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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
How D'You Dol,

Most Of us say 'Howdcdo and
think we have SAID, How do you do %
How are you::' is more elegant per
haps; and Hope | See you well is the
habit Of some people. Then we shake
hands, and women sometimes kiss.
In old times English-speaking peo-
pie SAID. Save yon. sir, or madam
and God save you;' and long ago men
as well as women kissed for courtesv.'
English and American men now con-
sder such a saiutation as absurd be-
tween persons Of their own Sex.
trenchmen, however, are not asham-
Ell to kiss, as they ask, How do you
carry yourself" and Germans crush
each other, bear fashion, as they cry,
How do You find yourself:'
he Italian gives both airy clasp
and kiss, after lie has flourish his fin
gers IN the air and cried, 'How do YOU
stand:" But the Dutchman's 'How
DO you fare : is generally only follow
ed by clap on the shoulder
W hen two Swedes fall into each
other arms and look over each others
shoulders, they ask, How can YOU =
And the Polander, who has lived in a
land OF sadness, inquiries, Art thou
gay
In Turkey, people cross their arms.
bow low, and say, i will request of
A!ilsh that thy prosperity be increas-
ed. And the Quaker of our land re-
CARDS his approaching friend without
smile or nod. and quietly remarks,
How is thee =
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
Thoughtful Mary.

4 don't see how ia git along with
out Mary, nohow.' Mrs. Blucher OBJ
served, pausing to wipe the perspira-
ton from her aged features and put
another lade} Of soft soap in the steam
ins suds, while her daughters voice at
the piano could be distinctly recogni-
ed, floating from the adjoining parlor.
/ don't see how I'd git along without
that gal, nohow. Al'ays on these days
when | hey the tiringest work, she
just picks out her incest pieces, like
Sweet Rest, BY and By and Moth
er's Growing Old and sings 'em fur
me afore she goes out on the lawn to
play croquet with the other young
folks. faint every gal as nd be so
thoughtful, | kin tell you. Now,
most on 'em nd just bang away with
Jordan is hard road to travel or
'Whoop 'em up Eliza Jane but she
amt none o that sort. She's a pile
o comfort and Mrs. Blucher famed
herslf with her apron, preparatory TO
running the clothes through the Sc
cond water.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
How to Get Along.

Never stop to tell stories in 49,
hours. If you have a place of busls
ness, be found there when wanted. No
man can get rich sitting around stores
or saloon'. Never Joke 10 business
matters. Have order, system, regular
Ity and also promptness. DO not kick
every one in your path. More miles
can be made in a day by going steadi-
~ than by stopping now and them
Fay as You so. \ man Of honor res
pect: his word as he does his bond
Help others when you can, but never
give when You cannot afford, simply
because it is fashionable. Learn to
say no No necessity for swapping
it ont dog fashion, but say it firmly
and respectfully, Use your own
brains rather than those others Learn
to think and act for Yourself.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
A Bridal Pair from the BackWoods.

\ couple arrived in the city from
Fort Worth on yesterday mornings
east bound train over the Texas and
Pacific road, and were married, when
they took bridal tour over the city,
footing it all the way. The bride was
attired in blue dress, with red roses
worked in the border. She wore a
straw hat, which was set off with red
plume. The bridegroom wore his
pants in his boots, which were orna.
mented with pair Of huge spurs, was
coatless. wore blue flannel shirt and
slouch, broad brimmed hat. They
munched ginger rcake and appeared to
be chuck full of bliss. Where is the
man who said he would rather be
lamp-post in the city of New York
than be governor of the State of
Texas
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
New Me>hcd of Inlaying Weed.

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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
The Love Bug.

\ California pbysjcisn who ,,iscoy-
a,,j = new diseaS,-lo,e-madn,ss-
aas bs,n exo4rirnrntina with the ner-
,on nf,ictri thgrewit6 and has BRO
JnrrI the "Ioye parasite" or bacillus
n,;rrocn. This i. cultivated mn to
,ho .namt;., h oa,ararinn and viii the
m,,;tosar,bot r,raratinn inocnIatad
,.m,nlar of snfi.nts Thn inncuIa.
,.,n n,,s ;n,ar;LI< snccossfnl svmn.
'",'' ,,," " ,S ,tn :, I;..,s.s, .nnear;nr IN :.
'.''' ~ ,''. ,r,sn +l'l ll,,"rat;2on
I,cLsin, ,'i ,Io' aI '''' ff,v vans on ths frat
- w. :7'.i LaI -. nh;.i,aus
V'N "''el inv "1' 'ioii
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
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.aa' '-alry N"->at,. al NHH.e ;
'A..-r .... .v.. -~I
ne, .t.. s'..r..' ",ii t"".T W"..
la. '.a ,..-, II neither -. ever
... arr,3 g.. ."u.s ut t.- au@e Il
p.s> Na.sa.lauo ".s ,yer .at".a at-
lie ~s...
H9t B.. thy ~,.c r.>n,tte, Minnie
wAs riah., determined aud s,nrc
that dNv. >9r hal never asked iayer
a, their hands. She no" l,NeI IN d
g.gr,t -.nm Ia Tie EIJe Fonts, with
- uuylrp.tga floor uaaer her fee,
The boards al "".rA were as "Hi'e -
th, 5 uw Of WINTER.
In one corner = the room a mat
tres- Wa lying upou the floor, devoid
Of covering. \ table, two chairs aud
q sewing machine, competed the >ur-
nlrnre Il the place.
pm tn bed. rex NArSaa't was
lylns. slon " a"aayntas from drank
ca s.ccr.
By tn open window stood Minnie,
gazing oUt urnu The streets be,oW.-
How changed :. was.
The blush # : 'tt''d had lett Ier
face, and It va. replaced hy the IHilor
of declining hca, IA.
Poverty aud want had cnAciatcd
her frame. Her suukrn eyes. and the
dark shadows beneath them, plainly
told of the S,cypIrs> nights she had
passed since she had LETT ntr old home.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
IEh lNo rsMrltIloN.

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II "a" q l"'''eh'a" Ir"'li'8 '"e
4'3sr as VS. ,tl gong .I,. os, N,""'f ' ana
'"'"7.
certain me cause, %" nave ho' zee"
Tv2ac., nave t"t' !,
"r II 49, Va ''". : -i~' ''"''' :
-@t 'i.e i'.'l nom '.e A'"' u was
.r young VIE "' '!s o'',"rF' h'v'-
"T..
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03


BROWN's IRoH BITTERs
does not contain wh;sEcy
or alcohol. and viii not
blackcn the tcuth, OF cause
headache and constipation.
1t VIII cure dyspepsia, indt-
gestion, heartburn, sleep
lcssness, dizziness, nervous
debility, weakness, s..
I-s- o7ly Towns Tr-r T.;:rrs made y
+ an N5.-r...a. Co.. l;a...-r--- I-#aseI
re- ..@1s and sC--e-rzz:> - ~r4ITes.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03


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/" -AnI o", those '''t''F 'I"A'"h''
It1I nave com /" ''"'" "le. save '''
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03

\ lady advertises for person who
is in the habit Of serenading her to
stand nearer the house so that she can
scaid him.
Train your children in politeness
and unseltishness in all little things
and the greater will come without eff
fort.
A soft ant, sir, turneth away a pic
nicer from the custard pie.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03

1t was evening, and three of them
were killing at cat. One Of them
held lantern, another held the Cat
and the third iammed pistol into
the cats ear and fired, shooting the
man in the hand who held the cat
and the one with the lantern was
wounded in the arm. The cat left
when it saw how matters stood and that
Ill feeling WAS being engendered.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-03
Mrs. Marshall.

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Iet HIM Gonna Lara - ,r.sart .,i,
\li,nia !, Ii.Iractel m,nnr,, :.
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room, LIS .,... f.II Ernn H.. .Iacrin,
from 81 pl'f,r5 N,rIi,n
Wifl > nnsh nr inl,arafia1 rroi
his f. = H.. walked +, me bed sid,
ami eaz.i moon r... face os the sleeper
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-06
RECOMPENSE.

The earth gives us treasure four-foid Tor al
that we give TO its bosom; :,
The care we bestow on the plant comes oach
in the bud and the blossom.
whe sun draws the sea to the sky, " Ht'''oS'
and strangest OF powers,
And returns TO the hills and the meado" 'he
gladness OF bountifui showers
The mother regains her lost youth IN the
beauty and youth of her daughters;
We are fed after many long days by the bread
that we cast on the waters.
Never Joy do we cause but we for that JOY
are the gadder,
Never heart do we grieve but we for the
grieving are sadder,
Never Islander 30 vile as the lips OF the will
Ing rehearer,
And curses, though long, loud and deep, come
home TO abide with the cursor.
lie who doth give Of his best, OF that best Is
the certainest user,
And he who withholis finds himself OF his
gaining the pitiful loser. ....
The flowers that are strewn for the dead bloom
first in the heart of the living, On
And this is the truest OF truths, that the best
of gift is the giving.
..,-- CariOttd Perry Ia ~ Y. Sun.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-06

suit. II I could get a consulship 10 ,
warm climate, I would marry, but ths
idea of beginning to keep house with
husband and wife subject to hereditor,
blues is too much and I kick. 7 bor,
told nobody but you and the druUo;..
but I think the girl has told every on.
she knows, because half the Girl, =
meet look 1T me as though l was whit
elephant. Can you save me?"
The young lawyer said he belisvoa
he could, but he would have to look M
the authorities and he took down :
"blue book" of the legislature and told
the young man to come in again on
Saturday with SO more. 1t certa;nlr
will be one of the most singular case.
that has ever been before our CONT.
and will attract much attention NO
doubt. ~
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-06

and his left leg was withered, so that
he had, in walking, to carry 1t by a
hook in the bottom of his walking-stlck
fastened to the top of his boot. Yet
he could walk quite spritely. The trst
thing that brought him into notice was
an address on the LOG School house, -"
delivered before the New England So
ciety at New Orleans. As lawyer he
scarcely had an equal and could carry
Judge, jury and audience before him
like dead leaves before tornado. 1t
is said he never lost case. He gave
a lecture in this city forty-three years
ago en- Equality" In contest for
seat in congress he delivered several
speeches that will never be forgotten.
He lost his seat, and becoming soured
toward the world, he did what many
other great men did before him-took
to the cup. He was so sensitive that
upon one occasion he slapped person
in the face for simply inquiring the
cause of his deformity. lie fought
several duels, two of which were with
III. S. Foote, both bloodless. In one
of these Prentiss exhibited his wonder
full nerve and GOODNESS in marked de-
gree. When the men were placed in
position Prentiss warned the bystand-
ers to look out for themselves, as Foote,
he believed, could not hit barn door,
and, sure enough, when the word was
given, not only Foote, but Prentiss
himself missed. But Prentiss made
the above remark in such ludicrous
way that all laughed, and Foote and
himself ever afterward were warm
friends. His eternal warfare on the
land pirates Gas they were called) of
Louisiana is well remembered. These
pirates would lay claim to some dubi-
Gus land title, and would swindle the
honest owner out of the land. Had
this man remained in the land of steady
habits, there is no knowing to what an
eminence he would have climbed, but,
with his disposition, the sociableness of
the southern people was too much for
him, and it was so easy for him, after
his congressional disappointment, to
give himself up bodily to it's allure
ments. HUGH HAYS.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-06
The AppOrti0nment Bill.

The following is the new Texas con-
gressional apportionment:
First District Harris, Jefferson, Wal
Ter, Walker, Jasper, Brazos, Angelina
Chambers, Orange, Montgomery, Polk
Newton, Madison, Liberty, Hardin, Ty-
Ter, Grimes, San Jacinto and Trinity.
Second DISQUALIFICATION, San Au-
gustine, Anderson, Shelby, Leon, Sab
inc, Cherokee, Henderson, Houston,
Freestone and Nacogdoches.
Third District Pamela, Gregg, Van
Zandt, Hunt, Harrison, Smith Upshe
Rains, Rusk, Wood, Camp and Shelby.
Fourth District-Red River, Frank
lin, Fannin, Marion, Morris, Lamar
Hopkins, Bowie, Titus and Delta.
Fifth District-Grayson, Denton,
Clay, Wilbarger, Collin, Wise, Rock
wall, Cooke, Montauge and Wichita.
Sixth District -Ellis, Tarrant, Bos-
que, Hill, Kaufman, Dallas and John
son.
Seventh rict-Galveston, Brazo-
ria, Fort Bend, Wharton, Calhoun, Re-
fugio, Nueces, Hidalgo, Encinal, Aran-
sas, McMullen, Frio, Matagorda, Victo-
ria, Bee, Duvall, Starr, Webb, LaSalle,
Maverick, Dewitt, Jackson, Goliad,
San Patricio, Cameron, Zapata Dimmitt
and Zavalla.
Eighth District -Austin, Colorado
Gonzales, Guadalupe, Atascosa, Lee,
Lavacca, Caldwell, Wilson, Live Oak
Fayette, Hays and Karnes.
Ninth District Washington, Terrell,
Limestone, Burleson, Falls, Navarro,
Milan and McLennan.
Tenth District-Travis, Bexar, Uval-
de, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, McCulloch,
Runnels, Crockett, Comal, Medina,
Kinney, Kendall, Burnett, Menard,
Concho, Bastrop, San Saba, Blanco,
Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Llano,
Lsmpasas, Coleman and Williamson.
Eleventh District-Parker, Carroll,
Comanche, Palo Pinto, Young, Throck-
morton, Taylor, Knox, Howard, Gaines,
Scurry, Kent, Terry, HOCKEY, Dickens,
Motley, Lamb, Pecos, Hood, Hamilton,
Erath, Stephens, Archer, Schackelford
Jones, Nolan, Martin, Dawson, Fisher,
CARA, Yoakum, Lubbock, King, Floyd,
Bailey, Preside, Somervell, Brown,
Eastland, Jack, Baylor, Callahan, Has
kell, Mitchell, Andrews, Bowen, Stone
wall, Lynn, Cochran, Crosby, Cottle,
Hale, Tom Greene, Ell Paso, Childress,
Swjsher, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray
Oldham, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Sher-
man, Hardeman, Hall, Castro, Randall,
Collingsworth, Carson, Hartley, Rob-
erts, Ochiltree, Dallam, Briscoe, Pal
mer, Armstrong, Wheeler, Potter, Har-
wood, Moore and Hemphin.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-06
How the Young Man Looked at 1t

Here 1 am. working every day, and,
until I'm twenty-one, dad can seize
every cent of my wages. Now, l never
asked him to be my dad. He took 1t
all on himself. Yet I'm popularity sup
posed to be indebted to him. Well
now, I could stand all this: but pap is
spending money as fast as he gets II,
When he gets old, he won't have
red, and then if i don't support him.
the neighbors will put in their gao
about it. I think this is about the
most uniustest world I've struck.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-06
The Cotton Crop.
From the New York Times.


From advices coming from over Loom
correspondents, representing sc per
cent. of the leading cotton growing
districts of 566 counties of the Soutb.
ern states, Bradstreefs makes up q
table of the acreage of the growing
cotton crop which substantially agrees
in its showing with the estimates given
in the Times crop reports of April 81.
The reported decrease in acreage is
97O, 10S acres from 16,1Si,5O4 acres in
1881 to 15,214,399 this year. This is
falling off of 6 per cent. The reduc.
ton is greatest in Missouri, being est.
mated at II per cent. In Louisiana il
is 76 per cent, in Arkansas 4.6 per
cent, in Tennessee 7.S per cent. in
Mississippi 70 per cent, in Texas %
per cent, in Georgia 80 per cent, in
North Caralina 6 per cent, in South
Carolina 4.S per cent. In Florida,
Virginia and the Indian Territory.
which reports 2S,21O acres in cotton.
the area planted is the same. 1t will
be seen that the floods in the lower
Mississippi valley have had much less
disastrous effect upon cotton planting
than earlier reports gave reason to ex.
pect. The decrease in acreage in
Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas is
less than in Georgia, where it has been
purely voluntary, to make room for
wheat, corn and oats. The June re.
port of the department of agriculture
states the falling off in acreage to be
but 81 per cent, while the average
condition of the crop shows depre-
citation of II per cent. form the healthy
standard.
The condition Of the growing plants
has been unfavorably affected by wet
and cold weather. Under the more
generous sunshine of the past two or
three weeks considerable improve
ment has been noted, but the general
condition of the plants is now prob.
ably about as stated in the departments
report. The deficiency in this respect
is yet durable, however. June is the
month which determines whether the
stand is to be good or bad, and July
and August govern the development OF
the bolls. The falling off in acreage,
therefore, may be more than made up
in the greater yield per acre as COM
pared with last years crop, which was
seriously affected by the drought. It's
to be noted too, that in many places
the efficiency of labor is reported to be
higher than last year, the scarcity OF
Provisions having acted as "a strong
stimulus to the negro population" This
favorable condition is partly counter
balanced, no doubt, by the tendency
spoken of in our own crop report OF
the negao laborers of the Atlantic cot
ton states to leave the farms and seek
work on railroads and elsewhere where
day wages are paid. But however
great may be the actual falling of IN
the cotton crop of the South, it will be
much more than made up by the In
crease in the oat, corn and wheat crops
which now promise to be very much
larger than ever before.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-06

ASOhio man, after reading OF the
allowances made to the doctors who al,
tended President Garfield, declared
that ~Dr. Ignorance" got too great an
allowance. Why said a friend, III
Ignorance had nothing TO do with me
case" %Yes he had, answered the
Ohio man, don't you know that lgnOf
ance il Bliss?"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-06

Ere long the candidates will take
their respective places upon the stump,
and sing the deep distress Of Moses in
the wilderness.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-06

not mind it so much, but I don't. /
never knew before that blue was fast
color"
"Well this is only half the trouble.
About a week after we got back, the
girls father came to me with gun and
asked me what kind of colored person
was I. 1t seems that the blue was just
as set in its way in his family as it was
in mine. 1 explained it to him the
best way could, but he said there was
only one reparation a man of honor
could make in such cases. told him
I was trying all the different articles in
the drug stores, one after another, to
remove the bluing, and as quick as I
could find something that would touch
the spot, 1 would communicate with
him. That stood him off for month
or two, but suppose the girl and her
mother got after him to do something
about it, and he goes for me once a
week and threatens me until my life is
burdens heavy eighteen-carat bur-
den, with blue background. / Try to
be Joyous, but it seems to me as though
everybody knew of my condition. The
old man says I have got to marry the
girl within two weeks or stand q law
The Evening critic., 1882-12-29
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.

The Christmas celebration OF the Sunday
schools OF the First Presbyterion and NJ. T..
Churches took place last night. Interesting
programmes were rendered in both OF tho
churches named In tho presence OF largo con-
greGHtions. Tho usual gifts were distributed
10 tho children, and the evening was pleas
antly spent.
Tho regular monthly meeting Of tho City
School Board Will be held tonight, and besides
the regular routine business, the election OF a
teacher for Washington School, 10 NIL tho
vacancy occasloned by tho resignation OF Mrs.
II. NJ. Gleason, nee Philips, VIII take place.
Five prisoners and seven dodgers were at
the pollcestation last night-Sam Morris and
Taylor Thomas, for stealing shovel, arrested
by Onlcer Grady Robert Smith and Nan
Lucas, arrested by Onlcors Pat Hayes and
Goodrich, for drunkenness and disordorly con.
duct; Charles Taylor arrested by Onlcer
Hayes for stealing Iewolry.
City Treasurer Harrow VIII, on and after
Tuesday, tho I'd instant, pay the interest due
on tho corporation bonds ON tho presentation
OF the coupons.
Tho supply OF oysters at tho wharves is very
limited
Tho citl2ens' National Bank OF this city has
declared semtannual dividend OF throo
per cent
business meeting OF tho Alexandria Light
1nfansry will be held tonight.