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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

The Commissioner in Lunacy were
nonplused. The man on whose men,
tai condition the courts had appointed
them to pass seemed perfectly sane,
in spite of all testimony to the con-
trary. His every action, his every re-
mark was rational. They were about
to give up in despair when matters
took an unexpected turn. "Oh, doc
tor, permit me to return the umbrella
1 borrowed from you last week, said
the patient.
And then, at the thought of earn
ing their fees with no qualms of con-
science, the learned men decided that
any one who would voluntarily return
a borrowed umbrella should be placed
under restraint
This simply shows how tribes will
ever mold our destinies.-NewY York
Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25
ElAlNE
k3oE9Eks

Put me off at Twenty-third street
conductor" "Id much rather yor
get quietly of yourself. Life.
Poetry is the art Of putting words
together in such a way as to give
them their least possible commercial
value.-Puck.
How far back can you trace youI
ancestry" Il haven't got time tc
try. It's all can do to keep track
OF my posterity. ."-Clevelan Leader
Were you ever surrounded bJ
wolves?" NO; but l used to oper
the dining-roOm doors at a summer
hotel. louisville Courler-Journal
She couldn't walk. she couldn't talk.
She couldn't breathe, or smile,
She looked a fright-she was bedight
All in the latest style.
Puck.
Fisherman (time 10 a. m.)-"WnI
you have a dram?" Highland Shep
herd preparing TO take it)-"Aw,
it's far over early. Besides, l have
had yin. Punch
The World" Want a job, eh7
What's your recommendation" Ora
duate - MY A. B." The World
"Sit right down. and I'll teach YOU
the rest of the alphabet. Life
Nell-"she's a very strong swim,
mer. / wonder II she ever saw
anybody's life" Belle-"Well. Chol
lie saphedde said he couldn't live
without her. and she has promised to
marry him Philadelphia Record.
The wise old rat looked at the trap,
And knowing smile smiled he
The wireless side | will take, " he said
"For the others G. Q. D.
Baltimore American.
Professor Sallow-"I wisl to mar.
ry your daughter, sir. hay rbsf,
IN Johns Hopkins" Parent--~
S1DDC.sa Won will ioOk IN ~
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25
TIE WOMAN AT THE run.

Fre2 east to west their praises ring
The stalwarts with the hoe,
Tho sturdy man behind the piow,
Who till the earth and SOW.
What would they do, these toll spent men
Who plow and plant and grub,
Without the patient. plodding hand
The woman at the tuby
The soldiers fame, through every age.
The sweetest bards have sung;
In trumpet tones, their daring deeds
From sea to sea have rung
In minor note, with clarion horn.
You hear the gentle rub"
lhst makes him neat for dress parade
The woman at the tub
Honor the stalwart with the hoe,
The patriot at the gun,
With laurels deck the noble brow
For victories well won;
Deem it not poor or mean
10 toss a few 10 that poor soul
Who Keeps the whole world clean.
C. l.. spalding. in American Motherhood.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

A mission worker in New Orleans
was visiting a reformatory near that
city not long ago. when she observed
among the inmates an old ac-
qualntance, a negro lad long thought
to be a model Of integrity.
"Jimi" exclaimed the mission
worker is It possible l and you
here?"
"Yassum,7 blithely responded the
backsllder. rs charged with steal
in a barrel O. sweet pertaters.
The visitor sighed
You. Jimlr she repeated. Il am
surprised
'Yassum, said Jim. so was l.,
or l wouldn't be here! San Fran
cisco Argonaut
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25
SOME ENVIRONMENTS

A CRATER | would like to be.
But not the kind YOU mean
I'd like to try experiments
For that kind Of work I'm keen
Id really like 70 try my hand
To see what l could do.
And what queer things l could evolve.
Now, really. wouldn't y0uy
Id like 70 cross a mooly COW,
To realize a dream,
With something that would make her givi
a quart Of nice ice-cream
I'd like to cross a racchorse
With an ostrich, don't you sees
So that he could run faster.
Then I'd win a bet maybe
I'd like to cross a lion with
A. big watch dog l own.
And have him hang around the house
When ! am home alone.
Now II you cross a cabbage with
Some apples, then no doubt.
You'll be sure to gather in next far
A crop Of ssuerkraut
II you take sweet potato
And green pea, # you please.
And cross them, will the answer be
A crop Of nice sweet peasg
Then | would turn my hand 10 fruit,
If had the time TO spare
II you cross lemon with a peach
Now would that make a pearl
II you take a bunch Of nice sweet corn
Your palate now IN tickle
And cross them with a cucumber,
VIII you get a nice sweet pickle
But, best Of all, I'd like 10 cross
Ny pitiful amount
OF salary with some magic wand,
And produce a heIk account
# X Moo1ry
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

Traveller delayed in Drearyhurst
by washout)-@Are there any objects
of curiosity In this yillage?"
Uncle Welby Gosh" Well, reek.
on I've got as much curiosity as any
objick you'll find. Where are you
goin', mister, and what do you foller
fur q liYin'?"-Chieago Tribune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

The last Sociallstic candidate for
Governor of Ohio thinks the doctrine
is being carried too far when his wife
handed him few wallops for scoreh-
ing the coffee. He is Socialist enough
to get up and make the fires. but
when it comes to taking licking for
not doing the cooking TO the queen S
taste he wants a Washing
ton Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

Says the North China Daily News:
THE (Chlnesel government has an
nounced to the Chinese residents
abroad that their sons will be granted
free tuition II they are sent back to
China to government schools for edu.
cation"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

In its mercantile marine Japan has
1918 steamships. of 1.153,340 aggre-
gate tonnage; 4515 sailing vessels. Of
S72,31s aggregate tonnage, and 1890
Japanese ships of the old style" OF
511,452 aggregate tonnage; in all,
1923 ships. of 2.027.11i aggregate
tonnage.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25
QUITE DIFFERENT.

Club Mani understand. sir, that
you began life as a newsboy?"
Guest of the Evening - 'T fear
some one has been fooling you. /
began life as an infant. Philippine
Gossip.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

The latest japanese bank notes
are printed in English as well as jap
snese characters.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

Berlin is said to have more trees
on the streets than any other city in
the world
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

The operating cost of the Brook
lyn bridge is found to be as high as
$36O,0O0 year, according to an In
vestigation made by the controller
Of New York City. This figure is the
average of ten years maintenance
and operating costs. beginning with
1898.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

one-seventh of the foreign COM
merce of Great Britain passes
through the Suez canal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

Germany's medical students num-
Der 7345.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25
! II.A'NEETlE N1
IC5IzH!1l,NlGI ,
kWsMh10@pd[

The total seating capacity Of the
theaters and music halls Of London
is $4,000.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

A man has been sentenced In
Prague. Bohemia, to six months ini-'
prisonment for harnessing his wife
and dog to his vegetable cart The
woman pleaded that she herself had.
suggested II. as she liked the work I
but this did not alter the decision O,
the magistrate. Il
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

Battleshlp maintenance cost dur
ing the past year. found by averaging
the cost of current repairs on seven
teen United States battleships during
1908, amounts to $4,000 per year
per ship. This does not include the
more extensive repairs or overhaul.
ing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25
's--SA--aN. -.-@ssnxor - t-ITow
ThirsfY rerthat win 81. v.yl hneh

THIRSTY f-as1I7sV VII 7''1e1s f'.smucn
longer have l got t0~a-- Il that
cocktail l ordered?" Dining Car
Waiter Cooking out of the win
dow About mile and half
longer. sir. This is a dry county,
and there's a spotter on board. -
Chicago Tribune.
Angry That's the third
time you've given me the wrong num-
Der. You must have what they call
the telephone ear" Girl in Central
ofice-'T beg your pardon. sir, but
that isn't the trouble. You have
what we call the cornmeal mush
voice. Chicago Tribune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

=, Who nSo tries to start aTsamgA .aH
son wno n,,,ra" answered the man
"LiteraeurTi I eI1aewTiter. "is something to
the w tyPe" es"dvertisements SO that that
around se more ao effectively displayed
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

All Of tho Immigrants who come
to New York are not steerAge pas
sengers. The cabins brought 142,.
12O last year.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

The consumption of gold coins for
industrial purposes In Germany is
estimated at about 100000, 900
marks annually.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

New Workers are now moving fast
er in the direction Of owning their
own homes than ever before install
ment buyers are now paying on con.
tracts calling for $3.50, 100000.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

The recent sale of Mrs. Piozzi's
diary in London for $1O.25O must be
nearly a record price for diaries,
though last year Shelley's notebooks
brought $4,000 The great interest
in Mrs. Plozzis diary lies, of course,
in its record of conversations with
Dr. Johnson
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-06-25

ihe totdi seating capacity OF the
theaters and music halls Of London
is $4,000.
one-seventh of the foreign COM
merce Of Great Britain passes
through the Suez canal.
Berlin is said to have more trees
on the streets than any other city in
the world.
Burmah is to have Pasteur Insti.
tute.
Germany's medical students num-
Der 7345.
Says the North China Daily News:
THE (Chlnesel government has an
nounced to the Chinese residents
abroad that their sons will be granted
free tuition II they are sent back to
China to government schools for edu-
cation"
In its mercantile marine Japan has
1918 steamships. of 1.153,340 aggre-
gate tonnage; 4515 sailing vessels. Of
ST2,31s aggregate tonnage. and 1890
Japanese ships Of the old style" OF
511,452 aggregate TONNAGE in all,
1923 ships, of 2.027.111 aggregate
tonnage.
The operating cost Of the Brook
lyn bridge is found to be as high as
$360,OO0 year. according to an In
vestigation made by the controller
OF New York City. This figure is the /
average Of ten years maintenance
and operating costs. beginning with .
1898.
Battleship maintenance cost dur
ing the past year. found by averaging
the cost of current repairs on seven /
teen United States battleshlps during
1908. amounts to $4,000 per year
per ship. This does not include the
more extensive repairs or overhaul.
ing.
The consumption of gold coins for
Industrial purposes In Germany is
estimated at about 100000 900
marks annually.
The recent sale of Mrs. Piozzi's
diary in London for $10,25O must be
nearly a record price for diaries,
though last year Shelleys notebooks
brought $4,000 The great interest
in Mrs. Piozzi's diary lies. of course,
in its record of conversations with
DR.. johnson.
New Workers are now moving fast
er in the direction Of owning their
own homes than ever before. install
ment buyers are now paying on con.
tracts calling for $3.50, 100000.
All Of tho Immigrants who come /
to New York are not steerAge pas
sengers. The cabins brought 142,.
40 last year.
A man has been sentenced tn|
Prague, Bohemia, to six months ini.'
prisonment for harnesslng his wife
and dog to his vegetable cart. The
woman pleaded that she herself had.
suRaested H. aa she liked the work Z
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
APPEALS FOR HELP IN
BRIEF CABLECRAM
Resident Missionary at Adana
Sends Tragic Telegram.

Boston, April 20.-A brief cable
gram, III effect a cry for help from
the scene of the massacre at Adana,
Asia Minor, where d. M. Rogers and
Mr.. Maurer perished, has been re
ceived by the American board of com
missioners for foreign missions here
The message, tragic in it's briefness,
Is as follows:
Help, Adana"
This was from Rev. William Cham.
bers, the resident missionary of the
board at Adana. Convinced that the
help requested must be prompt Sec
retary Barton notified the officials OF
the state department at Washington
Of the appeal. There are thought to
have been upwards of fifteen mission
aries connected with the American
board gathered at Adana last week
for the annual conference of the Cen
trail Turkey mission.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
SENATOR ALDRICH.

other sources was accepted as direct
opposition to all such propositions.
On the desk of each senator was a
comparison of the text of the Dingley
tariff law with the Payne tariff bill
as passed by the house and as amend
ed and reported from the senate com
mittee on finance. In addition a
statement was furnished to each sen.
ator showing the estimated revenues
under the present law compared with
the amended Payne bill. Mr. Aldrich
called attention to these volumes in
beginning his speech The net in
crease from customs over the existing
law was estimated at s11, ,666,748 for
the Payne bill as passed by the house
and s9,934,426 under the bill as re
ported from the senate committee In
making the estimates the revenues
produced in 1906 were used in attain
ing the comparison with the house
bill ard the revenues for 1907, wher
the imports were much larger, in ar
irving at the comparison with the pos
sibilities under the senate bill. Mr.
Aldrich believes that 1907 was a nor
NAL year, while Representative Payne
chairman of the house committee or
ways and means, believes 1906 was
the last year when conditions were
normal
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
SAID TO Be DAUGHTER
OF WEALTHY PARENTS
Detective Claims to Have Iden-
titled Mrs. Boyle.

Mercer, Pa, April 20.-That the
woman charged with the abduction of
Willie Whitla is not the wife of James
III. Boyle, but is the unmarried daugh-
ter of wealthy and respectable par
ents whose character and standing
are above reproach, is what the state
expects to prove in the approaching
trial of the kidnapping cases. Detec-
tive Kepner, who disappeared from
Mercer Immediately after the recent
visit of Mr. and Mrs. III. Choteau Dyer
of st. Louis, has returned and an
nounced that he has positively identi-
fled the woman. Attorney Cochran,
who is representing Mr.. Whitla In the
prosecution, has refused to allow the
Identification to be made public, but
will endeavor to have II introduced
at the trial. Mr.. and Mrs. Dyer, who
partially identified the woman as a
maid whom they accuse of stealing
$4,000 from their home, will return,
1t is said, as witnesses before the
grand jury or at the trial.
kilograms said to have been sent
by Boyle from Sharon to the woman
at Warren, o., about the time of the
kidnapping and from her at Warren in
reply will be brought into evidence to
connect the woman with the abduc-
ton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
THOUSAND DEAD AT ADANA
American Vice Consul Reports Situa-
ton Improved.


Constantinople, April 20. = The
American vice consul at Mersina, John
Debbas. reports that the disorders at
Adana are Quieting down.
The two American missionaries, d.
M. Rogers and Mr.. Maurer, were
killed Thursday afternoon while at
tempting to extinguish fire In the
house OF an aged Turkish woman.
They were shot dead. The missions
at Adana and Tarsus are now receiv-
ing adequate protection. Mersina is
anxiously awaiting relief. The killed
at Adana are estimated at more than
1000, but no particulars OF the mas.
sacrc yet are available.
Disturbances have occurred also at
Marash, city of about $4,000 people
In the vilayet Of Aleppo and about
eighty miles northeast of Alexan.
dretta 1t is reported that twenty per.
sons wcre Killed or wounded there.
The authc. ties ut Marash behaved
well and tic disorders soon were put
down.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
ALDRICH OPENS
TARIFF DEBATE
Payne Measure as Amended
Taken Up in Senate.
PROVIDES AMPLE REVENUE

Chairman of Com ,ittee on Finance
Declares in Positive Terms That
Bill Now Under Discussion Will
Produce an Amount Equal to the
Expenditures of the Government.
Opposes an Income Tax.
Washington, April 20.-In opening
the debate on the pending tariff bill
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the COM
mittee on finance, assured the senate
In most positive terms that the bill
reported from the committee on
finance would produce ample revenue
for the government He suggested
that if py any possibility these esti-
mates should prove to be incorrect
the duty of congress would be to "re-
duce expenditures and make them
conform to actual revenue conditions
and not to impose new and onerous
taxes"
While he did not refer specifically
to any proposition to impose an in
come tax his statement declaring that
ample revenue may be derived from
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
HAD NOT BEEN CRITICISED
Consular Agent at Paris Suffering
From Persecution Mania,

Paris, April 20.-The desk in the
consulate of William f. cambridge,
confidential agent of the United
States treasury department I'm charge
of its Paris customs bureau, who COM
mitted suicide in this city Saturday,
has been opened. 1t contained box
of cartridges, five of which were miss
ing, and slip of paper in Mr.. Balm
bridges handwriting describing him
self as beset by plot" None of
the official papers found, however,
disclosed the slightest evidence that
the department was dissatisfied with
Mr.. Bainbridge's work.
The documents found confirmed the
opinion previously entertained at the
consulate that Mr.. Bsinbridge had
broken down from overwork, that he
was temporarily insane and that he
took his life while suffering from the
mania OF persecution.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
WILL BE OUR FASTEST SHIP
Torpedo Boat Destroyer Smith, Named
for Civil War Hero, Is Launched.

Philadelphia, April 20-A little ves-
sci, which will be, when she is COM
pleted, tho fastest ship in the United
States navy, was launched here to-
day. She is the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Smith, the first of new type.
Che is expected to have greater speed
and wider steaming radius than any
other destroyer on the naval list.
The Smith is named after Lieuten-
ant Joseph II. Smith, who was in com
mand of the warship Congress when
that vessel was sunk in Hampton
Roads by the Confederate ironclad
Virginia March 8, 1862. Lieutenant
Smith was killed In the action. Mrs
Edward b. Richardson of Brookline
Mass, relative of Lieutenant Smith
acted as sponsor at the naming of the
little vessel.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20

The movement of the troops loyal
to the Young Turks 10 Tchatalja ap-
pears to be proceeding with the great
est order. Everything was planned
beforehand in exact detail
Tchatalja is the key to the girdle
of Notifications around the capital.
Four military trains arrived there
Sunday morning. Mukhtar Bey is in
command of the advance guard of the
SRlonikians. When a deputation of
paoification from Constantinople
greeted him he asked grufly: Have
you brought the head of the old man?
We can't negotiate so long as you
come without that head"
Delegation Threatened With Death.
This deputation, consisting of thirty
men. wanted to proceed to Saloniki,
but 1t was compelled to return here.
Mukhtar Bey threatened to give or
ders to have them shot Immediately
II they attempted to get into touch
with the soldiers.
The troops which arrived at Spar
takule Saturday afternoon under the
command of Mast Pasha proceeded to
Kutchuk and Tchekmedje, where it is
believed they will await the coming
of reinforcements. They will then
embark on vessels and, avoiding Con-
stantinople, march direct to Yildiz
Kiosk. Many officers have deserted
their commands and joined the Sa-
lonikians.
The foregoing dispatch to the Lokal
Anzeiger came out of Constantinople
by way of Smyrna. The Turkish war
ships stationed at Smyrna are loyal
to the Young Turks. The volunteers
In the vilayet of Kossovo number s0,-
900: Albania has furnished $4,000
more and Saloniki 5000. The COM
mittee of union and progress has ac-
cepted an offer from Bulgaria to or
ganize a militia for emergency pur-
poses.
military writer in the Lokal An
zeiger says it will require two or
three weeks for the Young Turks to
transport the Third army corps to a
position in front of Constantinople,
but that the defeat of the Third corps
before its concentration is impossible.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20

Wisconsin Town In Ashes.
Janesville, Wis, April 20.-Fire de
stroyed nearly the entire town OF
Juda, Wis. The town has a popula-
ton OF 300.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
CONDEMN CORNER ON WHEAT
Cincinnati Methodist Ministers Adopt
Resolutions.

Cincinnati, April 20.-Despite the
fact that Patten, the new wheat king,
is building gymnasium costing $780,
900 for the Northwestern university
a Methodist institution of Evanston,
ILL.,, the Cincinnati Methodist minis
ters passed resolutions condemning
"the action which cornered wheat in
Chicago" DR.. l.. 0. Hartman, pastor
of Christie Methodist Episcopal
church, said that he believed that the
ministers ought to take firm stand
for social righteousness" and he pre-
sented the resolutions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
SIMPLY A B0URSE RUMOR
Report That Kaiser Nearly choked on
FIshbone.

Vienna, April 20.-A private dis
that Emperor William was seriously
Ill as result OF swallowing a fish,
bone. The local newspapers issued
extra editions and the rumor caused
great uneasiness.
The police started an investigation
OF the source of the report, which
quickly was discovered to be quite
without foundation and nothing more
than Z bonrse rumor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
REPORT is NOT CONFIRMED
Said Sultan of Turkey Has Fled From
Constantinople.

Constantinople, April 20.-Sheik III
Isham, the head of the church, is pre-
pairing a written declaration to the
country pronouncing the fall of the
sultan.
1t is rumored here that the sultan
has fled, but the report cannot be con
firmed.
Public opinion favorable to the
Young Turks is growing rapidly in
the capital and while it looked last
week as though the reactionaries were
gaining the upper hand the Young
Turks have gathered their forces an6
have received many evidences of sup
port from all races and almost every
section of the empire.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
TWENTY-ONE HORSES BURN
Iowa Farmer Heavy Loser as Result
of Storm.

Cedar Falls, Ia. April 20.-Light-
ming struck and fired the barn of
Harvey Jewell, two and one-half miles
west of this city, and entirely de
stroyed the building and all its con-
tents, which included twenty-one
horses, thirty-two mead of cattle, 1000
bushels of oats. nine tons of hay and
the carriages, wagons and farm i'm
plements. The loss will be about
100000