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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-10-18


When In the woods spending the
day. l have heard persons say, Isn't
ii strange. know there are a great
many birds about. but l see very few;
have walked all through the woods
and do not understand why | can
not find them" I have followed Just
after these same people. and after
they had passed on. quietly sat down
on a log and waited. Soon some low,
quick notes came from overhead. and
warbler or a vireo begins a search Of
leaf and twig for insects and their
eggs or young. Not a leaf or tiny
bud escapes their scrutiny as they fit
from branch TO branch. As long as
any one was moving about beneath
them they remained perfectly quiet, to
escape notice.
This is very common habit of all
wild life in nature; indeed. it is prob
ably one of the first lessons which they
learn. The tiny young partridge will
crouch close to the ground and remain
motionless at the warning call of its
mother. Little pigs at the startled
grunt Of the old SOW will lie fiat and
even drop their pointed little ears. un-
til she says all right, The all right is
soft, satisfied grunt. which is very
different from the warning grunt. The
moment an animal becomes motion
less, the chances of detection are very
slight; and this is especially true OF
our birds where the coloring usually
harmonizes with their surroundings.
Practically all the best work l have
done in watching the habits of our
birds has been accomplished by going
to a place frequented by them and
then remaining perfectly quiet
Louisville Evening Post.
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Blood.

We live BY our blood, and on
it. We thrive or starve, as
our blood is rich or poor.
There IS nothing else to live
on or BY.
When strength IS full and
spirits high, we are being re.
freshed, bone muscle and brain,
in body and mind, with con-
tinual flow of rich blood.
This is health.
When weak, in low spirits,
no cheer, no spring, when rest
is not rest and sleep is not
sleep, we are starved ; our blood
is poor; there is little nutri-
ment in it.
Back Of the blood, is food,
to keep the blood rich. When
it fails, take SCOTS Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil. 1t sets the
whole body going again-man
woman and child.
II you have not tried It. send for free sample,
its agreeablctaste will surprise you.
SCOTT s BOVINE. Chemists
4ogsis Pearl Street New Yerk.
sos. aud $40; all druggists.
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first favorable turn. Plainly there
must be one more dodging match. one
more running Of the gauntlet. before
he could hope to reach Lapeers Hold
ing to his seat. Sandy awaited the
trial
Il came soon. At the bottom o
small ravine the calico pony made an
other Of those lightning turns. ana
ran straight up the draw. All but
three Of the Cheyennes had crossed
above, but these three. noting the cum
ming maneuver, wheeled upon the
slope and came plunging down togeth-
er to head It of. The calico responded
with fresh and unexpected burst of
speed. and the foremost Indian, rising
In his saddle to hurl his lance, lost
his seat and was pitched head fore
most under his horses feet.
The riderless pony and the mounted
Cheyennes came together at the bot
tom OF the draw. with further dam
age to the excited Indians. and San
dy's calico, lodging them. went by
like the wind.
Sandy, shouting with exultation,
looked back at a turn Of the ravine TO
see a single Indian chasing him on
foot, and frantically trying to load a
rife as he ran. The others were evi-
dently still engaged in the effort to
eNtricate themselves from the difficult
ty into which the riderless pony had
thrown them.
One minute later the express rider
emerged from the ravine. with his cal
ice running straight for the ridge trail,
and saw dozen more Cheyennes look
ing for him along the washout below.
Sandy heard their shrill yelIs OF dis
appointment as he came into view 200
yards above and in front of them, and
sped swiftly away down the slope.
The Indians at once gave over the
chase, and II was as well for them,
perhaps that they did. for at the foot
of the ridge Sandy met Blue Bob and
the gun men of Lapeer's.
The men at the station had seen the
Cheyennes ride out upon the ridge to
cut Sandy on. In that clear atmos-
phere, three miles away, they had
watched the express messenger as he
approached the Indians, and had seen
him and his pony apparently swal-
lowed up and lost in a cloud of rush
ing horsemen. Then they had seen
the calico pony suddenly emerge like
a jack rabbit lodging a ring hunt. and
they had waited to see no more.
As a result of this feat OF his talent
cd Nez Perce pony and of his own
pluck and skill. Sandy remained at
I.apeers as rider and wrangler until
the abandonment OF the route
Youths Companion.
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The members of the 0sterlout family
OF Susquehanna are the most famous
wildcat and rattlesnake hunters in
northern Pennsylvania, For years
Herman Osterlout has tramped
over the bills OF Susquehanna. Wayne
and Pike counties. catching rattle
snakes for New York and Philadelphia
museums. He has been bitten by rat
tlesnakes innumerable times. He has
killed more Wildcats than any other
man in the state His record is 1877
cats. Mrs. 0sterlout is an experienced
huntress, and she accompanies her hus-
band on many Of his trips. She has
captured and killed scores Of rattle
snakes and wildcats.
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nations-President Lincoln.
shot, April Is 1865; Alexander II. OF
Russia. killed by a bomb. March Is.
1881: President Garfield, shot, July 2.
1881; President Carnot of France.
stabbed, June "a, 1894; Empress of
Austria, stabbed, Sept 10, 1898; King
Humbert of Italy. shot, July 20, 1900;
President Mckinley, Sept. 6. 1901.
Attempts President Jackson, jan
80. 1895; King Wilhelm of Prussia. two
attempts. 1851; King Victor Emman-
ueI of Italy 1853; Franz Josef of Aus
tria, two attempts. 1853; King Ferdi-
nand OF Naples. stabbed, 1856; Queen
Isabella of Spain, stabbed. 1856; Queen
of Greece, shot. 1862; Wilhelm |. OF
Germany. 1878; King Alfonso a. Spain.
shot at, 1878: Wilhelm of Germany,
1878; Czarowitz Of Russia. cut by sa-
Der, May 1s. 1891; President Faure Of
France, bomb. June 10, 1897; Kaiser
Wilhelm, missile. March 6. 1901
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An American railway company re-
ceiyed a. letter from an eccentric in
dividual wherein he offered a consid-
cradle sum of money for the privilege
Of being permittea to ride 1890 miles
on the cowcatcher OF famous express.
Probably the queer application arose
out of a wager. but. in any case. it
was refused without hesitation. and
the would-be perpetrator OF the ex-
traordinary freak was compelled TO
travel in the more conventional man
ner at the rear of the locomotive in
stead of in front Of it. mode of pro-
gress which would hardly commend it.
self to prudent minded passengers.
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Before the Empress Frederiek's cof-
fin was finally closed all the love let
ters she received from her late hus-
band. the Emperor Frederick. togeth-
er with his last written messages. in
scribed after he had lost his power OF
speech. were placed in the coffin over
her heart.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-10-18

, In Europe 10 out of every 1000 peo-
pie are living out of their own coun-
try; in America 1877 out of every 1000.
while 800 out of every 1000 Australians
were born in some other part of the
world.
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In the picturesque village of Allies
ley. Warwickshire. Eng, an ancient
custom which is found to linger here
and there. is still observed. The
church bell is rung at o'clock every
morning in the summer and at G
o'clock in the winter. in order 20
arouse sleeping villagers and enable
them to start 10 work in good time.
The curfew is also tolled at o'closl:
each evening.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The oldest inhabited house in Eng
land is on the River Yer. close to st.
Adams abbey. 1t is octagonal in
shape. and supposed to be II centuries
old.
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The first English postage stamp was
black. but the postmarks were hardly
visible on it, and this tone was fol
lowed by red, with the familiar por-
trait of Queen Victoria.
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A German farmer named Obermsyer.
had. unfortunately for himself,
taken the fancy of a strapping lass
who worked in his fields. Finding Ian
gushing look and bashful advance OF
no avail. the girl who was gifted with
almost hereulean strength. repaired to
the farmers house at a time when he
was sure to be alone and on prayer
and entreaty proving futile bound him
with a rope which she had the fore
thought TO bring with her, and having
gagged him drove him of in one OF
his carts to her own cottage, whence.
brow beaten and cowed he departed
only for the village church.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-13

actions. Accept them quietly and
calmly, as your right, but never seem
to give more weight than in nine cases
out of ten they have.
Hurry no courtship into an engage
ment, and never make an engagement
from which you cannot honorably with
draw.
When you feel perfectly sure that
you love a man, there are many sub
tie ways for you to let him know it.
have always failed to understand why
women should not choose their hus-
bands and why only unmarried reign
ing queens can do so. I do not see why
they should not propose. Of course
they should do 80 In a manner quite
different from that in which men pro-
pose.
But very often a girl can make her
choice from circle Of admirers, CIV
ing the needed encouragement to the
one she prefers. and deciding for her
self her life's destiny.
There are men, and very often the
best, too, who are shy and need en-
couragement, inasmuch as it should be
remembered that the men who declare
their love in most beautiful language
are those who love least truly.
The real lover is stammerer. If the
woman whom he loves should return
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MAXIMS FOR THE GIRL IN LOVE.
WfHe Conclusions That Have Been
Born of Experience.

Wfse Conclusions That Have Been
Born of Experience.
You love for yourself, and if you
marry, you seal the destiny, happy or
wretched, Of your own life. Therefore,
never marry for others. Marry for
your sake Let no human being, how
ever dear to you, have a right to vio-
late the true instinct of your heart, or
put constraint on your love.
Only be careful; do not imagine that
you are in love before you have tried
all the tests which may convince you
that you really are. You may be only
too liable to mistake a caprice, a fancy,
a romantic day dream for true love.
First love is seldom true love. A
whole series Of light fancies which have
been mistaken for love have often been
followed by the earnest passion of a
life.
The credulity of women on the sub
ject of being loved is very great. They
often mistake little admiration for a
particular regard, and on this founda-
ton build up castle in the air and fill
it with all the treasures Of their bright
est hopes. 1t Is safer to be very skep-
tical on the subject of being loved; but
if you make the mistake, take all the
blame on yourself and save your dig
nifty by secrecy, if you cannot keep
your heart from loving.
Men will always be polite. attentive
complimentary and paying you all sorts
of little batteries, both of words and
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his affection, she should give him all
the discreet encouragement she can.
Better marry a man Of this sort than
Thomas Carlyle, who spent his life
writing sweet love letters to his wife
and never succeeded in saying a pleas
ant thing to her and in making heI
happy when in her presence.
If ever you receive from a man a love
letter worded in most exquisite style
full of poetry and professions Of deer
attachmept, take 1t for granted that
man has had a long experience in such
letter writing.
There is not single man, really and
truly in love, who would not be asham-
ed to read, especially to have read
aloud, letter he has written to the OBJ.
ject Of his affections.
Never tell any one that you have re.
jected the advances Of such and such 9
man. The man who boasts of his con.
quests is cad; the man who boasts Of
those he has not made Is a cur and g
scoundrel. The woman who boasts Of
the offers she has refused is a woman
that lacks refinement and tact.
After all, there is very little differ.
ence between the qualities Of perfect
gentleman and those of perfect lady.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-13

assemblage of A. r. P's. The synod
convened Thursday. Among those
passing were Rev. R. M. Stevenson,
Clover; ]. C. Anthony, Of Pisgah. Mr.
Anthony will extend his trip to Arkan-
sas and visit relatives and friends, re-
turning about Christmas. Others were
Hon. J. K. Henry, Chester; DR.. G. X.
White, Ebenezer; Rev. R. E. Hough,
Back Creek. About seven and half
miles Of the contract for grading on
the new route for the C. & NV. has
been let. Bachelor, Magruder & Co.,
have the three miles contract on the
south end and it is the heaviest grad
ing. Pruder & Co., have the contract
for grading four and half miles on
the Lincolnton end. About three and a
half miles in the middle are yet to let.
It is the rockiest portion and least bid
for by contractors. There will be no
difficulty, however, to get contractor.
Sam Laughridge, who is running
a saw mill on Perry Lewis place, east
Of town, had the misfortune to get the
thumb of his right hand sawed on Tues
day. He saw a small stick lying near
the saw and reached to pull 1t away,
when the saw seemed to attract his
hand and the saw passed between the
index finger and thumb, cutting Off the
entire thumb, including the fleshy part
of the thumb palm. Mr.. Laughridge
is at his brother-in-law's, J. Z. Lind
say. His family lives near Yorkville
and he will go to them probably tomor-
row.. Capt. J. T. Spencer will COM
plete the large Chronicle mill at Bel
mont this week, and it is one Of the
prettiest mills in the state. He has the
contract to build the knitting mill at
Bowling Green. 1t will be a single
story brick structure. The main room
will be 6Ox1O6 feet. Engine room 2Ox25
and boiler-room 20x25 feet.
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aliseellaneuus Reading.
SUPERSTITION ON THE FARMS.
Odd Ideas Firmly Believed In by the
Proxafc AEriculturists.

Odd Ideas Firmly Believed In by the
Proxnfc Agriculturists.
Superstition Is more prevalent
among the American people than Is
generally supposed" said book agent,
land even the heard-headed, intelligent
farmers are, to certain extent. aftiict-
ed with 1t.
IT remember asking farmer 60 years
old. a man Of more than ordinary intel
ligence, the owner Of 1000 acres Of fine
land, we'll stocked, and who had sew
eral thousand dollars in bonds and 9TH
er securities, why he dld not build
himself a better house. The one he liV-
ed in was old, small and dilapidated, a
relic Of the days when he was poor.
Afraid to- was the reply.
".Afraid of what?' asked.
"'Well, you see, have always heard
that when an old man builds new
house he never lives long to use it.
II laughed, but he was perfectly seri-
GUS, and found that in that neighbor-
hood the superstition was generally be-
lieved in.
Another saying was common In the
locality. The man who plants tree
generally lives to enjoy its fruit The
belief in these saying was shown by
the number Of poor farmhouses and the
number of fine orchards in that neigh
hood.
"'Seed corn shelled at night grows
best Is another saying frequently used
in the corn belt. A farmers son sug-
gested that it was invented by the old
man as an excuse for making the boys
work at night.
Things planted during the dark OF
the moon produce the best roots Is sc
generally accepted as true that vegeta-
bles like potatoes. turnips, beets, car
rots, and onions are planted during
the light Of the moon by few people
Many scientific farmers believe in this
superstition.
1.-The farmer who refuses water to g
travellers horse will see his own live
stock suffer from thirst before the END
Of the year. Is a belief so common ir
some localities as to insure courteous
treatment to all travellers.
Some farmers will wiring the neck
of a hen If she crows. They say 6
growing hen brings bad luck to the
farm, and, as heard one old farmer
remark, sets the wimmen folks a bad
example,
Borrowed eggs always hatch, is 6
saying probably invented by some
stingy man as an excuse for borrow
ing, but it is so generally believed ir
some neighborhoods that a regular sys.
tenn Of borrowing and lending is carried
on.
These and hundreds Of other super.
stitions are so generally believed ir
that they govern the customs Of com.
munities to a surprising extent"
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A Complicated Relationship.

A lawyer received q new client the
other day-a big man named Frazier
who wanted to sue to recover ESQ.,
advanced on a note and not repaid.
"Who is the client?" asked the law.
yer.
oh, she's a relation Of mine."
How nearly related?"
Every nearly"
But my dear SIR" persisted the law
yer, you must be more explicit"
"Well, she may be my mother-in-
law"
Maybe be? Then you are likely te
marry her daughter"
1--WE already married the daughter
"Oh, then, Of course, the defendant Is
your mother-in-law?"
Il guess you'd better hear the whole
story" said the man named Frazier.
He heaved a weary sigh and then
went on: You see, year ago we lived
together-my son Bill and I. Across
the way lived the Widow Foster and
her daughter Mary. Well, sir, I mar
ried Mary because she was good look
ing. My son Bill married the widow
because she had heaps of money. Now
perhaps, you can tell me whether the
old lady is my mother-in-law or my
daughter-in-law."
But the lawyer couldnt-at least, not
just then. The problem had struck
him all in a heap. He looked Wild
eyed and his brain was reeling.
Perhaps when you've settled that
question you'll undertake my suit,
Frazier added. THE old lady borrow
ed the money fair and square and she
can pay it back; but she won't so I've
got to sue."
'I don't think I'll take your case,
faltered the lawyer. "The case-er-
er-presents too many complications"
by the way" said Frazier disap-
pointedly, as he took up his hat and
prepared to go, "since the double we'd
ding a child has been born to each
couple. Can you tell me what relation
the two children are to each other?"
But the lawyer couldn't.-Tit-Bits
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WEALTH IN JAPAN.
Less Than 45O In the Empire Who
Have S25O,OOO.

Les. Than 45O In the Empire Who
Have s25O,OOO.
Japan, it seems, is not overburdened
with millionaires. For many months
The Jill Shimpo. one Of the leading
vernacular newspapers of the empire,
has been making an investigation with
the purpose of ascertaining how many
men there are in the Mikado's realms
who possess 100000 yen or more. The
ven Is about so cents in United States
money.
The Jill has discovered that there
are exactly AL persons whose possess
sions aggregate at least $780, 900. Toxic,
the capital, possesses one-third OF
them; but eight provinces surrounding
that city have scarcely and rich men.
The other great cities ranked in order
according to the number Of their cap
italists are Osaka, Kobe, Nagaya, Kioto
and Yokohama.
It will seem strange to foreigners, to
whom Yokohama Is the best known or
all Japanese cities, that it should be
last in The Jijrs list. The statistician
does not attempt to account for this;
but in explanation of the fact the pre-
lecture Of Kiushiu, always looked up
on as the richest in the empire, has few
semi-millionaires, the paper says, that
while there are not many rich men
there, yet it's wealth is very generally
distributed and there are no poor peo-
Pile.
Commenting upon the information
thus brought to light by The Jill the
Japan Daily Mail, paper published in
English in Yokohama, says:
comparing these results with Amer
lean statictics, it appears that whereas
there are 1927 persons in the United
States credited with possessing mil
lion gold dollars each and upward, or,
in other words, one millionaire for
every 10000 inhabitants, supposing the
population to be 75,O00,000, there Is In
japan only one semi millionaire for
every 100000 inhabitants, taking the
population at 45,OOO,OOO. Reducing
these figures to the same denomination
(yen), it would appear that there are
just ten times as many men of wealth
in America as in Japan.
But before accepting that conclusion
q large correction Is evidently neces-
sary, since, although there may be only
3,82S millionaires in the states, there
may be fifty or hundred thousand
arter-millionaires. Obviously, since
half million yen is equal to only
quarter of a million dollars, no accur-
ate comparison can be made until the
number Of millionaires IN
America is ascertained."
The Jijrs figures also reveal the fact
that manufacturing is still in its infan-
CIV in japan, for in the list Of AL men
of wealth both the farmer and the mer-
chant classes have larger representa-
ton than has the manufacturing class.
It is also noticeable that out Of the AL
no fewer than sixty-six are noblemen
who do not pursue any trade or profess
sion. A remarkable fact is that not
more than one or two in every ten have
amassed their wealth in one genera
ton; the others have inherited a great
part of it. This Is just the opposite of
the conditions prevailing in America,
where seven or eight in every ten mil
lionaires have made their own money.
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Gastonia News, November 8: Dele
gates passed through Wednesday to
Rosemark. Tennessee, 10 attend the A.
r. p. synod of the South. Rev. r. M.
Stevenson is moderator of this great
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humorous Department.
Limited Forgiveness.

Mr.. Klutz, of North Carolina, told the
following:
1.-TWO brothers, John and Jacob. had
lived to old age in the most amicaoie
relations, when, over some trivial oc-
currence, they fell out as we say In
North Carolina, and no longer even
spoke as they passed by. Finally
John, the younger Of the two, felt I'M
pelled to try to make things up. He
rode over to Jacobs house and vainly
accosted the old man who was sitting
on the porch; but refused to speak to-
or take any notice Of him. Nothing
daunted, John bravely broached his
errand.
Nov, Brudder Jacob said he, you
know we've been livin like brudders
now nigh on to 40 year, and we've had
this onfortunit fallin out, and I've jest
come over to see If we can't make 1t
up
Jacob, with his head in his hands
made no response.
"'Now, Brudder Jacob John went
on, you know we've lived like brud-
ders ought for nigh on 40 year, and our
fader's dead and our mothers dead and
all our brudders and sisters Is dead
and wes all that's left. Let s make II
up, Brudder Jacob? If I've done you
any harm, hope you'll forgif me and
If you've done me any harm I freely
forgf YOU
Jacob still made no response, and
John went on with one last effort a,
reconciliation:
Nov, Brudder Jacob said he, you
know we've been going to the commun.
ion table over here at the organ church
for nigh on to 40 year, and the sacle-
ment meetin is comm on over thar mex,
Sunday, and We ought to go to thai
meetin; but we can't go with such feel.
ms like these in our hearts; we ough,
to forgif one another and go to tina,
table with right feelin's in our hearts
like brudders ought, and like we al
ways used to do. Let's make 1t up
Brudder Jacob
"Old Jacob was touched and partly
won at last, and looking up, he said
Well, Brudder John, I freely forgit you
till after the saclement meetin; but
not a blamed minute longer '"-ChamI
Clark's Cloak Room Stories.