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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-08

VI.
they ever heard Of his connection with the
can Assocaton-mght have been weighed In an spothe
and PSSs' Su SoW ss c
subject has been InOOted. l am free to do what
1 bestated to DO before; When heard OF TIL. ths
position simply childish The americans viii look upon
they are proS rs
Operative powers they would should think prefer to
mental pbo Americans wished to connect their
with the "biggest Are record" In some permanent
Is an English member Of the Ango-Amercan Associs-
ton, to making Of this enterprise. That
and important than the presentation Of addresses to
wandering Americans, Or general mendicancy among
nsnformed some Of the most authors ap
piled to have responded in terms far from enthusiastic
and would mat the ;CsDsr thu Il
executed the better. am, 6ir yours faithfully,
Temple, Nov 20. EDWARD JENKINS.
To he Editor Of The Daily Etws
SIR: l am aware that it is nm act Of pre-
sumption to differ from Mr. Edward jenkins, and
should be dismsyed thought that the odium Of his
st Ts %s pn na a a n
know that be disked the Chicago Library project nor
even that he was q member Of the Association from
have supposed that my disclaimer Of responsibility
would he thought ostentatious and least Of ali did look
sSr Of %oaoy Of bis most ea p
culiarites As for the scheme have not criticised 1t.
aud 1t is not my business to defend It, Mr. Jcnkins de-
nounces 10 childish. Men who do not speak with
much authority, but who nevertheless stand we'll with
the public have given IT their s1pport-smong them Mr.
the Duke OF Argyll. Your columns this morning con.
tanned the evidence OF the Queens goodwill.
that had no part the plan and ought TO have none,
and felt bound retire from an Association which had
publicly taken charge Of 1t, seems to Mr. Jenkins an
describes the scheme proposal TO vet on foot gen
erai Deudicauey among British authors for copies VI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-08

DAMAGE BY THE HAGERSTOwN FIRE-ONE NAN
KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
The All-Seeing Eve.

One day, the astronomer Mitchell was
engaged in making some observations on
the sun, and as it ascended toward the
horizon, just as it was setting, there came
into the range of the great telescope the
top of hillabout seven miles away On
the top of that hill was large number Of
apple trees. and in one Of them were two
boys stealing apples. One was getting
the apples, and the other was watching to
make certain that nobody saw tn IN, feel
ing that they were undiscovered. But
there sat Professor Mitchell. seven miles
away. with the great eye of his telescope
directed fully upon them, seeing every
movement they made as plainly as if he
had been under the tree with them. So
it is often with men. Because they do
not see the eye which watches with a
sleepless vigilance, they think they are
not seen. But the great. open eye Of God
is upon them, and not an action can be
concealed. There is not deed. there is
not word, there is not thought which
is not known to God.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
Mark Twain.

Dom Piatt. who met Mark Twain at a
dinner party in Washington city the other
day. thus sketches the we'll known hum.
Orist:
This was my first meeting with Mark
Twain. One would not pick Mark out
from crowd as humorist: indeed. one
would not venture to pick him out as a
literary character at all. He looks more
like member of the Ohio Legislature Gf
you know what that is) than anything
else. That is, a sort of man who had mar
rowly escaped being made County Com
missioner, and so was returned to the Leg
islature. He is not only careless about
his clothes, but he is positively ignorant
on the subject, and labors under the i'm
preston that the garment that hangs so
loosely npon his shoulders is coat
From under his bushy hair bis face peers
out, presenting square, we'll proportion
ed forehead, keen gray eyes, and hooked
nose, a we'll developed mouth, exhibiting
good deal of decision. and chin that
rounds out, supporting the whole, in no
part Of which will you find particle Of
the humor for which he is distinguished.
His face, on the contrary, is a sad one,
and when all are in roars about him be
continues in state of dense solemnity.-
His voice is the most extraordinary voice
1 ever heard. tits cross between Horace
Greeley and Tim Lincoln. He drawls his
words out in the most preposterous man.
ner, that gives drollery to what he says
utterly beyond description. Mark Twain's
name is Clemens.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
Josh BILLINGS

Is the nom de plume of Fl. W. Shaw.
Shaw is northern mag. whose peculiar
sayings and orthography have given him
notoriety which stands him instead Of
fame. A writer photographs him as fol-
lows:
He is one Of the queefest looking men
that have ever seen, and impresses one
with the fact that naturs intended him to
make others laugh. 4. s. the came time
to instruct them He Is about forty five
years of age, six feet tall. with large nose,
sunkcn eyes, heavy eyebrows, high cheek
bones, large mouth and ears His fore
head is low. his hair reaches to his should
ers, is combed backwards and is black
mixed with gray. He wears moustache
and all over his chin has whiskers about a
quarter of an inch long and the color Of
his hair. He stoops slightly in his
shoulders and dresses in black, and but
tons his vest up to his collar, the latter
being very large and roughly turned
down. His appearance alone is enough
to make you laugh. His voice is rather
gruff, and he speaks slowly but distinctly.
He can make.one feel jolly when others
would utterly fail.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
gelecteh Misrellany.
UNDERSTAND DEUTCHE5 Ell!
A Remarkable Adventure and Ludic.
rOus Result.

Though born and raised in Dutch Hol,
low. New York State, I never learned the
German language. for the descendants o
old Dutch families. who were its denizens
in my day. spoke the English language
only. The hollow is so limited 10 space
and so closely hemmed in by big hills.
was unable during my residence in it te
see much of the world But I left there
a few years ago, to extend my observation
in this respect. and owing to my verdant
appearance and rural innocence, my travels
have not been devoid of adventures. BuI
one Of the most romantic of these adven.
lures occurred while recently returning
from the East. Taking morning express
train from Rochester. my attention was
directed toward a beautiful girl. who oc-
cupied a seat near the end of car al
which l had entered. She was charmingly
dressed in foreign travelling suit, ant
wore elegant jewelry. of which. however
diamond ring Of remarkable beauty was
the most conspicuous. thought her dark
eyes too small, but in every other respect
both her person and attire appeared to me
faultless
"Grace was in her step, heaven in her eye,
In every gesture dignity and love-"
An irresistible impulse to stare possess.
ed me. In vain did l call myself ungen-
tlemanly, fool. and other pet names
Fielding has written, and we all know its
truth, THAT to withdraw admiration frou
exquisite beauty is as impossible as to fee
no warmth from the most rscorching rays
of the SUM- And when. as Dryden says
"An Paradise is opened in face"
how natural is the desire of going thither
and how difficult to quit the lovely pros.
pect. When the conductor came through
and looked at her ticket, I managed te
pass by him and peer over his shoulder
be- ticket was for Chicago. I wished il
had been FOR St. Paul. Then I saw tha
she had observed NJ movements and de-
tected my object: SO I hanuccd the conduc
tor my ticket and passes. naming each IN
tone loud enough for her to hear, so that
she might know that too was going te
Chicago. She paid not the slightest at
tention to it and resumed my seat. ano
sought the attractive columns of the Ro
chester Democrat. 1t was useless-they
we're minor attraction. But | perusee
them all. between stolen glances at her,
and then could not tell what l had beer
reading about. left the car at Suspen
sion Bridge and walked across it, ther
got aboard of the next car ahead and stoot
where / could look through the doors a
her.
When the train started she looked aux
iously at my vacant seat. where had lef
all my baggage, and observed every ON
who entered the car. Aha! thought ]
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24

H-A farmer cut down a tree which
stood so near the boundary line of his
farm that it was doubtful whether it be-
longed to him or to bis neighbor. The
neighbor, however, claimed the tree. and
prosecuted the man who cut it for dam
ages. The case was sent from court to
court. Time was wasted, temper lost
but the case was finally gained. by the
prosecutor. The last We heard of the
transaction was that the man who gained
the cause went to the lawyers Office to
execute deed Of his whole farm, which
he had been compelled to sell to pay, his
costsl Then, houseless and homeless. he
thrust his hands into bis pocket, and tri-
umphantly exclaimed, I've beat him"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
The Work Done Inside.

One Of my friends is very earnest.
shrcwd man, who seems always TO, know
how to 90 the best thing st tbe night time.
One day he was passing gin-shop in Man
chester. England. when he saw drunken
man lying on the ground. The poor fel-'
low bad evidently been turned out Of doors
when all bis money was gene. In ~
ment my friend hastened across the strdst.
and. entering grocer's shop, addressing
the master, said:
will you oblige me with hsisre0t
sheet Of paper you haveT ~ Ii
what for, my friendis What's the,
matter? p
.'Oh. you shall see.in minute or two.
Please let it be the very largest sheet Jon
have" - -
The sheet Of paper was soon procured :
'Now will you lend me piece IT.
chalk p said my friend. ~
why. olsateuer ere you going 70 Do r
''You shall see presently"
He then quickly printed. 10 large lss-
ters: " : I '''''.A
Specimen of the ,oork done insials. siN
He then fastened the paper over she
drunken man, and retired short distance. r
In few moments several passers-by stop.
ped and read aloud: j l5st asbn.,
Specimen Of the york done iasiids. !" ,aa
In very short time crowd assembled. /
and the publican. hearing the noise and
laug hter outside. came ont to see What i
was all about. He eagerly bent down and
read the inscription on the paper. and then
demanded, in an angry voice: '"1Qa
"Who did that?" ~s
Which," asked my friend. who now,
Joined the crowd. IF you mean what i
on the paper. I did that; but If you mean
the MAN, you did that I This morning
when be arose. he was sober-when pc
walked down this. street, on his way 70
work. be was sober-whene be went into
your gin-shop he was sober, And noso be-
| is what you made him. Is he not . true
specimen Of the work done insidef" Z 9
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
The Best Society.

mo company. or good company" was
a motto given by a distinguished man to
all his young friends, It was motto be
had always endeavored to follow as far as
in his power, and it was very wise one.
The directions of the Bible are many with
regard to evil company. and all through
lit we are taught to shun such society, lest
we get a snare to our souls.
Another man Of high position in the
world, made it . rule to associate with
high minded, intelligent men, rather than
with fashionable idlers; and be had de-
rived more intellectual improvement from
them than from all the books he had ever
read.
Sir Forwell Buxton often spoke of the
great benefits he had derived from his
visits to the Gurney family. Their words
and example stimulated him to make the
most Of his powers. 1T has given color
to my whole life," he said. Speaking of
his success at the University. he remark
ed, Il can ascribe it to nothing but my
visits to this family. where I caught the
infection of self-improvement."
Surely, If your visits have such an in
duence upon your characters for life, it
should be matter of serious importance
to US in what families we allow ourselves
to be intimate. Boys and girls form at
tachments very easily, and often with lit
tie forethought. In this. as in all things
else. you should not fail to take advice of
those who are older and wiser, and never.
never choose for friend one against whom
you have been warned by those who dear
ly love you.
There are people whose very presence
seem to lift you up into q better. higher
atmosphere. Choose such associates when
ever it is in your power. and the more
you can live in their society the better. for
both mind and heart. HE that walketh
with wise men shall be wise; but COM
panion Of fools shall be destroyed"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
A Boys Compoition On the Goak

A goat is longer than q pig. and gives
milk. He looks at you. So does the
doctor, but goat has four legs. Ny goat
butted Deacon Tillinghast in : bad place,
and q little calf wouldn't do 80. A boy
without father is an orphan. and If be-
hsin't got no mother be, IS two orphans.
The goat don't give 50 much milk. d !
COW, but more than an OK. / saw an OK
at fair one day. and We went in on q
family ticket. Mother picks geese ID The
summer. aud the goat eats grass aud
jumps on box. Some folks don't Ike
goats. but as for me, give me 4 mule viii,
a paint-brush tail, The goat is,a, useful.
animal. but don't smell as sweet as beas'g
oil for the hair. III I had too much hair.
I would wear wig. IS old Captain Peters
does. will sell my goat for three dol
lars, and 60 TO the circus to see the ele-
plant. which Is larger than Eve goat, |,
80 THoMAs SHINx.. = :
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
Things Worth Knowing.

| LII 1OOZ, the 0OVeFuOr OI MaSSacuu-
sets. Sir Henry Vane, an aristocratic
Puritan, as austere as saint, and as am-
bilious as Napoleon. was hanged for high
treason.
In 1868. the Province Of South Caro-
lima was erected, with a Ree-conscience
clause in its charter.
In 1864. Nova Cassova. or New Jer-
sey, was settled by lord Berkiey and fol-
lowers. '~a'7's.s-
In 1878, New York and New Jersey,
then belonging to the English. were taken
by the Dutch; one year after they were
restored by treaty.
In 1852, the settlement of Pennsylva-
MIA was commenced by William Penn.
Persians give name to every day of
the month, just the same as we do Of the
week.
April is so called from Aperit, the
Spring.
Ten beats Of healthy pulse are equal
to/nine seconds of time.
The first writer who used algebraic
signs, was Nuremberger. named Stife-
Illus, in 1914.
The least friction is found in polished
iron and brass.
A man five feet six inches high, on
level ground or on the sea shore, can see
about three miles distant.
Black rats are tanned in Germany. and
have bells hung about their necks. They
drive away other rats.
The Angora cat has one eye blue and
the other yellow.
The pip in poultry is an ugly disease
that produces a thick film under the
tongue.
Perfectly white cats are. as general
thing. deaf.
A horse generally sleeps while stand
ing.
The bones of birds are hollow, and FILL
ed with air instead of marrow.
Fish and birds can see through the
nictitating membrane which they draw
over their eyes to screen them from the
sun.
A louse lays sixty eggs or nits in six
days. and they are hatched in six days
more.
The Aea. grasshopper and locust jump
two hundred times their length, in the
ratio Of quarter Of mile to man.
| n the migration 81 birds. the males
arrive several days in advance of the fe-
males
Hair has been successfully transplanted
and grown from one part of the body to
another.
The atoms composing the human form
are supposed to undergo an entire change
every forty days.
The pulse of children goes just double
as quick as in person Of sixty-the one
is one hundred and twenty to the minute.
the other sixty.
| Cassada roots are made into bread In
Brazil. and the starch is our 7apiocd.
Wheat and barley grow more in the
daytime than the night.
| Hops entwine to the left and convolvu-
lus to the right.
Deciduous trees are those whose leaves
wither and full once year, in contrast
with evergreen.
Extract of lettuce is a cure for coughs,
and an effective sedative. -
Galena is the native Sulphuret of lead,
and contains antimony. silver and sine.
Mount Athos, in Macedonia. Is just a
mile in height. 1t has twenty-four Greek
monasteries. with six thousand monks.
The metals retaining heat the longest
are, in their order, brass, copper, iron,
tin and lead
Quicksilver freezes at 800 below zero,
ether at 47o.
A poker laid over fire concentrates
the heat of the passing smoke and con-
siderably increases the draught through
the fire.
Frost descends, heat ascends.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24

How Love sHoG CAN FAsr.-MnGi
Wm. Hardin. Of Lexington, Ky. missed
shout four weeks ago one Of his fat hogs.
He supposed it was stolen. Afew dsys
ago whilst hunting 10 one Of his fields hi5
dogs were ATTRACTED to sink -hole, and On
examination the hog was discovered st tie.
bottom. in which there was quantity Of
mud aud water. The hog was drawneut
and afterward we'll filed lnd 10 nov doing
we'll, though it lay twenty-eight dayl
without food. isr,s. . .sF 81. I;
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
gelfrten puetry,
THE POOR MANS SABBATH DAY.
BY GERALD MASSEY.

The merry birds are singing,
And from the fragrant sod
The Spirits of thousand flowers
Go sweetly up to God;
While in his holy temple
We meet to praise and pray
With cheerful voice and grateful lay,
This Summer Sabbath Day
We thank Thee, Lord, for one day
To look Heaven in the facel
The poor have only Sunday;
The sweeter is the grace.
'Tis then they make the music,
That sings their week away.
Oh, there's a sweetness infinite
In the Poor Mans Sabbath Day!
IT'S as burst of sunshine,
A tender fall of rain,
That set the barest life a-bloom;
Make old hearts young again.
The dry and dusty roadside
With smiling flowers is gay;
IT'S open Heaven one day in seven,
The Poor Mans Sabbath Day!
IT'S here the weary Pilgrim
Doth reach his House of Ease ! ri
i Udt DlcSScu aOuSe, Cdllcu DcduIllul,
And that soft Chamber, "Peace."
The River of Life runs through his dream,
And the leaves of Heaven are at play!
He sees the Golden City gleam,
This shining Sabbath Day!
Take heart, ye faint and fearful,
Your cross with courage bear:
So many face now fearful
Shall shine in glory there;
Where all the sorrow is banished,
The tears are wiped away;
And all eternity shall be
An endless Sabbath Day
All there are empty places,
Since last we mingled here;
There will be missing faces
When we meet another year
But heart to heart before we part,
Now altogether pray
That we may meet in Heaven, to spend
The Eternal Sabbath Day!
gazed at the waves of the rising tide
Beating the beach in a measured stroke;
And some were high and some were low,
But ever, on touching the earth, they broke
And so, thought, are our human hopes
Rolling in waves from the day of our birth
Some may be high and some may be low.
But ever they break if they land on the earth
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
The next thing knew the car porter

The next thing l knew the car portcii
was roughly shaking me. bidding me to
get up, and shouting '.Chicago" in my
ears When was fully awake. he add.
ed, "Golly!' you's the ssundest sleeper
I've seen yet!' As I ssised my head my
shirt-bosom stared opess My Alaska
studs, which cost two dollars each. were
gone. looked at my CATS. and my gold
sleeve buttons. bought 1t a dollar store,
were gone. Dove under my pillow and
my vest was gone. Ernd it on top Of
the bed clothes. Looked in the watch
pocket. and my Collin, metal gold watch
and chain, cost twenty-five dollars. were
gone. Looked in the inside pocket, and
my wallet. containing over sixty dollars,
sundry papers. postage stamps and rail-
road passes. was gone q: Asked the porter
where the German LADY was.
..She left the train last evening at
She was gone! About all I had lef,
was bad taste in my mouth. Found a
passenger who had flask that wasn't for
eign, and went into the smoking car and
lit cigar. Ever since that. whenever !
think of that foreign lady, I smoke. !
stayed in Chicago threa days. looked for
her and waited for my friends to send me
twenty -fye.d dollars. Then, / came to St.
Paul. and whenever anybody asks me how
I liked Chicago, I baveto them it was
the smartest, city in the Union. And al
every opportunity | have advised gentle.
men not to try to be gallant to foreign Ia
dies. unless they can speak their language
For if they do, my word for it. they will
not be able to rightly understand them
The other day | received deliciously
perfumed envelope. postmarked Chicago
It contained sundry papers that were in
my pocket book, OF ne value to any one
but myself, and the following interroga.
ton point:
Understand Deutc6e. eh p
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
The BRIGHT Side.

Look on the bright side, tits the right
side. The times may be hard. but it viii
make them no easier to wear : gloomy and
sad countenance. lis the sunshine. aid
not the cloud, that makes the flower.
The sky Is blue tanstines shsss lis blaek
once. You have troubles. 90 hass otbsssl
None are free from them. Troablea givsi
sinew and tone,t to life -fortitade aud eous-
age to man. That would be . dull ses.
and the sailor would never get skill WHARF
there was nothing to disturb the surface
of the ocean. Whist though things do
look little dark ? tue lane viii turn. and
night will end in broad day. Men are not!
made to hang down their heads There
is more virtue in one sunbeam than s
whole hemisphere Of clouds and gloom. ''t' !
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
RTruth will ever be unpalatable

% Truth will ever be unpalatable to
those who are determined not to relin-
quish error, but can never give offence to
those who are honest and we'll meaning /;
for the plain dealing remonstrances of q
friend differ widely from the rancor Of an
enemy, as the friendly probe of physi-
clan from the dagger Of an assassin.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24
rFThe Lord Chief Justice of Eng

ENT Lord Chief Justice OF Eng
land, says the London Freenason, has
decided that Bible, even though it be =
large one. is personal luggage such as .
traveller may reasonably reqpire to take
with him, and the value Of which, if lost
by the railway company. must be made
good by them. This was so laid down in
an action brought by . passenger who
had managed to get four large trunks
taken, without extra charge, as. his lug-
gage. Onelof the trunks was-lost. Some
Of the articles. g., q. History Of ireland
--were held not to be protected; but :
Bible and Union Jack were considered
to be things which traveller might posi-
bly, require With him,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-03-24

Be sure and send your orders early, which
will be attended to the same as if you would
call and select them yourself, as we have de-
partment exclusively for orders. In ordering
from this Establishment parties will please no
tice Terms, inuariably cash at stated prices
The. safest way to order is Post Office Money
Orders, Registered Money Letters, or by Ex-
press G. @. D. Parties will please give full di-
rectonA in regard to the shipment of their
goods All parties ordering goods from us
have the privilege of exchanging them within
twelve months.
L. WEINBERGER,S
BOOT AND SHOE HOUSES,
1O3 VeDaltimore St., near Holiday ST., and
Jdkiier OF Eutavv and Saratoga ST..
aiaffre9 BALTIMORE, Md.
snh lo-ly.