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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
Browns Wedding Day..-A Texas Tale
Founded Oh Facts.

ONE beautiful spring morning of a
certain year, between daylight and sun
rise, Mr.. Samuel Brown, bachelor, we'll
mounted and well dressed, left his ranch
in certain portion of Western Texas
to ride journey of forty miles. The
road was firm and the scenery beauti-
full, with its hazy outlines of distant
hills and mountains, and vast stretches
of table-land, covered with bright,
green grass and decked here and there
by the live oak, with it's darker green.
Mr.. Brown was blessed with health and
clear conscience. The pure air of the
early day and the springy tread of his
excellent horse stirred his blood like old
wine. The breath of the May morning
touched his bronze cheek lightly and
sweetly as maiden's kisses, and with
admirable impartiality proceeded to be-
stow its dainty caresses on the tender
foliage and luxuriant grass. The little
birds tried to burst their throats in their
mad joy, and the air was filed with the
gladness of the young year. Mr.. Brown,
though only a pioneer and devoid of
aesthetic culture, was always suscepti-
BILE to the beauties of nature; but on
this particular morning there might
have been seen repressed gladness in
his eyes-a bottled-up hilarity about
his manner generally which could not
have proceeded from the influence of
his surroundings. The fact is this was
Mr.. Browns wedding day, and at the
end of forty miles his imagination
pictured 3 lovely bride, beautiful sup
per and the cordial congratulations of
many friends. He gave vent to his joy
in snatches of song, and with that pc
culiar perverseness of man, indulging
in melancholy ballads when he feels
good and glad, he sang scraps of sad
love song.
Let us sing of the DAYS that are
go-o-ne, Maggie" unsteady observed
Mr.. Brown, with lugubrious prolonga-
ton of the word " gone" and spurred
his horse into a gallop. For many miles
the echoes sent back gloomy observa-
tons concerning Maggie and " Net
tie Moore" and the hard roads rano
beneath the feet of Mr.. Browns met,
tlesome steed. He neared his iournev's
end-only three or four miles inter
vened between him and anticipated &C.
stacy-when something unexpected,
something which ought to have been
narrow and shallow and unsteady rip
ping, suddenly arose before him, wide,
deep and seemingly impossible. 1t was
the Llano River, swollen by tremen-
dous rains on its headwaters. Samuel
Brown refined in his horse, rode slowly
up to the waters edges and stopped.
In the eager pursuit of happiness it is
hard for us to realize some sudden and
stupendous difficulty that arises in our
way. Mr.. Brown pinched himself
perhaps he was dreaming, for had he
not often slept on his horsep He Gov.
cred his eyes with his hands and list
ened. 1t was all of no avail-he could
not cheat himself another moment into
believing that it was a phantasm.
There it was, a rushing, roaring reali-
ty. He could doubt no longer; there
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was born unto his mind firm faith in
the reality of a great obstacle between
him and happiness. He rested one leg
on his horse's neck and viewed the
situation. Softly and meditatively he
whistled bar or two of "Nettie
Moore" and, to his everlasting honor
be it said, only made this one reprehen-
sible remark:
"Well, if this ain't-r'
Brown was a man of action, and did
not hesitate long. He dismounted, and,
in few moments, was on his horse
again, with his hat crushed firmly on
his head and his other clothes neatly
bundled and firmly tied on the horn of
his saddle. He rushed his unwilling
horse into the stream, but the horse
would not swim with his weight. He
slipped off behind, and, holding the
horses tail with one hand, steered for
the opposite shore by splashing water
into the horses face whenever he at
tempted to turn back. Blinded, stam-
peded, foiled in his efforts to turn back,
the animal swan with a mad velocity
for the other bank. "This is bully,''
quoth Mr.. Brown, eff he'll only stop
WACn uC SCUo w Oub IuG uOTSc
had no idea of doing this. AS soon as
he attained the shallow water of the
other side he commenced pitching in a
manner that threatened Mr.. Brown with
loss of hold, and when he had gained
terra f7a'aG began kicking and pitching
with such violence that the desperate
and determined Brown could retsip his
grip no longer. He was compelled to
release his hold, though death seemed
a pleasant alternative. The horse was
off like shot, and despair was about
to claim the miserable man as it's
own, when ray of hope told him that
life was worth struggle yet. The
mad plunges of the horse had displaced
the red Mexican saddle blanket, and it
fell to the ground after he had run a
short distance. Browns eye lighted
with joy as he gathered it up, and, at
firing himself after the manner of the
noble red man, he rushed majesticallv
up the hill and was rewarded with
glimpse ofhis horse as he flashed around
a point of timber several hundred yards
distant. He took the horse track at
brisk walk and started at every sound,
fearing an attack of the paleface, man
or maiden. On through the open woods
for miles. with no sign of grazing
horse to reward his strained vision.
The last rays of the setting sun tipped
the tree tops, and Brown thought of
drama that was to be enacted at early
candle-light, in which he was cast for
a leading and indispensable part. He
ground his teeth in impotent rage, drew
his mantle closer about his stalWart
form and quickened his pace. Hist!
Sounds ofvoices and laughter from men
and women on road hard by. Brown
dropped behind some friendly rocks
and recognized acquaintance on their
way to attend his nuptials. He called
to a friend in the crowd, who came to
him; all was explained, his horse was
followed and caught, and in the happi-
ness that ensued Brown was proof
against the jokes that were leveled at
him.-C. G. Tatuna, in Louisville
CO2ITieT-JO Journal,
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of the devil being accepted, there is no
reason to deny that of the werewolf,
supported as it is by the authority of
the fathers of the church, and by general
experience.
Another CHASTITY superstition of those
times was that of belief in vampires.
These were disembodied souls, which
hadreclothed themselves in their buried
bodies. In this garb they stole at night
into houses and sucked from the nip
Piles of the sleeping their blood. The
person thus bereft of his vital fluid was
in turn changed into a vampire. The
corpse of person suspected of vampir-
ism, if dug up, was found well pre-
served, and an abundance of fresh
blood would flow from its mouth on
pressing the stomach. To this horrible
belief is ascribed kind of psychical
pestilence, which spread terror in the
Austrian provinces even down into the
eighteenth century. -Magsc o. tbe Middle
AQeS.
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Medieval SuperstitiOns.

Among these last was the mandra-
CORA, which was supposed to reveal to
its possessor hidden things and future
events, and to secure the friendship of
all men. The root of the mandragora,
or mandrake. often divides into two
parts, and thus presents rude resem-
blance to a human figure. 1t was be-
lieved that this plant could not be found
except below the gallows where pure
youth had been hanged. When torn
from the soil it was said to sigh, shrek,
and moan so piteously that it caused
whoever heard it to die. To find this
plant it must be sought before sunrise
Friday morning. The person seeking
it should carefully fill his ears with cot
ton, wax, or pitch, and take with him
black dog without single white hair.
The sign of the cross was to be made
three times over the mandragora, then
the soil was to be carefully removed,
so that it was attached only by its fine
rootlets. 1t was then tied by q string
to the tail of dog, who was attracted
forward by piece of bread. The dog
pulled the plant from the earth, but
fell dead, struck by the shrek of the
mandragora. The plant was then taken
home, washed in red wine, and wrapped
in red and white silk, laid in shrine,
washed on successive Fridays, and
dressed in white frock. If the man.
dragora is bought it remains with the
person who thus secures it, regardless
of where it is thrown, until sold again.
If kept until death, the person must de-
mart to hall with IL
In the demoniacal fauna of the middle
ages were Wolves played an important
part. They were supposed to be men
who changed themselves for time in
to wolves, and roved about hunting for
children. Augustine, one of the most
prominent fathers and authors of his
time, taught that it was the devil who
wrapped a wolf hide around witch.
Melancthon also believed in this doc
trine, and the Emperor Sigismund had
the question Investigated scientific
ally'' in the presence of theologians,
and they came to the general agree
ment that the werewolf is a positive
and constant fact" for, the existence
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
Annual Review OF the Petroleum Busi-

The petroleum business during the
year just closed has been marked by
many results never before attained.
StowelPs Petroleum Reporter says: The
enormous production of crude (nearly
100000 barrels,) exceeded the pro-
duction of any previous year by about
5,00O,0 900 barrels. The average price
OF crude at the wells for the year was
94s cents per barrel, being 800 less than
for the year 1874, which has been con-
sidered heretofore the cheap oil year.
The number of wells drilled during the
year was 3,038, which number was not
greatly in excess of former years; only
about 81 per cent. of the wells COM
pleted proved to be dry or worthless
against liz per cent. of dry holes de-
veloped in 1878. The shipments out of
the producing regions have been larger
than IN any previous year, amounting
to 100000 barrels, which exceeded
the shipment in 1878 nearly two and a
quarter million barrels. The accumu-
lation of stock in the producing regions
OF Pennsylvania during the wear has
been without a parallel in the history
OF the trade; the amount OF stock Jan.
l, 1879, was 4,6l5,299 barrels, and on
Jan. 1. 1880, S,470,49 barrels, being
an increase of 1856, 1871 barrels in 1879.
The great Northern, or Bradford dis
trict, has contributed largely to these
results; in fact, for the last two years
this field has been the chief point of
interest in the oil country, where most
OF the operators have congregated and
most of the developments have taken
place.
In the last five years there have been
about 5000 wells drilled, 500 of
which are now producing oil at the rate
of about $4,000 barrels per day. The
total production in the district from
August, 1875, to December 81, 1879,
has been 1891, 544 barrels, and the
shipments out have been 25,771. 214
barrels, leaving a stock in the tanks of
about six and quarter millions of bar
rels. The exports of petroleum for the
year have been unprecedently large,
exceeding all former years by many
million gallons. The stocks held in
European ports are also quite large.
exceeding the amount held at the same
time in 1873 some 100000 barrels.
The maximum production of crude
petroleum in the Pennsylvania oil fields
was reached in August, 1879. Since
that time the production has undoubt-
edly been steadily on the decline, and
from present indications we may look
for a continued decline, slowly but
surely, until some new and unknown
field shall be found which shall weld
the precious fluid beautifully.
There was a steady increase of stock
at the wells during the first eight months
OF the year which was not reported and
did not go into the account in making
up productions and stocks. The pipe
lines prior to September did not take
from the wells their production, which
was evident from the overlooking tanks
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Queer Excuses.

Some curious things have been writ
ten in response to invitations or con
veying the invitations themselves. A
man OF letters, travelling in the United
States, responded to literary lady's
invitation I" to meet some minds at teal
at her house by expressing his sorrow
at being prevented from doing so
through having already promised to
meetsome stomachs at dinner. Whether
his excuse shocked American modesty,
we do not know. He would have been
set down as very rude man by the En-
glish farmers daughter who, in ac-
knowledging feminine friends invita-
ton to go with her to the races, wrote
on behalf of herself and her sister:
"The energy of the races prompts me
to assure you that my request is for
hidden, the idea of which 1 had awk-
wardly nourished, Notwithstanding my
propensity to reserve. Mr.. L. will be
there. Let me with confidence assure
you that him and brothers will be very
happy to meet you and brothers. We
girls cannot go for reasons. The at
tention of the cows claims our assist
ance in the evening"" An impecunious
nobleman once declined an invitation
to dinner for very pressing reasons.
His note was concluded in the follow
ing terms: 81 cannot express my re-
greet that it is quite out of my power to
dine with you. And you will pity me
when you hear am in bed. A rascal
ly creditor has had everything possess
taken from me. l must remain in bed
till my lawyer comes, as 1 have not a
coat to put on. This is the reason,
dear Lady Cork, 1 cannot dine with
YOU" An all-sufficient one, we should
Judge. London Globe.
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"a FACE IN THE SNOW.n

n II dOh Nv 4 LII ONOHs'
A SNOWFLAKE fell like single feather
Out of heart of the soft gray cloud;
She and the snowflake passed together
Into the midst of passing crowd;
And L, alone In the winter weather.
Paused and faltered and cried aloud
20, sweet fair face, that will haunt me ever
Where have you gone that may not go?
As a stream that flows to far-of river,
So now my heart to your own will flow;
And tender thought that is yours forever
Follows your footsteps to and fro.
You with the face of my lost dead love,
Sweet as a blossom in Eden growing,
Fit for the garden of God above;
And lit with heavenly love-light, glowing
In eyes as tender as eyes of dover
The cloud grows darker, the flakes are falling,
The gray dusk settles on street and lane;
And still hear but faint voice calling,
Follow, o, follow me once again.
And my heart, its bitterest past recalling,
Faints and shoulders with passionate pain.
The white world CLEANS, and the dead leaves
On bare brown branches, on wintry trees;
The cold wind 1utters with sigh and shiver-
Ah me! was it ever a summer breeze
That kissed the breast of golden river,
And stole the scents of hundred leas?
o face, sweet face. were you winged with sorrow,
To bring such memories back to me,
To make me long for gladder morrow
Than ever my sad to-day" can be?
. face with the hue that snowfakes borrow
As now they fiutter Ger roof and treel
Once more, once more. could we stand together
AS stood we then in the gay bright spring.
With never thought of winter weather
Whispered in touch of wind or wing,
While breezes futter and swallows hover
And hearts hold music too sweet to sing!
/ half forgot that the snow is falling,
My own soul passes to where you are;
No hand of doom, with touch appalling
Can sever our love in land afar.
feel your heart to my own heart calling
Through silver spaces of moon and star!
o, love, my words are but thoughts unspoken
0, part the cloudrifts and look below;
And give me word or sign in token
You love me still, who have loved you so,
As stand alone with heart half broken,
For the sake of the face saw in the snow!
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everywhere to be seen in the Bradford
district. Since the months of August
the wells have not only been relieved,
but the lines have been taking all the
production and steadily drawing on all
stocks. The month of December shows
that the stock at the wells has been re-
pleted about 1872, $50 barrels, which we
have credited to productions and stock
by distributing 1850 day through the
first eight months of the wear.
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"GRANDPA," says Minnie, reflective
~, with some assurance of being able
TO lmpart useful information; - grand
pa, do you know where this snow comes
fromP Let me tell you. The angels
are up in the sky cutting up ice with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14

A STRANGER dropped wallet con-
tanning $4,000 on the streets of Fair
rlay, COL, and the citizens let it lie
there until he came back for it. They
thought it was some new feature intro
duced into the string game.
The silver state., 1880-03-27
We Challenge the World.

When we say we believe we have
evidence to prove that Shiioh's Con-
sumption Cure is decidedly the best
hung medicine made, inasmuch as it will
cure common or chronic cough, in one
half the time, and relieve Asthma
Bronchitis. Whooping Cough Group,
and show more cases of Consumption
cured than all others. 1t will cure
where they fail. 1t is pleasant to take,
harmless to the youngest child, and we
guarantee what we say. Price, 10 cts.
so cts and 81. If your lungs are sore,
chest or back lame, use Shiloh's Porous
Plaster. Sold by c. A. DESAussURE,
Druggist. n7-eod
The silver state., 1880-03-27
August Flower.

The immense sale and great populari-
ty of GREENS AUGUST FLOWER in all
towns and villages in the civilized
world has caused many imitators to
adopt similar names, expecting to reap
a harvest for themselves at the expense
of the afflicted. This medicine was in
troduced in 1868, and for the cure Of
dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, with
their effects. such as Sour Stomach,
Costiveness, Sick Stomach, Sick Head
ache, Indigestion, Palpitation of the
Heart, Vertigo, ETC., etc, It nerer has
failed to our kno,o'edye. Three doses
will relieve any case OF Dyspepsia.
Two million bottles were sold last year.
Price, IS cents. Samples, 10 cents.
GREENS ATLAS AND DIARY ALMANAC,
the most expensive free Almanac ever
published, sent free on receipt of a two
cent stamp. u. u. GREEN,
Woodbury.. N. j., U. s. A.
The silver state., 1880-03-27
Leather Goods.

NJ. B. Staunton announces that he
will sell during the next ninety days
saddles, with the White River tree in
every one of them, at cost prices, and
harness, brides. plated spurs and bits,
and everything in that line at the low
est possible figures. In the boot and
shoe line his stock cannot be excelled,
and he sells for cash as cheap as any
house in the State. Mr.. Staunton
makes leather goods, such as saddles,
harness, etc., and boots and shoes a
speciality, and his stock in that line is
superior to that of any other house in
the State.
The silver state., 1880-03-27
or two.

In less than q week from date the
game laws will go into effect, and hun
ters viii have to forego the pleasure of
shooting ducks, geese and other game
protected by Act,of the Legislature.
Hunters will therefore have to made
the most OF the few days left them to
indulge in shooting game along the
river. 1t seems as if the Legislature
ought to have extended the time for
shooting ducks and geese to the middle
OF April, as the weather has been so
cold this year they did not make their
appearance along the river here as early
as common. There is not much neces-
sity for protecting wild geese anyway,
MS only few of them remain in Neva-
ia to hatch.
The silver state., 1880-03-27
Double BLOCK Puzzle.

A large invoice OF the Double Block
Puzzle has been received at G. Cheno-
weth's News Depot. The blocks are
arranged for the l5 game, which is cre-
ating such excitement throughout the
country, and for the 10 game, which
consists in arranging the blocks, num-
bered from to l6 consecutively SO that
they will count "a every way. The
blocks are put up in neat paper boxes,
ready for use and are sold for % certs.
The silver state., 1880-03-27
SPECIAL LOCALS.
Good Idea Cigar.

General Grant was but lately our citizens guest,
And he can not complain, for they gave him
their best,
He stopped free at ssThe Palace" rode for
dead" on the cars,
And I'm told, he smoked gratis the finest cigars.
While taking in Battery street, one fine night,
He wishing TO smoke, was hard up for light;
When glorious sight on his optics did burst,
For, behold he met Emperor Norton the First.
Now, of Emperors Grant really knows whole
hatch,
So ne simply said: emperor, give us match
But his Majesty had none, so he said: Gas a
shift,
General, step on my shoulder, III give you a
lift"
This the General considered as good common
sense,
So he lit his cigar at the city's EXPENSE:
Then stepped down aud said: Even an En-
peror, | see,
viii sometimes get struck rs real Good Idea"
Cigar-hest BIT CIGAR at FASHION SAMPLE
ROOM.
m19-1m FRANK FELLOWS.
The silver state., 1880-03-27
sTOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE
5: No Trouble For Us To Show Goodsi
Nothing short of unmista,sabie Ren-

efts conferred upon tens of thousands
of sufferers could originate and MAIN
tain the reputation which AYERS SAR-
sAPARILLA enjoys. 1t is a compound
of the best vegetable alternatives, with
the Iodides of Potassium and Iron, and
is the most effectual of all remedies for
scrofulous, mercurial, or blood disor-
ders. Uniformly successful and certain
in its remedial effects, it produces rapid
and complete cures of scrofula, sores,
boils, humors, pimples, eruptions, skin
diseases. and all disorders arising from
impurities of the blood. BY its invig-
Grating effects it always relieves and
often cures liver complaints, female
weaknesses and Irregularities, and is a
potent renewer of vitality. For puri-
fying the blood it has no equal. It.
tones up the system, restores and pre-
serves the health, and imparts vigor
and energy, For forty years it has
been in extensive use, and is to-day the
most available medicine for the suffer-
ing sick anywhere. Ely
The silver state., 1880-03-27
Much sickness

undoubtedly to children, attributed
to other causes, is occasioned by worms.
Bro~n's Te,mituge Con.fts, or Worm
Lozenges, although ehectual in Destroy
ing worms, can do no possible injury to
the most delicate child. This valuable
combination has been successfully used
by physicians, and found to be abso-
lutely sure in eradicating worms, so
hurtful to children. Twenty-Five cents
a box. jai3ly
The silver state., 1880-03-27
LOCAL ENTEALEGEN CE.
Captais, .Jaek Tonight.

The Captain Jack Dramatic Combi
nation Company arrived to-day, and
will give an entertainment this evening
in Centennial Hall. The company's
merit is conceded by the press where
ever they have appeared. and their en-
tertainments have been favorably
noticed. The Carson Tribune in notic-
ing their appearance at the Capital
says:
The Captain Jack combination opened
at the Carson Opera House last evening
to fair audience. Life on the Eor-
der" never fails, while n the hands Of
Jack, to arouse an cadence to pitch
OF enthusiasm The thrilling tahieanx
presented were evidently appreciated,
as the curta.u was repeatedly rung up
by the loud Applause jack handles a
rifle naturally, and person while
watching the performance almost imag-
ines himself at some frontier trading
post or mining camp Of the early days,
where Indians and grizzlies were the
constant dread Of the whites, aud when
one laid himself down near the camp
fire for nap with the probable gloomy
foreboding that when he awoke his
scalp would be dangling on the red
man IS tent pole"
The silver state., 1880-03-27
Inventor Of the Electric Process.

Colonel A. e. Tichenor, inventor of
the electric process of reducing gold
and silver ores, passed west to-day.
The process which he has invented for
the treatment of ores, it is claimed will
revolutionize the old methods, as it is
much simpler and cheaper. 1t is said
that he has already realized over two
hundred thousand dollars from his in
vention, although it is scarcely yet
known to the mining world.
The silver state., 1880-03-27

The grading for the addition to
the Hose-house has been completed,
and to-day William Blackstock com
menced on the woodwork. The Hose
Company intend to make the addition
comfortable for meeting purposes, and
furnish it handsomely so that it will be
pleasant place of resort for firemen.