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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

MANY of the friends OF Dr Loring, tic
Washington correspondent of the Bslti-
more Sun, are very strongly of the opinion
that some explanation is due from him OF
The reasons for the very curious condition
in which he affairs Of the depar,mcn. are
found by the new commissioner The de
partment Is said 10 be practically bank
rupt, aud possible sterna i've presented
OF disseminating entires its operations
until the new appropriations are available,
or OF appl. ing to Congress for deficiency
appropriation at the commencement OF the
next session. The balance standing to the
credit OF the department tor The curren
fiscal year is said to be on'y S3S. The
force 10 the department has already beea
most materia ly reduced. IL is slIegci that
the funds for al the division. of thc de
partment have either been expended with
prodigality or diverted to other purposes.
Prices five and SIX times in excess Of tn,
market rates are said to have been paid
tor rye quantities Of comparatively use
ess seeds, aud various fund. were a'sC
used SO it is said, to help the b aine cam
paign. The department is said 10 have
been run for a long time 10y the subordi
ing at agricultural fairs and making ad
dresses in support OF his peculiar theories
He so spent months asst year stamping
the country for Blaine. He has been call
ed upon publicly several times in the last
tvs weeks in the columns of republican
newspapers Of Washington to respond to
the charges made against the sdministra
tion of his office, but So far has kept 81
lcnce. The subject is one which will call
DOUBTLESS FIR an official investigation by
Congress \ great source Of detriment to
the value OF the operations Of the depart
ment of agriculture since its first estab
ishment has bsen in tho fact that its
heads have almost without exception been
theorists Only a few years siace the then
commissioner threw away many thousands
Of the public money In the useless endeav-
or to sustain pet theory that the soil Of
the L nited States could raise all the tea
and sugar which we consumed. and your
correspondent has in his possession a per
sonal letter ffom this gentleman, in which
he expressed the positive opinion that this
result would no attained before he end of
his term of office. The present commits
sioner. Mr.. Coleman. is looked upon as q
practical agriculurist If this be SO, and
he has no crOche's or theories to work
out, something better may reasonably be
expected of the depar ment for the future
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29
Revision of the Old Testament

The committee of Hebrew scholars who have
in revising the Bible have at length comp eted
their labor, and the revised Old Testament
was placed on the market last week. This re
vision is the most important event in the history
of the English Bible since the publication OF
King James translation in 1911. The success
of the old testament may not be as great as
that of the new, of which more than 900, 900
copies were sold on the day of publication a nd
more than 1000, 600 copies before the close of
the year, but it will probably be more favora-
bly, received and less severely criticized For
it involves no changes OF the manuscripts OF the
Hebrew text-no older manuscripts than the
masoretic having been discovered-and the
idiom of the authorized version is most carefully
preserved ont of regard for the conservative
feeling of the church in its attachment for the
language of the old version A the errors Of
the translation, however, have been removed
and the revision will be pronounced by every
competent bible reader to be very great i'm
provement. 1t presents the results Of the com
bned labor of large number of the best He
brewists and biblical scholars Of England and
the United States, most of them professors of
Hebrew in universities and seminaries 1t has,
advantage of the vast advances of
the last fifty years in oriental philology, biblical
geography, history and antiquities, all OF
which were but imperfectly understood, by the
forty-seven translators Of King James, although
it is freely admitted that they did the very best
in their day. The new version is not good
version in the place of bad one, but great
improvement Of a good version.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29
Public Justice Obstructed.

Howard Cooper, the negro who assaulted
Miss Gray in Baltimore county some weeks
ago, was rried in the Criminal Court of
Baltimore city on "Wednesday of last week
The jury, without leaving the box, rem
dered verdict of guilty and the Court on
the following day sentenced Cooper to be
hanged.
This speedy tria'and conviction OF
this brute would have done much to restore
that respect tor public justice which ought
always to exist in community, and it is
to be much regretted that the young coun-
sci who were appointed by the court to
defend Cooper have deemed it their duty
to obstruct the prompt execution of the
sentence of the aw by taking an appeal to
the Court Of Appeals. 1t is further said
that these young lawyers express pur-
pose OF carrying the case to The United
States Supreme Court, in the event of an
adverse decision in the Court of Appeals
The point upon which they will go up
is said to be the iact thtt no negroes have
county where the crime was committed,
and where the case was commenced, and
the refusal of heir motion to remove the
case into the United States Court. There
can be no doubt that the decision of the
Appellate Courts would be adverse to the
prisoner upon this point. While there is
provision in the civil rights bi |. which
is supposed 70 lie based on the 14th
amendment of the constitution, To be ef-
negroes from The jury, then negroes, when
put on tra' in The courts Of such States,
shal have the right II remove their case
to the L. ). Circuit Court for such state,
But it cannot he contended that negroes
are exc uded +ry Maryland law from ser
vice upon iurics any more than it cou b.
contended that non taxpayers are So e1-
cluded. All men Of any information a,
all know that neither class are excluded
by Maryland law from jury service. The
fact that he judges of the Baltimore coun
Is court in The exercise OF their discre ion
have not seen fit to prostitute heir sworn
Official duty to select the jurors from the
body of their county with special refer
ence to their intelligence, sabriety efaf iateg
rity," 10y putting ignorant and shiftlrss
negroes in the box, can not by any posi-
biity be made a cause for removal Of b
case 20 a Federal court.
Il is clear, therefore, tha, This appeal is
an utterly futile proceeding, and the only
effect Of it will be 10 ol,s;ruct public jus
tice and bring it into further d,srepute.
1t is to be hoped that these young gentle
men may be advised and persuaded t.
abandon their fu'i'e aud ill-adviscd pro
ceeding
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

The Maryland Director, well-edited
colored peoples paper, published in Bal
timore, says:
Howard Cooper. the colored man who COM
mitted an outrageous assault on Miss Katie
Gray, young white lady, in Baltimore county,
April aliimo, was tried in the Criminal Court
of Baltimore city last Wednesday The accused
was accorded a fair and impartial trial, and his
guilt was clearly established. His counsel,
Messrs. W. G. Weld and A. R. White, most
scrupulously guarded his every right and priv
ilege as an accused citizen with q regard for
duty and undaunted courage seldom equaled in
such cases, but never surpassed. After the
submission of all the evidence in the case no
other verdict than guilty could have been
reached by any jury of sane and impartial men.
While the sentence passed by the Court on tho
next day imposes the extreme penalty of the
law-hanging-yet we do not conceive how
there could be case of the kind in which that
extreme penalty would be more appropriate
and just than the present one When Cooper
pays the penalty Of his crime upon the gall)w VS.
the community may congratulate itself upon
being freed from one other worthless and dang
erous character -
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

Victor Hugo, the great French poet and
novelist, died in Paris on Friday last, in
the eighty-fourth year of his age For
several days he had been lying at the point
of death, but always conscious. He re-
fused the services of priest in his last
hours hours, and died as he had lived "a
Nationalist. Victor Hugo will probably
be ranked by posterity as the greatest
French writer since Voltaire Like Vol
taire, he made brilliant ventures in seve-
raj departments of literature, and has left
large body of work of high grade
Voltaire passed long life of literary la
Dor, and died at about the same age as
Victor Hugo. Voltaire was the typical
man of the skeptical and philosophical
age, and had unbounded influence over
the thought of his era. Victor Hugo was
the leader of the Ro mantle school, and his
influence was imperial not in literature "a
lone, but in arr-especially the drama.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

The Mount Vernon regents, who were in
session last week, have announced that af-
ter an examination of the mansion and
grounds they have decided to authorize
extensive repairs to the roof and founda-
tion. This viii entail an expense of about
$4,000, which amount has been realized
from the visitors to The tomb of Washing
ton and from invested funds. Eighteen
thousand people were carried to Mount
Vernon on the Corcoran during the year
this does not include the number who
have gone down on excursions. A valu-
able package of porcelain was received by
the vice-regent OF South Carolina from the
mayor of Charlestown. The set comprises
fifteen cups, saucers and plates. made at
Limoges, France, and is fac simile of he
one presented to Mrs. Washington by the
officers of the French fleet. Each piece
has the names of the fifteen States which
then comprised the Union painted on
them, together with the Washington coat
of arms
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

Our valued contemporary, the Hagers-
town Neus celebrated its eleventh birth
day on the 18th inst, and feels justly
proud of the success that it has attained
in the field of Maryland journalism. The
NeWs is among those of our exchanges
which we always read with pleasure and
profit as its articles always possess pith-
iness and sound judgment. 1t is sound
exponent of democratic doctrine in West
ern Maryland and wields much influence
with the party in that section. We wish
it long life.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29
ROAD NOTICE.

INHE undersigned hereby give notice that at
i the expiration Of thirtv days, from the date
hereof they will petition the County Co nmis-
soners of Charles county to close that portion
OF the public road lying between the public
road from Port Tobacco Station to l., Plata
Station aud the public rsad from N,wlown 10
La Plata Station passing through ths lands of
}. W. and w. W. Owen, Marshall Chapman
and VIM. l.. Cooke, commencing at the first
named public road and terminating a; the poiut
where it intersects the second, said road being
rarely ever used by tie public.
NJ. CHAPMAN,
P. HAMILTON
THOS. T. OWEN,
May GOTH 1885. and others.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

To US it seems a plain, practical, legiti-
mate proposition that Republicans have
no right to hold res )onsible and inhuen-
tial positions under Democratic Admin
istration, and vice versa, else election by
parties is farce, political issues have
ceased to be, and the millennium has
come Was1inqt0n Post.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen, who has
been very i'll at his residence in Newark
n. j., ever since he left Washington died
on Wednesday of last week. When the
death was reported in Washington, Secre-
tary Bayard sent dispatch to the family
conveying the sympathies and condo ence
of the President and his Cabinet
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

Senator Sherman, of Ohio, is visiting
Southern California for rest and recreation.
Being asked in Los Angeles what he
thought of President Clevelandis admin
istration, he is represented as having re-
piled with considerable heartiness, First
rate; I can only say that no one could find
any fault with the admins ration thus
g.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29
"what,s the Matter with you,.

"Well, not much in particular Bn, I'm a
little aiing all over. don't sleep well, AMI
my kidneys are out OF order, and can I eai1y
my meals, and I've 4 touch of rheum ,Iism aud
once in a while "a twings Of neuralgia" Now.
neighbor you seem to want general fixing up,
and the thing to do it is Browns ron Bi tiers
Mr.. A j Pickrell, Of Ennis Texis, SAYS. Il
was sickiy man. Browns Iron Btters made
me healthy and strong >,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29
|)ortG oborcoG llres
PORT TOBACCO:
Friday Morning. May

The young Maryland Democracy are
pushing to the front. Gov. Lloyd is but
SO years old, State Comptroller Turner is
less than 40, State Treasurer Cuttings is
about Sc, President Baughman, of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, is about 35, and
Postmaster Veasey, of Baltimore, is 81
wears and months.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29
If the President and his Cabinet.

In the Clark investigation on Monday
Mr.. Jackson, attorney for the Stonecutters
Union, presented list of additional spec
iications, pointing to alleged failures on
the part of the contractors to compy with
the terms of the contracts One of them
reads as follows: "That because of gross
neglect, the character of the labor and the
inferior material used, such as primings,
paints, &C., the iron in the dome of the
Capitol is in many places corroding, dis
migrating and falling from its position,
thereby not only marring the beauty, but
endangering the stability of he structure,
all of which can be proved by personal
inspection and by considerable masses OF
the decayed and disintegratod ma erial.''
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

In the court of Oyer and Terminer in
Philadelphia on Monday, Mary McMullen
was charged with the murder of her child
on the 9th of last April. The death OF
the child was concealed, but an investiga-
tioa was made and the dead body of the
infant was found wrapped in a piece Of
lrown paper in a trunk in her room. The
commonwealth alleged that pos'-mortem
examination disclosed that the child had
been born alive, and the defense was that
there was no proof OF that fact; that all
the indications or conditions discovered
could haves exis'ed had the child been
born dead. The jury returned verdict
of mot guilty" Judge Mitchell said 10
the jury Il do not understand whatyour
standard Of evidence msy be, but this Is
as clear case OF murder as l ever heard
tried. 1t is such verdicts as this which
shake The public confidence in jury trials. >
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29
SCROEULA

can only be cured by thorough purifica-
ton of the blood. II this i neglected,
the disease pcrpctuatcS itS taint through
generation after generation. Among its
earlier >ymptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions. Tu-
mors. Buils. Carbuncles, Fry sipelas,
Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
steal Collapse. etc. II allowed Ia con-
tinuc. Rheumatism, Scrofulous Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases,
Tubercular Consumption, and Nari-
ous other dangerous or fatal uIa!adiCs. are
produced by il.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29
FOR CLERK.

n ss. Eftors PLEASE announce me as n
candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Cogrt for
Charles county, subject to the action of the
Republican convention. Yours truly
IT, F. M. LANCASTER, NJ D.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29
KINGS EVIL

Was the name formerly given to Serofuls
because OF a superstition that i, could be
cured by a Kings touch. The world Is
wiser now, and knows that
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

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gully. N1utsy he pss an sncsi Nv jaix~
n-uucy 20 The Aabura sis'- psi.ap Sar 20 rs.rs
or the sssAal, AMI Ia wears fps 'Ar ruba,-rr
,1as receiving bts panlsanea' within 10 ttrs
# the da'e " his crime
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-05-29

The Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, have
rdoptei 4 series o. rsso -uEion. IN sukJn, the
IuE'ns o. Btlllnors for the generous hospital
~ and magoircIeni reception eN'eai-j 10 Ihrls
igring 'be meeting IA that city Of the Slci~it
d the Army Of The Potomac copt uf ia-ss
resolutions has be~h forstriei 10 Ntgar IL
trobe, to the CiliEe-s' executive committee an :
1ea Grant aui OFT hers
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-10
Do You Want to Make Money?

Invest in town lots at bottom
prices in the new city Of Engle-
wood, just started in section SO.
township IS. range 25 west,
Clark county, Kansas. 1T WILL
GROW FAST. WHY? Because
it is handsomely located in one
of the richest regions in wonder
full Kansas, among an intelligent
and enterprising class of set
tiers. 1t is on the proposed ex-
tension ofthe Kansas, Lawrence
& Southern railroad. It will be
the county seat Of Clark county.
NO FANCY PRICES.
Ordinary business lots s 90 90
Corner business lots. 80. 100 90
Ordinary residence lots. Is 90
Corner res dence lots " 80 90
A discount OF 10 per cent. will
be allowed on cash purchases
Time purchases-onethird in adj
vance balance ir g months and
o. yesr, with interest. These
liberal terms will be continued
fJr a few weeks.
BUY BEFORE THE AID
VANCE IN PRICES. In 1879
Wichita business lots sold for
$500; now they sell for IS, 900.
The history of Topeka, Law
renee, Enporia and, other Kan
sas towns, is the same.
BUY AT ONCE OR YOU
WILL REGRET THE LOST OP-
PORTUNITY. FIRST COME
FIRST SERVED. Every day
you hear some one regretting
that he did not buy lote in such
and such towns. when they could
have been purchased at a frac-
ton Of their present value. DE-
LAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
Address N. l.. Mum, P. NJ, En-
glewo God. Kansas. or b. F. Friend.
McBee & Co., Wichita Kansas.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-10
ALI. ABOARD I

Everybody goes TO Englewood.
Western Kansas. Thunderbolt
Stage Line, runs daily from Dodge
City 70 Engiewood- Supper at
Wichita, dinner at Cooper's no.
tel. EnRlevood, 40 miles in 8
hours, By way Of Dodge City. 70
Englevood. d25s-s q
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-10
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Keepers clerks. tradesmeu, cooks, dining
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house, keepers etc. bear in mind that We ar"
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-11
Boarding Heuse Melauge.

Dyspepsia is said to be unknown in
Japan. So are boarding houses.
It is now given out that too much
coffee dries up the liver. Schoeppen-
stedt congratulates himself that he IS
out of Danger. Shoeppenstedt boards.
Jones-''I don't see what is the
matter with me. | feel pretty well
generally, but have no appetite
none at all, in fact"
Smith-''Well, [ have a good appe-
lite all the time, and wish I could
give ii to you"
"But then you would not have
any"
inconvenience"
"An Inconvenience"
Eyes, [ board"
"Why, Mr.. Fogg," urged the land
lady, ''you are not eating anything.
Come. now, try one of my nice bis
cults"
THANK you, madam" replied
Fogg, "but when [ was child I was
told never to ask for anything I didn't
see on the table,"
The landlady remarked to SER
want, after tea, that she wondered
what Mr. Fogg meant; something
hateful, she'd be bound.
"What sort of table do you set?"
asked a stranger IN Austin of the
Widow Flapjack. The stranger was
an invalid who came to Texas for
general debility.
''The best the market affords is on
my table. The more boarder eats
the better he likes it."
"Humphr' remarked the stranger
81 suppose that means he never gets
enough to eat. I guess I'll look around
and see if I can't find some place
where man can fill up for his money.
Good Enorning, madam"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-11
Minneapolis Real Estate.

There is scarcely another city ia the
country that has made such wonderful
strides in prosperity, building and pop
ulation as the city of Minneapolis,
Mimi. has in the pasU six years. The
volume of its business has increased
even in a greater proportion than the
city's growth in population. All this
has had the effect of enhancing the
value of real estate, yet very wisely
the prices have been kept within rea-
sonable bounds, and speculation in
property has not been encouraged. The
well-known real estate firm of Farms
worth C Woicott have laid out a new
addition 70 Minneapolis, known as
Prospect Park addition. This property
is certainly the most pictures que and
eligible sites for n ice residences in the
city. 1t is beautifully undulating and
studded with native trees, overlooking
the broad, level prairie Oh one side and
the winding Mississippi river on the
other. Already many handsome resi-
dences are in process of erection and
before the season is over vast improve
ments will be made. To the judicious
investor, property here offers good in
ducement.