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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

The Forty-Eight Congress which met
on Monday last, organized by selecting
Hon. John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, to the
speakers, chair and will proceed to trans
act the business of session which, from
the number depressing issues to be brought
before it, is likely to be of unusual inter-
est. The Senate consists of 3S republi-
cans, SO democrats, and two readjusters
who will vote with the republicans. The
House, of which the membership was in
creased by the last apportionment from
293 to 325, will stand: Democrats, 1914, re-
pub|icans, 11s; readjusters, 5; indepen-
dents, 4; grecnbackers, 2; vacancies, q
The number of votes constituting major
ity of the Hou is 1853, but the democrat
ic majority over all is SO. The distribu-
tion of the democratic strength, which is
greatest in the West and South, is in &C.
cord with the fact brought out by the CEN
sus of 1880 that the centre of population
and power to the Union is west of the
Alleghanies and is moving to the South
west. The preponderating influence, for
merly welded by tue Eastern, Middle and
South Atlantic States, belongs now to the
Mississippi valley, and the control of the
democratic party-the shaping of Its pol
policy and the naming of its PRESIDENT al
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the centre of popu-
lation. OF the 1914 democratic memb, rs
of the 4Sth Congress the Eastern States
send but 6, the Middle States 81, the South
Atlantic States, including in that group
Maryland and Virginia 81; the Gulf States,
80: the Central, Western and Northwest
ern States, rs; the Pacific States, Z. Ex-
Guiding Florida from the number of Gulf
States, it will be found that of the 1914
votes cast by democrats in the Congress
which met last Monday, at least 104 are
cast by representatives OF the Central,
Western, Northwestern and Gulf States,
all of which lie for the most part west of
the Allegheny mountains, and if the Z
votes of the Pacific States be added the
total is increased to III. 1t is not sur
prising, therefore, that the sceptre has de-
parted from "the original thirteen States,
be the party in power democratic or re-
publican. Nor is the transference of pow
er to the new States of the great West al
together to be regretted by the patriot who
would wish to see the policy of the gov
eminent dominated by the large and broad
considerations inevitably brought to the
front when the area from which the party
majority is taken is Of wide extent and
fairly homogeneous in character. The
composition of the present House would
seem, therefore, to indicate that national
problems are to be treated during the SEES
sion in practical and national spirit
Sun.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

Emularing the enterprise OF the States of the
great Northwest Missouri shipped TO England
10000 copies of pamphlet descriptive of Mis-
souri, soil climate. resources, and inducements
to immigrants bat when the shipment, which
weighs n ne tons reached Liverpool there wasn't
cert to pay even the landing charges Hap
pilv, the Iron Mountain and Southern Rail
road Company's advertisement is in the bro
chure, and the company agent advanced the
money to pay charges. But now Gov. Crit
resden declines to reimburse the agent, and it
is possible that the tons OF Missouri literature in
warehouse in Liverpool may be SEIZED and sold
as old paper to meet charge of 500
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07
M a r, RIFD

On Thursday the 25rh ultimo, at The residence
of the brides parents the Rev. G F. Will
lams ofTicating-Miss Ina W. BERRY, d,ugh-
ter Of William II. Berry, to SOMERSET d
BERRY.
On Tuesday November 2Oih 1888 at St. Johns
Chapel Pomonkey. by Rev. John Towles J.
b. LAMBERT, of Washington, c., aud
Mamie, daughter of Mrs L. C. Mcpherson,
of Charles county, Md.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

Why is it so many suffer from rheumat ism,
aches, pains, kidney diseases, liver complaints,
heart affections, etc? II is simply because they
will not come and he healed. All disease begin
from a want of iron in the blood. This want
of iron makes the blood thin, watery and i'm
pure Impure blood carries weakness and dis
tress to every part Of the body. Supply this
lack oe Iron by using Browns Iron Bitters and
you will soon find yourself enjoying perfect
freedom from aches, pains and general ILL
ha,ItI,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

o. Donnel the slayer of Carey the in
former, has been found guilty of murder
by an English jury and sentenced to be
hung on the 10Th of the present month.
He was defiant when the verdict was an
nounce and loudly denounced the British
government as he was being led back to
prison.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07
To The Merchants

fINHE house of Thos. Devries 4 Co, having
retired from business. have associated nv
self with the wholcs lie dry goods and notion
house of PEARRE BROS. h CO, 269 West
Baltimore St aud will travel Southern Mary
land and the Northern neck of Virginia, AS in
the past. Thanking for the patronage that
has been shown me for the past five We ,rs with
the old house | hope continuance of the same
+ DUDLEY TURNER
with Pt,rre B os 4 CO.
2Ga w. Baltimore St,
Baltimore, Nd.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

On last Sunday evening, shortly before
8 o'clock, some vandal or vandals, not
having the fear of the Lord before their
eyes, wickedly cut off the tails of the two
lions cut in sandstone which ornament the
entrance. Ito the Calvert street bridge in
Baltimore city. The good people of that
city, and especially the mayor who former
y selected the ornaments in question, were
very much enraged when they saw the two
bobtailed lions standing in grim silence
on Monday morning. 1t has been sugges-
ted by some that the daring deed was the
work of some misguided son of Erin, who
tancied that in amputating the caudal ap.
pendages of those sandstone lions be was
casting an insult upon the mythical Brit
ish lion," while others ridicule the idea as
absurd. Mayor Latrobe has offered re-
ward for the offender or offenders, and the
probability seems to be that the bod-tail-
ed lions will be amply avenged.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

1t will be source of regret and cha
grin to the Maryland Democracy to learn
that not one of its alleged representative
on the floor of the House voted for Mr..
Carlisle for Speaker, the four of them 1he
were present recording their votes for Ran
dali and high tariff
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

One of the most absorbing matters that
will come before the Legislature during
the approaching session will be the cleo
ton of a United States Senator to succeed
the Hon. James B. Groome. This office
belongs to the Eastern Shore, and that Sec
ton is furnishing numerous applicants for
the position. Queen Anne's county has
three gentlemen in the field, viz: Judge
John NJ. Robinson, Comptroller Thomas j
Keating..aad John B. Brown, Esq. The
other candidates are Hon. j ames B. Groome,
of Cecil, present incumbent; Hon. Philip
F. Thomas, of Talbot, and Hon E. K. Will
son, of Worcester making six in all. The
lower counties of the peninsula are said to
be united upon Mr.. Wilson, while Cecil
and one vote from Kent will be for Groome.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

The high tariff for marriage licenses in
our State continues to drive economical
lovers to Washington where the license is
placed at less than a hundred cents. Six
of such licenses were issued to Maryland
ers on Saturday. Even with such tariff,
however our matrimonial market is fair
ly brisk
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

Herbert Spencer, the gre t philosopher,
while in America sud: TIL. Yankees live
too fast, work to" much, and catch cold
too oitcn." What IA Glance for DR.. Blu is
Cnu.h Syrup.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07
]1ortG obQreoGimcs
PORT TOBACCO:
Friday Morning, December Z 1883.

The Democrats in Congress have skill
fully steered clear Of the Scylla which
threatened the good old ship in the candi-
dacy of Mr.. Randall.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07
The Vote for Speaker.

The f'llnwin. is the vote FIR : pc tkrr at
the House Of Raprese ltativ's rs it was 81
ven on the first ha Ia, in the Dem rcrutic
caucus on the ls inst:
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

Mrs. Eliza Villarch, 1913 Chase street. Balti-
more, Md, says: 81 used Browns Iron Bit
tiers for malarial fever and it did me much
good"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07
Terms Of sale
SANTA CLAUS COMING,
PORT T0BACCO.-.LAP PLATA
Holiday Goods!

NESSRS ROBERTS 4 OWEN CALL TIE
NATTENTluN OF THE PUBLIC TO THE
Lure Assortment of We'll Selected Holiday
Goods whirh they have just received at their
stores in Port Tobacco and l., Plate. These
goods are careful ~ selected with "A view To- the
wants of the season and consis, Of the finest
assortment Of
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

CHILDREN Suits, Eseman Bros, 7th and j.
Sis., Washington, d. G.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-07

Capt Noah Fsirhsnk, who comm inied the
first s'esmhoa, in Virginia waters died A.
Fredericksburg, Va, Saturday Al The age o.
81 years
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
Servants i'm Mexico.

Cor Cleveland Heraldl
Every Mexican household has a great
number of servants in proportion to the
size of the family, and how they occupy
themselves is a mystery. There is one
creado whose sole business it is to make
tOrtillas; another to do the marketing and
act as steward; another who does nothing
but cook; another to wash; another to
keep the house tidy; others to wait on
table and attend the children to brush the
mistress hair and shake the dust from her
dress (which literally sweeps the dirty
streets whenever she goes out, American
short skirts being considered dreadfully
immodest), besides, gardeners, hostlers,
Wallets, ETC.
But servant keeping is very different
thing in Mexico to that in the United States
del, ,NOrte Here they do not require the
salary of a Congressman, nor demand days
out and company in, nor grow so important
that their employer is barely allowed to
remain providing she is sufficiently polite
Mexican creados consider four dollars per
month munificent salary, and in time get
rich on it, according to their ideas of
wealth. They sleep, rolled up in their
serapas, on the floor, in the court, wherever
it is most convenient, require few clothes,
and those generally the gifts or cast-of'
garments of their employers-and are inva-
riably pious and appear contented.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
BETTER THAN GOLD.

Better than grandeur better than gold,
Than rank and titles thousandfold,
Is healthy body and a mind at ease
And simple pleasures that always please;
A heart that can feel for another's woe,
With sympathies large enough to enfold
All men as brothers, is better than gold.
Better than gold is a conscience clear,
Though toing for bread in an humble spher
Doubly blest with content and health
Untried by the lusts and cares of wealth,
Lowly living and lofty thought
AdOrn and enoble poor mans cot,
For mind and morals in natures plan
Are the genuine tests of a gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet repose
OF the sons of toll when the labOrs close;
Better than gold is the poor mans sleep,
And the balm that drops on his slumbers deep
Bring sleeping draughts on the downy bed
While luxury pillows its aching head,
The toier simple opiate deems
4 shorter route to the land of dreams.
Better than gold Is a thinking mind,
That in the realms of books can find
A treasure surprising Australian ore,
And live with the great and good of yore,
The sage's lore and the poets lay,
The glories of empires passed away;
The worlds great dream will thus unfold,
And yield pleasure better than gold
Better than gold is "A peaceful home,
Where all the fireside characters come,
The shrine of love, the heaven of life
Halowed by mother, or sister, or wife,
However humble the home may be,
Or tried with sorrow by heavens decree,
The blessings that never were bought or sold
And centre there are better than gold.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
An Emergency
Free Press.

A few days ago man with a meek and
humble expression, and wearing summer
suit of clothes, applied to one of the rail-
road passenger agents for dead-head pass
to Toledo.
Why do you want to 60 to Toledo?"
TO git married"
And you haven't any money!"
Not above 25 cents"
Hadn't you better be worth your fare to
Toledo before taking wife on your hands
to support?"
"You don't understand the case" pro-
tested the man, I'm going to marry a
widow worth at least $1,000, and the first
thing shall do will be to remit you the
price of ticket. Pm poor and the widow
knows it, but she married me for love-"
He protested SO long and earnestly that
he was finally passed down the road. Two
days elapsed and then letter was received
from him, saying:
Heaven bless you for your kindness
Reached here all right, and married the
widow according to programme. 1t turns
out that she isn't worth copper. In this
emergency may ask you to pass us both
to Detroit, where 1 have hopes of striking
iObn
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
WRITE THEM A LETTER TO.
NIGHT.

Don't go to the theatre, lecture or ball,
But stay III your room tonight;
Deny yourself to the friends that cal,
And good long letter write
Write to the sad old folks at home,
Who sit when the day is done,
With folded hands and downcast eyes,
And think of the absent one.
Don't seltishy scribble Excuse my haste,
I've scarcely the time to write"
Lest their brooding thoughts go wandering back
TO many a bygone night,
When they lost their needed sleep and rest,
And every breath was prayer
That God would leave their delicate babe
To their tender love and care.
Don't let them feel that you've no more need
For their love and counsel wise:
For the heart grows strangely sensitive
When age has dimmed the eyes.
Ii might be well to let them believe
You never forget them quite
That YOU deemed it pleasure when far away,
Long letters home to write.
Don't think that the young and glddy friends
Who make your pastime gay,
Have half the anxious thoughts for you
That the old folks have to-day.
The duty of writing do not put off,
Let sleep or pleasure wait,
Lest the letter for which they looked and longed
BE a day or an hour too late.
For the sad old folks at home,
With locks fast turning white,
Are longing to hear of the absent one
Write them a letter tonight.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
A Street Full of MilliOnaires.

No street in the world, perhaps, possesses
more value to the square foot than Fifth
avenue, New York, the abode of SO many
millionaires. The figures as taken from
the tax books of the current year show that
the city derives revenue of over 81 ,OOO, 900
year from this one avenue, between
Eighth and Eighty-second street. The
total amount of the figures printed is
S49,449, 900, it being forty per cent. less
than the actual value of the property?
Taxable property is supposed to he assessed
at sixty per cent. of its real value, at which
rate the estimation of the tax department
officials place the actual value of the prop
erty on Fifth avenue, not including that
which is exempt from taxation, at $50, ,225,-
600. These figures, however, only take in
the property from Washington Square to
the end of Central Park and in many in
stances the records of portions of assessable
property could not be found on the tax
books by the reporters.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
Sympathy.

Philadelphia Call.
We'll, how do you feel this morning
old man?"
Bad. have the worst cold you"
Had cold myself last week nose all
stopped up, and pains"
You ever saw. l never got wink of
sle-"
Pains in my back, and my bones"
Sleep all night. Took three glasses of
hot whis-"
Bones ached till l thought I should 90
wild. Had DIR. Beans called"
whisky, but they didn't do me any
go"
Called, and suffered terribly"
Good, and now I'm going to"
well, so long, old fellow I'll see you
again soOn."
The moral of this is, dear reader, if you
have cold say nothing about it. 1t in
terests nobody but yourself
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
A Rich Find.
| Arizona Miner


Two years ago Fermin Meia found near
the old Senator mill, seven pounds of gold
quartz ore, from which he extracted $414,
calculating the gold at SIS per ounce.
Since that time he has upon various occa-
sions made search for the source from
which the rich ore came, and last week
was made more than happy by discovering
the vein, which is fully three feet wide and
can be traced for half mile He exhib-
tied to our gaze to-day sample of ore,
which is fully one-half gold. and will pay
at least calculation 100000 to $4,000 per
ton. This is the finest gold discovery ever
made in Arizona, and perhaps the world
Mr.. Mejia is working his new find and
carefully sacking his richest ore, while that
worth from two to three thousand dollars
per ton is left upon the dump as second
class,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
Planetary Influences.

A writer who has studied the planets
with view to ascertaining the influence
they have over the people claims that peo-
pie never agree in marriage whose horo-
scopes are antagonistic, and among the
Hindoos and some other nations, even to
this day, the astrOloger is consulted to de-
termine where there is complete esympathy
between the positions of the sun, moon,
Venus and Mars in the respective nativi-
ties, and, if their relative positions are not
found to agree, then the projected match is
broken off. Women who have the sun or
the western angle afflicted by Uranus,
Saturn or Mars at birth should never enter
wedlock. When they do so under these
conditions misfortune is certain to result
Venus should be free from the cross aspects
of the malefic.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
Industrial Education in New York

The New York Trade Schools were
established by R. 7. Auchmuty. They are
not charity or free schools; to have them
self-supporting is the end and aim of the
founder. The buildings are plain unpre-
tentious one-story brick structures on
First avenue, extending from Sixty
seventh to Sixty-eighth streets, and are
sufficiently commodious for the accommo-
dation of several hundred practical pupils
Instruction is giving in plumbing, brick
laying, fresco painting, stone-cutting, plas-
tering, pattern-making for molders and
machinists, turning, scroll-sawing and
wood carving The courses in each vary
from three to five months, with instruction
three nights in the week, with few spe-
cial day classes, and the terms are from
50 so to SIS 90 per month and from $40 to
$25 for the entire course. The instructors
are skilled mechanics, selected from the
most successful men in the several depart
ments, and, in many respects, the instruc-
tion is superior to that obtained by the
ordinary apprentice.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
A MOnOtOnOus Life.

How glad I am to see you, my DEAR"
exclaimed Mrs. d. to the bride of year.
And how do you like married life?" II
am very happy, but after all married life is
awfully mOnotonous." Indeed, / never
found it So" mo, perhaps not, but then
your husband is country bred you came
from city; he is blonde; you brunette;
he is Christian and you Jewess." "Re-
ally, my dear, do not understand" "Not
understand? Cannot you see how differ
emily am situated ?" "Well, no.n "Why,
my husband and both came from the same
town. Our parents were as much alike as
two families can be. We are both of the
same temperament, both think the same
way, both belong to the same church, and
there is absolutely nothing for MS to quarrel
about.n
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
Helena, Montana, Thursday, December 20, 1883.
LAUNDRY SECRETS.
What the Missing Mary Churchill
Learned.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.]
Mary Churchill, the missing st. Louis
girl who was found in an indianapolis
laundry, talks entertainingly other expert
ence in the laundry business For three
months she had the counting and sorting
OF the pieces brought in by Indiana people
and her "reminiscences of the prominent
people she has had business dealings with
are valuable as defining the characteristics
of each.
She says that Mr.. Hendricks invariably
brought two shirts, two pairs Of socks, four
collars and three handkerchiefS per week
to be laundried He had an aversion to
starch-a characteristic peculiar also to his
political convictions.
Mr.. McDOnald's shirts were rutfied and
his socks were of variegated hue, while his
handkerchiefs were always of the brightest
colors, marked with a monogram in silk
emblematical of this gentleman's mooted
vOluptuOus tastes.
Wnn. II. English had shirt and an
odd sock laundried every other week and
invariably kicked about the price 1t was
hard to do up his shirts nicely because
they were of cheap material and were
chalked over by the wearer as they began
to show dirt. Miss Churchill says she had
to watch the clothes line pretty sharp
while Mr.. English was in the shop.
Dan Voorhees, was the handsomest Gus
toner the shop had, but Joe Mcdonald
was the pleasantest to do business with,
for he had friendly way Of chucking her
under the chin and calling her my dear'
and Baby" and asking her how she would
like to go buggy riding with him some
evening.
Mary saw Mr.. Holman only once. Then
he came into shop in somewhat of hurry,
and sat on a stool in a back room while he
was having his gingham shirt sprinkled
and pressed out. 'He wasn't of much use
to the laundry anyway, as he didn't 60
much on clean clothes" said Miss Church
ill, land he had a Communication ticket
which did him year at least"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-12-20
ALL THE SAME.
CHARLOTTE L. sEAvER.

CHARLOTTE l.. sEANER.
A wee golden head nestles close to my knee,
And slowly strive to untangle the hair.
As wind-tossed and curly, as sunny and bright
As if some stray sunbeam We're lingering there
1T hurts so. oh, mamma" half sobbing she says
My own little maiden and eyes big and brown
Look up into mine and two quivering lips
Are raised TO my own. as ! say, STOPPING down;
I'm sorry, my darling" yes, mamma
know
Then the eyes, full of tears. bend low in their
sname, .
As she tries to be brave. II truly wont cry! :,
You're sorry know. but it hurts all the same
And thought. AS / gathered her close in my
arms,
Aye, surely, the hurts that are hardest to bear
Are the ones received from those nearest TO us,
And often it is not because they don't care,
But because they are careless in word or In deed
And cen though their sorrow hall soitehs inc
blame,
Yet the wound is still there in spite OF regrets,
And truly, oh, baby. it hurts all the same.