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A BURIED SECRET.


the gathering twilight, she looked
older than he, this woman Of rare
grace and matchless charms, whose
eyes rested so worshipfully on the
face Of the man who had thrown
himself on the cushion at her feet
older than the years themselves
would warrant, for she, Sydney
Reed, was in reality but six years
George Winston's senior. But six
wears leave their impress when
their way lies over burning plow
shares.
There were lines upon the love-
ly face, and a sadness in the beau
ful eyes, no time unaided could
have wrought. She passed her
hand now, half bewilderingly,
across her brow.
ia sorrow for me really at an
endY' she mumured. 4 can not
grasp itv !.
AT an end forever, darling, II
my strength avails anything to
keep it from your door, for to-
night you belong for the last time
to yourself. Tomorrow you be-
long to me!' answered the young
confident voice.
He was but 20, this boy. She
was 2S, and q widow. Her mar
ried life had been one of unutter
able wretchedness. -Four years be-
fore her husband deserted her
Two years later she had learned O
his death, which had taken place
in a drunken brawl in far west
ern city.
She had put on the outward
badge of mourning in memory Q
the days when he, handsome ant
reckless, had smiled away he
girls heart. She buried in hi
unseen grave her weight OF woe
and with all his faults. She though
TOO, that she had long buried yout
and happiness, but three month
since they had resurrected them
selves, listening to George VIII
ston's pleading words and lovin
prayer, she found resistance ha
failed her, and so granted him I'll
boon he asked Of her.
And to- morrow was to be hi
second wedding day. Fondly an
hopefully he painted to her tx
coming years, each moment
which should be to her a recon
pense for past misery. She sa'
little. 1t was such joy to hear b
voice, to feel his touch, to cret
into the shelter of his love and re
there, grateful and content.
It was 10 o'clock when she ba,
a -.
him goodsnight. She still felt 4
tender pressure Of his lips up
her as she mounted the stairs
her room. She had made hi
leave her this early because Sol
Of her preparations were yet to
made for tomorrow, and she b
= promised him to retire before m
night-though her waking drean
she said, we're so much sweet
than any slnmber might besto
she hardly thought the exchan
a fair one.
There we're some letters s
wanted to look oyer-some to
destroyed, others to be preserv'
Among these latter were 9 few
had written her, during . sh
absence, a month previous.
She took out the first from
wrapper to re~read; but had !
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10 vain to. catch the .sobs which 30
cruelty rent him.
Very gently she soothed him..
She had no time to realize. her own
misery until, at last, she LETT him,
quiet and sleeping, in q room be-
meath her feat.
How the night had passed she'|
never knew. With locked hands
clasped before her she sat watch~
ing the dawn break, conscious OF
neither heat nor cold, of day nor
darkness, until at 8 o'clock her
maid brought her q cup OF coffee
to her door. The servants. had
been apprised Of the masters re !
turn the night before. She took
| the coffee and drank it.
i sWhen Mr.. Winston comes she
said, admit him yourself, Maria,
and bring him Immediately here to
me-
An hour later her door opened.
Not dressed, my darlingv J cried
a happy voice. Sidney, in Gods
name what has happened 2
} With marvellous strength and
calm she told him all. He listened
r silently until she had quite fin.
) ished, and then, with one bound,
he had gathered her to his arms.
. What is this man to you, that
: he should take you from me- You
3 are mine--mine! never Will
forego my claim?
al At the old tender masterfulness
a Of his tones, her womanhood reas.
serted itself. She bowed her head
O upon his breast and burst into q
passion of sobs.
u MY love-my own! he whis
% pered, 'this is but a chimera of tht
% darkness. Our wedding day hal
l dawned-you are mine! Oh, nj.
ID darling come to mev
" But now she lifted up her face
, He is my husband, George sh'
It, said. MY duty lies with him
| Now leave me. / can bear no more
You, who have always said yo1
ne loved best in me my wOmanhood
sh my purity-you would not temp
w me to sin? No, dear. Leave m
er and forget me. You are young
Dll you have but to look for hsppines
er and find it,
IN mo, Sidney, I can not resis
your words; you bid me go, and
id. obey you. But first love, | exat
ar. a promise, when you are free sen
zee me word. / will leave an addres
We where a letter will always reac
I me. must put the ocean betwee
ch us--L could not stay here an
en prove obedient else; but, my Owl
he / never will renounce my claim
lat end be it one year or ten, or twel
lor ty, one line will bring me to yo'
a side, to(leave il never again.
lat Then, with thousand mad kiF
he es, he sealed the promise he hi
'ss. exacted, and went out from he
IL believing earth held no such
lg- wretched man as he.
t | Five years had passed-f'
nat years to Sydney Reed Of faithfI
Nor devoted duty-fve years duril
n | which her love and care alone fo
our tered the feeble spark Of life
will Harnold Reeds remorseful heal
: and then he laid the heavy bnrd
She down, and, with his last wot
rial murmurs Of grateful love 81
mo- blessing, the tired eyes close
shutting out forevermore the visi
,ain which all these years had be
was their light and gladness.
she She had had no word FRI
her, George all this time. He had kt
his promise faithfully. For a "
our longer she, too, would be sile
de- and then-ah, then she VOL
that send for him. Once more she wol
look into his face--once more |
vail. en- to his voice.
this They might be friends only.
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turned the page when there came
O low rap at the door.

wants not to Do dlSJurOeu. Oho
had told Maria, her maid, to come
to her at midnight. It was not yet
half-past ten.
The door opened at her summons,
but no one entered or spoke.
well, Maria, what is it Y she
questioned, and slowly raising her
eyes to find--no Maria, no servant,
but a mans form, gaunt and hag-
gard, darkening the threshold
mans eyes,hot and burning, fixed
upon her face.
She sat carved into stone. 1t
was pitiful to see the blood recede
from her face, leaving it white ana
drawn. If three hours previously
she had looked older than her low
er, ten years were now added to
her age.
Her lover No longer had she
a right to the sweet title, for ne
whose gaze held hers was her llv'
ing husband-the man whom for
two years she mad mourned as
dead. 838
He came forward at last, closing
the door behind him, and advance
ing with feeble, tottering steps
toward her.
Speak to me!' he said. Give
me one word of welcome, one word
Of forgiveness!
She opened her lips, but no
sound came.
IL know he went on. You
need not tell me. You were to
have been married. It would have
been a crime. But for this, !
, would not have come. | would
have let you give 'credence to my
; death. Oh, Sydney. will you be-
lieye me when I swear to you that
: both for your sake and my own,
wish to God / were!'
a The utter misery of his tom
brought her own desolate anguish
). more fully before her. With loV
cry she buried her face in he
hands. The letter she held fel
{ from them. Still she heard he
Q husband speaking as though fron
y afar off.
Courage. Sidneyr he said
d You will only need patience deal
# Look at me! 1t is not hard to Sc
d that I am q doomed man. / hav
,r never recovered from the wound
is received in the affray in whic
., they reported me to have bee
1t killed. Dissipation helped th
h work along, though since ths
Is night, Sidney, no drop of liquc
q. has touched my lips. When
n- man stands 80 close to death thu
lg he recognizes his icy breath, b
I'd sees things with a new clearnes
be During my long and desperate IL
ness, / though of you with a Ions
or ing you can never dream of, but
ID dared not send for you. | felt th'
be- all my right was forfeited. M
of will I trouble you now. When
n. am dead you shall learn of yo'
ia freedom. Until that time you W
ia hear Of or from me never again.
ep he stopped as ne finished. n
,st knew that he lifted up the mater
of her dress and pressed 1t q 70
de ment to his lips.
he Slowly and falteriDgly he aga
an crossed the room. His hand "
to Ion the knob of the door when 8
i'm broke the spell that bound b
me and rose up to her feet.
be Stay, Harold!' 7 she said. 'Yc
Iad place is here. 1t was you who d
i'd serted me. You shallnot say Il
ms | deserted you.'
ter He staggered against the WI
w, tOh, my.God! ! be cried, lis q
lge an angel or q woman who th
speaks to me7'
she 1T is no angel, she answer
be only q woman, striving to
ed. her duty SO plainly marked bef'
he her, Ms
n 4 ~ i i. a. n. I. IL. 4. n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
The Brain During Sleep.

Some curious experiments as to the
action of the brain during sleep have
lately been made upon himself by M.
Delaney. Working on the known fact
that the action of the brain causes a rise
OF temperature in the Uranium, the ex-
perimenter found that the converse of
this was true, and that he was able, by
covering his forehead with wadding, TO
stimulate the action of the brain.
Dreams which are naturally illogical
and absurd became under this treatment
quite rational and intelligent. He also
found that, their character was much
modified by the position assumed during
sleep, whereby the blood might be made
to flow toward particular parts of the
body and thus increase their nutrition
and functional activity These expert
ments have but slight value. Those
whose lives are spent in hard work,
either physical or mental, viii prefer
their dreams to be as illogical and vague
as possible, SO that the poor brain may
not go on working while the body is at
rest.- Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
Danger to Christians.

Christians in Jerusalem, it is feared,
will be in great danger if there should
be an outburst of Mohammedan fanati-
cism in Egypt and the countries sur
rounding it. Edith Holman Hunt, doubt
less a relative of the eminent English
artist, Holman Hunt, writes to the Lon
don Times as follows: Having lived in
Jerusalem from the commencement to
the end of the last Russian war, and hay
ing thus experienced something of the
danger arising from a threatened out
break which was seething around us, l
can not refrain from asking few words
in the much-prized columns of the Times
for the sake of pointing out how hopeless
are the people in Jerusalem at the
present juncture. Jerusalem is the cen
ter of fanaticism for all the people of
the world, and should the long threatened
storm burst the Christian inhabitants
there will be among the first to feel it.
They are singularly helpless, shut off
from the nearest coast by thirty-six
miles of difficult road. The whole of
Christendom is interested in the ques-
ton. Since there are people of every
nation living in Jerusalem, can not each
Government send a frigate to Jaffa to
give refuge to the fugitives while affairs
are in the present hazardous condition?
The only retreats are the converts, and
these would i'll hold out against such an
outbreak as would take place if the ban
ner of the prophet were at last unfurled
in earnest e
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
Business, Crops and Prices.

Out of $4,000 persons engaged in
business in the country, 1897 failed dur
ing the last six months, with aggregate
liabilities of about fifty millions of dol
lars. The liabilities amounted to about
ten millions more than in the first half
of 1881, but the increase was not enough
to indicate any unsound condition of
business.
The proportion of failures, indeed,
was very small, and the loss by bad debts
was so slight in comparison with the
volume of business transacted and the
number of firms engaged in it, that the
last six months were really remarkable
for business health. In 1873 the number
of failures was one to every ~ traders.
In 1889 it was one to every 12S.
These figures, which we take from the
semi-annual circular of Messrs. r. G..
Dun & Co., show that the gloomy appre-
tensions in regard to business which
have been SO widely entertained of late
were not justified by the actual condi-
ton of trade during the year. Those
statistics rather suggest mercantile
soundness, and lead us to hope that after
the comparative inaction of the summer,
and with the coming of greatly reduced
prices for food, business will be both
vast in volume and satisfactory so far as
concerns profits.
Already very considerable share of
the wheat crop has been harvested, and
it is settled that it will be a very rich
one, probably even greater than those of
the two years preceding 1881. All the
other grains are promising well. The
weather has favored them, and as vet
few reports of set backs to their pros
perity have come in. A harvest which
will be as q whole of extraordinary
abundance begins to be confidently eX-
pected.
That promises well for business. 1t
also indicates the speedy coming of
prices for food as low as any to which
we have been accustomed in the most
plentiful years. Even butchers meat
has already declined somewhat from the
prices of short time ago, and when
fall brings in the recently matured stock
it must come down to still lower figures.
Cattle have been and are still selling for
more per pound, live weight, than the
dressed meat could formerly be bought
for at a family market.
But pasturage is unusually rich this
year. The cattle of the West have not
been decimated by harsh winter, and
the reported losses of them by flood
have probably been exaggerated. Prices
much lower than those now prevailing
need not be expected for three months.
But in the fall, when flour is cheap, po-
tatoes are plenty, and articles of food
generally are attainable at reduced
prices, the cattle yards will contain ex-
ceptionally fine stock, numerous enough
to bring their cost down to moderate
fgures.=M y SIN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
Origin Of Names.

The curious names of German Jews
must always be of interest to any one
with even slight knowledge of German.
l recall a party in a Jewish house in
Frankfort, where nearly every person
presented to me bore the name of bird,
beast or fowl. 1t was an amusing col
lection of hens, wolves and foXes-in-
deed, it was difficult to find a bird of the
air or beast of the field not represent
ed. How the German Jews came by
these names is interesting, and possibly
is not known to everybody. Under Ma
ria Theresa when great numbers had
gone to Austria because of her tolera-
ton, there was constant confusion arising
from the fact that it was hardly possible
to hold an individual for any crime or
in any case of lawsuit-Of which there
were many against them-for the reason
that man could not be proven to be the
''Isaac, the son of Israeli or the par
ticular Solomon, son of jacob who
was sought for. So one day that En-
press sent forth an edict that from that
time henceforth every jew should take
a name for himself, and no name borne
ever by any one else was he to select.
This provoked much anger, but there
was nothing to be done but obey. The
command was that they should choose
names from the animals, metals, miner
ais, the elements, rivers, lakes, towns,
etc. Hence came the Baars, VOLTS,
Fuchs foX), Hahns (cock), Hecht (pick-
ereD, and nearly all the names ending
with bratn1 (tree), and stein (stone), and
hinanaeE (heaven). Some of the combi-
nations growing out of this command
are very interesting. For instance, we
find Eckstem Corner stone), Seligman
blessed MANI, Himmelreich (kingdom
of heaven), Fleischman (meat MANI,
Mandelbaum (almond tree), Grunbaum
(green tree), Rosenbaum (rose tree),
Veigelstock austrian dialect for gilly-
flower bush), Braun (brownJ, Schwarz
(black), Weiss (white). From cities
and rivers are the Jewish names so COM
mon, Oppenheimer, Moldauer, Erlander,
Wiener PARSER, DINER, Donau. We
have also Rothschild (red sign), Honig-
field (honey field, etc. 1t will be seen
that a German jew is shown by his
name. Of late there have been modifi-
cations and changes made by families
who do not wish to be so readily distin-
guished, but it is always easy to trace
them Miss Pitman's "Earopean
BTeezeS."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
English Opinion of Russian Jews.

The efforts of the poor Jews in Russia
to emigrate to Americai is impeded by an
unexpected difficulty. 1t is the practice
of the Emigration Committee at New
York to find work for the immigrants,
and distribute them through the country
in the occupations with which they are
acquainted. They distribute hundreds
OF thousands of persons every year in
this way, but they say they fail with
Jews. Either their employers send them
back making charges of idleness or in
competence, or the Jews themselves re-
turn, declaring that "the work is too
hard" The Committee have, therefore
declined toreceive any more Jews. The
truth seems to be that the Jews are ex-
pected to do hard manual labor; and
that in America, as in everywhere else,
they refuse to do it except under the
pressure of absolute necessity. Their
business in the world as they think, is
to Distribute, taking heavy toll upon
the articles distributed. That is use
full function but colony can no more be
made up of distributors than State can
be composed of tax-gatherers. Mr..
Oliphant hopes to settle all Jews in
Palestine, but he has omitted to say who
will pillow the land, SOW the seed and
cart the muck. The Jews will not.
London SPECTATOR
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
After a cruise of a few months i,

After a cruise of few months in
the South Pacific, French man-of-war
was recently found to have specimens of
living corals growing upon her hull. The
interesting discovery has thrown some
light on the question of the rapidity of
growth of corals. The evidence tends
to show that tht vessel on passing a reef
of the Gambler Islands, against which
she had rubbed, had picked up young
fungia, which adhered to the sheathing
and grew to diameter of nine inches
and aweight of two and one-half pounds
in nine weks.-N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

The best tomato for picking is the
size of large walnut. 1t should be of
a good healthy green, with one side just
beginning to show tinge of red
Silver Maple: This is one of the
prettiest and most delicate leaved trees
which 60 to make up picturesque lawn.
1t is light in color, and appears well
against dark background. Y.
Herald.
"A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman gives the following as his
method of destroying sprouts from roots
of trees: Bore three-fourth inch hole
in the center of the stump, ten inches
deep; put in one ounce of the oil Of
vitrol, and plug it up tight.
"A pretty way to ornament pen
holder which is made of wood is to bore
a tiny hole in the end and insert short
peacock's feather 1t should be secured
with little glue, and this must be done
with neatness. This makes pretty and
inexpensive gift, and is better adapted
for use than the painted feather holders.
Stuffed peppers: The large bell pep
pers are best for this purpose. Cut
around the stem, remove and take out
seeds. For the stutfing use fine chopped
cabbage, adding grated horse-radish,
white mustard seed, celery seed and salt
to suit the taste, Fill the peppers with
this mixture, putting in each a small
onion and q little cucumber Tie the
stem on and put into cold vinegar
Rur0L NeU YORKER.
Other crops may be more profitable
than corn, but corn is cash to the farmer,
and may be relied upon every year if
properly managed. 1t can usually be
grown at a less cost than it can be bought
Especially when due allowance is made
for the feeding value of the stover), and
when you have it you can change it into
milk, butter or beef, mutton or wool,
eggs or chickens, pork or turkey, just as
you please, and in either of these changes
it will contribute to the future, as it goes
to the manure heap upon which you will
depend for the next years crop.-Chi-
icag0 Journal.
"A rich citron cake is made of the
whites of twelve eggs, two cups of but
ter, four cups of sugar, four and half
cups of flour, half a cup of sweet milk,
three teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
and one pound of citron cut in thin and
small slices. This makes one very large
cake or two medium-sized ones, and, un-
less you have an excellent oven in which
you can regulate the heat perfectly, it is
better to bake in two tins than one. If
;one tin is used, choose one with funnel
ior spout in the center. This does away
with the danger of burnt edges and
raw center to the cake.-N Y. Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

VIII be paid for the detection and conviction
OF any person dealing in bogus or imitation
AoP BITTRRs, especially Bitters with the word
hor Or Hots in their name, that is intended
10 cneat the public, or for anything pretend
ing to be the same as HOP BITTERs. The
genuine has cluster of GREEN HoPs (notics
this printed on the white label, and is the
bestmedicine on earth, especially for Kidney,
Liver and Nervous Diseases. Beware of all
formulas or recipes of HOP BITTERs published
In panets CT for sale, as they are frauds and
swlndles Whoever deals in any but the
genuine will be prosecuted.
HOP BTTrRs M'F'G Co., Rochester, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

Sd P, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn: al have a
valuable hen that will insist on sitting on six
eggs. How can prevent her doing sop We
nave referred your letter to our poultry crit
&c. He says there are many ways to prevent
your hen from engaging in sedentary pursuits
on capital of six eggs. He suggests that
you add another egg-or that you use the
eggs In custard pie, but he says if you want a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

MAN in Georgia lost gold collar button
two years ago, and recently the missing jew
elry was found in the fat of the digestive Or
gans of slaughtered COW. How the cow got
under the bureau III the bedroom, where de-
tached collar-button always rolls, is an mex
plicable mystery. -NorriStoDn Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

Next to cigar makers, according to
tne London Medical Times and Gazette,
printers are more numerous in New York
I l asylums than men of any other
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

We can assure our readers, should thew re-
quire anything of the kind, that WAKEFIELD's
BLACKBERRY BALsAM will cure the worst cases
Of Diarrhea, Dysentery, or Flux. 1t is pleas
ant to the taste and perfectly safe For Sale
by all Druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

"A st. Louis reporter tried to knock
a saloon-keeper and only grazed him.
Then the saloon-keeper tried to shoot
the reporter and only killed his wife. If
you want to be safe in St. Louis get into
a fight. Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich, will
send DIR. Dyes celebrated Electro Voltaic
Belts and Appliances, on trial for thirty days,
to men young or old who are afflicted with
nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred
troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration
Of vitality and manhood. Address as above
N. B.-No risk is incurred. as thirty days
trial is allowed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

~" Every truth hs two sides; look at both
before committing Yourself to eithern Kid
ney-W Wort challenges tie closest scrutiny of it's
ingredients and its gand results. It has
nothing to fear from truth. Doctors may dis
agree as to the best metlnds and remedies for
the cure OF constipation md disordered liver
and kidneys. But those hat have used Kid
ney-Wort, agree that it j, by far the best
medicine known. Its actio, is prompt, thor
ough and lasting.