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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10
THEY DON'T WASTE WORDS.
NyssaIand Natives Exist IL . state Of
Partial Coma.

Referring to the native peculiarities
in Nyasaland tie author Of Hunting
the Elephant In Afrisa.r Captain G. II.
Stlgand. comments 90 certain state
Of conn into which the boys" descend
when there is NO active work for them
TO do. or at least when there is no com
pulslon to do II. He believes that the
patlve is capable Of assuming state
IA which tile mind Is absolutely de-
taehed and not working. and when In
snch state he is only recalled by a
start to bis present surroundings.
The life Of the head man Of a vii.
iaEe in Nyasaland when not engaged
In the strenuous pursuit Of his official
duties. is something Ike this At sun.
rise be crawls out Of hiS hut and sits
outside. After a short time his wife
crawls out and offers him some food
He eats this and then makes his way
to a tree, perhaps a hundred yards
from the village. Under this he Sits 10
deep abstraction. tili about NOON a
child brings him some food and water.
After partaklng Of this he moves lit
tie so as to get the afternoon shade.
He then sits In deep meditation until
sunset. when be crawls into his hut
and goes 70 sleep.
Sometimes he is Joined By few 9th
er old men under his tree. They hardly
ever speak to each other. and II they
say anything It IS to make some obvi-
Gus remark. as, There is dog "Yes.
it is dog. "Oh. "Ah.v and further
period Of silence.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10
GENIUS AND A CLUB.
Contemporary Criticism as an Unfair
and Mcrciless Mesoon.

Contemporary Criticism as an Unfair
and Mereiless Weapon.
The world has never seen an age in
which there WAS mofe excuse Ter ques-
tionlng the validity Of contemporary
judgment II would be the height OF
folly to expect posierity 10 authenti-
cate the Napurugs Of M appreciation
which in shifting its stress from the
universal to the personnel has changed
from criticism Into eolluqny. from elm
ic into causerie, Indeed. II is nothing
less than truism that the experience
Of the artist In all ages. according 10
the verdict OF history. Is identi'ul with
itself.
In the word u Sidney I.anler. - :
the Al 4 sllaa put forth hnmhly and
lovingi the vtfy best aud hiehe~t that
Is within bin. utterly regardless OF
contemporary criticism. What possible
claim can con iporary criticism set
up 10 reSpec, ;aat criticism which
stoned stephen nted Paul for II mad
man. bounf t'olu bus In chaius. drove
Dante into rxi! made shakespeare
write tue scan,i When In Disgrace
With Fortuir aAi Mems Eyes gave
Milton f5 Tor 'iirndse l.ost' kept
Samuel Johnsun oling his heels On
Lord Chesterlirl. doorstep. rcvled
Shelley as an un,.l Il dog killed Keats.
cracked jokes on tiiuck. Schubert Bee
thoven. Berli0z aud Wagner and com
mitted so many other impi0us fuliles
and stupIdifies that thousand letters
like this could not suffice even to cata-
logue them:
The verdict Of the ''intellectuels" has
always been veritable stumbling
block in the path Of genius.
at Is from men OF established liter
ary reputation asserts Bernard Shaw.
that we learn that William Blake was
mad. that Shelley was spoiled by llv-
ing in a low set. that Robert owen
was man who did not know the
world. that Ruskin is incapable Of
comprehending political economy. thar
Zola is mere blackguard and lbsen
is Zoa with a wooden leg. The great
musician accepted by his unskilled lis
tener is villaed by his fellow must
clan. 1t was the musical culture Of
Europe which pronounced Wagner the
inferior Of Mendelssohn and Meyer
beer"
1t is not enough to say with the bril-
liant author Of Contemporaries" that
contemporary criticism is mere conver-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

Banking. seeing that 1t tiourished in
the ancient world-ln Greece. at Rome
and at Rabylon-must. so far as Eng
land Is concerned. be regarded as a
comparatively modern business.
During the 50 called renalssance
banking reappeared In Italy.
From Italy the business OF banking
spread to France. then to Holland. and
II was introduced intp England by one
Francis Child. who established the
first bank Ia London In l'aES.
Hitherto London merchants had de-
posted their cash In the mint OF the
tower Of London. But when Charles
II. took II into his head to borrow trad
ers began to lodge their surertiuous
cash with the godsmiths in Lombard
street
Francis Child was one OF these. and
IN a few years Lombard street became
full OF BANKS The Bank of England
was founded in 1864 London Globe.
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PRETTY SAFE PRISON.


Bloodhounds Guarded One Exit, Man
Eating Sharks the Other.
Shark skin, shark teeth, shark oil,
shark meat and several other byprod
ucts Of the dead shark are articles Of
greater or lesser utility. but | have
never heard of but one Instance where
the living shark was put to a prac-
tieal use. This. says Lewis X. Free
man. was when they used him as a
urison guard In the old days when
british convicts were. transported to
Australia. the monsters serving this
purpose for many years at the Port
Arthur settlement, ten miles south OF
Hobart, the present capital OF Tas-
mania. The prisons at this point. some
Of which may still be seen, were situ-
ated upon a peninsula whose only con-
nection with the mainland was by a
long, narrow strip Of sand called. from
its configuration, the Eaglehawk's
Neck.
The convlcts were allowed consider
able liberty on the peninsula. but to
prevent their escape to the mainland
half starved bloodhounds were chained
all the way across the narrowest por
ton of the neck. Several prisoners
having avoided the bloodhound zone
by swimming. the authorities adopted
the effective but grewsome expedient
Of feeding the sharks at that point sew
eral times a day. In few weeks the
place became literally alive with the
voracious man eaters. and from that
time on the only convict who ever es-
capped accomplished his purpose by roll,
ing himself up in kelp and working
along, inch by inch. timing his move
ments to correspond with those of the
other heaps Of seaweed that were be-
ing rolled by the surf.-Wide World
Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

Mrs Gordon had recently moved into
the neighborhood.
IL thought would come and tell you
that your James has been fighting with
my Edward" said one OF the neigh
bors one morning as she called at Mrs
Gordon's door. land settle the matter
II | could
'Well. for my part" responded Mrs.
Gordon haughtily. Il have no time to
enter into any discussion about the
ehildren's quarrels. ] consider myself
above such trifiing things"
"l'm delighted to hear 1t" was the
reply. I'm send James over on a
stretcher in an hour or two."-Life-
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MADE HIMSELF AT HOME.
When He Got Through His Standing
Was Unquestioned.

Wnen re Cot throu9h ftis standing
Was Unquestioned.
Robert Thorpe, an old Missouri stage
driver, used to tell story of how An
derson. the jayhawker. got one Of his
recruits. The Anderson boys held up
Thorpe's stage near Glasgow one day
Among the passengers was raw
boned young Mlssourian who looked
about as tough as the jayhawkers
themselves.
Give me yer varbles." Anderson de
manded Of the youth, as he went down
the line
"Ain't got none" answered the
young squirrel hunter.
"Where We goin'f"
''To join Anderson's jayhawkers.r
The leader sized him up bit.
kin We swim the Missoury riverr'
he asked him.
Reckon so" the young man an
swered.
"Coud ye kill manT
''Reckon So"
Anderson stepped forward and spat
in the youngsters face. The youth
bounded at the iayhawker like a cat.
caught him full In the face with a
right swing and went down on top Of
him. kicking and clawing.
The jayhawkers pulled the young de-
mon of their leader. and he got up.
You belong" lie said Boys. give
him a hawse-"-St. Louis Post Dis
patch.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

The nursery knows nothing OF Fs-
ther Hubbard. but In 1904 Thomas
Middleton published "Father Hub
bard's Tale Of the Ant and the Night
ingale. In the introduction he ex-
plains: why call these Father
Hubburd's tales is not to have them
called In again as the Tale OF Mother
Hubburd. The world would show lit
tie judgment In that. faith. and
should say then. plena stnltorum om-
MIA. for entreat here neither Of rug
ged bears nor apes. no. nor the lam
entable downfall Of the old wife's
platters ! deal with no such metal"
Since Sponsors Mother Hubberd-
does not seem to have been called in
and says nothing about bears or plat
ters. Middleton is evidently ailuding
to some other Mother Hubburd"--
London Standard
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

A native of boom town who had
moved away happened on one Of his
old neIehbors who still lived there and
asked him about the town.
'oh. its awful" replied the unfortu-
nate neighbor. '.Deadest place you
ever saw. Say. you know Jcnes. don't
youg Well. he dropped dead in front
Of the postottice Sunday. and they
didn't find the body till Thursday
Eyerybody's.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

1T isn't by petty and ridiculous
economies that men succeed" said
John D. Rockefeller. Jr. "Some peo-
pie seem to think that to get rich one
must economize like Blanco. Blanco's
faithful old dog had turned sickly and
savage. and so Blanco said to bis wife
on arriving home from business Satur.
day evening:
"I1I shoot Towser tomorrow morn
ing before church.
"Blanco paused. then added sternly:
$50 remember. please. that he won't
need any breakfast. "-Cincinnati En-
qulrer
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

A well known English bishop some
time since lost his third Wife A cler-
gyman who had known the first wife
returned from Africa and wanted to
see the grave. He called at the cathe-
dral and saw the yerger
"Can you tell me where the bishops
wife is buried:r
"Well. sir replied The verger. Il
don't know for certain. but he mostly
buries 'em at Brompton. London
Nail.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

Tennyson says that y Is better to
have loved and lost than never to have
loved at all. lbseu maintnined-not in
4 general philosophical way. but with
respect to the conditions he saw i'm
mediately around him that 1t is bet
ter. If yonthfully. romantically in love.
to separate rather than to marry. lb-
sen is In agreement with the brilliant
Frenchman who asserted that all COM
edies end with wedding. because it Is
then that the tragedy begins.-From
Archibald Henderson's European
Dramatists."
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

THE late Alfred Russell Wallace.
the codiseoverer with Darwin of eyo.
luton. had a hard row to hoe at first
said a physiologist
Poor DR. Wallace had in fact such
a vary hard row to hoe that be couldn't
afford to marry tin be WIS sixty-three.
when to balance matters he married a
young girl Of eighteen by whom he
had son and a daughter,
Il commiserated in London last sum
mer with Dr. Wallace.
"'lt was too bad, l once said to
him. "A man Of genius like you.
eramped with poverty till past middle
lifel 1t was too bad.
"'My friend DR.. Wallace replied.
always you will find the fire Of genius
takes a long. long time to make the
pot boil. Detroit Free Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

William Dean Howells. according t.
the Washington Star. was admonlsh
ing a young novelist who. after writ
ing a fine novel, had produced only
slight commercial things.
"Two critics. he said to the young
man. were discussing a certain au
thor.
"'His Iaurels, said the first critic
already seem faded and hedraggIed'
"'Tbat' the other critic agreed. is
because he has been resting on them.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

A practical joker carried an onion in
his pocket to the depot when bidding
farewell 10 a young lady and took a
bite now and then to induce tears. Be-
fore the train departed he had eaten
the entire onion. The young lady, per-
ceiving the situation. remarked. "Ah.
you have swallowed your griefF'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

A iippant young woman remarks
that her father can turn out bachelors
great deal quicker than any college.
He doesn't do it by degrees she says
He hegins the graduation exercises
promptly at II p. m, and they are
always finished two minutes later
Boston Transcript.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

Hubby. / dreamed last night that
you didn't love me-"
How foolish you arer
Foolish. am 1: As If could help
what | dream abont"
And the fraras was on. Louisville
Courier journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

The mutual friend was speaking;
"If you love the girl and the parents
on both sides are willing and you have
sl.000,0O0 each l see no reason why
you should not be married.
"Just one thing prevents t."
"Yes?"
4Yes- She won't have me.'-spur
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

No satisfactory solution OF the ques-
sion OF the origin Of the Eskimo has
ever been given, Whether they came
from Asia or from North America.
whether they are related TO the more
southern American Indians or to the
Tartars of the great Asian continent.
Is still open TO debate.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

Our idea is that there ought to be at
least three children in every family. SO
that II one of them should become a
genius the other two could support
him. Galveston News
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"They say that Mars is not now hab-
liable. but will be soon"
Gosh. I'd like to help settle IT.
Think of being among the first fami-
lies Of an entire planetw Kansas City
Journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

VISITOR THESE dwarfs Of yeurs ar,
pretty big. Shownian Pardon me
sir: these are giant dwarfs Mesgen
dorfer Batter.
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Dawson The facial features plainly
indicate character and disposition. III
selecting yuur wife were ymI governed
by her chin. Spenlow No, hut have
been ever sinre we married
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Hatred Is like Gre. It makes evci
light ruhbisl; deadly. George Eliot.
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She--l hate hattery. He-Of course
yon do. Every pretty girl does. Then
she drew long. deep sigh and permit
ted him TO put mis- arm round Ter
waist Exchange.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10

Hope is the dream of the man awake.
.-Plato
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Though wrons may win. its victory
b briri leonard
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-24
Original "siiver RepubIlcun.y

=, washington. February 23.--Henry
Moore Teller was one Of the original
silver Republicans" He left the Re-
publican National Convention at St
Louis in 1896 because he did not agroe
with the gold standard plank Of the
platform and ran again for the Senate
IN Golorado as an independent silver
Republican. He was elected, and after
serving that term the silver Republi-
cans In Colorado merged with the Dem
ocrata and Mr.: Teller returned to the
Senate-that time as n Democrat He
served one term as such, and retired in
l9o3 lie sprang 10 the front in ma
tonal affairs almost at once, when he
took leading part in the congress
ional investigation OF the Hayes -Tilden
controversy III 1876. He always took
leading part in discussion OF anything
economic-on the tariff and monetary
questions he was one of the first de-
DaterS lie was Il stout champion of
the West: His personal life was unos-
tcntatious and simple.
In iSS3 Teller left the Senate to enter
President ArthUr's Cabinet us Secretary
OF the Interior. but he LEFT that Office III
$50 to rc-cnter the Senate. Up to the
time of the ST. Louis conventions in
1896. Teller had been a Republican in
politics. While serving his last term
he was member OF the National None
tary Commission. Teller was native
OF New York state.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-24
ATTEMPT TO REMOVE PYLE
Alleged Tint He liz Wreckiux National
Life ABsOciatfon.


Dos sroines. Iowa, February 2s-
Action against Henry Pyle. president
ana general manager of the National
Life Association. Des Moines. to-day
was brought In a petition flod In the
District Court here by Attorney Cossen
tho defendant and appoint capable
person to ill the vacancy.
Henry h. Sampson. Assistant Attor-
ney-General. In charge OF the case, an
nounced that the state had Il legal re-
serve OH hand sufficient to protect the
p3iGy- holders. and that the purpose
of tho action was to remove Mr.. Pyle
In order to protect tho members OF
the association"
The charge was sot forth that the
association conducted Its business
fraudu!cntly. 1t was alleged the regu-
lations of tho insurance department of
tho state have not been followed and
that az u result the members suffered.
II was charged that unless the man
agement is changed there will not be
sufficient funds to carry out contracts
with members.
The State charged that the general
expense fund had been greatly over
had increased more rapidly than the
funds TO care for them, as the result
OF money being diverted to private ac-
counts Of tltc defendant and members
OF his family.
The. National Life Association, a
1t operates In twenty-nine States. and.
according to It's officials, has s3j,
600 worth OF policies In force
President Pyle late to-day issued a
statement in which he denied the
charges contained In Attorney General
Cosson's petition, and asked the public
10 withhold Judgment pending hearing
of the case
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-24
Mlghc.t Stntc unnnrs.

UeH!cl, NOIV., FtDruarN 2S.-HiG nc st
state honors Will be paid the memory
OF former United states Senator Henry
Moore Teller. whose death early to-
day at the home OF his daughter. Mrs
G. p. Tyler, In this city, marked the
passing Of the last of the earlier day
statesmen of Colorado. at the request
of Governor T.. NJ. Ammons, members
or the former Senator's family have
expressed Il willingness for tho body
TO lie In state in the rotunda of the
State Capitol on Wednesday. probably
from 10 o'clock In the morning until
o'clock in the afternoon Member
ship of the Masonic order, OF which
Senator Teller was thirty-third- de
gree member. will conduct the public
funeral service. probably after the
private services. which will be held
in the Tyler home.
o-day Governor Amntons. In a pub
ic statement, started q movement to
have Colorado statesmen roprcsented
In the Hall of Fame at Washington.
-. c., by bust OF Senator Teller
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-24
NIGHT CLERK SLAIN
His Murderer Caught Through Quick
wit of Telephone Girl.

Corning, y. Y, February 23.--Harry
towards. night clerk In tho Wells
fhrgo Express Company's office here.
carly To-day was murdered by n burg
inr, alleged TO have been David Dunn,
nihcteen Years old. former employs
or the company. Tho police say Dunn
has confessed
The prompt discovery OF the crime
anu arrest of the. alleged murderer.
was due to the quick wit Of Miss Carrie
Mics, central telephone operator
When call came over the express Of
to her requests for a number she lis
tened and heard sounds that led her
to believe all was not we'll
MISS Ntlos notified the police and
when AN officer arrived ut the express
oiiicc he found Edwards dead
In his confusion. according to the
police, Dunn said he told story OF
hard luck to induce Edwards to let
him sleep in the office and while tho
clerk was taking a nap ho tried to
get INTO tho safe. Edwards woiSe and
II light cnSued
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-24
Storm Less Intense as
1t Passes / Toward Sea

Washington, February 23.-Much
reduced In intensity. tho storm
which To-day swept out or Tenncs-
see, bringing wind-drivcn Snow 10
the Emit, Tonight had vccred south
enst, concentrating itself over East-
ern GcOrSin md Western North
Carofinn. By tomorrow, the Wealth
er Hureuu experts said. the disturb
nnce Will have passed ont to sea.
railing temperatures will mark tts
departure along the Atlantic Coast
district, through PcnnsyIVuniu and
the Ohio valley and SOuthwnrd to
TcXus.
Heavy SHOWS Tonight were re-
ported I'm tho Ohio Valley aud West
crn West NirHinin. and light SHOWS
from Southern Pennsylvania to the
Virginia North CarOlinn border.
In the Northwest tho thcrmomc-
fcrS Tonight were reported rising
Hud In the next several days they
are expected gradually 10 mount
higher.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-24
CONDITIONS ARE NORMAL
Redhetd Denies that Unusual Number
of Men Is MorlSIcss.
Especial 10 Tie. Times-Disnatchl

ISPt.IaI 10 IiIe. Inn Dihratch.
Wheeling. w. Va. February o3.-In
an address delivered here tonight by
Secretary OF Commerce Redield before
the Board OF Trade. IT was denied that
there is an unusually large number OF
workers out OF employment this win
ter.
arc normal. New York City. he says.
is not Il safe criterion for the whole
country. That city is spending several
hundred millions upon subway con
struction. This has been Widely ad :
vcrtised and attracts the uhempIoy Ell
to New York.
'F'urthcrmorc.' said Mr. Redficli "t.
is well known that New York provides
literally for the unemployed through
ITS vast private and public charities.
and this IL an attractive factor 10
some who arc out of work"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-24
LESS THAN FIFTY REFUSE
All Other National hunks Arc I'm Fed.

Washington, February 23.--The new
Federal reserve system will begin busl.
500 banks. This was apparent to-nirh,
when. at tho close OF tho last day on
which national banks could signify
tneir intention OF accepting the terms
the 1913 national banks of the country
had failed 10 respond favordbly. More
man enough state Institutions had APP
total TO 1900
Official count of the banks and tabu.
lation OF their resources and liabilities
to-mcrrow viii begin at tho Treasury
Department.
Most of The Institutions TINT have
not come into the new system are com
paratively small, and II Is estimated
that % per cent of al The capital
and resources in tho present national
bank system Is represented by thoso
whose applications are In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-24
UP TO CONGRESS TO DECIDE
Jnm-s VI. CurIey. OF Boston, Want, 10
Hold Two JoIs.

'"hhVs W. turley, OF bOston, Wants to
Hold Two jobs.
Washington. February 23.-Whether
James N. Curiey, Mayor of Boston
ana on the rolls Of Congress as a rep
resentatlye from tho Twelfth Massa
Chusetts District, shall be permitted tc
hold both Offices to-day was squarelI
put up TO Congress by Republican
Leader Mann. resolution introduced
ID! AR. Mann set forth that the Offices
OF Mayor and representative In Con
greHs are Incompatible and IT Is irnpos
sible for one man TO perform the duties
OF both, and proposed that Air Cur
lcy's seat be declared vacant
At the suggestion of Democratic
Leader Underwood. Representative
Mann agreed that the resolution should
go 10 the judiciary Committee without
debate.
1t was to-day recalled that Repre-
sentative Lilley. after being elected
Governor of Connecticut several years
ago. and General Joseph Wheeler OF
Alabama, after being made a major
general Of volunteers in the Spanish
war unsucccssfully tried 20 hold their
seats In Congress.