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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11
Curious and Interesting.

Henry, upon being asked how many
boys were in his Sabbath school class,
said: "If you multiply the number
of jacobs sous BY. the number of
times which the Israelites compassed
Jericho, and add, to the product the
number Of measures Of barley which
Boaz gave Ruth divide this by the
number Of Haman's sons; sub
tract the number of each kind of clean
beasts that went into the ark multi
ply by the number of men who went
to seek Elijah after he was taken to
heaven; subtract from this Joseph's
age at the time when he stood before
Pharaoh add the number of stones in
Dayid's bag when he killed Goliah,
subtract the number Of furlongs that
Bethany was distant from Jerusalem;
divide BY the number Of anchors cast
out at the time Of Paul's shipwreck;
subtract the number Of people saved
in the ark, and the remainder will be
the number of boys in the class"
How many were there? F
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11
Writing for the Press.

i Causeur knows that he will deserve
and win the thanks of all managing
editors if he can impress these few
simple rules upon the minds of those
who write for the press:
l. Write upon one side of the sheet
only, Why? Because tits often nee
essary to cut the pages into "takes" for
the compositors, and this cannot be
done when both sides are written upon.
II. Write clearly and distinctly with
ink, being particularly careful in the
matter of proper names and words
from foreign languages Why? Be
lcause you have nos right to ask either
that editor or compositor to waste his
time puzzling out the results of your
tselfishness. as.-
III. Don't write in microscopic
hand. Why? Because the compost
tor has to read it across his case, at
distance of nearly two feet; also, be-
cause the editor often wants to make
additions and other changes.
w. Don't begin at the very top of
the first page. Why? Becauseif you
have written a head for your article
the editor will probably want to
change it; and if you have not, which
is the better way, he must write one.
Besides, he wants room in which to
write his instructions to the printer
as to the type to be used, where and
when the proof is to be sent, etc.
" Never roll your manuscript.
Why?~ Because it maldens and ex-
asperates every one who touches it
editor, compositor,, and proof-reader.
vi. Be brief. Why? Because pso-
pie don't read long stories. The num-
Der of readers which any two articles
have is inyersely proportioned to the
square of their respective length.
That is, half column article is read
by four times as many people a. one
of double that length.
VII. Have the fear of the waste
basket constantly and steadily before
your eyes. Why? Because it will
save you vast amount of useless Ia
Dor, to say nothing of paper and pos
tage. tt
VIII. Always write your full name
and address plainly at the end of your
letter. Why? Because it will often
happen that the editor will want to
communicate to you, and beause he
needs to know the writer's name as
pseudonym or initials, write your own
name and address below it; it will
never be divulged. s
"Theses precepts in they memory
keepl, and. for tear you might forget
them, cut them out ana put them
where you can readily run through
them when tempted to spill innocent
ink.
Causeur's word for it, those who
need these rules will de beloved and
favored in every editorial sancum.-
Boston Transcript Causerie. -sts
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11
sslsrf Aisfsllany,
Supporting the Guns.
How = Field Battery comes inia Hetisp
Graphie pen picture Of n land
Eagageaseaf.

| Did you ever see u battery take 20
sltlon
| 1t hasn't the thrill of cavalry
charge, nor the grimncss of line oi
bayonets moving slowly and deter.
minsdly on, but there is q peculiar ex.
citement about 1t that makes old vet.
Grams rise in their saddles anu cheer
We have been fighting at the edge oI
the woods Every cartridge box ha:
been emptied once and more, and u
fourth of the brigade has melted away
in dead and wounded and missing
Not a cheer was heard in the whole
brigade. We know that we are being
driven foot by foot, and that when we
break back once more the line will 20
to pieces and the enemy will pour
through the gap.
Here comes help. Down the
crowded highway gallops a battery,
withdrawn from some other position
to save ours. The field fence is scat
tered while you could count thirty,
and the guns rush for a hill behind us.
Six horses to pieee-thres riders to
each gun. Over dry bitches where a
farmer would not drive a wagon,
through clumps of bushes, over logs
foot thick, every horse on gallop,
every rider lashing his team and yell
ing-the sight behind us makes us
forget the foe in trout. The guns
jump two feet high as the heavy
wheels strike log, but not horse
slackens his pace, not u cannoneer loses
his seat. Six guns, six caisons, sixty
horses, eighty men race for the brow
Of the hill as if he who reached it first
would be knighted.
A moment ago the battery was a
confused mob.
We look again, and the six guns are
in position, the detached horses hur-
rying away, the ammunition chests open,
and along eur line runs the ecommand,
"Give them one more vollcy and fall
back to support the guns!" We have
scarcely obeyed when boom! boom
boom opens the battery, and jets OF
fire jump down and scorch the green
trees under which we fought and de-
SPARED. The shattered old brigade
has a chance to breathe for the first
time in three hours as we form lins
of battle behind the guns and lie
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11
Volume XXXVu.---No. 40.

J dowr. What grim. cool fellows thos
cannoneers are. Every man is a per
feet machine. Bullets splash dust in
their faces, but they do not vince
Bullets sing over and around them
bat they do not dodge. There goes one
to the earth, shot through the heal
as he sponged his gun. The machin
cry looses just one beat-misses just
'one cog in the wheel-and then works
away as before. Every gun is using
short fuse shell. The ground shakes
and trembles-ths roar shuts out all
sounds from battle line three miles
long, and the shells go shriekihg into
the swamp TO cut trees short off-tc
NOW great gaps in the bushes-tc
hunt out and shatter and mangle men
until their corpses cannot be recog-
nized as human You would think q
tornado was bowling through the for
est, followed by billows of: fire, and yet
men live through it-aye! press for
ward to capture the battery! We can
hear their shouts as they form for a
rush.
Now the shells are changed for
grape and canister, and the guns are
served SO fast that all reports blend in
one mighty roar. The shrek of a
shell is the wickedest sound in war,
but nothing makes the flesh crawl
like the demoniac singing, purring,
whlstllng grapeshot, aud the serpent
lika hiss OF the canister. Mems legs
and arms ae not shot through, but
torn of. Heals are torn from bodies,
and bodies cat in two. A round shot
or shell takes two men out of the
ranks as it crashes through. Grape
and canister NOW swath and pile the
dead'on top each other. Throus b the
smoke we see swarm of men,. 1t is
not battle line, but a mob of men
desperate enough TO bathe their bayo-
nets in the flame of the guns. The
guns leap from the ground almost as
they are depressed on the foe. and
shrieks and screams and shouts blend
into one awful and steady cry. Twenty
men out on the battery are down, and
the firing is interrupted The foe ac-
cept it as Il sign Of wavsring and come
rushing on. They are not ten feet
away when the guns give them last
shot. That discharge picks living
men off their feet and throws them
into the swamp, blackened, bloody
mass. Up now, as the enemy are
among the guns! There is silence
of ten seconds, and then The flash and
roar of more than three thousand mus
kets, and rush forward with bayo-
nets. For what: Neither on the
right nor left nor in front Of us is a
living foe. There are corpses around
us which have been struck by three,
four or even six bullets, and nowh re
on this acre Of ground is wounded
man. The wheels Of the guns cannot
move until the blockade of dead is re-
moved. Men cannot pass from eais-
son to gun without climbing over
winrows OF dead. Every gun and
wheel is smeared with blood-eyery
foot of grass has its horrible stain.
Historians write of the glory Of war.
Burial parties sa murder where his
torIanS saw glory.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11
VARIETIES.

We love handsome women from in
clination, homely women from inter-
est, and virtuous women from reason.
The more We help others, to bear
their burdens, the lighter will be our
own.
He who is the most slow in making
a promise is the most faithful in its
performance.
Justice consists in doing no injury
to men; decency in giving them no
offense.
A Sioux brave il named CASTLE Soap.
He is terror to the white men of that
region.
God made quick work with some
sinners; upon others he waits long,
but not always.
When two women with new hats
pass on tho street, there is pair of
back stares built Immediately.
A man who with bare feet stepped
on a pile of carpet nails, said they re-
minded him of the income tax.
A gentleman who married widow
complained to her that he liked his
beef well done, "Ah! I thought l was
cooking for Mr.. Brown" !" said she, 'he
liked his rare. But darling; will try
and forget the poor dear"
A country girl at a fashionable ho-
tel in New York noticed that all the
guests used their forks only in eating
their pie. Upon her return home she
reported the fact to the lady, who
|comforted her. BY observing. "You
should not mind 'em, Jemima /; it's all
because they're too lazy to uss their
knives" IS s'Hsg
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11
Famous Men Of Muscle.

Among the Greeks the successful
athlete WAS crowned with laurels and
loaded down with wealth and honors
Milo six times won the palm at both
the Olympic and Pythian games. He
is said to have run mile with four
vear-old OK upon his shoulders, and
afterward killed the animal with one
blow Of his fist, and ate the, entire
carcass in one day. So great was his
muscular power that he would bind
cord around his bead and break it
by the swelling pressure Of the veins.
An ordinary meal for Milo was twenty
pounds Of meat, as much bread and
tlfteen pints Of wine. a's 81 os.a~
Polydsmus of Thessalias was OF
height and prodigious strength, and,
it is said, alone and without weapons,
killed and enormous enraged lion.
One day, it is recorded, be seized a
bull by its hind feet, and the animal
escaped only by leaving the hoof in the
grasp of the athlete.
The Roman Emperor Maximinus
was upward Of eight feet in height,
and, lik. Milo of Crotona, could
squeeze to powder the hardest stone
with bis fingers and break the leg of q
horse by kick.
While prisoner in Germany, Rich
ard |, accepted an invitation to a box
ing match with the son Of his jailer.
He received the first blow, which
made himr stagger; but recovering,
with blow of his fist he killed his
antagonist on the spot. 8 e. rs
Topham, an Englishman, born in
1910, was possessed of astonishing
strength. His arnpits, hollow in the
case of ordinary men, were with him
full of muscles and tendons. He
would take Il bar of iron, with its two
ends held in his hands, place the
middle of the bar behind his neck
and bend the extremities by main force
until they met together, and bend
back the iron straight again.
The famous Scanderbeg, King of
Albania, who was born in 1414, was a
man of great stature, and his feats of
sword exercise have never been equal
ed. On one occasion, with his cimeter
he struck his antagonist such blow
that its force cleaved him to the waist.
Maurice, Count of Saxony, was espe-
cially noted for the surprising mus.
cular power of his hands. On one
OCCASION, needing eorkscrew, he
twisted a large iron nail round into
the required shape with his fingers,
and opened half dozen bottles of
wine with it. Another time he'picksd
up number of horseshoes, and, with
his hands, snapped them in two as
readily as if made of glass.
If history is to be believed, sPhatyl-
lus, of Crontona, could jump dis
tance of fifty-six feet.
Strut, an English authority on
games and amusements, speaks of a
Yorkshire jumper, named Ireland,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11
Eflfrt 1]oftry.
The Old Mill.

Here from the brow OF the hill look,
Through lattice of boughs and leaves,
Ga the old gray mill with its gambrel roof,
Aad the moss on its rotiing caves,
hear the clalter that Jars its walls,
And the rushing waters sound,
And see The black floats rise and fall
As the " heels goes slowly aroand.
rode there often when WAS young,
With my grist on the horse before,
And talked with Nelly, the mlllers . girl,
As waited nv turn at the door.
And while she tossed her rlnglets brown,
And tiirted and chstted so free,
The wheel mi ght stop or the wheel might &C
1t was all the same 10 me.
IT'S twenty years since last | stood
On the spot where | stand to-day,
And Nelly is wed, and the miller is dead,
And the mill aud are gray.
But both, till We fsll into rain sud wreck,
To our fortune OF toll are bound
And the man goes and the stream flows,
And the wheel moves slowly round.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11
Correspondence.
Temperance.

Mr.. Editr:-We are glad to see
that the temperance question is being
agitatsd through the columns of your
valuable paper; and that there are
some among us who do not fear to
work in this glorious cause. Could
Thomas Jefferson look on the office
seekers in Charles county to-day,
would he deem them suitable men to
control the affairs of a people, who are
already being driven to adversely and
every species of degradation from the
use of ardent spiritsy The politicians
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11

whose powers were marvellous. He
was six feet high and at the age of 18
leaped, without the aid of spring
board, over nine horses ranged side
by side Bretano's Monthly.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-11
Oysters.

SERVED in every style and at all hours
~ at the ST. CHARLES HOTEL, for the
future, The proprietor will have constant
ly on hand supplies of fresh select Oysters
which they will take pleasure in serving
10 their patrons. de10 If.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-11
STATEN ENT
UNDER OATH.
A Startling Revelation of
Suffering !
"0h, My God, How | Did Suffer-
Earnestly Prayed to Diel"

.eT HAVE been afflicted for twenty years
| with an obstinate skin disease, called Dy
some NJ DIS Psoriasis, and others Lepro-y.
on my scalp, and, in spite Of ali
doctors it slowly but surely extended, until =
wear ago this winter 1t covered ny entire per-
son in form of dry scales. For the last three
wears nave been unable 70 do any labor, and
ing there could be nearly dustpanful OF
scales taken from the sheet OF my oed, some
of them half as large as the envelope contain
ing this letter. In the latter part OF winter
my skin commenced cracking open. trleo
everything almost, that could be thought OF,
without any relief. The 18th of June started
west In hopes could reach the Hot Springs.
reached Detroit, and was so low Thought
should have to go to the hospital, bu' finally
got as far as Lancing, Men,, where had
sister living One DIR. - treated me about
two weeks but did me no good. ALI Thought
had but a short time to live. earnestly
PLAYED to die. Cracked throlgh the skin all
over nv back, across my ribs. arms, hands,
lin ps feet badly swollen, toe nails came of,
finger nails dead and hard as bone, hair dead,
dry and lifeless as old straw. o, my God, now
| did suffer!
mart of a box OF Cuticura in the house. she
wouldn't give up, sail We will try Cutieura-'
Some was applied on one hand and arm. Eu>
rekai there was relief; stopped the terrible
| burning sensation from the word go. Tney
Immediately got the Resolvent, Cuticura and
SOAP I commenced by taking one table
| spoonful OF Resolvent three times day, after
meals; had 8 bath once day, water ABOUT
blood heat used Cuticura Soap freely; applied
| turned to my home In just six weeks from
time left, and my skin as smooth as this
sheet of paper. HIRAM Z. CARPENTERs
| Henderson. Jefferson Co., N Y,
| Sworn to before me this 18th day OF January
| 1880 A. NJ. .LEFFINGWELL,
4 In n
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-11
Legal Notice.
The State Of Ohio, Belmont County,
Court of Common Pleas.

David Myers, admir- of the estate of Simeon B.
Forbes, deceased, plaintiff,
VS..
Augustus s. Forbes, John Quinby, Eleanor
Quinby, minor, Daniel Beck and Hannah
Beck bis wife, Joseph McConnaughY and
Joseph L. Ward, defendants.
A UGUSTUS S. FORBES, John Quinby
N and Eleanor Quinby, who reside at
Haverhill, in the state of Massachusetts, and
heirs at law of Simeon B. Forbes, decd, will
take notice, that David Myers, as administrs-
tor of said Simeon B. Forbes, decd, on the
25th day of July, 1881, filed in the Court of
Common Pleas of Belmont county, Ohio, his
petition alleging that the personal estate of
said decedent is insufficient to pay his debts
and the charges Of administering his estate,
and that he died seized of lots Al and AZ, and
30 feet off east side of lot 43 in McConnaughy' g
addition to Bridgeport, Ohio; and that said
decedent left no widow, and as his next of
kin the defendant, Augustus s. Forbes, and
Eleanor Quinby minor child of daughter
who intermarried with one John Quinby,
and who died leaving said minor child Ele-
amor and her husband aforesaid. all of whom
live at said Haverhill, Massachusetts. The
prayer of said petition is that said administers
tor may be authorized to complete convey
ance to the defendant, Joseph L. Ward, for
Is feet of the east side of lot A and 20 feet
of the west side of lot 43 in said McCon>
naughys addition to Bridgeport aforesaid, ac-
cording to the terms of q written agreement
existing between said decedent and said Ward
at the time of the death of said decedent,
Simeon B. Forbes. Also to authorize the
completion Of contract between said 0ece-
dent and the defendant, Daniel Beck, for the
conveyance from said Beck to decedent of 20
feet eff the west side of said lot A and "a feet
off the east side of lot 43; and that the admin
istrator aforesaid may be authorized to sell
said lots Al and AZ and so feet off the east
sids of lot 43 to pay debts and charges Of ad-
ministration. Tie parties above are notified
that they have been made parties defendant
to said petition, and that they are required to
answer the same on or before the Sth day of
October, 1881. DAVID MYERS,
2s-7t Admir- of Simeon B. Forbes, decd.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-11

WHEN party standard. bearer intro
duces public question as party issue
be should say something. Mr.. Book
walter utters vague generalities about
"the proper adjustment of the tariff
SYSTEM and he works off sentences a:
profoundly unmeaning as the Delphit
Oracles, and then he comes to the impo
tent conclusion of "the appointment of q
commission of tariff revision" But this
will not do for the standard bearer
What sort of tariffs he for? Where
in would he have our tariff changed
A commission is dodge for hiding, but
the standard bearer must tell what kind
of tariff revision he is for.-Cincinnat
Gazette s
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-11

WHEN the news of the assassination
of President Garfield reached Browns
Vile, Licking county, one Geo. Morris
on of that village, in talking about the
foul deed, expressed his approval. of it,
and said that he hoped the President
would die, whereaponf an old veteran
soldier named C. 4 Cook. promptly and
p operly slapped the heartless Villain in
the face. Morrison made complaint be-
fore Justice Gillespie. who assessed Cook
ana costs, in all $S2. for performing
righteous an act. The Cincinnati
Commercial made 9 call for one7cent
subscriptions TO pay this iniquitous fine
and cost. and on the first day it was pro-
posed, about five thousand pennies were
sent to that Office, and within three days
txsnty-three Thousand, no person being
allowed to contribute over cent The
surplus viii be applied in some fitting
way. to Indicate to the old soldier the
contempt in which Morrison is held, and
the appreciation of his patriotic act.Per-
sons in this vicinity desiring 70 contrib
ute to this fund NAV leave their cents at
this Office, and their nanies will be ae-
kpoyjedged in print,
-
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THE wedding ring trick is among the
latest confidence games played. 1t has
just been introduced in Patterson, N. J..
where well dressed, handsome woman
calls at houses and tells a sorrowful tale
of her dead husband the destitute cir
cumstances which compel her to part
with the last memento- of her dear de
parted-her wedding ring. 1t is solid
gold, marked "fSc, initiated and al
that, worth s15; but she will part with
it for "a, rather than pawni it. The rins
is bought; the disconsOlate widow passes
on to the next house with duplicate
ring and SO on. Profits $500 in each op
Grafton, asl
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-11

PoLITIos may be lively in Mississippi
this fall. Gen. Chalmers is said to lave
deserted the Democratic party and to
have announced himself as Greenback
candidate for United States Senator
against Lamar. On the outside this
movement looks like a break in the
Democratic party of that State, yet there
is lurking suspicion that Chalmers is
{ taking this line of policy to fasten in hi:
favor the Greenbackerss of the next
House of Representatives, in which hi
will have a contest for a seat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-11

THE State of North Carolina voted
last week on a proposition to ratify an
act of the Legislature. prohibiting the
manufacture or sale of liquor, and il
was overwhelmingly defeated, not sin
gle comfy in the State voting in its ia
vor. The defeat is accounted for by the
fact that the celored people voted almost
unanimously against the law. h