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, 1874-04-11

"If hayo entered too much into details, Mas
ter Frantz, it is because they bring to my mind
the days Of my youth. DR.. Weber was at once
my cousin and my tutor, and upon his return
Spinbronn The black Agatha inspired me at
first with some fear; her irregular featurcs in
tere5ted but repclled mo. However, she Was 80
good-natured, she knew so well how to make
sweet-cakes, she hurumed with her cultural
voice such strange little songs, clapping her
hands and keeping time with her large limbs.
that ended by taking her into my confidence
and regard.
"Dr Weber MAS naturally attracted towards
Sir Thomas Hawerburch. who WAS his most
profitable, II not his only. patient anu 5o1a 1a
observed that these two singular men held
often long conversations together. They talked
Of
of tha transmission Of fluids: and they gave vent
to odd gestures which thay had observed, the
one aud tho other, in their travels.-Sir Thomas
in the East and my tutor in South America.
This puzzled me much. As It often happens TO
children, Was always on the watch for that
which they seemed to wish to conceal from me;
but finally, despai1iug OF discovery. TOOK occa,
sion to in.eErocate Agasna. and tho poor Old
womau aftes having made ME promise to say
nothing, confessed to me- that my tutor Was
Eo1ca-or.
"Certainly tbs Doctor exercised singular IN
dueace upon tho mind Of the negress. and this
woua.r. usually 80 gay ana x!.aJs feaoy " bo
amused at anything, t,emb}ed Like leaf when
the gray eyes Of her uaaster accidentally rested
upon her.
All this, Master Frantz, seems to you to have
no connection With the waters OF Spinbronn.
But wait, wait! You viii see BY what singular
courso OF circumstance my history il connected
with them,
II have told yon that birds were drawn into
the cavern. and even larger animals. After tho
dnh departure Of tho bathers some old inhabl-
tsnts Of the village remembered that young
girl named Louisa Muller, who lived With IN in
L. hilisads, ksa saddsn9 dlssppeaza tams
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31
VISIT TO THE POPE.
The ExpCr!rn,rs OF an American,

Nr Z II NfnlIYrI WhO wos rr,rnt-
J.. -..., d.. D.. M, =
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>criheS the audience and the sensation
produced:
There WIS , hmm oc voices = few of
the Popr's on,rds entered followed
by mon IL spI,uJiI dresses. tha natnra
nf which there WAS scarcely time TO
.r,t;a, f,r NJ onna . f,,,ra cI,l in
whita followed Inv = small ormv Of at-
trndants clad in various colors enter
ed. and we were ON our knees in Il mo-
ment fnrthis vasnouaothar than pone
Pins TX.
There is something marvelouslv
magnetic in the atmosphere of this
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31

AS people, we do not get enough
sleep, we do not get enough rest, we
will not take time for these things;
hence our nervousness, our instability,
our hasty temper, and the premature
giving out of the stamina Of life. Half
of us are old at three-score, the very
time man ought to be in his mental,
moral and physical prime. Half OF
our wives, especially in the farming
districts, die long before their time,
because they do not get rest and sleep
proportional to their labor. Nine
times out of ten, it would be better for
all parties if the farmer should get up
and light the fires and prepare break
fast for his wife, she coming directly
from her toilet to the breakfast table,
because it almost always happens that
she has to remain up to see things
right long after the husband has gone
to bed. This is a monstrously cruel
imposition on wives and Mothers
H0A's Jour. Of Health.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31
Social Fallicies.

We commit the still greater error of
plunging into ice-water every morn
ING. then scrub all the skin off with II
horSehair brush or coarse board towel :;
sit down to breakfast Of oatmeal saw
dust; dine off a tablespoonful of wheat
and two berries, and make u supper
on Catnip tea, then be put through a
Russian bath of 500 degrees; sleep un-
der IN open window when the thermo-
meter is AT zero: wear long hair; dress
the women in pantaloonS; make all our
property over to them, then sit down
in the kitchen corner and nurse the
baby, and when it is asleep, wash up
the tea things, and go to bed at 9 o'clock
to be out of the way What will be-
come of lis men: Surely We have
fallen on evil times. a better and
truer mode of life is to have everything
that is good to eat and to drink, which
imparts nourishment and strength,
and as much of it us You want. The
idea of getting up from the table hun
CRY is unnatural and absurd and hurt
ful-quite as much so as getting up
in the morning before your sleep is
out, on the mischievous principle that
"earlv to rise makes man healthy,
wealthy and WISE"
Early rising, in civilized society, al
ways tends to shorten life. Early ris-
ing gofitselfnever did any good. Many
farmers boy has been made invalid
for life by being made to get up at
daylight before his sleep was out.
Many young girl has been stunted
in body and mind and constitution by
being made to get up before the sys-
tenn has had its full rest. All who are
growing, all who work hard, and all
weakly persons, should not get up un-
til they feel as if they would be more
comfortable to get ap than to remain
in bed; that is the only true measure
of sufficiency of rest and sleep. Any
one who gets up in the morning feel
ing rs if he ''would give anything in
the world" to remain in bed while
longer, does violence to his own nature,
and will always suffer from it-not
Immediately, it may be, but certainly
in later years, by the cumulative i'll
effects of the most unwise practice. In
any given case, the person who gets
up in the morning before he is fully
rested will lack just that much of the
energy requisite for the days pursuit.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31
gelerteh 1oftry.
THE OLD MAN AT THE FAIR.

I'm very dusty and tired, wife! We just come
home from the fair;
So 6 i've me my pipe and tobacco, and I'll smoke
in my easy chair
It's tiresome work playin' for feeble old men
like me;
It's tiresome work seein where everyone
wishes to see.
Our fairs are runnin' down; they are not like
the fairs of DID,
Where you took prizes for bread and butter
as yellow as gold;
There were hundreds of useful things, that
were well worth seein' then,
Now, dozens of racin' horses, and hundreds of
bettin' men.
What all this sportin' will lead to is more than
l now can tell ),
But, somehow. it seems to me like the down.
ward road to h well.
l may be little harsh, but m speaking the
simple truth,
For bettin', racin', and drinkin', are the foes
of our noble youth.
We shall come to a nation of gamblers, if mat
tiers keep on this way;
Why, what do you think "A youngster accused
me of bettin to-day;
When laid my hand on the head-that hasn, t
seen ten years yet
And called him a fine little fellow-he answer
ed me back, ''Y ou bet!''
"Tut little man," said I, ''that thing have
never done;
Come stand by your grandpa's knee. let ME
reason with you, my SON.
He Strengthened up in his clothes and said,
with look so queer,
81 didn't come here for preachin' old man
walk off on your ear -
We never heard talk like that when you and
were young;
Ny father and mother-bless em-put a bride
upon my tongue.
I'm old, and L m gettin' blind, but difference
can see
'Twixt the boys of eighteen hundred and
eighteen seventy-three.
How is it about the girls? They, too, from the
path have strayed;
l didn't see one showin' the butter her hands
had made;
They stood in their pony phatons, with a wo-
mans ease and grace;
And shouted as loud as any when favorite
won a race.
All eyes were watching the track; the race was
every mans theme;
And said to myself, ''Is this fair; or is it
only dream -
saw bout a dozen boys lookin' around at the
sheep and swine.
And the frosts of seventy Winters had silyered
their heads like mine.
Why on earth don't they change the name
when the wrong name it has got?
No longer call it fair, but agricultural trot:
Then men won't be taken things for sensible
folks to see,
With nobody there to see EN- but crippled old
men like me-
There, take my pipe and tobacco III sleep in
my easy chair;
It's tiresome work talkin' about degener-
ate fair;
You needn't disturb me- wife, till the bells of
the evening chime.
For may go back in my dreams to the fairs
of oldeu time.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31

another, a general of distinction, he
spoke rapidly and with great spirit,
and vet he spoke to this man of war
as if he was speaking to a child, a son
who had merited his fathers love, and
it was charming to witness the inter-
coarse.
Some of the gentlemen were intro
duced by the proper officer, who learn
ed from their official document their
nationally and the few items relating
to them which might interest His
Holiness. Then came my turn. Be-
fore my presentation | was Immediate
" recognized, and with twinkle in
his eve and Il gracious familiarity, he
leaned on my shoulder and said to my
companion, whom he greeted cordial
ly: "Ah, this is an Americana | was
never so flattered in all my life, for of
late | have been taken for an English
man in England, a Frenchman in
France, and even an Italian in Italy;
but it was wonderfully good to be
classified at last. But then you see
the Pope is infallible, and that accounts
for it.
We had some little conversation, as
much as a man may recall easily; it
was all in French, but should have
enjoyed it in any language under the
sun. He was glad to hear that | came
from California; spoke of Bishop Ale.
many; told me to be good; and shall
enjoy trying, hereafter, though it is Il
bore sometimes. Then he passed his
magnetic hand over my rosaries and
the little statuette of st. Peter, ust
like the big one which we all kiss; and
then he left me for the next fellow, and
and the supreme moment was over.
1t took so few seconds to do all this,
and vet the benediction is indelible.
What capital arrangement of Divine
Providence, \ score of cardinals and
other dignitaries walked with His
Holiness, and | was presented to one
cardinal who, upon learning that |
was Californian, struck ME playful
" in the stomach and sald, in very
good English, "then | am delighted
to see vou." California sounds little
like heaven away off here. | realize
this more and more every day.
There was nothing after this but to
find my way out of the Vatican, which
did ultimately, all aglow with deli
cious enthusiasm. | thought how
many millions of good Catholics would
give their all to have been in my happy
shoes, and | wished | had been more
worthy of Representing those in Cali
fornia for the few months it was my
privilege and pride to do so. In my
way back to my room | read on my
walls, on the door posts, on the pave
ments and wherever there was an in
yiting space, the significant legend,
scrawled in chalk, or paint, or char
coal: Viva Pic X" 1t targues some
thing that these letters, like the hand
writing on the walls of old, flash in
the face of the new King, and that
they are echoed in the ends of the
earth. In vain has the new Govern
ment sought toobliterate them. They
flash in the face of the sun every morn
inc. and to each and all of these pro-
phetic voices | cry amen.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31
& gelerten gtury~
From the Peoples Monthly.
JOHN HINES SUSIE.
BY ELLINE LYNDE.

"Why don't you say no and be done
with it? Don't go beating round the
bush with me, John Hines." And
Rachel Pickering took her stand, and
looked as if she were not to be trifed
with. She was one of those blunt, out
spoken women whose words often
sound harsh and grating, but who fire.
quently have very loving, tender hearts.
She was angular-looking, and had a
sharp-featured face and scant sup
ply Of hair; and what there was of it
looked as though it had taken sudden
alarm and retreated to the back part
of the head. There it remained in
solitary grandeur, so small and sparse,
that it seemed almost as if every hair
might be easily counted.
Rachel scorned extra braids and
switches, and all the little make-ups
of a feminine head of the present day,
and was SO opposed to shams of all de-
scriptions that she vowed if all her
teeth were to fall out, she would never
be inveigled into buying false set
If any one could discourse pleasantly
on the subject Of teeth, Rachel could
with her two shining rows that looked
as if they would last a lifetime.
Rachel was single, but there was a
sort of tradition in the village that
about thirty years before some one had
asked her the eyentful question that
so often decides the destiny Of one or
the other. The particulars Of this e.
vent no one had been able to extract
from her, for it had always been one
Of her principal characteristics to be
as silent as the grave in regard to hel
own affairs. However, her destiny
seemed to be to trudge along through
life, taking its ups and downs patient
ly as they came to her.
John Hines was thick-set, substan
tial-looking individual, with a dense
growth of hair that curled and twist
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31
Eelerten Nisrtllany.
Hydrophobia- The Cause and Cure.

! Can hydrophobla hc caused hy the hlte
OF = non r""id dog ms question Is one
"f Importance I" the "il"'c comm UNI :
and We must all take sprclal interest III
/ II Just at tins time While the h"rflpie "e-
tails of some OF the recent cases are fresh
III oar MINDS.
At the meeting 81 the Ne" iorA Ntur0
IoGltu society last Monday evening" Mhich
Was emery h"ucc1bIc l"F 'Hc h!'ihed ulS-
"S:'cheht net" cen tht views 81 III lam
m'n" "hd l'r. J"nh ( b'i,"h, tAe HtS'-
named physician advanced the lhcofl IIti't
hIdr"pu"hIa can proceed from the bltc 81
an non-E4hlt dog, "At asserted ihat lht
number 81 cases on record "I L!Hr"ph"" !"
caused bN the oltc "l animals NOT H'd
themselves was very large. me very re
cent case 81 NcNoEnI'h' VINO d'e" I"th y
taUE hours alieF lAe "eNet'l l'A'hi 81 'Ac
disease, amt "ho i>sNpposcd 10 nave btth
hIt,,n bl n"n-F"bid dog. was gited "l
i)r Hammond Is 4 case III point ne dog
IN question: yellow cur Was [Nhi"I'e"
10y the Doctor [" ms auditors, ana ne seem
81 I" be IN perfectly heh,'Al S'h''llHh.
pr. Dalton on The other nan" anu MS
view seems To be tA"t oi common SENSE
thought that very grave doubts might
Reasons '.y he entertained IS I" whether II
Was possible Tor "A dog, whatever ms PhE-
~lcai condition or degree OF eN'ltcnen'
MI-at hu. to communicate ht@E"Hh"ol"
I" my .INinG thing 'tnoHt "ei"@ himself
rA'ld, A' dII not th!nh II c'U'1 ne SHOWN
IN - single instance that"ny man h-1 "-td
II the disease without being lG1cEl";ci
with the poison Of some creature similar
/! affected There was no instance OF The
p!te 81 dog causing the disease: Il VS.
tar virus introduced late the wound
through The m,d!Um II the bIie-tae saliva
Of the rAhli animal laocuiatngthc blood.
NgC"TmIcA had been bitten 10y another
dog, although he had forgotten the tact,
and this unknown animal vas Fahld.
The EnGII-A amt German authorities
agree with Dr- Dalton. and tA'nN th!t
mAdncs~ IN the "o- Is an C-sontIa! element
III the production ~ ANdTuphoblA. II TINS
i not 80, il the disease can be caused 10y
the bite ut any dog al an! season "i the
year, the prospect Is not pleasing one.
Ia that event our only safety would lie III
the hanjshm,nt or death ~ the whole race
II dogs. and IS there have been several
cases Of rabies arising from the bite OF cats
IN England this wear. X might become ne
ce~sary ~ "strac;se Ill the feline species
as well.
In regard To the best remedy after :ae
wound has been indicted, Dr.. Hammond
believes that ~ other is cqaai to cxcision.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31

a.EnAn honest old farmer, on being
informed the other day that one Of his
neighbors owed him IA grudge, growled
out, NO matter; he never pays any
thing"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31

n18@if you wish to know how many
friends You have, get into office; if you
wish to know how many You haven't,
get INTO troU bic.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31

a1gHW We have too many resolutions
and too little action. The Acts Of the
Apostles is the title Of one Of the books
Of the New Testament; their Rcsolu-
tions have not reached us.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1874-07-31

E@y"In Berlin the servants seek to
be even with the people who propose
to oempIoy them. They hayean agency
where they keep a register Of the char
acter of housc-holdcrs, for the iyfor-
nation of servants, thus: MADAME
- has a light hand. Monsieur is
too familiar. The bread and butter
are locked up, and the servant must
spend her wages to get full meal.
No presents are given. There is a
perambulator to wheel. The parents
always think the children in the right
One is sent on curious errands. There
is but a thin cotton counterpane on
the servants bed One is not allowed
to 90 out" etc. Why should it not
be: "Re1crenccs exchanged" is GER
tainly good rule.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-09-17
FROM DURANT.

Mr.. Conkling for some time past clerk
of the Nesbitt House, resigned recently
and Doctor Gillespie has been elected Ia
the vacancy.
We understand a Society of Turner'S
has been organized in town, and prep.
arations are making for the erection, TIL .
fall, of a spacious hall for their ase The
stone and lumber are already on the
ground for the building.
The grain trade is lively on our streets
every day, and our elevators are busy
with the heavy receipts of the new crop
which is now being threshed aud mar.
keted
Our schools are again in session, with
Miss Roberts and Miss Peterson in their
respective rooms The attendance is
only fair, while quite number of small
boys are running idly about our streets.
Who wouldn't vote for compulsory
school law
Information has been received from
our excursionists 10 Colorado, to the
effect that they are enjoying the climate
and scenery of that country, with bene-
ficiai results. A portion Of the party is
expected home about the st Of Oct.
The late rains have been OF immen Sc
value to this part of the county in max
ing fall feed for our stock, and have
mach improved our prospects for q fair
crop Of potatoes. They were too late
for corn, however, which crop will sure
ly be much below an average yield.
Political matters are becoming more
interesting aud exciting as the time for
election approaches. Both parties pro-
fess to feel confident with respect to
township and Congressional candidates,
and more than usual preparations are
being made for the campaign.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-09-17
John l.. Sheean in the Court House

John l.. Sheean in the Court House
last Friday:
"Since the Greeley campaign we Dem
ocrats) sll stand upon the Cincinnati
platform committed to the faithful car
ryiDg out of the constitutional amend.
ments."
The Dallas (Texas) UeroN, to the
Caddo negro murderers:
ut is true that the white people of
the South might be annihilated by the
Federal Government in the attempt to
force 1t (civil rights upon them. but be.
fore it could be accomplished the buzz
yards from the frontiers OF Texas to the
Atlantic Ocean would be gorged with
dead negroes. The brave men Of
Caddo may rest calmly on the assurance
that there is not an honest heart in Tex.
as that does not beat responsibility tn
their prayers for deliverance, and that
Is anything more than our synpatLies
should be needed it will be found ready
at any hour"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-09-17

The great questions of the day
are:
The management of the finances Of
the country.
Cheap transportation in the inter
est Of both producer and consumer.
The thorough paci6cation and de-
yelopment of the prosperity of the
South.
The civil rights of the colored peo-
pie, and
The promotion of such moral re-
forms rs are necessary for the public
good.
And it is for the country to deter
mine whether the Republican party,
which has already done SO much, is
not better prepared, and more likely
10 properly solve these questions than
the Democracy, which has done moth
ing, and attempted nothing in all
these years, except to embarrass the
best efforts of the administration.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-09-17

John l.. Sheean's speech in the
Court House, at Upton, last satur-
day:
Il not only do not see anything in the
present aspect OF affairs in our country
to cause alarm, but do see that which
swakens hope and arouses patriotism j"
Editorial in a late Tishomingo
Times, an "Anti-Monopoly" newspa
per published in Mississippi:
1--WE must act speedily and decidedly.
no matter what it costs Better lose
the lives of half our citizens than see
the whole outrageously trampled upon
Dy an ignorant and savage negro mob.
We suggest to our brethren the lorna.
ton Of White Leagues in every county
IN the State. Let them meet in secret.
and be bound by the most solemn oaths
and let death be the penalty OF any VIC.
lations Of the order. Already, we have
GOOD reasons to believe, such leagues
nave been formed in many counties, and
snat the thing is becoming more NON.
MAR every day Of Its existence. The
ss0u y ours by right and Inheritance
aad We must, we will control It. even !,
ne expense Of OCEANS OF sIoon .sn
ALtloNs o. LIyEs."
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-09-17

The latest dispatches from the
South indicate real armed rebellion
Quite an engagement has taken place
at New Orleans, General Longst,eet
and Badger leading the police and
militia and Gen. Ogden the white
leaguers. The advantage was with
the latter, Gen. Badger being NOR.
tally wounded. In all some twenty
were killed and one hundred wound
ed. This is the way the Shreveport
Times talks about the situation. 1t
sounds like the days of 81:
"We have declared war against
carpet-baggers and scallawags, and
we are going to carry on the war,
whether there be troops in louisa
ma or not. Menaces and threats and
the gathering OF Kellogg's metropo-
litans and negro militia cannot put
us down. If those are the means by
which the Radicals propose to carry
this election, they will be promptly
responded to. The drum-beat upon
the streets makes threatening harmo
ny with the fierce throbbings in the
hearts Of outraged men, and there
are eyes which kindle with a battle
fire ut the crack of rifle.
The fighting strength of popu-
lation of 100000 white people, in
spired by love of liberty and justice
aroused to anger by bitter wrongs,
and goaded to desperation by ruin
and despotism, cannot be inundated
by q few regiments of Federal troops,
nor whipped into submission by the
armed police and cut-throats Of a
usurper.
Trumpets are sounded in the
gloom. |