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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

Corot, the famous French painter,
had a generous heart and whlm-
steal wit Corot and his sister were
joint owners. according to the London
Globe, of some house property in
Paris One day one of the tenants
tailor-came to Corot and said he
could not pay his rent.
What can | do for you?" asked
Corot. Il cannot intereede for you
with my sister, because I'm not on
good terms with her
As matter OF fact, the great
artist was regarded as a failure" by
his family.
However, he added, after a
thoughtful pause, here's the money
to pay the rent; only don't let any
one know l have given it to you
The tailor after that used to return
periodically when his rent was due
and obtain the money from Corot.
Il appear to be very generous, y
the artist remarked on one occasion.
but am not, because get half of it
back from my sister as my share Of
the rent.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

street, AID at least once a week Miss
Dane aid her mother were treated q
a spin through the park or out into
the country.
The Lane home was one of refine
ment and culture. Before the death
of Mr.. Dine. the family had been in
easy circumstances. After his death,
some Of Il e seemingly gilt-edge in
vestments lad turned out to be
worthless, ami the family had been
reduced, not - poverty, but to very
modest circumstances. Durham was
made welcome here. not because OF
his money. nor yet OF his position,
but because OF his true worth.
He appreciated his welcome, too.
For years he had been living alone
in his bachelor apartments. and the
touch Of real homelife with which
he came in contact in the Dane home
was rather pleasing, indeed
It was one Of these automobile
trips, when the mother had stayed
home on account Of a severe head
ache, that the now prosperous stem
ographer. spoke thus to John Dun
ham in low tones, so that the chauf-
feur might not hear:
Mr.. Dunham, can't begin to
thank you for your kindness to me
in my business On the day you first
gave me work | had almost given up
in despair When you came into my
Office was merely typewriting exer-
clses l had had at school so that 1
might appear to be busy; and at the
same time / was wondering how
much longer I could afford to pay Of
flee rent and do no work. Now.
thanks to your kindness. 1 have to
employ a girl to help me.
You need not thank me, Miss
Dane" he replied "If you had not
had ability. no one would have en-
ployed you the second time"
That may be true" she answered,
but you helped them to find out my
ability"
Then John Dunham did what some
may call a rash thing. You may
Judge for yourself. He leaned over
and whispered:
Don't YOU get tired of being die
tated to, darling? How would you
like to dictate to me for life?"
For a moment she sat very still.
Dunham could feel her hand tremble
in his. Then she seemed to brace
herself, and. with just little quaver
in her voice. Il believe I'd like it
right we'll, John" she murmured.-
New Orleans Picayune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05
A1AES
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Enthusiast tat musical recitaf- -
eve shall hear more Of this young
man. Sufferer-"Not tonight,
hope. Punch.
plobbs 4Everv man has his
prIce - sIobbs-aoh I don't know.
Many a man gives himself away ~
Philadelphia Record.
sba-aDo vou believe that man is
reaIlv made. of dpst9- He-"Weu
be wonIdn,t be able 10 travel far in
vonr comnanv If he wasn't nudge.
In walking tbrougb a train
smile ALWAYS relieves the tension of
ne moment-eyen IL Il 4 the train
og vour bostess.s best dinner gown
~.
u'A'
eahhot sung ile olu 5ohgs
het promise snort anu terse
Sne kepl, but tne9 s9e @ went anus anu sane
Inc ne" ones -"hiol, ps,' ws,e Teio. Toisei
Boston traveller
Say, pa. won't you buy me
drum No, I'm AFRAID you'd as
ture me with the noise NO.
won't pa; I'll only drum when you re
asleep. Life.
Little Willie-"Say, pa, when is
man said to be ciyilized?" Pa
@When he knows enough to conceal
the fact that he is a savage, my son.
Chicago Daily News
The Millionaire-"H Henri, fetch
car. at oncein The Chauffeur
(which one, sir?" The Millionaire
(astounded) You don't mean to
say there's paore than one out of the
repair shop?s-Puck.
Hubhubs-"Do you have any no
lice protection out where yoy live p"
Subbubs-"O Oh, yes, no trouH l about
that. We have a saloon oEk}e next
corner and an Irish cool1Ain the
kitchen. Philadelphia RecWd.
stage-struelS' The butt Of gods al meu
F.lse r,ondo resogl t5eg uo ogS NJ M sou ont
The gods they egg him off,
Life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05
sss.sssssssssasssossssssss
THE INCORPORATION
OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGES


writer in the Atlantic has soma
fresh and sensible ideas about chr.
poration control.
We have come to think that cor.
poratlon laws cannot be too liberal,
that the corporation as such is one
of the "inallenable rights We must
return to the original conception Of
a corporation, as a special prvileg
that must be carefully limited and
made subservient to the common
good. II. and so far as Il proves dis
astrous to society. to the individual.
its existence or its powers, the cor
9orate powers Of the persons control
ting It, can and should be destroyed
The true remedy lies in remedial aud
penal laws; laws that are self oper-
ating. limiting the formation and
powers of corporations and their Of
fcers and majority stockholders.
laws of corporate management that
can be enforced in the courts at the
suit of the Government or Of indi-
viduals; laws that clearly define aui
adequately punish and remedy the
wrongs Incident to corporate rela-
tions, The remedy is less govern
ment, and not government rcstric-
tion. and not extension Of its abused
I powers
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

Those who have been ylctimized by
that familiar figure in trade. the glib
clerk w7o insists on substituting
something lust as good in the place
of the article that was called for. will
appreciate the point Of this New
York Times story.
A man had been invited unexpeet-
edly to make an automobile trip, and
was not fully prepared for IT, The
roads were very dusty, and after tray-
cling several miles, the party came
to a village, where the man thought
he might be able to purchase scme-
thing to protect his clothing.
The automobile halted before the
general store of the village. The man
allghted and accosted the single clerk
Il want to get linen duste. Is
said.
Il am sorry" returned the clerk.
easily. I'VE are just out of linen dust
ers, But can let you have nice
feather duster."
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

That the oyster was in common use
by primeval man has been conclusive
ly shown by the discovery in the
kitchen middens" of Denmark of
many thousands of oyster shells,
showing every evidence of having
been artifieially opened. In ancient
Greece, also, the oyster appears to
have been a recognized delieacy, for
Dr. Henry Schliemann, the eminent
German archaeologist-w it will
be remembered, became an American
citizen during the great California
gold rush-in his historic search for
the ancient and somewhat mythical
city of Troy, found many oyster
shells in the ruins of the five prehis-
toric settlements of Hissark. But it
was Rome in the height of her power
and opulenee that, by singing out the
oyster as the piece de resistance of
the Roman banqueting halls, con-
ferred upon the oyster its just title as
one of the most delicious and appe-
tizing foods within the grasp OF man.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05
SONG.

When that loved maiden
My heaven was in her eyes,
And when they bent above me
] knew no deeper skies,
But when her heart forsook me,
My spirit broke its bars.
For grief beyond the sunset
And love beyond the stars
When that loved a maiden
She seemed the world to me:
Now Is my soul in the universe
My dreams-the sky and seal
There is no heaven above me,
No glory binds or bars
My grief beyond the sunset,
My love beyond the stars.
When that ! loved a maiden
! worshiped where she trod;
But when she Glove my heart. the elef
Set free the imprisoned God;
Then was I king Of all the world,
My soul had burst its bars
For grief beyond the sunset
And love beyond the stars.
ALFRED Noyes, in Everybody's.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05
rossUM HUNTING j1NeLEs.

De noff win whrl de leabes- about
Farewell, oh, frogs en- lizahds;
Aunt Hannah git her goosehone out
En- hint oh cummin blizzahds.
De long gray clouds dey speak OBJ snow,
De thistles los cts blossom;
Who's det in de sycamo'g
Why, howdy, Alisteh Possum!
Possum huntin' time
Possum huntin' time
Thrash det tree en- shake EN- free
Climb up, iii boy, climb;
Down in de swampy hollow,
Wen midnight bells do chime,
Ah'm glad to be in Dixie
In possum huntin' time,
Down in de deepes' timbeh trac'
De possum dawgs am leadln',
En- man he beats de briahs bac.
His cheeks en- fingehs bleeding
De possum cling wid his han like feet,
En- ct seem so hahd to fetch him;
But Lawzee, he tas'e twice es sweet
When ct takes SO long TO ketch him.
Possum huntin' timei
Possum huntin' timei
Fro swamps we prowi end skeeh det owl
Wen de red moon stahts to climb.
Mex mawnin' Of Aunt Posha
She cook det possum prime.
Hurrahl hurrah foh Dixie
In possum huntin' time
Victor A. Hermann, in Judge,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

At no period in the history of hu.
man attire did We wear fur to the
extent that we do at present. Your
third-best charwoman arrives with
the milk in sumptuous tie of prai.
rie rat; the youngest hope from the
paper shop at the corner attends
Sunday school in what might once
have been a lambs tail. We our
selves wear fur morning, noon and
night,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

He was from down somewhere or
out somewhere and on his first visit
to New York He had often heard of
the highball and went to the cafe of
an expensive hotel in Fifth avenue to
make the acquaintance of this lux.
ury. To enjoy it properly he took a
seat at a table.
When the waiter brought the tall
glass, the visitor said to himself:
Distilled waters run deep"
When he saw the amount on the
check he perverted the proyerb stlll
further. thus:
Distilled waters run steep. New
York Tribune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

zone generally connects the idea
of a Greek" mused the melancholy
man, with Marathon sports, bare
knees. robes. togas, large eyes, per-
feet features, magnificent ruins, and
crumbling marble pillars; but a New
York Greek is generally Ran who
keeps u candy etore, New York
Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05
s9oPlUEAR1|
81 ScIEyNISls!cs,lEl. Y q

The deepest subway transportation
Is 1S5 feet, which depth is reached
by one Of London's underground rail.
ways.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

Experiments with sugar as food
made in the French army have shown
that IT is a great source Of muscular
energy.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

There have lately been added 1000
acres to the lands OF the Forest. Sum-
mer School. Of Yale University. at
Milford, Pa.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

Experiments with sugar as food
made in the French army have shown
that It is a great source Of muscular
energy.
A substitute for marble which an
swers many Of its purposes satisfac-
torily, is made of a mixture OF blast
furnace Stag and lime, pulverized,
compressed and then treated with
carbonic acid
The balance Of compensating
screws for the balance wheel Of a
watch are about O.05 inch in length.
have head of COS inch in diameter,
and the threaded part is O.0225 inch
in diameter, with 220 threads to the
inch. These are probably the SMALL
est screws made by automatic ma
chimes. Brass wire Of the proper size
is supplied, and from this one ma
chine makes about six hundred COM
plete screws an hour, including the
cutting Of the slot in, the head.
To reduce the reading of a Cent?
grade scale thermometer to Fahren-
heit, subtract ten degrees from the
given temperature, from this remain
der subtract one-tenth of itself,
double the result and add fifty de-
grees to the answer. To reduce a
Fahrenheit reading to Centigrade,
qu l,franf Gftts dagreas fron, tb, ,,t,,or
temperature. divide the remainder by
two. multiply this quotient by ten,
divide the product by nine. and add
ten degrees to the last quotient.
The necessity of the rotation of
crops is well recognized among mod
ern farmers, and now it appears that
in India nature is seen practicing the
same thing in the forests. The soil
becoming exhausted after a long peri
cd of one kind of forest, seedlings of
other species gradually replace the
old trees as they die out. On the
Indian soil, the deodar tree has been
observed taking the place of the blue
pine, pine and oak slowly exchange
places, and spruce and silver fir have
been noted gradually extending into
a forest of falling oaks.
The occurrence of appendicitis in
the anthropoid apes has been inter
esting the surgeons at the Pasteur
Institute in Paris. A young female
ehimpanzee from the Congo died
from appendicitis in 1904, and since
then it has been found that these ami
mails have a previously unsuspected
( resemblance to man in a special liza
bility to this disease. A post mortem
examination of sixty-one ehimpanzees
gave evidence that not less than ten
had been affected with appendicitis
Chronic appendicitis was discovered
also in an orang-outang and one o
the two gorillas examined had tn
same affection. In these apes the al
pendix is practically the same as /
man, the chief difference being tha
1t is a little longer.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-03-05

A substitute for marble which an
swers many Of its purposes satisfac-
torily, is made of a mixture Of blast
furnace Stag and lime, pulverized,
compressed and then treated with
carbonic acid.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
SERMONETTES.
Hatred always binders.

Hatred always hinders.
Giving grudgingly is sowing sparing-
".
Practice is the one preservative OF
religion.
Austerity to a thief is no evidence of
honesty.
It will not make you godlike to call
others goddess.
Sitting still is always the most trying
situation in life
1t takes more than flow of words
to wash the world.
The cynlc is one who has found
stolen fruits not so sweet.
He cannot defend the truth who is
afraid of any truth.
He who has nothing to do always
does worse than nothing.
To praise a good action is to par
ticipate in its repetition.
When love lies 1T is better than when
hatred tells all the truth.
Every man must buy the riches Of
experience with his own coin.
The best evidence Of a healthy soul
is it's hunger for work to do.
Love has a language the deaf can
hear and the dumb can speak.
1t takes adversely to show whether
we have any real prosperity.
Trying to get even with an enemy is
a sure way of sinking below him.
He does not know what forgiveness
is who is too lazy to resent a wrong.
There never is room at the top for
the man who thinks 1t was built only
for one.
The man who hasn't the vigor to be
vicious usually prides himself on his
virtues.
The welfare of the world may de-
pend partly on whether you can whistle
I'm the rain.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
DREADFUL DANDRUFF.

Girls Head Encrusted--Fenred Lass
of All Her HRir-Baby Had MIX
Crust--Missionary's Wife Made
Perfect Cures by Cuticura.
For several years my husband was
a missionary in the Southwest. Every
one in that high and dry atmosphere
has more or less trouble with dandruff
and my daughters scalp became so en-
crusted with 1t that l was alarmed for
fear she would lose all her hair, After
trying various remedies. in desperation
I bought a cake of Cuticura Soap and
a box of Cuticura Ointment. They left
the scalp beautifully clean and free
from dandruff and / am happy to say
that the Cuticura Remedies were a
complete success. l have also used
successfully the Cuticura Remedies for
so-called 'milk-crust' on baby's head.
Cuticura Is a blessing. Mrs J. A OAR
ling, $40 Fifth ST., Carthage, Ohio,
Jan. 20, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
Kissed and Forgot.

Mrs. James Brown Potter, society
woman, friend Of royalty, and now
vaudeville actress, is at last reconciled
with her daughter Eff" who is, more
formally, Mrs. James Stillman, Jr.,
daughter-in-law of the Standard Oil
banker. After years of separation and
silence they met in New York, kissed,
forgot all their differences, and pledged
eternal affection. Young Mrs. Stillman
lunched with her mother at the Plaza
in the late afternoon and in the evening
was one of her most enthusiastic audi
tors at the Lincoln Square theater. The
meeting of mother and daughter was as
dramatic as anything off the stage could
be. 1t occurred during the driving rain
storm, at a secluded point in Central
park, with no witnesses. Miss Mary
Tillinghast, the we'll known artist and
designer, brought it about. She mas
been a friend of both women for years
After her matinee performance, Mrs.
Potter, DOMINIC a raincoat, walked alone
into Central park. A moment later Mrs
Stillman, also alone, aighted from the
Stillman auto and overlook her mother.
An hour later they emerged, wet as
could be, but with their arms around
each others waists. The Stillmans, it IL
said, always objected to the mother of
their young sons wife being an actress.
Then, too, James Brown Potter infu-
enced his daughter Fiji" to remain
away from her mother. He has never
forgiven his former wife for using his
name on the stage.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
A Big lob on Hand.

From no quarter in New York has
come any definite information that the
gas companies contemplate immediate
opposition to the decision OF the United
States supreme court, which holds the
S0-cent law constitutional Therefore It
was accepted generally that the 5000
600 deposited with the companies by
United States Commissioner Shields in
the last two years will be distributed
among consumers as soon as the clerical
machinery for such distribution can be
established. On all hands il was admitted
that the task of Strengthening out the
100000 accounts of individual consum-
ers, giving TO each his proper share Of
the rebate fund, was one that would
require considerable time, and in the
end il is believed that a very large frac-
ton of the 100000 will remain un-
claimed. What is TO be done with that
Is one of the several questions still 70
be decided, probably in the courts. Dur
ing the litigation Judge Alton B. Par
ker stated that probably not more than
one-haf of all the consumers would ever
present claims. Commissioner Shields
said the payment of the $4,000, 600
would begin as soon as the official man
date was given by the court. That, he
said, would be within month.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
500 Reward. SlOO.

The readers Of this paper viii be pleased
TO learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
IN all Its stages. and that Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure nov
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires Q
constitutional treatment. Hairs Catarrf
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system, thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution aud assist
Ing nature in doing its work. The proprie
tors have so much faith In its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY & co, Toledo, o.
Sold by ali Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15

osophically, the fact that the world has
been cursed is easily apparent. 1t is
also undisputed that man In some dim.
dumb, lncohate way has always strlven
to lift the curse, and it is equally true
that as age has succeeded age some
amelioration of conditions has gone on
very unsatisfactory at first and with
meager results, considering the vast
expenditure of life and effort. But it
has gone on and it is going ON. That
is evolution.
But the gift which actually made 1t
possible in any practicable way TO lift
the curse upon mat is Jesus Christ
In His life, In His example, In His
teachings are to be found the only pos
sible means Of really greatly lettering
the world, and In proportion as they
are perceived more clearly, entered into
more thoroughly, understood and prac-
ticed more obediently, the work pro
crosses.
Some day dirt and disease viii dis
appear. Some day poverty and in-
equality will be done away with. Some
day lust and greed will be forgotten
Some day love and light will prevail
Some day the curse of these things and
or whatever drags men down shat be
lifted. This r not inference; it is the
direct. positive, unequivocal statement
of the Lord. 1t is a declaration from
God Himself through Jesus Christ, His
Son, uttered in the last recorded words
He addressed to the children OF men
when He spoke to st. John in the WIS.,
ions of Patmos.
Amid wOndrous declarations, In the
form Of allegory, concerning the New
Jerusalem, which is held before mans
hope, the e is one plain, grim, simple
line thrown amid the poetry stamped
across its mysticism like q bar of steel
laid on the petal of a flower, abrupt,
almost harsh in its lack Of harmony
with all that goes before, and yet the
more tremendously impressive for that
very fact, for 1t is almost the last
word of Jesus to His children which
you may find IN the last chapter of
Revelations-the explicit declaration
that There shall be no more curse
think that the very fact that the
Bible begins with a curse and ends
with its lifting is one Of the most ire
mendous of the many marvellous divine
attributes of the great volume. The
world Keeling on in it's dim, blind way,
reaching after God, lift e up the
bleeding hands of toll and strl ggle In
petition, its sweat-covered brly lighted
by hope, with what patience it can
summon in its throbbing heart is en-
abled to proceed because it has the
promise Of the world Of God, Who is
absolute truth, that some day, in His
own good time, the curse under which
man has always labored shall be lifted
once and for all
Speed that day, Lord, and In the
meanwhile let US each one here In our
several stations do what we can with
Thee for our help, our inspiration. our
guide to lift the curse upon our breth-
rem and ourselves now, to-day
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
BIBLE BRIGHT PROMISE.
BY Cyrus Townsend Brad

by SyIuS AO"AS5uu bEduyr
And there shall he no more curse
Rev. % g.
That Genesis should be related to
Revelations although sixteen hundred
years Of time, with all their develop
ment and change, separated them is
a thing at once striking and mex
plicabIe, except on the hypothesis that
some great power saw to IL that
through the pages one increasing pur-
pose ran Nowhere is this relationship
more strongly and strikingly shown
than in the consideration Of that with
which the Bible begins and ends.
Genesis, after a poetic and beautiful
description Of the creation Of men and
things, begins with the curse that was
laid upon mankind. However it may
be accounted for, theologically or phil