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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-03-16

s AT great expense, a complete AIT
r~DErARTaEST has htcu added TO the
s-cquipm.nts Of the HERALD frhiish-
s~ISG COMPANY, and, beginning the fourth
e~Wsek IN January. the pages OF ehcn
i~t~i!tiou Of the paper will hc rcplete with
i~iIlustratesI artIcics and sketches The
s--llustration of the important news OF
sSthe day has grown to te n necessity
ss-which has been promptly recognized by
gV Tn. Q,sn,Hg Herald without regard
s~tD OUTLAY.
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Mortality from Snake Bites In India.

The returns for 1886 show that 22,-
134 human beings pcrished from snake
bite in India. The number OF cattle
killed by snakes is returned at 2314. lt
ia stated that Al, $50 snakes were dc.
stroyed. and that $3.50 rupees were
Maid by the Government as rewards for
their destruction. The mortality from
snake bite in Bengal is much Target
among women than among men. They
are usually bitten in the early morning,
when they 90 out unseen before day
light, either to fetch wood from the faS'
got stacker or for some other domestic
purpose. During the rainy season, when
nearly all the rice fields arc under water,
the snakes take refuge on the highes
nlots of ground on which the villages
arc built, and they hide themselves in
the little wood stacks and granarics LII
the court-Yards of the houses; while, not
uufreuucntly, they take up their abode
in the house itself, where they are a.
lowed to dwell with imrunity. and ara
sometimes fed with milk, until, on SONS
unlucky day, the wife trcads accident.
ally on the snake in the dark, and ls
turns upon her and Litcs her. From tne
bite of q fulI-grown cobra death eusue'
in a very few minutes. H
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saccharine into yonr disposition. While you
avoid the dissoluteness Of the younger son,
avoid also the irascibility and the petulance
and the pouting spirit Of the elder son, and
initiate the father, who had embraces for the
returning prodigal and coaxing words for
splenetic malcontent.
All! the face of this pout;ng elder son is put
before us in order that we might better see
the radiant and forgiving face of the father.
Contrasts are mighty. The artist in sketch
ing the field of Waterloo, years after the
battle, pnt a dove in the mouth Of the
cannon. Raphael, in one of his car
toons, beside the face of the wretch
put the face Of happy and innocent child.
And so the sour face of this irascible and
disgusted elder brother is brought out in or
der that in the contrast we may hetter under
stand the forgiving and the radiant face Of
God. That is the meaning OF it-that God is
ready to take back anybody that is sorry, to
take him clear back, to take him back
forever, and forever, and forever, to take
him back with loving hug, to put kiss on
his parched lip, ring on his bloated hand,
his bleeding temples, and heaven in his soul.
Oh, I fall flat on that mercy! Come, my
brother, and let US get down into the dust,
resolved never to rise until the Fathers for
giving hand shall lift us.
Oh, what God we have! Bring your dox-
ologies. Come, earth and heaven, and join
in the worship Cry aloud. Lift the palm
branches! Do you not feel the fathers arm
around your neck2 Do you not feel the warm
breath of your Father against your cheek9
Surrender, younger son! Surrender,
elder som Surrender, all! Oh, go in to-
day and sit down at the banquet
Take a slice of the fatted calf, and
afterward when you are seated, with one
hand in the hand of the returned brother,
Qn ha or thQrh q nd in ha nj
ing father, let your heart beat time to the
clapping of the cymbal and the mellow voice
Of the flute :'It is meet that we should
make merry and be glad; for this thy brother
was dead and is alive again; and was lost
and is lound."
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Lazy Geese Made to Work.

A gentleman living in Atlanta tells q
wonderful story: N.
:When l was in Alabama, between
Porter's Gap and Millersville," said he,
81 came to a country place where man
was driving ten or twelve geese from
branch toward a cotton patch. For
pity's sake,' said I, 'what is it you have
on the necks of those geesea' =
"'Those are gourds, full of water. !
drive the geese into that cotton patch
and keep them there all day wedding
out the cotton. There is no water in the
cotton patch, and I have to give them
water in this way to keep them there.
"Those geese will weed out more
cotton in day than two people would.
They will eat the weeds and grass, but
they won't touch the cotton.
dsBut how do they get the water out
of those gourds under their necksP .
"'They drink out of each others
gourds. Each gourd has an opening in
the side, so that another goose can put
his bill into the gourd and drink. II
you will stay here long enough you will
see it yourself
"I waited there half day to soc that
performance, and finally saw it. The
geese did just as the man said they
would. When a goose got thirsty he
walked up to his neighbor and coolly
drank out Of the gourd on his neck" 49,
"That story is good enoug h to print~
eyes, but don't you put my name to
it. 1t is strictly true, and I don't mind
telling it to people who know me, but
don't want to risk my reputation on 1t
with q stranger" -
The story was repeated to another
gentleman, who said: ,.--.
"That is the trouble with good many
reople in this country. They leave the
reese to weed out their cotton. so to
Speak, while they do something else.
atlanta Journal.
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Aboriginal Tramps.

The tramp is not modern production,
SAYS writer in the Detroit free Press.
The early settlers along the bank Of
the St. Clair River, Mich, were ia
miliar with a species which to-day is
nearly extinct. l refer to the rowing
bands of Indians, who, carrying their
homes with them, pitched their tents
wherever their inclinations aud the pros
pect of good fare led them. Where they
came from or where they went we never
knew. They would suddenly stand be-
fore us, a statue-like group, often in
Guiding two or three generations.
The men, with rings hanging from
their noses and ears, and their long black
hair spread around their shoulders, would
stand erect, a short distance in advance
of the rest, wearing the dignity of count
less generations of unconquered ances-
tors. Their only burden consisted of q
rifle and ammunition; sometimes bow
and arrows Behind them, bending
under the loads which they carried on
their backs, stood the women. Some
with great bundles OF baskets, corn -husk
mats and splint- -brooms, others with the
black-eyed papooscs seated in the
blankets, which were drawn tightly
across their backs and loosened at the
shoulders, thus forming comfortable
seat so long as the mother hands held the
blanket in front.
After the "boo zoos" were exchanged
they would make their wants known by
lowering their bundles and by signs ask
ing US to buy. Money was an unknown
currency with them. They exchanged
their manufactures for flour, pork or
corn meal. Sometimes they drove rather
sharp bargains.
A certain undercurrent of fear was at
that time still prevalent among the set.
tiers, and they often yielded their rights
rather than arouse the enmity of their
old .timeIfoes. Their,visits often happened
purposely-it was then thought-near
the close of the day, and they never hesi-
tated at such times to ask for nights
lodging. They were seldom refused, and
bedtime found them wrapped up in
their blankets stretched out on the
kitchen floor with their feet to the fire.
A generous pile of logs was heaped on
the andirons in the big fireplace for their
especial benefit. In the morning they
would be missing when the family
awoke.
What changes time has made in their
condition. Almost any day Indians may
now be seen on the river boats, tricked
ont in an imitation of the times, the
men wearing store clothes, with cigars in
their mouths. The women are especially
gay, wearing cheap fancy millinery,
corsets and bustles.
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aiIcuce IN God.

DR.. Alexander Maclaren in his "Week-
day Evening Addresses" says 1T is to be OBJ
served that, literally rendered., Truly my
soul waiteth upon God, means My soul in 81.
lence unto God. That forcible form OF e1-
preston describes the completeness Of the
psalmist's unmurmuring submission and
quiet faith. His whole being is one great
stiffness, broken by no clamorous passions;
by no loud-voiced desires; by no remoDstrat-
ing reluctance There is similar phrase in
another psalm 109: a which m y help to il.
lustrate this For my love they are my ad-
versaries, but am prayer. His soul is one
supplication. The enemies wrath awakens
no flush of passion on his cheek or ripple Of
vengeance In his heart. He meets it all
with prayer. Wrapped in devotion and
needless of their rage, he Is like Stephen
when he kneeled down among his yelling
rnurderers and cried with a loud voice:
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge"
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floor are scrubbed, and everything is
once more in order.-American Miga-
Queer Daep-Sea Fish.

"The absence of sunlight, the tre.
Inendous pressure of the water at such
depths and its quiet stiffness are the
causes which make the vast physiologi-
cal differences between the fish at the
bottom of the sea and those near the
surface, with which we are the most
familiar" remarked prominent sci
entitic man to a reporter for the New
York Mail and Erl, ,ress.
''Many of the most wonderful pecu-
liarities of the deep-sea fish are due to
the absence of sunlight" he continued,
land some of them are totally blind,
being absolutely without eyes or having
only rudimentary ones, like those which
are seen in fish which inhabit the streams
of caves where the sun never shines. On
the other hand, there are some varieties
which have eyes of abnormal size, in
order that they may collect all the rays
of light that penetrate the deep. Ex-
periments show that the light of the sun
cannot penetrate the water beyond a
depth Of about 200 fathoms, and that just
beyond that depth the light is but
faint glimmer while still farther down
is total darkness
"Yet these creatures, living far away
from the light of the sun, must have
some means of shaping their course in
the search for food, and nature has so
we'll provided for their needs that they
are actually light unto themselves, like
lanterns; they have certain organs that
emit phosphorescent CLEAN to light
them on their way. Some of them
carry tiny torches in the form of tentacles
that rise from the top of their heads,
while others have little rows of luminous
spots along their sides. Imagine the
fairy-like torchlight procession miles be-
low the surface of the sea, which flashes
here and there through utter and impene-
trabIe darkness. 1t is thought by some
that mauy of these fish are entirely en-
veloped in light, and sometimes when
brought to the surface the luminous
spots still glimmer faintly."
"Does the appearance of any of these
deep-sea fish resemble the species
familiar to us near the surface2" was
asked.
"Yes, for the majority of the deep
sea fish which have been brought to the
surface show greater or lese resem-
blance to our common kinds, and there
are many indications which point to the
conclusion that many of them were once
inhabitants of the upper portion of the
water. 1t is said even now that there
are evidences that the halibut is being
forced downward, and if that is the
case, as the halibut sinks to still greater
depths the causes have mentioned will
develop the same curious physiological
characteristics, aud another species will
be added to the deep-sea tribe"
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The Benefits of Hair Singeing.

A wrinkle in hair dressing not gener-
ally known is 'hair singeing." In q
barber shop close to the City Hall bridge,
New York, is sign, prominently dis
played, announcing that hair singeing is
done there for 25 cents. A Sun man
dropped into chair in the shop and
TO md it no difficult matter to engage the
tonsorial artist in conversation.
"Hair singeing2' he said. "Why,
that's not new scheme; it's quite old,
but is not generally practiscd."
"But of what benefit is it2" gasped
the reporter, struggling with great ball
of lather that was thoughtlessly dropped
on his mouth by the barber.
"Bencft9 Why, it makes weak hair
grow strong and thick, and ultimately
makes the scalp healthy"
"Itako q wax taper, light it, and grasp
a tuft of hair with the fingers Of my left
hand. Then carefully apply the wax
dip to the ends of the hair and burn
them. In this manner I touch up all tho
hair. Having concluded my labors, I
then comb the locks carefully and give
the patient good shampoo. After that
no one would recognize the work I had
done. Most of my patrons have their
hair singed every two weeks, but the
difference depends altogether on the
strength of the persons hair. One of
my customers is q priest. He comes
regularly, and enjoys the operation. The
capillary substance on his head was
weakening, and he had morbid horror
of becoming bald. He has tried the
process several times, and already I no.
ticc vast improvement in the growth
of the hair.
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Effects OF Whisky.

Colonel "Bob" Ingersoll probably never
made so great mistake as that glowing
eulogy on whisky which he wrote about q
year ago, and which we now again repro
duce:
81 send you some of the most wonderful
whisky that ever drove the skeleton from a
feast or painted landscapes in the brain of
man. It is the mingled souls of wheat and
corn. In it you will find the sunshine and
shadow that chase each other over the bill
lowy fields, the breath of June, the carol of
the lark, the dews of the night, the wealth OF
summer, and autumn's rich content-all gold
en- with imprisoned light. Drink it, and
you will hear the voice Of men and maidens
singing the Harvest Home" mingled with
will feel within your blood thestar-lit dawns,
the dreamy, tawny dusks of many perfect
days. For forty years this liquid joy has
been within the happy slaves Of oak, longing
to touch the lips of man."
The objection to this is that, after making
all due allowance for the exaggerations Of
poetry, it gives a radically misleading i'm
preston as to the social value Of even very
old whisky. If whisky produced the effects
which Colonel "Bob" ascribes to it, it would,
undoubtedly, be the best gift bestowed by
Providence on suffering, toiing humanity.
But, unfortunately, it does not produce these
effects on any, or on more than very few ut
all events 1t may possibly cause some to
''hear the voice of men and maidens singing
the Harvest Home mingled with the
laughter Of children" But what the great
ma iority of people hear when they take it in
sufficient quantity to be affected by it, is the
voice of men swearing at naidens, and the
yells of children under the application Of the
pate; nal poker and tongs. In truth it effects
different people in different ways. Some 1t
makes hilarious and others morose., Some
can take good deal without feeling it,
while others are upset by mouthtul OF It.
1t was extremely rash of the Colonel to pre-
dict to any particular individual what its
effects on him would be. Very likely its
principal effect on his friend was to make
him feel within his blood simply passionate
desire to lie down and go to sleep.-Ananto
Constitution.
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Pleasinr God.

Pleasing God-what q privilege, what an
tnspeakable pleasurel It is great joy to
feel that we please the dear friends that We
love-how much more that we please Him
whom we love above all other beings and OBJ
jects! Oh, to please Hiral What a glorious
state of mindl No jarrirg of interests now,
no contention, and the heart in complete
harmony with God-His will the Iule OF
thought and action. Bow pleasantly every
work and duty Of life moves when in such q
stated Temptations are easily overcome, and
trials borne with patience and resignation.
Life has now become a Joy, and is prized as
an inestimable gift for doing good and bless
ing the world The Apostle exhorts thus:
"We beseech you, brethren, and e1hort you
by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received
of us how ye ought to walk and to please
God, so ye should abound more and more. "
Are we following the exhortation Of the
Apostle in every act of lifea Are we abound
ing in pleasing God more and morel If so,
we have found. with all the men Of grace,
"glory begun below" Let this be the great
motto Of life-to please God in everything
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81 Started From Your Cider"

In certain village of Chenango County,
N. Y, there lives an aged coupe. The lines
of trouble and sorrow mark the face of each.
Often on a summer evening, just at dusk,
you will find them sitting, quiet and sad, by
marks the spot. Tine story of their grief is
the same old sad one Of alcoholic drinks.
Deacon - was an energetic farmer,
leader in the church, and an influential man
in the neighborhood; his wife loving,
economic, Christian woman; Their only child
q hoy. .,
The deacon did not trouble himself about
the temperance movement The "tlrade,
as he called it, on cider was particularly OF,
fensive to him. His father used it,and so did
he. It was rolled in his cellar in generous
quantities The boy, bright, keen, prom
Using child, had free access to it, and grew to
like it. The parents did not become alarmed
unlil the boy, now entering into manhood,
wanting something stronger. He was often
found at the village bar, and, with a fast
horse, often at the county seat
One night the village people were startled
by the furious galloping of runaway horse
through the main street. Near the
middle of the street they .hN iouna ilson sne n;
be form of the deacon's son. He was
horribly mangled, having been dragged
quite a distance by the heels, which had
been caught and held by some part Of the
sulky when he fell from the seat. They
carried the still unconscious lad home to his
sorrow stricken parents. The doctor was
sent for, but pronounced the case hopeless.
After a few hours Of nursing, and the ap-
plication of restoratives, he came to his
Senses. He knew he was dying. His father
bent over him in agony, wringing his hands,
while the poor mother, half dazed with grief,
wept in anguish. The boy, after several
attempts to speak, said: Father, it is toe late
to weep now. I've been a bad 6oy, o9t ~ =
like il at the table and in the field. If g
to hell, | started from your cider."' That
night be died. The poor old couple carry
this terrible reproof to the grave: The
heavy burden has crushed them into old age
before their time.-Good Times.
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RELIGIOUS READING,
Step by Step.
"He knoweth the way that / take.1

StcP Oy Step.
"He knoweth the way that take"
The fog hangs thickly about me
As start to begin the day,
I see not the hills or the meadows,
No Leauty is on the way;
And carefully step by step take
Lest lose myself, or fall,
But ever the path is opening out,
And the sky is high over all
The way is never so hidden
But the next step can be seen,
And Guide is ever beside me
Who always light has been;
And every hour the sun on high
More strongly and brightly shines,
And the beautiful landscape afar is shown
As the sun in the west declines.
Long is the reach of life's journey,
But the way grows strangely fair,
And the nearer get to its ending
The sweeter the songs in the air.
The heart laughs out in its gladness
As the home is coming in sight,
And the western skies are all golden,
Where the day melts into the night.
Courage. o weary Pilgrim,
Timidly journeying on;
The mists that are thick about thee
Will soon be over and gone.
Take the step that is nearest to thee,
And soon shall the shrouded way
Brilliantly open before thee
In the full fair light Of the day.
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TEMPERANCE.
Speed the Day.

speed the LAY.
There's better day approaching,
We have waited for it long;
We have prayed for tito hasten,
And our faith has made us strong.
We have labored, we have striven.
Knowing that our cause was right;
And we trust, by aid of Heaven,
We shall triumph in the fight.
Speed the day when prohibition
Rules the land in which we dwell,
When our labors find fruition,
And we break the demons spell
Hail the better day that's coming,
When the demon of the still
Srovels in the dust before US,
Conquered by mighty will
By the will of those who're striving
To uplift the minds of men,
And to make them better, nobler,
By the work of voice and pen.
Hasten, day that breaks the fettars
Of the tyrant, worn so long;
Set the careless one to thinking,
Seek the weak and make them strong.
Grand the work and grand the workers
On this battlefield Of right.
Grand the triumph that's approaching,
Help us, God. to win the fight.
-Eben E. Reaford, in National Adrocate
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A Specious Argument Refuted.

NJ. dc Flaix asserts that nations with tne
strongest vital powers, the greatess veuost measa
amount of alcohol; but the temperance
Record reminds him that, even II MS state.
ments were strictly correct, it would not
necessarily follow that 1t the s.i haohH oHd Of
those nations would bstaned DG sSS ena1 afan rom ana
alcohol The c,litor of the Reuue ScientifQue
declares that "alcohol and alcoholism mean
the same thing at the present day, and alco-
bolism is tho plague and danger of our
epoch" This eifectually disposes of M: de
tlaix's contention that although alcoholism
is bad the agent that produces it Is superla'
lively good.
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DAYLIGHT Ahead

In the war year, 1868, train of many
cars loaded with soldiers was passing through
O tunnel in the Cumberland range in Tenn
essee. In the center of the rather long tun-
mel it was the blackness of darkness "Isn't
this darkf said a soldier. "Never mind,
boys, there's daylight aheadl" The answer
went to the heart of certainly one man who
was in trouble. "Never mind, there's day
light aheadl' Christian. if you are in the
darkness of trial, "there's daylight aheadr'
Be not faithless, but believing. The dark
tunnel is the way to light and safety.7lThe
Congregationalist.
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Effects Of Beer Upon Women.

Blakely Hall, commenting upon the effects
of beer upon the women of Germany, writes:
Berlin women are not pretty, by any
means. In Vienna plain woman is rarity
here pretty one is much more rare. Beer
does it, fancy. A woman of twenty-five,
dom to be encountered on the Berlin streets.
1t is beer always and ever. The gowns are
ill-titting, the shoulders round, and the faces
heavy and pudgy. 1t is not the healthy,
rosy plumpness that often goes with maturity
in England and America, but the colorless
and fluffy accumulation of fat that has none
of the elements of beauty in it.
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Princess Viroque, Of the Mohawk tribe, Six
Nations, made an interesting and instructive
temperance address at recent meeting OF
St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society,
Washington, D. G.. The Princess wore rich
satin dress, the skirt of which was hand
painted with flowers in fine style Of art.
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The best way when hot grease has
been spilled on the floor is to dash cold
water on it, so as TO harden it quickly and
prevent its striking into the boards.