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FEArHEREO rYHANTs.
All the Fowls Of the Air Dread the
10 e muscieapa Birds.

Police WORK Is the strangest Of the
work done In the world Of birds, In
France and central Europe the musei-
capa birds police the air. posted on
telegraph wires. Black. with heads
decorated with orange fllets, these
notable flycatchers are dreaded by
the brigands OF the air. Eagles. fall
cons and all the feathered strong men
Of the ether shrink from an encounter
with this tyrant. When the tyrant
cannot find wires to perch on he
perches on pole. When stationed In
a prairie or pasture he perches upon
the back OF an OK. He lives by hunt
ing insects and attacks all birds. even
the strongest. using beak and claws
in the unequal struggle. All the fowls
OF the air fear the police bird and
even the most active pillagers of the
nests felgn honesty when under the
sharp eye Of the Muscicapa tyraunus.
In winter the tyrant tnkes possess
sion Of the warm shelters priced by
birds. In spring. when the young are
twittering In the nests. the tyrant
turns 'thief" and sows terror among
friends and enemies alike. Even the
sparrows handed to fall upon a field
fly away when they see the black coat
and orange fllet of the policeman"
The tyrant holds his power by his
audacity. All animals yield to the
Influence OF courage. a quality special
ly tenacious In birds. The tyrant bird
is small. but bis attitude commands
respect. Harper's Weekly.
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Many peculiar anticipations have
been cited against patent applications.
At one time congressman took to
the patent office a lock invented by
one Of bis rural constituents The
lock was an exact copy Of a lock fg-
ured in "Price on Locks" showing the
lock used on a gate Of ancient Thebes
thousands of years before Christ. The
congressman after examining the Illus
tration. which was shown him by one
Of the officers. exclaimed that he didn't
care who that fellow from Thebes
was. he certainly stole 1t from his con-
stituent. On another occasion an ap-
plication for patent was filed for a
flower basket whose construction cor
responded in detail with the Scrip
tural description of the ark in which
Moses was placed in the bulrushes.
which. we are told In the second chap
ter of Exodus. was an ark Of bull
rushes daubed with slime and pitch.
This is also probably the first record
ed instance Of re-enforced concrete
structure. Scientific American.
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) SCIENTIFIC MYSTERIES.
The Problems of Mind, Life, Grsvita-
tion and Electricity.

tion and Electricity.
A most remarkable state, condition
or point in nature. the absolute zero
of temperature, has been reached to
within three degrees. This is CON
sidered TO be great scientific achieve
ment Hydrogen gas was solidified
into pure white ice. and this was en-
ployed in the process Of cooling he
lium. and all works Of the hand OF
man were surpassed The temperature
sank lower and lower until u point
only three degrees from absolute was
reached. but the obdurate heIium did
not even liquefy.
The Imagination. however vivid. can
not encompass what this intense cold
implies. 1t may be the death Of the
activity OF matter-that is, state of
rest 50 far as chemical reaction is con-
cerned. Thus If the true zero of ma
tare cIn be reached 1t may obsln that
matter viii put on new aspects and
hitherto unknown properties. or It may
expire. become chemically inert, total
ly devoid of heat and lifeless.
still even then the standing mystery
ever confronting man. always await
ing explanation. gravitation. will act.
Nothing known can affect the uni
versal attraction, forever difo1tiy as TO
mass. whether hot or cold.
However. the three degrees may
never be overcome, or. indeed. they
may, for 1t is now thought that science
has no limits. the scientific mind being
capable of solving all problems--so
saith some mentologists..--
The capital problem is first to dis
cover what mind is, then life. next
gravitation. next electricity. and reach
a climax in finding how 1t is that case
Gus masses glow and issae light when
existing in frigid yoids at zero abso-
lutte.
There Is no solution in sight for any
of these perplexing problems and har.
assing. No progress whatever has been
made in finding what mind is. the rea.
son being doubtless that mind is un-
able to think OF Itself. On trial 1t viii
be soon discovered that one is unable
to set up train of reasoning regard
ing his own or another's mind. His
own" implies an owner. but no fact as
to who this owner is has ever been
discovered. Humans are not perfect.
Edgar Lucien Larkin in New York
American.
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Artificial boundaries" are generally
invisible. But a highly artificial one
forces itself upon the notice of the
traveller by rail between the Lake OF
Lugapo and Lake Maggiore. The from
tier between Italy and Switzerland is
followed for a considerable portion Of
the journey, and it is marked by a
lofty barrier of wire netting hung with
bells for the purpose of preventing
smugglers from getting into Italy
without attracting the attention Of
armed defenders Of Italian revenue.
In extreme contrast with this Is the
natural boundary between Italy and
France provided by Mont Blanc. which
in spite Of its naturalness Is so vague
that it Is still undetermined, though
scarcely worth disputing. whether the
summit of the mountain is Franco
Italian or all French.-London Chron-
icle.
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YORK RIVER LINE. -
ttATT NnA,f


For West Point and Richmond, Va.
Steamer leaves Baltimnfe on. Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. M.
and arrives West Point at 7.45 A. NJ,
and Richmond'at 9.S0A. M. ssass
Steamers call at Gloucester Point,
yorktown, Clements, CLAY Bank and
Almonds, weather and ice conditions
permitting.
Steamers leave Baltimore from Piers
IS and 10 Light Street Wharf.
Through tickets to all points may be
secured, baggage checked ard state
rooms reserved from the City Ticket
Offices, 119 E. Baltimore St., ARTHUR
W. ROBSON, Agent, i27 T. Baltimore
ST., ss
Offices, Light 4 Lee sts., Baltimore, Md.
E. J. CHIsM, Genl. Passenger A z eht
CHAPMAN, Asst. Gsnl. Pass. Agt.
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REFUSED TO oBEY.z
Major Butler Carried His obssinaey
Right Into His Coffin.


Right Into His Coffin.
Many amusing stories are told of
the great fornlaiits blended with a
humorous brusqueness and independ-
ence which characterized. early Revo-
lutionary days. An incident of camp
life is related by the author of "Ro-
nance and Realism of the Southern
Gulf Coast f1o e =
In 1T9S the first United States
troops that came down the Mississippi
were quartered at Fort Adams. Cen
eral Wilkinson, Colonel Hamtramck,
Major Butler, Captain Green and 9th;
er officers were merry ever their
punch one night, and the general by
some accident got his cue burned off.
Angry at the laugh which followed his
mishap. he next day issued an order
forbidding any officer to appear with
a cue. Obedient to orders, all the Off
GERS but Major Butler cut of their
cues
1.-THE vain old prigr' said the major.
"Ill see him hanged before l cut of
my cue to gratify himr And he bold
ly appeared without changing the style
of his hairdrcssing.
The major was put under arrest, but
he declared obstinstely that he would
spend the rest Of his life in prison be-
fore he would comply with such silly
command Soon afterward he was
taken very III. and. realizing that he
was at the point Of death. he gave in
structions for his burial. which he
knew would be witnessed by the whole
command ft1 4ts
"Bore a hole.' said he. through the
bottom of my coffin. right under my
head. and let my cue come through It.
that the old general may see that eye7
when dead refuse to obey his order.
And these directions were literally
carried out
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wher. Waiting Is Barred.

German court regulations forbid
waltzing. This veto dates back to 1859,
when the Empress Frederick, then
crown princess, was tripped up by her
partner in waltz and fell atithe feet
of her mother-in-law. The Empress
Augusta. a despot on the score Of eti-
quette. forbade the Inclusion Of waitzes
thenceforth in all balls at the New
palace. So far the kaiser has resisted
the pressure brought to bear on him
to revive the waltz. Dancing at the
Berlin court always opens with a polo
naise, and the rest Of the program is
flied with quadrilles and pollSas. the
schottishes and the mazurkas.
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WORKING WITH GOLD. +


Factories IN which Dark Colored
Clothes Must Be Norn
Light suits Of dfotnes are rot favored
in factories where work is done On
gold. In fact. in many such factories
a dark suit,of clothes IS absolutely res
quiredf alhl even a light waisteoat may
lose man job. The reason for this
is that any stray grains Of gold that
may get on the clothing can easily lle,
caught ON a dark suit. while they
might get away FROM the establish
ment if light clothes were worn.
That such rule was enforced
among gold workers, one man learned
recently when a Rpheniipnl eoldbeAter
applied to him for a helping hand. The
Bohemian said that he had only re-
Gently come to this country, that he
had had a, chance TO obtain good job
at hie trade, but that tile place had
been refused him because he turned
up withia light coat and waistcoat on,
and they were the only clothes he had.
The man whom he approached was
struck by the story and offered to help
him out If it proved true. He went TO
downtown factory with him and
found out thatsthe man'eould have ths
job if he presented himself within an
hour with the proper clothes on. Two
dollars enabled the man to rig himself
oiif in the darlz coat and waistcoat to
go with his. dark trousers, and, sure
enough. he got the job.
You may think this strange said
the man at the factory. "but it means
quite little to US. Every mans cloth
ing is carefully Examined when he
caves here at might, aud the gold
brushed or whenever We see any On
his clothing.
"It is impossible to hide even tiny
grains on a dark background, but take
mixed or a light suit aud we might
easily lose quite M amount Of gold,
and gold isn't anything you want to
lose even in small quantities. New
York Sun.
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Mor.ifieation wan Earned.

An Engiishman. alone with Richard
son, the novelist, said to him, 81 am
happy TO pay my respects to the au-
thor Of Sir Charles Grandson for at
Paris, and at The Hague. and. in fact,
at every place have visited. 1t is
much admired
Richardson appeared not to notice
the compliment. but when all the com
pany were assembled addressed the
gentleman with, "Sir. think you were
saying something about Sir Charles
Grandson" i 7s
mo, sir" he replied. II do not re
member ever to have heard it men
toned, From orvine's "CyeIopedia Of
Anecdotes n-.. if4.
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TIPPING IN FRANCE.
" One oossns Pay Up. Then Life 10
Made a Burden.


Why do we pay pourboires in
Franeei Simply because II we didn't
life wouldn't be worth living. Here
Is what happens to the man who gives
no tip TO the walter. After cognac
and eau-de-seitz be summoned the
gareon and gave him the exact price
OF his consumnailon. Then be rose
10 go. but before he had time to leave
the cafe the walter tripped over a
stool and emptied on TO the nontipper's
handsome fur coat glass Of sticky
sirup which be was carrying to an
other customer. The clumsy waiter
begged n thousand pardons and i'm
mediately made things worse by seiz.
Ing a greasy cloth and rubbing the
sirupy substance into the coat. Sup
pose tenant does uot tip his con.
cierge. What is the result: This--t thni
be or she brings up the LETTERS at all
hours except when they arrive: that
callers are told yuu are not at home
when as a matter Of fnct you are
waiting for them. II you grease the
porters hand from time TO time there
will never he any difficulty In allow
ing the tradesmgn TO go up 10 your
fat. But as soou as the tips are stop
ped host OF Irritating regulations
you never heard Of VIII he enforced
TO prevent the grocer's and the butch
er's hoys taking up your orders. and
everything will be done to mike your
life burden4lfl i fi. f.F- ,
Your servants may go out every
night in the week aud all night. bnl
II they TN the concierge with your
own coal or wine you will never know
II. When IT is not the concierge OF
the servants that make your existence
unbearable II is the bianchlssense. who
brings home collars that don't belong
TO you. somebody else's pajamas and
ragged edged handkerchiefs. But the
tip makes all these ann0yances van
ish.-London Globe. s....i
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GETTING TIRED.

Fatigue That Follows Monotony oi
Work or Exercise.
II Is said that for horses the hardest
road out of London is the most leve
one There are no hilis to Climb and
descend, and the tired horse has nc
chance to rest one, set Of muscles
while another works. Monotony pro
duces fatigue, and because this par
tieular road is one dead. monotonous
level more horses die on it than on
any other leading out of London.
We can even take a charitable view
of the time tnken daily by the type
writeis girl for the arrangement Of lieI
hair. Her fingers are congested by
the work of writing and tired by con
tact with the hard keys of her ma
chine. and the different feeling of her
hair and the little plays and move
ments of her fingers in adjusting II
are a distinct stimulation and relief.
Fatigue following long continued ex-
ereise Is really mild form of Illness
which arises from overexerting some
.one part Of the body. In writing, for
Instance. the fingers move up and
down hardly more than a quarter of
an inch as they travel across the page
Yet this is hard work for their little
muscles and burns up tissue in the
fingers very fast II rest intervals are
too short and infrequent. there is not
time for the removed Of the waste
products Of this destruction through
the normal channels Of the Body and
congestiens results. The feeling Of
fatfr.e oF.fsiin that follows long con
tinret ase of any Of the muscles is
DIR % the influence of such poisonous
Sss'tprlaI.. as well as to the stretching
OF the tissues caused by the pressure
ee the blood which settles e.-Pau
w. Goldsbury in Atlantic at
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MILITARY PUNIsHMENTs.
Times When RebelIiovs Soldiers Gam
blsd FOR Theft liyss.

Times When Rebellioua Soldiers Gam
blsd For Theif Lvst.
an times 1iast the military code Ia
England ysas no less-stern niiti uucufl-
promising than the civil SENTENCE Of
death lwns reedihy deWeell, ard as
promptly executed. Whsfe oifenscs
multiplied and Wholesale executions
would have weakened the army mug
merkalIy decimation-the slaughter Of
every tenth man-was the rule. Or the
troops gambled for their lives b.E cast.
ing dice unonsp drumhead or drawing
lots under the gallows tree.
Lesser penalties-not capital. but
phykical. +and, eausing pain with per.
fl1anent tlegradafion-we were maiming.
branding the cheek on forehead. bor.
Ing ihe tongue or cutting the nose aud
ears These last named were retained.
upon the military statute hoek until
the reign Of Q1een snhe. rhe~trap-
made was q fiendisb device by which
a'delinquent a was hoisted on high by
rope fastened to his arms and then
dropped down by sudden jerk that
often dislocated his shoulders. Hang
ing by the thumbs, sometimes called
''picketing." was also practiced. while
the body was raised to such a height
that its whole weight rested on one
toe, and that again on a sharp pointed
spike. rRmHG1 4
To ride the wooden horse" was to
be mounted on razor edge. with
weights fastened to the extremities.
. Running the eantlet. or "gante-
lope," was as old as the Cromweilian
armys and i is thus described in an
army order nhout 1649: The culprits
(who had been guilty of blaspheiny as
well as deer steaiingl were to be
stripped naked from the waist up
ward and a lane made by half the
lord generals regiment of foot and
half Colonel Pride's. with every man
a cudgel in his hand They were to
be run through in this posture so that
every soldier might have a stroke at
their naked backs, breasts or arms
wherever ii might alight t''-Pearson's
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A Philadelphian who had been enter
taining friend from London for sew
eral days noticed that his guest ap-
peared TO be in deep thought at dinner
the other evening. What's the mat
terT' he asked. fearing that the Eng
lishman was i'll or worried or home
sick. I'm rawther puzzled, old chap"
replied the Londoner. II really cawn't
make out what the blawsted bounder
meant. l was lost in your city the
other day, and dropped into an apart
ment house to ask my way. A fellow
was loading freight on q badly lift I
awsked him. Me good man. can you
tell NE how far down is Spruce street?
And that fellow said.I don't know,
old top; my elevator ouiy runs to the
basement, Now. What the dickens did
that bloke mcanx' zPhiIadelphia Rec
ord. M ~
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-04-07

The great antarctic river discovered
by LieutenaDt Shaekieton is the largest
ice river known and represents the
only visible outflow from the vast ice
sheet Of the seIthern continent. This
the Beardrnore .gldeier deseends 6,OOO
feet between sandstone hills and is
100 miles nns liy so wide. The Nal
aspina giacier in Alaska covers nearly
$50 square mites. Hlnalayap. elaciex
reach a Length iof twenty lhlles, and
the longest Alpine glacier Is sixteen
niles JAN HlflT gU EA8'
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81 like you. JIm." said the practical
girl. but you've been a bachelor fol
so many years that | fear you have
fallen into disgraceful habits. You
must be awfully careless. for Instance
about your wardrobe."
"My DEAR answered the suitor, Il
give you my word that every rag
am not wearing now is hung up"
She believed him and accepted him
But what he meant by hung up and
what she understood by II were twS
different things New York Journal
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-One of the ASTRONOMERS claims that
he has charted G0.Ooo new worlds"
"By George, It's remarkable.' -
Not 50 very when you consider the
fact that. he has the use Of the largest
telescope In the world"
Il wasn't thinking Of that. What
consider strange is that with SO many
other worlds in existence the lady who
is acting as stepmother for my chill
dren had to light on this one."-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
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"What would you do if l should
shoot myseIf?p demanded the ardent
suitor. 46lNE{5 5
ia sign up III vaudeville lmmedi-
ately," replied the actress, Il wouldn't
have time TO get a play written. These
shooting sensations soon fizzle OUT
Kansas City Journal. ! IVY +
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! eYouwere teiling Miss Gaussip this
morning TINT you were going 10 be
married agaip. weren't You 9. said tue
why, yes" the -wideweF gasped in
surprise "How did you know?'' r
"After you left her she began to
count ON her fingers. - Philadelphia
Press. Gsef tts ~
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'I7remeniber telling the bishop OF RI
pom that ! envied him his splendid
memory. Il seem to remember a
thing quite well.' l told him. then |
get frightened"
The bishop said That's the worst
thing you can do Memory Is very
delicate organ and resents dlstrust.
Ellen Terry in McClure's Magazine.
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lyon want that book bound, sir
Yes, sir. It will cost 3 marks. Blu
there are pictures In II. That viii
make 1t 5 marks. SIR
"But why is II more with picturesg'
"Oh. you see. sir. my helper viii
waste so much time looking at themy
-Fliegende Batter
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'I remember" says Addison in ths
two hundred and fortieth Taller.
when our whole island was shaken
with an earthquake some years ago
there was an impudent mountebank
who sold pills which, as he told the
country people. were very good
against an earthquake "-rLetter in
London Saturday Review. fa
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bad luck is sometimes good luck"
s"Ridiculousr'
Not at all Did you ever get a club
to fill a heart flush and afterward dis
cover that some one else had full
se?"-Detrolt Free Press.
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yes. young Coke handled the case
magnifceRtly. He proved beyond the
possibility of a doubt that the accused
man wasn't gHilty;'
But he was guilty. iot course"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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y The aborigines Of Peru can in the
darkest night and III the :hickest woods
distinguish respectively white mau,
negro ard one Of their own race by
the sense Of smell.
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$50 she refused You 81 '- ~
"Yes It certainly puzzles nfes'
sob, well. If she had accepted You
the whole world would have been puzi
zled. "-Houston Post.
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II see you are doing a good many
things now that once you would have
been shocked att
well. make up for iit by being
shocked at 4 good many things that |
once did" ."-Pittsburg Post.
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BL AC K SMl TIL
AND
WHEELWRIGHT.

HAVING pursh sed the bla A.mith
shop 40 p, ii ~ Ms rsnrad Pn,4y,
:, liich wa formerly the old Wade shop
/ am now prepared teserye the pubic.
Horse shooting a speciality.
Four shoes 81 90 or so cents cash, and
1other work at reasonable rates. ! have
employed Mr.. Leonard Matthews from
st. Mary's Co., who is an expert on
horse shoeing. and all other kind of re-
pair work. Va a~%
GIVE him trial on ytdf horses and
u will always have him to do your
work.
GUARANTEED first class work,
Your patronage solicited.
'zt ~ HENRY A. PENN,
La Plata, NJ
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Knicker Did they name the baby
for wealthy relative 50 he would
leave somethlngs Booker No, They
named itgfor the cook so she wouldn't
leave fudge. n sslie
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-04-07

Tramp-Kin ] get bite to eat berei
Woman Yes. If you'II saw that pile Of
wood. Tramp tsizing up the Jobl-l
amt askin for no ten dollar plate
banquet. lady. Boston Transcript.
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I've made It practice to put all
my worries down in the bottom Of my
heart, then set on the lid an smlle.-
Mrs. Wfggs.
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The only way to have friend is to
be one.-Emerson.
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Che AfEAAE STEAMSHIP co.
Elegant passenger Steamers ssColum.
bian and HAnOnsta -

bia" and Augusta.
For Old Point Comfort and Norfolk. Va.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily lex
cept Sunday at $50 P. NJ, arriving
Oid folnt Comfort ats A. NJ. and Nor
folk at 100 A. NJ, where CONNECTION is
made with the Rail Lines for all points
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When our hopes break let our pa.
tience hold Thomas Fuller.