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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-02-11

Seeing that Jackson took the Federal
lists in, Taney applied and received
that fierce mans favor in showers. His
is said to have been the first Cabinet
nomination rejected by the Senate.
His operations against the United
States Bank had the ferocity of saw
age. Gained by reaching the heights
of a judicial pre-eminence to which pol
itics alone had contributed, he rested
benevolently till, like homicidal i'm
pulse which is periodical, the demand
was made upon him to execute Sher-
ifs writ upon every non-slaveholder
in the territories. He was seized with
his last paroxoysm. Like an aged
savage chief he seized his tomahawk
and leaped into the ring of fire where
the captive was already bound and
painted black. Civilization, education,
mercy failed in this last scion of the
old Calvert remnant. He wrote with
fury that no black man had plea in his
court, none was a citizen; that the So
ciety at old St. Mary's prescribed the
laws for the nineteenth century.
Then the spirit of Michael Taney
rested again and his son lived out his
days meek and rcquiescent to the
changes of the times.
Politics was Roger Taney's tempta-
tation and d,mon. His principles
were from the Federal to the Calhoun
extreme and depended upon the exi-
gcncy. The barbarian lay back of the
Christian. After he had twenty-three
years on the bench Tyler says Taney
told him that if Seward had been
elected President he would have relus-
ed to administer the oath to him. an
outbreak of the old tempestuous.
gloomy rage.
Taney, senior, was described as
smiling upon the young man he meant
to kill and so easily OBTAINING him
from his friends. Taney, junior, also
had an affability the reverse of the
fierce prejudices he concealed within.
He remained with the govermcnt meek
and obedient and gave his hand to
them who had come to untooth him.
The animals which are docile at the
shows are worn out. This provision
less old julist, whose boasted great
practice had nothing to keep his aged
maiden daughters upon and who leaves
no posterity, exerted himself to harm
lessness in his second attempt to re-
move the deposits. He grew old as in
night and was an apparition of
wrinkles. He saw the blow struck.
the escape of the demon and the army
of the pursuers; before the conclusion
he was laid in the old Jesuit Noviti-
ate's Seminary grounds at Frederick.
His old neighbors of the peninsulas
closed the peace, by stabbing Seward
and shooting Lincoln, and rode away
by the route of old st. Mary 's.-Ne~
IOrk Sunday Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-02-11

PATuXENT RIVER, MD, Jan. II
This river can be visited only from
Baltimore and by steamboat. | went
to bed on the estmoreland comtorta-
blv and woke at Benedict, the base Of
operations against Washington city by
Ross army in 1914. Near Benedict,
Wilkes Booth first appeared in Mary
land Oct. 1864. ut the house of Dir.
Queen, making it for second time a
base of operations against Washington.
A little below was born Chief Justice
Taney. James Wilkinson, the doughty
General, who was in the pay Of Spain
for years, was born near Benedict.
Here | was transferred to the steamer
St. Mary's, to return down the PatuN-
ent. while the Westmoreland went on
up.
\ Col Sothoron, of Benedict, had
murdered Il Union officer i'll the war
f,r rec; utihg among his slaves. After
the war, when his crime looked less
heroic, Sothoron had related that
Michael fancy. the Chief Justice 5
father. also murdered Il man. Tan"y 5
Dred Scott d tcision had been Sothoron 5
sclfjustlicalion ii related the hom-
icde to Judge Frederick Stone among
others. who forgot most Of he details.
Stone told me that Sothoron said
that Michael Taney WAS Il man of dead
" passions and had killed white man
iii his (Tancy's) house and borrowed
81 600 from another person and fed
| and never returned the money and
never appeared any more. The occa.
sion of the crime was either unrelated
| or unremcmbered.
AS Chief Justice Alvey Of the Court
Of Appeals Of the District of Columbia
came from st. Mays county, in
quircd of him if he had ever heard OF
any such crime. Alvey said he thought
the story related to Michael fancy
killing a slave. | again referred the
matter to Judge Stone, who said:
No. it was white man. not Il col
ored man, for fancy fled.
Next | questioned Judge j. Parrar
Crane, of Town Point, PatuXcnt. Col
oncl Of the Second Maryland. in tn,
| Confederate Army He said there
was such a murder and he had heard
the old people of Calvert county tall
about it. but he could not remember
the particulars.
Certain paroNysms of desperation il
Roger Taney's political acts caused IN,
to examine his biography closely.
thought | could detect in the wreckel
of the United States Bank and tn,
gratuitous eNpounder Ct immemoria
and therefore mescapab!e slavery ;
nature working under something like; Z;
} homicidal impulsr My chase Of hi,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-02-11
1loetrn.
\ PRAYER.
EY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER.

EY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER.
Protect me, Lord. from these thy saints. the sanci-
monious few;
oh. save me from their clutches when my mort
cages come due
Oh. put not into the hands of these, the men of
Who call tuis earth ''va'e of tear and ty to
m; Ike it so.
Oh! guard me from the lue-nosed COOL "ho lend
at c mt per cen;
And take THOUSAND dollar litn fr ninety dollars
lent.
Make me- instead the debtor Of some IN n with
human ta,nrs:
At any protect me L rrd, from thess thy modern
saints!
Their thoughts are FIR fr> M mortal fe they never,
They strive to bring righteousness the very men
heyskin;
They never go step a ira. they never deign to
smile:
They sin not, and they only aim to castigate the
But, oh! why should they count it best with cold
and holy arts
To rvet sheet-iron shields around their hard and
stony hearts?
heir ears are ucdl eIOuS", 1ou WI, "
and complaints,
And 50 l pray protec me, Lord, from these thy
modern saints!
Oh! save me from the sanctified the too uncommon
good,
Who tel! us what we shoul int do and preach
what we should
These saints who squeeze dollar twic, and wear
cheap aureoles
IL take children's bread, and then attempt to
save our souls!
Give me, instead, worliy man with soma few
healthy stains.
That show he has the common blood of m lnkind in
his veins.
AND heart that sweS enough sometimes to over
throw constrants.
But, in my need, protect me- Lord, from self-ap
pontet saints.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-02-11

A Bost,n teacher had been giving a
familisr talk on zoology to class of
tcryear-olds in grammar school TO
,est their intelligence, he said, in the
course of his remarks
''Who can tell me the highest form
of animal lfe?''
A little girl held up her hand.
"Well, Nary"
"The hy-ena," shouted Mary, seri-
ously but triumphantly.
Relrcssing smile, the teacher
said,-
at is, Mary? Think again. Is by
cna the very highest? Don't answer too
quickly; take your time
''Oh, now know" cried Mary; ''it's
the giraffe
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-02-11
YOUR PRESENT NEED.

Is pure, rich blood, and strong and
healthy body, because with the ap-
proach of spring and the beginning OF
warmer weather your physical system
will undergo radical changes. All the
impurities which have accumulated
during colder weather must now be en-
pelled or serious consequences will re-
suit. The one true blood purifier
prominently in tue public eye today
is Hoods Sarsaparilla. Its record OF
cures is unequalled. Its sales are the
largest in the world. \ few bottles
of Hoods Sarsaparilla will prepare you
for spring by purifying and enriching
vour blood and toring and inrlgora-
ting your whole system.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-02-11
Selett MisrellanlJ.
Roger B. Taney's Father.
AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN
TRAGEDY OF \ CENTURY
AGO.

THE MURDER COMMITTED BY CHIEF
JUSTICE TANEY's FATHER IN A FIT
OF JEALoUsY-TRAITs IN THE Son
THAT SUGGESTED THE FATHER $
HoMICIpAL IMPULsE-A Story OF
OLD MARYLAND.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-02-11

We have just purchased another Bank
rupt STOCK OF GOODS and out of
the n any BARGAINS now found in
our so DEPARTMENTS we quote
the following:
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-02-11

BY GEORGE ALFRED TowNSHEND.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05
Tips Stood in the Way.

In old times to dine with a nobleman
cost more in tips to the servants than
a club dinner. James Payn relates
that Lord Poor, a well-named Irish
peer, excused himself from dining
with the Duke Of Ormond upon the
ground that he could not afford it.
eff you will give me the guinea have
to pay your cook (fancyD I will come
as often as you choose to ask me-"
which was accordingly done. The
Duke, however, had not the pluck to
stop the practice.
Lord Taafe, q general officer in the
Austrian service, did what he could.
He always attended his guests to the
door; when they put their hands into
their pockets, he said: "No, if you
do give it, give it to me, for it was |
who paid for your dinner" To Sir
Timothy Waldo must be given the
credit of putting an end to the mon
strous practice. After a dinner with
the Duke Of Newcastle he put a crown
into the cooks hand-it vas rejected.
81 do not take silver, sir" every
good, and I do not give gold" This
courageous rejoinder Caught on"
and the dayof walls to cooks was over.
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05

SITS too confoundedly hard to bear"
"You never asked me what
thought" said Sara gently. "Iiasn't
it entered your head that o girl can
care, sometimes, too?"
The train slowed up for q station
with a great deal of noise and a hustle
of people passing up and down. The
old gentleman rose sleepjly and tum-
bled out upon the platform. He
passed down, and it a quiet again.
After a time a band of men with mops
and brooms appeared at the door Of
the car and began to clear up. The
conductor, coming to a decision after
much ~hesitancy, stuck his head in al
the other door:
"Randolph Street," he called. cas-
far as we go. All out, please!"-Em-
ma Lee Walton, in the Puritan.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

"Ill bet that man lives in O fiat
"What makes you think 500" ellis
dogs tail is cut off."-Judge.
Miss Bostonia-"Yes, I'm always
carried away when I hear Browning
read" Miss Flirter-''Don't you want
me to read aloud q little?"-Judge.
Enthusiastic Cyclist Gust after a
centuryrun) -"Itell youwhat, if I had
to give up either I'd rather give up
my wheel than my cyclometer."-
Judge.
every woman, according to the
story she tells to her second husband,
was forced into her first marriage by
the wishes of her parents. "-Atchison
Globe.
Mrs. Potterby-''If you don't, get
out of here, Twill call the dog" Dis
NAL Dawson-'I don't eat dog. I
amt no Klondiker. indianapolis
Journal.
He-"Women are not as c%onsiderate
of men as men are of women" She
"Well, men are not worth considering
as much as women.'-Indianapolis
Journal.
"Why do you fellows call that
mountain Catfish Hill?'" asked the
tourist. Because" said Pieface
Bill, cit can't be scaled.
Enquirer.
Little Clarence (his fourteenth ques-
tion)-"Pa, what's genius?" Mr.. CAL
lipers Notwithstanding otherpeople
furnish the money to Garry out your
own ideas."-Puck.
II have half a mind to get married."
said the Lonely Man. cit takes"
said the Savage Bachelor, "just about
that amount of mind to think of such
a hing."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Alice-"What is that queer-lookine
picture on your stand?" Ada-'That is
q composite picture of the man I pro-
missed to love forever at the seashore
last summer."-Philadelphia North
American.
seedy Caller-''Is Mr.. Specie in?"
Office Boy-'No, he amt in, and he
won't be back for a month; but if yer
wanted anything of him I can refuse
ter yer jest as we'll as him, and save
your CALM again."-Boston Globe.
Wife-@'The tailor said he couldn't
make the, gown for less than 1926, SO
I told him to go ahead" Husband
"Why in the world didn't you consult
me frst?" IT didn't want to spend
the carfare for two visits, dear
Life.
Little Petie-"Wil1 it make much
noise, Mr.. Constant?" MI. Constant
myboy?" Petie-"Sister said she
you would pop tonight, and
[ was wondering if it could be heard
UPSTAIRS" North Ameri-
,an.
q William W~alker-"Yes, mum; T
late ter travel through de country, an
ind de farmers SO hard up. Itmakesm me
'eally sick at heart" Mrs. Backdoor-
why, what do they seem hard up for?
William Walker-''For help, num-
Puck.
"Mamma," said little Freddy, x
"the ferryboat we were on
.lmost ran into another ferryboat while
rossing the river" did it?" asked
anxiously. eyes, indeed.
IN sure there would have been a COL
ision if the other boat hadn't back
'edalled. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05
FAN of an Aerolite.

At Delhi, N. Y, an aerolite recently
fell as a ball of fire and penetrated the
earth six feet. Steam poured from the
hole in volumes. The ~aerolite is in
the shape of a ball. It weighs t,o
pounds and fourteen ounces and
measures a foot and three inches in
circumference. It is composed of
white and yellow stones, varying in
size. All the stones are square. with
a smooth surface, and as clearly cut as
II made by workmen. They are Of
various colors and resemble diamonds.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05
ON DEPOSIT

I cherished love for many years
And boarded it with care:
I guarded it with miser's fears
Nor CHANGED it anywhere:
But now with oil I gladly part
And risk it all in Annals heart.
II
My savings-bank is Annals heart
AID Cupid is cashier;
A credit there l late did start
Nor de%falcation fear;
ForI alone have credit there
And guard the door with loving care.
There daily do I bring more love
To swell my dear account.
Until the whole has grown above
A fabulous amount.
And, most unheard per cent. Of bliss,
MyAnna pays each day q kiss!
Ellis Parker Batter, in Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05

The value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists in
Its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
6lned circulation Of two papers
for the price of one, it is money
saved!
"G1he St. Landry Democrat ~
was consolidated on the Ri NJ
March, 1894, with" The Onelon.
sag courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to 50 a year.
Tile COURIER being BY odds
the best paper in the empire Par.
ish OF st. Landry is therefore ths
aheaDest
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05
DO NOT BORROW TROUBLE.

Only a day at Il time. There may never be a tomorrow.
Only a day at a time, and that we can live: We know
The trouble We cannot bear is only the trouble we borrow,
And the trials that never come are the ones that fret us so.
Only q step at a 4 time. 1t may be the angels bend DER US
To bear US above the stones that wound our feet by the way.
The step that is hardest Of all is not the one just before us,
Ard the path we dread the most may be smoothed anothert
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05

OF THE
IMMACULATE : CONCEPTION,

OPELOUSAS, La.
Under tho Direction of the Sisters Msrianitei
Of Holy Cross.
Offers to 1oung Indies every facility
for acquiring q thorough christian ed
ucation. Constant attention is paid to
home and {pcial culture. Lessons are
given in Ausic, painting and other
useful arts. The sisters also have
charge of the boys school. The course
O. instruction is two-fold-preparatory
and Commercial. French is taught in
the two courses For particulars, ad-
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05
MONEY TO LOAN.

0Yy1oB OF 81. LANDRY HOMESTEAD AND,
LOAN ASSOCIATION,
OPELOUsAs. Sept. 18th, 1895.
The undersigned Is authorized by the
Board OF Directors OF the st. Landry
Homestead and Loan Association ia
offer to Its members loans at eight per
eensum. For particulars apply to
E. D EsTILETTE,
President St. Landry II. & l.. Assn.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-05
ON THE OUT SIDE.

z had been in
six room flats
and nine room
houses, up stairs
O d do wn,
through block
after block of be-
W d g n g
streets, in all
the dust and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-09
A PINKERToN RUFFIAN.

The other day a Pinkerton detective
came to this city and conducted him
self ike a border rufian, drawing a
pistol and threatening to kill several
people. He was arrested, but he seems
TO have been treated with a distin-
guished consideration, such as is usu-
ally reserved for ambassadors and the
representatives Of foreign governments.
Monday this man was turned loose, and
started Cor Denver. 1t seems that a
main reason for turning him loose was
that the oregon Short Line officials did
not desire to prosecute him This man
committed an offense against the laws
of the state, and they should have been
vindicated. What if the railway officials
did not want to prosecute, are their de-
sires to outweigh the law? 1t seems
that they are in this case; at least. If
these who violate the laws should only
be prosecuted when those against
whom a crime has been committed are
DESTROYS of having them prosecuted, or
prosecution is to be suspended at their
instance. things would soon be in
fine shape. If some poor devil of
tramp had been guilty of an offense as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-09
Praised For His Honesty.

Detroit Free Press: 4 guess you never
heard how / carried that first election. -
laughed the man who is now conceded the
power to carry his county whenever he
wants to-
1T Looked rather blue for me when |
went out into the rural districts where my
acquaintance was limited and my oDpo-
nent was considered strong. | was first
billed for Stokeley Corners nothing but a
population. The school house was
crowded when arose to speak and nearly
every person present was a voter.
Ladies and gentlemen l said in the
beginning, 1 m not public speaker. The
best | can hone for is to give you my
IDEAS on the public questions of the day
in a very plain and simple talk such as
you would have about your own fire.
sides. For nearly two hours 7 hammered
away. inwardly congratulating myself in
the belief that | was a good deal better
and more effective orator than | pretend
ed. When l closed | was approached by
the patriarch and oracle of that whole
section.
YOU ! don't Just jibe with all the doc
terms you ben a-preachin', but yer an
honest man. and that's what were a-look-
in fur in these here skittish times. Ef
every man in Office Is honest Wen get
along all right. You kin count on this
here township
- You have paid me a high compliment
was my reply. To say that I'm honest is
the highest praise you could bestow.
I'm not tryin' fur TO compliment or
fur to praise. I'm satersfied yer honest.
You said you couldn't make a speech, and
burned eff believe you kin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-09
TOWN AGAINST COUNTRY.

Occasionally the question of town
against country comes up and which is
the better place for a boy is discussed
The latest discussion of it is bv the
Florida Times-Union-C Citizen. 1t makes
out case in favor of the country. It
says the farmer boy comes to the citv
and gazes upon the city dude" with
his fine clothes, and becomes a city bow
himself, and after years rises to the
dignity of family and salary of
hundred dollars a month, and then
pines for the old folks. and the old
farm, and all that it meant. The most
that he can look forward to is a two
weeks vacation once year. and a few
little diversions such as the theatre and
the like. The Times Union-Citizen
then proceeds to say that 1.-THE city bow
works hard six days in the week and
every month in the year. The country
boy works six days in the week when
the crops require his attention. The
city boy can seldom get a day off for a
hunt or a fish or a frOlic Time is al
most ever at the disposal of the lad of
the country. The city boy-in excep-
tionaI cases-mai1es one hundred dol
lars a month, the equivalent Of S132 a
year saved. The city boy has a boss.
The country boy has none, and if the
country boy can't make and save s1S2
a year and not half try he should split
rails. The farmer who earns $500 a year
clear profit over and above all expenses
is no exception in Florida. The woods
are full of him, and yet he will envy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-09
TwEED's MEMOIRS.

1t is said that Ed" Stokes, the man
who shot Jim Fisk, has come into the
possession of the papers of Boss
Tweed, ard that he has made a thor
ough study of them, with the idea of
writing a book some day. Among the
papers is said to be 4 confession, but
the diary is said to be the most inter
esting of all.
If these papers are authentic, and
Mr.. Stokes should compile d book from
them. It would be one of the most in
teresting ever published; it would
doubtless do much damage TO many
regulations, but it would make the
fortune of the author; as subscription
book it would sell like hot cakes
There have been municipal rings in
this country, and there are today, but
the greatest of them all was the Tweed
ring, and Tweed himself was the prince
Of ringsters. He ruled New York like
a medieval prince, and for long time
he seemed to be so rich and powerful
that nothing could touch him. But at
last the expose of how he had conducted
the department OF public works was
made by a clerk getting hold of the
secret account. and by stealth copying
the figures which were finally made
public in the New York Times. 1t was
then that Tiiden interested himself in
the case, and so relentless did his pur-
suit o. Tweed become that the great
boss was tried and convicted, being
sentenced to - years Imprisonment.
This was in 1872. Early in 1874 he made
his escape and fed to Spain, from
which country he was eXtradited in
1876. Two years later he died in Lud-
low street Jail.
His was u remarkable career, and his
private papers would. no doubt, shed
much light upon the history OF NUM-
ciDal affairs IN New York during the
time he was the dominant factor in
them. If possible, his memoirs should
be published by all means.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-09

! the man of the city who makes 1892
and at times will sail off on a tangent
and preach Populism-the same enemy
of work in the country that anarchy is
in the cities. Governor Bloxham called
attention in his speech at Green Cove
Springs 10 a great question much dis
cussed by learned minds: Why does
the country boy seek the cities?' The
answer is: Because he is a fool,''
The farmer boy who has become a
city chap often looks back to the happy
days OF his free youth and signs for it,
but no matter where youth is spent nor
amid what surroundings the man al
ways signs for it and looks back to its
days as the happiest of his life, as they
are. Pleasant are the pictures of farm
life where boys are free to roam tn.
woods with gun and dog. pleasanter far
than the reality The farm life is a
hard one, and il is an irksome, monot-
Onous one. 1t is in a measure hermit
life, and man is the most gregarious
animal there is; it lacks variety and
becomes uninteresting, while youth
likes variety and excitement. These
the city affords and he finds them
there. No sociological fact is better
known than that men prefer semi
starvation in city with its excitement
to feasting on the farm with its monot-
ony. We would never encourage a boy
to leave the farm for the city, but his
desire to make the change is not mex
plicable. nor is it unnatural; nor does
he seek the city merely TO wear store
clothes" The farmer boy who goes to
the city sooner or later discovers what
all boys discover sooner or later. no
matter whence they come nor what
their occupation, that after all, this
world, with it's hopes and ambitions, is
chiefly vanity