Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-16
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! One of the most hopeful indications of
the ''better time coming" for our section
is to be found in the fact that our people
are gradually Withdrawing their attention
from mere personal politics and directing
it to tho improvement of'ther farms aud
the lettering Of. their material condition.
No good citizen. Of course. will tabdieate,
all interest in public affairs. The little
virtue that is left in public, life is entitled
to be credited to the supervision which
honest voters have exercised in particular
localities. This should not only never be
relaxed, but it would be, we'll to tighten
as we'll as extend it in every direction.-
But it is easy to do this without making
ones self violent cross.road politician.
We can form pretty accurate opinion Of
the character and capacity Of a political
aspirant without following him. to the
neglect of home business, from the BEGIN
ming to the end, of campaign.1 Cam,
lpaign excitements which lead to the loss
of time and the, expenditure of money
should be avoided or, if we must be ex-
cited, let us agree to get excited about
our own and the future Of our children.
regarded from vulgar dollar and cent
stand point. If We take care of our eAn-
dren and ourselves. we shall be very spsa
to take care of the country. ~ j yqs.iaisslr;
Embarked. then, from the new stand
point, what should be done D. As we sre
all, or nearly all. down at the heel. We
should make up our mind to go to work
in the fields Or elsewhere with our own
hands; we should impress upon our wives
and grown daughters the necessity of d.
ing their own household and garden h-
bor: we should make our children, IN
school intervals, assist our exertions, sud
the whole household. as long, at least, as
there is.a dollar of debt hanging over It.
should be made to practice . reasonable
self-denial. We live too sumptuously,
dress too fine and work too little. The
pride of keeping up appearances is one Of
the greatest evils of our society. We
have seen better days, and don't like that
our lady wife should be caught practising
at the wash tub. We have sported a
buggy and pair, worn fine traiment, have
been hand and glove, with the highest.
have drank the -Lybirn Snn. "a sleer."s
and be don'E relish that our old oronies,
who have been more fortunate than we,
should discover US fetching water for dfa-,
uer. And we are weak in the same way
in regard to our children, especially our
grown daughters. They are now study
ing with our approval the Grecian Bend
in the parlor when they should be out ia
the kitchen studying how to bake bread.
We have got to, come down, and to bring
our families with us, to economy and
work, and the sooner we do this the bet,
ter. We are pleased to believe that our
society is slowly but surely gravitating
to these conditions. We shall probably
vince little when we first touch them.
This is to be expected. Generally, the
medicine that is the most beneficial is the
least palatable. Time and use, however,
will reconcile one even to EPSON Salts,
and so work and self-denial, after while,
may become established habitudes of our
people. When this, shall be, we may
all discover that misfortunes are. some
times blessings in disguise, and appre-
ciate also the lesson which the poet has
taught US ,
'Sweet are the uses of adversely;
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, .
Wears yet precious jewel in his head" ss
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Statistics of Inebriety. "a ,ss..
DR.. Mckinley, of ST. Louis, says the.
Medicd Reporter of that city, has COM
piled, after very careful research, some ;.
very interesting and startling statistics Of ;,
inebriation. in the United States. By him
the following statements are made a''ss7.' :.
Taking the population of this country
at 40, 0,000,0 900; of 800 men, 1872 never,
drink spirits at all; 100 drink moderate:
ly, but not to intoxication; so areiephe-s
neral drinkers; 25 drink periodically,
called .spreeing; ]" and are habitual ipT,
ebriates. To every 17S who drink, 3 are :
confirmed ipebriates; 25 are periodical
drinkers: 50 are ephemeral drinkers. =
One. confirmed inebriate to every 591 Of
men. Ot 700 women, 600 never taste
alcoholics of any kind ! 80 taste wine o.
casionally';;l II taste ardent spirits; So
drink ale or beer constantly; ID drink ar-
dent spirits. periodically, andI3 are .habit>1
ual lnebriates. - s,s1g.5aa: a=s~e .'45slvrsh
Predominanee in, confirmed insbristea
of the sexess 3 men in every 178; 8 wo- /,
men in every 100, |, confirmed inebriate !,
to every 335 Of women, Fewer women
drink than men; but larger proportion
Of them become babitual drinkers. De-
baucb drinkers rarely become habitual.
but periodical drinkers; the latter rarely
become bal bitpal inebriates, as the violence
Of their drinking is too great; and leads
70 q Disgusting safety, and hence sb to inter- e.
s-;:I wish you wouldn't give ms. i
such short weight for my moneys, said 4
customer to o.a 2 grocer, who had an account
against him Of long standing. 80 = %
''And I wish you wouldn't give ne
such long wait for :mine," replied the pffud,s pffud,s@
oer.o yI9ias %!i .sIBsI C.; 'oi faasf adj :,
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@The contented man is never moor,
the discontepted never rich.