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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14

sufficient to admit his wrist. Then he
fixed loop from the door to the pistol
trigger, so that when the door was
opened any wider the pistol would be
discharged. Then he attempted to draw
out his hand, but found that while he
had left the door sufficiently open to ac-
commodate his wrist it wouldn't let out
his hand without being opened wider,
and that would discharge the pistol into
his stomach. There was nothing to do
but to take off the loop and put on
little longer one, and when he attempted
to do that, he found that though he had
been able to attach the loop, he couldn't
reach quite far enough to detach it
again. Then the awfulness of his posi-
ton came upon him. He was imprisoned
and could only release himself at the
price of shot in the stomach. He be-
gan to scream wildly for help, and at
last help came, and the first man who
arrived was about to yank the door
open before Pigweed could stop him,
and it gave the victims nerves terrible
shock. Finally they got smiths and
tools and went to work to get in at the
back of the safe and remove the pistol,
and they had to work very carefully so
as not to explode the pistol by the jar.
1t was an all-day job, but finally after
Pigweed had nearly died from exhaus-
ton, and his hair had begun to turn
gray from fright, they got at the pistol
and found that when he put it in there,
Pigweed had forgotten to load it, SO he
might have yanked his hand out at any
Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
Amusement of q Rich But Eccentric
New York Painter.

BANKERS and brokers were hurryin9
away from Wall Street at half-past three
the other afternoon in haste to get to
their homes, to the sea shore or the
country; clerks, Office boys and messen-
gers were running to and fro. Wall and
Broad Streets and Exchange Place were
filled with a moving throng finishing up
the work of the day. just at this time
two men came from the basement OF
No. 40 Broad Street. One was Mr.. G..
ii. Dexter, the painter and carpenter,
and the other one Of his assistants. As
soon as they reached the sidewalk the
two men plunged their hands in their
pockets, pulled them out filled with
small coin, and began scattering the
money broadcast, literally throwing it
away. Almost as quickly as it is written
a crowd of messenger boys and young
clerks surrounded them. Fighting their
way through the throng, the two men
moved slowly towards Exchange Place,
where they separated, one going up the
narrow court towards New Street and
Broadway, and the other up Broad
Street in the direction of Wall Street.
At every step their hands were dipped
into capacious pockets, raised in the air
a moment, and then came a little shower
of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
The crowd increased prodigiously. 1t
was composed mostly of boys, and they
struggled and fought good-naturedly,
tumbling over and trampling upon each
other in their eager scramble for the
money. At the corner of Broad and
Wall Streets the crowd and the excite
ment eliminated. Here Mr.. Dexter
stood few moments, a mob of about a
thousand bustling, shouting youngsters
about him, while he scattered half-dol-
lars, dollars, and a few shining golden
quarter eagles in little rain about him.
Like the Scriptural rain, it fell upon the
just and the unjust alike, for some of
the big boys wickedly robbed the little
fellows of coveted pieces. The rain was
only shower after all. In fifteen
minutes it was over, and Mr.. Dexter
stepped into his carriage and was whirled
away.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
North Carolina Mountain Villages.

THE awful solitude of the forests is
scarcely broken by them Half of their
implanted, weather-beaten houses are
parently died, or gone farther into these
sleepy wildernesses and forgotten to
come back. The roads leading to them
are always over break neck-precipices
and in scandalous disrepair, one gen
Grafton putting off to another the
mending of them. There is always
deserted mica mine on neighboring
height, shining like fountain of silver
gushing from the rock; there is always
stream which '.would give powerful
yield of gold, only we folks dom count
much on them Uncertain ways of max
in livin'.''
There are alwas one or two families
of educated, well-bred people. They
have little money, but they feel the
need of it less here than any where else
in the States. They live in roomy,
wooden houses, the walls, ceilings and
floors frequently made of purplish,
fine-grained poplar, which no Persian
carpet or tapestry could rival in beauty;
they buy no new books, but they have
read the old ones until they are live
friends; they never saw Gerome or
Fortuny, but their windows open on
dusky valleys, delicate in beauty as a
dream, on rushing waterfalls, on rain
bow wells of mist floating over dizzy
heights; they dress in homespun, and
sit on wooden benches, but knowing
nothing of fashions or bric-a-brac, their
souls sit at ease and are quiet, and they
never feel the aching void of an empty
pocket. Our travellers were welcomed
to many room where trunks, the spin
ning-wheel, and the cooking-stove filed
one side, and the bed and a portion of a
Revolutionary ancestor the other,
where fat-irons and silver goblets,
Shakespeare and the backing brushes,
amicably keep company on the mantel-
shelf, but in which the fine quick wit
and the grave courtesy of their hosts
would have dwarfed the stateliest sur
roundings. -RebeccG Harding DaUiS, in
HGrpe1's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
Mutual FOrbearance.

No CHRISTIAN grace is likely to be
called into play more frequently than
that of mutual forbearance. If we re-
sent every apparent injustice, demand
the Fighting of every little wrong, and
if all the other parties in the circle
claim the same privilege, what misera-
BILE beings we shall ali be, and how
wretched life will become! We need to
guard against a critical spirit. Some
people carry microscopes fine enough to
reveal million animalcul@ in drop of
water, and with these they can find
countless blemishes in the character
and conduct even of the most sanity
jewellers on the earth. There are others
who are always watching forslights and
grievances. They are suspicious of the
motives and intentions of others. They
are always imagining ofenses, even
where none were most remotely intend
ed. This habit is directly at variance
with the law of love, which thinketh no
evil Weekday Religion.
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Didn't Work Well.

Mr.. PIGwEED has had terrible time
of it. He resolved to set pistol in his
safe, before leaving home for the sum-
mer, so that when anybody opened the
door of the receptacle the pistol would
be discharged. However, it puzzled
him a good deal to find way to set the
pistol with the door shut, and if he set
it with the door open there was no wav
to make the thing go off when the door
should be opened again. So he finally
set up the pistol inside the safe and
cooked it, and then putting his hand in-
hde closed the door all but crack, lust
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14

Religious.
Oh, BRIGHT ARE THE GATES.

Oh, bright are the gates of the beautiful
City"
Oh, fair is that far-away shore,
Where world-weary hearts may lind comfort
and pity,
Where sorrow may meet us no more;
Where angels in glory
Repeat the glad story
OF Jesus, who died for sin-stricken world
Oh, "there" we may tarry forever and ever,
And sweet are the songs we may hear;
The voices of loved ones beyond the dark
river
Like music may fall on the ear
And the night never falls
On the glittering walls
OF the wonderful city of silver and gold
Weep not for the world, but look upward in
gladness,
Nor grope in this dark vale below;
There's rest for the heart that is burdeneo
with sadness,
And balm for all trouble and wo.
Tho false friends may grieve US,
The Lord will not leave us,
He loveth the lowly; He heedeth their prayer
Eugene j. Hall, IN Chicago Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14

Custer was the name of a New
foundland dog that belonged to New
Jersey girl. ave trained him to hold
the halter in his mouth and lead the
horses away" she said. "He could
carry two eggs in his huge mouth and
never break one. He could turn knob
as well as any one, and on entering a
room would always turn around and put
his paw on the door to close it. If this
failed, he would jump upon the door,
taking care not to scratch with his nails.
If any one sat down in the house with
out doffing his hat, Custer would steal
stealthily up behind him and pull it off.
then dropping it on the floor at the side
of his chair would walk quietly away
and lie down, as one who had per-
formed duty. We would wrap a few
pennies in a paper and send him with it
in his mouth to store for candy, of
which he was very fond. After deliver
ing it to us he would stand expectan,ly
by, wagging his tail and waiting for the
sweet morsel he was sure to get. He
was fond of milk, too, but would carry
it faithfully to our pet lamb, and though
he would glance lovingly into the rail
he was never known to be-
tray our trust or steal one sip of the
coveted beverage"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
PITH AND POINT.

THE skillful matchmaker is the man
for the hour.-BOSton IrGCeter.
THE bee and mule are too tender
hearted to look upon suffering. They
always turn their backs when thew
strike.-BoStom Transcript.
A SYRACUSE grocer used to smoke
his pipe while leaning against his kero-
sene barrel. His mail now goes to the
Dead-Letter office.-Detroit Free Press.
THE army worm got as far as Boston
when a miss with eyeglasses called ii
by its real name. 1t Immediately Law
down and died. Philadelphia Meas. :
If the President of the United States
felt in proportion to his place as big as
policeman in his new uniform, he'd
grow round-shouldered trying to dodge
the clouds.-BoSton Courier.
THE rooms of summer hotels are all
front rooms, having windows looking
directly upon the water, and into which
beautiful breeze blows from any direc-
ton, whether or not there is dead
calm. This is vouched for by every
watering-place correspondent who
writes for his board.-N. 0. Picoyase.
IT was the first experience couple
of Vermont men had enjoyed with a
hammock, and the fellow who tried to
step into it and then lie down, wenI
over head first and got his nose rooted
into the ground and scooped a lot Of
dirt into his mouth. On getting uphe
said to his friend: ''Don't try it Il ,.
wayi" And his friend Indignantly re
pliod: t' You bet won't! Do you TAKE
me for a P'-Boston Post.
BENEATH a shady tree they sat,
He held her hand, she held his hat,
held my breath and lay right fiat;
They kissed, saw them do it.
He held that kissing was no crime,
She held her head up every time,
held my peace and wrote this rhyme,
While they thought no one knew it.
A GENTLEMAN from the country ar
rived at Galveston hotel the other day
with his little boy. The little fellow had
never seen anybody play operate music
so when he peeped into the parlor and
saw a lady leaning away back on a piano
stool, paving the instrument and whoop-
ing, 81 am dying for some one to love
me-" he naturally became interested
and when his father came back to the
hotel he told him there had been 8
woman fighting the piano. "Which
got whippedP" asked the parent, smiling
at the simplicity of the child. "She
hollered," was the response. - Charleston
NeaOs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14

Prof. Thurston, testing pieces of
the wire cable of the Fairmount suspen-
sion bridge, recently taken down at
Philadelphia, after being in use about
forty years, found the iron to be fully
equal in tenacity, elasticity, and ductii-
ity to the best wire of the same size
found in the market. This fact and
similar results obtained by another ex-
pertinent in 1873 led him to the impor-
tant conclusion that iron subjected to
the ordinary strains of properly
designed bridges does not deteriorats
with age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
Rye Pasture.

In the fall of the year, especially if it
be dry, there is a great deficiency in
fall pasture. Rye in many ways can be
made to supply the deficiency. Under
the old practice of corn cultivation, rye
was frequently sown in the corn and
plowed in the last time of going through
the corn. But with the shovel pillow
corn was cultivated later than it is with
the improved corn-cultivator. Corn is
now ready and "laid by" on the best
farms of Iowa, it being too tall for the
cultivator. But if any one wants to
sow a cornfeld to rye, where the inten-
ton is to cut up the corn early and haul
out for the cattle, and then use the rye
pasture in the fall, temporary return
to the shovel pillow can be done to shovel
in the rye in the corn, in July or August.
A correspondent inquiries if the rye
would injure the corn in caring. If
sown in June it would be likely to be as
injurious as crop of fox-tail. But
sown later, and plowed in as suggested,
it would be early enough for fall pasture.
1t can be made valuable in aiding milch
cows, as well as preparing other stock
to 60 into the winter in fine condition.
Too many farmers neglect the advan-
tages which can be taken to provide the
best food for stock at proper seasons.
The practice of letting stock prosper
and starve at alternate seasons has be-
come habit greatly to the injury of the
profits of the farm. Study and search
to know how the stock can be the cheap
est and easiest way kept constantly
growing and developing. There should
be neither rest nor retrograde in the
growth from birth to death. -Ioaca State
ReQtSter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
Missionary Statistics.

AT the eighty-sixth annual meeting
OF the London Missionary Society the
Rev. DIR. Allon said:
l know that figures are the least elo-
queat part of the most prosaic speech
that is delivered, and yet | wish to put
before you just few eloquent figures
which l met with the other day in a
very interesting little book on missions
by my friend Dr. Christlieb, of Bonn.
Eighty-six years ago there were in ex-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
IF WE KNEW.

IA POEM doubtless familiar to most of oul
leaders, but well worthy of republication
Ind preservation.
II we knew the woe and heartache
Waiting for us down the road,
flour lips could taste the NORWOOD,
IL our backs could feel the load,
Would we waste the day in wishing
For time that ne'er can be?
Would we wait with such impatience
For our ships to come from sea?
If we knew the baby fingers,
Pressed against the window pane,
Would be cold and stiff to morrow
Never trouble us again
Would the bright eyes of our darling
Catch the frown upon our brow?
Would the print of rosy fingers
Vex us then as they do now?
All! these quiet, ice cold fingers,
How they point our memories back,
To the hasty words and actions,
Strewn along our backward trackl
How these little hands remind us,
As in snowy grace they lie,
Not to scatter thorns, but roses,
For our reaping by and by.
Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet voiced bird is flown:
Strange that we should slight the violet
Till the lovely flowers have gone;
Strange that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one half so fair,
AS when winters snowy pinions
Shake the white down in the air.
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away
Never blossomed in such beauty
AS adornS the, Ia ,1ra. &c. s,s.y;
With their beautiful perfume
Come to us with sweeter accents
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let us gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thorns and chat;
Let us find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of to- day,
With the patient hand removing
Ali the briers from our way.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
International Sunday-School Lessons.

THIRD QUARTER.
Aug. 1.-The Call of Abram, Gen. 11:3l, 32;G
1-10
Aug 8-Abram and Lot. .... Gen. 10: lis
Aug. 15-Abram and MechZe-
dek. 49,. ............. Gen. II: "a
Aug. 22-The Covenant with
Abram. ..................G Gen. 15:-1S
Aug. 29-Abraham's Interces-
sion. Gen. Is: 1888
Sept. 5-Lot's Escape from
Sodom ............G Gen. 10: 1920
Sept. 2-Trial of Abraham's
Faith Gen. %: LA
sept. 19-Review of the Lessons.
Sept. 25-LesSOn selected by the School.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14

Nine. Verdavin has brought an action
for separation and the management of
her own estate. The bill alleges that
the aforesaid Amedee Verdavin is hope
leSsly possessed with the mania of po-
litical ambition.
And the public say of his wife: "Poor
little woman, it is a wonder she didn't
bring her action sooner. That confound-
ed idiot must have spent three-quarters
of her fortune with his senseless ideas of
ambition!"-Frona the French Of Pierre
Ver0n
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
4 COOP THING,

German Syrup is tho special prescription
of Or. A. Roschoe, celebrated German
Physician, and IS acknowledged 10 be one
of tho most fortunate discoveries in Medi-
cine. It.quiekly cures Coughs, Colds, and
Lung troubles OF the severeSt nature, Ie-
moving, rs II does, the cause oi the aiiec-
ton and leaving the parts In n strong and
healthy condition. Ii il not an expert
mental medicine, but has stood the test of
years, giving satisfaction in every case,
which IFS rapidly Increasing sale every
season confirms. Two million bottles sold
annually. Beware of medicines OF similar
names. lately introduced. BoSchee's Ger
man syrup was introduced into the United
States in lSGS, and Is now sold in every
town and village In the civilized world.
Thnee doses will relieve any ordinary
cough. Price 15 cts. sample bottle, 10 cts.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
$500 nEwanD -cAgAEan crnn.

Some people would rather DO hum-
hugged Than to get "yalue received for
their money. Hence Il Is that people run
after this and that pretended cnre for CO
tarrh, forgetting that DIR. SaRe's Catarrh
Remedy is so positive IN It's effects that its
former proprietor Advertised Il for years
throughout the Unite2 States under pos-
tive guarantee, offering $500 reward for au
inenable case, and was never called upon
20 pay this reward except In two cases.
This remedy has acquired such n fame
that branch Office has been established
in London, England, TO supply the foreign
demand for st. Sold by druggists at 30
cents. rs
UNABLE ToBREATHE THROUGH NOSE
PosrtANpvitLE, Iowa, March II iSs0.
Dir, II. V. PIERcR:
Dear Sir--Some time ago bought 2
DOuche, some of your DI. Sace'S Caiarrh
tSemedv and Golden Medical Discovery
and prepared 10 use thein. The aches and
pains as well as soro throat aud catarrh
from which have been for so long time
sufferer, have entirely left me with their
use. feel like a now man ss we'll Ss look
like one For four years / was unable to
breathe through my nose. From the use
of the Catarrh Remedy / can now do SO
freely. Your medicines I know to ba all
that they are represented. long live nr.
Pierce aud the gentlemen connected with
him. Gratefully yours,
WATSON SMITH.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23

BITTER THAN GOLD Is perfect
health, and yet many are suffering the tor
tu-es Of the damned with Dyspepsia when
single bottle of DIR. hIIETIIf'S ENG
PEPSIA PILLS viii give relief. and. if
persisted in, viii cure the worst case of
this distressing trouble. This pill cures
Torpid Liver and BiIiousness, Regulates
the Bowels, removes Pimples from the
Face, cures Sallow Complexion, Foul
Breath, Sick Headache, Heartburn, Pain
in the Sides and Back; is Sugar coated and
GUARANTEED to be PURELY 1VFGE-
TABLE. IT acts directly on the coating of
the Stomach and on The Liver. Can be
taken in any clime-wet or dry weaihers
Beware Of sfnifai ions. Tho genuine has
an engraving Of a lion on the outside
wrapper. Price, 80 cents. For 8aIe by all
druggists.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23

Takcn before retiring, viii Insure good
nights rest, with an aw4keTiiHR Ia the
rosy morn 10 health, c0nraga and vsgor.
For coated tongue. b al breath, sick head
ache. or any disturbance arising from dys-
pepsia or torpid liver it is without peer.
Its action on tiiseaSe II entirely difieraut
from any medicine ever introduced, quiet
ing pains almost Instantly. The hue and
cry rais ed against It by patent medicine
men, who have foreseen IN it's advent the
destruction of their nefaiious business,
and the thousands OF unsolicited iessimo-
mails flowing in from all parts OF the New
World, is a sure indication OF f-iisi great
merits. Trial size at ali Drug Stores. Hall
pound bottles, 75 cents. ESshay =. Eit1
son, Sole Agents.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
Sherif's Sale.

In tie Ciye1a3 Court Of tie State Of Oregon
/or The County Of Linn.
Andrew Tripp, Plaintiff,
ys.
Robert McCaIley, Mary aIeCalIey and
David Andrews, Defendants.
DY YvIRTUE OLA DEcREEoF FORE
3 closure in the above named Court i'm
the above entitled suit and an execution
and order Of sale issued in pursuance
thereof, to me directed and delivered. /
have levied upon the mortgaged premises
described in said decree and execution and
order of sale as follows, to-Wit:
Lots one, two, five and six in Block nine,
situate, lying and being in the town of
Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon. as laid
down, marked and numbered on the plats
Of said town On file in the Office Of the
County Clerk of said County, and on
Saturday, lie s29d day of -Ray, 1880,
at the Court House door in the city of Al
bany7 Linn County, Oregon, at the hour of
20 O'Clock A. NJ, will sell the hereinbe-
fore described real property at public auc-
ton for cash in hand to the highest bidder.
the proceeds of sale 10 be applied first to
the costs of suit, taxed at $50 As, and ac-
cruing costs, and next to tho payment to
the plaintiff the sum of Sl255 43 in u. s..
gold coin, with interest from the Sth day of
March: 1880, at the rate Of ten per cent. per
annum, end the further sum of Sill OO at
torney's fees, and interest thereon from
tlTDSLb day Of March, 1885,
Dated this sd day OF April, 1899.
7. q. DICKEY,
Sheriff of Linn Co., Oregon.
by GEo. IL HUMPHREY, Deputy. 3st4
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
MONTREAL Heard Fra=a.

MONTREAL. Sept -. 1870.
Mossrs. II. il. Warner * Coz Dear SirE:
II was alli-ied FOR many years with the
terrible suffering which arises from dys-
pepsia. Ny physicians gave ne no relief,
and much against my Will WAS IN inced
70 give your Safe Bitters tria'. II gives
me great pleasure To- inform you that my
health Is completely restored, though /
have taken but four bottles; my appetite
Is good and now suffer no inconvenience
after eating hearty meals, while before
nearly everything 1 ale caused me great
distress and uneasiness. can cheerfully
recommend your Bil;ers to all.
r. l.. NosvIY.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23

HOW 10 SAVE 8foNEY.-Tnstead OF
going to a doctor for a prescription, if you
nave BrigiIt's Disease, Diabetes, Pain in
the Back and Loins, Smarting, Inflann1a-
zion, Calcnli, Brick-dust Deposit, or any
bottle OF DR.. 9fintIe's Eephreticum, The
great Buchn Compound. 1t is the most
wonderful prescription for these troubles
ever compounded. Messrs. Abrams 9E
Carroll, wholesale druggists, say: we
regard EephreticuDl as tie best kidney
and bladder remedy in flle Inarl1et.o
Woodard, druggist, Portland, Or. says /:
Everybody speaks highly Of it." Chiids,
druggist, Portland, Or, says: "Sold lots
of il; it always does the work" Many
have been cured Of obstinate kidney com
plants after the doctors have. given them
gists.