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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-09-21
Octob ,r 18th, 1888.


to attend to general husinass and to receive
bids for Building the School II fuses uppn the
following Specifications.
School Hou.. to he lsv24 feat, un ierpin-
ming Of brick on each side and inter m adists
under each end, underpinning to elevate stills
one foot clear of the grouni, e,ch corner un.
dsrpinniag two feet square the others one foo,
six inches and all unierpinning to extend ona
foot below the sn-ftc. of the gronni Sills Of
white oak 6xT inches, c,rp.r br ICE. +y6. pl tie.
4xS inches. corner posts 8 10 inches joists Ado
uches in upper f,or AMI feet apart studding
4x3 inches. sleepers of lower hoor 2xl0 inches
with intervals of Is inches. r.fters 3x+ in he.
md IL fee, long, roof Of NJ. hs,rt cypress
shingles sHd to project II inches all around,
weather boarding I yellow viginis pine 6
inches wide, flooring OF inch North C ,roliu /,
yellow pine tonguei and grooved, W slls TO be
sealed 81 feet above h,or with dresses! ton gaed
and groo .sd nI,erisl, balance OF wall ani CELL
ing to 5e lathei and piastered with sao co ats
and white wsh-i. Chimney to he built on
ceiling. j,sts and TO extend ao, less III IN 2 fee,
,bove the csnh of roof Collin. ioi.'s, on
which chi u1.v rests mis-, he m a. of ioIhl-
thickness. Stove po, he inserted in chimney
whilst being built sui space hei-een store pot
.ad chimney to BE- illei with no-,er fIue
to be timed arolni at the root, trap da,r in
ceiling. Two windows on esch 81 lie aud one
in end opposite the door. each ~inioS TO have
two s,sh o. s;v p'pcs zach ioxis glass. Shat
ters Of dressed white pine plank to eich win
low m,d- double AMI hung with four hiu g-s
With pso?'r fhs,ehings AMI c,ichrs One
psnel-l dor CT al feet all Il In hes thick
fransou on pivot over the door. Height OF
ceiling to b. 10 fee, in the clear
Th- who's huilliug to he completed in q
fsi hful sni workmanship manner With lock to
door etc. and TO b. Inspected and approved
before paym.nt by the hailding committee APP
poia,e by the School Board
By or Ter Of the Board
A. W. NEALE, SecrstIrv
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-09-21
A CARD

THROUGH the solicitation of many friends.
have consented to be . candidate at our
next election for the State Legislature, subject
to the action Of the Republican Convention,
and If elected will serve the people faithfully
to the best Of my ability.
8. CORNELIUS NORRIS.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-09-21
SCHOOL NOTICE.
AND
BIDS VlTED.

Bids for the Pon,nkey Sch1,l H,u.. con
tineed and bid for one othar, = colorei school
house at Brice' Chapel near B ,yaatowa invited
THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSION
ERS will meet in Port Tob,cco Oh
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-09-21
Highest Cash Price for Wool.
T. X. FARRALL.

E3~CAll aud eIsmin. mv Stock before par
chasing elsewhere. H. Cool, are aatrantesd
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-09-21

AL all Other goois ,hu w-re ever kept in
= C,un,ry Store can be fond at nv establish
msnt. and sad a, an s.iv tnce of only 10
per cent. on FIRST cost, or in Trade for
snythiug the public my have for sale
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
One Way of Playing Poker.
Portland Oregonian.

Portland Oregonian.
William Petty was arrested yesterday for
creating disturbance in an uptown saloon.
He was taken to the city jail, and upon be-
ing searched there was found on him, among
other things, two United States coinsI mutt
lated in most peculiar manner. One was a
twenty dollar gold piece and the other sill
yer dollar. Upon one side of each coin was
followed out place nearly equal in size to
a tive-dollar piece In this was fitted couple
of springs which connected with a sliding
piece of the rim, and which were intended to
hold within this hollow small mirror thus,
while lying undetected on the table at an
angle of forty-fve degrees, behind a stack of
similar coin in front of the dealer, the latter
could, by little easily acquired skill, know
by means of the mirror to certainty every
card held by any one or all of his opponents.
A man who should chance to play in any
game where this little racket" was being
worked by a successful greek" would be abb
solutely giving his money away without even
having the excitement Of possible chance
for winning. This game is not unknown to
professional gamblers, but probably is to the
general public. The coins in the possession
of Petty had evidently never been used, and
some little fault about them brought the
conclusion that they had only just been
made The work was evidently done by a
ieweler or some other skilled mechanic, as a
novice could not have prepared them so
neatly.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
Underground Russia.

The Russian author Stepniac is NihiliSt
and he writes about Nihilists-a conspirato
against human life writes of the exploits OF
other conspiIators OF course, he discloses
nothing which was not known before. He
puts his facts and propositions into more COM
pact form, and in that way invites a more
extensive reading. But after one has read
all that this conspirator has to say, the i'm
preston remains that the attempt to revolu-
tionize the world by dynamite-by mere
brute force-can never be less than dreary
failure. There is nowhere disclosed any illu-
minating power. There are no great moral
ideas to be patiently worked out for human
ity There is that sort of fanaticism which
is closely allied to disease. We have
review of what has been done, and some
hints of the future The diabolsm of the
Nihilists is justified on the assumed ground
that the Russian Government is so corrupt
that there is no way of bringing about any
reform. Now there are frequent instances
where reforms have been accomplished by
revolutionary means, but at the bottom
there were great renovating principles TAX
ing hold of the moral convictions Of the peo-
pie. In the place of faith in the Nihilist
movement we have fanaticism, and in the
place of hope and patience we have madness
and brutality. If there is any philosophy in
Nihilism, as here exhibited, it is that which
strikes out charity, patience, and faith in
great principles founded on everlasting
truths. That is the hapless and unrelieved
side of revolution which shuts out the
light and gropes blindly and madly in the
darkness
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
Wonderful Presence of Mind.

Right here in Milwaukee Bay, about
thirty years ago, friend and myself had
started out for a fish on the pier, and had
taken our guns along to shoot ducks. Well,
we hadn't been there long before l in some
way lost my powder horn overheard, and it
sank in thirty feet of water. There it lay on
the pottow in plain sight. My friend said
he would dive for it. I noticed he didn't
take off his powder horn, and before I could
call attention to it he was in the water.
waited about twenty minutes
Twenty minutesP they all exclaimed.
That's the exact time, my friends. Iheld
my watch in my hand and timed him.
After twenty minutes began to get little
nervous, and looked over the side of the boat,
am what do you think saw"
II suppose your, friend laid on the bottom
of the lake drowned" ventured one.
"No, you are wrong. Here is where he
showed his presence of mind and thieving
disposition. There he sat on the bottom of
the lake pouring powder out of my horn into
his own, and whistling. That's what l con-
slider a remarkable incident of mans pres
ence of mind"
No reply was made by any of his listeners,
but each one quietly got up, looking sus-
piciously at the story teller, and left him
alone, master of the situation.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
A Strict knapsack Drill.
detroit Free Paess.

"a. L. B." of Westfeld, Ind, sends the
following anecdote of his military ex-
perience:
Let me give you an anecdote OF some OF
the jovial and lively boys whose presence in
company did more to prmOte health and
happiness than the hospital quinine and
opium pills. In the old Twelfth Indiana
regiment there were four or five of these
kind of men, full of life and fun. Here is
one of Enoch Taylors ''gouge games," as he
called it, If Taylor is living he knows it is
true, and / hope he will forgive me for using
his name.
While at camp in Jamestown, Nd, in
1861, an order was issued for knapsack drill
every afternoon. The men were required to
pack their clothes, ETC., if going on march,
and drill in that shape for two hours. AS
the regiment was formed, Col. W. H. Link,
riding down the line, observed few straws
protruding from the top of Taylor's KNAPP
sack. The Colonel reined up his horse
with, What have you got in your KNAPP
sack ?"
''It's straw" said Taylor.
What have you got it there for 2"
Why, Colonel it amt as heavy as
ca othes"
"Go to your quarters, and tomorrow 1
want you in the ranks with everything
you've got. Do you hear?"
'All right" said Taylor; Il always obey
ORDERS" and he walked to his tent. The
next day he happened in line with a KNAPP
sack well stuffed, his overcoat and blankets
forming roll about the size of ten-gallon
keg and long enough to extend six inches be-
yond his shoulders each way, causing him to
occupy the space of two men in the ranks.
The Colonel rode down the line; Taylors
appearance caught his gaze, and he halted
in front of him.
What in thunder is the matter with
you ?"
Nothing at all, Colonel" says Taylor.
You told me yesterday to bring everything
had and I've done So"
Colonel should think you had.
Taylor-Jes' so.
Colonel-Do all of them belong to you
Taylor-Yes; but forgot my frying pan
it's down to the tent.
Colonel-For Gods sake 60 and get it, and
when you get it stay with it. Go to your
quarters.
"All right" says Taylor; Il always obey
orders. I'll 60 and write to mother while
you drill, and I'll tell her about this, and
hereafter don't aim:sto be imposed on. +
can carry as big bundle as anybody, and
no straw in it."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
A FALL OF 5000 FEET.
The Frightful Experience and MiracuI-
Ous Escape of an AerOnaut.
Pittsburgh Dispatch, Sept. 18th.

Pittsburgh Dispatch, Sept. 18th.
Prot. G.. A. Warner, an erOnaut, who has
been making balloon ascensions from the ex-
position grounds in this city, had a thrilling
experience and miraculous escape from death
this afternoon. His balloon was somewhat
damaged in landing after an ascension last
evening, but was considered safe, and short
ly after three o'clock this afternoon Warner
seated himself on a trapeZe below the basket
and the balloon was let go. 1t arose rapidly
and was soon out of sight. Warner, when
last seen, was hanging from the trapeze bar
with his toes. An hour later persons living in
Locock street, Allegheny City, were startled
by a rushing noise, and in another moment
the canvas and cordage OF the balloon fell
on the ground with the eronaut under it.
No person expected to see him emerge from
the wreck, but he did, and was comparative
ly uniLj jured He said that when the bal
loon had reached an altitude of 5000 feet
above the earth the canvass collapsed sud-
denly. Fortunately for Warner, he was in
the basket, and although the rapidity of the
descent at first was frightful he was able to
gather the cordage in his hand and con-
vert the canvas into shape resembling a
huge umbrella. The air caught this, and
the descent of the last 5000 feet was SO
gradual that when terra frma was reached
it was without any violent jar Warner
estimates the time of the descent at nine
minutes He will 60 up again tomorrow.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
The Man who did not Want Favor.
Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn Eagle
well, how are we all to-day?' asked
bright looking, pleasant faced man, as he
pranced into the sanctum and slapped the
city editor on the back. Hard at work, l
see, getting out the greatest paper on the
North American continent"
Been arrested for being drunk and dis
orderly and want us to leave out the item 2"
demanded the city editor, eyeing him sus-
piciOusly.
Good enough" roared the clipper man.
in convulsions of merriment That's one of
the best things you ever got off,
Must be worse than getting drunk NUT
tered the city editor. Il say, is it little
defalcation, and you desire the withholding
of public opinion until you can have an OPP
portunity of being heard in the courts?"
Better yet' screamed the pleasant man,
with a paroxysm, of laughter. Let up, old
fellow, or you'll kill me-" -'7~-~*-'
;"Great Scott !" grunted the city editor.
shouldn't wonder if heidi been committing
murder and don't want anything said about
it until after the inquest. What do you
want us to dog
Nothing. / just dropped in to see the
men who get the paper which has afford
ed me so much pleasure for the last twenty
years. l wanted to take them by the hand
and tell them how much they are doing for
the public and how highly l, for one, appre-
ciate their services
rs that all - murmured the city editor
hanging his head Il must be losing my
grip. l need vacation. There's something
wrong with my head. Look here, I don't
want to think I'm going crazy Can't you
wind this business up by asking some little
favor, so won't think I've got softening of
the brain 81
why, if you feel that way" replied the
stranger, SOLDERING down and regarding the
city editor with interest. IF it will relieve
yonr mind you might state in your next
issue that am about to open new paint
shop on Fulton street Would that
''Do you know said the city editor, as
the office boy finished sweeping up the re-
mains of the pleasant man, 'do you know, I
think / must have vacation anyway? l
never thought of the puff dodge! 1t never
occurred to me. I supposed he was on the
leave outlay, and he had all the SYMPTOMS.
but never thought of the puff racket for
moment. I'm overworked and I'm going to
take rest" And the city editor went
gloomily to his desk and buried himself in
thought. 1t was the first time he had ever
been left on the object of a taffy call.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
MISSOURI'S OLDEST MANN.
An Associate of Daniel Boone Cele-
brates His Tooth Birthday.
[Globe Democrat, Sept. 16th.l

[Globe Democrat, Sept. 16th.l
Independence doubtless can boast of the
oldest man in the United States, in the per-
son of Christopher Mann, who with his
posterity celebrated his 109th birthday on
September 10TH Since 1S43 this aged man
has lived on farm, one and one-half miles
north of the city, and yet has in control the
farm, experimenting it's cultivation In
honor to the aged sire who has so long
known this State as his home, and sustained
such an enviable reputation, the children OF
him and the neighbors visited him yester-
day and surprised him most agreeably by
their presence and repast spread upon the
lawn. Mr.. Mann, though his mind has been
considered somewhat impaired, fully appre-
ciated the efforts of his friends to make his
declinging years pleasure to him, and his
feelings were plainly seen to be emotions Of
pleasure. He was surrounded by Children
grandchildren, eat-grandchildren, great
great grandchildren and his loving wife.
who with him has shared ''all lite's joys and
sorrows" Has been married twice, and is
the father of twenty six children, seventeen
of whom are now living, the oldest being
~ and the youngest II. Forty grand
children, fourteen great-grandchildre and
five great-great- -grandchildren claim him as
their ancestor Four generations from him
were represented at the meeting yesterday.
Mr.. Mann is enjoying good health and ap-
parently will enjoy many other anniversa-
ries of his birth, which occurred in Virginia,
in 1874, at a time when Virginia had not
been divided into counties. In Kentucky
he lived and was an associate of Daniel
Boone
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
The Drama in Wyoming.
Laramie Boomerang

A very sad thing occurred at late per-
formance given at Laramie City. AT the
close of the last act one of the principal per-
formers dies instantly 1t is the duty OF the au-
dience to rise, pick up its umbrella and walk
home Sometimes, however, the audience is
not familiar with the play and does not 60
home 1t waits for more death and carnage
before its awful thirst for blood is glutted.
That was the case at Laramie two weeks
ago. The stage hired man, who hauls the
dead off into the dressing room, waited pa
tiently, but the people would not go. In
order to get the full benefit of their dollar
they desired to see the post-morteln examin-
alton. They could not 60 home until it had
been settled that the villain was fully and
thoroughly dead.
There he lay, with his ear against kero-
sene footlight, suffering at So per week, and
the audience absolutely refusing to 60 home
and allow the man to revive or requiescdt IN
pace. The curtain, though loaded at the
bottom with telegraph pole, failed to come
down, and the legs of the avenger and other
members of the troupe fitted past the space
left by the unruly curtain, and the dead vii
lain lay on his back, having yielded up his
life four times that same week, in the same
manner, beside carrying the heavy trunks OF
the beautiful actress up two flights of stairs
for her in three different towns.
As there were no programmes people look
ed at each other and wondered. They knew
that this man was undoubtedly dead, but
whether the company had fresh one or not
was the question.
Finally two adult members of the troupe
came forward and pulled down the refractory
curtain. Then the manager advanced to the
front of the stage, and in voice choked
with emotion, said:
Ladies and gentlemen, we would be glad
to massacre some more OF our troupe II we
could but we cannot afford it. In one
stand town one man is about all that we can
Weld up to the cold embrace of death. Our
printing is high, and we have to pay S15 for
the hall. Therefore we regret to announce
that the play is now over. You can 90 home
with safety and we will attend to the re-
mains We have every hope that the young
man will be able to draw his salary next
week, and that we may win him back to JOY
and health again. He has good constitution,
fair appetite, and we feel like trusting it
all to the future. We regret to see you 60,
but as the ianitori is blowing out thelights and
it is getting pretty well along into the shank
of the evening we must say good-by to you,
hoping that during our absence the Laramie
opera house company will decide to assess Its
stockholders, purchase some more wickes for
the footlights, put the old piano out OF Its
misery, and stick another pair OF ovalls ln-~
to the broken window of the ladies' dressing
room, so that the actresses who visit your
town will feel more segregated, as 1t were,
and separated from the great, vulgar world.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
Helena, Montana, Thursday, October II, 1888.
The Romance of the Pie.
Jos. Medill in Chicago Tribune. !

DO you like apple pie? ?"
The soft, signing wind OF a dreamy, one
ight-undershirt-a and no -suspender evening in
June was kissing the fiuffing mass of golden
hair that surmOunted Ethlyn McNulty s per-
tectly shaped head, and as she looked trust
ingly up into the face Of the man in all the
wide, wide world to whom she had given the
priceless treasure of her girlish, summer-re-
sort love. George w. Simpson felt the balm
of her dOughnut breath on hislips and knew
that, come veal or woe, be the day radiant
with the golden sunshine of Fortune or
darkened by the gaunt, haggard figure of
Despair, there would always be one heart that
beat for him alone. Ere the last rays of an
other setting sun shall again gild the eternal
hills and such stray COWS as happen to be
standing around, a cassocked priest shall
make these twain one for life and George
will be $50 loser. This last thought steals
over him as he stands there, Ethlyn's arms
around his neck, and as it swashes mourn
fully around the precincts of his soul his
thoughts drift back to the happy past when
he was a merry, light-hearted boy with a
sore toe. But suddenly the touch of da-
mask cheek against his own brings the
reverie to close. A pair of bright, sparkling
eyes-eyes that will soon be picking out
bonnets at his expense-are looking at him,
and he fancies that in their depths he sees
tinge of melancholy, lambent gleam of
no-caramels-for-three-days that goes to his
very heart.
''You are sad my darling" he said, press
ing her closely to the midship rib of his lar
board side. "Why do you look so sorrowful 2"
Because she replies, ''you have not an
swered my question. l asked you if you
liked apple pie"
Yes he said, Il do / am deeply enam-
ored OF pie in every shape"
Hardly had the words left his lips when
Ethlyn's head droops and presently her 1.-THE
form is shaken by storm of sobs. George
is borrow stricken He has not felt such
shock since the Philadelphia nine won
game.
why do you weep, my precious one 2" h
asks bending tenderly over her.
Because" she answers him. her voice
husky with grief Il cannot make pie"
rs this true?. Are you certain there is no
mistake 2"
None, none," Ethlyn means, despairingly,
II cannot cook at ALL"
Then he says, raining shower Of kisses
on the upturned face, you are more precious
to me than ever.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
A Famous Cook.

A from petite, Gambetta's famous cook, is
row living retired in Touraine, where the
ex-cooks of the ex-Queen of Spain and the
Empress of Russia are passing the evening of
their lives also. Trompette has had three
toes of his left foot recently amputated for
gangrene. He was offered 10000 francs and
staff of twenty-five assistants to direct the
feasting Of the Cars coronation, but de-
clined. Trompette's greatest feat was the
dinner given in December, 1881, when Gam
beta was Prime Minister. Of 150 guests,
81 were diplomats; the dinner was superb.
The Turkish Ambassador was of the opinion
that Trompette ought to be appointed, after
his death, head cook in paradise, ard 1t was
approved men, con.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
AN UNPUBLISHED POEM.

ALICE CARY.
The years have turned over and over
soft April and dew-dripping May;
Since all were a bank of red clover,
Half ground and half sky stretched away,
A little maid sat at her milking,
And singing love lifting lay.
Up out of the daisy y-draped edges
That bordered the green milking lane,
Up out of the tops of the hedges,
To list to the Tilt of her strain,
The brown little heads of the wild birds
Were lifted again and again.
\ fair sight it was to behold her,
No shadow of care on her brow,
The girlish arm bare to the shoulder,
That leaned on the flank of the COW.
On. Maytime, my beautiful Maytime!
say, how hast thou come to her now?
Draw back from the window the curtain,
Look on the bed where she lies;
The shadows are cold and uncertain,
The sun goes out of her skies,
The sick soul aWeary of waiting,
Comes up 10 look out of her eyes.
She turns the years over and over,
Clear back to the Maytime gone by;
Clear back TO that cloud of red clover
That shimmers half ground and half sky,
And she cries from the depth of her anguish,
My Lord and my God is ii ! q
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-10-11
A Modern Snake Story.

"Pshaw," said the Yankee hatchet-thrower,
'the snake stories that are going about are
all too thin. Why, look here. Last spring
went out into the woods. took along an
umbrella, which laid down on some rocks.
Well, about an hour afterward went to get
my umbrella as it had begun to rain little.
/ took hold of the handle, and as gave a
little shove something began to tear, and, as
the umbrella flew open, live black snake
fell to the ground, split in two from its head
to its tail. The confounded critter had actual
ly swallowed my umbrella, and never no.
ticed it until showed up the thing and split
the cuss open from stem to stern.