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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-29
An Eclipse Story.

Apropos of the recent solar eclipse, a
story worthy of Hacklaender has recent
ly gone the round of the German papers.
1t appears that on the morning of the
event alluded to Captain Won s., of
the -Fusiliers, issued the following
verbal order to his company, through
his Sergeant-Major, to be communicated
to. the men after forenoon parade
This afternoon solar eclipse will take
place. At three o'clock the whole COM
pany will parade in the barracks yard.
Fatigue jackets and caps. l shall ex-
plain the eclipse to the men. Should it
rain, they will assemble in the drill-shed.
The Sergeant Major, having set down
his commanding officers instructions in
writing, as he had understood them,
formed the company into hollow square
at the conclusion of the morning drill,
and read his version of the order to them
thus: "This afternoon solar eclipse
will take place in the barrack-yard, by
order of the Captain and will be attended
by the whole company in fatigue Jackets
and caps. The Captain will conduct the
solar eclipse in person. Should it rain
the eclipse will take place in the drill
shed. London Telegraph. e.. .
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-29
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Dartmouth income paid its exnar
ditures the past year-the first time in
twenty-five years.-N Y. Examiner.
Every school boy and school girl who
has arrived at the age of reelection OUGHT
to know something about the history Of
the art of printing.-Amerjcan Histors,
"A marble church to seat 600 peonla
is to be built as memorial to his son bv
Mr. B. f. Bennett, a wealthy citizen Of
Baltimore. He will~present it free of
debt to the Cross Street congregation of
MethodiSts.
"A rare experience for minister is
that of Rev. w. f. Parker, of the Church
of the Disciples of Christ, indianapolis
In thirty years active service in the pull
pit he has been called on to bury but
three members of the congregations for
which he was laboring. indianapolis
Journal.
The independent has kept up its
examination of Methodist church Stats
tics, and from study of the spring con-
ference figures finds that there are now
97,236 probationers and 695, 1856 men,
bers, an increase in probationers since
last year of 1916 and loss in members
OF 1,2l4. The official tablets of the
church contained unfortunate blunders
which made out loss of 1855 mem
bers and 1908 probationers.
"A curious petition has Just been pre-
sented to the General Assembly of the
Established Church in Scotland. 1t
seems that the Rev. John Campbell.
Minister at Iona, uses his church for
strange and unusual purposes. At one
time pigs were kept in it, at another
cattle were housed in the sacred pre-
cincts; while every winter, for some
time past, it has been converted into a,
stock yard. On one occasion the church
was so full of corn and straw that service
had to be held outside. During the past
six months the church has been closed
altogether.
One of the college jokers in Con-
necticut climbed a telegraph pole and
tied fine copper wire around thirteen
of the telegraph wires, aad ran it to the
ground, and connection with Boston and
New York was broken for two DAYS.
The college student had been studying
chemistry or something, and the first
thing he learned was that the connection
could be thus broken on a telegraph
wire, and he fastened to turn his knowl-
edge to some practical use. The tele-
graph folks have learned that heavy
club applied to a head causes great pain,
and they are anxious to test it on the
aforesaid student.-N. Y. Herald.
Mr. Moody, the evangelist, met
about one hundred gentlemen in London
recently, to confer as to future plans.
There were present Representatives from
many towns in the kingdom, as well as
from London. Mr.. Moody said that he
had in hand sufficient invitations to keep
him hard at work in Great Britain for the
remainder of his life, and he was urged
to return to Chicago at once. He pro
posed, however, moving about Scotland
for short time, and then visiting Paris
for fortnight. After that he hoped to
preach in number of towns in the south
and southwest of England. Liverpool
might probably be reached next spring,
and London last of all, where long stay
was necessary. 1t was ultimately deci-
ded that all future arrangements should
be left in the hands of the London COM
mittee " Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-29
SORROW.

would not weep because the roses die,
do not murmur when the red leaves fall;
But when blue beef goes mounting to the sky
weep above my SOUP and that is all.
have not wept, when wintry blasts have
roared, ....
Because the summer flowers were in the
snow;
But when wood sells nine dollars for a cord,
L wept for that; would not have it so.
j would not weep, because the birds of spring,
With autumns leaves and summers flower
are fled;
only sob because played king,
After the other man an ace had led.
For birds, and leaves, and buds, do not weep,
Foolish the heart that for such trifes "hol-
lers;" ....-
do not mourn for things supremacy cheap.
My human grief mounts upward into dollars.
~ Burlington HdUlt-Eve.
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BITTER.SWEET.

i.
A symphony of sound and light and
scent. A voice of many birds twittering
delicately to each other from newly built
nests, amid boughs that swayed to and
fro in the wind, and shook their latest
buds into leaf and blossom. Into the
woodland from far below came a muir
muir of waves trailing on shingly beach,
and mingling with this murmur, the talk
and laughter of the fishermen mellowed
by distance. Right down through the
sloping woodland a brookletleaped tink-
ling and gurgling to the sea. $685..
The dim fragrance and dappled lights
and pleasant sounds of the day made a
three-fold joy to a young girl who stood
beneath the trees in the April noon. She
stood on part of the slope whence the
trees had drawn back little, and the
light fell about her just beyond the verge
of the shadow. Round her feet were
dead leaves and living flowers, and soft
green MOSES full of the sweet rain that
had fallen all the previous night. With
one hand she shaded her eyes, the other
was uplifted TO tend back branch which
had barred the open space. Her hair
was blown in brown cloud about her
face, and her hazel eyes shone with
serious joy beneath the shading hand.
For the first time in her life she was
tasting that singular gladness which
comes to mind and body, when alone
with nature in spring, after long i'll
ness. To this full content of hers, all
the long hours of fevered tossing to and
fro, followed by tedious weeks of conva-
lescence, were but a background.
And now into her loneliness there
came another human presence young
man, earelessly whistling, treading gayly
over moss and flowers till he reached the
rivulet, and paused on the further side,
looking at the tall, slim figure in the soft
gray gown, crowned by the brown hair
and wistful face. Just one moment, and
he turned off little higher up and
Sprang across the stream. Only one
look, and there might have been no sec
ondi their lives might have glided apart
forever, but for an accident-or what we
call an accident; which is really strong
link in many chain of life AS his
foot touched the bank he slipped on the
damp earth, spraining his ankle in the
fall. He drew himself into sitting
posture and leaned against tree, faint
with pain. The young girl came quickly
toward him. 81 will run and get help"
she said, and meeting his grateful look
for moment, went quickly along the
path that led toward Cloverleigh, the
village where she and her father were
staying. At turning she met a tall
scholarly looking man.
81 was looking for you, Margaret.
Are you wise to go bareheaded, my
childP' he said, anxiously.
"My hat fell into the brook, and it is
so mild. But, oh! papa, there is gen
tleman hurt downa there. He has
sprained his ankle and cannot walk
And she waved her hand toward the
woods below. They found him faint and
white; but he made light of his suffering
as they helped him through the fringe Of
apple and pear trees to his lodging in
Cloverleigh. ..-.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

We are panied to learn from Paris
that Bernhardt has '.lost the irresistible
grace of her smile;" but, then, why
doesn't she advertise for it?-ElmirG
Free Press.
Miss Daisy Faralee (of Boston)-O,
Mr.. Cheviot, | hear you have just re-
turhod from the West! Now do sit down
and tell me all about Chicago and ranch
life!
--"What have you been doing since |
last saw you?' 1--we been attending
course of free lectures" "a course Of
free lectures?'' Eyes, | was married
week after we parted. "-BroOklyn Eagle
-"Yes, Judge" said the prisoner, 81
admit that the back of my trousers was
tangled in the dogs teeth, and that |
dragged the animal away, but if you
call that stealing dog no man on earth
is safe from committing crime. "-B0StOn
Post
"A young lady who had been married
little over a year wrote to her father
in this city saying: "We have the dear
est little cottage in the world, ornament
ed with the most charming little creep
ers you ever saw. The old man read the
letter and exclaimed, Twins, by thun-
der"
-''How supremely beautiful Nature
is, this morning." said the city guest as
she looked out upon the sunrise;
mature is trying to rival you, Miss
said Farmer Robinson, gallantly. "But
she has to get up mighty early in the
morning to do it," Perhaps the morn
ing coffee didn's taste better after
compliment like that.--New HaUen Reg
lister.
"A debtor who was sued by his cred,
itor acknowledged that he had borrowed
the money, but declared that the PLAIN
tiff knew at the time that it was a kaln
leen Mayourneen loan. ga Kathleen
Mavourneen loan," repeated the Court
with puzzled look. THAT'S it, Judge
one of the it may be for years and it
may be forever sort. Brooklyn Eagle
Little John Fizzletop was page in
the Legislature when it was in session IN
Austin, Tex, and his conversation has
had a political flavor ever siI2ce. Yes
,terday, forinstance, he asked his mother
"Am | to get second piece of pie after
l get through with this?" ;'Indeed you
are not" t'Then, Mrs. Speaker in;thls
case, the sooner there is a change in the
administration the better for the material
interests of the country. ..tte1
She kept clearinghouse, was the
mother of five romping boys, and had
nervous old bachelor lodger who was
too civil ever to complain of the annoy
ance their pranks caused him. One day.
when they had been particularly frisky,
and were galloping along the corridor
ON which his room was situated, she en-
countered him at the doorway and OBJ
served, with feeling of maternal pride:
''Splendid little fellows, aren't they, Mr;
Martini What would you do if you had
themP" For a moment he looked Ike
man in whom the soul of Herod was
struggling for utterance, but resumlng
his natural reserve replied, with deadly
calmness: Turn them into an apple
orchard, madam, while the fruit was
green. y Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-29

Most of our lives are Bitter-Sweet; but
If there is one period in it when the Bit
ter and sweet are superlatives, it is when
love takes possession of soul and body
as instruments whereon to play his
mighty preludes.
Margaret Townsend had lived alone
almost all her life, with her father, a
quiet student, loving but his daughter
and his books, and so her life was full of
associations, but not of friends. None
of the bloom had been worn off her soul
by that playing at love called Irritation
She had read, with certain solemnitv,
some old books wherein mention was
made of men who had died and done
other things for love; and she may have
had dreams on the subject, but filmy and
shifting as dreams generally are.
Her father had taught her Greek, and
SO ''she CHANGED upon the poets" and
their thoughts had given flavor to her
own. Some time before this had come
illness; it had seemed at one moment as
if she must cross the narrow bound of
time into the wide spaces of eternity; but
slowly death had let go his hold, and she
was well enough now to enjoy the
change to the quaint Devonshire fishing
village, perched in the rift of headland
among ancestral trees and bowers of ash
and apple and pear. .nafa rI.f
1t is unique, this village, with its hun
bred steps leading down to the quay and
the shingly shore. The houses rise one
above the other, and the quaint rooms in
them are let in summer to visitors with
good walking powers. Its only inn is q
temple of bric-a-brac, and, in summer
is crowded with pilgrims visiting one Of
the shrines of nature. In this seques
tered solitude the father and daughter
and DIR. John Enderby were at present
the only strangers, and the young doc
tor, after, two or three days, limped int
Margarets sunlit sitting-room, int
which the light filtered through net
work of budding apple boughs Herr
he would sit and watch Margaret a
work, or listen to her as she read somt
Old World book to her father, her fresl
young voice contrasting with the oft
times grabbed style, and as he thu
watched her she grew inexpressibl,
pleasant to him. Pleasant, and that wa
all ns .t u. F.fI n.-.i4 oL
But to Margaret? Without one wore
of warning, had come the browning
haection Of her life. "Heaven lies abou
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-29

Josh Billings says that good doc
tor is gentleman to whom we pay three
dollars visit for advising us to eat less
and exercise more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-29

"A woman at Columbus, o.. ran to
fire with her baby in its carriage, and
met not the slightest accident, while
three drays were upset and two wagons
demolished around her.-DetrOSt Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-29
Ill.

Marlborough is country town, seat
ed in the midst of smiling plain which
stretches to line of low wooded hills on
the north, and loses itself in the far
horizon in every other direction. 1t is a
sleepy town, full of old houses and old
traditions, and prides itself rather on its
ruins than on its famous wooden manufac-
ture. 1t is built in the form of cross
indeed, its main street is called Cross
gate. In one of the arms of the cross
the one toward Woodleigh, with its ia
nous old castle-are the best houses, in
which the smaller gentry and the profess
sional men live.
At the end of the Woodleigh road was
DR.. Enderby's house, large and old-fash-
Toned; and hither he brought his wife
Margaret not long after their first meet
ing in the Cloverleigh woods. 1t was a
change from the intense quiet of her girl
hood to large circle of friends, and a
few secret enemies. But she was Johns
wife, and her sweet gayety filled his
house with sunshine; and she shaped
herself home in all gladness. The old
red-brick house had pleasant rooms,
filed with comfortable furniture, softly
cushioned chairs, and low tables, and
plenty of flowers; there were no dingy.
looking dados, no sad-looking disclored
blossoms worked on kitchen towels. AS
Margaret was not aesthetic, she preferred
cheerful chintz and soft velvet.
Her own sanctum was a small room
overlooking the garden, and furnished
with soft shades of green. There were
oak shelves filled with her favorite books,
a writing-table, and few low chairs
At the window were white lace curtains,
and on the mantelpiece jar of Venetian
glass that looked like fragment of sun
set. Near the window was stand Of
flowers that varied according to the sea
sons. In spring there were primrose.
and violets-even few tulips; in sum
mer roses and mignonette; in autumn
and winter ferns and moses, with per
haps red geranium to light them up
Outside in the garden, was great elm
overhanging the lawn, and the flower
beds were as old-fashoned as the house
In this room of Margaret's, John En-
derby loved to rest in his intervals o.
leisure, watching his wife with an inter
, 1882-08-26
TRANSLATION.
Ubl5C

a CCORDINa to information
AZ transmitted from the Minis
try of Finances to the Government
Of the Danish West India Islands,
an International exhibition Of Colo
NAL produce and articles Of exporta-
ton is intended to be held in 1883
at Amsterdam.
The programme Of the exhibition
may be seen at the Presidency's
Secretary's Office, where further in
formation will be given, and to
which manufacturers and others in
st, Croix, DESTROYS Of taking part in
the exhibition, are requested to
send preliminary information with.
in 3 weeks from date.
Pr~esidency's Secretary's Office, St.
CrOix I5h August 1882.
II. HANSCHELL
c0aSt.
, 1882-08-26
ekiendtgjoEelse

TP FOLGE Neldelelso fra Finants-
G2 ministeriet til Gouvcrnomontet
for lie dansk vestin1iske Der agtos der
j 1873 afholdt Ell international Colo
NAL og Export UdstiIling i Ann
sterdam.
Programmed for UdstilIingcn lig-
ger til Eftersyn i Prpsidentskabs-
Secrotariatot, hyor til.igo nermero
Under etning IN ddeIes, og til hyil-
ket abrikanter og Andre paa St.
Groin, der MATTE onske at deeltago
i Udstillingen, anmodes ON at gj0ro
forel0big McddcIolso linden 3 Cgor
fire Datum.
Pr@sidentskab lbs sccrctariatet, St. Croix
den lode August 1882.
II. HANSCHELL
C0NSt.
, 1882-08-26

remain judge of TIL measures it
might think proper to taxi.
NJ. ClGmenceau urged tlat the
hybrid policy Of the Government
combined the disadvantages Of peace
and war. Seeing that other Powers
reserved their freedom of action,
France, as a Continental Power,
should rcserve hers and this was a
policy, not of fear, but Of prudence.
No Frenchman would hesitate when
ever peace was Incompatible with
dignity. He urged that England
and France being both specially
interested in the Canal, French sol
diers posted there would really be
mounting guard for England, while
English soldiers would really be
fighting for France. This would in
evitably end in France being drawn
into further action, and the StoppaYe
of fresh water might force her to go
to Zagazig, halfway to Cairo, in
order to obtain a supply. France,
it was argued, should be at Suez,
so as to have a voice in the in"l
settlement, but that was just the
hour to be dreaded, for when ma
tional sus%ceptibilities were excited,
and when Italian, German, English,
and French pickets were in contigui-
ty, there would be obvious danger,
M. ClGmenceau concluded by say
ing
although not a soldier, I believe
great progress has been made in II
military organization and that we
have an army on which we could
count in the hour of danger !; but our
duty is not rashly to embark it in a
venture which might lead us to disas-
tiers, and perhaps to the d~ismember-
ment of the country. You read the
newspapers and dispatches, and you
must see that with several Powers
there is a great apathy and lassitude,
while with others there is a great in
gratitudefor past services, with others
covetousness, and somewhere, per
haps-I know not where-IlI designs.
Europe is covered with soldiers.
Everybody is on the eNpectaut,
The Powers are r~eserving their free
dom Of action, let us reserve the free
dom Of action Of France"
NJ. Cl6menceau's perorati"n was
warmly appIauded. Nj, Langlois
with a view to discriminating between
non-interventionlsts and extreme in
terventionists, proposed the increase
of the Credit from nine to 40 mil
lions, but M. Gambetta ard others
foiled this move by demanding 'he
previous question. The credit was
then put first to a show Of hands,
but eventually to a formal vote, whom
it was rejected by 450 10 IS.
The minority consisted exclusively
of Republicans, nine Of Them being
Ministers or Under Secretaries.
Twenty-seven Republicans and four
Re ctionaries were neutral. The
great bulk of both voted against the
Government.
] must ask leave not to waste
your readers time by giving the lists
of members of the new Cabinet now
circulating in all directions. Yester-
days vote can have but one signifcn-
ton. 1t shelves France, and doubt
- e.. L. :ao l.o.o III lnaoruu
, 1882-08-26

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NOTICE..

g13HE Public Examinations in
- the Country Schools will this
year be held as follows, commencing
on each day at II o'clock a IN.
Parents and guardians of the
children, as we'll as friends of the
schools generally, are earnestly in
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La PrinceSse " Friday 9Th
Peters Rest " Tuesday 18th
F~ripdensfeld " Friday 10Th
Diamond F." Tuesday 10Th {"
TwoWilliams Friday 22nd
Rose Hill " Tuesday 10Th 4"
st. Croix Country School Com
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, 1882-08-26

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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-08

ENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCES AGAINST
THE CHINESE. The police of San Francisco
have opened war on the Chinese with fresh
vigcr since the veto of President Arthur,
aud the Police Courts Thursday were well
filed with the Chinese violators of city
ordinances. TIE cases disposed of were as
follows Eleven keepers or patrons of lot
terry agencies were convicted and ordered
to appear for sentence this morning. Four
others paid fines of $40 each, and three
were sent to the County Jail for ten days.
SIX violators of the cubic-air ordinance de-
manded jury trials, and obtained continu-
ances Four others were fined $40 each,
and four were sent to the County Jail for
ten days, two being discharged on the
ground of non.residence. Nine opium
smokers appeared for trial, and all were
convicted. Several other Chinese cases
were on the dpckets, but all were con-
tinued. Chief Crowley states that the
raiding will be kept up to the limit of the
County Jail and City Prison, the number
of arrests being gradually increased. The
main difficulty to be overcome is in pro-
viding accommodations for the prisoners,
as but few of them will pay the fines i'm
posed,