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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08
Personalities and Ill Report.

Keep clear Of personalities in gen.
eral conversation. Talk Of things, OBJ
jects. thoughts. The smallest minds
occupy themselves with personalities
must sometimes be talked because We
have TO learn and find out mems c ctar-
acteristics for legitimate objects; but
it is to be with confidential persons.
Do not heedlessly report i'll of others.
ihere are times when We sI rfomIseiied
to stay, II do not think Bouncer a
true and honest man" But where
there is no need to express an opinion,
let poor Bouncer swagger away. 9th
ers will take his measure, no doubt,
and save the trouble oil analyzing him
and instructing them. And as far as
possible dwell on the good side Of hu-
man beings. There are family boards
where constant process of depreciat-
ing. ass signing motives, and cutting up
characters goes forward. They are
not pleasant places. One who is heal
thy does not wish to dine at dissect-
ing table. There is enough evil in
men, God knows. But it is not the
mission of every Young man and wo-
man to detail and report it ali. Keep
the atmosphere as pure as possible
and fragrant with gentleness and char
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08
What to Teach Our Daughters.

At social gathering some one pro-
posed this qIestion: What shall |
teach my daughter:' The following
replies were handed in:
Teach her that 100 cents make a
dollar.
Teach her how to arrange the par
lor and the library.
Teach her to say "No'' and mean it,
or Yes and stick to it.
Teach her how to wear "a calico
dress, and to wear it like a queen.
Teach Ter how to sew on buttons,
darn stockings and mend gloves.
Teach her to dress for health and
comfort as we'll as FIR appearance.
Teach her to cultivate flowers and
keep the kitchen garden.
Teach her to make the neatest room
in the house.
Teach her to have nothing to do
with incorporate or dissolute young
men.
Teach her that tight lacing is un-
comel y as well as injurious to health.
ANoNi iSi " gar u llc IlOi ais hlu
habits. and not the money, in select
ing her associates.
Teach her to observe the old rule:
"a place for everything, and every
thing in its place
Teach her that music, drawing and
painting are real accomplishments in
the home, and are not t. be neglected
if there lie time and money for their
use.
Teach her the important truism:
That the more she lives within her in
come the more she will save. and the
farther she will get away from the
poor house.
Teach her that a good, steady
church going mechanic, farmer, clerk
or teacher without cent is worth
more than forty loafers or non produc
ers in broadcloth.
Teach her to embrace every oppor-
.r#ty for reading, and to select such
cooks rs will give her the most useful
and practical information in order to
make the best progress in earlier as
well as later home and school life.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08
The Touch of Nature.

There is one redeeming feature about
such things as earthquakes. Much of
the news we read tells us the baser
and more unlovelv side Of human ma.
ture. We hear Of crime, brutality,
scandal, conteFt for place or power,
cruelty, neglect. There is this about
"a great disaster, that it stirs the
humane and sympathetic impulse, and
opens hearts and purses to the stricken
ones. Looking back over the story Of
such disaster throughout our country
the great fires of Chicago. and Bos-
ton, and Portland, the Ohio floods, the
Western hurricanes, the forest fires of
Michigan-it is no small pleasure to
remember how promptly and eagerly the
appeal of the sufferers was responded
to by the country, and aid sent to them
in no stinted measure Nor have the
unfortunate of other lands appealed
to America in vain. Whether it is q
flood on the Danube, famine in Ire
land, or pestience in Italy Or France,
American hearts and purses have been
ever ready to respond to the call. 1t
is not in vain that the tender side of
our nature is thus touched When
our kinder feelings have been thus
stirred, closer bond is established for
all time. Hearts that have once been
warmed into sympathy do not. grow
utterly cold again. The aid that has
been given bv Northern people to the
South has of itself me much to soften
and dispel the bitterness left by the
war, and to make US really united
people. The aid that is now flowing
into Charleston n-that city where the
war began, where the first blood of
the Rebellion was spilled-the city 80
long besieged and so persistently
fought over-will more than ever
draw the bitterness from memories of
the past. and waken feelings Of thank
fulness over the change in sentiment
which even so short time is twenty
years has wrought. Such things as
these do much to soften our hearts,
and rouse wishes in harmony with
those we'll remembered words of the
great commander, 'Let us have peace"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08
Volume mo. II.
W ere N OF Sheep.

A well known circuit rider stopped
at "a house in the hills. He had lost
his way and heavy rain was falling.
A woman, to whose skirts several child
rem were clinging, opened the door
and invited the preacher to come into
the room, where log fire was burn
ing.
''Here, take this Cheer" she said.
''Fust thing yer'd know that'un would
spill yer OF, ther flo. Out huntin'
cattle?''
The preacher, thus afforded an op-
portunlty to use ii figure of speech, re-
piled:
madam, am minister, and AM
out looking for lost sheep"
"Wall, | seed some round here this
mornin'-a bellwether an er notify
face 70 wuz ermnng 'em."
81 do not mean those kind Of sheep,
but the sheep that have wandered far
from the green pastures where they
are made to lie down in peace and
safety"
"Oh, yer mean some that have Jump.
ed outen ther lot. Dave" addressing
one of the children. 'quit crum'in' yer
bread in that water. Won't be fitten
ter drink airter while. Mister, ther
sheep seed looked like they wuz too
po' ter jump. Liza. quit rubin YER
meat on the flo. Ef yer don't want'it
put it up thar till supper time. Peers
like the chillum on this place don't
do nothin' but stuff an waste vidults
frum mornin' till night. Look at yer
now, rubbin' yer greasy haa's ergin
ther strangers coat. No, the sheep [
seed want in sich powerful fine order.
Rufe, take yer shoe outen that bread
trav. never seed sech chilum in my
bornd days.
"You misunderstood me, madam"
SAID the minister Literally, am
not looking for sheep, but for people
who do not accept the glad tiding Of
the gospel"
"Wall, ef yer want huntin' sheep
whin't yer say so at fust. Preacher,
hah ~
Eyes, madam"
81 reckon yer find cr heap nv bad
folks"
"4es, great many"
"Wall when er pusson looks out fur
bad ones he ken find 'em. but lemme
tell yer, eff yer take Us fur lost sheep
yer air mistaken an II have yer ter
know it. L"
"You mistake me, madam, only"
Never mind. know what yer said
an | want yer ter mosey. I'm just ez
good ez ANYBODY, I'll give yer to know.
Come er round here calm me sheep.
Git frum here!'
"Madam. l."
"Mosey. tell yer. Rufe. han me
that fire stick. Yer'd better git. Thar,
yer hoss is gone an I'm glad NV it.
Come back here ergin an I'll sheep
yer. 4r&ansaw Trarelar.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08
Still Dead.

\ good s'ory is told of one of our
local politicians who was canvassing
for the nomi"atioI for a county office.
One afternoon ne attended a gathering
in an out township; and meeting an
Intelligent looking young man. whom
he thought night have some influence,
walked up to him, and shook him
warmly by the hand, lnquiring: How
is your father?" The young man an.
swered. M father has been dead three
years. Indeed" replied the candi-
date, Il had not heard of it. | knew
him intimately. He was one of nv
best friends, and regret t. hear it.
He was one of the best and purest men
| ever knew. You have my sympathy"
etc The same evening he met the
same person in Il village near by, and
having forgotten his face, accosted him
the second time with the interrogatory,
GLOW is your father: ?" The young
man looked at him Tor a moment. and
said: "He is still dead" and walked
of. Minneapolis Times.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08
His Righteous Indignation.

4 pretty fair story is told at the ex-
pense of one of the dealers in ready
made clothing in New York city be-
ing an actual occurrence few days
ago. \ gentleman, in conversation
with the proprietor, was asked if he
knew certain well-known young man
of the town. He said he did.
Il tells you vot he deet NIT me. He
comes here and buys de best suit OF
clothes in de house and he forgets to
pay for him
The visitor expressed disapproval
at such neglect of duty and financial
looseness, when "A new idea seemed to
strike the dealer in hand, ME down
clothing.
Il was hear Something's bretty bat of
him" he cried "Not you dink? He
went oop to Schneider's and bought a
sult-and p al for EN-
Here his Indignation was so great
that he said no more, but shook his
head ominouslv as he inwardly con-
templated the wickedness of the world.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08
]1lottry.
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 8.

I've lived sixty years in this risky old world,
An seen lots Of changin and turnin',
An fifty of them by The sweat of my brow,
My bread an my butter been earnn';
An I've learned many things in tie way OF
hard facts.
! never WAS any great scholar,
An here's one Tor ,ou. hatever YOU DO
Young man an Young womnu's IN warning
Keep on the light side Of the dollar.
No matter how much Won may want this or that,
- II you can't spare the money % buy il,
Don't run into debt or. YOU II quickly regret
That YOU ever we're tempted to try il.
Though your clothes may be white at the seams,
and you find
Rought edges on cuffs n on collar,
Just wait TO get new liIi the same you can DO,
Young man an young woman, I'm warning
you too,
An keep on Tie ri.h, side of the dollar.
oh, the s,riies an The troubles that would be,
like weeds.
Cut down in their pesiilent CROWN,
An the blessings, like tie beautiful fow'rs,
that folks
In their stead would be constantly sowin'l
Oh, The homes sp' the lives that wouldn't be lost
Ii all this pisln prerept would folier,
Thst lay down to YOU Whatever you 10,
Young man an young wom"n, | IA w.rRin'
Keep on The tight SIDE of Ihe dollar
-Rarptr's B1.qr
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08
Kings that he Had Seen.

Mrs. Traveller-While we were a.
broad my husband met real live
king. Just think of a body and fleshy
king! They were travelling, and the
king asked my husband to call on him
when they reached Paris. He called.
Mrs. Stay-at- -home-My husband,
not long ago called on four kings.
What do you think of that?
Mrs. Traveller-You don't mean 1t.
Mrs. Stay at home-Yes, l DO That
foolish call prevented me from having
a sealskin.-& Paul Globe.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08

Seems as if these bicycle tourna-
ments should be held in Wheeling.
When the "Mayhower" turned the
ste,k the Englishman's goose was
cooked.
Hem might have won the race if
he had had different Cock sswain.
Perhaps, however, he only needed a
spur.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08

Since the earthquake we are begin
ming to suspect that the South is not
as solid as represented.
81 should like to box your ears.
said the Chicago girl to an au,lacious
Detroiter, and then added, reflective
ly, "if could find box big enough"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08

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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08

Having secured many novelties
late in the Season from the leading
Mills and Importers at great
sacrifice to them, We can afford to
share the saving with. our pa
irons. and sell these gems Of Clothing
for Men and BOYS At to
usua' prices Every seas"nahle Gar
mert represented
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-08

A CT. boat is always dangerous when
it squalls.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24

A traveller in New Mexico gives glow
ing description of the country through
which new road passes, and tells of the
Seven Cities of the Chico valley what al
most reads like the romantic explorations
of the members of the Smithsonian In
stitute. He says that there are to-day in
that valley ruins of large buildings five
stories high, and some of them in such an
excellent state of preservation that the ma
sonry and plastering are looking as new
and fresh as though done but few years
instead of centuries ago. These build
ings are popularity supposed to be of
Aztec origin, but, strange to say, there
is at present no historical account of
them or of their builders.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24
Reaching Great Depths.

It has been found difficult to get cor
rect soundings of the Atlantic. A mid
shipman of the navy overcame the diff
Guilty, and shot weighing thirty pounds
carries down the line A hole is bored
through the sinker, through which rod
Of iron is passed, moving easily back and
forth. In the end Of the bar a cup is dug
out and the inside coated with lard. The
bar is made fast TO the line and sling
holds the shot on. When the bar which
extends below the ball touches the earth,
the sling unhooks and the shot slides Off
The lard in the end Of the bar holds some
of the sand, on whatever may be on the
bottom, and drop shuts over the cup to
keep the water from washing the sand
out. When the ground is reached a
shock is felt as if an electric current had
passed through the line, -Iadepe.dmt,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24
A Lucky COnfectiOner.

A German confectioner, while tramp
ing through Turkey a short time ago,
saluted the Sultan vigorously as the latter
drove past. Unaccustomed TO such an
exhibition of cordiality, one of the sui
tan's officers thought it best to inquire
if it had any significance. His explana-
tion proving satisfactory and his inno-
cence clear, and the avowal of his avoca-
ton, moreover, creating evident interest,
the man was dismissed with present and
an injunction to turn up the next day
with clean skin and new clothes. The
result of the second interview was that
the confectioner was set to making pastry,
and his success was so complete that he
was engaged right off at a salary of 500
piasters per month. The pastry found
its way to the sultan's table, and his
highness was so pleased with it that he
made the stranger his confectioner at
once, with 1000 piasters a month for
making tarts.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24

The st. Louis Globe Democrat has been
compiling some interesting figures con-
cerning the number of prisoners in the
country now serving terms for embezzle-
ment or forgery. These statistics reveal
the somewhat surprising fact that New
York prisons contain only seven. Ohio,
on the other hand, has sixty-two; Kansas,
forty-four; Indiana, thirty; Massachusetts,,
twenty-six, and New Jersey, eighteen.
The natural pride that New Yorker
should take in such condition of affairs
is rudely shocked by the Troy Times
which says that New York ''financiers"
are not punished; they go to Canada.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24

Speaking of how ocean steamship
companies are annually defrauded, an
officer of one of them says in an inter
view: every person who has ever
crossed the Atlantic has noticed several
elegantly attired gentlemen who at times
would wander haughtily among the
steerage passengers, condescend to con-
verse with the intermediate people, and
on fine days invariably promenade the
hurricane deck. No one knew who they
were; no one had ever seen them eat
anything, and the passengers, one and
all, discussed the mystery of where those
fcllers hung it out every night i Well,
these same gentlemen obtain all this
freedom and luxury by simply buying a
steerage ticket and boarding during the
voyage in either the carpenters or
boatswain's ROOM"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24

The question of insanity and its greater
or less prevalence to-day as compared
with former times, appears to be far from
settlement The fact that cases which
were considered hopeless fifty years ago
are now often cured means that persons
who would have died under the treat
ment then without the knowledge ever
becoming general that their complaints
were of the brain rather than the body
are now added to the table of statisticsas
lunatics. The great increase in the num-
Der and perfection of asylnms
also swells the number of the
recorded insane and aids in COM
plicating any attempt to Judge
whether the brain troubles are really, as
it is often asserted, on the increase
among civilized nations.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24
DISTANCE.

On softening days, when a storm was neaF,
At the farmhouse door / have stood in the
gray,
And caught in the diseance, faint but clear,
The sound of train, passing, far away
The warning bell when the start was made,
The engines putting Of smoke unseen,
With the heavy rumble as wheels obeyed-
Across the miles between.
And so sometimes, on a moonless night,
When the stars shine soft and the wind is
low,
To my listening SOUL in the pallid light,
Come the trembling voices Of long ago
The tuneful echoes when hope was young.
The tender song of love serene,
And the throbbing rhythm of passions
tongue
Across the years between.
Margaret w. Hamilton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24

Aged and able old horses are the result
of human care and usage. This is ex-
emplifed from an English source as fol-
lows: ga gentleman had three horses,
which severally died in his possession at
the ages of 30, 81 and 80 years. The
Oldest was in a carriage the very day he
died, strong and vigorous, but was car
ried off by spasmodic collie to which he
was subject A horse in use at riding
school in Woolwich lived to be 40 years
old, and barge horse of an English
navigation company is declared to have
been in his 62d year when he died"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24
A Great Hon Field.

A Tacoma (Wyoming Territory cor
respondent of the Cleveland Leader says:
SAT the rear of the house appeared to me
a rare scene Here stood acres of hop
vines, wonderfully luxuriant in growth,
and falling in rich brown festOons from
poles eighteen or twenty feet in height.
From these masses of vines not single
hop had been picked this year, and they
were now laden with their scaly fruitage.
From the leafy crown on each pole
dripped a shower of glistening drops,
producing all over the field ringing
pit-pat as they touched the ground, while
above them, eXhaled under the increasing
heat of the sun, rose thin clouds of shin
ing vapor. On every hand tall trees
hemmed the clearing in. There were only
two dwellings in sight. One of these
stood across the river slightly obseured
by mist. As everybody knows, the ex-
cessive dampness of the sound country is
due to its position between the Great Sea
and the Cascade Mountains The vapora
exhaled from the ocean, not being able,
as they roll inland, to surmount these
mighty SUBMITS, are turned back, con
densed and precipitated to the earth in
plentiful rains, fogs and mists.
81 have said that from these sixty-three
acres of hops not bale has been marketed
this season, nor will be- why is thatf
Simply because the price of hops this year
at the picking season was too low to pay
for harvesting The owner had sunk sew
eral thousand dollars in the cultivation
of his crop. The picking and curing
would add several thousands more to the
amount, and, as he believed, from the
tendency of the market, would put moth
ing in his pocket So he let the acrid
fruit hang. Further along the season it
will fall to the ground and the money
with it. Next spring both will be
plowed under, the combination forming
one of the most unique fertilizers ever
employed. 1t turned out, however, when
too late to harvest, that the market inn
proved little, enough so that something
like 81, 600 might have been put in bank
had the ingathering taken place Last
years crop on these same acres sold for
nearly $i4, 600 From this statement
may be formed some idea Of the loss sus-
tanned the present season.
The average yield Of hops per acre in
any Of these extremely fertile valleys Is
from 500 10 ., 600 pounds. In specially
favored locations il amounts up TO 5000
pounds, while on thin soils it may drop
TO 1000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24

Some interesting facts concerning the
relative vitality of males and females are
shown in the forty-sixth annual report of
the English registar- general. In each
1000 living persons there are 4S7 males
and 513 females; but for every 100 fe-
males 1903. males were born. At every
age of life the death rate was lower in the
females, and the difference is greater in
early years. In both sexes a diminished
death rate is taking place. This is more
marked in females than in males, at all
ages. The improvement is especially
noticeable in women up to forty five, and
in men to thirty-fve. The mean expec-
tation of life of male at birth is Al 80,
and of female 4402 years The annual
expectation of illness is, counted by days,
nearly the same in both sexes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24

"Cranmer, of Colorado" as he is
popularly called, is probably the most
extensive cattle-raiser in the world. His
cattle are all branded with three circles,
the three circle brand he calls it. Once
he was at a cattle convention, and while
conversing with party of friends one
of them happened to mention the name
of Shakespeare. 'Shakespeare~ OBJ
served Cranmer, "where have l heard
that name bcfore2 What kind of a
brand does he use on his cattle?"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24

AS to the silver wedding and golden
wedding most of us know about those
anniversaries; but here now is something
new in the same pleasant line-a bit
about crown-diamond wedding. The
crown-diamond anniversary is the sixty
fifth, and such an anniversary was OBJ
served short time ago at Macbuell, in
the Island of Alsen. Having completed
their sixty-tifth year of wedlock, Claus
Jacobsen and his venerable spouse were
solemnly blessed by the parson Of their
parish, and went for the fifth time in
their long welded life through the form
of mutual troth-plighting before the altar
at which they had for the first time been
united before the battle of Waterloo was
fought The united age of the couple is
17s years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-02-24
Bull against Buck.

A remarkable fight occurred recently
on the farm of the Hon. Oscar Turner in
Ballard county between large Durham
bull, belonging to Col. Turner, and a
buck weighing over 200 pounds. Both
were found in the forest dead, only a few
feet apart. The bull had been gored
three times by the buck, the last thrust
entering the animals heart, and must
have killed him almost instantly. The
deer was dreadfully bruised, though the
skin had not been cut through The
ground where the fight occurred was cut
up by the feet Of the animals Louisville
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