
Gdy wszystkie inne lekarstws mic
ME s~kutkuja, uty wajcie Ora Pho.
ira Gomozo, ale na 90 tax diugo cze-
ksGP
Leka.stwo to siega do samego
zrodia chOroby, Pr~zeczyszczs krew i
zdrowie przywrsca. Me mozna je
dostac W spteksch, ale ty lko cd miej.
soowych agsntow lub wprost cd VIA.
sciciela DIR. Peter Fabrney, LEILA
s. Hoyne Av., Chicago, Ill.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-22
Skandal klery kalny.

Mkt mas chy ba o klerykslizm ME
possdzi. DostatecTne ma to z{ozylis
my dowody. ze o lie szsnujemy
wsrystkie religie j wyznsnia, o lyle
%Przeciwni jestesny dsteniom, msjs.
Gym ma celu pano Ssnie kosciola czy
to kstolickiego, czy PrOte-tanokiego,
prswossawnego, muzuimAhskiego,
czy tee jskiego innego.
Me mniej przeto gisbokiej obro
mic sic ME mozemy przykrosoi, gdy
do wialomosci nsszej dochodzs
sksndal-, dOkoDywane przsz kato.
lickich polskioh ksiety. To, te 90
polakami, synami naro1u krzywdzo.
nego najboleSuiej ~moraInie, ~kisds
ma nich obowisz k podnosrenia sws
go dusz pssterstwa do takiej potegi,
azeby swieoiio wzorsm cn0t wsze-
lakich.
N~iestety, DUO, "a zbyt DUO ksie
~, co pozajmowsli stanowiska dus1
p sterskis srod wychodzt~a pol
sklego " Stanaoh ZjeI. P6in. Am,
obowiszku tego ME rozumie / ME
Pefni. Wiesci o wywoiy wsnych
Przez nioh s~ksndslsoh stauowis ME
zmienna dzienuikarskioh doniesieh
przygry~ke. Oststnis jednak via
domesc przeszia wszystkie inne o
hrzydliwosoia.
Umieszczony W New Yorku pod
dozorem ksiezy Dom Enigracyjny,
przeznaczony ma chrome pred Wy
zyskiem prsyby wajsoyoh do Amsry
XII wychodz 'ow polskich, zsmienio
nym zostai ma ssmotrzask W kt6rym
psdsjs przybywsjace dziew
Rzeoz TAXI przybrsia cbsrs
kter, ae wywoisia interwsnoje poll
ktora ma dom koncesje oofoeia j
wytoczyis process o skaudsle.
Jest przeoie W kosoiele kstoliokim
wisdzs, obowiazsns czuwse mad mo-
kseAy. Ss W Rzymie, PREY
psPietu, polscy, wysocy W kosoiels
dygnitsrze. Czemut obi ME zajms
sic wynslez'eniem jskiego bamulca
ma wyuzdsnie ksis,y, co ME tylko o
bowiszkow swOich ME peiois, ME
! zgorsrenie szerzso, ale jesa
o,e imie polskie " nsjhsniebuiejs1y
kompromitujs sposobf.... Wolne
Sfoco.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-22
,,ZfOte mysli BOlesfawa Prusa".

y o
lie mysli pieknych zawiera sic W
d1ieisch TAX znakomitego p~isarza ia
kim jest Boleslaw Prus, vie kazdy,
kto chOe jeduo z dziei jego orytal
Skrzs sic te mysli gdyby gwiaziy w
moo be~zohmurna ma nieboskionie,
rozsyPane po dzielach najrozmait-
szyoh, cd drobnych novel, srtyku.
low Decentralization, kronik tygo
dniowych zsozswszy- ma ,,Lalce"
Tub nFaraonie" skohozywsay. Bar
do wieo dobry zamiar pow,isla re
dakcys warszawskiej ,Niwy', po
stana wisjsc wydac ,,Ziote mysli Bo
les}sws Prusa" zebrane W ksia.ke
oddzielna, zawierajsos takze ayciorys
/ portret autora. ,,Ztote mysli" uks-
FAC sic msja W pszdzierniku br.