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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

There are something like $4,000
church edifices in this country, many
of them large and costly modern struc-
lures, on expensive sites. Yet SO far
as we can learn not church in Amer
lea avails itself OF the elevator. The
business advantage of the elevator is
obvious. Where land is expensive 1t
pays for itself many times by making
practical a repetition of floors other
wise out Of the question. Instead Of
spreading out the modern structure
shoots up. Elevators in churches
could be used for two purposes; First,
to increase the value of a gallery.
Where church has a gallery this is
generally neglected and the unpopular
part. An elevator might easily raise
pew rents sufficiently to make it a
very profitable investment Office and
apartment rentals have been thus revo-
lutionized And. second. the social fa-
cilities Of church could be furnished
without the expense of additional lots
and a separate construction. This
might be done without impairing the
ehurchly character OF the architecture
Church Economist.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

All clients knew that with "Old
Abe" as their lawyer, they would win
their case--if it was fair; If not, then
It was waste Of time to take It to
him. After listening some time one
day to a would-be clients statement,
with his eyes on the ceiling. he swung
suddenly round in his chair and ex-
claimed:
well, you have a pretty good case
in technical law, but pretty bad one
in equity and justice. You'll have to
get some other fellow to win this case
for you. ! couldn't do it. All the time
while standing talking to that jury
I'd be thinking, Lincoln, you're a
iiars' eadfE sheiiere should forget N.Y.
self and say it out loud"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10
AN INDIAN BRIDE Holx.

Applications Follow m Announcement
in n French Newspaper.
The department Of the interior.
Washington. d. C.. is now engaged in
the laborious task Of disabusing a
number Of impecunious and matrimon-
tally inclined F-enchmen Of the idea
that they can get Indian brides. and
$4,000 with each one. for the asking.
Some time ago a letter was received
at the White House containing a
clipping frcm French newspaper,
reading something like this
A Fortune With . Bride-The
United States government Is prepared
to pay $4,000 in cash to every white
man who will marry an Indian girl be-
fore January /. 1901. In addition to
the dow~y he will get with each Choc-
taw maiden 40 acres Of land and with
each Creek girl 100 acres Of land. all
good agricultural soil on which diver
siiied crops may be raised. This is
not hoax. Since the offer was made
more than 500 marriages have been
celebrated. There are many left,
however, il is said as many as 5000
These Indian girls are not unhand-
some. some are beautiful and many
are finely educated.
Other letters followed. Some con
tanned sentimental expressions. but all
said that the writer's were willing TO
take the $4,000 dots with the girls
One man in particular evidently feared
that he might be too late. for he said:
Il consider that ! am morally married
to one of them. having been so from
the time that ! expressed willing
ness to enter INTO the alliance
Another said: "I should like a girl
who is good looking; from Is to II
metres in height, and Of good fig
ure.'
Still another said that he did not
object to Indian blood; he had cam
palgned in Africa, and would be de-
lighted to Join his old companions in
arms'-eyldently thinking that fight
ing is the pastime OF all Indians in
their own country.
OF course the whole thing is moth
ing bvt huge Joke on the would-be
grooms. AS many as dozen letters
have been received and referred to
the secretary Of the interior. who has
directed that the writer's be informed
that the government has made no
such offer as indicated in the news
paper article. othar -istasrs ssrv u'vs-
peeted and 1t II not improbable that
printed blanks will have fO he nrovid-
ed, and one sent to each anxious seek
er after dusiSy bride with a fortune.
New York Post
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10
NO. Is.

60 with Dicki" she repeated in a
low tone.
There was tap at the door; then a
man was shown ina young man with
pale and anxious face.
Madge, I couldn't leave without ask.
ing you once again-Is it quite hope
less7" he began.
She raised her eyes to his. and he
saw her lips tremb1e.
Not quite hopeless, Dick. dear" she
whispered.-Gilbert Davis In Mainly
About People.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10
The souna. Of Anlma,., rol.e.

The roar Of a lion can be heard far
ther than the sound OF any other llv-
ing creature. Next comes the cry Of
a hyena and then the boot Of the owl,
After these the panther and the jackal.
The donley car be heard fifty times
farther than tho horse and the cat ten
times as far as the dog. Strange as IL
may seem, the cry Of hare can be
heard farther than that Of either the
cat or the dog.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

Who Fails to SOW for fear that he
Shall not be here TO reap
Must lie in bleak 0hscurity
Through all his final sleep.
The bard who sang. long. long ago.
When no one lent an ear.
Sang on for love of singing. though
They scoffed who chanced TO hear.
Today men seek his grave and bow
Beside his monument
We laud the noble poet now
Who couldn't pay his rent.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

A new way of beating the devil
around the stump for those who have
sworn off and gone on "the water
wagon is reported from Philadelphia.
The drink is ordered just the same
brandy, for example-and then. being
dropped into the open palms. is ecstat-
ically inhaled through the nose.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

Il think the enemy has got our
range, captain" said the officer of the
day
How in the world are we to cook
our dinner?' replied the captain. alb
sent-mindedly-W to Eat.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

A report will be issued from Wash
ington soon which estimates that tho
standing timber in the United States
covers an area of 1904 .496 square miles
and contains supply of 100000. .OOO,-
900 feet
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10
COMPENSATION.

Who idly stands and shakes his head
And signs aud murmurs: No.
Ere reaping time | shall be dead,
Why bother. then. To SOW ?"-
For him no shaft shall ever rise
To claim the pilgrims gaze. b.
No love shall center where be lies,
No hoaor crown his days,
Who plants has hope. and though he
may
Not see the fruitful fall.
He has fOreseen a glorious day,
And triumphs, after ALL
IS. r. Kiser.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

An interesting incident at Windsor
occurred at st. Georges chapel at the
time of the queens funeral At the
conclusion of the service a royal SER
want appeared. who made ? rapid
search among the floral tributes I'M
til he found a small and simple cir
Gle of green laurel leaves. which he
promptly returned to the sacred
building. Few people knew afterward
and virtually none at the time that
this simple tribute in such marked
contrast 10 the often over-elaborate
devices. sent with better motive per-
haps than taste was the most inter-
esting of all. and that the plain card
attached to it bore the brief but i'm
pressiYe inscription. From her s.
children. Chicago Times-Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

Three hundred persons in London
earn hving-and several of them are
growing rich-by proFiiing meals for
the cats of the metropolis, which they
deliver regularly once. twice and
thrice day. rs may suit the owners
of the feline pets
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

One of the latest inventions is an
Imitation vaccination scar that you
can paste on your arm and thus fool
the health officer. The scar costs
dime.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

The largest Bible in the world is
said to be one in the possession of
German lady. It is two feet six inches
long and 20 inches wide. 1t is over
200 years old.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

Saturday is considered an unlucky
day for the British royal family. Will
liam ILL.,. Queen Anne. George l.,
George H.. George III. George r.. the
Duchess of Kent, the Prince Consort
and Princess Alice died on SATURDAYS.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

Mrs. James Little. who lives near
Atchison. Kan. who was herself a
twin. and whose husband was a twin
and the son of twin. has given birth
to her second pair of twins. the first
pair being about IS months old when
the second pair made It's appearance.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

The most durable paper is made by
a guild near Marking. China, which
supplies the government of that en-
pire the leaves Of its official docu-
ments. Some of these are over a
1900 years old. Fireproof paper made
of asbestos IS another kind Of greater
durability. Tho drawback to them.
however, for printing purposes. is that
although they win pass through fire
unscathed. they come out snow white.
without a trace of the printed letters
or writing that was on them.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-05-10

At Naundorf in the Hunsmck near
the Rhine a Roman temple has been
found enclosed in a walled enclosure
measuring 220 by 200 feet The tenn
pie stands in the middle and is 60 by
so. u contains more terra Gotta OBJ
iects than have been discovered
hitherto in Germany. They are votive
offerings, about 100 being whole iig-
urines representing goddesses. Small
bronze statuettes OF Mars. Jupiter and
Mercury have also been found.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

lately he has only to look at any portion not
yet restored, such the left aisle. which was
cobbled by local factory in the ignOble days
OF thirty years ago. in front of the altar OF
the Virgin. where one sees a few bits of antique
marbles lost in a wide stretch of common We
roma and Carrara tesseTP. a crooked square
stone filling one blank, and great blOtches OF
plaster the others. making the whole look for
all the world like beggar's coat Forming a
striking contrast 10 this particular blot upon
the harmony Of the church is Of the finest
bits of restoration tnat have been done. II is a
huge rose OF geOmetricaI pattern formed of the
richest pOrphyrieS and Verd antique. Tadiating
from a centre; and this centre, offering. I
believe, of the architect himself is a thick slice
OF an exquisite amethyst over three inches in
diameter. If the UErestOred part I spoke Of
above is like beEgaI's coat. this one can only
be hkened TO kings robe of state
Other improvements are giving back Its rich
ness to the church. y splendid slab OF verd
antique. found in the rubbish heaps with which
the various recesses Of the church were found TO
be filled. has been sliced in two and now one half
forms the front Of the altar of ST. Peter and
the other the centre Of panel in the ZeUs
Chapel The passages leading 10 the sacriSty
and 20 other chambers have all been lined either
with marble with gold mOsdic. The great
cupOldS have now been given back their
original splendor, the deCdyed and bIaCkened
plaster. in which their mOsaicS were irnbedded,
and which had dimmed their ustre has been
ScTaped away, and each teSSeTa secured by good
cement, 50 that now the old cOlors shine out
occe more 20 full advantage. Much other work
has been done but have said enough. 1 think.
To show that government and architect are doing
credit 20 themselves and 10 St Marks Church
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
iGED 1TTHORN.
From The London Globe.

From The London Globe
II Viii toe comforting to those who may have,
feared that they had passed hy the best part
of their life TO know the conclusion arrived at
10y a painstakine statistician. He has diSroy-
cred that the uriW" of life is between fifty and
Sixty 1t" approaches the matter from the in
t"H"ctuai rather than the athletic point Of view,
and has gathered that large majority of tho.
IHu"ttai works of genius were TIN outcome of a
n;ttut"i intellect 1t is true enough that Milton
began Paradise Lost at The aEt- of Gftv- four
hNt The fact that he wrote the poem then rather
than ln MS early days WaS due more TO the cX-
actions "ntarrd 10y Socrrtaryship 10 oliver
Cromwell than tp an i'umaturlty IF intellect
Another dubious 'Xampl" is that of George Eliot
Wh" lS accused of writing her best book at an
advanced ace The best book in question is
'ltuir} Dcrunda.' " hich 10y otherwise universal
confession is much th. worst of her novels If
"ur goes To tn" poets the hest work has been
done AS rule. in Early days. Shelley and
Byron died young, and Itossetti wrote much
the best ~ his poems at the age of nineteen.
Iut II is beside the mark compare grabbed
age. AMI youth at all Some people develop
carly. some later and the only fact that energies
distinctly from the statistics is that those au-
thurs who begin early stop early. while those
who. ike Oliver Wendell Holmes. begin late may
continue writing well till they are octosenarians
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
SURGERY By TELEPHONE.
From The Philadelphia Record.

SURGERY performed by directions given over
the telephone is the latest innovation at the
Hahnemann Hospital a physician who is con-
nected with its surgical staff called UP by
telephone the other day by a nurse at the Chill
trens Hospital. in Germantown. with which in
sttut19n the physician is also connected and
Was te!d that his services We're Immediately re-
qulTed FOR a child who had disiOcated its shOuI-
der. Bring II child right up 70 the Telephone
said thv surgeon. "Au right, / have the child
IN my arms. the nurse replied. Now. then"
said the physician. place the chiId's elbow
aS4iust its side, and move its hand and fore
arm outward his directions We're here inter
ruPted by sharp click that sounded through
the telephone as IN dislocated member snapped
back int" place. There you are-niceiy done,
wasn't it, said the surgeon 70 the nurse She
replied that the operation had been most sue
cesSful, and the physician returned his clinic.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
LITERARY NOTES.

\ memoir Of Mary Kingsley, the traveller. is
r. course OF preparation by her brother. Charles
Kingsley.
Mr. Kpng, who is hard at work upon long
South African book. Will not return to England
btfor. May. His warmest admirers cannot but
acrcc that his work shows It's authors need OF
ICst.
Thacheray which he did not himself see fit 10
collect and repuhliSh. are To he brought out IN
volume hy Mr. Lewis Melville. rms IS & ihe
person who recently had the temcrity to pub
lish = Ioor biography of the great novelist
The critic of THE London Globe" is pleased to
jest AT the literary situation in this country
In America" he says you have only to write
ore novel. OF at the most two, to he paraEraphcd
and Photographed. Pleasant young faces above
uoEn""n names rise up month after month IN
urfailIng crops The announcements tell of all
kinds Of hopeful aut uthorship, and one need not be
q great cynic 20 find them amusing Moreover
some would require. but little alteration to turn
them into their own burlesque-"
The new edition Of Shakespeare. which Mr. W.
!. Henley is to edit viii, luckily, have no notes.
The editor Of a certain distinguished pcriodi-
cal made reasonable p!aint not long ago. He
said thar The world was full of clever people. and
even Of people who could writ" Hut he him
self though not immune from the ills that hu-
man;ty has To bear. held that life was good
and pleasant thing The clever people would
never let themselves make amy admission OF the
kind. However kindly forum" might have
treated them. they must stu write if the
world were tn" worst Of all possible worlds as
IL suicide Were Tn" only course for a sensible
man To adopt. He did not say. but ne Was tn"
verge of declaring. jhat anA body can write with
cut effort little masterpiece al the dci ~Sngy
tragic kind. II. was absolutely contenPtuouS
with regard To these. ana said they were com
mon as blaCkherric> But tn" person who was
wanted and could not hr found was the man
who had brains. could write and could some
times j." happy. Such author might br
sured that his work would he gladly ace, pjcG
ana paid for and that b." ~ uUld in addition h-
looked On as "a henrfactor "f tn" public.
The widow Of John Richard Green has col
lectcd jhe historians stray papers on oxford in
the EiEhternth Century" and is about To- issue
them in ono Holume Mrs. Green is now pre-
pairing biography Of her husband. assisted by
Mir. l. slo stephen.
Another widow has undertaken a like task
This is Mrs Max Miller. Who = requesting tn"
correspondents of the late eminent professor to
lend her any letters they may have in their pos
session
Meanwhile edition of tn fr;,;Ineutary
"AutoboGraphy' Of Max Miller is to hc given
TO the worli. In his preface to this volume his
son says, My father was always most critical
OF his own style. and would often. when correct
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

a word a phrase dispieased him, or because
some new idea, some happier mode of expression
occurred to him: but in the of his Autobi-
Ography, the only revision that he was able to
give was his deathbed. while l read the man
uScript aloud to him"
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
MIDDLE COURSE BEST.
From The Boston Transcript.

From The Boston Transcript.
1T is hard TO say which is the best thing for
us, remarked the bill collector IF nobody
paid his bills should get commissions and
II every body paid them should be thrown
out OF job. Our profession offers no exception
To the general rule that middle course is the
safest"
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

notable "hnd' has just been made in London
by means of a hooksecr'v catalogue lately sent
out TO customers 1t contained curious error
ON the outside, and again on the first inside page
was displayed an advertisement of an almost
complete set of The Armenian Magazine"
Someone who happened to be Interested in John
Wesley, and to know that he had started The
Arminian Magazine" in the eighteenth century
procured the nincty-five volumes of the set
within an hour Of the catalogue arriving ut his
chambers They are full of information which
en- scarcely be oVervalued to the domestic
lie OF the eighteenth century.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

history in two volumes of the reign OF Queen
Anne is projected by Mr.. Justin Mccarthy. With
his History of Our Own Times" this will mean
history of England from the accession of
Queen Anne to the end of the Victorian period
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

That novelty, weekly newspaper entirely de
voted To Art. has just appeared in London 1t
bears the title of The Art Record
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

Mrs. Frankau. whose attractive book on eigh-
teenth century color prints published re-
Gently. is engaged upon Il biography Of John
kaphae Smith the engraver.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

Mr. thurton Collins. who is a caustic writer
upon occasion Is about TO bring out a book
which he calls Some Truths About Modern
IItcTaturc'
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

The new edition of Shakespeare. which Mr. W
! IlcnIey is to edit, Will. luckily have no notes
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10

\ memoir Of Mary Kingsley, the traveller is
T. course OF preparation by her brother charles
kingSi..y
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
New York Cotton Market.
AMERICAS RACE PROBLEM.
Topic to he Discussed in PhiIadeI-
phIa Next Month.

PHILADELPHIA, March 25-The fifth
annual meeting Of the American AcaGe-
nay of Political and Social Science will
be neId on April Z and IS at the Manu-
facturers Club and the New Century
Drawing Room. The general topic VIII
be Americas Race Problem Prof. Ed
ward A Ross, of the University of Ne
hraska, viii deliver the annual address on
The Causes of Race Superiority"
one session viii be devoted to the
Races of the Pacific" at which DR.. Ii
tus MunsOn Coan, of New York, Will
speak on The Natives of Hawaii" while
Dr. Charles c. Pierce, chaplain of the
United States Army, and Dr.. Oliver c.
Miller, also chaplain of the United States
army, both but recently returned from
the Philippines. will contribute papers n
The Races OF the Philippines. AnOth-
er session viii be devoted to The Race
Problem in the South at which there
viii be d paper on The Relation II the
Whites to the Negroes Oy Il prominent
SOutherner whose name viii be announced
later, and TWO papers on Tine Relation
of the Negroes to Whites; one by DR. "
E Burghardt Dubois and The other by
Booker T Washington.
At the last session the topic viii he
The Races Of the Ws.s- Indies. with lJc-
perS by Senator Plat Of Connecticut,
Chairman of the United States Senate
Con2mittee on Relation with Cuba, who
will speak on our Relations to the PEG
pies Of Cuba and Porto Rico and Charles
n Pepper. weil-knOWn author and news
paper correspondent, who viii speak on
The Native Spanish Peoples II Cuba
and Porto Rico: also Prof ~ T. Ripley,
Of the Massachusetts institute of Tech
HoloSy. who viii speak on The West
indian Negro
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
AMANIAC HOLDS A CAR.
Trainmen Unable to Eject an Insane
Passenger.

LOUISVILLE. Ky, March 25-Tipt0n
ToIian. Of New Albany, an insane man,
on Saturday defied the crew Of a Louis
vile. Henderson and St Louis train.
From HawesvilIe TO Irvington. a distance
Of thirty-seven miles he was the sole &C.
cupanJ Of d car.
He leaped aboard the train just as il
started and armed with poker and a
shovel, started to make trouble. Most Of
the passengers were women, who quickly
left the coach. and the few men on board
were unequal 70 the occasion of subduing
him, and soon followed suit Tolian
then barricaded the doors.
At the next station the conductor teIe-
graphed L. the marshal of lryington
Nobody rlolested Tolian. and until the
train reached Irvington he enjoyed abso-
lutte quiet At Jrvington the marshal
boarded the car at one end and his
deputy at the other Both of the officers
were armed and two pistols were leveled
at TOlian's head
II was thought the weapons would
brighten him, but the officers were mis-
taken The uuruly passenger raised his
hand and threw the poker al the mar
shat The iron rod few through the glass
door The shovel quickly followed The
next instant the deputy grabbed him
from behind 4 short struggle ensyad
and at its conclusion the insane man vas
bound hand and foot.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25

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