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Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1882-1885, 1884-07-16

Belgien. Det afrikanska sillskapet
Bryssel har borjat underhandla med tyska
regeringen for att afven fran delta hall "a
den blifvande afrlkanska staten vid Kongo
erkand. Man haller just nu pa med dst
slutliga faststallandet af den nya statens
granser.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1882-1885, 1884-07-16

Sydamerika. Som man hade skSl
att vanta fornekas nu fran fera hail uppgif-
ten ON att Lesseps skulle tanka pa att Of
vergifva arbetet med kanaleu ofver Pana-
manaset. Arbetet sages tvertom fortga med
raskhet, och kommer arbetsplanen for ma
sta dr. att dagarne framlaggas for bolags-
styrelsen.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1882-1885, 1884-07-16

kSchweiz. rbuudsforsamlingen /
schweiz lar inom kort taga 6fvervagande,
huru vida icke fera af landets beskicknin.
gar hos de europeiska stormakterna skulle
kunna upphafvas. De lopande arendena
skulle sadant fall skotas af generalkonsu-
lerna. Dessutom kunde, da sarkllda an
ledningar gafvos. utomordentliga beskick.
ningar afsandas till regeringarna fraga.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25
A Novel Record.

A recently deceased Frenchman had
Il novel record that he had kept. 20
years ago he married, and on his we'd
ding day took the original resolution
to keep a yearly account of the num-
ber of kisses exchanged with his wife
until their union became severed by
the death of one or of the other. Just
before he died he confided this account
to friend for publication. During
the first year of welded life the kisses
exchanged reached to the colossal f.
gure Of $4,000, or hundred kisses a
day on an average: bat in the follow
ing twelve months there was notable
decrease, not more than 10000 being
inscribed on the register, while the
third year shows still greater falling
off, the average number Of kisses being
but ten day. And after the lapse Of
five years a further reduction is re-
corded, and the account keepers task
was simplified. for only two kisses are
recorded during each twenty four
hours-'one on rising, one on retiring
to rest Later on, during the last
ten years of his married lie, they only
kissed each other on leaving for or re-
turning from journey, and he had a
very little trouble in making up his
annual domestic statistics.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25
Its Just the Same With Hogs.

Il cannot understand why it is that
we don't get as liberal fees for marry
ing people as We used to- said dom,
inie to fellow clergyman on the way
to their annual convention.
The same thought has occurred to
me, my dear brother, replied his COM
panion. but fail to perceive the hand
Of the Lord in the Withholding Of the
increase to which We are entitled by
virtue of our high calling
Then a good old deacon leaned for
ward and Clipped in with:
Brethren, you don't know anything
about business. You say you do not
get as big fees as you used to-
That is, alas, too true, groaned both
the parsons.
But haven't you had more couples
to marry9'
oh, yes
We'll, then, you shouldn't kick
It's Just the same with hogs. The
more you sell the less you get apiece
for them. Hogs is hogs; so is some
folks. The more they get the more
they want
The dominies didn't dispute the To-
gic of the deacon, but simply switched
off to more sacred subjects.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25
A Boston Drug Drummer.

well, you see, he was travelling for
a Boston drug house, and was pretty
much of dude. He had an end seat
IN the car that went over first, and
after the excitement, when all the
other boys had got out, and were do.
ing what they could to save the balance
of the people, they discovered that the
Boston man was missing. They skir-
mished around awhile in the debris,
and in the second car found Mr.. Bos-
ton crawling through window. Bos-
ton caught on at once, and, looking up
at the crowd, said coolly and with
drawl: 'Aw, gentlemen, l weally beg
pahdon far causing you any delay or
uneasiness, but you know theah ah a
dozen passengahs or noah in that
bottom cab, and weally, you know, 1
couldn't teah myself away until | had
taken their ordahs for court plastah
and ahnica. | have them down in my
book, and if you will dlwect me to the
nearest telegraph station. you will not
only have my esteem and that of my
house, but also that Of numbah Of
suffahwing fellow passengahs.' 1t
showed more gall than anything l ever
saw, and the boys showed him to the
telegraph office before they could re.
cover from the shock"
There was nothing more said by
anybody.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25

turning pale, and sinking upon di
van. why, they say the heiress of the
Factoryville property is the richest
girl in the country
Grace said Frank. gravely, and al
most sternly, what does this mean ??
The blue eyes filled with tears as she
clung closer to his arm.
4 can't help owning the calico fac
tories, Frank. Don't you love ME just
as we'll as if | didn't?'
My little deceiver. But why did
you not tell me =
Why should tell you, Frank. 1t
was so nice to leave the heiress behind
and be plain Grace Teller, and when
saw how opposed your mother was to
our engagement, spark of wilfulness
rose up within me, and | resolved to
maintain my incognito. Mrs. Seymour
SHE added, turning archly around and
holding out her hand to the discomfi-
ted lady, didn't | tell yon that owed
my daily bread to the cotton factory"
And poor Mrs. Seymour for once i'll
her life was at loss for an answer.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25
Neatness About the House.

sOur Elizabeth looks pretty fine.
when she comes out on the street in
the afternoon, but you ought 10 see
her in the morning in the kitchen and
around the house." So said terrible
old man, who was friend of Eliza
beth's family, to a young man who as
pired to be something more than a
friend. 1t was true that the young
man, seeing her only in the afternoon
or eveRing, in silk attire, and with her
glossy braids Of golden hair, would
hardly have recognized her in the care
lessly dressed girl who ran to hidc her.
self if she heard the door bell ring,
and who did not dare present herself
at door or window in the morning.
The time consumed in concealing her.
self was sufficient to have made an ell
aborate toilet in not counting the NOR
tificaton she sometimes endured. S!.e
was not untidy either, in personal
sense, but was simply negligent and
careless. There was not the least need
of it; indeed, it has always seemed as
if Cinderella herself might have kept
out of the ashes, even if she was COM
PEELED to say in the kitchen and to
work. To look we'll about housework
is worth while. A. neat calico dress,
short enough to clear the floor, smooth
ly brushed hair, clean collar and a
plentiful supply Of aprons, are within
the reach of any woman, and main
tain that she will do her work better,
and feel more like doing it, if so pre-
pared for it. 'Dress, indeed says Mr.
Boswell, in his superior tone, "we
must allow has more effect, even upon
strong minds, than one would suppose
without having had the experience of
it.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25
Eflerf Reaning.
Bishop Wilmer s Retort.

Bishop Wilmer, Protestant Episco-
pal, of Alabama, is one of the readiest
men with retort TO be found in the
States. His first parish was in Virgil
da. Al certain company, where all
the gentlemen of the neighborhood
were assembled, the young clergyman
was present. There was also a man
present noted for his intidelity as to
Christianity. and for his roughness Of
speech to those by whom it was pro-
fessed. This skeptic s"on began to
talk to the youthful parson. who pru-
IDENTIFY made no reply. The enemy
became more aggressive, and address
ing him directly, said:
Mr.. Wilmer, You don't seem to like
to talk about religion and the Bible
Yes, SIR be replied. 4 do like to
talk about it with people who are ear
nest and respectful in their treatment
of it,
"Well," " rejoined the assailant, eff
YOU will answer me one question | will
let you Off
VII. w iiuicl Sdlu. olI, uO uOL Say
that care to be let off from anything;
but ask me the question, and if it is
a proper question and know the ans
wer will give it to YOU
We'll, sir, | have asked all the par
sons | have ever seen. and not one OF
them could tell me, and now | ASK
YOU: What became of the body Of Mo-
ses when the devil and the archangel
had contest over it:
1t was a trying question for young
theologian, and trying occasion, for
the assembled company all silently a
waited his reply. He quickly arose
from his chair, walked across the room
stood directly in front of his antagon-
ist and said, firmly and respectfully,
Sir, that question does not concern
you in the least
why not, sir:
Because it is perfectly certain that
no archangel will ever have any con-
test with the devil over your body
| The infidel confessed himself whip
ped, and joining in the loud laugh at
his own expense, said he would bet
$500 on his parson every sermon a
gainst any other preacher in the coun
/ try
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25
Volume XII. mo. 6.
A Coward Seeking a Pension.

At club dinner in New York re-
Gently an examining surgeon related
the following incident, showing how
the arrears act developed pensioners
out of sound and undeserving men.-
During the war he was the surgeon of
an infantry regiment. When the re-
giment first went into battle he obser-
we'd, sitting behind a big tree, at SAFE
distance from the fighting line, the
captain of one of the companies
"What are you doing there, Captain?"
asked the doctor 'I'm not feeling
well, replied the officer in doleful
voice. The surgeon was too busy see
ing after the wounded to stop and in
quire after his complaint. A few
weeks later the regiment again got un-
der fire and the surgeon found the
same captain skulking behind barn.
Hello! sick again?' he exclaimed
well, the fact is, Doctor, I'm not ex-
actly sick. l may as we'll own up that
I'm a coward. There's no help for it.
1t must be constitutional. Now, doc
tor, what's the use of my staying in
the army? Won't you help me to get
my discharge?' The surgeon thought
he was doing the country a service
when, few days afterward, he recon-
mended that the man be discharged
on the ground of general disability
He heard nothing of the captain un-
til sixteen years later, when he receiv-
ed letter from the pension office in
forming him that Captain Blank had
applied for a pension from the date of
his muster out, and that as he as sur
geon of the regiment, had certified to
the disability, would he kindly inform
the government as to the nature of
the disease from which the officer suf-
fered? The surgeon replied that the
captains complaint was chronic and
incurable cowardice, not contracted in
the line Of his duty but constitutional.
The captains name did not 60 upon
tie roll and his plan for getting some
$4,000 for arrears and $40 month
for the rest of his life came to grief
How many schemes no less dishonest
have succeeded through the complai-
sance Of examining surgeons, less hon
est than the narrator of this incident,
could they Only be ascertained by a
thorough overhauling of the old pen
sion list and re-examination of the
entire army of pensioners.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25
THE BEST
G | @ T H | N G

The largest and finest Stock ever shown
at prices which cannot lie equalcl else
where
Our entirely ner stock is So serirabe
that every man and boy should have a
suit and to appear handsomely dressed
you must wear our o'hcs.
should your circums anccs be such that
only small amount can be invested IN
clothing then our house is one 10 patro-
nize for the reason that you get Just what
you pay .cr; economical administration
OF al lis affairs makes our estab i>hment
the popular one to buy from. Every gar
ment IN our house entirely new. handsome
and ScryiCcallc
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25
SPECIAL CLEARING SALE.

- DETERMINE To KEEr A.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25

The great events in the life of a Chi
cago man are his first trousers, his first
love, his first wife, his first baby, and
his last divorce.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25

This is the time Of year when the
pretty picnic girl with the trim ankle
and neat boots calls out. .Snake!'
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-25

1t must not be inferred that those
politicians who eat crow are mourning
for the Lost Caws.'
The new North-west., 1884-06-20
His Last Prophecy Made.

Henry G.. Vennor, the weather prophet,
died in Montreal Sunday, June s. Mr.. Ven.
nor was 43 years old. He was born In Mon.
treal, where his father was wealthy hard
ware merchant. His mother was . Patter-
son, and was Of Scotch descent. Young
Vennor was educated with his brothers at
the leading schools of Montreal, and subse-
quently was graduated from McGill Univer-
sity. At the University he was directly
under the tuition Of Principal Dawson and
DR.. T. Sterry Hunt. Before leaving he took
two years. course In civil engineering and
two courses in science. He also attended
the chemistry classes Of the Montreal Medi-
cal College. For five years after leaving tho
University he was in the employ of hard
ware fra in Montreal, but found time TO
make valuable collection and to study the
habits Of birds and animals. He left the
hardware business to take position on the
geological survey of Canada, an appoint
ment which was given him through the In
fuence of the late Sir William E. Logan,
Government Geologist. In 1881 he con-
cluded his geological work, in connection
with the Dominion Government, and opened
. general mining agency in St. James street,
Montreal. ..
Mr.. Vennor has been best known by his
weather predictions, which have reached the
public through cards to tho newspapers an
nouncing special meteorological disturb
ances and through his almanac. Writing of
this almanac in June, 1881, Mr.. Venkor said
that he hoped to "make 1t medium for the
exchange Of meteorological information
throughout Cana Ia and North America"
Gain, he said, was not his object, and what
profits there had been In the almanac had
been reaped by publishers and agents.
Speaking Of his claims as weather prophet,
he said: 81 attribute my present position or
reputation entirely to my close study Of the
course Of storms in years gone by, and .
comparison Of these with those Of to-day In
every section Of the country. have carried
the people along with me not 50 much by
one general strikingly accurate forecast,
(such as that Of the winter Of 1881, ~ .
whole,) but by numerous well-directed local
predictions, unostentatiously published, but
telling in their effect upon the people in
cluded."
The new North-west., 1884-06-20
EVE-ANGELICAL.

In Minnesota several girls are railroad
station agents. The company should station
agent .. such places. Girls are more liable
to misplace a"switch. ."-Norristop Herald.
81 wish was s.leon," said q loving
woman to her husband. "Wky ?" he In
quired with some degree Of surprised. "Oh,
because you would run In eighteen crtwsnty
times day to see me-"
Mrs. Scoville, sister of Guiteau, Is In
Washington, Pa. She goes under fictitious
name, and Is selling pictures, as she states,
for the purpose of raising money with which
to prosecute those who were instrumental In
the hanging of her brother.
Ouida says she finds her characters In the
social circles she frequents. This is the
worst thing on her associates that has ever
been said, even by her most malignant critics.
Intimacy with such people as the heroes and
heroines Of most Of her novels would corrupt
an angel.
This Is how the Philadelphis girl Is in
structed at the swimming school: A padded
strap is passed around the pupils body, and
by this she Is suspended from . projecting
support until she learns tho proper motions.
Then she Is given life-preserver, or "foat,"
and carefully watched and coached BY fs-
male instructor, begins practice. The great
essential Is confidence. As soon as fear Is
overcome she gets along very rapidly and
usually learns In about the fifth or sixth
lesson.
$50 your husband Is . drummer?" re-
marked Mrs. Smith. "Youll excuse me for
saying 1t, but they do say that drummers ara
awful firts. Is 1t really so" 81 don't
know anything about the Others" replied
Mrs. Green, "but know that John isn't.
Why, he doesn't take any netice of the
women at all! Leastways, he doesn't take
any notice of me when he Is at home, and
he'd be moro likely to lake notice Of me than
any ether woman. Sometimes he'll sit In
the house for heurs and never speak word,
and when he does say anything It's only No.
or Yes and nothing more."-Boston Tran
script.
A mulatto girl with . remarkably pretty
but peculiar face was engaged by shrewd
western Snowman. He had tooth extracted
from each side Of her mouth and inserted q
pair of long tusks, covered her ears with.
false ones like beasts, bleached and tangled
her abundant hair, and instructed her TO ut
ter an unintelligible jargon. Thus she was
transformed into q valuable curiosity, and
her wages of s15 week did not satisfy her.
On the arrival Of the show In Indianapolis
she attempted to quit it, and row resulted
in an exposure of the fraud.
Sergt. Molly Pitcher, Of whom every Amer
lean school boy knows, was . stout, red
haired, freck'et faced, young Irish woman,
with handsome, piercing eye. In the bat
tie Of Monmouth, Molly was carrying spring
water to the thirsty Continentals when she
learned that her husband, = gunner, had just
been slain. Straightwsy Molly seized the
rammer, and worked the cannon heroically
until the end of the fight. Molly already Is
immortal, but IL Is deemed we'll that she be
represented In the Monmouth battle month.
So In New York the other day the barefoot
heroine was represented In one of the bronzs
bas-relief figures then cast.
The new North-west., 1884-06-20
LITTLE ELSIE.

All! don't come wooing with your long
long face,
And your longer purse behind;
I'm bright young girl, and know my place
And think know my mind.
L like to laugh, and to dance and sing,
And to tease my parents dear.
NJ brothers call me "tiresome thing"
But they wouldn't miss me here.
'tis am my mothers hearts delight,
And my fathers right hand brave.
Would leave my home so free and bright,
To be rich mans slave?
Would buy myself gown Of silk
In = grand dull house to pine,
When I've boys to play with and cows tt
milk,
And the whole fair world is mine?
All! don't come talking of the cares of life !;
M head is geld, not gray;
And it's my desire to be no mans wife
At least, not just to-day.
But I've heart, and its warm and true,
And I'll keep 1t safe, at case;
And If one love should come to WOO,
I'll give it--when please!
-Dindh N. Crdik in Harper's Magazine.
The new North-west., 1884-06-20
ONE DAYS FISHING.

One morning, when spring was in her teens
A morn to poets wishing,
All tinted in delicate pinks and greens,
Miss Bessie and went fishing
/ in my rough and easy clothes,
With my face at the sunshine's mercy;
She with her hat tipped down to her nose,
And her nose tipped rice versa;
l with my rod, my reel, and my hooks,
And hamper for luncheon recesses
She with the bait Of her comely looks,
And the seine of her golden tresses.
So we sat down on the sunny dixie,
Where the white pond-lilies teeter,
And went fishing like quaint old Ike,
And she like Simon Peter.
All the noon lay in the light of her eyes,
And dreamily watched aud waited;
But the fish were cunning and would not rise
And the batter alone was baitsd.
And when the time for departure came,
The bag was as flat as nounder,
But Bessie had neatly hooked her game
A hundred-and eighty FOUNDER. Anon.
The new North-west., 1884-06-20
The Red Thread or Honor.
Chicaao Keeklu Maaazine.


1t Is related Of Sir Charles Napier's cam
paign Of the Upper Scinds, thst sergeant
with eleven men became separated from the
rest Of his command. An officer signaled
IN order to return, but they mistook the
signal for command to charge. There were
seventy Of the foe behind breastwork 1t
the summit Of the hill. They fell there,
these brave eleven, aftsr staying twice their
number. There 10, It is said, . cnstom
among the robber tribe which these brave
men fought, that when one Of their great
warriors is killed in battle, they bind his
wrist with thread either OF red or green
Tho red for the highest rank. When the
British found thestark bodies Of their eleven
brave comrades, around both wrists Of each
they saw the red thread. These robbers snd
foes gave the hero his own glory - best they
could.
The new North-west., 1884-06-20
MORE ROOM FOR THE INSANE.
Their Numbers Increasing, and the Asylums
Not Large Enough to Hold Them.
NeiC York Sun.

Ne,C York Sun.
This country has about 100000 In
vested In asylums for the insane, the average
cost of such an institution being S500,0O0.
If we add interest to capital, for the amount
annually expended in the care of The insane,
total of $12 900, 900 must be credited az the
yearly bill. All estimates regarding the
number of the insane are accepted by experts
rs merely approximate, even the census re-
turns being very untrustwsrthy, but our in
sane population Is believed to number 1OO,-
600 persons. These figures are not very
encouraging, and the question naturally
arises, is insanity increasing or decreasing? |?
Twenty years ago the number of insane per-
sons, as shown by the census, was only
24,0OO. In 1870 1t reached 1880. In 1875
1t was a, 900, and In 1880 q formidable army
Of 100, 900 lunatics called upon us Cor humane
treatment. In ten years, from 1870 to 1880,
while the total population increased about
20 per cent, the insane population increased
over 100 per cent. r.- ..=ea -
/. As regards the distribution Of insanity and
It's increase, we find that the proportion Of
insane Is greatest in New England, where
the ratio Is TO 357. In the Middle States
the ratio is to 446, In the Western States l
to $40, and In the Southern States to 7S0.
In rapidity of increase, however, the Western
States head the list. .. .. ..-ar
In 1881 there were seventy y-four State and
fourteen large private asylums, with capac-
ity for, say $1,000, but really holding 80, l45.
At q very low estimste, therefore, the asy-
lums were o. ercrowded to the extent OF over
1000 patients, while about $4,000 insane
persons were apparently not ia any asylum
at all. .a--a.5
The reports from asylnms show that the
universal cry is for more rsom. In only
twelve States out Of thirty. eight Was there
no request for greater accommodation. The
state of things In some Of the Southern States
Is said to be particularly distressing. In
South Carolina hardly one1hird of the in
sane can be cared for In the single hospital.
In Georgia and Mississippi applicants have
to be turned away. Florida has only IN
apology for an asylum building. Arkansas,
Q State with million Of inhabitants, had no
asylum whatever two years ago, although
one was then about to BE- built. In Texas
only one fifth Of the insane could be received.
Those of the insane In the South who are
not In asylums are miserabiy kept In Jaiis
and almshouses and on psor-farns, and pitia-
BILE are the stories Of their treatment. The
total mortality among the insane In asylums
is given a. ranging from u 10 per cent.