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REASONING PowER ID ANIMALS.
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session Of Brains.

SCSSiON OF BRAINS
The president OF a society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals Is
collecting instances of animal reason
ing. The following are instances ne
has authenticated
A banker had a iackdaw tfat was
interested in croquet. As SON as the
bird heard the click of the balls he
would swoop down and watch the
game attentiyely from Z hedge. Ana
when the players stopped the jack.
daw would begin 10 play afh4seif. lie
would take ball and push It with
beak and claws toward the cage" or
middle wicket, and he could not be
content with merely putting the bail
through-he would work away til he
had succeeded in ringing the bell that
hung from the cages top.
A Philadelphia elephant is fond Of
cakes, Often when a cake &c thrown
to him it will lodge under the bar OF
his house in such a way that neither
he nor the thrower can reach it. In
this dilemma the elephant always puts
his trunk down near the cake and
blows it out upon the floor. whence
the thrower may again heaye it,
An old bay mare had a field to her
self. One day lot Of calves intruded
upon her privacy. The mare looked
at the calves in amazement Then
she went slowly around the field IN
Ill she found the gap in the fence
through which they had come in. Now
she steered the intruders one by one
to the gap and taking each by the
back Of the neck showed it forth into
the road again.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-03-02

Would Keep Fact Of His Downfall
from His Friends.

Would Keep Fact Of His Downfall
from His Friends.
Mr.. B., who is an ardent prohibition
list, arrived one evening at Aver juno
ton, on his way home to Fitehburg,
but found that he would have to wait
a few minutes for the Fitchburg train.
Among the people already waiting
at the station was a well-dressed man
who was very evidently under the in
fuence of liquor. Hearing Mr.. BIS
inquiries, he sided up to him and
asked: "You goin' to Fishburg?"
Yes" said Mr.. B.
well, I'm goin' to Fishburg. VIVA
train you goin' on?"
ooh, the first train that comes
along"
well, I'm goin' on firsht train
Then, in a confidential whisper: Say
you know whass matter. with me
don't your"
Eyes. | do"
well, know whass matter with
me, but I wouldn't have my folks find
1t cut, MOTOR world. You goin' Fish,
burg, Ell? Same train with me? Well.
when we get to Fishburg, you walk
along shtreet with me, and when we
meet anybody that knows me, you just
tell EN- that I'm you and you're me.
won't you? Then my folks won't
know anything about it, see?''-Bos-
ton Herald.
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Agricultural.


Experience with the Cream Separator
have a neighbor who has long in
sisted on the usual way OF setting his
milk in cool house and skimming It
for butter-maklng. He used Bah.
cock cream tester and found that his
milk from the COW averaged a butter
fat test Of Az per cent, which he
knew ought to give him in three days
over hfty pounds Of butter But he
got only twenty eight pounds of but
ter out Of It. He had an excellent. cool
milk-house and let the milk stay be-
fore skimming Il till ii was becoming
sour. and as he fed the skim milk TO
pigs and calves. when sour it gave
them the scours. He finally came
over to my house one evening and
asked me what was the trouble and
wanted my experience. told him that
I quit the old way Of setting and skim.
ming milk three years ago and now
use a cream separator, and that | find
that II Increases the cream and butter
a great deal. but not quite as much as
he has been losing, but enough to pay
for a separator in little time. But
want to say also here, that l have
found the sweet separated milk even a
bigger thing than more cream and but
ter, to feed calves and pigs while It is
sweet and good. | would never think
OF going back to the old way of skim
ming. nor to feeding sour milk.-L. H.
Jason, In Indiana Farmer.
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Among the many old hooks and cor
nors and crannies Of the aud Emer-
aid Isle is Carrlck-a-rede, on the
Great Northern railroad, Of Ireland.
It is an isolated rock. separated from
the mainland by a chasm sixty feet
wide and more than eighty feet deep
and it is at this place that the salmon
are Intercepted in their retreat to the
rivers A rude bridge OF ropes is
thrown across. which remains during
the fishing season, and this bridge,
which is proceeded by a single rope
rail. swings ahout in the most uncom.
Portable manner, often rendering it
a dangerous feat in stormy weather,
save 10 The natives, who cross it with
the utmost Indifference. The name
is derived from "Carfig-a-ramhadh"
tthe rock in e. oadl on account OF
the inierceplng Of the salmon Near
By. On The wcs. side Of the island. is
\ caTeFn in wt.eh have been found
the bones Of horse. OK. deer. sheen.
goat tadgoT o,tcE water rat and Of
several b.n2s 81 birds
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wheel, which causes the chaff shoes
and the air-hlasts to rotate. The grain
passes from the upper chaff-shoe into
a sieve, all the larger particles of dirt
being thus eliminated. 1t next passes
to the screen directly in line with the
air-blasts, and any dust or dirt remain.
ing is blown ont by one of the air,
BLASTS, the chaff being discharged al
the rear of the machine The grain
finally reaches the separator and is
separated into two grades. the larger
grain remaining on the top screen and
passing of at one side of the discharge
chute. The smaller grain. passes
through the upper screen Of the sep.
arator on to lower one, and is de.
posted on the opposite side of the dis.
charge chute. Means are thus pro.
vlded for collecting and effectively sep.
arating the grain from the chaff and
foreign matter, as well as separating
the cleaned grain into grades.-Indi
annapolis News.
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FOOD AND STUDY
A College Mans Experience.

"All through my high school course
and first year in college, writes in
ambitious young man, Il struggled
with my studies on a diet Of greasy.
pasty foods. being especially fond Of
cakes and fried things. My system got
into state Of general disorder and It
was difficult for me to apply myself to
school work with any degree Of salts
faction. tried different medicines and
food preparations but did rot seem
able TO correct the difficulty
"Then MY attention was called 10
Grape-Nuts food and / sampled it.
had 10 do something, so just buckled
down to rigid observance of Che direc-
tons on the package, and in less than
no time began TO feel better. IT, few
weeks my strength was restored, my
weight had increased, had clearer
head and felt better in every particu-
lar. My work was simply sport to
what It WAS ferulerly
MY sisters health was badly sun
down and she had become so nervous
that she could not attend 10 her music.
She went on Grape-Nuts and had the
same remarkable experience that
had. Then my brother, Frank. who is
in the Postofice Department at Wash
ington city aud bad been trying 10 do
brain work on greasy foods, cakes and
all that, Joined the Grape-NTts army.
! showed him what il was and could
1 IL 4 "A
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-03-02
WAS CASE OF POT AND KETTLE
Fat Man and Barber Asked Each
Other Hard Questions.

Other Hard Questions.
The middle-aged, fat man, after the
barber finished cutting his hair, un.
rolled his beard, and 10. it touched the
floor. 1t was over five feet long.
The barber, as he shampooed the
beard, said:
you pin this spinach up with hair.
pins into a mass six inches square.
know man with a nine-foot beard
who wears it in a bag. About five
inches shows from his chin, and then
the beard vanlshes under his collar
as an underground river yanishes un.
der a rock.
why are there so many men who
desire to have boards of unusual
length? Men are often vainer than
women when 1t comes to the matter
of a long beard. know some twenty
men who have tried to raise long
boards for years, but only three Of
them have succeeded.
The average man can raise a one
foot beard, but not more than two or
three men in a hundred can raise a
nine or ten foot one"
Right you are" said the other, re-
garding his own river OF hair com.
placently.
But what say is, complained the
barber. what good are these long,
nasty messes Of coarse spinach after
they are grown"
What good said the middle-aged
man. lis that hristly. mud-colored
toothbrush that grows out of your
upper limp
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kMi5yEene CROSBY !

Thousands of American women, how.
ever, have found relief from all monthly
suffering by taking Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, as it is the most
thorough female regulator known to
medical science. 1t cures the condition
which causes so much discomfort and
robs these periods of their terrors.
Miss Irene Crosby. of ais Charlton
Street, East Savannah, Ga, writes;
"Lydia E Pinkham'svegeta Compound
Is true friend 10 woman. Il has been Of
great benefit to me, curing me of irregular
and painful periods when everything else had
failedi and gladly recommend It to other
suffering women
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, baekaehe,
bloating for flatulence), displacement
Of organs, inflammation or liberation,
that bearing-down feeling, dizzi-
ness, faintness, indigestion, nervous
prostration or the blues. should take
immediate action to ward off the seri-
Gus consequences, and be restored to
perfect health and strength by taking
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and then write to Mrs. Pink
ham, Lynn, Mass, for further free ad-
vice. She is daughter-in-law of Lydia
e. Pinkham and for twenty-five years
has been advising women free Of
charge Thousands have been cured
by SO doing.
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Some time between 1883 and 1892.
during the tariff campaigns that were
then waged. the democrats hired
Faneuil hall the day preceding cleo.
ton for the purpose of holding noon
rally. The late Mayor Collins of Bos.
ton was called on to preside. On
taking the chair he made the follow.
ing short speech:
Fellow Democrats, have been
chosen moderator of this Boston town
meeting, l am an imported article
duty free, and there are great MANY
of you who are Just the same" refer.
ring to the crowd which occupied the
main body Of the hall Then a mighty
cheer rent the air.
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~ RECIPES :
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Graham Breakfast CakeS-One tea.
cupful cream, one of milk, two eggs,
two tablespoonfuls sugar, one teacup-
full wheat -four, enough Graham -four
to make a thick batter, four teaspoon.
fuls baking powder. Bake in patty
pans or baking cups.
Asparagus Omelet = lin a chatting
dish)-This may be prepared like oys-
ter omelet, except that the tips must be
boiled until tender before the omelet is |
made, or II the cold boiled tips are used |
they must be heated and kept hot until
the omeiet is ready.-Harpers Bazaar.
Rice Pudding Without Eggs-wash
and pick over half cup of rice; put in
a buttered pudding dish with pint
and a half Of milk, half cup of sugar,
a pinch of salt and a grated lemon
flnd. Bake two hours, stirring fre-
quently for the first hour and half,
then finish the baking to form light
crust over the top. Serve with cream.
Apple acknowledgements of
cup Of tapioca, seven sour apples. one
half teaspo0nful of salt, cold water,
one half cup of sugar, two and half
cups of boiling water. Soak tapioea
ona hour in cold water TO cover, add
boiling water and salt; cook in double
boiler until transparent, pare and slice
apples, place in buttered pudding
dish, sprinkle sugar over apples, and
pour over tapioca, and bake in a mod
crate oven until apples ate soft.
Fried Apple sauce-A variation on
the usual dish of apple sauce can be
made by quartering, coring and slicing
tart red apples For two quarts melt
two tablespoonfuls of butter in a large
saucepan and when it has cooked TO
pale coffee color, add one-half of the
apples: cover and shake occasionally
over hot fire for five minutes, then
add the remainder of the apples and
draw to one side. where they will cook
slowly until tenders
stewed Mushrooms - I'm a chatting
dish)-Rather small mushrooms Of uni
form size should be selected for this
dish. and. falling them, the French
ehampignons will serve If the fresh
mushrooms are used they must. OF
course. he stemmed and peeled Melt
two tablespoonfuls of butter in the
double boiler Of the chatting dish, lay
in the mushrooms and sprinkle them
with little salt and pepper. Simmer
until tender. Add to them then a gill
OF cream, cook for five minutes and
serve on hot buttered toast.-Harper's
| Bazaar.
Appetizing Sandwich-A very dainty
sandwich for ball suppers is called
cream sandwich Ingredients; Quarter
of pint of good cream, three teaspoon.
| fuls Of salmon or shrimp paste, half
teaspoonful of chopped parsley, salt
and pepper, thin slices Of brown bread.
Whisk the cream until it is quite stiff
Stir the fish paste in lightly, add the
parsley and season the whole well
Spread this mixture on the slices OF
unbuttered bread, put two slices to-
gether. and stamp them out into neat
little rounds. A dust of red eoraline
pepper improves the appearance of
these pretty little sandwiches, which
should be served on lace paper, or one
of tie so charming Japanese crepe dol
lies. garlanded with flowers,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-03-02

Every farmer should have a supply
Of ice. There are but few localities
where ice cannot be obtained with but
a short haul
An expensive house is not necessary,
as all that is required is building
with sides and roof, situated on ground
well drained.
The blocks Of ice should be cut OF
a uniform size with smooth edges, 50
that they will back closely. The best
tool to cut ice for small houses is q
cross-cut saw with one handle re.
moved.
There should be no floor under the
ice. A thin coat of sawdust or chaff
should be spread on the ground and
the ice packed in even layers, leaving
4 space Of foot all around. which
should be packed full with sawdust
or chan.
To keep well the ice should be at
least eight feet deep, exclusive of a
foot or more of sawdust or chat, which
should cover it.
Plenty Of ventilation should be fur
nished, being careful not to have
too free circulation of air.
In taking out the ice, care must be
taken not TO dig out holes in the ice,
but commence at one side or corner
and remove a cake at time until
whole layer is taken out, and at all
times see that the ice is well covered
When neighbors are close together,
it is an excellent plan for several to
go in together and put up an ice sup
ply, as the larger the quantity packed
In one house the smaller the per cent.
of waste. 1t would certainly be econ
omy to build company ice house at
q place of supply so as to save the
expense of hauling in putting up
National Fruit Grower.
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DR.. Abraham Huntsinger has Just
given out table relative to the time
lost by persons wearing glasses. He
says it's mostly time wasted, and cost
IL time to some. DR.. Huntsinger bases
his figures on the study of mankind
for years.
He says the people who wear spec
taeles remove them and put them on
again at least five times day, and fig
ures that 20 seconds are required for
each such operation.
The man or woman who carries
glasses for a period of twenty-five
years THE period being placed low by
tho doetor) win lose thirty-two days
Of eight hours each as result OF the
habit to take off and replace eye.
indianapolis News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-03-02

When unfortunate enough to rub OF
tear a piece from the outer surface of
a black kid glove or kid shoe, take n
few drops of sweet oil and mix it with
an equal amount of black ink Apply
this mixture to the white spot. or any
part that may be rubbed, and the spot
will be hardly noticeable This treat.
ment will also freshen an old pair of
black kid gloves.
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4 iefe more Carr n AS SEQ IN o. tae
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed to
6einourable. Fora great many years doctors
pronouneedlt local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven Cstarrh to be
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by +. ]. Cheney q Co,
Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure
On the market. II Is taken internally In doses
from 10 drops to- teaspoonful. 1t facts direct
ly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case Il fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address +. ]. CHENEY 4
Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take HalI's Family Pills for eonstinatlon
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Nails which have been removed from
the wall frequently leave unsightly
holes. which it is not always conven.
lent to conceal with picture OF brack-
ct. The best method of hiding them is
with either putty, plaster of paris or a
paste made Of sawdust and glue.
When dry, cover the filling with paint
TO match the paper
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-03-02

Here is very good suggestion from
Good Housekeeping; Canaries are fond
Of green food, and when lettuce is
scarce a substitute is offered in little
Of their favorite seed planted in small
fowerpots and allowed to grow. The
birds like it all the better if they are
allowed to pick out the plants them.
selves.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-03-02

The keen competition which is max
ing itself felt in practically Avery ar
ticle Of manufacture which is brought
on the market to-day has had the
effect Of taxing human Ingenuity to
the utmost in order to inrent and de.
wise new machines ard apparatus
which viii lessen the cost of produc-
ton in large manufacturing plants.
An Ohio man recently patented a ma
chine which performs two operations
Mt the same timc-the cleaning and
separating of grain. The grain is
placed in the hopper in the usual man
ner and motion impaired to the driving
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this trouble. II was Just as II all the
strength had gone from my back
After suffering for some time | began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. The rem
edy acted at once upon the kidneys,
and when normal action was restored,
the trouble with my back disappeared
! have not had any return Of t."
For sale by all dealers. 90 cents q
box. Foster-Afilburn Co.. Buffalo. NY.
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The manager Of a large furniture factory
says that il women understood the value
OF soap and water there would not be 40
many calls for furniture polish. But it
must be used with Judgment, as strong
soap would be injurious. Make tepid
suds OF Ivory Soap; dip a cloth in it,
squeeze and go over the furniture several
times. Polish with ehamois. ELEANOR R.
PARKRR.
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A cabbage salad. if delicately made
IS very good, indeed, and is also very
cheap. Chop the cabbage fine, almost
to a minee, in fact. and mix with it q
few blanehed walnut meats. Mix With
a good mayOnnaise and serve on the
tenderest of cabbage leaves. Sprinkle
thickly with paprika
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Cure For Stomach Troubis-A New
Method. by AbsorptIon-No Drugs.
Do You Belch,
II means a diseased Stomach. Are you
afflicted with Short Breath. Gas. Sour
Eructations, Heart Pains, Indigestion. Dvs.
pepsia, Hlrning Pains and lead Weight
IN Pit y Stomach, ACID Stomach, lis
tended Abdomen. Dizziness, Colics
Bad Breath or Any Other Stomach Tor
ture?
Let US send you box of Mulfs Anti.
Belch Waters free TO convince you that It
cures.
Nothing else ike It known. It's sure
and very pleasant. Cures by absorption.
Harmless. No drugs. Stomach Trouble
can't be cured otherwise-so says Medical
Science. Drugs won't do-they eat up the
Stomach and make you worse.
We know Muli's Anti Belch Waters cure
and we want you to know it, hence this
offer. This offer may not appear egain.
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/ could hardly walk.
There was an unac-
countable weakness Of
the back. and constant
pain aud aching. ]
could Gud no rest and
was very uncomforta.
bic at night AS my
health was good in
every other way !
could not understand
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-03-02

George w. Beavers, who pleaded gull
y 10 an indictment charging him with
conspiracy 10 defraud the government.
was taken to the penitentiary at Mounds
vile, w Va, for a two-year term.
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The official report of the French
Minister Of Commerce sets forth that
the excess of births over deaths re-
ported in France for the year 1904 is
57,026, as against an excess in 1908
Of 73,f06.
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Household
MATTERS


Use lemon juice and salt for ink
stains, oxalic acid for fruit. tea and
coffee stains, soap and water ara
starch for seorched places. After mak
ing the application Of these things.
place the spots in the sun, and wet FIRE
quently until they disappear.
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FITS permanently cured. No ITS or nervous
ness after inst days use Of DR.. Hines Great
Nerve Restorer, 80 trlalbottleandtreatisefr
Dr.. R.H. kline, Ltd, 1871 Arch St. ,Phila., Pa.
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II you are the right sort Of man the world vii
hear OF yOu-after your demise.
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A genius is often man WHO understands
advertising
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A detailed description Of some complexion:
Eou make q highs ealoFed story.
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Unless q man has unlimited faith he should
never take his meals in cheap restaurant,
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DON'T MISS THIS.

The Kaiser in bis sports employs AL
the modern improvements"
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II 1t fails to cure. Z.
W. Groves signature on each box. 25c.
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In Chaldea an ancient owe letter has
been discovered written on clay.
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Mr.. Ng is the latest Chinamsn to attack
the exclusion law.
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All druggists, Soc. per boz, or by mail
upon receipt OF price. Stamps accepted.
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SO GOOD FOR &c. IA
Send this coupon with your name
and address and your druggists name
and Zoe. in stamps or silver, and we
will supply you a sample free if you
have never used Mull's Anti.Belch
Waters, and will also send you a GER
tifieate good for 25c. toward the pur-
chase OF more Belch Waters. You will
find them invaluable for stomach trou-
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Gige Full address and Write Plainly.