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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
The Merchants Protective Union
MERCANTILE REFERENCE REGISTER

TFHE MERCHANTS PROTECTIVE UNION, organ
Il lied to promote and protect trade, by enabl-
ing its subscribers to attain facility and safety
in the granting of credits, and the recovery of
claims at all points, have to announce that
they will, in September, 1868, publish in one
large quarto volume:
THE MERCHANTS PROTECTIVE UNION MERCAN-
TILE REFERENCE REGISTER, containing among
other things, the Names, Nature Of Business,
Amount Of Capital, Financial Standing and
Rating as to Credit, Of over 400, 600 OF the
principal merchants, traders, bankers, manu-
facturers, and public companies, in more than
30 900 of the cities, towns, villages, and set
Elements throughout the United States, their
territories, and the British Provinces of North
America and embracing the most important
information attainable and necessary to enable
the merchant to ascertain at glance the Cap
ital, Character and Degree of Credit Of such OF
his customers as are deemed worthy of any
graduation of credit, comprising, also, Nea0s-
paper Directory, containing the title, charac-
ter, price, and place of publication, with full
particulars relative to each journal, being a
complete guide to the press Of every county in
the United States.
| The reports and information will be confined
| to those deemed worthy of some line of credit {;
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well known and reliable legal correspondents,
whose character will prove guarantee OF the
| correctness of the information furnished by
them, it is believed that the reports will prove
more truthful and complete, and, therefore,
superior to- and of much greater value, than
previously issued.
By aid of the MERCANTILE REFERENCE REG
IsTER business men will be abled to ascertain,
at glance, the capital and graduation Of credit,
as compared with financial worth of nearly
every merchant, manufacturer, trader and
banker, within the above named territorial
limits.
| On or about the first of each month, sub
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of such important change in the name and con-
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occur subsequent to the publication OF each
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ENCE REGISTER
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REFERENCE REGISTER free Of charge; holders OF
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
WANTED-AGENTs,

seventy-fve to twohundred dollars per month.
eyervwhs,e. male and female, to introduce the
.Ss 1s TMPROTED COMMON SENSE
E1MILY SEWING MACHINE: This ma
chine will stitch. hem,s fell, tuck, quilt. cord,
bind, BIZ aid. and embroider in most superior
mapner. Price only SIS. Fully ~ Warranted
for i've years. we VIII Pay Si more ' beauti H
ful' OF more elastic seam than ours. 1t makes
tie s.Elastic Lock Stitch" Every second stitch
can be cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled
apart WITHOUT tearing it. We pay Agents from
x16 to 5000 Der month and expenses, or COM
mias;on fIom which twice that amount can be
made. Address, SECOMB & co., Pittsburg,
Pa, or Boston, Mass. .
CAurlox.-Do not be imposed upon by other
parties palming off worthless cast-:ron machines
under the same name or otherwise. Oursis the
ooly genuine and really practical cheap ma
chino manufactured. nov lS-ly-k
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
J. Fl. GROVESTEEN,
WIN. A. POND & CO.,

Piano. Forte and Music Dealers. No. SIT Broad
vay, New York. Established nearly 50 years
P3AH0aRDAY2S
of OUT own make, equal to any, and prices muet
lower than those of other frst-class houses.
The Parlor Gem 7-Octave iano,
In handsome rosewood cases, medium size, is the
handsomest and best Piano ever made, and the
prices exceedingly low. Every instrument fui'
" warranted five years. Send for price list
We have always on hand all kinds OF muslCal
Instr unents in great variety.
RAND INSTRUMENTS of Brass and German
silver, warranted corr ect in tone, at prices much
below other manufacturers.
VIOLIN STRINGS.-We keep the very choic-
est and best strings that are made. Price Tor
oEgy. per set, Tor :;.l;-, r for Guitar. .50:
Eheet Mu,ic and Musical Works.-Our cata-
logue embraces over six thousand different
pieces, and it is immensely popular. New Mu-
sic published every Gay, and music mailed
postage paid, when the marked price is remit
ted.
Just Published, the new Elementary Piano
Method. by Jean Manns and Henry Klcber.-
The simplest and most progressive and bes
work ever published. Price So 80.
Nine O'Clock in the Morning The New Schoo
Singing Book, used in the Public schools Oh
New York. Price SO cents. Splendid discount
10 Teachers and others who Introduce the above
works. Send for catalogue and price-list.
AGENTS wanted. VIM. A. POND & CO.,
SAT Broadway, New York.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05

Many these lines and an Invalid physician while visiting tie
Island ST x for their health experienced and Witnessed ray surprising anu
produced many Of the who were nke
oseve health; end inquiry and investigated obtained ES n0y
delighted and surprised and after his own recovery
which occurred determined possible procure the sole right
and sell iii the United States.
made to the woc E
TAToN BITTEas being article merit founded upon new principles anu
world medicinal effects WORRIED RAPID IeV0
history medicine and household wed al over the CIVILIZED
cabals TleSo ia1 health ana tae DEMAND f
exceeded the abilities the rpors supply
Notwithstanding the st. craz Rum made expressly os the COIL
pounding Be the quantity inadequate therefore became necessary
should be and agent
that lie fortunate n securing ana
Of the largest and NEST productive estates On the
Houses stills and presses erected as By magic which ue: aston
he services experienced and navo the Island were pro-
cured the PLANTATION 5lES were IN position
to supply laboratory perfectly cz Rum needed in anutae
turing DysEPTIc TONIC AND oaToa The above cut represents
crushing and otherwise it Tor ana presses
Intermittent aa ar;ous Frs Dyspepsia and
other the PLANTATION BTERs unsurpassed II the
history bottles disposed annually They arc
adapted young male and female They agreeable TASTE and a"
produce immediate beneficial result
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
ESTABLISHED 1882.
STODART :

,.. STODART
HRw SCALE, ovERsrRUNG, FULL IRON FRAME
p3ABD-EGAY28a
STODART & MORRIS,
Manufacturers of Grand, Square, and Upright
PIANO-FORTES.
Our new scale Piano Fortes, in addition to
their peculiar merits, contain every really valu-
able modern improvement, rendering them the
most complete and perfect instrument ever offer
ed to the public, and for Purity of Tone, Deica-
cy of Touch, Durability and also standing the
test of Severe Climates, the NEW SCALE
STODART PIANO-FORTE stands unrivaled.
The Pianos of this manufacture have stood the
test of more than Quarter of Century, and
the manufacturers are at liberty to refer to over
Twenty Five thousand families who have had
them in use in nearly every part of the civilized
world. All letters will be promptly answered
by STODART s. MORRIS,
664 Broadway, corner of Great Jones, N. Y.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05

CITY-MADE KIP BOOTS, Brogans, La
" dies Rubber Boots and thick sole Morocco
Shoes; Men, Women and Children's Shoes.
ian 8 E. A. SMITH, Agent.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
Terrible Disclosures.

sEcsErs ron yHs MILLIoNs.-A most valua-
pages and so colored engrAvings DR.. Hunters
WADE MECUM. an original and popular trea-
tise man and woman--their Physiology
Functions, and Sexual disorders of every kind,
with never failing Remedies for their speedy
cure. The practice of DR.. Hunter has long been
and still is unbounded; but at the earnest solicit
tation of numerous persons, he has been induced
TO- extend his medical usefulness through the
medium Of his .'vade Mecum." One copy. Sc
curely enveloped, forwarded to any part Of the
United States for, 81 Address DR. HUNTER,
. Division street, New York City.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
STERN & CO..
rs Maiden Lane, New York.

70 001IUen 1zAHeS NJ" H0H@'
Sole Agents for
YD'SKENTUCKYB BOURBON WHISKYS;
And Importers of
WINES, BRANDIEs, GINS, &C.,
Special attention paid in filling orders for
Families, either by Bottles or Demij johns, and in
all cases, only Pure article.sol9.
0o-Goods carefully packed and Shipped as
directed.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
THE EARLY ROSE POTATOE FREE
The Great New York Agricultural and
horticultural Monthly.

I'm the first of October next, the RURAL
" AMERICAN, will be published as a
MONTHLY, and will be the LARGEST and
MOST ELEGANT paper of its class in the
United States. Price $3.50 year; 10 cop
les $3.50; 20 copies 500, or only ONE DOL
LAR year! Every subscriber in clubs of
ten, at $3.50. will receive free package of
EARLY ROSE POTATOES, POST PAID,
worth $1.25; and one worth Is cents to
$125 subscribers in clubs of TEN. The
paper will be sent FREE to all subscribers for
1869, from October 1st, 1868, to January
next, when money is sent in before October
lst and after that date FREE from the time
their money reaches ME!
For FIFTY CENTS | will send the paper
THREE MoNTHs-irom October to January
next-and FORTY CENT package of the
EARLY ROSE POTATOES, post paid
The Early Rose is the most valuable potatoe
in the world 1t sold last at from
$50 to 500 a bushel, and at So a pound
1t natures in FORTY DAYS; yields enor-
mously; aud is the best table variety known
to exist.
The Rural american is everywhere ad-
mitted to be the BEST, CHEAPEST, and
most PRACTICAL farmers and fruit-grow-
ers' paper in this country. Its editor-n-
chief is an old farmer aod fruit-grower OF
FORTY YEARS experience The publ
cation of this paper was removed in June
last, from Utica, N. Y, to New York City
and the Editorial and Business Office to New
Brunswick, New Jersey, (near New York.
where it's proprietor owns farm within the
city limits, of 1872 acres, worth $4,000
and also has large Cash Capital to ensure
Permanently to his publications.
The Premium List to Club Agents is the
most extensive and liberal ever offered. con-
sistns of the principal Weekly Newspapers
of New York, Ladies Magazines, Harpers
Publications, &c., with large list of Horti-
cultural products, as Grape Vines, Raspber-
ry, Blackberry, Hedge Plants, &c, witt
Cash, Sewing Machines, Agricultural Imple.
ments, Watches, &C., &C., being the Choic-
est variety ever laid before the public, anc
terms to Club Agents are far more liberia
than were ever before offered in the United
States Ten thousand Club Agents arc
wanted, either Immediately, or before Deem
Der next, to obtain subscriptions. Sample
papers, Blank Subscription Lists, with all the
details sent free, and post paid to all appli-
cants. Address, F. B. MINER, New Bruins
wick, New Jersey.
seD3-6m
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
ROOKSl BOOKS!!
The Empire Triumphant!

The superior merits of these'Sewing- Machines
arc now established beyond question. They
take the first prizes at every Fair for SIMPLICITY
form. alike ON both sides. The Machines run
noiseless, perfectly easy, and do the largest
Agents required; liberal discounts allowed.
Send for circulars, samples, Sc. to the princi-
EMPIRE SEWING MACHINE CO.,
294 Bowery, New York.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
T. SAVE YOUR MONEY!
Old Graudmother's Family Soap.

This Soap needs none of the long explanations
that many soaps do, but it will be found, on
trial, to excel any other soap in use for the pur,
nose of Extracting DIRT OR GREASE from all
kinds Of clothing and household articles The
eombination Of materials used in the manufac
ture Of this soap are perfect in their chemical
action and. leave all the linen and bseashed cot
ton in cleaner and winter condition than any
ether known soap, as thousands can testify that
nee IL There is nothing in it to injuFe clothing.
The receipt was had from an old housekeeper
MANY years ago. This soap will do the largest
amount Of washing of any soap in existence with
the same amount of weight. Give i trial. and
Won will be satisfied with the result
INQUIRE for OLD GRANDMOTHER SOAP.
cold By all the grocers. None genuine except
made by Hcissenbuttel & Co., AZ, a. 10 and 40
6ackett sti eet, Brooklyn.
N. B.-This soap does not cause the unpieas-
ant smell arising from the use Of common SOAP
which, in fact, makes it more agreeable tor
kmilie1. - =.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
R,JuDICK STEAM.ENGINE.

The, most compact, the simplest, and the
cheapest in the country Q, abroad. The rated
power and best workrnan ship guaranteed.
REANEY, SON & CO., Chester, Pa, ONCE
II Rroadvay. New York. Sole Manufactui ers.
DEVEREGX & CO., II William street. New
York General Agents.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
FOB SALE BY
w. W. PADGETT, Port Tobacco.
LIZ = :. !.
W. G.. BRENT, DRUGGIST.

MIR BRENT wishes 10 inform The public
lvl that his DRUG STORE has been newly
fitted up, and he now has on hand EVEkf.
MEDICINE NECESSARY for the public
good. He also has on hand q fine assortment
Of HAIR BRUSHES COMBS, TOOTH
BRUSHES, and all such articles as are neces-
sary for Toilet purposes Any Medicine you
may want will be ordered for you, if not %
hand Mr.. BRENT also takes this opportunity
of informing the public generally. that Doct-
ROBERT DICGES can be seen and consult
ed at his Drug Store. between the hours o.
and 6 P. M. Orders left at the Store for him
will receive prompt attention. au l5-u
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
ESTABLISHED 1913.
Seeds! Seeds!
Fresh and Genuine GARDEN SEEDS deliv
cred IN all parts Of the Country
at Baltimore prices. free Of
additional expense.

WE have on hand large stock of GAR
w DEN and FIELD SEEDS, partly Of our
own growth and partly selected with great
care from the most reliable English. French
and American Growers, and feel confident that
we can offer as great inducements to the farm
er as any other Seed House in the country.
We have prepared list Of prices at which
we will send Seeds by mail, free Of postage, to
any part of the cout.try. This, however. does
not apply to heavy Seeds, such as Peas. Beans,
Corn. &c., as the postage would be much great
err than the profits.
I+Don;t fail to SEND FOR CIRCU-
LAR, which will be sent Immediately upon ap-
plcation.
E. WHITMAN & SONS,
SEEDsMEN,
% and "a S. Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md
And manufacturers and dealers in every des.
cription Of Agricultural Implements
and Machinery.
n Country Merchants and Druggists supplied
on most liberal terms. dec liam
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
TRADE MARX.
(AM ERICAN AloE.)


This delicious preparation, made from the
root Of the American Aloe, (agave). is the f.
vorite, and almost universal beverage Of the
inhabitants of the mountains of Peru, Mexico,
and Lower Californis, where the plant grows
in wild 1uxuriance. Their physicizns con-
stantly recommend it as a stimulant, and
diuretic. in all diseases where such q remedy
is indicated. One of the Proprietors, in trsv-
cling through Mexico and Lower California
several years ago, had confded to him by .
Spanish Padre the Recipe for its preparation.
They now offer it to the public with the hope,
that its high reputation as q remedy on the
Pacific Coast, will be infinitely enhanced BY
its success upon the Atlantic Its undoubted
efficacy in Gravel Gout, Chronic rheumatism,
1ncipient Dropsy. Flatulence. Colo Pains; in
DISTINCTIONS in the Bladder, Kidneys, and
Urinary Organs; in Dyspepsia, and General
Debility, and in Exhausted Vital Energy-ia
unrivaled. It is considered by the Mexicans
to he an absolute specific for scurvE
INJECTIONS.
AS Diuretic, tablespoonful in vino
glass of sweetened water three times q day,
Just before meals. As a Simulant, from half
wineglass to awineglassful in little water.
as occasion may require. Observe the Seal
upon the cork of the bottle, that 1t has not
been previously broken. Full value wiz be-
paid for the empty bottles and boxes when
returned to the Proprietors,
BROWN g. KoLloCKs
1901 RIDGE AVENUE, Philade'phia.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
AGENTS WANTED.

Our Agents are making from 81 to SIS for
every hours service, and from $50 to $l20 per
day. We will employ few NOR e, with energy
and SIS capital. Every one is adapted for the
business that wants to make money easily.
Address at once, WILLIAM & CO.,
II Furman st., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-03-05
NOTICE.

NOTICE..
v1,HE undersigned has on hand. for SALE,
i good lot Of Hogshead Siding, Hoops
and Heading. Also Plank and Wheel
wright Stuff. r. A. SASSCEh.
je 30-tf
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-28
THE BALLOT AS A BOLT.

From the NJ Y. World.
We hope the Charleston C0urjers New
York correspondents talk with metropoli-
tan workingman got under the eyes of all our
readers recently. We wish, moreover, that
it might come to the notice of all the readers
of the 1r56une-for it would help to make
clear to their minds the truth that radical
aristocrats and fanatics most stand in need
of knowing-that the better class of Ameri-
can mechanics are not nourished by the high
sounding nonsense about a free country,
free ballot-box, and free institutions, which
it is the specious policy lof the Tribune to
puff them up with.
What better off are we, said the working
man who talked with the correspondent, than
the working men Of the Old World? We do
not earn more; our children do not learn
more; everything goes away in taxes; and
even no amusements are provided for u.s. A
republic, as we have it, is farce for an
honest workingman. 1t is paradise for the
demagogue, the schemer, the politician!
And what help for it?
Once there was a duke-a mean and cruel
despot - who exacted such increasing and
enormous tithes from the peasantry of his
domain that one year they came nigh to star
walton. Being appealed to by a deputation
of their number, and seeing how their case
lay, the duke, with refinement of iucon-
siderate contempt, instructed his retainers to
cast to the hungry wretches the rotten refuse
of the vegetables which he had robbed from
them and deposited III his cellars. But when
the people perceived this imposition, one of
them, indignant, cried in a loud voice.
''These are not fit for food. Let us use them
to get our rights" And, leading the way,
tke speaker set such a doughty example to
the rest that the duke and his retainers were
soon pelted into submission with hail-storm
of bad potatoes and pumpkins, for which the
assailants got good ones in return.
The working-man complains that the ballot
has proved rotten pumpkin, not fit for food
for him and his family. Very well-let him
initiate the peasants example, and use the
ballot as a missile to hurl at hisstyrants head.
1t has become useless in his hands simply
because, perhaps, he has cast it for the last
eight or nine years into the radical pool, or
cellar, only to have it thrown back in his face
as 'boon" whenever he has lifted voice of
protest against his privations. Isn't it high
| time to employ this boon to ''bring down
| the hydra, taxation, instead of further fatten-
| ing him up?
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-28

their scores there was quiet movement toward the
door, put there was no panic. The hall was cleared
A Burlesque by Punch.
Modern improvements in theatres are thus bur-
Iehqued by Punch, in connection with the arrange
mems men OIL the theatre to be opened in London by
- 'Ihe audience will no longer sit in old-fashioned
.poHes, put on Sides of mountains, the seats being
parutoned Of by heather and Overshadowed by
iolage IhOse at their bases viii converge as TO
iOrln valley, where on hillocks apparently hocks)
III uengntlul daisy meadows the stall audience will
sI Inc plt VIII represent mushroom beds but this
uhceftaln The orchestra will be over the roof TO
represent the music OF the spheres) and round the
sungnt river Of scented waters will run in front
OF the stage, wherein swans and ducks will swim,
unu Ine front row OF stalls alone, for extra
payihent, VIII be allowed to. FISH during the
% eng dotes. The gallery will be made to represent
clOuus' so as really to Keep up the Olymplan
h9uon OF gods being there seated. The upper boxes
VIII represent fir plantations; the dress CIRCLE red
sahusUone rocks, with dark green moss, the back
pemg vlvarium. The boX-keepers and officials will
pe IN pastoral costume; the refreshment room VIII
De a SWISS cottage; the ladies' cloak-room chest
III the valley; and the gentlemens reading, writing
anu smoklng-room cool grot where they win be
waited upon by fairy-like forms. Flowers will be
everywhere; also real ants, grasshoppers, earwgs
ana butterflies, only to be let out during the
cur dote with strings to their legs. In summer the
theatre VIII be iced In winter it will be warmed
anu sun retain In appearance all the characteristics
OF summer"