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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

A MOTHERS PowER-How little does
Mother realize her power! How seldom
does she exercise, day by day, hour by hour,
moment by moment, her wonderful preroga-
tive How often does she live and act as
though all unaware Of it. But she holds
as it were in her own hands, the happiness
Of the whole family. All look up to her,
as to the sun of the household, just as the
inhabitants Of the earth depend upon the
material sun for light, aud warmth, and
cheerfulness. If she smiles, her little world
lies in happy sunshine; if she (rowns, a
dark, hear,-g looming cloud seems to rest
threateningly over her kingdom. She cre-
ates, by the influence she sheds around her,
whether Of cheerluIness or gloom, the at
mosphere of home. Is this merely a poetic
fancy? Do not speak to the experience
Of all Do | no, find response in the
deepest recesses Of every heart that has ever
known home? Wives and Mothers !!
would that We could all realize the life iv-
ing, joy-inspiring, soul-cheering influence
Of your home-born smiles
M S. B. S.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14
A LARGE THRoAT.-The Morning

A LARGE THRoAr.-The Morning
published at Cincinnati, relateSsthe fole
ing anecdote Of a young gentleman ;lf' .:
south, who expended large forsune-mon-
ey, lands, negroes; every thing, in a course
Of intemperance and proAigacy. sNY
He had just paid last years grog
$500; one day he was walking in the q
very leisurely, when seeing physicisn ~
the opposite side he called GU, to him ,o3
come over.
"Doctor," said he 81 wish you'd just take
a look into my throat"
81 don't discover any thing, sir" said the
doctor.
You don'.!' said he, "why that's strange;
will you be just kind enough, sir, to give
another look ~
"Really, sir" said the doctor, after Sc
cond look, 81 don't see any'hing."
mo s? why doctor, there is farm, ten
thousand dollars, and twenty negroes gone
down my throat!'
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

DEATH.-Heavens! what moment mus.
be that when the last hu.ter expires on our
lips. What change! Tell me, ye who are
deepest read in nature and in God, TO wha.
new world are we born! Whittier has that
spark, that unseen, that incomprehensible
intelligence fled =? Look upon the cold, livid,
ghas,Iy corpse that lies before you! That
was but a shell, gross earthly covering,
which held the immortal essence that has
now left US; left no range perhaps, through
illmi,able space; to receive new capacities
to delight; new powers Of CONCEPTION, new
glories of beatitude Ten thousand lancies
rush upon the mind as it con'emplates the
awful moment between life and death 1t
is a moment big with imaginalions, hopes
and fears, it is the consummation that clears
up all mystery-solves all doub,s-which
removes contradiction and destroys errors.
Grea. God What flood of rapture may
a, once burs. upon the departed soul. The
unclouded brightness Of the celestial region
the solemn secrets of Nature may then be
divuIged the immediate unity Of the past,
the present, forms of impershable beauty
may then suddenly disclose themselves,
bursting upon the delighted sense, and bath
ing Them in immeasurable bliss.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

DIGNITY, GRAVITY, ETC. - Professor
Boyle Of the Dublin Freeholder, says: 81
have seen the gravity Of parsons in the pull
pit-lawyers in court-judges on the bench
-Quakers at onven,icle-demsgogues at
public meetings-thec chancellor in the Lords
the speaker in the Commons-soldiers at
drill-doc.ors near patien.-clients at a
law sui,-auctioneers putting worthless
daub-antiquaran over brass far,hing-
old gentlemen at funeraIs-young gentle
men at tailor's bils-bsiliffs a. an execution
and the hangman a. the gallows-I have
seen the gravity Of an author when his play
as damned, and Of coxcomb taking his
place at twelve paces-of an attorney draw
ing out bills of costs, and Of an alderman
adjusting his napkin at city feast; have
seen Mr.. Rogers and Belzoni's mummy; but
the gravity Of each and all, taken together,
does no. equal the gravity OF cow che,oing
her cud 20
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

THE SUNNY SIDE.-How much more
pleasant it is to the pure hear! to do good
TO kindlc the more gentle and noble feel
ings Of our nature, than by misrepresenta-
tions, hints, or dark inuendoes, to break
in upon long established friendship, and
disturb the good feeling of years of intima-
cy. In all our associations, commend US TO
him who ever presents the sunny side Of
life's picture to the gaze he who has al
ways pleasant word TO speak, and is ever
disposed to fling the mantle of oblivion
over the foibles of erring man such man
we could wear in our ''heart's core-aye,
in our heart of hearts," But from the mis-
chief-maker, whose bosom is filled with a
canker-worm which knows no pleasure ex-
cep. that which torments others, "good Lord
deliver US -
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

THINK-Thought engenders thought
Place one idea upon paper, another will fol-
low it, and still another until you have
written q page. You cannot fathom your
mind; there is q we'll Of thought there which
has no bottom! The more you draw from
it, the more clear and fruitful it will be. If
you neglect to think yourself, and use other
peoples thoughts, giving them u.terance on
ly, you will never know what you are capa-
bic of. A. first your ideas may come out
in Jumps, homely and shapeless; but no
matter; time and perseverance will arrange
and polish them. Learn to think and you
will soon learn 10 write: The more you
think, the better you will express poor ideas.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14
FAMILY QUARRELS.-RAT OR MOUSE.
We once heard the famous Lorenzo Dow,

FAMILY QUARRELs.-RAT OR MOUSE.
We once heard the famous Lorenzo Dow,
in sermon we shall never forget, relate
story in illustration of the folly of family
Jissgreements, and the fact that violent quar-
rels are frequently the effect Of passionate
and unyielding tempers, excited by the mos.
trivial incidents.
knew, said he, an exceedingly happy
and afec,ionate young couple, who had but
recently commenced housekeeping in the
luxury of newly welded love, and elegant
plenty.
As they sat together in their parlor, ex-
changing the little tender nothings Of reci-
procal love, sleek little mouse ran across
the apartment
"My dear,'' cried the lady, "did you see
that mouse -
81 saw it, my DEAR" replied the husband
l"but it was a rai.''
ooh, no, love-" said the wife, ''n certain
~ was a mouse"
"Madsm, tell you i. was ra','' thunder
ed The husband.
81. was q mousse" asserted the lady, 81
saw i. very distinctly"
= 80" ~ olso, uduau3 ouu NY C1 GO nIC
as good as yours"
"Your eyes may be as good, sir, but if
they are, your judgmen. is no,," retor,ed
the lady. And so, said Dow, the quarrel
progressed, until the couple SO incensed
each other, that they separated.
The mutual friends succeeded in effeciing
a reconciliation, and the harmony of affec-
ton seemed restored but one evening as
they sat chatting, toying, and saying how
much they loved, the wife remarked
"How foolish it was for us 10 have such
quarrel about that silly mousse
"Mouse" cried the husband, 81 say il.
was ra, ~
So the quarrel was renewed, and the low
ing pair separated the second time.
Now reader, if you are quarrelsome, here
is an example for you. You see that al,
though the creatures being rat or @eusl
was not OF the least consequence to the ps
ties or any body else, here or hereafter,
was yet sufficient to excite two subbo1
unyielding spirits so much as to dest1
young love, and sever the holy bonSz
conjugal affection.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14
EPIGRAM,
By JAMES W. WARD.

IT'S said that man DER woman justly ranks;
This to disprove, will merit womans thanks.
Upon the claimants evidence I'll do it
Himself shall judge if rightly construe it,
Woman's an angel, all mankind declares;
To this the witness resolutely swears.
Woman's an angel! let the precept stand.'>u
Mark how its truth his pride will reprimand;
For man-the text not me, he must upbraid-
Was "httle lo,cer than the angels made"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14
ess by the correspondence between the

less by the correspondence between the
comedian Sam Foote and his mother
'.Dear Sam, I'm in jail''-"Dear Mother, So
am l."
He had at one time, remarkable stupid,
and illi.erate Irish girl, as domestic. With
a look and voice of terror, he said to her in
haste-"Go and say to your mistress, Dr..
Byles has put an end to himself. The girl
flew up stairs, and with a face Of horror,
exclaimed a. the top of her lungs-''Dr.
Byles has put an end to himself!" The as
tonshed wife and daughters rushed into the
parlor-and there was the Dr.. calmly walk
ing about with part of a cows tail, that he
had picked up, in the street tied to his coat
or cassock behind.
From the time Of the stamp act, in 1865,
to the period Of the revolution, the cry had
been repeated, in every form Of phraseolo-
gy that our grievances should be redressed.
One fine morning, when the multitude had
gathered on the common TO see a regiment
Of red coats paraded there, who had recent
ly arrived-"Well," said the DR.. gazing at
the spectacle, 81 think we can no longer
complain, that our grievances are not red
dressed" "True said one Of the laughers
who were standing near, shut you had two
ds, DR.. Byles." "To be sure sir, have"
the Dr.. instantly replied, 81 had them from
Aberdeen, in 1865"
These pIeasansIes will probably survive
"THE CONFEDERATION" Had not this &C.
centric man possessed some very excellen,
and amiable qualities, he could not have
maintained his clerical relation to the Hollis
street Church and society for three and for
ty years, from 1888 to l776, and have Sc
paraed from them at las. for political con-
sderalions alone
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14
SOCRATES.


The following passage gives to the CON-
mon reader truer idea of Socrates, than
some large trea'ises heavy with cumbrous
learning, and bristling all over with quota
lions from Xenophon and Plato, Plu,arch
and Plotinus:
"oocrales was, in truth, not very fond of
subtle and refined speculations and upon
The intellectual part Of our nature little or
nothing OF his opinions is recorded. If we
may inter anything from the clearness and
simplicity of his opinions on moral subjects,
and from the bent which his genius had re-
celved lor the useful and the practical, he
would certainly have laid strong founda-
ton for rational metaphysics. The sligh,
sketch have given of his moral doctrines
contains nothing very brilliant, but compre-
hends those moral doctrines which every
person of education has been accustomed TO
hear from his childhood; but two thousand
years ago they were great discoveries two
thousand years since, were not invented. If
'Orpheus, or Linus, or any Of those melodi-
Gus morallsts, sung in bad verses such ad-
vice as gfandnamma would now give to
child of six years old, he was lhoug h, to be
inspired by the god, and statues and stars
erected TO his memory. In Hesiod there is
a very grave exhorlation to mankind 10 wash
their faces; and | have discovered very
strong analogy between the precepts of Py-
'hagoras and Mrs. Trimmer; both think
'ha! son ough. to obey his father, and both
are clear that good man is better than a
bad one. Therefore, to measure arigh ht this
O. vfpoo ord It,
period at which he lived; that he was the
first who called the attention Of mankind,
from the pernicious sub,le,ies which engag-
ed and perplexed their wandering under
standings, TO the practical rules of life; he
was the great father and inventor of COM
mon sense, as Ceres was Of the plough, and
Bacchus of intoxication. First, he taught
his contemporaries that they did not know
what they pretended to know; then he
showed them that they knew nothing; then
he told them what they ought to know
Lastly, to sum up the praise of Socrates, re-
member that he lived TWO thousand years
ago, while men were worshipping the stones
on which they trod, and the insects which
crawled beneath their feet; two thousand
years ago, with The bowl of poison in his
hand, Socrates said, 81 am persuaded ,ha,
my death, which is now just coming, will
conduct me into the presence of the gods.
who are the most righteous governors, and
into the society of just and good men and
derive confidence from the hope that some
thing of man remains after death, and tha,
the condition of good men will then be much
better than that Of bad" Soon after this he
covered himself up with his cloak and ex-
PRED Sydney Smith.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14
SELECTED POETRY

LOVE THAT DIETH NOT.
Love not alone the gay,
The beautiful, the bright;
For youth will fade away,
Like day-beams into night,
But Love the heart that's pure,
How plain soccer the face:
Such love will long endure
Such love cannot debase.
Love not alone or Garth
Those transient things oflife,
Who, like the rainbow's birth,
Soon fade midst shadowy strife.
But love the power that made
All that to man is given
Whose spirit doth pervade
The Universal Heaven.
Love all things, great and small,
From man to tiny flower;
Created were they all
By an Almighty power.
For "God is love-" we know,
Whate'er may be our lot;
In life, then, let us sow
The love that dieth not.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14
SELECT MIS- CELLANY.
From the Marlboro Gazette.
EXTRACTS FROM AN UNPUBLISHED MS

THE TRAVELLERS ExPERIENcE.-Life's
changes, and with him they had been grea,
and grievous, had been working his saliva
ton. Once, in all these changes, he had
discerned nothing but darkness, confusion.
chaos when he reflected on his fate, only
things "wilhout form and void," had passed
before his bewildered, benghted vision; but
as he gazed resoluely upon them, and view
ed them with pious for'i.ude, they had as
sumed lovely shapes and tangible forms,
and grew in beauty more and more the long
er he gazed upon them. Wise had he gro own,
and earnest, and patient; till at length, his
trials came to be angels, beckoning him on
ward to Hope, and Happiness, and Heaven.
But, had he turned deaf ear TO the teach
ings Of Adversely, had he shut his eyes up
on the angel faces that were gazing on him
and longing to do him good, how much
more sad would have been his fate how
many more stern teachers would have been
sent forth on their mournful errand, COM
missioned TO perform their sad, yet neces-
sary word. Sooner or later, life's mysteri-
Gus problem must be solved and he had
already learned his hard life lesson.
To THE CHILD OF Whoever
thou art, to whom the Father is speaking
slough the voice of sorrow, pause beseach
thee, pause and ponder. Thou art now up
on the threshold of life or death-upon the
verge of ever increasing light or ever deep
ening darkness. AT such a time, every IN O.
men, is full Of awful meaning, and life is full
of such important moments. Ah Life is a
fearfuIly solemn thing, but be thou not dis
mayed. God forbid that should discour-
sge thee; ] would only sound note o|
warning in thine ear. would only tell
thee that perchance thou dost not realize
upon what delicate springs the time-piece
Of thy life is working, upon whs. frail hing
es thy destinies arc turning. Child OF sor-
row, pause and ponder
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14
TIM E..

There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor is punishment
Heavier than active souls can feel or guess,
o, hours of Incidence and discomfort
Not now to be redeem'd! Ye sting not less
Because know this span of life was lent
For lofty duties, not for selfishness-
Not to be whiled away in aimless dreams,
But to improve ourselves, and serve mankind,
Life and its choicest faculties were given.
Man should be ever better than he seems;
And shape his acts, and discipline his mind,
TO walk, adorning earth, with hope of heaven
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

EVILS OF TIMIDITY AND HEsITATIoN.-
A great deal of talen. is los. to the world
for the want of little courage. Every day
sends to their graves q number Of obscure
men who have only remained obscure be-
cause their ,imidity has prevented them
from making first effort; and who, If they
could only have been induced to begin,
would, in all probability, have gone grea.
lengths in the career Of fame. The fact is,
that in order to do anything in this world
worth doing, we must not stand shivering
on the bank, and thinking Of the cold and
the danger, but jump in and scramble ,hro'
as we'll as we can. 1t will not do to be per-
petually calculating risks, and adjusting nice
chances. II did all very we'll before the
Flood, when man could consult his friends
upon an intended publication for hundred
aud fifty years, and then live to see its sue
cess for six or seven centuries af,erwsrd
but at present man waits, and doubts, and
hesi,ates, and consul,s his brother, and his
uncle, and his first cousins, and his partlcu-
lar friends, till one fine day he finds ,ha. he
is sixty five years Of age; that he has los,
so much time in consulting frs, cousins and
particular friends that he has no more time
left TO follow their advice.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

TOMB OF LAFAYErTE.-A recent letter
from Paris contains the following extract
1--WE went in the direction of the Fau-
bourg ST. Antoine and as it was not very
far from the Rue Picpus, and wanted to
see the grave Of Lafayette, and s. hav-
ing never seen it, we drove thithsr. 1t is
no. far from the Barriere du Throne. !. is
very small, obscure spot, hey ond beauti-
ful garden belonging to body ofreHgieuses.
1t contains the .ombs Of some of the oldest
and most celebrated of the French nobility
the Montmorencies, SC. ALI the family
Of Lafayet, repose here. He is side by side
with his wife, and a. their head is the stone
slab Of &. w. Lafayette. They are all mere
stone slabs. Lafaye.te's is the last, close
by the wall, and rests on stones and pebbles.
Not single blade of grass grows near it. |
fel. sorry to see it SO neglected. asked
our guide if it was visited by many people.
He said, NO; sometimes the Americans
visit it, thought .ha. was very strange"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

How TO GET TO SLEEP.-How to get to
sleep is, to many persons, matter Of high
importance. Nervous persons, who are
usually have strong tendency Of blood to
the BRAIN, with cold extremi,ies. The pres
sure of blood on the brain keeps it in a
stimulated or wskeful state, and the pulsa-
tioDs in the head are painful. Let such rise
and cha(e the body and extremi,ies with a
rash towel, or rub smartly with the hands,
to promote circulation, and withdraw the
excessive amount of blood from the brain,
and they will fall asleep in few moments.
A cold bath, or sponge bath, and rubbing,
or good run or rapid walk in the open air,
or going up and down stairs few times,
jus. before retiring, will aid in equalizng
circulation and promoting sleep. These
rules are simple, and easy of application in
castle or cabin, and may minister to the
comfort of thousands who would freely ex-
pend money for an snodyne TO promote
"Na.ure's sweet restorer, balmy sleep"
Misunderstanding Of the Catholic
Church, he says: ''The members Of her
community are certainly not lever than Two
hundred millions, and it will not be Difficult,
10 show that all the other Christian sec,s
united amount to hundred and twenty
millions. Nor do we see any sign which
indicates that the term of her long dominion
is approaching. She saw the commence
ment of all the governments and Of all the
ecclesiastical establishments that now exis
in the world, and feels no assurance lha
she is not destined to see the end of them
all. She was respected before the Saxor
had set foo, in Britain, before the Frank hat
passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquenct
still fourished al Antioch, when idols were
still worshipped in the temple at Mecca
and she may still exist in unfinished vigou
when some traveller shall, in the midst o
a vast solitudA. e stand upon broker
arch Of LondolT3 Bridge 10 sketch the ruins
of ST. Paul's."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

"These Californey fellers talk about GO
ing round the horn!" soliloquised Skeesicks,
the other night on the canal bridge. sketch
me goin' round horn. never went round
horn in my life Venever find one in
nv way drinks it up-l does"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

"rom, you sot," said temperance man
to a tipping friend "wha, makes you drink
such stuff as you do? Why the very hogs
wouldn't touch that brandy" "That's
cause they is brutes," said Tom. "Poor
creatures they donno what's good"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

If you wish to be truly polite, exhibit real
kindness 10 the kindest manner. Do this,
and you will pass at par in any society with
out studying rules of etiquette.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

Trees are migratory in their habits, for
wherever they winter, they are sure to leave
in the spring most of them are polite and
full of boughs.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

Why does an aching tooth impose silence
on the sufferer? Because i, makes him
hold his ja,c!
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

There is no readier way for man 10 bring
bis worth into question, than TO detract from
the worth Of other men.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

As the bloom of woman's cheeks fade:
the bloom Of her heart ought to increase.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

Excess Of ceremony shows wan, of breed
ing. That civili.y is best which excludes
all superfuous formality.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

"Here, you little rascal, walk up and give
an account of YOURSELF! Where have you
been ?"
"After the gals, father"
'Did you ever know me to do SO when
] was boy"
mo: sIr--but mother did,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

Ofall excelencies tha. make conversation
good, peace and good nature are the mos.
necessary, bumor the most pleasant.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-08-14

Where merit appears do justice to ii with
out scsuPle.