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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Miss Kate Field relates an experience
she had in trying to sleep in a hotel in a
Utah mining town, where the partitions
between the rooms were Of boards mere
", and quite innocent Of lath and plas-
ter The ordinary going and coming Of
the early part Of the night was bad
enough, but toward morning, when at
last she had fallen asleep, a loud voice
shouted from her keyhole:
Smith. Smith,
As her name was not Smith she made
no response.
SMITH came the shout again. '1ts
time to skip
My name is not Smith, she then an
swcred.
From across the hall came the call of
the day clerk, who occupied the room
there:
"No. That amt Smith. Smiths at
the end Of the hall
"Well, this is the end Of the hall, -
came from the neighborhood of the key
hole again. 1t was the voice of the
porter.
Aren't there two ends to the hall?
Its the other end, you blockhead."
"Who wants smith, came a sharp
voice from the distance I'm Smith. .
whats the matter? I'm Smith,
came still another voice.
well, whichever Smith wants to get
up at four O'Clock, him's the one,
growled the porter.
Both these Smiths slammed their doors
with the vehement protestation that they
didn't want to get up.
It's Smith in No. II screamed the
day clerk.
The right Smith had not been walked
at all, 50 the porter found No and
pounded on the door so hard that every
body in the house who had not been al
ready walked was aroused, and several
rushed out into the hall, thinking there
was fire.
The porter went down eomplaeently 10
the office on the floor below.
"Wcll, said he TO the night clerk,
II walked him up, anyhow
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

The Koreans are great smokers. and
bnih sexes andall classes begin smoking
early IN life and tcep Il Up most dill.
gently Tobacco IL not used by the
Koreans in any otler form than smok-
ing. The pipe il the constant companion
Of every Korean man and woman. How
ever poor an individual may b. there al
ways seems to be some method Of OBJ
tanning tobacco foi the pipe which he or
she Is sure 10 possess, whatcycr else Is
lacking The tobacco used by Koreans
i almost entirely home grown. Every
farmer or gardener culiisates his little
patch Of tobacco, much Of which is very
good in quality, but is injured in curing
being simply hung up under the wide
caves Of the house to dry II Is quite
strong. Tho supply seems to be ample,
and the price is very low. No leaf to-
bacco is imported. The Korean pipe Is
brass bowl Of fair size with brass
mouihpiece. Pipe and bowl arc connect
ed with n hollow reed stem Of from one to
four feet in length, some Of these stems
being beautifully ornamentcd, and all be-
ing neat and light.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

The following, which might very ap-
propriatcly bear the heading Of "A Won
der Of Wonders. is from the pen Of Sir
Robert :. Ball, f. r.. :, astronomer
royal Of lrcland:-
The microscope teaches us that there
are animals so wonderfully minute that
II thousand of them were ranked abreast
they could easily swim, without being
thrown out Of order, through the eye Of
the finest cambria needle ever made. Yet
each Of the minute creatures is a highly
organized number Of particles, capable Of
moving about. of finding and deyouring
food and Of behaving in all respects as
becomes an animal as distinguished from
a fragment Of unorgauized natter The
human mind is utterly incapable of real
izing the structure Of these little crea-
lures and Of fully approaching their
marvellous adaptation to the life they
are destined to lead.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

send these directions fer making in
expensive and <crviceable trays suitable
for developing. toning, or fixing. says
llarpcrs Round Table Take a shallow
pastcboard hox-an empty plato box is
about the right dcpth-and paste cloth
over the CORNERS, both inside and nut.
Have quantity Of parafiine-wax. and
melt il i'm shallow dish. and dip the box
into il, coaiing il thoroughly with the
wax. taking special care that the corners
are we'll filled. If the coating. when
hard, docs not seem thick enough, il can
hc dipped the second time. One must
have enough wax to allow the box to be
immersed in it all over. paraffine-wax
is very cheap, costing not over ten cents
per pound. Two pounds will coat a
number Of 5Xs plate boxes When the
wax is hard, the tray is ready for use.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Rome is envious OF Boston's subway
and will start one Of her own through
the Quirinal hill to the slopes of the
viminal and Esquiline. The tunnel
will be So feet wide, with tracks for car
riages. electric cars and foot passen-
gers. An electric street railroad from
the Porta del Popolo to the Porta San
Giovanni will pass through 1t. TIE
engineers give out that 1t will take
only seven months to build the tunnel
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

NJ. Leon Appert, French inventor
was the first to introduce the use of COM
pressed air for blowing bottles, thereby
affording means of replacing the usual
method of blowing them by the mouth.
This practice had very injurious effect
on the lungs of the glassblowers, and the
great heat 10 which they are necessarily
subjected intensifies the evil The use Of
mechanically-driven air is now combined
with other contrivanccs. The quantity
Of fused giuss necessary to form a bottle
is poured into an iron mould, and is dis
tributed by a rotating piece over the
sides the formation of the bottle being
assisted by current of compressed air
After withdrawal from the mould the
body only requires annealing to be ready
for use. Machines have been construct
ed which can turn out twenty bottles a
minute, and there is no doubt that a
ligher speed than this will be reached in
the future.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12
Camphor Trees in Florida.

OF number of casnphor trees set out
in a public park in Tallahassee, Fla. a
few years ago, some are now twelve feet
high, the branches spreading until the
trees are nearly as wide as high. A
number of these trees are to be seen in
private yards in that city, and their Wig
orous growth shows them to be adapted
to the soil and climate of that section.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

The working of the Old Age Pension
Act in New Zealand is not altogether sat
isfactory. It is alleged that the really
deserving aged poor shrink from the or
deal Of the preliminary public examina-
tion before magistrate. who has to sat
isfy himself and formally certify to the
bona fides of the applicant. On the 9th
or hand, "the hardened loafer and trained
pauper cheerfully prepares plausible
evidence, confident that, with his state
pension as standby, his loahng and
begging propensities will enable him to
live on the fat of the land.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

1t is only religion, the great bond Of
love and duty to God, that makes any ex-
istence valuable or even tolerable. With
out this, to live were only to Craze.
Without this, the beauties Of the world
are but splendid gewgaws, the stars Of
heaven glittering orbs of ice, and, what
is yet far worse and colder, the trials Of
existence profitless and unadulteratcd
misery.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12
USE CERTAIN CORN CURE.

One of the facts brought out by the
Windsor Hotel disaster is the careless
ness Of many persons regarding their
surroundings. Some of the temporary
guests in a hotel would be puzzled to find
the staircases should the elevators cease
running 1t is well not to be too ready
in anticipating trouble; but in any hotel
there is more or less danger of fire, and
stairways and FIRE escapes should be 10
eatel by guests as soon ms possible.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Tired Tresdwell-Ah, dat was ton
badl You asked fer bread and d.y
gives you stone. sauntering Sim
Nav; git it right Git 1t right l
asked dem fer bread and dey gives me
a hunk Of coal in de nfck.-Chicaso
News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

No chain of reasoning, however speci-
Gus and plausible it appear, can stand
the strains of opposing facts, and human
life, in all its actual progression, contra
diets pessimism at every turn. What
ever place it may occupy in the brood
ings of certain minds, il finds no lodg-
ment in the actual life Of man. For,
just as far as pessimism can gain hold
on the convictions, it must paralyze eff.
fort, and if fully accepted, it would kill
all activity of mind and body.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Courtesy is the passport TO success.
We double the power of our life when
we add to its gifts mfailing courtesy
The world always begrudges room to a
boor.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

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
Dir. r. II. KLINE. Ltd. 3l Arch St, Phila.. Pa.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Clean blood means niean skin. No
beauty without Il. Cascareis. Candy Caihara
tic clean your blood and keep Il clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all I'M
puriiies from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish plmples, boils, blotches. blackheads,
and that siekly bilious complexion BY taking
Casearets-beHufy for ten cents. All drug
gists. satisfaction guaranteed i0c. Csc, Soc.
There are little acts. small matters often.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

William g. Bushy. who Is now serving his
second term as Mayor Of Carrullton, Mo-. was
first elected before he had reached the age
prescribed By the city charters years. He
was Just of age when sworn In.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums, reducing infamma-
ton. ailays pain, cures wind collie &c. a bottle
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough medicine:-F NJ. AHBoTT, Ss3 Sem
eea st. Bnffalo. n. ". May Q. 1884.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Every great and commanding movement
in the annals Of the world is the triumph Of
enthusiasm.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

NJ L. Thompson a Co. Druggists, ronders-
port Pa. SAYS Halle Catarrh Cure l. the best
and emily sure cure for catarrh they ever sold.
Druggists sell Il, &c.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

in others.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Wealth. after all is relative thing since
he that has little and wants less is richer than
he that has much and wants more.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure Soc 81. Alldruggists.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

There are little acts. small matters often,
on which remorse attends while life lasts.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

Candy Cathartic. cure constl patton forever
10, .5c. tic. c. c. fail, druggists refund money
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

left ovary being swollen and that could not move
without pain Now. thanks your wonderful medicine that
tired feeling is all gone, and am healthy and strong"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

The sort Of day Il seems 10 be is largely in
iiuenced by the condition Of the windows out
Of which you look
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

aCHts COUNT TOT HtIIe. hey must
keep going or lose their place.
To these Mrs. Pinkham's help is
offered. A letter to her at Lynn,
Mass, will bring her advice free
of all charge.
Miss NANcIE sHoBE, Florence.
Col, writes letter 70 Mrs. Pink
ham from which we quote:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

(NALESWOMEN understand what torture is
~ Constantly their feet whether well ill., Compelled
to smile and be agreeable customers while dragged
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12
WOMEN
VINO EARN
THEIR LIVING

81 had been poor health for time my troubles hav
ing been brought by standing my physician said caus
ing serious womb trouble had to give up my work was
just bundle of and would anting spells al
monthly periods doctored and medicines hnt
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

regular and painful
periods and for nearly
i've years had suffered
with falling Of the
womb. and whites. Also
had ovarian trouble. the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-05-12

got no TeIIeI' and When wrote to you
| could not walk more than four blocks
at time. l followed your advice, tax
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier
in connection with the Vegetable Com
pound and began to gain in strength
from the first. I am getting to be a
stranger to pain and owe it all to your
medicine. There is none equal to II.
7var for have tried many others be.
14M fore using yours. Words Gamma,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-09

which he won his laurels IN a contest
with giants.
And now, what are the lessons OF Ben
tons conspicuous history for all lives are
given to us for our instruction and as
food for reflection, as beacon lights III
the paths of virtue. or as light houses
on the shoals of time. 'Thou shalt not
steal" An emphatic declaration OF the
Decalogue. His violation in that early
period of his grand life, when tempta-
tons We're strongest and virtue weak
est, when judgment is weak and life is
but reckless impulse, must have cost
him sleepless nights of anguish and
must have armed his enemies, who were
as numerous as virulent with a poison
ed weapon that poisoned az it wounded.
He was never known but once to quail
when assailed on every side
In the last days of that great debate
in the Senate upon the 'Txpungng Reso-
lutions." the great time of his triumph,
when the great triumvirate" acknowl-
edged their defeat Benjamin Watkins
Leigh, of Virginia, pointing his index
finger at the Missouri Senator, and with
that whitening expression of scorn OF
which he was MASTER clinched the argu-
ment that the Constitution required the
Senate to keep its records, by saying,
"And my mother taught me to keep my
hands from picking and stealing and my
tongue from evil speaking, lying and
slandering." tits said that Benton then
gave way
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-09
DID HATRED FIRE
ANDREWS HOME
what lncendiary Hand APP
piled the Torch?
A SERVANTS QUARREL
EFFORTS TO DRIVE MARY FLAN-
NAGAN FROM HER HOME.
THREE THREATENING LETTERS RECEIVED
menaces Made Against the Members Of The
Andrews Family. A Policeman Sum-
moned and then MystefiousIy Dis
missed. Police Work on Clue.

New York, April S.--Despite reticence
On the part of the police facts became
public today which make it appear that
the lire which yesterday destroyed 10
persons was of mcendiary origin.
1t tra11spired that a few hours before
the flames were seen a policeman was
sent for from the. Andrews house and
was mysteriously dismissed by Il servant,
VINO said he WAS not wanted. Letters
threatening the lives of the Andrews
family and the children of Mrs. St
John We're found. 1t is believed that the
motive for incendiarism was revenge,
and that the affair arose out of Il quar-
rel between the servants. Foley, the
butler IN the Andrews family, is under
surveillance and the police are hard at
work investigating the clues, which
chiefly rest upon the anonymous letters.
Mary Flannagan, the dead maid SER
want, seems to have been a central fig
ure IN this alleged plot and the chief
object of the supposed perpetrators
hate.
The police today gave out three sour
rll0ls, threatening anonymous letters
which had been sent to members of the
Andrews household. One was addressed
to the servant, Mary Flanagan. The
letters made charges against Mary Elan
nagau and the butler. In a letter adj
dressed to Mrs. st. John, the writer
said:
II hope You and Mrs. Andrews don't
think for one moment that i am recon-
clled or pacifed with Mary Flanagan,
for indeed | am not, and what is frirth-
er, will not be until / get my revenge
l feel that have given warning enough.
and ann going to fix her for life, and
because You and Mrs. Andrews did not
give heed to my warming / am going
to fix you. I'm going to make some
one throw something in your nurses and
chi0drens' faces that viii distigure them
ana eat all the flesh off the bone. This
] will do for spite because you did not
let Mary 60 as l told you to do. You
had just as we'll let her go first as last.
You will have no girl alive when / get
through with her
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-09
ENGINEERS AND REFORM.

To the Editor: | like to see the praise
of men properly and iudiciously bestow,
ed and the reward of merit crown The
heads of those men who faithfully work
for it. Editors and press men are to
be praised for their close attention to
business. Reporters for news papers
are ever on the lookout; lawyers are
watchful and industriously guard 'heir
business; the officers OF State are 10 be
found at their place OF business; farm
ers are up and at it by day break. and
so on through the catalogue. But Mr..
Editor, in all the employments of m.n,
it has never been my privilege to see nor
to witness the equal of the faithful en-
gineers. Through heat and cold,
through day and night. the faithful tn
gineer is ever ON the watch, his land
always on the throttle and his cargo
of human freight entrusted to his hands,
all safe and sound. Did you ever think
what great responsibility rests upon
engineers, the great number of human
souls that trust their lives implicitly in
the engineers hands?
1t is a good lesson to me. / have lain
awake of cold dark night thinking now
| will catch the engineers off guard.
but on would come the Atlanta Specials
and freights and never one would fail to
make the whistle ut the right time. They
are always watchful, always careful, and
cannot be caught off their duty. They
are the closest men to their duty | have
ever known, they come up to every
measure of duty every moment of time
more promptly than any men of any
employment / have ever known. We
live now in the days of monuments.
to perpetuate the memory of departed
worth, departed deeds; but none can be
more truly honored than a monument 10
the memory of every faithful engineer.
While writing | thought of Engineer
Horton who ran trains OH r. and g..
Railroad thirty years without an acci-
dent, truly such faithfulness aught to he
rewarded. | thought, too of that prince
of a man the, Hon. Ben II. Lacy. who
ran so long without an accident Indeed,
like Capt. Horton, nothing snff""s in the
hands of trusted honest Ben Lacy.
Much might be written of trusted en-
gineers, but | believe our country never
gives rewards.
| have lived ON the Seaboard Air Line
road, Raleigh and Castor division. at
y
the engineers have ever been faithful.
| doubt if they have ever been as eff
cient as they are now. There are whistle
posts on both sides of the crossing and
others in good hearing distance, and il
matters not how dark or how cold, day
or night, the whistle of alarm is always
given, and within ten feet of the post.
Railroad men are educated up to a
higher degree of efficiency than formal
ly. The Raleigh and CASTOR line is IN
der the best management now it has
ever had, with all officers and men. The
section masters are good railroad men
now, and understand railroading. Sec
ton hands are more efficient. Conduc-
tors are close to duty ana obliging, but
no set of men | ever knew are as close
to duty and deserve more at the hands
of the travelling public than the en-,
gineer.
S. NJ. STONE.
Wake Forest, \. 9.
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knows all the time who is drinking The
greater part of these men do not want
to stop, but there are some eases which
the Kelley treatment cannot cure. The
only safe plan is not to acquire habit
which may never be broken, but may
live on to curse the victir.
There are good and wise men who diff
fer with the writer as to the usefulness
of this cure. Some think it will never
cure any man, but 1,S00 have Teen cured
at Greensboro in seven years. Without
this remedy all Of those men would have
been fighting this sin and falling before
it to this day. Now they are all free
men.
We praise God for the Kelley cure
and we advise those who need help rc
overcome this blighting disease, to write
to Col. w. III. Osborne. Greensboro,
N. C..
FRANK STRINGFEIIOW.
Chaplain of Fourth Va. We.
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Sick Women Advised to Seek
Advice of Mrs. Pinkham.


LETTER TO MRS. PINEHAM NO. o4,S63I
81 had Inflammation and falling
of the womb, and inflammation of
ovaries, and was in great pain. took
medicine prescribed by physician,
but it did me no good. AT last heard
of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound, and after using it faithfully l
am thankful to say | am a well women.
/ would advise all suffering women to
seek advice of Mrs. Pinkham." Mrs.
&. III. CHAppELL, GRANT PARK, ILL.,.
For several years my health was
miserable. i suffered the most dread
full pains, and was almost on the verge
of insanity. | consulted one of the
best physicians in New York, and he
pronounced my disease fbroid tumor,
advising an operation without delay,
saying that it was my only chance for
life. Other doctors prescribed strong
and violent medicine, and one said
was incurable, another told me my
only salvation was galvanic batteries,
which l tried, but nothing relieved me.
OAC Jay u lilSAl SdilStl AliNi DCSSSu iiO
to try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. | began its use and took
several bottles. From the very first
bottle there was &; wonderful change
for the better. The tumor has disap-
peared entirely and my old spirits have
returned. heartily recommend your
medicine to all suffering women. -
MRS. VAN CLEFT, 4l6 SAUNDERS AVE-,
JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, n. j.