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The sun., 1897-05-23
HIGHEST MILITARY PYRAMID.
The Fourth Illinois Regiment beats the Record
In EscnIadinE.
From tho Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune
Corporal Leary, the limberest man at Fort
Sheridan, took the chance OF breaking his neck
and tumbling the storming pyramid of forty.one
soldiers in a bruised heap yesterday as he sprang
upward from the shoulders of Private Miller.
caught with three fingers Of his left hand the top
of the high wooden wall behind which lurkcd the
enemy. hung for one perilous instant, and then
gallantly pulled himself to the top. seized his
other sds the imp % @ in IN the he coz
The human pyramid swayed, but held It's
sturdy place while gallant infantryIncn swept
up the stalwart shoulders and over tho thirty.
one,foot wall to Corporal Leary's support. while
platoon of twenty.hye men Kept the enemy
It was at this point that the regular army
SoIiseSm gsery led the APPLAUSE. S for Corp Corporal raj
Lcary and his comrades had broken the worlds
cscaadng record by three feet As n partial
be recommended by Lieut.. Percival G. Lowe, in
command of the camp, for promotion,
When Corporal Leary climbed to the apex OF
the pyramid and stood on the shoulders of the
men In the top row the tips of his fingers lacked
five inches Of reaching the top Of the wall. The
twcnty-eight feet: and tho men who climbed
over that, in the Military Carnival at New York.
Coliseum wns thirty-one feet high, and it took
just four minutes TO scale it.
Eighteen of the heaviest and strongest men in
the regiment formed the base OF the pyramid.
ten mounted on their shoulders and leaned
against the wall, SIN stOou on tne snOulucrs OF
the ten. four on the shoulders of the six. and
three the shoulders of the four. Corporal
Leary scrambled up this cscalading. pyramid OF
blue and stood on the shoulders of the top three,
braccd against the wall.
When he stretched out his arms and found his
fingers would not reach the edge of tho wall he
crouched, and then. as the human mountain
swaycd dizzily beneath his feet, with the mighty
and yet delicate effort of the trained athlete he
spranS bodily five inches upward at the edge of
the barrier. He tried to grasp the top of the
parapct with both hands, but only three fingers
of his left went high enough. The pyramid
under him was still swaying;, He held TO the
hazardous edge by the three fingers for an in
stant. and then with heave and twist. pull.
ing his whole body up caught the wall with he
other hand. An instant after he was on the
enemy's side of the barricade.
The sun., 1897-05-23
CENSUS OF THE n1oUoR TRADE
United States Canvnssers Rusy Asking Ques-
tiOns All Over the State.

uniteu STATES CnnVnhaeFS busy AaklnE QueS-
tiOns All Over the State.
There are a lot of canvassers going about the
city and throdEh the various counties in the
State collecting statistics OF the liquor business.
They arc acting under the direction OF Carroll
d. Wright, the Commissioner of Labor. Some
time ago Congress directed the collection OF in
formation about this business and put the mat
ter in the hands Of Mr.. Wright. Tho questions
his agents are asking embrace tho follow
ing matters: Location of saloon. name OF
the establishment and name of the pro-
prictor, character of the liquor business;
is 1t connected with any other business.
and II 40, WHAT the number of weeks the busi-
ness has been conducted on the promises during
the last year: the real estate and personal taxes
paid: capital invested in land, buildings fix
own the property or rent it; the amount of rent
paid; the value OF the land and buildings: the
largest, smallest, and average number OF per-
sons employed in the business and their sex;
number of proprictors to each establishment and
their sex, and where the business is connected
with some other. the proportion OF all the bust
ness represented by the traffic In liquors
One of the agents who was seen yesterday by
a Sun reporter said that this is the first time
the national Government had ever made in
quiries Of this nature. In addition to the work
he and his fellow workers We're doing. he said
that other statistics were being compiled from
official records bearing on the revenues derived
from police court fines for drunkenness. and n
lot OF other stuff OF that nature. When the
canvass was completed, he said, the whole thing
would be published.
The sun., 1897-05-23
ON THE ST. ANCE's LINKS.
MIR. Topper's Remarkable Drive and the DE
pressing influence or the Scot.

"Now. some men are made golfers" said Mr..
Foozle, and some are born so. am not. But
the very worst golfer I ever heard of was Top
pcr, of this club. I've seen that man slice the
ball so that 1t would fly in circle; and once
only once-I saw II fall on the teo from which
he'd driven 1t. But that, rs / say. was eXccp-
tional-really remarkable piece OF luck I
think; l offered to bot he couldn't do 1t again,
but he wouldn't take mo mp. Topper had no
sporting blood.
1.-The fact that the Scotch have mad so much
to do with tho game OF golf" continued Mr.
Foozc, "Rccounts undoubtedly for the lack Of
humor and fun connected with the game. Now.
they lnid out these links on the hill back o. mo
and some In tho ditch. They called one hole
the High hole, one the Valley hole and
another the Hill hole The Greens Com
mittee was composed of two SCotchmcn
and an American. ! happen to know, sir
that that American did everything but go on
his knees to those Scots TO get cm TO call tho
holes High, Low, and jack. Any American
could see that they ought to be called High. Low
Jack; and the ninth hole-these were the SIXTH
seventh. md eighth holes-s should natully he
the Game hole
But those Scotchmcn voted him down; they'd
never heard o. calling holes by such names
Bldminton said 'nothin' 'baOut it;' no the Amer.
lean was defeated. and the thistle waved tr-
umphantly over Scotland and America"
The sun., 1897-05-23
A RAINES LAW MARTYR.
A Tale Showing the Unavoidable Influence or
Ones Ancestors

The Romans believed that suicide was noble
action sometimes Moderns have applaudcd
men who. though they did not dare or care to
kill themselves, yet accepted chances which
meant death because they were tired of life SO
the moderns are not 30 widely different from tho
Romans But how shall this man be considered
This is his story, taken down one Sunday recent
ly as 1t fell from his lips:
MY grandfather was n missionary to the
Araucanians,' he began; "my father was candi-
date for Mayor Of New York on a nonpartisan
ticket (he was not elected, of course); you see
I come naturally by sclf-sacrifcnE nature. 1t
Is as natural for me to do something don't want
to do-somethng that is of no use to any one,
and is actually harmful to myself-as it is for a
"The Raines Liquor Tax law went into effect
tax law; hut Mr.. Raines knows betterl; and the
Raines law meal came into existence"
went M hearer 1PI
IN Raines law meals, though those are not food;
Look at me! Do you know what has made me
what am
said hf n9t drink but mSss
He controlled himself with difficulty.
1T is atavism developed most terribly in my
fathers efforts to convert them to belief in
hell; the city did not care for my fathers efforts
to govern IL with slipper; nor do the people care
about my efforts. Yet go on. Every Sunday
start out and order drinks and meals at Raines
law hotels. I drink tho drinks, and | eat-I
eat the meals. Man. every meal that eat on
Sunday saves some other mans life 1t compes
the proprietor to make a fresh meal But it is
killing me, II Is killing me-.
But what do you do on week daysT his
hearer asked.
Eat at the railway eating houses" said the
man with q shudder. i" know that really do
no good: that probably my own life Is worth
more than the lives Of most of the men l save;
but the missionary and tho would.be Mayor
haunt me still and am killing myself to save
others, who will never know my name. 1t is
sad case mine; isn't 1t p
Now. that man undoubtedly Is committing
practical suicide: but who shall say that he isn't
doing as much good rs his grandfather or his
father; or who shall say that the world isn't the
better for his sacrifice7 He who makes two
blades of grass grow where one blade grew
ia known as n bcnefactor Of his race; what
is he who makes two Raincs law meals exist
where only meal had existed
The sun., 1897-05-23
PIONEERS IN FOUR STATES
Death or Woman who saw the HeEinnlngs OF
Oregon. California. Washington, and Idaho


Mrs. Julia A. McCarver. who died in Tacoma
Friday, had the distinction of being pioneer in
four OF the Pacific coast Statcs-Orcgon, Calii"r'
mia, Washington, and Idaho Cen Metnr''r
had the additional distinction Of being an Iowa
pioneer, he going nj an early day 10 that ~'n'n
from Kentucky and establishing the town .
Burlington.
McCarvcr took an active part in III" lnilln
war troubles, when he acquired the II, .r"' h'
eral He was also n member Of IN" l'rn'ihgu
Legislature before the recognition ~ ~ t",
nation Of Oregon MS q T"rrit0ry Of the ! ~
States He had u fine farm ut OrrEopiIN- W.
Burnett he rn1cavored 10 establish town 10 .N
miles below Portland. which they called illh'"h'
nftcr Senator Linn OF Missouri. li"fgrr l' ON
plishing much gold wns discovered IN t.nli'ri' .',
and both men inincd in the rush ul lrrE"n.''
for that S'u'C. There they interested tlrus .,''
in The establishment of the city uf ~u'hin' ~.
McCarvcr was II mcmhUr of California '''s
constitutional convention. ,.,i
fornin in he spring OF lSlH remaining ih''' .'
III fall. she sailed for Portland IN y--' ~,
mlnaed by. Capt. Iryiny, father ~ cant !. ~
Irving, the head OF the Cnnndinn la'lN, ) ~
CATION COMPANY Of British Columbia. In"hs
10 get into the Columbia River after r'' ',,''.
Compelled to make for pugG, Sonndi' ., ,,
McCarvCr was landed al Ni'TWlIv. 'i' ~
which Hudson Bay post she "'n' ,'.'
horseback and canoe TO her WIll,nrttr v,i'r,
home. She and her family lived there hl'. q.
Portland until they moved TO ldohn ny in W."
what is now Idaho WAS a h0ri Of NV-hlN,' ,"
TERRITORY. Returning to Portland, whore 'h'
lived three more years they moved =" ',,+,'
Sound in 1865 locating on tommrnrcm'ul h'.
land and founded the town of Tacoma. lie "''
I'm April 1874.
The sun., 1897-05-23
IndIan Trades Els Horse TOR = bicycle ana Is
Sorry.
From the Lincoln County Leader


The bicycle fever struck Siletz, but 1t did not
last long. Jack Ross, an uppcr.farn Indian,
traded his horse to some cultus white man for
bicycle. Very impaticntly he waited for the
mud to dry up SO that he could try his new
steed. Finally one day last week he started out
river he selected nice, smooth, grassy slope.
After getting on and off few times in
finally firmly seated in the saddle and wabbled
around in great shape for a time. But fate was
after him In his w8bbllngs he happened to
head the machine down hill toward tho river.
lie was delighted at the ease with which he ran
the machine. and did not notice where he was
headed until he was about ton feet from
the steep blum. that hung right over tho
deep water OF the river, but :, 1t vas
hack on the handle bars and shouted Whoa"
but to no avail and at the next instant Jack
plunged into the deep, chilly water OF the Siletx
River, with the wheel on top. Presently very
wet and thoroughly disgusted Indian crawled
out onto the shore, dragging bicycle out after
him, and now the wheel is again for trade.
The sun., 1897-05-23

sever wears AGO was troubled with aggravated Of
dvspeps and of course thing did was to consult phys
clan had always the best OF health was worried
deal over this nv Illness only desire was to get well as
speedily could regularly all the medicines as my doctor
ncrbed them In felt all right thought was cured
and stopped taking medicine But wasnt long was @
inc s BADLY as ever again had to the doctor MS
Ian for some time until last up my mind would quit
doctong the remedies saw ADVERTISED had Iead
good trial 1t said would give relief and thought II one
could give relief whole lot might me- purchased dollar
worth and when finished them feeling better than mad
for years them, and to-day believe am per-
fev we'll man Once great while do have slight touch OF
the old malady but single Tabue fixes it all right generally
keepa a a home"
The sun., 1897-05-23
splsudla Fishing In moosehead Lake.
From the Boston Herald.

GREENvILE, Me- May 1.-THE Ezra L. Sterns
party. who returned to-day from their cruise on
Moosehead, caught tho biggest string OF trout
ever taken ont OF the lake by a party. In ono
afternoon they captured over $50 trout, weigh
ing from two TO four pounds each.
One hundred and fifty Massachusetts and New
York fishermen arrived to-day, and have left
for different resorts along the lake shore.
Every party that has touched at West Cove
reports large catches OF trout, and some very
fine specimens OF salmon are being taken.
The sun., 1897-05-23
DISEASES OF MEN.

All sRcrct and private diseases ~ men 'ur"l IN
few dRys; sEln lsnasDs, hlu0i lp!sunin n"rnI I'
rlIitv, weak. und,v"lnrci organ, m%I msnit t@mhr
Tagr; lost yigur resior, d, Gu to IN" HALLll hfl'
ICAL INSTITUTE. 2iG Last lGth st., near 80 AN' ~
charge unless cured hours TO v. sundays includsA
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UNREST.

The further you journey and wander
From the sweet, simple faith OF your
youth,
The more you peer into the yonder
And search for the root of all truth;
No matter what secrets uncover
Their yelled mystic brows in your quest,
Or close on your astral sight hover,
Still, still shall you walk with unrest.
If you seek fer strange things you will ind
them,
But the finding shall bring yen to grief;
The dead lock the portals behind them.
And he who breaks through is thief.
The soul with such ill-gotten piunder
With its premature knowledge opprest,
Shall grope in unsatisfied wonder
Always by the shores OF unrest.
Though bold hands lift up the thin curtain
That hides the unknown from our sight;
Though shadowy faith becomes certain
OF the new light that follows deaths
night;
Though miracles past comprehending
Shall startle the heart in your breast,
Still, still will your thirst be unending,
And your soul will be sad with unrest.
There are truths too sublime and toe holy
To grasp with mortal minds touch,
We are happier far to be lowly,
Content means not knowing too much.
Peace dwells not with hearts that are
yearning
To fatbom all labyrinths unguessed,
And the soul that is bent on vast learning
Shall find with its knowledge
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Electric Rltters.

This remedy is becoming SO well
known and SO popular as to 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
cure all diseases Of the Liver and
Kidneys, win remove Pimples, Boils,
Salt Rheum and other affections
caused by impure blood.-Will drive
Malaria from the system and prevent
as well as cure all 9Ialarial fevers.-
For cure of Headache, Constipation
and Indigestion try Electric Bitters.
Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
money refunded. Price SOC and 81 90
per bottle at L. G.. Matthaei's Drug
Store.
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Don't bolt your food, It irIitates
your stomach. Choose digestibIe
food and chew it. Indigestion IS b
dangerous sickness. Proper care
prevents it. That is the long ana
short OF indigestion. Now, the
question is Have you got indigce-
ton Yes, if you have pain or dis
comfort after eating, headache, diz-
illness, nausea, offensive breath,
heartburn, langour, weakness, fever
jaundice, loss Of appetite, irritabil.
ity, constipation, etc. Yes, you
have indigestion. To cure it, take
Shaker Digestive Cordial. Tie
medicinal herbs and plants Of which
Shaker Digestive Cordial is c0apos-
ed, help to digest the food in your
stomach I; help to strengthen your
stomach. When your stomach Il
strong, care will keep it SO. Shakes
Digestive Cordial is for sale By
druggists, price 10 cents to 500
per bottle.
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"Y GU know better than lhat n

I va hI0N OLtNNt NbNttt tuAt
How Johns heart went humping
against his side and what torrent
Of words were en- his tongue if lie
could only get them of. 1t might
be folly, but be felt he must say it
or die in the attempt.
To say he vas blushing would be
mild way OF describing the fiery
tide be felt ebbing and flowing in
his face. Even that was a draw
back. Could IN E seli-possessed
young lady OF the world ever love
man who blushed?
You see this great, whole hearted
honest John didn't know women APP
preciate modest men, as the dear
creatures do all the great phenomena
Of nature.
Kitty's dress vas rustliDg down
the stairs; she would be in in two
minutes and then goodby to all
chance of uttering the magic words.
Miss Grant-Hattie !" said broth.
er John ia desperation. "You have
lived a month in the country; do
you think-do you think you ever
could live in it all your life?"
1t is astonishing how cool women
can be at these trying crises.
John, blushipg and stammering
and trembling, great giant that he
was, stood in strong contrast to the
extreme composure Of the young
lady, who enuneiated, with unmis-
taxable distinctness:
"Yes, l think / could p
Kitty's step was in the hall /;
brother John grasped one OF the lit
tie white bands.
"Hattie--oh, Hattie, do sou think
you could stay with NE 2"
"Y s, think / could y
ooh, Hattie, know l am great,
rough country fellow, but love you
with all my heart. Do you-can
you-will you love me in return?"
eyes ~ said she. happily.
And just then, as Kitty came in,
she snatched her hand away and
took to playing "SpRed tile Plow,"
as if for wager.
"Dear me !" cried Kitty innocent
~, show red and hot you look ,Johnl
Your trunks packed, Hattie, but
goodness knows what I'll do when
you CO."
Don't cry, Kitty III come back
again" said Miss Hattie, demurely.
And so she did when the June
roses were in bloom, to the great
amazeme't and disgust other friends
and has stayed ever since, and will
stay for life by Johns siGe--willing
| to play, at all times and all seasons
"Speed the Plow."
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VOL. 26.

No. IA. Cumb'd and BALTIC. Accommoda-
ton, Daily except Sunday, leaves Cumb'G
$50 p. M, arrives at Martinsburg $50,
Wash. 900, BALTIC. 1880 p. m. Stops at all
stations and connects at Harper's Ferry
for Winchester, at Weverton for Hagers-
town and at Frederick June. for Friedrich.
No. 46. Express, daily, leaves Chicago
T.00p. m, arrives at Martinsburg S.42 p.
M. Wash. tl.20, Baltimore 1916 a. m :,
Phila. 800, New York $50 a. IN.
No. 1917. Sunday only, leaves Martins
burg 5.35 p. M, arrives at Wash. 90 and
BALTIC. 1890
No. II. Cumb'd and Martinsburg ac-
commodation, daily except Sunday ,on and
after June 1, leaves Cumb'd 100 a. M, and
arrives at Martinsburg $40 a. IN.
VIM. e. GREENE, General Manager.
Baltimore Md.
d. D. MARTIN, G. W. SANTMAN,
Pass. Traffic Manager. Ticket Agent.
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StrOng Witnesses

Among the thousands of testimon
ials of cures by DR.. Miles New
Heart Cure, is that of Nathan ALI
sons, a welI-known citizen of Glen
Rock, Pa, who had for years had
shortneas of breath, sleeplessness,
pain in left side, shoulders, smother
ing spells, ETC.; one bottle OF Miles
New Heart Cure and one box OF
Nerve and Liver Pills, cured him.
Peter Jaquet, Salem, N. j., is anoth-
er witness who for twenty years suf-
fered with heart disease, was pro-
nounced incurable by physicians,
death stared him in the face, could
not lie down for fear of smothering
to death. Immediately after using
the New Cure felt better and could
lie down and sleep all night and il
now well man. The New Cure is
sold, also free book, by A. NJ. Gil
bert.
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Do You Feel Run Down.

If you are miserable, feel rundown
and have no energy, take that great
invigorator, DR.. John w. Bulls Pills.
Mrs. Jennie Black, Of Angola, Ind,
writes that many Of her acquaintance
speak very highly of the pills and so
does she. She took DR.. Bulls Pills as q
tonic, and they did her much good.''
Dr.JohnW. Bulls Pills (sixty in q box)
costbut % cts; trial box, 10 cts. lat deal
ers, or by mail. A. G. Meyer & Co.,
Baltic, Md. Leave substitutes alone.
For sale by II. A. snodgrass, u N. Queer
street.
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JonNsoN's MODE OF RAISING MONEY.

JonNsoN's MODE OF RAISING MONEY.
johnson being pushed for money
TO defray the expenses of his moth
er's funeral, and settle some little
debts she had left, sat down to his
Rasselas, which, as he afterwards
informed his friend, Joshua Rey-
nolds, he composed in the eyeniHgs
of single week, having it printed
as rapidly az it was written, .and
even not reading it over until fcY.
cral years afterwards, whilst travel
ling with Mr.. Boswell. Yet lbis
work, so hastily written and pub.
lished, enabled the publisher to pay
him the sum of one hundred aud
twenty-five pounds.
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ANECDOTAL LITERATURE.
Gathered and Compiled for the In.
dependent by W. G.
PAUL JONES.

PAUL JONES.
The early history of this wonder
full man whose deeds have added so
much to the glory OF the American
arms on sea, is not generally known,
or if known, is found only in uApub-
lished tradition. Paul Jones or
John Paul (that being his family
nancy was in Philadelphia previous
to, and at the time of the signing OF
the Declaration of Independence.
He was of an impetuous, but firm
disposition, and Notwithstanding his
born allegiance to the British crown,
his republican spirit, doubly kindled
by the wrongs which he thought had
been inflicted upon him by the Brit
ish government, melted him to
vigorously seek and urge acommand
in the navy OF the new Republic,
that he might measure arms with
England, and show the naughty
"mistress of the sea- that "noble
blood was not essential to the
strength of an arm, and that. gilded
honors OF kingly bestowal did not
make the "man.r He obtained his
end, and how we'll he fulfilled his
trust is known to every school boy.
He unfurled the first American
flag that was ever flung to The
breeze, and carried it to the very
threshold of The British Lions den.
His daring deeds in the British
Channel, and upon the German
Ocean, SAVIOR more OF romance Than
reality but the then enemies of our
country found the reality sufficient
ly severe to give them an impressive
notion "a yankee notion) that "some
things could be done as we'll ais
Others
At the time Paul Jones was SOL
licitng his command in the navy
then forming, which was made up Of
the best material, he was regarded
as dashing beau, being proiuse in
jewelry, fashionable in dress and
obsequiopsly regardful of ladies. IT
was frequently remarked of him, as
we learn from good authority, that,
with comb behind his ear, he
would have passed for fashionable
French barber of the first cut. He
was small in statue, but elegantly
built, with an uumistakable Scotch
countenance, and Scotch twang of
the tongue, but his features we're
thoughtful and determined, in spite
Of his volatile frivolity which
| glance at his garb might indicate.
He was prodigal with his money,and
in the profuse distribution of his
favors always ready and foremost,
and hence died poor man.
One can scarcely think, and con-
ceive that such was the character
and manners of the man who evoked
the first shrek of the American
Eagle on the seas. making discor-
dant the notes OF "Rule Britannia,
and sending the death-rattle into
the Threats of those who sang it.
Mr.. Paul, as he was styled in
those old days, at the balls and
parties, and known only by that
name in Philadelphia, may now
be seen at Independence Hall, as be
then appeared. The portrait is
original and was painted by the
elder Peale, from life, over cen
fury ago.
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Elder Sister-Come, Clarence,
take your powder like man. You
never hear me making any complaint
about such little thing as that.
Clarence (sourly)-Neither would
| If | could daub it on my face; it
is swallerin' it that don't like.