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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-02-05
Ingrowimg Hairs Under Nails.

Tue barber was talking. 'Iugrow.
ing hairs in the face are often pain
full, he remarked. "but they amt il
it with ingrowing hairs upder the flu,
ger nail. Fact / assure you. Ask
any barber, aud he will tell you the
same thing. How do they get there?
Oh, that's simple enough In cutting
a mans hair, short hair very often
flies off the shears and lodges under
ths finger nail We don't notice il Al
the time, and it gradually works its
way in until it is completely ont or
sight. Then the trouble begins
Sometimes it takes root and grove
out, but more often it Just stays there
and testers. Does the razor hurt You?
There sou are, sir. Nextw Phila-
delphia Record.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-02-05
LOVE In A MINOR KEY.

HE inhabitants OF Har-
plestowe had ceased to
discuss Hannah Fletch.
er's questionable posi-
tion toward her lodger,
and any interest at
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-02-05
La PLATA, MARYLAND, FEBRUARY 5. 1897
II We Han eur 4 DAY,

II WE HAD euT A DAY.
We should HlI the Jurs with ;ho sweetest
thlDgs.
II we had but day;
We should drink alone at the plress springs
In our upward way.
We SHOULD love with liietime's love in an
hour,
II the hours we're few;
We should rest, not for dreams, but for
fresher power
To bc and 10 do.
We should guide our waywarJ or wearlcd
BY the clearest light;
We should keep our eyes on tho heavenly
hills
II they lay in sight;
We should trample the pride aud the dis
content
Beneath our feet;
We should take whatever good Goa sent
With trust complete.
We should waste no moments in weak regret,
II the day were but one;
II what we remember and what we forget
Went out with the sun;
We should be from our elamorous selves set
free
To work or 10 pray,
And to be what tho Father would have us be,
II we had but day.
Mary Lowe Dickinson.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-02-05
NO.2.
Vow Is the lime.
TomorIoW !. noi oar. Q ho.d.

Tomorrow IA not ours 10 ho.d,
May never come 70 bless
Or blight Dur lives with wesl 0r IN.
With gladness or distress.
No man shall clasp Tomorrow's hand.
Nor catch her on the way;
For when we reach Tomorrow's land,
She'll be. by then, Today.
You ask me for the golden time;
bid you seize the hour"
And lill 1t full Of earnest work.
While yet you ave the power
Today. the golden time for Joy.
Beneath the household caves
Today. the royal time for work.
For bringing in the sheaves."
Today. the golden time for peace,
For fighting olden feuds
For sending forth from every heart
Whatever sin intrudes
Today. the time TO conseerate
Your life to God above
Today. the time to banish haze.
The golden time for love.
Margaret +. saRgster.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-02-05
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Glass engagement rings are offered
for sale at Portland, Oregon, as TIE
newest fashion.
Thiriy-eight Revolutionary soldiers
lie buried in the ancient cemetery in
Siockbridge, Mass.
Roasted peanuts are sold by the
pound at Sacramento, CAL, the price
now being ten cents.
Postmaster J. w. Durham of Mid
dleburg, Ky, has a nine-year-old son
who weighs 22O pounds.
The number of tigers. leopards.
bears, wolves and other dangerous
animals killed in India every year i,
about 20. 900.
A bill posting machine, which sticks
bills on walls, even so high as fifty
feet, without the nss of ladder or
pnstcpot, is said to be doing useful
WORN III EUROPE.
Pending the adoption Of plan TO
dispose ofimponnded aud unredeemcd
dogs at. Macon, GA, by electricity, an
experiment has been made upon rats.
1t was successful.
In a smelt weir in South Bay, off
Eastport, Me-, a lobster weighing
nineteen and one-half pounds was
caught. 1t was forty inches long aud
seventeen inches around.
A murderer IN tho penitentiary in
Indiana, who will be pardoned out in a
few days, will remarry his wife, who
since his Imprisonment, has been di-
vorced, married and widowed.
In certain parts of China the young
women wear their hair in loug, single
plat, with which is intertwiued
strand of bright scarlet thread, which
denotes them TO be marriagcablc.
In the orchard of Samuel Reynolds
of Lawrence, KIM, is a VLndiver Pip
pin apple tree, forty years old, which
measures twelve feet in the circumfer-
cnce of the trunk. The boughs spread
over a circle having a diameter Of 100
feet.
In the stomach OF COW recently
slaughtered by George Damn,
butcher, of Portsmouth,, Ohio, were
found six pounds Of iron nails. hinges,
bolts, etc. The neighhors declare that
the cos had discovered that iron was
good for the blood.
The drummer boy of Aroola, who
saved the day for Napoleon. is not
myth. At least Francs does not con
slider him myth, and is about TO
erect a statue to his memory at Casta-
net, in Vaucluse, his birthplace, where
he was known as Andre Etienne.
A fourteen-months-old child OF
Reading, Penn, reioices in the rather
unique distinction Of having four
great-grandnothers living. Only Que
Of these great-grandmothers wears
spectacles, and all live within a short
distance of the home OF this presuma-
bly, well-codllel miss.
A Chicago tramp knocked loudly at
the door of u lonely house, and iuso-
lcntly demanded food. The lady who
answered his summons had ju,t been
pounding beelstcak, and S e had Il
heavy potatomasher in her hand. He
continued his insoleuce until she
struck him on the jaw with the weapon
and this reception made him dee fer
his life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-02-05
III M0R0US.

A man cannot build mp a character
with the bricks he gets in his hat.
She-Y You were well of before you
married, were you not? He: Yes; and
didn't have anything either.
Doctor-Did he sleep well through
the night? Night Nurse-No. He
kept me awake all night long.
"He nsed to be common thief
until ho got rich and retired" "What
is he nou?" "a kleptomoniac.
Miss Timberwheels- How you we're
impressed by Mr.. Noodles? Miss
Hungerford-I wasn't impressed
was oppressed.
Jones es-Just suppose the Spanish
troops actually landed in New York.
Smith-W Well, if they did the police
would run them in.
Willy-And why do you call them
Birds of Paradise, Mother? Mother
Bcc-use their feathers make such
heavenly bonnets guess.
Mr.. Heller e. an. )-Well, Maria,
we've lost the Ninth Ward. Maria
(absent-mindedlyl Dear mel Have
you looked under tue bureau?
II am hopeful that you will pay me
that $40 before the end of the week,
Smithson. CHATS right, old man.
Be hopeful, but don't be sauguine.
Friend--I suppose the baby is very
much attached to his pnpa. Mamma
--Extremcly-He won't let any one
else walk the floor with him at night.
Miss Snmmit-Why thought you
were surely going to marry the Duke
dear. Miss Palisade-I was; but he
has Just cabled papa canceIing the
order.
Jamie, called his mother, sharply,
you've been loafng all day. Satan
always finds some work for idle hands
to do. Take this basket and bring in
some kiudlisg."
Teacher-Now here is an example
in mental arithmetic: How old would
person he today who was born in
1868? Tommy Please mum, was it
man or woman?
His Wife latter the cook leiD 1t
is plain that nobody will get gray in
our service. The Suburbanite-Yo
can't tell. People have been known
to grow gray in single night.
She Tn sure you love me no
longer. Now do not deny it. / eau
see the change in you. I'm no fool.
You should have married somebody
stupider. He-I couldn't fad one.
Cuatomer-Y Your sign says you arc
tonsorial artist. Barber-Y Yes, sir.
Customer contemplating gashes) =
Don't you think you ought also to
specify that you are an impressionist:
Goodun-You will never be happy
until you get a change of heart.
Badun-Oa. my heart is all right. but
l think l could be reasonably happy
if could get change Of liver aud
stomach.
Miss Elderly taking politely pro-.
fered seat in crowded carr THINK
you, my little man. Did your mother
tell you to always give mp your seat to
ladies? Polite B1y-No'm, not all
ladies-only old Indies.
"The price you ask for Your manu-
script, rs exorbitant,' said the pub.
Usher. "Exorbi,antl' repeated the
careworn author. lisdaiufu II, "rxor.
bitant! Why, man, I've been paying
postage on that story for the last TWEEN.
ty years.
Arctic Explorer (narrating his al
venture. You will hardly believe it.
Miss. but l actually subsistod at one
time for au entire week upon single
leather boot. She tbreathlesslyl
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-02-05

To endeiHor to work upon the fool
ish with fine sense is like attempting
to hew blocks of marble with a razor.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-02-05

The men in the choir at Westmin-
ster Abbey, London, receive salaries
ranging from s4OO to $500.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-02-05

Boston's New Regulation.
1t costs s. to swear on the streets Of Bos-
lon
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-11-30
up;U:

You can't cure consumption but you
can avoid it and cure every other torn
OF throat or lung trouble by the use Of
One Minute Cough Cure. II. b. Merri.
hew.
Disagreement for life by burns or
scalds may be avoided by using DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the great remedy
Tor piles and all kinds of sores and skin
troubls. II + Merrihew.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-11-30

other business as pertains to his offIc
and in case of his failure so to do the
assistant secretary shall preform said
duties.
No. Cit sh all be the duty of the
treasurer to receive all money an
property Of the Unto and shall disbuse
the same upon orders signed by the
president and secretary and shall keep
a true and correct account OF all money
and property received and disbur sed by
him as treasurer. He shall report an
nnally or oftner if required by the Board
at such time as the Board may require,
the financial condition Of the Union.
No. = The foregoing articles and
bye laws shall pc in force from and after
their adoption.
Approved Nov. %. 1897.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-11-30
How to Cure Bilious Collie.

suffered for weeks with collie and
pains in my scomach caused by bilious
ness and had TO take medicine all the
while until used Chamberain's Cole.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which
cured me. Mrs. +. BUTLER, Fairhaven,
Conn. Persons who are subject to
bilious collie can ward OF the attack by
taking this remedy as soon as the first
symptoms appear. Sold by II B. Mer-
rihew, druggist.
The -year-old boy of j A. John
son, OF Lynn Center, H., is subject to
attacks of Group Mr. Johnson says he
is satisfied that the timely use of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy duringa severe
attack, saved his little boy's life. He is
is the drug business, member OF the
firm of Johnson Bros. of that place and
they handle great many patent
medicines for throat and lung diseases.
He had all these to choose from, and
skilled physicians ready TO respond 10
his call. but selected this remedy for
use in his own family at time when
his own ch.ld's life was in danger, be-
cause h. knew it to be superior TO any
other, and famous the country over for
its cures of cronp Mr.. Johnson gays
this is the best selling congh medicine
they handle, and that it gives splendid
satisfaction in all cases. Sold by III. b.
Merrihew, druggis,
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-11-30
In the Glad Future.

"a''a' said the husband Of the new
woman 81 the break fasttable. the NEXT
"' W" e"ine home late from the lodge
$50 $50 Pu' your blnomers To bed and hang
suI.e,, over the back of a chair all
sn' ~ 20 straigh: home TO papa,
'here''- Brooklyn Eagle
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-11-30
University Of Utah
And State Normal School.
Salt Lake CITY. Utah

The Academic Year will begin Septem
Der 10, 1897. Courses in General Science
Liberal Arts, Mining Engineering, Nor
NAL work, kindergarten Training, and
Preparatory studies are oH'ered.
For Catalogue or iull particulars con-
cerningthese courses, entrance require
tments, Normal scholarships, etc apply
o ] T. Kings bury,
President.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-11-30

Harris?" "a our "" ehun
You don't say?s
w.s hes, he's running trolley car
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-11-30

WANTED Intelligent lady agents
"Hau @D to sell Dr. Cooley's
famous "ORANGE LILY" Home Treat
ment for Female Troubles 4 good
business. Address, Oh Egan, 10 +
til South st. Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-11-30
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke your Lie Away.

TO Quit tobacco easily ana forever be mag
netic iu.l of Life. nerve and ylgor. take No-1o
sac the wonder worker. that makes weak mer
wrong All druggists, 30" or 81. Cure guaran
eco booklet ana sample free Address
-berlog Kennedy o.. Chicago or New P9rT
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-11-30
CASToRrA.
0ZASI0JEII
The fac
HignatuYe/ ~ NfH-<-Z every
OF (3LZZV ZZLCZZI[ w:appss.

You can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cold to develop into
pneumonia or consumption. Instant
relief and a certain cure are afforded by
One Minute Cough Cure. II. b. Merri-
hew.
There is no need OF little children be-
ing tortured ny scaLl -he-J, eczema and
skin eruptions. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve gives instant relief and cures
permanently. II. b. Merrihew.
j. M, Thirswent, OF Grosbeck, Tex >
says that when he has q spell of indiges
ton, and feels bad and sluggish, he
takes two of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers at night, and he is all right the
next morning. Many thousands of
others do the same thing. Do you {?
II. G. Merrihew
j. G. Berry, one of the hest known
citizens OF Spencer, Mo testifies that
he cured himself of the worst kind of
piles by using few boxes of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve He has been
troubled with piles for over thirty years
and has used many kinds OF so-called
cures; but DeWitt's was the only one
that did the work and he will verify this
statement if any one wishes to write
him. II. B. Merrihew
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-03
Roasting . Goose.

To roast goose properly is by no
means an easy task. These directions,
carefully followed, are said to be cor
rect:
Having drawn and thoroughly cleaned
and dried the bird, stuff it with mashed
potatoes highly seasoned with onion,
sage, salt and pepper or with equal parts
Of bread crumbs, chopped apples and
boiled onions, seasoned with salt, sage
and pepper. Sew and truss, put on rack
in pan and cover the breast with slices
Of fat salt pork.
Place in the oven for three-quarters
Of an hour. The pork fat is quickly
drawn out by the heat, flows over the
goose and aids in drawing out the oil
When considerable oil is extracted, take
the pan from the oven and pour off all
the oil. Remove the pork and dredge
the goose with -four and place again in
the oven. When the -four is Drowned,
add little hot water and haste often.
Drcdge with flour after basting. Cook
until brown and tender. Garrish with
water cress. Serve with apple sauce
Chicago Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-03
chic.ro . I,ter.ry cepter.


"You told me yesterday that Chicago
wasn't literary center, didn't you?"
demanded the Chicago man Of his friend
from Boston.
"Yes, that is what I said, I" replied
the Boston man.
lyon told me that we might have Q
few fair newspaper writers and few
Cheap John authors, but that couldn t
find the name Of a crackerjack, bang
up poet like Oliver Wendell Holmes, for
instance, or Longfellow, or some of
those other guys, in the whole city di-
rectory, didn't you:" continued the Chi.
cago man.
"Yes, I said something like that, "
was the reply.
well, yon're way on, Gully" went
on the Chicago man, pulling a paper
out of his inside pocket. 20. W. Holmes
lives over here ON the West Side, in the
swell part Of it, too-Ashland avenue.
We've got three or four Longfellows, q
score Of Lowells and q column or moro
Of Emersons. But that amt all. You'll
find in the directory a dozen Walter
Scots, few Tennysons, about q page
Of Spencers, two Charles Dickenses, one
Thackeray and one Shakespeare. Now,
what have you to say about Chicago's
not being literary center?''
well, it's better than I thought, u
acknowledged the Boston man. "Ou1
directory wouldn't show such list OF
illustrious names. Chicago Times
Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-03
OLD NEwGATE.

from outsiders, and other lively customs
relieved the monotony of the jail. Thieves
and blacklegs of all kinds conferred freely
with each other and with friends from the
outside, and it is a we'll authenticated fact
that all the great crimes which were per-
pctratcd in London in those days were
Matched in Newgatc.
Newcomers had to pay q "garnish,"
footing" or "chummage" before they
could becomerecognizedm members of society
in the prison. The iron bound rule was to
"pay or strip" the Invested garments of
the moneyless being Immediately convert
ed into liquid refreshment for all hands,
This rule was just rs vigorously enforced
In tho women's court, and the record of a
visitor to the place in 1908 declares that
most OF the women were so destitute of
clothing that it was an impossibility to
enforce the alternative penalty when de-
fault was made in money "chummage."
The women spent their time in fighting,
swearing, gaming, dancing, singing and
drinking, and as many as IS were crowded
into one small sleeping room.
Nothing was done by the authorities in
a sanitary way. the water supply being ir-
regular and soap and towels unknown.
Naturally every one went dirty, and infec-
tious diseases were of common occurrence.
Nobody paid any attention to this until
about the middle Of the present century,
when some form of contagious disease
spread to the nearby courthouse in the Old
Bailey, and number of judges and bar
risters were stricken down and died. Then
the cry of the reforners was needed.
In the old days the prisoners had to cook
their own food and in many cases supply
It, This rule existed until as late as 1918.
The unfortunate felon who was without
money and friends had to keep body and
soul together by begging the leavings from
ms more fortunate comrades and do all
kinds of mental work for them for the few
crumbs which they had to give.
since 1877 the prison has only been used
as place OF detention for the condemned
and for prisoners who are to be tried at
the Old Bailey court. But even for these
small purposes the present building is un-
Ut, every stone in the structure seeming to
be reeking with disease, memento per-
maps Oh the mismanagement of former
years.
The number of wretches who spent their
last Gays on earth In Newgate before 60
ing out with the hangman would run into
the tens of thousands if the compIeto HE
tories of the building and its predecessors
were considered. Captain Kidd had n
brief taste Of Newgate. So did the Irish
martyr, Robert Emmett. Dick Turpin and
his brother desperate, Jack Shepard. were
there; likewise the melancholy Eugene
Aram. Robert Baldock, Edward iI's
chancellor, died in one of the first New
gate prisons. The great William Penn was
! lodged there for preaching against the
established church. Daniel Dc Foe spent
some months there because of his writ
ings in his paper, The Review, the publ
cation OF which suggested Stecle's famous
| Tattler
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-03

now FRANK DUPREE WON BRIDE.
tie and Frank came in sight Of q herd Of
60 or 20 buffalo. In spirit Of bravado
Frank urged his broncho alongside a huge
buffalo bull and sprang from his saddle
upon the animals back. Instantly the
herd was stampeding madly across the
prairie, with the old bull in the lend. Du-
pree's foolhardiness had placed him in an
extremely dangerous predicament.
If he jumped or fell from the buffalo's
back, he would certainly be trampled to
death by the pursuing herd, and If he re-
tanned his seat till the buffalo became
tired and ugly it was equally certain that
the beast would make q furious assault
upon him when he dismounted. All be
could do was to cling to the bulls back
and await q chance to escape alive, which
did not come till he had ridden two miles
in this uncomfortable manner.
Fortune favored him, for his novel stecd
ran for some distance along q steep, mar
row washout, with almost perpendicular
banks 90 feet high. Here Dupree jumped
and slid down the bank Just in time to es-
cape the hoofs of the herd behind. Mean
time the girl had lassoed her companion q
horse, and, hurrying after the rapidly dis
appearing buffalo, reached the spot just
as Dupree had saved himself.
The episode somehow touched a tender
spot in Myrtle's heart, and asa sequel the
bells of Cherry Greek Mission church an.
nounced the union Of this typical frontier
couple
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-03

on q rair OF dcuces, compelling her op-
ponent to lay down full house.
Her fortune grew steadily year after
year, and In the spring of 1893 she was
supposed to be worth about SIS, 600 The
common wage lumbermen had almost
ceascd to call at her home, but the profess
sional card players of Milwaukee, Chicago,
Minneapolis and other western cities had
determined TO secure slice of her snug
little fortune. and they did succeed, by
forming o combination that spring, in re.
ducing her limit to $1,000. A year later
she came in contact with party of fisher
men from Chicago. They were well sup
piled with money and the lady succeeded
In relieving them Of $4,000 within .
weeks time. They accused her Of cheat
Ing and threatened to raid the place pro-
viding she did not refund the amount of
her winnings, but revolver dexterously
brandished satisfied the gentlemen that
card playing was not the sole accomplish.
ment Of their hostess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-03
CHANT AND CONFEDERATE.

The CommandeE's Consideration For .
WoundeA Omcer of the Enemy.
The following anecdote is related By
General Horace Porter in his Cam
paigning With Grant. F" in The Century:
While riding about the field General
Grant stopped at house and expressed
q desire to prepare some dispatches A
number Of wounded were lying upon
the porch and in the rooms. They had
made their way there in accordance
with the usual custom Of wounded men
to seek house. It seems to be natural
instinct, as house conveys the idea OF
shelter and Of home. I walked with the
general into q back room to see whether
there was a dry spot which he might
take possession Of for q short time to
write messages and look over the maps.
As we entered there was seen sitting
in the only chair Confederate heuten-
ant of infantry who had been shot in
the left cheek, the ball passing through
his mouth and coming out near the
right ear. A mass of coagulated blood
covered his face and neck, and he pre-
sented II shocking appearance. He arose
VIC AUIutut We cuUcItu, pucuC0 AAo
chair forward toward the general and
said, with bow and smile, "Here,
take my chair, sis - General Grant
looked at him and replied: "Ah, you
need that chair much more than L
Keep your seat. l see you are badly
hurt" The officer answered good mo-
turedly: If you folks let me go back
to our lines. Think I ought to be able
to get a leave to go home and see my
girl. But I reckon she wouldn't know
me now" The general said, 81 will see
that one Of our surgeons does all in his
power for you," and then stepped out
of the room. He told one of the surgeons
who was dressing the wounds Of our
men to do what he could for the Con-
federate. We did not hear what became
of him afterward. He. probably never
knew that he had been talking to the
general in chief of the Yankee armies.
The dispatches were afterward written
! in another room.