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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25

couldnt remember man hiteen wears
if he were the Great Mogul himself.
Captain Valentine ana Isabel We're
married IN the mule Parior OF the oi'
house, shaded py the oIa ein-tree' "hich
made pretty dancing SHADOWS on lhe
wall. 1t was a most informal aHar'
and when 1t was over ana the clergy
man had pocheteu MS lee, ana the Drlue
was trying on her travelling hat, MISS
Eulalie stepped into the garden to draw
q long breath What were the working
men doing there at that hour? ..
Go into the house, Miss Eulalie,
said Captain Valentine Il am going to
celebrate my wedding day. Isabel has
made me wedding gut OF The old elm
tree, and I'm cutting it down to burn on
+bo boortb at IT, TC2,o,.. while mo look
" -.
out at the 'dreary winter sea. MISS
Eulalip when Won thWart a Valentine,
-, a. :. - -, I'll n 80, 4L;,L
W" VIZ ~ ~ ""' poiIi' ~ "a '''ii'N
married Isabel for love! Revenge Is
SIvaptar than love When Won refused ia
~ W. '''''i Wv ' III
marry me, SWOfe Wolld make you
repent in dust and ashes.
Miss EuIol;o turpad SILENTLY, toward
-,
the mouse, put paused 10 LOOK Dack from
the doorway There was q crash and
1900. II.,rJ al.,,,.oI -, -,
WITCH SIIanSt pluf hdu CledLeu away
from before her ewes, Captain Valentine
lay dnad beneath a ornat arm of the trea
y ~ ~. l', o'''i- = IN -
when hau snapped as II 1ell.
Il feel so aWfuliv Wicked said lisa
bel some months Iater ayypd and
oeLo,od 90 f,,1;,,r, l,,,,,,If =, ,>,a.oer;c,,
q, ~
OF tne coveted wealth. without the Dur
denSOme conditions. 1--WE been look.
inc over his papers with Mr.. BILLINGS,
.,4 ri - s-.-4,,I 80 r;
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tio.b4 - .r "som Z, nHri w." 80
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hu Az ~ -, Inv ~ ''0 - ''''''''
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am. leagues from home. but possessed with an
unquenchable longing to hear from the old
p6aee, ana nomeSekness T T no money can L
bungalow. alone, / fancy am home again I'M
der the old elm-tree with Eulaie, still Young,
from the daydTeam Tu and berpte mVsef sonndy
for allowing the old wound to throb and ache.
BelieVe me- oid BOY, IN h spite OF the ntteen
dealing, [ cannot think of her and all I've lost
W thout weight at my heart. was a happy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25
" Dram-S Shops"

There is only one name given in the
laws of this State to a place where in-
toxicating liquors are sold, to be drank
on the premises, and that is" Dram
shop" The dram-shop keeper abomi-
mates this name, just as he does "gin-
MILL, rum-hole." or any other word
which accurately describes his place of
business. He has ransacked the Ian
guage for euphonious designations of
his dram-shop, and pressed all sorts of
respectable words into service. But
after he has used one of these decent
terms for year or two he finds that in
stead of the word making his dram-shop
respectable, his dram-shop has made
the word odious And when this has
happened. he drops it, and takes anoth-
er clean name, on the same principle that
he lays aside soiled towel for a clean
one. For while he liked the word
"Shades, and then took up with ere
treat, and Sample-room." Of late
years he affects the words "Saloon,"
COncert-hall, " and Garden" Mean
while respectable people have aban-
doned the use of the word "saloon," in
any decent connection, and before long
the word garden" also must 60"
But the Legislature of 1874.-would
that we had it noW-called spade a
spade. They seem to have sat down
and deliberated on what word in the
language would most accurately voice
the baseness and responsiveness of a
place where drunkards were made, and
to have finally, by the spirit of inspira-
| ton, selected the word Dram-shop."
They gave the Temperance cause great
lift when they headed the immortal 43rd
chapter of the statutes of Illinois Dram
shops"
Ii is very singular and very sad that
Temperance people, and even Temper
ance workers, readily consent to call
dram-shops by the polite and deusive
titles which the dram-shop keepers
give them. The Sons of Temperance,
the different Ribbon clubs, the w. G.
T. U. and the Citizens League use the
words "SaloOn' and Saloon-license"
as if they were directly interested in
saving the feelings and keeping up the
repectability of the dram-shop keeper.
If the law called dram-shop 3 saloon,
the usage would be justiliable. But the
law calls dram-shop a dram-shop, and
| who are laboring to enforce the law,
and to get better law, would do well
to eschew the word saloon, and install
dram-shop in its place. signal, Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25
Why Old Maids Abound.

This is a mechanical age. We have
any amount of contrivances for saving
labor and annihlating time. But we do
not teach ourselves self-control. We
are governed by our passions and appe-
tites. That's the reason there are so
many old maids. They don't look af-
ter their physical health. They are
puny, scrawny, sickly and ill-developed,
yet they wonder why men don't marry
them. They wear diamonds in their
ears, they calcimine their faces and they
remedy their defect of figure with horse
hair, and then try to get husbands!
tell you until women learn to regard
the laws of bodily health, which are the
laws OF God, they can never hope to
WELD that talismanic influence over the
opposite sex, which is more gigantic
than the power of diamonds and rouge.
S. NJ LandiS. y. d.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25
4 DREAM OF HOME.

The suns rays slant the path along,
The air is balmy as in June;
The robin sings his evening song,
And through the sky the new, gray moon
Moves calmly on, untrammeled, free,
But something whispers unto me
Not YETI
The brook sings as il gently flows,
The frog crOaks by the waters rim;
There in content the lily grows,
And there the fishes, darling, swim.
hear and see the old brown mill,
But an, those sad words haunt me still
Not YETI
In clover meadows broad and fair,
In drOwsy mood the cows await
The farm boys call upon the air,
While, with his pail, beside the gate
Which opens down the grassy lane,
My brother breathes these words of pain
'NUtyct!"
Thesteepled church. the school house near,
The wood where have rOamed at will;
The quaint, Old farm house, to me dear.
My youthful home-my manhood's still
| see them as in days gone by,
But something whispers las | sigh
Not yet"
o, Hearts, TO whom there is no May.
Who ycarn To hear my footballs where
The path, so beaten, takes its way
Under old trees so grand and fair!
Dear Hearts who long for me to come,
can but say can go home
mot YETI
For longer still, your breasts must know
A sadness free from all disguise,
Ere can leave these scenes and go
And look into fair, loving eyes,
Aud clasp the hands SO warm, and kiss
The lips I've pressed so oft in bliss
Not yet"
Forgotten. but as sweet and strong
As when one drcamtul Autumn day
said goodbye" and passed along
Down the old walk, and went away,
Not thinking there would come Il day
When should have, as now, to say
Not YETI
Alas. not yet, Far, far from this.
Still must ! wait! All can do
Is just to watt long, long kiss
Relieved with love, oh, Hearts, to you,
And murmcr these sad words once more,
tnthOught of in the days of yOre--
Not yeti"
- Bat more American,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25

The fate of Master Putnam. of the
burned Arctic steamer Rodgers, is def
nitely ascertained 1t will be remem
beren that, hearing of the loss of the
ship, he left the supply station at Cape
Serge, of which he had charge, became
separated from his escort, and was car
ried out to sea on an ice foe. A schooner
which arrived at San Francisco last week
from Point Barrow reports that the body
OF Master Putnam was seen by the ma
tives the latter part of June, still on an
ice foe. 1t was black and swollen, and
could not be recovered, owing to a
change of wind, which caused the ice to
drift away from the shore.-M Y Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25
A Woman Rescues Boy in Mid Ocean.

A short time ago, Mrs. G. A. ID. Nc
Arthur Campbell, formerly a resident of
Coonamble, distinguished herself by a
deed of ad nirable bravery. Mrs. Camp
bell was passenger in a steamer from
Hong Kong to one of the northern ports
OF Queensland, and one day boy about
four years of age, to whom the lady was
much attached, fell overheard, the acct
dent occurring through a sudden lurch
of the vessel. With the exception of
Mrs. Campbell and the man at the wheel
all the passengers and crew were at
dinner. Without waiting for life buoy
or divesting herself of any clothing, and
simply saying to the man at the Wheel
Don't tell the child's mother" Mrs.
Campbell plunged into the water, swan
to the boy, and held him up till both
were rescued, the steamer having been
promptly stop and a boat lowered.
Neither the lady nor boy was much the
worse for the immersion. -Sydney Morn
ing Herdid.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25


''Do you keep stoves here?"
Yes m"
Coal stoves?'
Yes H."
She said she had been thinking of get
ting a coal stove for the winter, and the
clerk took her in hand. He showed her
how the doors worked and how the
hampers were arranged. and the flues
situated, and he talked of double drafts.
great savings, increased cheerfulness,
reduction in price, and all that, and she
said she think it over and drop in
again.
In about three days the woman reap
peared and inquired of the very same
clerk if they sold coal stoves. He re-
piled that they did sell one now and
then, and he cleared his voice and began
the usual thirty-minute lecture on the
the different kinds of base burners The
beautiful nickel plate, the place for the
tea-kettle, the ornamental legs--the anti
cllnker shaker-all points were touched
upon and praised and explained, and the
woman said she wouldn't take one along
under her arm Just then, but would call
again. She called that same week,
heard the same lecture from the same
clerk and started for the bank to draw
the money to pay for base-burner.
That was the lastseen of her fora week.
Then she walked softly in and innocently
inquired:
Il suppose you keep coal stoyes?'
"NO ma am
'Not any kind?n
Not one. We used to, but went
out of the business a year ago"
There were twenty coal stoves on the
floor, but if she saw them she didn't let
on. She heaved a sigh of disappoint-
ment, glanced around her, and went
slowly out with the remark:
''Well, don't know as want to buy
one. but | thought it wouldn't do any
arm to look at some of the latest makes. "
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25

Anthony Foy, an old resident of
Providence, wrapped kerosene-soaked
bandages about his rheumatic shoulders
the other evening and sat down near
the stove to get relief from his pain.
The heat set fire to the bandages, and
the man was terribly burned before
they could be removed. -- Precedence (R.
H. ,TOlLrn1i
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25

The Presbyterian Synod of Ken
lucky have adopted very earnest resolu-
tions on the sub Get of intemperance,
warn ne those under its care against the
d niger of moderate drinking" and
declaring it sin all ordinary cases wrong
to engage in the manufacture and sale of
ardent spirits to be used as a beverage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25

An indianapolis woman, asking for
a divorce after twenty-eight months 0
married life, says OF her husband: "Of
his home he made aprison, of his wife a
prisoner, and Of himself prison guard. ="
Ind aBup0liS journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-11-25
They Didn't Sell Stoves.

Four or five weeks ago a woman with
an undecided look on her face entered a
Detroit hardware store, threaded her
way for sixty feet among coal stoves of
every pattern and timidly inquired:
''Do you keep stoves here?"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

COLORADO SPRTNGs.-Th incorporators
restricted that this should be temper
ance town. BY adheringto that plan, and
by religiously carrying Ii out. there is pre-.
sented in Colorado Springs a city of near
ly six thousand inhabitants, situated in
tho far west, an attractive place, which
has none of the vices usually found in
Colorado cities, and which can truly and
honestly boast of a refinement which COM
pares favorably with that found In many
an eastern town. The Springs can we'll
be proud of the reputation it has earned.
1t deserves all the praises lavished by en-
thusiastic visitors and contented inhabit-
ants. 1t is exactly suited to the wants of
the invalid and the lover of the beautiful.
Those coming hero for the sake OF their
lungs or their liver may take that perfect
rest which they in so many cases need the
most; and if their health Is really i'm
paired they will find in the Springs city
of comforts, fair living, good rooms and
a place where the air is as bracing and
nvigorating as the most fastidious could
desire. There Is no smoke from manu-
featuring establishments to poison the air
and no noisy paved streets to deafen the
ear. 1t is not hard TO find quiet coun-
try town with pure air; but It is diff.
cult to find a place with city comforts
which has no drawbacks. And am sure
that many weary body and tired mind
can be restored here. Let the invalid
live sensible life at the Springs, sleeping
well, eating enough, and riding or driving
to the many points ofinterest near at hand
let the sufferers from all ills accept tht
gifts of sunshine and air which nature &C
lavishly gives. and l venture the assertion
that they will bless the day they came
here. There is no drunkenness outside oi
private homes and there are no saloons
Cor. Boston Tran acri,3.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

Ono Sunday, at Montgomery we were
talking about duels, and when the names
of several parties who had gone out in
the past years to satisfy their honor were
mentioned. tho Judge konoked the ashes
off his cigar and said: Gentleman, 1t
may be mentioned right here that have
been there myself" "Were you challeng-
edP" 81 was II was over In South Car
olina, and called man a liar. lie
sent me challenge, and Iseleoted swords
as the weapons. We met at o'clock the
next morning. 1t was Just suoh morn
ing as this-bright, beautiful, and full OF
life." "And bow did you fself" VERY
queer. never shall forget my sensation
as saw my rival, and he seemed to be
as visibly affected. We couldn't either of
us say word" "Was it in the groveP
"Oh no; 1t was at the depot" "The de-
did youp" swell, no. The morning
express trains passed there at O'Clock, ,and
he took one and the other, ,"-Dctroi'
free Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

IMPURITY.-There is ono popularity
about deeds and thoughts and words of
impurity. 1t is the loathsome and stirring
tenaoity with which they cling to the mind.
The vindctive man may become meek,
and not trace of the vengeful spirit re-
main. Thus it was with Paul, who.
originally ireful and revengeful, learned
to say, Most gladly will I spend and be
spent for you, though the more ardently
love you. the less be loved" Unballow.
ed ambition my be replaced by the deepest
humility. But unclean thoughts once
harbored never leave the soul empty and
swept and garnished. There is always
faint. The gospel converts all sorts of
men. But we believe that the impure
man is the hardest to convert, and we be
lieve that, even when converted, there
remains 10 his nature rankness of odor,
a cosrseness Of grain.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

A little child gave expression TO an old
story In the following manner; It seems
that the little fellow had discovered bee
crawling upon his hand, and, after re-
naming stationary for an instant, stung
the little fellow. When the cry of pain
was over. the little child said to bis nam
ma that he didn't care for the bees walk.
ing about on him. but he didn't like bis
sitting down on him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

G. l.. Adams, class of 80. Vermont
Methodist seminary, is taking high rank
in the sophomore class at Dartmouth COL
lege. He adds one more to the alumni of
the seminary who devote themselves to
the work of the ministry.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

Last year Mr.. Chapman requested Mr.
Carl Heyne of Red Hook. n. Y (owncr
IF the late William Chamberlin's ceebra-
ed flock of Silesian Merino sheep) to fur
nish him with samples OF wool taken from
he finest fieeced ram and eve be had oe
exhibition at the New York state fair,
These samples with those selected from
Morino ram and eve were sent Wash
,ngton for measurements. whc lifted
IS follows:
Sllessu Merino eve, tl2s
vermont Merino ram, t-llb "
20 OF sesan samples, i-lSA
Average OF Mertno samples, l-ltb
The want Of crimp in wool when viewed
with the naked eye is not saio guide to
Judge of tho Gneness of the fibre. W ,ol
with but ten to fifteen crimps to the lch
generally will look and appear ooarser
han wool with twenty 10 twenty five
.rimps to the inch when both are cf eoual
tinenss
EYENEBsS OF FIBRE.
From the recent investigations Into the
quality of Merino wool as now produced
II ls aseertsined 10 have q eat strength
aud evsnness OF fibre. Ten measurements
we're made on each fiber, which showed
great svennSss OF fleecs from root to outer
nd. Years ago from one fourth to one
third of an inch on the outer end of the
wool was very much coarser than the rest
Of the fleece, in some cases three or four
lines US large. This coarse ended wool
has besn bred out, aud the Merino wool is
even, and this evenness extends to the
ouler end Of the fibre. Evenness of fleece
is one proof Of good breeding, The fol-
lowing will show the evennsss of fleece
from all parts OF the pet including the
wool on the wrinkles;
CONTINUED ON 4TB PAGE)
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

The size of the Vermont Merinos has
been increased somewhat since they we're
first brought into the state, but not nearly
in the same ratio as in the weight OF
fleece. Rams at that time weighed from
100 to ITO pounds and owes from 20 to 70
pounds. These weights have been in
creased, probably on an average about ~
per cent. The small sheep, with equal
length and thickness of fleece, on account
of greater praportionate surface, will pro-
duoe the largest per cent of wOol; and the
tendency few years ago was to sacrifice
size to per cent of fleece. It was found
that some small sheep were yielding a
larger per cent of wool than their sizt
and constitution would warrant their sus
tanning, consequently breeders are now
breeding to gradually increase their size
1t is believed that this can be accomplish
ed without sacrificing any of the good
qualities already attained.
Vermont will never be able to produce
large Merinos. The conditions are I'M
favorable for this. 1t Is true that when
our sheep after reaching mature age are
taken to any section of our country outside
of New England they will increase in size,
This is claimed by sheep breeders in all
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-13
A E0nrful CvcIana

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, September 49,
Special dispatches from middle and east
Florida reported considerable damage by
the storm OF Sunday morning. The cotton
crop was much damaged In some places,
half the crop beins ruined at Quincy.
Many out-houses, fences, trees, etc., were
prostrated, and five persons, oil colored.
were killed. In Madison much damage
was done to property, trees, etc. At Darby
vile, twenty-five miles west OF Jacksonville.
the section house OF the Florida Central Il
Western railroad, was blown TO pieces. the
section boss and his family miraculously
escaping with only few bruises. The al.
joining houses, containing q number of
colored laborers, was blown TO atoms. Sam
White was blown 800 yards, fearfully man.
gled and Instantly killed. Five
others were more o. less injured by
the winds, and flying timber sticks, and
boards were driven several feet into the
ground by the force OF the wind Huge
trees were tossed and broken, and the grass
was torn mp by the roots and the ground
LETT rs hare as II prepared for cultivation.
Many cattle and hogs were killed. This oc.
curreda l0:50p.m. Those who saw the cloud
describe II rs pear.shaped, rising and fall.
Ing In Its progress, and luminous with red
and yellow light. At Tallahassee, Gallles'
hall, the new hotel, and other buildings
were unroofed, and the new Episcopal
church was badly damaged fences, trees,
and outhouses were blown down, and some
Of the trees that had withstood the blasts
OF century were uprooted. The cyclone
was the severest since 1872,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-13
Longyiew.
Special TO the Herald.

Special 10 the Herald.
LoNevlEw, September l2.-An item in
the HERALD Of this morning, stating that
the Longview & Sabine Valley railroad had
filed resolution of the stockholders 10 is.
sue bonds $1,000 per mile, is in relation to
al action had four years ago. You Austin
correspondent is little late in getting it.
Hon. Judge Ireland is in town and will
speak in the courthouse tomorrow nj lO
O'Clock. ,
The ninety-th representative conyen.
ton will meet here tomorrow for the nomi.
notion Of tloater for the counties in this
district, Smith and Gregg.
The horsethief arrested here Sunday
night had taken horse at Henderson
came over here, put the horse in the stable
went to the hotel went to sleep, and wher
Deputy sheriff Stevens arrested him wa.
asleep. He Is supposed to be weak.mindsd
A negro died in the woods near the junc.
ton last night and before he was found
this morning the hogs had eaten part OF his
body.
Cotton is coming in freely. The average
shipments are about fifty bales per day.
The weather is warm and dry and the
health OF the community very good.
A cattle man, named ST. Clair, who got
hurt on the Texas 4 Pacific week ago
being very III and destitute, was cared for
by the citizens and city authorities, and Is
now thought TO be out OF danger. His
friends live in Tom dreen county, but
make their headquarters ut Colorado City.