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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-02

always talks his cigar out, and uses up
all the matches in the crowd smoking
up one cigar
And the man. said Riley, whose
cigar always burns up sideways; per-
feet salamander on one side, and con-
fagration ON the other. Gives the
smoker an angular, one-sided sort of an
expression
".And the man. said the sad passen-
ger, who always holds the ashes on his
cigar until they break off and fall down
inside his vest.'
"sAnd the man. said the cross pas
senger, who always holds his cigar ut
such an acute angle of elevation that he
smokes into his eyes all the time
l0"a And the man. said Riley, who
holds his cigar in the middle of his
mouth, and works both checks like a
bellows .,, -s.i.. .l...I. ...
"sAnd the man. said the fat passen-
gers who smokes as though he were
paid forit, and consequently hated it
and wanted to get through as soon as
possible. ~ ..tr.f,t ..... ..,..... %,
"sAnd the man. said the woman
who talks bass, 'who thinks he is the
only man in the car who knows how to
smoke.'- T"rft. a..ta .
"There was brief silence, which was
broken by Riley remarking that the
ideal smoker was to be found in the
Squire of a small village. have seen
him. the poet went on, lin the quiet
summer evening, when all the male
population of the village gathered around
the tavern to sit on the long bench by
the front door and smoke their pipes.
And the Squire always, and he alone,
smokes cigar. He brings it out of the
case carefully, and it is always the only
one in the case. After examining it with
great care and elaboration, he prepares
it for smoking. He is never known to
bite the end off he cuts it off with one
particular blade of his knife. Then he
holds the end in his fingers for asecond,
celebrating where to throw it. Finally,
he selects spot on the ground off to his
right and losses it there, not at random.
but carefully, and with the intent of
making it drop just where it does. Then
he finds a match and lights it. He
holds it in his hand until every possible
trace of sui phur is burned away--and
his match was never known to blow out,
not even if the wind was blowing gale
then he puts the cigar into his mouth,
turns it over once or twice until it set
ties into exactly the right position, aud
then he lights it, Then he holds the
match in his hand until it burns clear
up to his finger-nails, when he losses it
away, in direction opposite the dis
Id osc ~ ko
Slowly; with chair tip-iilted back
against the tavern, one leg thrown over
the other, and his calm, judicial eyes
fixed on the universe at any indefinite
point in his immediate front. If there
is dog fight down the street, or hur-
ricane up the street, that drags all the
other villagers away as eager and ex-
cited spectators, it never moves the
Squire, Calm as sphinx he holds his
place, and smokes. And he gets twenty
cents worth out of every five-cent cigar
he lights. '"--Bwr1ette, IN The HaVkeye.
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The Summons Had Come.

." i. D. . q.
"Word reached me las night dat
Uncle Bill Williams lay a-dyin'," said
Brother Gardner in the Limekiln Club,
as a hush fell on the meeting. I went
ober dar' wild Sir Isaac Walpole and
Waydown Bebee. De ole man was one
OBJ de charter members oh dis club He
made de ninth man on de roll. Fur de
las two Vars we haven't seen him heah,
kase he was old an weak an trembly,
an waitin' fur de summons When he
felt dat de summons had come, he sent
fur his friends to be wild him. De good
ole mani His journey had lasted fur
eighty long vars. He had shaved in de
rice swatnps and toiled in de cane. His
path had been crooked an full of sor-
row. If anybody cher had reason to
hate men an to. doubt God it was dat
poor ole Uncle Billy. An yit he lay dar'
wild a smile on his face an his mind at
peace. In his heart be forgave every
body, an he prayed for de men who had
Wronged him dc most. We sot ,dar' till
de ole mans lamp of life went out, an
we got SIGH q view of Heaben dat de
music keeps ringin' in my ears. De
world will say of him dat he was only a
poo ole Niger, but inIdat las hour Of
life he would not have changed places
wild the greatest king on airth. Dat
faith which he had card in his heart FIJI
lifetime had not deceived him. Dc
pray'rs he had whispered in dc rice
swamp war to be answered. His skir
was black, his mind weak, an hi
l'arnin' was dat of child, but we sol
dar' an saw de gates of Heaben swing
open to let his soul pass in."-Detroil
Free Press. i''"
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Thirty Minutes in the Smoking Car.

"Do you remember" the Jester said,
" the time we met j. w. Riley, of the
Journal, the poet and the humorist of
Indiana, down at Spencer, when we
went to indianapolis with him, sitting
in the quiet seclusion of the smoking
carp ae, e,1 " .er ,l ma
"'Do you ever notice. Riley said,
show men smokes There is one type
in the middle seat, the man who always
smells his cigar suspiciously before he
buys it, as though he was afraid it was
spoiled by being kept too long .''l {.
"s And the man. said the sad pass en-
ger, 'who mellows his cigar between
his fingers, softening the hard places bv
violent compression, as though he was
going TO eat it, rather than smoke itP'
"'And the man, Riley said, swho al
ways thrusts his cigar clear into his
mouth, and carefully Hicks it. with his
tongue from end to end, over and over
again, before he lights itp'9 .a.adI
". What does he do that fore' asked
the Jester. 'Has be any reason for it,
or is it some hereditary trait or old fam
lily custom that has been handed dowr
to himP' 3rt AI
go Nobody knows, said the tall, thir
passenger. sAnd then there is the mar
who always has broken cigar-nevel
was known to smoke a whole one. Eth
er carries his cigars in his overcoat
pockets, and so sits upon them, or he
breaksthem into pieces in biz vestpocket
,byleaning up. against the bar baa .faj
- sssApd ne bandsges the broken place,
said the man on the wood box, carefully
holding his own cigar out of sight be
hind the stove, he bandages the broker
place with q piece of white paper. 'I1
".tAhd thelnian, tsaidt Riley, 'whos'
cigar always has flap of thecwrappel
peesing off near the putting end, and b,
frequently takes tho Cigar from hi
mouth to fondle and plaster down thi
obtrusive flap, stroking it tenderly will
his fingers, like q boy nursing wound
ed thumb t.e1o" rIrd5 Il. .H.Io', ..fI
~ And tn mar said the cross pas
sesnger, 'who doesn't smoke a grea
deal, but spits more than any ten men |
the car III -t5Ig
"'And the man, said the Jester, 'wh
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-02
Heart Disease.

When an individual is reported to
have died of disease of the heart, we
are in the habit OF regarding it as an
inevitable event, as something which
could not have been foreseen or pre-
vented, and it is too much the habit
when persons suddenly fall down dead,
TO report the heart as the cause; this
silences all inquiry and investigation.
and saves the trouble and inconven'
fence of post 7nortena. A truer report
would have a tendency to save many
lives. 1t is. through report of disease
of the heart that many an opium eater
is let off into the grave, which covers
at once his folly and his crime: the
brandy drinker, too, quietly slides
around the corner thus, and is heard Of
no more; in short. this report OF dis
ease of the heart is the mantle of char
ity which the polite coroner and symps-
thetic physician throw around tho
graves OF generous people. n u n
At a scientific congress at Strasburg
it was reported that of sixty-six per.
sons who had suddenly died, an irnme.
diate and faithful post norton showed
that only two persons had any heart az
fectation whatever--Cne sudden dealt
only in thirty-three, from diseases, Oh
the heart. Nine out of sixty die OF ap-
oplexy-one out of every seven; While
forty six more than two out OF TIRES
died of lung affection. half OF them
congestion of the lungs, that is, the
lungs were so full of blood they could
not work; there was not room for af
enough to get in to support life, II y
then of considerable practical Interest
to know some OF the common every
day causes of this congestion OF the
lung, a disease which. the figures above
being true, kills three times SO many
persons at short warning rs apoplexy
and heart disease together. Cold lees
tight shoes, light clothing. cosuT
bowels, sitting still until chineo
through after having been warmed up
byslabor or a. long, hasty walk; gong
too suddenly from close heated ROOM
as a lounger or listener, or speaker,
while the body Is weakened by con-
tinued application or abstinence OF
heated by o long address; these are tns
irightiul causes of sudden death IN ths
form of congestion Of the lungs; pus
which, being falsely reported as disease
of the heart, and regarded as an lne'r
table event, throw, people of theu
guard, instead of pointing them PLAIN,
| ly to the true causes, all of which are
avoidablo; and very easily 80. as . gen
oral rule, when the mind hasionce bean
intelligently drawn on the sublect--
HatFs Jour1saI Of HeaLA.r ,.9
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reminder OF their mortality. There is a
sect among them called the choppers"
resembling the Methodists in their re-
ligious principles and the Quakers in
their garb. The Puritanism OF the Beers
is not the cloak of hypocrisy, but is the
result OF their isolation upon their lonely
farms, aud the influence of the solemn
aspect of the surrounding nature upon
the plains. 49,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-02

Song Of a man with rope around
his neck and a mob at the other end
Elm saddest when 1 swing" u-irnI
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-02

Last year 69, All persons were ~
raigned in the Police Courts OF HeS
York City for various crimes, and 40; ~
OF them were held to answer. lNe
hnes collected amounted to S5j, 6sz'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-02

" The evidence of the physicians be-
fore the Coroner's Jury at York, Penn,
in the case of the boys who died sud-
denly from eating poisonous root, went
to show that the lads had eaten CGcutG
mGcGlattG, commonly known as COW
bane, or swamp hemlock. in mistake,
suppesing it 10 be sweet myrrh. raists1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-02
A Baby's Wake In Chill.

When young child or infant dies,
the baby, after being cleansed. is ar
rayed in the finest garments, and placed
upon an altar in the best room in the
house; a pair of wings are fastened to
it, and crown upon It's head; above is
hung a dove, and the entire surround
ings adorned with flowers aud ribbons.
A guitarist is provided, who from his
seat in front chants and sings airs, gem
orally of Mandatory and lamenting ma
ture, for the loss of the child but as the
"poncha" or drink begins to make it
self felt upon the friends who have gath
cred round. it then becomes scene of
mirth and gladness that the child is now
an "angelito' Tor little'angeD.h This
generally continues for several days,
until the. body gives forth anything but
pleasant odors. This custom at the
present day is more general among the
lower classes, for, although it exists
among therich, there is nothing Of the
boisterous style about it,, t,,s ,,4,,,,,
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

The following is from the Philadel-
phia Press of Saturday:
DR.. William K Newton Of Paterson
State Inspector Of Milk, made up his
mind little while ago that so large
city as Newark might be good place
to look for adulteration Of milk. He
says that he wrote to the authorities,
but received reply that there was not
much necessity for vigilance here.
abouts, as the milk supply was excep-
tionally good. DIR. Newton neverthe-
less concluded to make call, and on
Wednesday evening he secured the
services Of Detectives r. A. Haggerty
and Thomas Dunn and made tour
Of inspection. The party first pro-
ceeded to the Erie Railroad Depot
and awaited the usual installment Of
Orange county milk which arrives
toward midnight. There was con-
sternation among the milkmen when
their presence became known. Four
teen cans shipped to F. q. Siller of
No 1872 Pine street were the first ex-
amined. Every can was condemned
as having been skinned, and the con-
tents found their milky way to mingle
with the sewage. Siller pleaded gull
ty, and was fined $50 and costs to day
Nelson w. Tompkins of No Fl Crane
street, to whom ten cans were ship
ped, was the next victim. The milk
had been SKINNED. It was also
thrown away, and he pleaded non suit
before Justice Dean, paying fine Of
$50. Several other dealers wero
served in the same manner. In all
about 1900 quarts of milk we're de-
stroyed. Mr.. Newton will Gprobably
make another visit here before long,
and i. will be we'll for dealers to i'm
prove the quantity Of the milk they
sell, as the law provides much heavier
penalties than those inflicted SO far,
and the punishment will be made as
severe as possible if the warnings are
not needed. 1t seems probable that
the dealers TO whom the poor milk
was consigned were not aware Of the
extent to which it had been adultefa-
ted.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

Any one looking at the wearied
and haggered faces to be seen occa.
sionally on the railroad trains return
ing from the seashore after s'vacation"
must wonder what the folks wearing
them have been doing Certainly
they must have been searching for
rest and recuperation ia extraordinary
ways. Most of these who show these
signs are Of course men-but now and
then an utterly worn out woman ap-
pears. Gentlemen and ladies--dissi-
patton is lot recreation. Public Led
Qey.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

The Agricultural Bureau at Wash
ington says Of the corn crop that the
average on July ] was ninety, being
ten per cent. lower than at the same
period last year, and the lowest for
several years past. All the States
from Maine to Delaware, with the ex-
ception Of New Jersey, report con-
dition lower than the general average
from two to ten per cent, which is
accounted for by the general COM
plant Of cold, wet weather, and insect
injuries. In Burlington county the
corn was backward, but improving; in
Cape May and Salem the same, and
in Warren il was looking fine. Spring
wheat in New Jersey was generally in
good condition, though the wet weather
had hurt il.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

DR., TANNER proposes to commence
fast soon which if accomplished
will surpass any other feat on record.
1t will be remembered that he passed
forty days without eating some time
ago, and now he intends to abstain
from food for ninety-fve days. It
seems impossible for him to accom-
plish this remarkable feat and many
are Of the opinion that the lesson
taught by his failure to do SO would
be Of more benefit than if he were to
succeed.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

I have suffered for years with irritation
10 the stomach, loss of appetite, restless
ness at night, irritability Of temper two
bottles of D. r. v. G. has cured me.
/ am well now.
Charles D. Smith, of the Courier,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Guaranteed by all Druggists.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

General Dealer In the leading makes of
Organs among which is the celebrated Estey
tore. durability, power and workmanship
Also dealer in the standard makes of
Pianos. composed of the Chickering, EN-
erson, Fisher and others.
Violin. strings and trimmings, Accor
deems, Banjcs, Guitars, Flutes, Brass In
struments of all kinds, Sheet Music,
Instruction Books and Musical Merchan-
disc generally. Also Sewing Machines Mt
the lowest figures. Piano and Organ tun-
ing done at the store or residence. Organ
boxes for sale from rs cts. to SIPS.
Call and examine cur stock.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

Flour and feed may include every
thing in that line, but is just as well
to mention some of the articles siDgiy
and then you won't have to inquire
for certain specialties. Chas. Fl.
johnson, Garden street, near Main,
has always on hand the following :
Flour and feed ofall kinds; self.raising
-four; Minnesota gilt-edge -four, buck
wheat, corn, and oatmeal, the best
brands; oil cake meal, continental
spice food for horses, cattle and poul-
try, ground oyster shells, lime, hair,
plaster and cement.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

The law passed in 1879, which
reduces the sheriff's fees about thirty.
three per cent. will 60 into effect in
November. In its passage the reform
business was overdone, and it was
the duty of the last Legislature to
listen to the appeals Of the present
sheriffs in behalf Of their successors
to have the law so amended that men
who do public work shall be properly
paid, that the public interests NAV
not be iaopardized. The present
sherifs receive twenty-five per cent.
less than their predecessors, and the
incoming sheriffs fees will be thirty
three and one-third less than what
the present officials receive. The
danger Of all such Lays is that the
efficiency Of the publ,4c service is en-
pangered by the refusal Of competent
men to accept the. office and the con-
sequent selectiora of men VINO are not
fitted for it.--ASdgeson Chronicle.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

BE SENSIBLE. - You have allowed
your bowels to become habitually costiye,
your liver has become torpid, the same
thing ails your kidneys, and you are iust
used up. Now be sensible get package
OF Kidney Wort, take it faithfully and
soon you will forget you've got any such
organs, for you Will be a new man.
Albany argus.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15
MONDAY. AUGUST Is, 1881.

BEATTY, the organ man, is having
his portrait inserted in the newspa-
pers along With his advertisements.
Now that We have seen his face we do
not wonder that he can make such ri.
diculous offers to newspapers for ad.
vertising space.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

WICKED FOR CLERGYMAN. = Rev.
, Washington, d. G., writes: |
believe it to be all wrong and even
wicked for clergymen or other public men
70 be led into giving testimonials to quack
doctors or vile stuffs called medicines,
but when really meritorious article
made of valuable remedies known to all,
that all physicians use and trust in daily,
we should freely commend it. ] there
fore cbeerfully and heartily commend
Hop Bitters for the good they have done
me and my friends, firmly believing they
have no equal for family use.-I will not
be without them" = Ncw York Baptist
Weekiu
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

The Peabody Hotel, $50 South 9th
street, Philadelphia, is one of the best
at the price (s2.00 per day) Of any in
the city. 1t is first class in every re-
spect, except in price which is less
than other hotel charges Persons
visiting Philadelphia either transient
" or for longer period can not do
better than to stop at this we'll con-
Quoted house. Boy
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

snow do most unhesitatingly aver,
as an old practitioner, that Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure is among the most
valuable discoveries Of the 10Th century.
/ cannot say too much in its behalf.
[SigHed]
J. Fl. Connolly, M. d.,
Pittsburg, Pa,
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

Nearly every day reports come
from Secretaries Of Western agricul-
tursl associations of some sort, giving
alarming reports Of damage done to
growing crops Nearly all of this is
bosh. Enough is already known Of
the wheat crop-which forms fully
three.quarters Of our grain exported
Ito calculate with certainty the fact
that the supply will equal the demand.
The crop will not equal in quantity
that Of 1880, but larger surplus Of
last years crop still remains on hand
to meet any deficiency. California
alone has some twsnty-four million
bushels Of wheat left Of last years
crop awaiting market These re-
ports are, most Of them, manufactured
by designing persons for the purpose
of manipulating the markets. There
will DO enough of all food products
for both home consumption and for
eign export. No very high prices will
prevail unless some very powerful
combination is made to effect it,
While the demand from Europe may
not equal that Of 1880, it viii be large
enough to add, as heretofore, to our
stock of gold. The London Econo-
mist, good authority, says there is now
an unliquidated balance due America
from Europe greater by $50, 100000
than in 1880 at this time. There is
no present occasion for any sensational
report, and if the industrious makers
of them were at work in the harvest
field, it would be better employment.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-15

DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer
is the marvel of the age for all nerve
diseases. All fits stopped free. Send
to 9Sl Arch street Philadelphia, Pa.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-25
Untamed ShreWS.

"Look here" said man to his bust
ness partner, one day, 1--WE have stood
your fault-finding, when there is no cause
for it, about long enough. If you can
not live with your wife without quarrel
ing, why, then, quarrel with her and be
done with it but do not bring your
quarrel at home to the store with you,
and vent the spleen you gather there on
the unoftending clerks here!"
This mans remonstrance was we'll
founded. The partner had been pros
porous young business man until he
married fair-faced, well-educated girl,
who turned out, in practical, welded
life, an unframed shrew. Then his fort
unes began to fall the patience of his
partner at length became exhausted the
firm was dissolved, and the young man
went into bankruptcy, and found the
reproaches from his shrew-wife's tongue,
for his mismanagementa and misfortunes,
much sharper than those from any of
his numerous creditors.
A curious scene occurred in the course
of trial in court in this city,. A man
had sued his wife for divorce ON the
ground of cruelty on her part-not q
very common allegation in behalf of the
husband, in proceedings for divorce.
Unexpectedly there appeared upon the
stage, Mt this juncture, another man
who informed the complaining husband
that the woman had previously been
married to him and had never been di-
vorced, SO that prosecution for bigamy
would lie. The two lien conversed to-
gether, aside, for few moments, when
the second husband, turning to the
court, said 81 have no doubt of the
truth of this mans story for he has re-
lated to me particulars of the woman's
prosecutions such as I do not belieUe dn,j
other Wonadn ,oos ever guilty Of"
1t was remark which, while it illus
trated his keen appreciation of the evil
spirit OF this one woman, who had oc-
cupied to him the relation of wife, at the
same time testified his mistaken conf
dence in women in general, notwith-
standing his own bitter individual ex.
perience.
And this general confidence was right
and well founded. The conclusion OF
the most profound student of human
nature, on the subject of women, that
they are better and worse than we are,
is entirely sound. But, fortunately, the
crooked-tempered, though considerable in
number, In comparison with the amiable
and good are but few. 1t is true, as
we said at the beginning, the career OF
many husband has been blighted by
his having unwittingly married ap un.
tanned shrew; but in reference to fan
greater number of men it may be truth.
fully said Ellis life has been expanded
and sweetened by the companionshir
and devotion of an angel-wife. "-Neu
York Ledger.