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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-08
Temperance and Politics.

Liquor dealers and politicians ad-
wise us to keep temperance out of
politics. Why, certainly it wouldn't
do to purify politics.! These beauti-
full specimens of humanity that dis
grace our Legislative Halls, and fill
our offices would be out of employ
ment-their vocation would be gone
No, no !! it won't do temperance
will be defiled. The cause of Christ
has been fighting sin for more than
eighteen hundred years, and yet we
never hear any talk Of Christ being
defiled, because of this contest, why
should it? Were it not for this con-
tinual struggle what would become
Of our world =? Now the worst
phase the devil assumes, in this
world, is in the shape of the liquor
license traffic, All admit this. The
cause of Christ is in an antagonism
to- this miserable traffic; has the
cause been defiled, or Christ been de-
filed because of this conflict? No,
the Masters Kingdom has been adj
vanced because it has fought sin in
this terrible shape. Was the cause
of Christ defiled because godly men,
by tn cir influence and votes, elected
men to office who would give us a
Sunday law and abOlishing gam
bling houses and houses of ILL
ill-fame, &c. DID this injure the
cause of Christ, and was not this
moral influence, this Christian influ-
ence, that caused the enactment of
these laws? Certainly politicians,
whisky sellers and gamblers never
wanted these laws. They opposed
them, but society, religion and NOR
atty forced our legislators to enact
them. How were these laws brought
about. Weanswer, by agitation, de-
handing, voting. Now why should
politics or temperance be injured by
temperance people taking their SEN
eiments right into their votes, and
demanding that this great evil shall
be put down? There is no fear that
temperance will be injured, and
these men know that they would be
only too glad for it to be slaughtered.
The trouble is they know it will
purify politics, and they don't want
politics purified. 1t would just simply
retire these men. That is why they
profess so much concern for the tenn
perance cause.-B0lo. Tidal WdUe.
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and aid the unfortunate is God like.
But is it not equally the Christians
duty to save men from falling? 1t is
hard to tell which is the nobler work,
rescuing the fallen, or preventing men
from falling. Heretofore the Church
has devoted itself to to trying to lift
men up, for the most part they failed
tdfeaiiZe 1t a duty, as individuals
to prevent men from falling. The
specious cry of the politician. that
"Christians have nothing to do with
politics." has deferred many good
men, misled many who did not stop
to think, and who failed to realize
that the highest duty that can de-
volve upon Christian men, is the
Elective Franchise, the putting into
Office the best men, moral men. Of
flee has been conceded to political
hucksters, because they alone were
willing to do the dirty work neces-
sary to procure. the nomination for
an election to office. The fact that
these men, thus elected, are the law
makers, and that the protection soci-
ETY. receive must come through the
laws enacted by these men. Few
realize that they are thus individually
responsible for the evils people have
to endure because of these men, this
legislation. This action upon the
part of the Presbyterian General AS
sembly is another evidence that the
Churches, Christian people, are he
ginning to appreciate these things,
and are determined to take hold of it
in the right way.-Bdlt. IIddJ WaUe.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE..

The Oakland Photograph Gallery
is now in full blast. Give us a call. Will take
any kind of grain for work. Pay CASH for
sheep skins, oats and furs. % rs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-08
Neat and Fashionable Manner.
IMPORTANT TO ALL
Lovers of Flowers +!

Having greatly enlarged my Greenhouses
to upward of D 600 square feet of glass for the
raising of Towering Plants will bcprepared
to furnish all our neighbOring friends with
choice flowers. You will save money by
buying from me. am determined to sell as
low as the lowest, and my plants will arrive
in much better order than from distance,
I have an immense stock of Roses, Bedding
House, and Basket Plants; over 20 different
kinds of Roses; GO different kinds of VERDE
mas, Geraniums and every description of
lowering plants; Tuberoses and Gladiobes
in large quantities; also Lilies and Lilies of
the Valley. My plants are in q very fine,
thrifty condition.
First choice Double TuberOSeS, - cents per
dozen, or $500 per hundred: second choice, 30
cents per dozen or $3.50 per hundred. In adj
dtiOn to the above, l keep also a full supply
ofgenuine fresh Garden Seeds which | sell at
New York prices, by the packet, ounce,
pound, or quart gallon and buShel, and are
best suited to ohr locality.
A full assortment of early Vegetables for
table use. Lettuce and Rhubarb ready now !;
Radsh and Bcets in April Vegetable plants,
any quantity, per dozen or 10000 are ready
now, and can be planted out ut any time as
soon us the ground is dry enough to work.
Tomato, Egg, Pepper, Sweet Potato and Celc-
~ Plants on the LIST of May. Cabbage Plants
ut any time from now till July 10th. Send
fer Price List
Seed store No3} Baltimore Street, Cumber
land, Md. Greenhouses. | mile west OF Cum
berland, on the b. q 0. r. r.
Parties desiring to see me personally. viii
find me at my store daily from y to- p II.
Address. H. WEBER,
mh2 i'm Box 52S. CUMBERLANp. Nj.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.

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TSoo GLASSES.
There Il two glasss<elled to the brlm,s
On ricApan's table, Fun to rims
One was rdady and red HOOD,
And one as aGar as the crystafaeod,
Said the glass n wine to his paleSo<afheF, a.
LET us tell the tees ofthe past to each 6t8Nt.s
can tell of banque and revel and mirth,
And the proudest andSrandest souls on earth
Fell under my touch as though struck by
blight.
Where was king, for ruled. in might.
From the heads of kings / have torn the
crown,
From the heights of fame have hurled men
down;
have blasted many an honored name;
/ have taken virtue and given shame
Ihave tempted youth with sip, a taste,
That has made his future a barren waste.
Far greater than king am 1,
or than an army beneath the sky.
l have made the arm Of the driver fail,
And sent the train from the iron rail;
l have made good ships go down at sea,
And the shrieks of the lost were sweet to me-
For they said. Behold how great you be!
Fame, strength. wealth, genius before you fall
TUT your anu power dIt ONtI aiist
Ho no! pale brother" laughed the wine,
Can you boast of deeds as great as mine?"
said the water glass. 81 cannot boast
OF king dethroned or a murdered host;
But can tell OF a heart once sad
BY my crystal drops made light and glad.
OF thirsts I've quenched, Of brows I've laved,
of hands have cooled and souls have saved.
l have leaped through the valley, dashed
down the mountain,
Flowed in the river and played in the foun-
tain,
Slept in the sunshine and dropped from the
sky;
And everywhere glsddened the landscape
anu eye
have eased the hot forehead Of fever and
pain,
Ihave made the parched meadows grow fer
tile with grain.
can tell of the powerful wheel Of the mill,
That ground out the flour and turned at my
will.
can tell of manhood, debased by you,
That lifted and crowned anew.
cheer, help. strengthen and aid;
gladden. the heart of man and maid!
set the chained wine.captive free;
And all are better forknowing me-"
These are the tales they told each other,
The glass of wine and paler brother,
As they sat together, filled to the brim.
on the rich mans table, rim to rim.
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PRESBYTERIAN General Assembly.

The Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, was in session last week at Pitts
burg, Pa.
The committee appointed last year
to meet similar committee from the
Evangelical Churches at Xenia, o.,
to consult with reference to plan of
united effort in the cause of temper
ance, report the following, which the
committee recommend to all Evan
gelical churches of the land for their
adoption as the combined testimony
of the Church of Christ on the sub
ject of temperance:
First. Drunkenness is an evil Of
great proportions, having inherent
and APPALLING malignity. 1t is strong
ly entrenched by custom, cupidity
and appetite; it works widespread
ruin in society and destroys mems
souls and bodies.
Second. The manufacture, sale
and use of intoxicating liquors, ex-
cept for medicinal, mechanical or
scientific purposes, are great evils,
dishenoring to God and destructive
to men.
Third. To aid either of these great
evils by selling grain or hops to
brewers or distillers, by making ma
chinery for brewing or distilling, or
casks to contain liquors, by leasing
property on which intoxicating
liquor may be made or sold or drank,
or by any other way is to criminally
participate in this most abhorrent
sin.
Fourth. While in certain instances
it results from inherited infirmity,
drunkenness may be regarded as a
misfortune, it is at the same time a
sin against God and ones own body,
and also crime against society.
Fifth. Human power alone,
whether as pledge, an organization,
a profession or otherwise, is entirely
inadequate to the complete and per-
manent reformation of the drunkard.
Reformation from drunkenness or
any other immortality to be etfectual
must combine human effort and di-
vine influence.
Sixth. The Christian church SYM
pathizes heartily and actively with
all honest, intelligent effort to reform
inebriates and prevent and suppress
intemperance.
Seventh. Christians must oppose
the manufacture, sale and use of in
toxicating beverages by any practic-
able methods legal prohibition,
moral suasion and the practice of to-
tai abstinence are demanded.
Eighth. The Church of Jesus
Christ is an adequate agency if faith
fully cOnsecrated to the endeavor for
the reformation of inebriates and the
suppression of intemperance."
1t is a matter worthy of note, that
this branch of the Christian Church
has taken this decided stand in favor
Of prOhi6it0ly legislation. Churches.
as well as individuals, are beginning
to realize that two things are neces-
sary to the suppression of intemper-
ance. The immediate object of
Christian concern is the raising up OF
the fallen. Naturally enough this is
the first impulse Of the Church, OF
the Christian. This work lay right
in their way. What nobler work
could Christian hands find to do,
what nobler impulses could move
Christian hearts a? To help fallen
manhood arise is noble, to feel for,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-08

There are $4,000 schools in this
country, and 10000 liquor shops.
The former cost great deal Of money
and do great deal of good. The
latter cost ten times as much as the
former, and no man ever learned
enough to tell how much harm they
do.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-08
Sherif's Sale.

By virtue Of writ fieri facias, issued from
the Circuit Court for Garrett county, being
No. 7. Judicials to May Term. 1873, and to me
directed, at the suit of John q. Roach IL Co.,
against the goods and chattels, lands and ten
ementS of Richard T. Browning, have seized
and taken in execution all the right title, in
terest, claim and demand, a law and in equi-
ty, of the said Richard 7. Browning, in and
to the One-twelfth interest of all that lot,
piece or parcel of land known and designated
as the Oakland Wooden Factory" together
with all the appurtenanceS thereto belonging;
it being the same property which was con
veyed to the said r. Y. Browning, d. f. Onutt
and others by Patrick Hamll, trustee of st.
Felix Colodeau, by deed bearing date the 18th
day of December, 1873, and recorded in ltber
w. II. r., No. |, folio 30 &c, one of the land
records of Garrett county, Md. Especial ref
erence is made to said deed for more COM
plete description of said property.
And hereby give notice that on
Sal,Tday, 18th day Of lime, 1873,
ate o'clock p. m, in front of Coddington's
Hotel in the town of Oakland, Garrett coun-
ty, Md, | will offer for sale said property so
seized and taken in execution, to the highest
bidder, for cash, to satisfy said judgment
and costs.
THOS. CODDINGTON,
1858 Sheriff.
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Hambletonian Horse "Bill."

The undersigned will stand the celebrated
HAMBLEToNIAN HORSE BILL" as follows:
AT SELBYSPORT on Tuesdays.
At MILL RUN lat Benz. Green's on We'd
nesdays.
At the COVE Jacob Mosser's,) Thursdays.
At ACCIDENT Fridays.
At DEEP CREEK Saturdays.
Terms for insurance, five dollars Any
person parting with the mare before the
above money is paid will be held responsible
for he amount due.
april l3-t6 JONAS GLOTFELTY.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-12-06

A. NJ. Henderson, of this city, is on the
line of the narrow gauge road now being
graded between Emporia and Eureka,
boarding the hands. He informs us that
about $50 men and 100 teams are at work
on the road-bed, and another hundred
are there waiting to begin work again.
The road Is graded from Bachelor creek,
three and a-half miles north of Eureka.
TO the stage station three miles south OF
Madison, distance of 25 miles. The
grading is progressing toward Eureka,
and viii reach that city this month.
Harvey, Wood s. Co, who contracted to
build the road from Emporia to Eureka.
have turned over their contract 20 the
company. which is now keeping on with
the work. Roberts & Boswell, who sub
contracted and built four miles for Har.
vey, Wood & Co, will probably take a
contract direct from the company TO do
the rest of the work. The enterprise is
assuming better shape every day, and If
Roberts & Boswell, who are energetic
and reliable young men, take the CON
tract, the speedy completion Of the road
nay be relied upon. There is no don't,
s.ert The building Ct tie road 10 Empo.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-12-06

We understand that BIr DeGroat, the
actor, took occasion, at the hall Tuesday
night, to administer deserved repri.
mand to few hoodIums who disturbed
the play and the audience by stamping
their feet, and making other unnecessary
noise. There are decencies to be OBJ
served even at public hall. Some per
sons take occasion to show their natur
ally ill-mannered. low breeding, when
they get into such place. The man or
boy who does not know how to behave
himself, or who is not willing to recog-
nize the rights and tastes of the hun
dreds of other people who attend public
gatherings, ought to stay away from
them. He has no right to so act as to
interfere with other peoples enjoyment
From what we have heard the disturb
ers were worse than usual last night,
though they are usually bad enough.
We have often thought that this sort of
practice ought to be stopped, and have
often wondered why it was not. We had
some specimens of what few ill-man-
nered people can do to disturb public
meeting during the late political cam
paign. Simply out of curiosity, people
would come to the head of the stairs at
the hall, stay few minutes, and then
tramp down the stairs as heavily as pos
sible, seemingly for the very purpose of
disturbing the speakers and the audi
ence. On the night that Mr.. Thacher,
of Lawrence, spoke in the hall this prac-
tice was especially noticeable, and in ad-
dition to that the people were annoyed
and disturbed by loud talking which
could be heard all over the hotise This
lasted for half an hour, and no attempt
was made to stop the fellows mouth. It
would have been good thing if he
could have been put where he would
cool off. All good citizens were heartily
of such conduct. Those who
feel pride in the town, and the intelli-
gence and refinement of our people, al
ways regret such exhibitions of rowdy-
ism, but have been unable to prevent it
We really think our Off
GERS should pay more attention to this
matter, and endeavor to put stop to it.
1t is public nuisance, and ought to
cease. Mr.. DeGroat received the cheers
and thanks of his audience for his man.
ly rebuke of practices which we hope no
one else ever have occasion to refer to
again.
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Chase County.
CEDAR VALLEY, Chase Co., rs.
Nov 20 1873

NOV. 81, 1878.
DEAR NEWS :-The farmers of this
part of Chase county, are busily engaged
gathering corn, building sheds for stock,
and residences. Nearly all residences
are made of stone, are permanent i'm
provements and add very much to the
appearance of the country. Corn is
sold at the railroad at 16 cents a bushel.
This is low. 1t is certainly poor econo-
my to haul corn five, ten and fifteen
miles by wagon instead of feeding it
to cattle and hogs at home while so
many cattle now so much need it.
Mich cows will pay well every time
to feed we'll through the winter, espec-
tally when corn is SO plenty and cheap.
Land hunters are visiting US again,
but the mo herd law" drives them west
and south, while there are thousands
of acres of good rolling prairie land ali
lying unimproved in the old county OF
Chase.
The health of the county has greatly
improved since the first of this month.
Again, one of the pleasant features of
Kansas is our beautiful fall weather and
we may say, too, good roads, for which
this state is not really appreciated as it
should be. While the people of many
OF the eastern states are wading and
driving through slop and mud we have
better natural roads than their pixies
and Macadamized ones and without
a cent of toll to pay while travelling in
any direction, whether to city, town or
mill.
Wheat sown early1is looking fine,
yet not as large amount in as last year.
About 1000 gallons of molasses were
made here the past fall, and is a better
article than usually. bought at the stores.
"
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Our Carriage and Wagon Factory.

Our Carriage and Wagon Factory.
We believe that few people in Empo-
ria appreciate the magnitude and amount
of business done by one of our home en-
terprises-the wagon and carriage facto-
ry of the firm of Ryan g. Conner. The
piles of material which are being daily
received and stored away there are liter
ally astonishing, and between this and
spring all this will be worked up into
wagons and carriages which, for work
manship, finish and durability will rival
anything in their line in the market.
Tom Ryan makes no great parade of
what he is doing, yet he and his men
are always busy, and in every depart
ment we see evidences of thriving bust:
ness. Mr.. Ryan buys his lumber at best
points east, and all other material
in large wholesale lots, and thus taking
advantage of every discount in prices, he
is enabled to furnish his customers with
work cheaper than it can be done by
any less extensive establishment. The
utmost care is exercised to have all ma
terial of good quality and work we'll
done. The firm this season have intro
duced the process of saturating all
wheels in boiling oil after they are put
together, thus adding to their durability.
In the trimming and finishing depart
ments may be found some fine specimens
of work in buggies, some OF which are
made to order, and others are yet to be
of. Our citizens, farmers and
others, who desire TO purchase wagons
and buggies cannot do better than to do
SO of Ryan s. Conner. Patronize home
institutions, is good motto, particular
ly when, as in this case, it will be to the
of the purchaser.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-12-06

To PREVENT AND CURE COUGHS AND
CoLDs.-A reliable remedy is needed In every
household. Parker's Ginger Tonic is just the
medicine needed. It radically cures Coughs,
Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, and even Con-
sumption, if used in time, by its powerful
specific action on the Stomach, Kidneys, Skin
Liver, and mucus surfaces of the Throat and
Lungs. In this natural way it cleanses the
waste matters from the blood, builds ND the
tissues fortiies the system agains further
attacks, and permanently allays infiamma-
lions of the Throat. Lungs, and other organs
It is a powerful invigorant, and affords just
the help that the aged, the feeble, and the
convalescent require because 1t ensures per-
feet digestion and enjoyment of the food, en-
riches the blood, and arouses the dormant en-
ergies of the debilItated organs. 1t cures dis
persia with its varied symptoms of Headache,
WakefulneSs, Sour Stomach, Bad Taste in the
Mouth, Constipation. Liver Complaint, Pal
pitation of the Heart, ETC.. and while it never
Intoxicates ner creates any desire for stimu-
iants, it .dinuseS warmth and vigor through
the system, reneWs the appetite, soothes the
nerves. banishes melancholy, and gives
strength and elasticity to the worn out frame.
Buy a 81 90 bottle from your druggists, Per-
ley Ryder, Empofia, Kansas, or a sample
bottle At Is cents. and test its extraordinary
merits. oct-n -25-nov-e 22-dec-6-2O.
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THE sroRlI SATURDAY.
Delay of Trains West.

The Santa Fe train arrived here from
the east Saturday night on time, but we
looked for trouble west. The train due
here from the west Sunday morning did
not arrive till nearly SPIN. A gentle
man who was on the west bound train
Saturday night, furnishes the following
account of the trouble:
We found the snow drifted badly west
of Florence last night and came near
sticking number of times, and finally
did stick about one and half miles east
of Walton. Conductor Ladd walked in
to Walton and teiegraphed to Newton
for help, and they sent three engines and
a snOw-plow. The engine with snow
pillow attached was thrown from the
track few rods from the passenger
train and we stayed there, stuck fast in
the snow, till after IL this a. m, and did
not reach Newton till 10 IN. The storm
did not extend west of Nickerson. The
passenger train from the west reached
Newton on time but had to wait there
until the train from the east was dug
out of the snow. All.
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OVER THE STATE.
Wood $3.50 per cord at Neodesha.

Wood $3.50 per cord at Neodesha.
The venerable General Shields is 1ectur-
ing in northern Kansas.
Wilson county reduced her floating
debt last year from $4,000 to $4,000.
Mr.. Pomeroy, ex-senator, has taken
rooms at the TefTt house for the senatori
al fight.
R. B. Morris, one of the late post
master Gales bondsmen, has taken
charge of the Atchison postofice until a
new appointment can be made.
The county clerks of the state have a
convention to-day at Topeka. The COM
mittee on the revision of the statutes in
vited them to assemble to consult on the
report of the commission and to make
such suggestions as may seem proper.
The land sales of the A., T. & S. F.
road for the fourth week in October,
1878, amounted to $50, 500, against ST.
O53 for the same time last year, an in
crease of $22, and for the month of
October, 1873, to $1Oe, 800, against $685.
400 last year, an increase of $50, 100.
A station agent down the NJ, K. 6 T.
refuses to take the legal-tender silver
dollar for more than ninety cents. He
says travelling men won't take them from
him. The government ought to furnish
that man with copy of the law regulat-
ing legal tenders, and a sack for his
head, and one for each travelling mans
portmanteau.
The Topeka Commonwealth says it is
the intention to bring 10000 young sal
mon from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which
were spawned there, and distribute half
of them in the streams along the Atch-
ison, Topeka s. Santa Fe, st. Joseph &
Denver, and Kansas Pacific roads. We
understand the fish commissioner OF
Missouri will also stock the lakes oppo-
site here with young fish. The salmon
were originally brought from California.