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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
How Raphael Settled His BIN.

Raphael, the great italian painter,
whose celebrated Biblical pictures are
worth fabulous sums of money, was
not rich man when young, and en-,
eountered some of the vicissitudes Of
life, like many another genius. Once
when travelling he put up at an inn
and remained there unable to get
away through lack of funds to settle
his bill. The landlord grew saspi-
cious that such was the case, and his
requests for a settlement grew more
and more pressing. Finally young
Raphael, in desperation, resorted to
the following device.
He carefully painted upon table,
top in his room number of gold coins,
and placing the table in certain light
that gave startling effect, he packed
his few belongings, and summoned his
host.
There, he exclaimed, with lordly
wave of his hand toward the table, sis
enough to settle my bill and more.
Now kindly show the wayt to the door. +"
The innkeeper, with many smiles
and bows, ushered his guest out, and
then hastened back to gather mp his
gold His rage and CONSERVATION
when he discovered the fraud knew no
bounds, until wealthy English tray
eler, recognizing the value of the art
put in the work, gladly paid him fifty
pounds for the table. -Harper's Round
Table.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The Kiel canal is lighted over sixty
two miles by electricity, and is the
longest distance in the world lighted
continuously in that way.
Brighton, England, can boast still of
having the lowest death rate of the
twenty-eight great English towns. 1t
has occupied this position since 1884.
A French statistician announces that
after long and anxious calculation he
has arrived at the conclusion that the
hairs of an average mans head num-
Der 127, 800. He is not likely to be
contradicted.
The Berlin municipal authorities
have granted license to society to
erectin public places and squares where
children are in the habit of playing,
automatic machines for the sale OF
condensed milk.
The power of the Lebel rife was
exhibited at Bercy, in France, recently,
where soldier was called on to shoot
an escaping bull. The bullet from
the rifle penetrated the animals skull
and left the body near the tail
A new lawn sprinkler has a round
base to rest on the ground, with an
outlet pipe rising upward, a cone being
attached to a wire bracket with the
point in a direct line with the hole in
the outlet pipe to spray the water.
At meeting of the Royal Botanic
society, it was stated that several OF
the streets of Basingstoke, England,
had had to be repaved owing to the
fagstones having been forced out Of
position by an underground of fungi.
For use in recording instruments
where a pencil is not desirable q new
device has a small reservoir for ink,
with conical bottom, in the end OF
which is small opening with pin
point running through it to act as a
feeder and marker.
Surgeons will appreciate devices
recently patented, consisting of q
broad band to go over the forehead,
held by strap at the back and fitted
with funnel-shaped reflector, with
an electric light in the back for the
purpose of giving the best possible
light to the wearer without shining in
his eyes.
The United States Geological Sur,
vey uses band saw, the invention of
the department, for cutting up speci-
mems which come for microscopic ex-
animation. This band saw, which
will cut anything from hot butter to a
crystal quartz, is nothing more than
an endless steel wire, between an
eighth and sixteenth of an inch thick,
running at very high speed over two
good-siZed wheels. Water and emery
are fed ON the wire as it runs.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
ABOUT RuaREa.
How the Crude Material II Obtained and
Prepared for INFLAMMATION.


Since the bicycle became ''indispen-
sable to every family more interest is
taken in the production and manufac-
ture of rubber than ever before. Crude
rubber comes from Asia, Africa and
Central America, but the finest grades
those always used for the best bicy-
Gle tires--are brought from the forests
Of the Para district of Brazil. Zine
Para" brings so cents a pound, and
comes in big biscuits" weighing from
20 to rs pounds each. Lower grades
of South American and African rubber
are sold for 30, 40 and 80 cents.
The dark swamps and jungles of
Para, where the rubber tree is found
in its greatest luxuriance, are reached
by journey up the Amazon. In these
forests Turk the germs of malignant
malarial fevers, which claim thousands
of victims among the rubber gather
ers, weakened, as they usually are, by
exposure, poor food and rum, of which
last enormous quantities are semitic the
workers. Large numbers of men an
nually seek the forests, in spite Of ter
rible conditions, and are not infre-
quently accompanied by their wives,
who so to share the fate of their hus-
bands.
The Para rubber is believed to owe
its excellence in part to the methods of
gathering and curing followed in that
region. The rubber sap from the big
trees is received in buckets, much in
the same way that maple sap is pro-
cured in this country. Then the gath
erers take long stakes of hard wood
about an inch in diameter and pointed
at the end and dip them again and
again into the sap buckets. After each
dipping the stakes are held over fires
until the successive films of rubber
solidify around them. Thus each of
the big biscuits" is the result of hun
dreds and hundreds of slow dippings.
A recent writer says that when lot
of crude rubber is taken to the rubber
mill it is first thrown into watts of hot
water to be steamed and softened for
two or three hours. Then after being
sawed into small chunks, it is thrown
into the washers, which are massive
iron rolls with corrugated surfaces.
As load Of rubber is caught between
the two turning surfaces streams Of
water play down into it from above,
washing out all sand and impurities.
Five minutes in the washers transforms
a basketful of rubber chunks into a
Il r 4
and several feet wide, which is carried
to the drying room and hung on racks
till the moisture has thoroughly evap-
Grated. After being left for a long
period in the drying room the rubber
sheets are taken back to the mill-room,
crushed between heavier rollers, and
finally compounded with the various
powered substances necessary for
proper inflammation.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

"God giveth His beloved Sleep" and
little children should have plenty Of Il.
It u the tendency OF the times to dis
regard this necessity; hence the In
crease Of nervous diseases among our
young men and women. Sleep means
growth with young people, and unless
there Is much sleep there will be no,
healthy growth.
Nature teaches little child to lie
down and sleep whenever 1t is weary,
and after a bath or after its midday
meal, and 1t is only through artificial
influences that a little child leaves of
the habit Of taking daily nap, and 1t
is generally due to the mothers neglect
that 1t Is finally dispensed with. Yet
the world often sympathizes with the
mother rather than the child when to-
ward night baby grows cross and fret
full. while the mother often grows I'M
patient, forgetting the long, tiresome
day which the little one has endured.
What wonder that these little ones
grow up into nervous young men and
women, with no constitutions to speak
of
Many grown people are pressed for
time to accomplish all that they desire,
and in their march for gold or daily
bread, find little time to rest, yet there
is no reason why they should begrudge
their children an extra hours sleep in
the morning because they have an in
herited idea that 1t is more healthful
for them to rise early, and they fear
that IL they are allowed to sleep until
they naturally awaken, habits of lazi-
ness will be formed which will mar
their after lives.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
YOUNG ELECTRICIAN.
Garrett A. Hobart, Jr., Is the Bell
hanger of the White House.

Garrett A. Hobart, Jr., Is the Bell
hanger of the White House.
Carrot A. Hobart, the 12-year-old son
of the new Vice President, has been
appointed official bellhanger Of the
White House by President Mckinley.
Young Hobart is an adept in electricity,
and he was the first applicant for office
after the Inauguration. He had an
eye to business and made business
proposition to the President. After
looking into the matter with great care
the President let the contract to young
Hobart, and so the young electrician
and his partner, Ned Van Ripper, were
given charge of the White House bell
hanging. Hobart Jr. began his career
as practical electrician by "wiring"
his fathers house so thoroughly that
bell would ring whenever anyone as
much as coughed. The servant girl
could light the kitchen fire by touching
button on her bedhead, and the bull
dog was released whenever a window
was opened after dark. His business
career began when the neighbors of the
Hobarts hired the boy to protect and
equip their houses in a similar fashion.
The work of Carrot A. Hobart Jr. &
Co. was as scientific as that of the
best electricians. and as 1t was fear
fully and wonderfully cheap as com
pared with that of the professionals,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Among the first Instruments 70 pe
used toward the education of the littie
son Of the Duke and Duchess OF lots
Is a ctawiing-rug, designed by MISS
Emma windsor, who is famous tor nei
intelligent Interpretation OF the froe'
bel idea Of education.
Froebel, she says, constantly urgeu
upon mothers the necessity OF the IN
fants' education beginning at their
mothers knee. and thinking OF TINS
has led me to the invention OF the pa
bies' crawling rug. 1t is large moor
picture Of animals, birds and domestic
figures, made Of real skin. swansdown'
and other materials sewn on to iannei'
and is quite in harmony with Froebels
idea.
For as soon as baby Is put on the rug
tho first thing that the mite does Is 10
begin to kick and stretch out its limbs;
then 1t begins to roll over and look
about. and tries to clutch at the pretty
annals on the rug. Then baby finds 1t
beyond its reach, and the first attempt
to crawl is after puss, or some other
equally familiar form which 1t sees on
the rug.
The kicking, the stretching out the
hand. the observation, the crawling,
and so on, are all what Froebel calls
education.
As baby grows older 1t learns, with
the help of mother and nurse, to imi-
tate the different sounds which the ami
mails make, to pick out one from the
other, and TO learn their names.
Then baby should be taught to stroke
each animal gently, and to speak Its
name In tender tones. Tken the infant
will early learn that love of animals
calls forth the love Of mankind.
1t is a good plan to teach the baby to
notice pictures of animals in children's
books. and to call its attention to liv-
ing animals and their actions. As the
child grows older Its delight in its ZOO
logical carpet increases and children
Of seven years of age are known to
greatly appreciate them
The place for the rug Is the nursery,
the drawing-room, the bathroom, the
seaside, and on shipboarl.
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buckle is strip Of ribbon, lined with
pink netting. permitting ventilation.
At the end of each ribbon is tiny
comb. His Majesty's valet places the
buckle in the center of his Majesty's
mustache and combs the ends of the
imperial mustache toward his Majes-
tvs ears. The end of the ribbons can
then be fastened by pieces of elastic
to the ears. The little combs lie down
and cause no annoyance. 1t can be
worn at night and il the whiskers are
long enough the result Is sure to be
most warlike and impressive. The EN-
peror has very fine mustache. The
ends are long and sharp and point to-
ward the ears as straight and sti!ly as
II they were made Of steel
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Those bicycle riders are nothing but
n set of cranks," said the man who
does not ride.
WELL" admitted the other maa who
does not ride, you must give theB
credit for having some little sense at
least. You haven't yet heard of one
of them starting out to discover the
north pole on his wheel."-Cincinnati
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

IT Just hate that old Mr.. Browne"
said the Newest Girl.
"Really?
Really. We girls arei going in for
hunting, you know, and, when I told
him how l had killed dpzen birds he
only said, oh, that wasn't 50 bad, but
I'VE got dog that killed thirty rats in
thirty minutes Hateful old fogyw-
Cincinnati Enquirer
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

"Ah." said the city man, "often
have | wished l could have led as
peaceful and quiet life as you"
Peaceful and quiet?" retorted the
farmer. 81 gosh I've raised double
set of stepchildren-eight boys. In
dianapolis Journal.
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which gives b is
subjects an exam
pie of how to train
the hirsute adorn-
ment In question.
His Majesty pos
sesses the newest
and most success
full mustache train
er In Germany. 1t
IL an arrangement
divided In the cen
ter by a buckle. On
each side of the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Cholly-I wonder If your rather
would hy into a passion If were to
ask him for you?
Adelaide-Not If you tell him first
that he looks twenty years younger
since he shaved of bis whiskers.-
Cleveland Leader.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Over 10000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobaco9S
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed. 80 cents and Sl.O0 at all
druggists.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Halle Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally. and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Write for tes-
tmonials, free. Manufactured by
T. J. CHENEY 81 Co.. Toledo, o.
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UTANTED:-Severalt trustworthy gentle
w men or ladies to travel In Marylanc
for establ shed, reliable house. Salary sra
and expenses. Steady position. Enclose
reference and self addressed stamped enveL
ope. The Dominion Company, Third Floos
Omaha Bldg. Chicago. Ill
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs.-Rev. D. BUCHMUEL-
LER. Lexington. Mo. February q, 1924.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

CAscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grpe; lOc.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of Dr. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. Il. II. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St. Phila., Pa.
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are all right in their proper places, bit II yon
have letter or Eczema. or Salt-IheuIn. or Ring
worm, better save your breath and buy ''Tetter-
inc" 50 cents a box at drug stores, or by mail
from j T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
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the boy firm throve at Paterson. 1t is
expected that President Mckinley and
his family will have all the bell-ringing
they want in the White House If Ho-
bart Jr. & Co. are allowed full sway.
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Many let heaven go by default.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing inhsmma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c.a bottle
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Education, in this age, means examining
In more than leading out.
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KIDNEY TROUBLES
Cured by Lydia q. PLokham's
Vegetable Compound,


cannot speak too highly of Mrs.
pinl,ham's Medicine, for 1t has done so
much for me. have been a great suf-
ferer from Kidney trouble, pains in
muscles, joints, back and shoulders;
feet would swell. l also had womb
troubles and leucorrhea. After using
I,-dia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
nound and Blood Purifier and Liver
pills. felt like new woman. My
kidneys are now N perfect condition.
and all my other troL blcs are cured
MRS. MAGGIE PORTS, 324 Kaufman St.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bachache.
NV system was entirely run down.
and / suffered with terrible baclxache
in the small of my back and could
hardly stand upright. l was more
tired in the morning than on retiring
at night. / had no appetite. Since
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, egained ffteenpounds,
and / look better than / ever looked
before. l shall recommend it to all
my friends, as it certainly is wonder
full medicine. -MRs. E. f. MORTON, 1913
Hopkins ST., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kidney Trouble.
Before taking Lydia E. Pinlkham's
Vegetable Compound, l had suffered
many years with kidney trouble. The
pains in my back and shoulders were
terrible. Ny menstruation became ir-
regular, and was troubled with leu
corrhea. was growing very weak.
had been to many physicians but re-
ceived no benefit. began the use of
Mrs. Pinkham's medicine, and the fIst
bottle relieved the pain in my back
and regulated the menses. 1t is the
best kind OF medicine that have ever
taken, for trelieved the pain SO quickly
and cured the disease.-M LILLIAN
CRrPPEN, Box II, St. Andrews Bay, Fla
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Just try 10c box of Cascafets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Charity robs herself when she frowns
while bestowing gift
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
oERMANY's DUDE KAISER.

How He Trains His Mustache to Stand
Up Straight.
Such thing as an army officer with
out mustache is hardly known in the
German empire, the erratlc ruler of
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Thought without purpose is like seed
spilled upon the ground.
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The hand that holds the rod should al
ways be controlled by love.
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When there is a coffin in the house there is
a welcome for the preacher.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

When bilious or costve, eat Cascarct,
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed 10c., 25c.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Ifaf1ictedwith sore eyes use Dr.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water Druggists sell atS5c per bottle
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Every great gift has germ of RESPONSE
bility hidden within itself.
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L. HI. SWITZERLAND,
"A u O. 10 NEER
Port Tobacco. Charles County. ND

WIN attend 20 al business entrusted b
aim. In any portion Of the County. Com
nunications addressed to lin at Port
Tobacco VIII receiys prompt atteution.
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There is no safe side in any Kind Of sin.
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overwork is a thief of time.
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A stop in time saves pain.
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~ stops only on notice to condustor
ent - On sgnll.
|.B. II JOHNSON. J. r. WOOD,
Gen Van lger. Gsa'l Pass. A ent
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-23
DREXEL'S SUMNER CRUISE.
His Yacht Aloedo Has Returned
Home After a 1900 Mile Cruise.

Philadelphia, Dec. 23.-After cruise of
over 1900 miles George w ChtIds Drexel's
steam yacht Alcedo, one of the finest
pleasure craft afiOat has arrived here
from Antwerp in command of Captain
Dyer. She left this city on August and
arrived at Aberdeen twenty days later.
From there she went to the far north
with Mr.. Drexel and his family and sew
eral friends. visiting Norway and Sweden
and later on Denmark and Belgium.
Owing to the fierce midwinter storms on
the north Atlantic the homeward run was
made over the southern course, touching
at St. Lucia and Savannah Throughout
the voyage the yacht met with strong
gales. but escaped damage and lived safe
" through seas which larger vessels
could not weather. She will remain in
port to await her owners orders, and
may later in the season proceed south
ward to the Bahamas and Florida
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-23
TO PREACH FOR NOTHING.
Rev. Dr. Farrar Gives UP a Salary
of $4,000 a Year.

New York. Dec. 23.-From $4,000 a
year to nothing. That viii be the drop
in the salary of Rev. DR.. James n.
Farrar, when, in a short time he will
voluntarily step down and out of the
pulpit of the rich and fashionable First
Reform church of Brooklyn, of which
church he has been pastor for seven
years. DR.. Farrar, who is one of the
leading and most popular cIergymen
in Brooklyn, says that he will resign
his $4,000 place and several special po-
sitions because 1T is his duty to preach
the Gospel without money and without
price"
I am convinced .. he says that the
Lord is leading me in this decision" B"
DR.. Farrar now occupies one of the
handsonest houses in Brooklyn, and
his influence in his church has been lib
eral and progressive. He will go to
the little hamlet of IdlewiId. Pa to
live, where he viii have a church and
receive nothing for his services He
says that his family can live on $500
a year. In this decision DR.. Farrar
and family will step from affiuence and
high. social position to poverty and OBJ
Scurity.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-23
EMPLOYEES SHARE PROFITS
Jordan, Marsh & Co. Announce
Change in Their Business Methods.

Boston, Dec. 23.-The first profit sharing
plan to be adopted in this city has been
inaugurated by Jordan, Marsh & Co., the
biggest department store in Boston.
The plan is to allow each of their en-
ployes 1 per cent of their individual sales.
in addition to their regular salaries. The
announcement to this effect was made to
the employees at the close of business yes
terday. 1t was greeted with cheers and
loud demonstrations of approval by all.
The managers stated that they have de-
termined to adopt this plan in order to
give their employees an additional incen-
tive to make sales, and to work in the
interest of the firm.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-23
How to Prevent Pneumonia

At this time Of the year a cold is
its course without the aid of some reIi-
able cough medicine is liable to result
in that dread disease, pneumonia. We
know of no better remedy to cure a
cough or cold than Chamberlain's s
Cough Remedy. We nave used it quite
extensively and it has always given en-
tire sfaction.-OOlagah, Ind. Ter
Chief.
This is the only remedy that is known
to be certain preventive of pneumonia
Among the many thousands who have
used it for colds and la grippe we have
never yet learned of a single case hav-
ing resulted in pneumonia. Persons
who have weak lungs or have reason to
fear an attack of pneumonia, should
keep the remedy at hand. The 25 and
so cent sizes for sale by all druggists.