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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09
A shIn slrIles rrce,s Branehes.

As illustrating the safety with which
vessels Gun pass in an ont through The
straits forming the entrance to Puget
Sound and run fight close 10 the shore
without danger If strhudnF, Captain
George W. Bullcnc told the following
story the ether day about Captain Farm
hum. formerly master Of the ship Dash
ing Wave.
Several years ago the Dasling Wave
was beating her way in through the strait
in thick fog. suddenly the lookout
sung out, Woods! woods and the next
moment branches Of trees could be seen
from TIE pocp-deck.
"put your wheel hard nportl" was the
command Of the captain to the man al
TIE wheel.
But before the ship could be brought
around the iibboom and jib sheets were
touching the branches OF the trees on the
bank.
Pull in the iib sheets" came the next
command, but before they could be haul
ed in they stuck in the branches Of q
tree.
Get out there quick and get them
loosc!'' yelled the captain at the top Of
his voice, and no sooner was the com
mand given thuu two active sailors were
out on the boom and had the sheet.
freed. AT the same time a sudden hreeze
sprung up, the ship swung out, and ths
two sailors were left perchcd in Tic
branches Of the trees.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

There is an amusing anecdote about
that grutf sea dog, Nelson. Two Span
ish captains came on board, with a re.
quest to be allowed TO see ''the greatest
seaman in the world Nelson grumbled,
but gave in and went ON deck. forgetting
that Eat that moment his legs were bound
up at the knees and ankles with pieces OF
brown paper soaked in vinegar and tied
ON with red tape"
This had been done to allay the irrita-
tion arising from mosquito bites. Quite
forgetting his attire and the extraordin-
airy appearance which it presented, Lord
Nelson went ON deck and conducted the
interview with the Spanish captains with
such perfect courtesy that his singular
appearance was quite obliterated by the
charm of his manner, and the Spaniards
left the ship with their high opinion of
him thoroughly confirmed.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09
THE COURAGE OF PRIDE.
1t Is Seen in Only the Finest Types of
Manhood.

Manhood.
Dan Beard, the artist, in discussing
the various phases OF courage the other
day, remarked: Every few people
take account of the courage of pride.
Some men are thoroughly fearless;
others are brave under certain condi-
tions, but are found wanting when
circumstances of an unusual character
demand the exercises of heroic quail
ties.S A New York fireman, whom
nothing under heaven in the shape of
fi;e could daunt, might become de-
moralized with terror in gale at sea.
On the other hand.a sailor who would
think nothing of climbing to the high
est point OF a mast to take in sail dur
ing raging typhoon could not be in
duced to sleep alone in house. Many
man is forced into battle aud comes
ont with flying colors.
''rhe courage of pride, however, is
one of the finest qualities Of manhood.
Ii is sort of negative courage. In
other words, it is the quality which
makes man afraid to be coward
afraid of his own conscience. As au
illustration Of this quality, remember
an instance that occurred in Ohio
when | was boy.
1T was in the early winter, and
one OF the big ponds in our -neighbor-
hood was frozen over, and quite
plumber of girls and boys were skating
on it. Presently tall, lean Kentuck-
ian, wearing a large SLOUGH hat with
the crown dented in to give the APP
pearance of carelessness, came down
the road, and stopped at the edge Of
the pond and watched the skaters.
He noticed that the ice was thin and
weak, and it seemed to cause him
great anxiety and concern. Although
he was a stranger in those parts, and
had no actual business there, he APP
peared to be held by fascinated in
terest in what was going on. The ex-
preston of anxiety in his face deep
ened, and he grew exceedingly ner-
vous. Finally, when he could appar-
emily stand the strain no longer, he
called the leading young man of the
party to him, and in n very peremp-
tory manner demanded that lie bring
all the girls off the pond.
''rhe Young man thus addressed re-
scented the interference ofthe stranger,
fatty refused TO do as he was hidden,
and rudely asked him how it con
cerned him, anyway
"'dow does it concern me?' re-
torted the Kentuckian interrogatively.
Why, eonfound i'll first thing you
know some of those girls will break
through the ice, and then I'll be
drowned-that's how it concerns
me. >"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

The city Of Lyons has been expert.
menting with glass for pavement Since
last November the Rue de la Republique
has been paved with deyitrified glass,
This new product is obtained from broken
glass heated TO temperature of twelve
hundred and fifty degrees, aud com
pressed in matrices by hydraulic force.
The glass pavement is laid in the form OF
blocks, eight inches square, each block
containing sixteen parts in the form of
checkers. These blocks are 50 closely
fitted together that water cannot pass be.
tween them, and the whole pavement
looks like one gigantic draught-board.
As pavement it is said 10 have greater
resistance than stone, it is poor con.
ductor Of cold, ice will not form on II
readily, dirt does not accumulate upon II
as easily as upon stone, and ii will not
retain microbes. 1t is more durable than
stone, and just us cheap,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Science, which is explaining every
thing, las new accounted for the queer
little nervous SILVER that comes upon one
new and then without apparent cause. 1t
is generally jokiDgly put down as "some
one walking over my grave Actually,
il is the effect If electricity. This great
power is constantly being generated
everywhere and when the positive and
negative parts of the power meet they
produce a shock in any living thing.
There is a good deal Of electricity in the
air, and when the human body Is made a
meeting point the sensation is liable TO
be felt around the region Of the spine.
Some people are liable 10 shocks now and
then in special parts Of them, in the
ankle. for instance, or, very commonly,
around the base Of the brain. There is
no harm in it, but it shows rather
highly-strung organization.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

The Russian topper will henceforth walk
comparatively straight line in ST. Pet
crsburg. Some twenty-five thousand
good old landmarks of the wayside have
been summarily closed, and FIVE thousand
'liquor saloons" have been opened in
their stead. The new pubs if ono
may be allowed 10 thus style state
monopoly, are to be run by ladies'. The
greg is to be served in tiny" tlagons,
each one of which is sealed and stamped
by the state. No one to obtain more than
one drink at each tavern, and oh, bit
terest drop of ALL anyone who shows the
least sign of intoxication is to be pit
ilessly refused.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

There are of course some persons whs
know about books, says bookseller. nh,
insist on having the book they want
without reference to the color of IL,
binding; but the great mass of our Gus
toners judge by appearances. Oral
books and gray books and brown book
they won't have anything to do with
green books will pass; blue books sell /
shade better; but red books always find ,
market. You can have no idea, unless
you re in the trade, what difference i
makes in book TO be bound in red.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

'Can you change a twenty dollar
bill for me?" he asked with an impor-
tant AIR that nettled the courteous
clerk
''Yea, siFi we eau change anything
here.
"Wish you'd change my mind then,
II you're so good at Il. "
'lHayeuo small change sir, Light,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

In the French capital the marrying of
wealthy American girls has become a
business. A Russian prince wrote to a
paper in St. Petersburg about the method
pursued, and said that the Americans had
interfered with the market for women of
other nations. He spoke of syndicate
of three titled Frenchmen, who were to
keep all other admirers from a certain
girl, and the winner was to pay the two
who lost one hundred thousand francs.
The woman who takes part in such a
marriage, even if she does not know all
the details, really deserves little sympa-
thy, though she needs great deal; She
pays dearly for her honors.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Now that the date tree of Algiers has
been successfully transplanted and sue
cessfully acclimated in Arizona, the be-
ginning of another profitable industry
has been made. 1t is predicted that in a
few years American orchards will sup
ply the entire home demand for dates.
With the reduction of price will natur-
ally follow the substitution of home
grown for an imported product, there
will doubtless come in time improve
ments in the methods of cultivation and
in the quality of the fruit similar to
those which have been witnessed in the
case of the orange.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Clean blood meme den skin. 70
beauty without i. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
TIC clean your blood and keep II clean, By
puTities from the body. begin TO day 70
Danish pimples, boils, blotehen, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion By taking
Cascarets,-- beauty for ten cents All drug.
glsts, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, Csc, Soc.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

SO long as We are conscious of self we
are limited, selfish, held in bondage;
when we are in harmony with the uniycr-
sal order, which we vibrate in unison
with God, self disappears. Thus in a
perfect harmonious choir, the individual
cannot hear himself unless he makes a
false note.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

II Is the only cure for Swollen. Smart.
ing, Tired, Aching, Burning, Sweating
Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
foot-Ease. powder TO he shaken into the
shoes. Sold by all Druggists. Grocers and
Shoe Stores, 25c. sample sent FREE. Ad.
dress, Allen S. Olmsied. LeIioy. NY,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

letter. Eczema. RinTworm and kindred trou
hies. are cured by Tetteriue. Sold at drurgfsis
Tot Nc a box or D epsid Tor same price by J 7
shuptfine. Savannah. Ga. Voluntary letters
blessing us for cures, from all over the country
are on file, and We are glad TO show ihem.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Courtesy is the passport to success.
We double the power of our life when we
add to its gifts mfailing courtesy. The
world always begrugcs room to a boor.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Evil speaking can do no lasting evil,
for the wall of friendship that is SO frail
it will erumble to dust beneath the lash
of an evil tongue is not worth having.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Rcar-Admiral Walker has purchased for
country home the New Hampshire farm
on which he was born.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

TO quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nctic. null Of life, nerve and ti-on take Nu-Io.
Dac, the wonder wcfifer, that Iurkes weak men
strong. All druggists, he ottI. Cure gsaran-
iced BOOKLET and sample free. Address
Sterling geuedy Co. Chicago or New York
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, who recently uele-
hrated her 10Th birthday at her Boston home,
y sun strong and hearty woman.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Halls Catarrh Cure is liquid and Is takeI
internally, and acts directly on the blood anc
mucous surfaces Of the system. Write for ties
timoniala, free. Manufactured by
f. J. CHENEY q Co. Toledo, o.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

A process for making fine wool from
the limestone rock found in such in
exhanstible quantities in the neighbour
hood of Alexandria, Ind, is recent
discovery by c. c. Hall, chemist of
the steel works at that place, the claim
being that, from combination of "a
per cent. of the limestone, chemicals,
and one Of the commonest Of minerals,
pure wool is obtainable as white as
SNOW. II seems that, while making
expert nents with limestone for his
factory, it was found that a certain
kind OF the material, instead of turn
ing to quicklime when subjected to
fire. would, when combined with chemi-
Gals, turn Into lava, and when sub
lected to another process this lava
could be rendered pliable and han
died like molten glass. From this be-
ginning the process was pursued and
a downy wool resulted, with promise
of considerable industrial possibili-
ties; that is, such rock wool is repre-
scented to be as soft and white as that
produced by sheep, and can be man
utaetured cheaper than sheep can be
raised aud clipped, is not affected by
fire or water, and the supply seems to
he almost unlimited.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

James Y. keene has earned for himself the
name Of The Mysterious among New York
hnAnoiers becanse be keens hi. own counsel.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A on lou doctor has invented IN
elect icaily heated surgical. o. Grating
table, on which tho heat is furnished
by incande scent lamps The body Of
the table consists Of q metal air cham
be-, which contains six or eight l6-
can,Ile-rowe incandesceut lamps, that
give off 81 iieient heat to raise the
t'm~ erature to the desired point. A
l oriion Of the lamps may then be
switched off and the table maintained
at constant temperature.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

In the new process for the artificial
production of pearls, reported front
Italy, the oyster will still have to be
reck med with, but only as M en-
rloye Of Sig. Coomba, who has after
much research aud hard work, sue
ceedod in getting the bivalve to pro-
duce pearls in tank. Pearl oysters
have bsen cultivated in Queensland,
hut Sig. Coomha is the first who has
been able TO breed them in Europe.
He Imported his oysters from the
Dahlak islands, tea ed them Accord
ing to his owl system and placed them
In tank. In due time he was rewarded
with four good pearls from one oyster
aud two or three apiece from others.
He extended his experiments and the
resul were moe satisfactory. Tile
Ian is to breed and rear them in a
tank and then transport them to nat
ural banks on the coasts, for the treat
ment in the sheltered tanks precludes
the enormous loss of spawn which
takes places in the open sea. The
south coast of Calabria has been Sc
lected as the settlement Of the new
industry.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

A firm in Vienna, Austria, has re-
Gently obtained municipal conces-
sion to operate telephone news
agency business throughout that city.
Tho plan is modelled after a similar
conc IN which is now in existence in
Budapest, and its Object Is to commu-
hieaie tn news of the dny TO sub
scribers at certain hours during the
daytime, aud at other times fecitations,
music, and other forms of entertain
ment. The concession has been
gFa tied fos twenty-five years, the cor
pnra ion giving annually to the city
SO twenty-five cents per subscrib-
eg for the maintena zee Of the lines,
aud tax of per cent on the net
receipts. After twenty-five years the
wires aud apparatus bee ,me the prop
erty of the city, but in return the cor
roration is protected against comre-
tition for the first five years.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

The trees serve as, Mr.. JOHN Clifford
POINTS ont, by improving the soil, and
by ac,ually making both soil and laud
as well. They bsiug from deep layers
great quantities of mineral matter,
and in their leaves they deposit much
of this on the surface, where is col.
lected a mulch Of hunus of constantly
increasing richness. Tile forests form
soil by sending out acid-charged root
lets, which, with the acids Of the de-
cayiug humus, have potent effect in
disini egrating the rocks.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

believe Piso's Cnse for Consumption saved
Lass, lie Roy, Mich. Oct N 1904
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Tho Duchess of Bedford il great ca
fnnrler, She owns the finest Samesc cats IL
the world.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

To Cure Constipation Forever
Take Clsrarets Candy Cathartc loo or CSC.
Q, c. &. fail 10 cure. druggists refund money.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
iOc, Csc. II C. O. G. fail. druggists refund money
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-09

. Mrs Win slows Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softcus the gums, reducing inflamma.
ton, alleys pain, cures wind collie &c. q bottle
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-25

America. with its 5000, 600 or 10.-
O0O, 900 of Catholics, is very much in
terested in the health of the holy father
at Rome, which has been vacillating
for some time, and intelligent nom
Catholics understand how large factor
the Eenignant old man is in current
European affairs. The question of his
successor has been much discussed on
account of his feeble health. and the
names of Cardinal Gibbons and Cardi-
nal Vaughan have been repeatedly used
as posi- BILE future pontiffs. But the New
York Tribune carefully points out that
all these speculations, for very good
reasons, are idle In the first place, the
Italian element always possesses ma
jority in the sacred college and may be
relied upon to choose one of its number
as the next pope, not only from motives
of sympathy that exist among fellow
countrymen, but likewise on the ground
of expediency. The Italian government
would never permit the establishment
in the Vatican of pope who is the citi-
zen of foreign nation. Only an Italian
cardinal is eligible, for the election of
foreign cardinal to the chair of st.
Peter might again have the effect of
driving the papacy into exile. The
Tribune also points ont. what is not
generally known, that the Roman Cath
olic clergy, both of high and low degree,
are prohibited. under the most severe
pains and penalties, from canvassing or
even discussing the election of a succes-
sur to the papacy during the lifetime
of a pontiff
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-25

President Loubet of France continues
to astound Frenchmen by simply being
a man instead of posing as lie presi
dent de Ia republique. Not long ago he
stopped a procession of which he was
part and, in spite Of the guard and the
regulations jumped from his coach and
ran up flight of steps to kiss and hug
his old mother who was waving her
handkerchief at him. He saunters out
among the people smoking his pipe.
st~olls into cafes and chats with the
bourgeois as if he didn know any bet
ter The Bourbons point TO him as
sad evidence of decadent democracy.
But the old woman and the common
people like it, especially as it does not
interfere at all with the serious duties
of le president de la republique.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-25

Miss Nellie Miles of Lynn. Mass. has
not cnly discovered that she is a cousin
of General Miles, but she proposes to
utilize the discovery. She announces
that she will organize military band
Of 30 pieces. all men, and lead them
through the country. What is the use
of being cousin to an eminent general
if you do not ''get there?" The field is
now open to the sisters and the aunts
of the other generals and admirals. One
shudders to think of the young women
be organizing something, if it were only
a minstrel company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-25

There is something new in the Earl
of Warwick's speculative move. He
proposes to convert his estates and his
titled prestige into a limited liability
company This opens a large prospect
for impecunious noblemen What
chance for lotteries in ancestral por
traits and decorationsl What tempt
ing chance for bachelor apartments in
hcary castles on the installment plan.
The London Spectator says that this
move of the earl's is typical Of the
change coming over the habits Of the
titled class. They are losing gradually
the exclusive right to their own homes
and are anxious TO turn their privileges
into revenue The English home of the
eighteenth century is gradually disap-
pearing from among the wealthy land
owners. They live abroad or in town
apartments or hotels. and when they do
occasionally run down to their ances-
tral abOdes they usually take a collec-
tiOn of promiscuous people and turn
those abodes into hotels. The Spectator
does not hesitate to say that this Is the
result of perniciOus continental intiu-
ence and rather intimates that the mo-
ment Briton ceases to be insular he
becomes Bohemian.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-25

The societies and clubs which meet
to discuss marriage probably have as
much influence in directing matrimOny
as would the meeting of a lot of poets
to regulate national anthems. In nine
cases out of ten marriages which amount
to anything are not Systematically and
scientifically arranged at all and the
mature or immature maidens who meet
in council to establish formulas of con-
nubiality never take into account the
canons of nature, who, for purposes of
her own. brings about marriages with
out consulting the reason or even study
ing the assets. Time out of mind men
and women have married because there
was no other earthly reason than that
they loved each other, or thought they
did. and. if they did not make a mis-
take in their feelings, those were the
marriages that bore the best fruits of
heroic struggle, self denial and a life
long fidelity. So far as nature is con
cerned in marriage she is looking out
for the race not for the individual, but
it is a very well established fact that
the man or woman who. for the time
being. gives himself or herself over to
tie we'll being of the race doesn lose
anything in self respecting individu-
ality
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-25

T. H. Stroctt, Parkersburg, w. Va,
saws: Gentlemen-If found that Beggs
Cherry Cough Syrup does the busi-
ness every time, Not once has it
failed to cure my children of cold or
Group. Even la grippe gives up its
hold when tackled with Beggs Cher
ry Cough Syrup. l would sooner be
without life insurance than not to
keep a good supply of this medicine
in my house. Sold by City Drug
Store and t. N. Coleman.