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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
Governor McLane has redeemed hi:

Governor McLane has redeemed his
promises regarding measures to benefit
the laboring people by sending several
bills to the Legislature on the subject.
The purpose of his bills is to prevent the
employment of children under ten years
Of age at any manual labor and to limit
the hours of employment Of women and
children in factories &C. One of his bills
also seeks to place limit upon the hours
of the employment of men in manufactur-
ing industrious. The Governors measures
have elected quite spirited opposition
from manufacturers and others. He, how
ever, manifess disposition to stand firm
and his measures seem to have some fol-
lowing in the Assembly. In so far as they
concern women and children, his measures
seem to be eminently humane and proper
and ought to pass.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
Theory Of Public Education

The theory upon which the policy of
free public education of the masses rests
is essentially paternal IN its character
The State assumes the right to levy q di-
rect tax upon all the assessable property
for the purpose of giving the advantages
of an elementary education to all her youth
without regard to whether or not the par
ents OF such youth contribute to such taxes
The State assumes this paternal power as
means of rearing up better and more
loyal citizens and increasing public virtue
and intelligence. No Que has ever ques-
toned the exercise of this power, but, on
the other hand, it has always been com
mended and extolled as one of the most
enlightened and just principles of Ameri-
can free Government.
From its very nature the system of tree
public education is paternal bounty from
the State, conferred upon her youth in all
sections of the State without regard as to
whether the recipients thereof contribute
to the fund from which it is carried on
There is nothing reciprocal in the nature
of this benefcence. The State does not
aim to confer the benefits of public instruc-
ton upon particular localities according
to the wealth If such locality and its con-
tribution to the public treasury, but on the
other hand the object appears to be to ex-
tend equal advantages, as near as may be,
to all the youth within her borders with
out regard to the locality in which they
are found.
Counties are merely artificial divisions
of the State, made tor the purpose of the
more convenient administration of justice
and for other purposes of more convenient
local government. AS a means of the more
convenient distribution of the school fund
throughout the Safe, local boards of edu-
cation have been established, and the
school fund apportioned to the several
counties on the basis of their respective
populations between the ages of five and
twenty years. This basis of distribution
is merely an artificial one, which was sup
posed to serve for an equal and just dis
tribution of the fund. The distribution
might as we'll have been made upon the
basis of the number of acres or square
miles of land in each county, and this
would probably have afforded more just
rule.
The aim being to get at such dstribu-
tion of the fund as would afford approx
mately equal educational advantages to
all the youth throughout the State, the
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
The Confederate veterans OF R. E. l

The Confederate veterans OF R. E. Lee
Camp No. 1, at Richmond, Va. are ar
ranging to hold fair some time next
month in order to raise funds for the in.
digent and wounded soldiers OF the South.
They have also decided to ask the assist
ance of Union veterans, in money and
merchandise, for the better promotion OF
this praiswortLy object-an appeal which
will no doubt be responded to in gene
rous, soldierly spirit, as it has been warm
ly endorsed by Commander Woodin, OF
the Grand Army of the Republic, Depart
ment of Virginia. Col. Weodfn, says
that the best of feeling exists between the
Lee camp and the Grand Army posts at
Richmond, and he hopes that the CON-
rades of the brave but unfortunate men
who have no government to help them in
their hour Of. need.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08


tories, TO legalize trades unions, to define
conspiracy and to es ablish bureau of
labor statistics.
In the House bills were introduced to
proven, clerks OF circuit courts doing bust
ness AS csnveyancers: to amend the dis
pensary act So as to reduce the number of
patients required to entitle an institution
to certain fines; to limit the collection of
judgments to five years To make employ
ers liable for injuries to their employees ;
to authorize the Hagerstown and STAGE
Line Railroad Company to sell or lease its
property to compel railroad companies
in Baltimore to place safety gates at street
crossings.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
The Legislature.
TIT RsDAY.

THURSDAY.
Gov McI4ne sent II the legislature Of
Maryland special message on the public
debt and recommends atoms tor settling the
Reading Railroad arrearages on account
of the Susquchana and Tiicwaier Canal
Companies. In the Senate bills were in
troduced to amend the charter Of the An
napolis and Elkridge Railroad Company
so as to authorize the extension OF It's road
from Annapolis To Bay Ridge, and from
Waterbury direct to Baltimore. a distance
OF seventeen miles and tn do away with
days of grace on certain commercial pa
per.
10 the House bills were introduced 10
enable The voters of Allegany county 10
determine on June Il the q ues ion of pro.
hibition OF liquor; to change the official
term OF the penirenriary directors from
law relative to the great seal of the State
as to empower the chief clerk of the House
of Delegates and the Secretary Of the Sen
ate to place the seal on all bills that have
passed both bodies; to allow fema es over
eighteen years of aye to execute releases.
The bills to amend the charters Of the
Western Maryland Underwater Railroad
Company and the Western Maryland Rail
road Company were recommitted to the
committee on corporations.
TUESDAY.
In the Legislature Of Maryland a great
many bills were introduced and a great
deal of work was done Gov. McIane re-
ceived large delegation representing the
Federation Of Trades in Baltimore city,
and plumber of delegations in the inter
eat of office seekers. In the Senate, bills
were introduced to incorporate the Eas
tern Shore Telephone Company; to enforce
vision requiring circuit judges to file de-
cisions within 60 days after case has been
submitted; to tax mortgages, and to adj
NIT colored men to practice in the courts
of the State
In the House, VIM S. Merrick, of Tai
bot, was appointed journal clerk Temporal
rly. A petition was received from the
Federation of Trades for a memorial to
Congress for an eight-hour law through
out the country. Bills were introduced to
give landlords privileges Of appeal SINH
ar to those possessed by the tenants; to
punish black mailing, to regulate the val
uatien of insurance policies on the lives of
chi dren under 10 years; ts abolish the
book tee 10 public schools. The commit
tee on city extension was appointed.
WEDNESDAY.
In the Senate petition was received
from Judge Stone to relieve the judges
from appointing county school commits
sioners. Bills were introduced to prohi-
bit white and colored persons from inter
marrying or living in ada terry; to give
the Governor all appointing power now
possessed by the board of'pub'ic works;
to extend the cons ructi,n time of the
Drum Point Railroad; to authorize the
cons ruction of the lateral branches OF tile
Philadelphia branch Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, and to provide for the en-
trance of the Philadelphia branch into
Baltimore. Favorable reports were made
on the bills protect employees in fac
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
NOTICE OF AN ESTRAY.

STATE et Niryi1Hi, ChTLes county, to ui
hereby certify that on this 2Sth day ofJau
| 1884, before the subscriber. Justice of The
Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid,
personally appeared John E. Stone, and
made oath in due form of law, that he has
taken up us eStrhys treSpasSlng on his euclo
ureS, the following cattle TO wit:
Que bay mare Male, suppos d TO be about 20
years old, of medium size. with cropped tail
aud name
Sworn before THos ID Stone, J.P.
The owner of the above described property
Is hereby notified TO come forward, prove prop
ertr, pay charges, and take it away; other
wise, 1t will be disposed of according 10
law.
JOHN f.. STONE,
@i-3L Near Pope'S Creek
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

Why suffer longer from dyspepsia, indiges
ton, want of appetite, loss of strength, lack o.
energy, malaria. intermittent ievers, etc
Browns Iron Bitters never fail TO cure these
diseases. They act like charm on the di.es
tive organs, removing all dyspeptic SYMPTOMS
such as belching, heartburn, bIiousness etc
Remember it is the only iron preparation hat
will not hlacken the teeth or give headache
Ask your druggists concerning its merit
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

Millions of crows rSost every night in the
Pumpkinvine Creek region, near Gainesville
Ga, and their cawing is-the Centersville
Free Press says-nlmost dedfening. Theft
weight breaks off large limbs OF the trees, and
their voraciiy threatens the crops for many
miles around At ABOUT sunset clouds Of them
begin their flight from the lands on which they
have been feastng toward their roost, and the
fight is confined until about two hours after
sunset,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

Col. Milton Y. Kidd, the veteran Jour
nal Clerk. of the House of Delegates, died
in Baltimore, on Saturday, of inflamma-
tory rheufnatism, aged 81 years. He had
been connected with the Legislature as
member or clerk for nearly quarter of a
century. He was Secretary of the Con-
stitutional Convention of 1867.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
DortQ obQreoGimfs
PORT TOBACCO:
Friday Morning. February 8, 1884.

A soldier writing to the Pension office,
winds up his description of the terrible
wound received by him during the war
with these words: "And the wound was
mortal" 1t is thought that he will re-
ceive pension.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

A three-legged jackass was born in CAL
ifornia. That's tough on the poor animal.
With one leg less he would have been a
human being, and might have been Con-
gresham; with one more he would have
at least been on par with his kind. AS tits
he hasn't yet decided where he properly
holo
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

Proctor the astronomer has been pre-
dieting the world would 60 to smash this
year, but this should not deter people
from keeping on hand Dr. Bulls Cough
Syrup, the great household remedy tor
coughs and colds.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

The citizens of Anne Arundel county
have petitioned to the present Legislature
to give them road system modelled some
what after the old Page system of our
ssaatyy-4!ft-u a 4 nupbe wef' for dur cit
liens to formulate and offer similar petit
tion at an early day.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
wASHINGTON, D. q
Gents Solid kip Boots from. 81 down to 81, 81

Gents Solid kip Boots from 81 down to 81 so
- Fine Calf Boots 80 ..S3 &c - 2,40
g Calf Stitched g -. $50" go
. Fine Calf Button, Lacedand Congress
from ......................... So. so 2,37
Gents and ChiIds kip Boots. 25 1" 75cts
Boys all leather kip - -. l,75 " l.25
Ladies Pebble and kip Button Boots %, 95cts
- Fine Goat and kid - a. -. 81 to | 25
lonths kid Calf Shoes. IFS 81, so
Misses and Chid's 81 Shoes reduced to IS CTS
These reduction are genuine and as we are
determined 10 sell this sale is Il rare oppor-
tunity for reliable Bargains
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
SCHOOL NOTICE.
TIVE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSION
Frs will meet in heir office in Port Tobac-
co on
TUESDAY. February 18th 80

For the purpose of receiving Reports of the
Teachers and attending to general business
No Reports received unless made out on
blanks prepared for the purpose, issued by the
State Board. Every Report must be worn, or
affirmed to, before Justice of the Peace, or
Commissioner
The Secretary will be prepared to pay the
Teachers of colored schools on Thursday, the
l4rh of inst
Teachers of white schools will be paid on
Friday, 18th.
Teachers Association on Monday llth inst.
Association, colored, Thursday, l4lh inst.
Teachers can be supplied with blank term
reports by calling on or adng to Washington
Burch, who can always he found to attend the
Otee BY order
\ W NEALE Sec'y
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

Hiram II. Post, confidential clerk to the ST.
Louis agent of the Mccormick Reaping Ma
chine Company, attempted suicide in that city
on Saturday. He confessed TO shortage OF
more than SIS, 600 in his cash account.
Adam Luckabaugh, an employe of the Co.
dorus Iron Company, York comfy, Pa, fell
down shaft 100 feet deep Saturday and was
killed
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

For Chills and Fever, Billiousness,
Headache, &c, take j. NJ. Laroque's Anti,
Bilious Bitters. % cen Il paper, 81 Il
bottle.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
T R OF T Err & H UNDLEY
Bryanto~vn, Md.
Sc 2l-2m
EIsEaAN Bros popular tailors and clothiers
/ " A shipytop n

preserve equilibrium under all
circumstances she was heard to say
in pause of the music to the tow
headed youth who was her escort
DO you p he answered softly; mother
cans hers Then the music resumed
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
MONDAY.
In the Senate resolution was adopt

Ia the Senate resolution was adopted
authorizing the Sherman inves' igatine
committee to work by sub committces.-
Mr. Groome, from the committee on educa
ion and labor, report' d a bill FIXING the
hours OF labor in government workshops
a. eight hours Il day.
In the House Mr.. Morrisou introduced a
bill to reduce import duties and war tariff
taxes \ bill was also introduced confer
ring naval sppoin ment on Lieut. J. [.
Rhodes, the hero of he City of Columbus
disaster
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
Proceedings of Congress


In the Senate the conference report on
the Greedy relief bill was non concurred
in, and new conference was requested -
\ resolution was adopted for the investi-
CATION as to how the cost of telegraphic
correspondence is affected by contracts
between the Western Union and other
companies.
In the House bills were adopted to for
felt certain lands granted to the Texas
Pacific Railroad Company and to certain
States A bill Vas introduced from the
naval committee to equalize the rank oil
gradus es of the Naval Academy.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

In the Senate, resolution was passed
suspending the operation of the section Of
the revised Statute relating 10 guano is.
lands A resolution WIS adopted direct
ing the committee on printing to inquire
into tie eApt6iency oi publishing an of
fetal gazette, Ia contain advertisements
for proposals FIR contracts, &c.
In the House. 4 bill was introduced To
proven batteries and the sale nj lottery
tickets in he District of Columbia Tn,
remainder of the session was sp,n in de
bate on the bill establishing bureau OF
animal industry etc
WEDNESDAY.
The Scnae passed bill a7prnpria'ing
S7''.5s0 for for the compel Jon 81 The
Capitol terraces, al er which he Mexican
land grant titles bill was further discuss
ed.
In the House. reso ution was adopted
calling on the Presiden, tor the CORES,
pondence with his government Of Great
Britain respecting the extrAdition of al
legged fugitives from justice The pleuro
pneumonia bill was further discussed with.
out reaching a vote.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

Mr.. j. F. Omen, druggist, at Sharp and
Hamburg street, Baltimore, Nd, says: 81 sell
more of Browns Iron Btters than any other
bitters Sold
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08

Notwithstanding the ground hog and
his shadow the weather prophets are pre-
dieting a warm but wet February.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-02-08
WEDNESDAY


|. .Mr. and Mrs. Pi,.s are IA 10 i1.lno--e A-4-
broken over the marriage of their daughter 10
Frederick Douglass
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-30

In or, mary lights the dIrec lou vi tie
Same is Always upward, but electrical
illumination is not confined by any linz
its. 1t Is suggeste d to Mrs. Edison, tho
wife of the celebrated inventor, the use
use of fanciful d. vices as fixtures for
electric lighting. Instead of single
JET fisring upward the electric hight can
be distributed in every direction. Some
extremely beautiful results a thus OBJ
tanned. La one exhibition is a flower
pot overgrown with wilderness OF TO-
liage all done in polished brass. The
lights spring from among the leaves
like flowers from their stem. Another
device is called the umbrella light, in
which the lamps are arranged in a cir
Gle located beneath a shining reflector.
A little motor causes the lamps to re-
volve, and the result is two apparent
whirling circles of f,me. Another
charming effect is hanging framework
of brass, In which the lamps are so
placed that the stems form a basket that
may be filled with artificial plants aud
flowers in their natural colors. The
lights can be made to permeate orna-
ments in rooms and propduce surpris-
ing effects. In the. magnificent ball
room or drawing roo OF the future
there will be no faring iec's of flame
the lights will be distributed so as not
TO offend the eye, but will be SO CON-
bined as TO heighten the effects of all
the decorations OF the interior Of the
room
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-30

Mrs. Lucinda Neeley, Of jefferson.
Ind, member of the Order of knights
and Ladies of Honor, and prominent liz
religious, charitable and social circles,
was taken very suddenly i'll recently,
and In two hours was pronounced dead.
Heart disease, hastened by acute asth.
ma, was assigned as the cause. On ac-
count OF the suddennesSs of her death
the funeral was postponed. A large
number of persons. attracted by the So
clal prominence of Mrs Neeley, and in
part by the fact that she was to be bur-
led with the honOrs of the society of
which she was member, were present.
After the funeral sermon the nights
and ladies went through their recital
for the dead. Then the sorrowinp
friends took their last look, and the un-
dertaker was about to replace the lid on
the coffin, when glance at the corpse
caused him to draw back with an ex-
clamation. The friends were summon
ed and, after a hasty consultation
around the coffin, the preacher said :
MY friends, the funeral of Mrs. Neeley
VIII proceed no further, as it is thought
she is still alive. The audience is dis
missed"
The undertaken says that as he was
about to close the lid of the coffin he no
ticed flush on the cheeks of the corpse,
and saw a movement of the body as of
person in adesperate struggle for lie.
The burial was postponed indefinitely.
and every effort will be made to bring
Mrs. Neeley out of her supposed trance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-30
A. g. RICHARDS, 81. D.
46S fremont street, Boston, Mssa

House PLANTs.-Most people imag.
Inc that honse plants poison the air.oi
a room by the exhalation of carbonic
acid duling the night. That this is a
popular fallacy, and that it should be
speedily consigned to the weII-peopled
limbo of ''vulgar errors" was demon
strated not long since by Prof. Kedrie
OF the Michigan Agricultural College.
10 make the test as conclusive as pos
sible. instead Cf taking the air from a
room containing few plants only, the
professor gathered it from the college
greenhouse, where more than G. 900
plants were growing. The room had
been closed for more than twelve honrs.
and if the plants exhaled carbouic acid
to an injurious extent the ANALYSIS of
air from such room would certainly
have disclosed the fact. Three speci-
mems OF this imprisoned air were gath
cred shortly before sunrise, from differ
ent parts of the room, the ANALYSIS OF
which gave 4, IL, 400, 400 parts Of
carbonic acid in 10000 of air. or an
average of 4.03 in 10000, while the
outside air contained parts in 10, 600.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-30
!, ,,onsrh.. ,,osntlv been read bef

Il paper has recently been read before
one Of the French scientific associa-
tions, in which the assertion is put forth
that the level OF the ocean is not invar-
liable. In arguing this theory 1t is
maintained, first, that the level OF the
sea has fallen, as parts OF the earth s
crust are known to have risen from the
bottom above Its surface second, the
surface of nearly all the continents has
once been at the bottom OF the sea. and
has risen from the water partly In con-
sequence Of upheavais, and partly III
consequence of the retreat OF the oce an
Again, it is urged that when the contln-
ehts have been formed. a part OF the
waters Of the sea is carrien away from
them, and held on the land as lakes,
rivers, eternal SHOWS. and as COL stl-
tuent of ore anic matter, and thus the
quantity of water in the ocean has been
constantly diminished and its levels fal-
len then, too, as the earth cools. ice
accumulates near the poles and on the
mountsins water is soaked down more
deeply into the crust of the earth, and
mineral hydrates are everywhere formed
From this. it is argued. it follows that
the level of the sea has been gradually
falling ever since water has existed { s
liquid upon the earth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-30

There are several white filings In use
by dental surgeons which contain
neither mercury nor silver. They are
made by mixing oxide of zlnc with I'm.
palpable glass-powder In small proper.
tlon and just before using. when the
cavity OF the tooth is prepared, a small
quantity OF deliquesced chloride of
zinc is placed on glass slab, and enough
powder added to make a thick paste.
mixed rapidly. 1t "sets" very quickly,
and forms a good temporary stopping.
1t is slightly irritating to the "nerve"
of a tooth, and should not be inserted
directly INTO cavity in which carries
has far advanced Without placing a Lit.
tie solution of gutta peicha in chloro-
form over the reglqn of the pulp. A
less irritating filing is made by mixing
the same powder Of oxide of zinc with
pyrophosphoro acid; this is more
permanent white stopping.