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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

costs less than corn whisky; a box
of cigars will buy two or three Bibles:
gallon of old brandy costs more
than a barrel of flour; a "full hand~
at poker often costs a man more in
twenty minutes than his church SUBJ
scription amounts to in three years I:
a State election costs more than re-
vival of religion you can sleep in
in church every Sunday morning fer
nothing, if you're mean enough to
dead-beat your lodging in that way,
but nap in a Pullman car costs you
two dollars every time fifty cents
for the circus and penny for the lit
tie ones to put in the missionary box:
one dollar for the theatre and a pair
of old trousers, frayed at the ends.
baggy as to the knees and utterly
burSted as to the dome, for the Mich.
igan sufferers the dancing lady who
tries to wear the skirt of her dress
under her arms and the waist around
her knees and kicks her slipper clear
over the orchestra chairs every night
gets 5000 week, and the city mis-
sionary gets 5000 year; the horse
race scoops in $4,000 the first day and
the church fair lasts a week, works
twenty-five or thirty of the best wo-
men in America nearly to death, and
comes out $40 in debt-why, my boy
if you ever find yourself sneering or
soothing because once in a while you
hear OF preacher getting a living,
or even luxurious salary, or a tenn
perance worker making money, go
out in the dark and feel ashamed of
yourself, and if you don't feel above
kicking mean man, kick yourself.
Precious little does religion and char
ity cost the old world, my boy, and
when the money it does get is flung
into its face like bone to a dog. the
doner is not benefited by the gift,
and the receiver is not, and certainly
should not be grateful. 1t is insult
ed.-Barti1a9tOn Hd,Ckeye.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

. One of the greatest of the difficult
ties that beset the unfortunate Sui
tan in this Egyptian trouble is the
popularity of Arab throughout the
Moslem world. Arab is doing what
all Islam delights to honor-fighting
the Christian. Thus, even in Con-
stantinOple, as is seen in the latest
news, the admiration of the people
for Arab is expressed, not merely
on the streets, but in the mosques.
The Sultan hardly dares to antago-
nize him, He is thus between two
fires, and both fires are spreading.
The English force him to take de-
cided stand against the Instruction,
and yet refuse to permit him to use
military force. The Arabian revolt,
which looks to Arab as its head,
seeks to overthrow the spiritual pow
er of the Turk, and to make Mecca,
instead of COnStantinOple, the holy
city. Thus the unhappy Sultan is
menaced by two dangers, and is rot
permitted to fight either, and is be-
tween hawk and buZzard. To make
his difficulties still worse, it is be.
lieved that Russia is about to take
advantage of his present defenceless
condition, and occupy Asia Minor up
to the very shores of the Bosphorus
The poor Sultan only desires to hold
on tC what his ancestors took from
the Christians by fire and sword, and
now that the Christians want to take
some of it back again, he considers
his case peculiarly hard.-BdLtO
american.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

1860 practical and convenient, and
the wonders of the steam engine be
to US as the loom of old days was to
those in whose generation the JAG
guard was introduced. That the de-
velOpment will be the more rapid
and the more useful in proportion to
the general interest taken in it by the
public is sure; and it is hoped that
what has been said may tend to pro-
mote such feeling of interest in a
subject which is daily proving itself
to possess substantial benefits for all.
BIdcklCOOd.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
Burdett's SOlOmOniSmS.

My son, when you hear man
growing and scolding because Moody
gets 5000 week for preaching Chris
tianity, you will perceive that he
never worries a minute because In
gersoll gets 5000 night for preach
ing atheism. You will observe that
the man who is unutterably shocked
because Francis Murphy gets $3.50 a
week for temperance work seems to
think it is all right when the bar
keeper takes in twice so much mon
ey in single day, The laborer is
worthy of his hire, my boy, and he is
just as Worry of it in the pulpit as he
is upon the stump. Is the man who
is honestly trying to save your i'm
mortal soul worth less than the man
who is only trying his level best to
go to Congress ? Isn't Moody doing
as good work as Ingersoll? Isn't
John b. Cough as much the friend
of humanity and society as the bar
tender? Do you want to get all the
good in the world for nothing. so
that you may be able 10 pay high
price FOR the bad? Remember, NV
boy, the good things in the world are
always the cheapest. Spring water
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

One of the mysterious "brain-
waves on which so much conjecture
has lately been eXpened rolled.
through space from Egypt to Eng
land on July IS. On the evening Of
that day a young man living at Day.
export called upon the editor of The
Western DaiLy Mercury, at Plymouth
and asked if any kilograms had been
received giving the names of English
men killed that day in Alexandra.
He said that during the afternoon
the mother and wife ola petty officer
named Remington, serving in Alex
andria, had what they regarded as a
"tOken Of his death" They were
sitting together in their house talk
ing and working, when they heard
the voice of an absent son and hus-
band say "MOther !" three tines
Nothing had been heard of Reving-
ton at the newspaper office, but on
Wednesday the relatives received a
telegram from the Admiralty stating
that he was shot in the street Of Al
exandria on Tuesday while serving
on duty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

The following interesting story is
related about the venerable Peter
Cooper: NEARLY every day he drives
down to his Office and stays there for
a few hours. AS he comes out of his
coupe he is surrounded by a bevy OF
seedy-looking men. Each in turn
steps up TO him with a Good day,
Mr.. Cooper and an expectant look
in his eye, and just as regularly the
benevolent old gentleman puts his
hand in his pocket and gives him
piece of money and Good day to
YOU why do you let those people
annoy you, Mr.. "copper" asked an
impairment young man the other
day. They don't annoy me at alI,'
said the philanthropst. They are
old friends of mine, poor fellows.
Many of them have seen better days.
They don't want much-just enough
for dinner or a lunch. When | am
ready to leave the Office | put few
dollars in change in my pocket and
give it to them when they speak TO
me. They expect it, you know, and
L wouldn't like to disapDOint them'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
Rear Admiral Nicholson

Rear Admiral Nicholson, COM
handing the European station, has
written a private letter to a promi-
nent officer of the Navy Department,
under date of Villa Franco, August
3, in which he takes occasion to deny
the statement that when the bonn
bardment of sAIeXandria began he
notified the Egyptians that if they
fired on any of his vessels he would
return the fire. He also denied the
statement that after the action he
steamed around the English fleet and
cheered the vessels upon their work.
In reference to the statement that he
had landed marines to assist the Brit
ish troops, Admiral Nicholson states
that his men were landed at the re-
quest of the Khedive to protect the
American consulate and assist in eX-
tinguishing the fires that were raging
in that vicinity, and that his men re-
embarkep as soon as order was re-
stored, leaving, however, just men
enough to guard the consulate. Adj
mIral Nicholson says he received the
thanks of the Khedive and the British
commander for the service rendered
in eXtinguishing the fires.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

State Fish Commissioner G. w.
Delawder and U. S. Fish Commas
siOner Marshall Mcdonald, were in
the city yesterday. Mr.. Delawder
has adopted the Mcdonald fish lad
der for the Potomac dams, and four
of them will be Immediately put in,
one at each of dams Nos. 4, 5, 6 and
7, tCumberland). This ladder is the
one most approved of by experienced
persons. Mr.. DelaWder has seen them
in use, and is mush pleased with
them. Those he will put in will vary
from so to 100 feet in length.
Persons having dams in Maryland
streams tributary to the Potomac are
compelled to erect fish ladders over
the same at their own expense, and
failure to do so imposes a heavy PEN
atty.
Mr.. Delawder will at once turn his
attention to this matter, and all who
are interested will do well to take
steps promptly to comply with the
law.-Cinab. Ne,cS, Wednesday,.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

An act of the last Maryland legis-
lature forbidding public officers from
accepting testimonials is constructed
to include railroad passes, to prohibit
the acceptance of such favOrs by pub
lie servants. Maryland is not the
first State by good many to enact
such law, but if it can he enforced
she will be the first to make it effec-
tive. Means ofevading such a statute
can always be found. In a western
State some years ago where a similar
law prevailed, State officers and men,
bers of the legislature turned in their
railroad passes and received thous-
and-mile tickets instead thereof. As
the law specifically forbade the ac.
ceptance Of passes the officials con-
sidered that they obeyed it, and at
the same time saved railroad fare by
using these tickets.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
Ben Hill Dead.

Benjamin Harvey Hill, United
States Senator from Georgia, died at
his home in Atlanta about O'Clock
Thursday morning of last week. He
had long been a sufferer from a cancer
in the mouth, but his death was calm
and peaceful. Senator Hill was born
in Jasper county, Ga, on September
IA, 1923. He graduated from the
University Of Georgia in 1914. Was
elected to the State Legislature in
1851 and 1859. In 1875 he was elected
to the National House Of Represen-
tatives aud in January, 1877, to the
United States Senate. He was an
able and successful lawyer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

the canal. Gen. Alison became the
target of the enemy's shells during
reconnaissance from Alexandria.
There has been more skirmishing
in the neighborhood of Ramleh.
There is movement among the
Arabs in Tripoli in favor Of aiding
Arab. The Paris papers comment
severely upon the British occupation
of the canal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

The Board of Public Works met at
Annapolis on Thursday of last week
and elected Lewis Cass Smith, Esq,
President of the chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, vice Mr.. German, re-
signed. Messrs. Heating and Comp
ton voted for Mr.. Smith, the Cover
nor dissenting. Mr.. Smith, who has
been to Europe for some time, is now
at home, and has accepted the posi-
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

midway between here and Manitou.
The "city" consists of four or five
rough abode frame buildings, never
much more than shanties, but now
sadly diIapidated. The old State
house is still standing like some sea-
faring hulk left high and dry upon a
deserted beach. Tradition states that
it contained three rooms: in one
the members met, in another they
slept, while in the third was that al
ways necessary adjunct of legisla-
tive body-the bar. In the course of
the proceedings. at the first session.
[ believe, motion was made to
transfer the seat of government to
Denyer, then a sprig of a town.
"And we carried our point" said an
entertaining pioneer with whom it
has been my good fortune to converse,
"because we had the best wagon. and
four mules, and the most Whiskey,"
This old estate house" has until re-
Gently been a station for retailing
ebay and feed" to the mule teams
travelling the mountain roads, and in
another of the buildings "chain
lightning" and lager beer have been
supplied to the drives. Alas, for de-
parted greatness; the remains of it
are found IN this new frontier coun-
try, as in the historical lands of the
old world.
nnNT DrHDDn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
Doctors Disagree.

Asa reporter for the Pittsburg Com
n,erciaL Gazette sat yesterday after
nOon) in chamber at No. 32l Fed
eral street, Allegheny, listening to a
terrible tale of suffering as it fell from
the lips of a gentle little lady. Mrs.
Milo Ingram the daughter of Capt.
Hugh McKelyey, of this city, it
seemed almost too much to believe,
if the evidence had not been close at
hand to substantiate every word. 1t
was but another evidence of the cul-
pable ignorance of large class of
practitioners of medicine who claim
ed for six years that her terrible dis
ease was cancer. She was covered
with ulcers, given up to die. Pe,7na0
cured her perfectly. Continued on
page "a, in ellis of Life" by DR..
Hartman. Ask your druggist for
one.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
Good for Babies,

With baby at breast nothing is SO
useful for quieting my own and
baby's nerves as Parker's Ginger
Tonic. 1t prevents bowel complaints
and is better than any stimulant to
give strength and appetite.-A New
ark Mother.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

In some sections of this State the
Democrats are beginning to get
frightened at the new registration.
For instance, the Easton star says
"the new registration is likely to
prove a costly measure for the DEM
ocratic party" Which is about
equivalent to saying that under a
fair and honest registration the Dem
ocratic party of Maryland will be
shelved.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
TERMS OLE ADVERTISING.
SATURDAY, AUG. 26. 1882.
Attention, Republicans

The Republican voters of Garrett
county are requested to assemble in
primary meetings at the polling
places The voters in No. 8, will
meet at the usual places and elect
three delegates from the Eastern side
and two from the western side of
"Backbone' in their respective dis
tricts on:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
Saturday, September 8, 1882,

at o'clock p. NJ, to elect three 49,
delegates to represent this county in
a convention to be held in Hagers-
town, on Wednesday September 18th,
1882. for the purpose of nominating
one candidate for Chief Judge and
one candidate for Associate Judge
for the 4th Judicial Circuit.
The County Convention will also
elect three delegates to represent this
county in a convention to be held at
Frederick, on Wednesday, Septem-
Der Goth, 1882, for the purpose Of
nominating a candidate for Congress
for the 9th Congressional District.
The members of the district COM
mittees will please make arrange
ment5 for the primaries in their re-
spective districts.
The committee requests that the
Republican voters of each district
will select at their primaries, three
persons to act as district committee
for their respective districts for the
ensuing year,
By order of the Republican State
Central Committee for Garrett cOun-
ty,
II. WHEELER COMBS,
Chairman,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
Saturday, September 2, 1882,

AT 3 O'CLOCK P. M,
to elect five ~ delegates from each
district to attend County Conven-
tion to be held at Oakland on
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-06-03
Centenary College.

We are in receipt of the annual cata
logue of Centenary College for the
academic year 1882, from which we
learn that the annual examination be.
gan on the Goth ult., the exercises to
conclude Wednesday next with con-
ferring of the degrees, orations, etc.
The catalogue gives the names of Ill
pupils in the academic and preparatory
departments together, 62 ofthe number
attending the latter. We find the names
of three Ouachita boys in the catalogue,
viz: d. w., S. ID. and w. H. Faul X,
sons of our esteemed fellow.parishioner,
Hon. David Faux. Among the alum
nj appear the names of Judge r.. w.
Richardson, class of 1889; w. T. At
kins, class of 1857, and Judge w. w.
Farmer, class of 1858, all properly &C
credited as citizens of Monroe.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-06-03
A FEW VERBAL ERRORS.

The following example of tho more
common errors in the use of words are
taken from "The Verbatist," by Mr..
Alfred Ayers:
Accord for give; as the information
was accorded him.
Aggravate for irritate; to aggravate
is to make worse.
Allude to for refer to, or mention.
AS for that; not as l know, for not
that I know.
Avocation for vocation mans vO-
cation is his business; avocations are
some things that occupy him incidently.
Balance for either rest or remainder.
Character for reputation; one may
acter, and the two words should never
be confounded.'
Dangerous for in danger; a sick man
is sometimes most absurdly said to be
dangerous, when it is only meant that
the poor fellow is himself in danger.
Demean for debase, disgrace or hum
BILE; to demean ones self is to behave
ones self, whether we'll or i'll.
Dirt for earth, or loan.
Donate for give.
Execute for hang, as applied to the
criminal; it is the sentence, not the
man, that is executed.
Healthy Tor wholesome; an onion
plant may be healthy, but when you
pick an onion there is no more health
mess or unhealthiness to that, although
it may or may not be wholesome as an
article of food.
lily for i'll.
Inaugurate for begin.
Kids for gloves.
Learn for teach.
Liable for likely, or apt.
Loan for lend.
Pants for pantaloons, or DIETER stii)
trousers.
Plenty, as an adjective, where plen-
| tiful is meant.
Real for very; as real nice, real
pretty.
Reside for live.
Residence for house.
/ Retire for go to bed.
Seldom or ever for seldom if ever, OF
seldom or never.
Some tor somewhat; she is some
better.
Stop for stay; where do you stop
This is one of the vilest of criticisms
Those kind of apples for these kind
Transpire for occur.
> Vulgar for immodest.
Without for unless.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-06-03
Government Seed.

Over one hundred and fifty mail
sacks Of peas, millet and garden seed
from the Agricultural Bureau have been
received at this post-office for various
Offices in the parishes of North Louisi-
ana, and quantity of seed are yet to
arrive. The facilities for transportation
are insufficient to move rapidly so large
a quantity of mail matter, and it is
feared that large quantity of these
seed will fail to reach their destination
in time to be sown. The TELEGRAPH
Office has received one mail sack of mil
let seed, one of garden seed, and one
of peas, &C., all of which have been
distributed, the latter excepted.
Gen. King, we believe, is entitled to
the credit of securing the appropr iation
of SIC, 900 with which these seed were
purchased.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-06-03
W, =. Il II. Railroad.

The construction Of the railroad
hence to Shreveport is progressing with
satisfactory results on the western di-
vision-from Shreveport to Arcadia.
Chief Engineer Dabney stated yester-
day that the contractors have 1900 men
at work, more than halt of whom are
penitentiary convicts, and that the
progress made is encouraging. From
Arcadia to this point, the prospect is
not so encouraging, but there has been
an Improvement during the past two
weeks. The earthwork of the first
IL miles west of the Ouachita is about
two-fifths completed. There appears
to be an iusufficiency of labor, or of
means, or both, to put this (the west
ern) division under working contract.
Mr.. Cram, the contractor, who has
been absent several days on a visit
North, is expected to return next week.
We indulge the hope that his return
will be signalized by an active prosecu-
ton of the work of grading this divis-
ion throughout its entire length. The
contractors for elevating the track east
of Monroe are Mt work mt three points
on the road, and are reported to be
going ahead vigorously. The overflow
still interferes with much of this work
and there is probability, as the upper
rivers are nearly all rising, that this
interference will be augmented.
Through trains to Delta will hardly
be announced before the Goth instant
and to Shreveport?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-06-03
DOR SALE.
THE BEST REAL ESTATE INVEST
MENT IN NORTH LOUISIANA.

THE BEST REAL ESTATE INVEST
MENT IN NORTH LOUISIANA.
IoFFER FOR SALE 'tSTOwED AWAY"
the plantation tract of the Late DR.. Gilman
NJ. Peck, decd of Richland parish. The
tract contains $50 acres of land, so acres in
cultivation and 50 an old deadening now be-
ing cleared up. This tract is located across
the neck OF n large bend of Bceuff river,
ono mile across and is known to be the best
tract on that river it is Is miles from
Monroe the river is nayigable six months.
This tract has three advantages over any
tract situated on the mississippi river, viz:
it Is entirely above any overflow, has no
caving banks and no 1cvee taxes. The
cleared land produces ono and-a-half bales
to the acre, and rents for 80 per acre an
abundance of labor on tho place which will
| always command 1t (; soil black mould,
mixed with a little sand growth, ash,
gum, dogwood, oak, hickory, pawpau,
| grape vine, etc. Range fine, game and fish
! in abundance, waiting for the frying pan.
The projected X. II. from Alexandria to
soutl,w west Arkansas will pass by this place.
! Apply to
I. N. PECK,
Attorney in Fact, Sicily Island
Reference: Judge NJ. j. Liddell, Non.
roe, La.
N. B.-This place has a fine cypres,
crsax and miil-asat for water powder.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-06-03
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.


MAYORS OFFICE, Cry or MONROE,
March "a, 1882. !
In pursuance of resolution passed by
the Council of the City of Monroe, Novem-
ber7, 1881, hereby give notice to the pub
lie that a bill will be introduced in tho Log
stature, at it's next session, for the rc-d dig
tricting of the Parish of Ouachita to tho end,
sentation In the Parochial government of
Ouachita Parish. Also, that the City of Mon
roe will memorialize the Legislature at it's
next session to enact q law granting the
City of Monroe exclusive control OF all fer.
ries within the corporate limits of the City
of Monroe.
+. ENDOM, Mayor.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-06-03

!. 3. White, Esq, formerly of Mon
roe, but more recently an attorney of
st. Louis, and now a resident of New
Orleans, was, two weeks ago, arrested
in New Orleans upon requisition of
the Governor of Missouri, charged with
the elnbezzlement of two bracelets valu-
ed at $50. "A suspension of the prose-
cution was agreed to by Gov. Critten-
den upon the following statement made
officially by Gov. McEnery:
issued a warrant on your requisition
for the arrest of I. B. White, formerly
of st. Louis charged with embezzle-
ment Of two bracelets, valued at $50.
White was born and educated here, and
practiced law in st. Louis, and says
these were paid or pledged to him as a
fee, and that he did not embezzle, but
appropriated them for an amount due
him as attorneys fee for services render.
ed. He has just got into business here,
and asks for an indulgence for sixty
days to remain here under surveillance
of police and go to st. Louis and stand
trial. He married an estimable lady
in this State several years ago, and his
family and friends believe he can make
satisfactory explanation:
Mr.. White was some years a either
of Monroe, studying law and receiving
his license here. He married Mis-
Jennie Dinkgrave, an accomplishe'
and worthy young lady, of whose con
tidence he was esteemed by all no
unworthy.