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Ifir^t of naval battles.
I It Was Fought in Maryland Waters
in the Early Colonial
* Days.
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April 23 of this year was the two
hundred and sixty-ninth anniversary
of the first naval battle fought in
American waters. On that date two
1 armed forces met at the mouth of the
Pocomoke river, within the boundaries
of the province of Maryland, and set
tled, at least temporarily, the authority
of Lord Baltimore. The settlement at
'St. Mary’s had been made but 13
months when this test of arms oc
curred, says the Chicago Chronicle.
About three years before the land
ing of the Maryland pilgrims under
Gov. Leonard Calvert, by virtue of the
grant of the territory from Charles I.,
a trading post had been established by
, William Claibourne, of Virginia, on
; Kent island. It was not a settlement
Intended for permanent homes and the
tilling of the soil, but merely a place
fixed upon by Claibourne for conven
ience of trade with the Indians. Kent
Island was clearly within the jurisdic
tion of Lord Baltimore, but Claibourne
very foolishly resisted his authority
and refused to take out a trader’s li
cense from the proprietary’s govern
ment at St. Mary’s. This stubborn
stand of Claibourne resulted In the
capture early in the year by Capt.
Thomas Cornwaleys, one of the Mary
land commissioners, of a vessel be
longing to Claibourne for trading in
the waters of the Chesapeake without
a Maryland license.
Claibourne realized now that he
would either have to break down Lord
Baltimore’s authority by force of arms
or be compelled to submit to that au
thority. He chose to fight and, accord
ingly, he fitted out an armed boat, the
Cockatrice, which was manned by 30
men and placed under the command of
Lieut Radcliffe Warren, who was com
missioned by Claibourne “to seize and
capture any pinnacles or other vessels
belonging to the government of St
Mary’s.”
This was a declaration of war and
when the news of the rebellion reached
Gov. Calvert he at once determined to
put it down, as becomes a governor
whose rights are denied and whose au
thority is defied. Knowing the strength
of the insurgents, he wisely fitted out a
superior force, with the full determina
tion to crush the spirit that was giv
ing him no little trouble. So he
manned and commissioned two vessels
—the St. Margaret and the St. Helena
—placed them in command of the gal
lant Capt. Cornwaleys, with orders to
search out and destroy the enemy and
reduce Kent island to submission.
The little squadron sailed out from
St. Mary’s with the Maryland colors
flying from the flagship and animated
by the same courageous spirit that two
and a half centuries later inspired an
other Maryland naval commander in
his gloriously successful search for the
Spanish fleet In the waters of the West
indies. Their course took them across
the bay and 3oon they were rewarded
by sighting the sails of the insurgent
shi" the mouth of the Pocomoke
Curr.waieys skillfully maneuvered his
little fleet so as to prevent the escape
of the enemy and both sides cleared
for action. The insurgents delivered
the first fire, and so true was the aim
that William Ashmore, of the Mary
landers, fell to the deck, the first
American sailor whose life was sacri
ficed while in action upon the altar of
duty. The sight of their dead comrade
inspired the Maryland men to greater
determination, and made more deadly
their aim and threefold more terrible
their revenge. Their first fire killed
the enemy’s commanding officer—
T.ient Warren—and two of his crew.
The Insurgents having lost their leader
and two of their comrades and seeing
certain destruction staring them in the
face, were brought to realize that dis
cretion was the better part of valor and
therefore they wisely struck their col
ors and surrendered themselves and
their vessel to the victorious aMry
ianders.
Kent Island was afterwards subdued
and Claibourne stripped of his posses
sion. But he did not cease to be a
source of great trouble to the settlers
of St. Mary’s and more thah once suc
ceeding in destroying, for a time, the
government of Lord Baltimore. But
that belongs to another story.
Thefts from Hotels.
A certain hotelkeeper in Washington
says that the people have no idea of the
■mall depredations that are committed
by guests, meat of who are people of
money enough of their own to refrain.
He declares that not long ago he bought
700 yards of toweling for his rooms, and
before be had time to learn whether or
not the rooms had been supplied, the
whole outfit was gone, says the Washing
ton Post "They are drummers, and
women and all kinds of people who took
them," said he, “and probably they did
not think It was stealing to take things
away from the hotel. As to downright
theft from rooms, or bilking in the mat
ter of meals, there is much less of it in
hotels than you would suppose; but
Lord! how they will crib the soap and
linen and spoons!"
Far from Home.
Relative—I notice that you have at last
got acquainted with your next-door
neighbor, who has lived alongside of you
for the past ten years.
Mrs. D’Avnoo—Yes, we were Iniro*
duced to each other at the Pyramids o!
Egypt, and I found her a delightful com
panion. We became very intimate.—
London Tit-Bits.
His Limited Circle.
Solon was Inventing his motto.
"What do you think of *Kndw thy*
wlf ?’" he asked.
“Fine," they answered, "but can’t you
get acquainted in any. better circles?"
Sadly he begs* to search gfoe a new
trade-markC-4L T. TrtbwAA.
BARBERS’ SHOP DISEASES.
—
Patrons Advised to Have Their Own
~ Brush and Comb—Carbolic Acid
for the Razor.
The transference to his cus
tomers, by means of his hands and
instruments, of many parasit
ic skin diseases has long been rec
ognized as one of the unnecessary
accomplishments of the necessary
barber. Among these affections,
says American Medicine, are
sycosis, impetigo, seborrheic alo
pecia and furunculosis that is
more or less chronic in type. Dr.
Graham Chambers states that
during the past five years impeti
go circinati has been very prev
alent in Toronto, scarcely a month
passing without an outbreak of
from two to thirty cases, gener
ally traceable to a common
source. The barber shop is so com
monly the source that he desig
nates the disease as “barbers’ im
petigo.” Quite recently Dr. W
A. Hardaway has called attention
to a point which he believes, and
we think rightly, has been bat lit
tle realized by the medical profes
sion. That is the frequency with
which carbuncles are acquired in
barber shops. He has seen many
cases of carbuncle in which the
evidence of this means of trans
mission was to him indispntable.
The relative importance of this se
rious affection as compared with
the other diseases mentioned
needs scarcely to be impressed.
For the prevention of contagion
in barber shops, Hardaway be
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! rely upon an educated public
opinion rather than upon compul
sory laws directed against the
barber. He recommends that
each patron of a barber shop pro
vide hijnself with a box, contain
ing his own brush and comb, a
small package of absorbent cot
ton and a five per cent, carbolic
acid solution. The barber will
then wipe his shears or clippers
with the solution, and use the pa
tron’s comb and brush. For the
man who shaves his own soap, cup
and brash are necessities. These
suggestions are sensible. To car
ry them out properly means some
inconvenience, but it is worth
while, especially to the aged and
debilitated, or to those suffering
from diabetes or similar diathe
sis. Physicians atending such pa
I tients should extend them a warn
ing in this refard.
ANCIENT DOLL-LIKE IDOLS.
Were Found Imbedded in Walls at
Ancient Cliff Dwelling* Near
Santa Fe.
While exploring the Puye and
Shuflnne cliff dwellings near San
ta Fe recently Dr. R. W. Scheusa
ler discovered some antiques of
a kind not previously catalogued
| by students of that region. No
! ticincr nnon the wall of an anm'ent
! dwelling some spots of an unu
sual color, he dug into the soft
; stone with his pocketknife and
I discovered a hole 5 inches in diam
; eter and 12 inches deep, partly
filled with mud. Inside was im
j bedded a stick on which was
| mounted a doll’s head. In the
■ same hole was a small, highly pol
, ished turquoise.
| Dr. Schuessler investigated fur
i ther. He found three more of the
i sealed openings, each of them
| containing a doll and a turquoise.
! One of the holes contained a piece
of petrified resin, in which tooth
marks indicated that it had been
used as the chewing gum of the
day. The probability is that tha
doll heads were idols, but the sig
nificance of burying them in the
mesa walls and the presence of
•|ie turquoise are not explained.
In Sonnj Florida.
Never shall I forget, writes
Julia Daniels Moseley, in the
Four-Track News, the magic of a
certain garden in the south. In
sunny Florida. ... The stars
down there have a way of seem
ing to hang out of the sky, like a
1 jewel placed high in the setting.
The moon was full and the magic
of her yellow beauty bewitched
everything, enhancing the very
shadows. There is an abandon
about that spot that takes away
the stiffness so often found in
large, formal grounds, and, as you
walk on and on, there seems to be
no end to it, but it is as though all
the world was a sumptuous gar
den; and when you lift your eyes
to the matchless night blues, K
seems as if the very dome of Heav
en had opened (to charm yew
[ris'oa.
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Palma (or President.
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(ration is informed, through official
channels, that a strong movement li
setting in among Cubans to maks
Tomas Estrada Palma the first presi
dent of the Cuban republic. The sug
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Philippine Supreme Court.
Four Americans and three Filipinos
make up the supreme court of the Phil*
lppines. The chief justice, C. Arellano,
is 57 years old, a native of the province
of Bataan. He was educated at the
Royal college of San Juan deLatran.and
at the University of St. Thomas, of
Manila. Under the Spanish regime he
held a judgeship. For two years he
was justice of the territorial supreme
court at Manila, and then became pro
fessor of civil law at St Thomas, a po
sition he held for 16 years. Assocists
Justice Florentino Torres is 60, a St.
Thomas graduate, and a specialist in
criminal law. Two of his sons are now
in the United States studying at Wash
ington Justice Vlctorino Mapa, a na
tive of the province of Capiz, who was
born in 1854, is, like his two natiwe as
sociates, a graduate of 3t. Thomas,
and a Manila lawyer.—San Francisco
Argonaut
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where women, desiring to remove the
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til from the outer surface of the raw
aut. For two weeks the patient must
retire from society, for the face and
hands so treated turn black. At the end
et a fortnight’s seclusion, however, the
woman who has undergone the cashew
treatment emerges, observers state,
"with skin and complexion as fair ass
tabes”
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