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Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-10
The Very First Steamboat.

Having crossed the Potomac we are now
 in the northeastern corner of West Virginia,
 and in Shepherdstown enter it's oldest settle
 ment, founded in 1734 by Thomas Sheppard,
 whose descendants still live there and own
 some of the original land. The pioneers
 were Germans, from Pennsylvania chiefly,
 and the village has more the appearance of 8
 Maryland than Virginia town. This com
 munity was active in revolutionary days and
 from it sprang the first of these companies
 of s'Bucktai1" mountaineers, who, recruit
 ing as they went hastened on foot to aid
 Washington at Boston in 1775 when he first
 called for troops. No incident in local his
 tory, however, is more important than the experimentation which was carried on here by James Ramsey in 17S5 toward the invsn- tion of the steamboat. The plan of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal was then under consideration and projects for inland naviga- ton were stimulating inventive thought. Washington and others became specially in- terested in what MT. Ramsey was doing and aided his experiments. Finally there was produced and tried upon the Potomac 6 | steamboat which undoubtedly antedates the l discoveries in the same direction of both Fitch and Fulton. Ramsey's steamboat was flat boat ''propelled" by steam engine | working vertical pump in the middle of the | vessel, by which the water was drawn in al | the bow and expelled through horizonta | trunk at the stern. The impact of this for | cisle stream against the static water of the 1 river pushed the boat along just as cutie | fish swiIns The boat was eighty feet long | and with a cargo of three tons attained speed up the current of four miles an hour | She was soon disabled, however, by the ex plosion of her boiler, but relics of her art | preserved
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-10
Tuesday, February 10, 1885.
 MUNICIPAL TAXATION.

M UN1C1PAL TAXATION.
 The Municipal Reform League, of Boston, is doing good work. It has planned so to amend the charter of Boston as to establish executive responsibility for appointments, for the conduct of the public works, and for the expenditure of the public money, and to con- fine the city council to the purely legislative functions of holding the purse strings and watching the administration. It is believed that the establishment of this reform will give the taxpayers much more for their money than the present system does, and that in Boston, for instance, rate of $12 or SIS will yield to the public more and better results than $15 or ST does now. In fact, there are many who think that the city was better gov erned five years ago, with tax rate of but S12. 50,-even under the existing system of administration, which was not then abused as it has been sinoe,-than it is now, with tax rate of s17
 But the league is not content with this It is striving to have the limit of taxation in Boston fixed by the legislature at thirteen dollars a thousand and movement for limit ing municipal taxation has also been begun in other cities of Massachusetts. At first sight it might seem that there is not much sense in an attempt to limit taxation in cities, but second look will show that there may be. The Boston Advertiser points out one reason for such limitation in Boston. It says: The appropriation for paving in Boston has increased in five years from $650, ,000 to $1, ,250,000 and $1 ,650, ,000 is asked for this year-an increase of about 100 per cent. in five years and of 150 per cent. in six years, during which the population has increased five or ten per cent, the property of the community (according to the assessors, who are not likely to have under estimated it, ten per cent, and the territory not at all. The explanation of this circumstance is seen in the increasing gangs of men employed" on the streets, doing daily about half days work and receiving therefor from the public treasury nearly twice the market price of fuil day's labor This reveals thinly dis guised tendency toward communism, which calls for decisive action before it gets too much headway. Improved methods of ad- ministration will go far to supply the reme- dy But this means will be most effective in application if 1.25 or 1.3 per cent. of the property of the community isf all that can be had annually for the purposes of govern ment.
 The matter of limiting taxation in cities will be thoroughly considered by the commit tee of the Massachusetts legislature having it in charge. It will be interesting to see what they make out of the problem.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-10
A Quiet Picture.


 The shifting shadows lay In charming quaintness on the bare white floor, Creeping in softly through the open door,
 In still, drowsy way, Coming through masses of the ivy vines That fall in shapeless masses through the pines.
 The fre-light gay and bright, With cheery bushes for it's ruddy charms. Steals trembling from the old hearth's huge bacl
 Where, in their own rich light, The giant logs in splendor fell away In glowing shapes among the ashes gray.
 The baby on the floor With tiny hands closed OCT her pearly toes Watches the ffre-blaZe as it comes and goes,
 And wondering more and more Whence comes the red light on her snowy feet, And strives to catch it in her fingers sweet.
 The happy mother sits With folded hands. her weary work all done, With the last smiling of the harvest sun,
 And lists, her eyes love-lit, To the low prattle of her eldest born, Whose cheek is dewy the early morn
 In homespun garb of gray, The father sitting by the window wide, UnfoldS his paper with an honest pride
 And in his homely way Reads of the pomp of State-itS wealth and art With scarce one envious longing in his heart.
 Upon the lowly steps The grandame watches for the coming moon, While murmurs of some half-remembered tune
 Drop from her faded lipS She dreams again of older days more fair, Nor marks the shadows fitting OCT her hair.
 O baby, glad with play. mother, knowing not the hearts recoil! father, wearied only by your toil,
 o grandame, old and gray! Would that the quiet of your day $ decline Might hush the throbbing of this life of mine.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The ''straws'' which show which way the business wind is blowing increase in num- Der and in importance. The business in upper leather in Boston was uncommonly brisk last week, the aggregate of the sales exceeding 60,O00 sides. The demand has been from manufacturers who wish to cover contracts for goods.
 The war is evidently not yet understood in South Carolina. In order to clear Jeff Davis from the charge of being traitor, the lead ing paper of the State announc es the doc urine that, ''The moment that State with draws from the Union no citizen of that State can be guilty of treason against the United States.'
 Some action on the question of biennial elections is hoped for in the Massachusetts legislature. Some friends of the annual sys- tenn are reported willing to accept the change, provided the State elections are held in the off years, so as never to coincide with the national elections. This is good idea, since it would secure all the advantages of the biennial system and prevent complies ton of State issues with the choice of Con- gressmen and President.
 A Chinaman was caught in clever trick at jewelry store in San Francisco short time since. He bargained for $100 dia- mond ring and offered in payment what ap- peared to be five $20 rolls of silver. He took up the ring and broke one of the rolls, which contained half dollars. He pushed over the other four, but there being something sus- picious in his movements the storekeeper sent for an officer, who took charge of the ring, money and unopened rolls. When the latter were undone it was discovered that they were lead rolls, at one end of which a half dollar was placed.
 One-third of the population of the State or Georgia is ignorant to the extent that it can not write. The public schools are kept in session only for two and half months in the year. Every State in the Union raises g larger per cent. on it's taxable property than does Georgia. So says the Augusta Chroni- cle, which is earnest in advocacy of higher taxation for educational purposes These facts hardly jus tify the southern speakers who aver that the South is doing all that it can or ought tc do of itself in behalf of it's own education and that therefore national aid is necessary I to give the colored race and also the white children some rudimentary learning. The last number of Bradstreet's has an in | teresting letter from Glasgow giving detaili
 as to the dynamite industry. The explosiv, was discovered about ten years ago and | patented, and it's manufacture was begun ii l the west of Scotland. The pioneer company
 makes now about ,500 tons year. Ther,
 are also factories in England, Germany
 France, Italy and Spain. In Great Britain ] are three companies with an annual outpu
 of 2,000 tons, with about $1 ,0O0, 900, or $5O'
 a ton. The largest company ill the business is the Rhenish, with factories at Cologne ant
 other towns, which makes 2,500 tons year
 England imported 1,500 tons from the eonti
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-10

The State Board of Education want $2n, ,- 900 for schools this year.
 Tobacco sorters are suffering more than usual from swollen hands this season. Ob- servation shows that this difficulty is greater in handling crops in one section than another. Various reasons are ascribed as to the cause. The one most universally accepted is that it comes from the saltpetre in the tobacco.- Danbury News.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-10

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Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-10

CARD.-To ali who are suffering from erro and indiscretions of youth nervous weakness early docay loss of manhood, &c., will send recipe ahat will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by missionary in South America. Send self-addressed envelope REV. JOSEPH T. LYMAN, Station D, New York. Jy14 eod&w1y.
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Horse PhysiOgnOmy.

The noted horseman, Colonel NJ. G..
Weld. tells us that horses head indicates
his character very much as mans does.
Vice is shown in the eye and mouth in
telligence in the eye and the breadth be-
tween the ears, and between the eyes
spirit in the eye and in the pose, in the
mobile nostril and active ear. The size
of the eye, the thinness of the skin, max
ing the face bony, the large, open, thin
edged nostril, the fine ear, and the thin,
fine name and fore-top are indications
of high breeding, and accompanying
high strung. nervous organization,
which. with good limbs and muscular
power, ensures considerable degree of
speed in the animal. The stupidity lazy
horse, that drivers call "lunk-head,"
has dull eye usually, a narrow fore
head and a contracted poll. He is not repre-
sented in this group, but occurs not I'M
frequently, is always blunderer, forgets
himself, and stumbles on smooth ground.
gets himself and his owner into difficult
ties, calks himself, is sometimes positive
ly lazy, but often hard goer. He needs
constant care and watchfulness on the
drivers part. A buyer of equine flesh
should be able to detect the good and bad
qualities of the animal he contemplates
purchasing. This valuable knowledge is
only acquired by a careful study of the
various parts of the horse physiognomy
-PHtsburg Sportsman.
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John Browns FaVOrite Gun.

On the dingy walls of one of the rooms in
Burgess & Newton's barytes mandatory
hangs an old Sharp's rifle which was once
used by "Old John Brown in one of the
riots that occurred in Kansas at the time of
the anti-slavery agitation. The rifle was
made in Hartford, and was carried by the hero
of Harper's Ferry for many wears. Housed
it in Kansas for hunting buffalo, a sport of
which he was exceedingly fond. During the
riot John Brown was a conspicuous figure,
and he carried this rifle by his side.
Somehow the gun was broken, whether dur
ing a CLUBBING scrape or not is unknown. and
John Brown gave it to man named Louis
Bushway, a steward in the hotel of the place,
who was his intimate friend and companion
on many a hunting expedition. Bushway
kept the gun, but could not get it mended ut
that place, as the fracture was a bad one. so
he sent it to his brother-in law Jacob Mathis
an engineer at Burgess & Newton's. Mr.
Mathis had the gun mended at Hartford, and
now prizes it very highly for its associations
''That rifle will carry ball from here to
the lighthouse" said Mr. Mathis at his en-
CINE room yesterday. IF you should hit
duck with it there wouldn't be anything but
feathers left. old John Brown used to
think great deal of that gun, poor fellow"
-NeW Haren Journal.
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1t is matter of regret that in introducing
Hoods Sarsaparilla, its proprietors are
obliged to overcome a certain dstrust by
some people who have unfortunately bought
worthless compounds mixed by persons igno-
rant of pharmacy Messrs. c. l. Hood &
Co. are reliable pharmacists of long expert
ence and they make no claims for Hoods
Sarsaparilla which cannot be substantiated
by the strongest proof. And we say to those
who lack confidence, read the unsolicited tes-
timonials in favor of Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and then prove its merits by actual personal
test We are confident you will not be dis
appointed. but will find it medicine of great
value. which can be implicitly relied upon
100 Doses 81, ianI3t&wlw
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Signing Papers for Strangers.

So many farmers have suffered from
doing this, that words of caution on this
point would seem to be useless. Such
lodges are not so often worked in New
England as elsewhere; but even among
the shrewd. reading New England farm
ers, the scoundrel who has harmless
looking paper to be signed frequently
succeeds in his villainous projects. OF
course the fellow is a sleek tongued nice,
appearing person, and has his story full
of sunshine and sweetness. He must
have it so, and he is sharp enough to get
you off your guard, and to make you be-
lieve that it will be all right if you sign
that very innocent looking paper. Be-
ware. Be cautious. Do not sigu any pa
per for a stranger. Be careful Do not
sign the paper. You will pay dearly for
it if you do
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DaiIu Kfnnehrr JnurnaI.
A Mass State Temperance Con-
VentiOn.

The undersigned officers of the State temperance
organizations in Maine unite in calling meeting of
the friends of temperance to be held Wednesday
and Thursday, Jan. % and 20, in Union Hall, Au-
gusta, for the purpose of forming State Law and
Order League. the special object of which shall te
the enforcement of the liquor laws of the State and
to secure the enactment of such amendments to ex-
listing laws as may be necessary to make said laws
most effective in the accomplishment of their intend
ed object. II is secret that the enemies of tenn
perance will endeav0r to prevent the adoption OIL
needed amendments this winter, and now having
adopted the Prohibitory Amendment to our State
Constitution by an overwhelming majority, seeing
that in few places the law is not as well enforced as
ii should be- and it having become painfully evident
to all who have ahythiDgto do with the enforcement
of the law that 1t is in many respects exceedingly
defective ii is time for our friends in Maine, OF all
parties and creeds, and temperance organizations TO
come together in consultation and unite their EFFORTS
along the line of clearly and wisely devised plan
to exterminate the last vestige Of the alcohohc
liquor traffic in our State.
the Maine Central Railroad, and perhaps other
roads, will sell round trip tickets for one fare and
an eff rt will be made to secure reduction OF hotei
rates to those who attend the Convention. The first
session of the Convention will be held at 10 80 A.
NJ, Wednesday.
/. LUCE, Pres. of Maine State Temp. Society.
w. S. MCINTYRE, Pres. of Maine Temp. ALI
ance.
Mrs. l.. NJ. N. STEVENS, Pres. of the Maine
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
He. MgNsON, G. W. c. T., Grand Lodge OF
Maine, 1. o. G. T.
III. MCDONALD, G. W. p. of the Grand Di-
vision, Sons of Temperance.
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Valuable Suggestion Of Interest to Men
Employed on all RailrOads-Read
Ii, IL You Would he Benefited.
No man 10 better known along the line of the Har
lem X. r.. than Conductor Trowbridge. He writes
follows:
CONDUCTORS Room, HARLEM DEPOT,
New Y)-x. Feb is+
DEAR SIR take pleasure in saying good word
for DR.. KENNEDY'S FAvORITE REMEDY.
rangement of the Liver, and can say with emphasis
that it always affords prompt and complete relief
FAVORITE REMEDY is pleasant to the taste,
thorough in its effects. never producing the slightest
disagreeable or sicke ming sensation.
Yours truly, Il. G. TROWBRIDGE.
But Mr.. Trowbrdge is not alone In his praise Of
DR.. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY
as well as Indigestion. Read the following from X.
A. Campbell, foreman of the sorting room in the
Montgomery Paper Mill:
MONTGOMERY, Orange Co., N. Y, Mar. 4. 'Si.
DR.. Kennedy, ROndsut, N. Y:
Dear sir IL have used for some time your valuable
medicine, FAVORITE REMEDY, for Malaria, and
il has proved an efecual cure. After having tried
kind without avail find DIR. DAVID KENNEDY ;
FAVORITE REMEDY affords complete satisfac-
tion and do most heartily recommend 1t to all who
suffer as did. X. A. CANPBELL.
DIR. DAVID KENNEDY'SF AVORITE REMEDY
is a positive for Malaria Kidney and Liver Di-
seases, and for all those ills peculiar to women.
MATAwAN, N j., March 3, 1854.
DR.. Kennedy, NJ. d., Rond0ut, n. T.:
Dear Sir II have used your valuable medicine,
FAVuRITE REMEDY, In my family for Liver
difficulties, and find it an excellent preparation.
worthy o: the recomme ndation 1t bears.
MRS. MARGARET HAYE Is.
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Appetite

renders the partaking of needful bodily
sustenance matter of pleasure. When
ever the appetite fails, you may be sure
the stomach and liver have become de-
ranged, and need to be corrected by the
use of Ayers Pills. C. Danny, Bolton,
Texas, writes: 81 have taken Ayers Pills
for various affections arising from de-
engagements of the liver and digestive
organs, and find them to be powerful
corrective" If your
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Health

is impaired good cathartic medicine may
aid you. Miss NJ. Boyle, Wilkesbarre, Pa,
writes: 81 use no other medicine than
Ayers Pills. They are all that any one
needs" DR.. w. j. Talbot, Sacramento,
CAL, writes: "The curative virtues of
Ayers Pills commend them to all judi
cious practitioners" DR.. Charles Alberts,
Horizon, Wis.,, writes: ''Last year pro-
cured from you the formula of Ayers
Pills, and have since prescribed them with
decided benefit" No poisonous drugs are
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Orchard and Garden.

Paint the garden sash.
In mild days air the pits.
Give thought to the garden.
Without air seeds will not grow.
Raise crop of good plans now.
Don't be swindled by tree agents.
Ancient Rome had % varieties of
apples.
Gardening commences now in the
Southern States.
In fruit growing nothing is so really ex-
pensive as poorly prepared soil.
If asparagus beds were not MANFRED in
the fall, 1t had better be done now.
Make out the seed orders early; the
seeds will be no fresher from the time
they were gathered, or cost any less, if
ordered months later; while with early
ordering there is more time for maturing
all the calculations for the season.
Managing the Manure.-lf one would
take a lesson on the relation of manurng
to the successful growing of garden crops,
let him look to the market gardeners who
supply the city markets with vegetables
and fruits. With them manure, much of
it and the best that can be had. is con-
slant consideration. No annual crop is
taken from the land but heavy equivalent
returns in the shape of manure are made.
Rich as the land may be, this is piled on
every year at rate that would astonish
the uninitiated, even though it was thought
to be poor land the gardener was build
ing up Thirty to 40 tons year of we'll
rotted, black manure is usually applied.
They get it by keeping the manure teams
up in small or large lots wherever it can
be had. Let the kitchen gardeners take a
lesson from this.
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THE VoLTAIA BELT Co., of Marshall
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Friends, citizens, countrymen: "Hear me
for my cause, and be silent that you may
hear" Now, before Jupiter Tonans and all
the gods at once, do solemnly affirm that
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is an infallible rem
edy for all lung and bronchial disorders. If
there is any man present who disputes this
"let him now speak, or else
hereafter forever hold his peace"
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Prints cards. envelopes, books and linen indebly
Bankers and business men say 1t s ''perfect prin
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