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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10

King John, the monarch who rules
Abyssinia with a rod iron, Is severely
opposed to missionaries. He has
banished party Of them who re-
Gently arrived at Massowah. These
missionaries had distributed some
Bibles to the natives, but, under the
influence Of the native priests, King
John caused search to be made for
these in the houses and huts. In
cases where copies OF the Bible were
found the owners were chained and
otherwise treated with great cruelty,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
Church Services--Suuday.

M. E. Church-Preaching at 104
A. M. by Rev. s. e. Jones.
Lutheran Church.-Preaching at 8
O'Clock P. NJ. by Rev. VIM. Stouden
mire.
Memorial Church.-Preaching :. s
O'Clock P. M. by Rev. Mr.. Baggs.
Preaching at Deer Park at II O'Clock
A. M, by Rev. VIM. Stoudenmire.
st. Peters. Catholic Preaching
every Sunday at LOT o'clock a. M,
except the second Sunday OF each
month.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
List or Letters.

List of letters remaining unclaim
ed in the Post Office at Oakland,
June 10th, 1882.
Bell. Minnie Mrs, Jones, Matilda Mrs.
Bennettt A. F., Lanck. Mollie Miss,
tDosley, James Mrs, McDolald, r.,
Etcnerson, q, Ohner, John E.,
SaIrette, Alice, Ries, A. B. MIS-,
Come, Robert, Hhrener. g. H.
Harvey, 2. G., Smith, Robert E..
Hayson, Amos A., Smith, Frank,
johnson, Louis Mrs, smith j, A. q Son.
Persuns calling for them will please
say they are advertised.
r. THAYER, p. M.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
A Miracle in Oil cry.
DOCTORS DUMBFoUNDED. DRUGGISTS AND THU
PEOPLE WILD WITH EXCITEMENT.

wv OfAc ~ IN DE- OONOEOs DfhO t01S1C AMI TIE
PEOPLE WILD WITH EXCITEMENT.
From the Oil City Derrick. July 2lst, 1884,
Miss Maggie Martin, of this city,
has been i'll and confined to her house
for several years. Our best physicians
failed to give her relief. She took
Perund and, to the establishment of
all who knew her, she is now up
and about again. Mr.. Simmons, the
Druggist, sold 1874 bottles last week.
He buys in gross lots. Mr.. Cowell,
too, sells it. Ask your Druggist for
DIR. Hartman's book-'sIlls of Life"
(gratis), or address DIR. H., at Osborn,
o.. for one.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


Jersey City is to present two
Garfield memorial volumes-one to
Queen Victoria and the other to Mrs.
Garfield.
The Presbyterian Foreign Mission
Board has spent $500, 900 In the past
year. 1t has now accepted thirty
new missionaries. mostly young men.
Expecting great increase Of work
this year. 1t asks for an additional
100000 above customary receipts.
1t Is a comment on so-called aI.ib-
eralism" that In the town Of Liberal.
on the borders Of Missouri, lots are
sold to only such persons as renounce
the doctrines OF Christianity. This
does not seem to provide for the ex-
ercise of the very largest liberty of
thought.
The National Conference Of Dunk.
ards. which has been in session at
Arnolds, Ind. since Tuesday last,
was very largely attended, about
10000 Dunkards being present from
all parts of this country. The next
annual meeting will be held at Tope-
ka, Kas.
Edison. prolific IN patents, has Just
taken out one for an electric brake.
1t consists of a large horseshoe field
magnet, with disk on the axle re-
volving partly between the magnet
poles. When a circuit Is made this
disk is subjected to magnetic resist
ance, which tends to bring the axle
to rest.
Beneath the Garfield memorial tab
let in the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad depot at Washington was
placed on Tuesday rich token
of evargreens and flowers repre-
senting "the gates ajar." and the
silver star that marks the spot where
the martyr fell was covered with
large star of snow white flowers.
A California Baptist brother pre-
sented for the use Of the presiding
officer at the recent Baptist ami
versaries in New York magnificent
gavel made of oak from Florida,
holly from Mississippi. granite from
Maine. mahogany from Nevada, CO.
dar from Alaska. laurel. maple and
redwood from California. 1t was
ornamented with silver from Cali
fornia and Nevada. 1t was accepted
as timely and tasteful symbol of
state brotherhood and national unity.
The case of Donaldson, the dancing
Presbyterian, which was expected to
be finally adiudicated by the General
Assembly. has failed of settlement,
and is sent back for trial to the church
in which it originated. 1t was such
delicate and difficult matter for the
Assembly to handle that there seem.
ed to be great aversion to having
anything to do with it. The ground
on which it is sent down for retail is
that the church tried Mr.. Donaldson
on charge which was not made out
with sufficient dehniteness.
Mr.. Blaine's great red brick house,
with the square, imposing front. is q
landmark in the northwestern part of
Washington. and will be one of the
finest mansions. Since he began to
build him this home for his old age,
fortune has taken a turn in the affairs
of Mr.. Blaine, and he has been max
ing money SO fast that he has put a
great deal Of 1t into his house. and
gratified each fresh fancy as 1t came
up. Wise gossips estimate his pos
sessions now at $4,000. 900. with the
figures advancing by arithmetical
progression. and on that sum q reas-
enable independence is assured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
Faded 'Colors Restored.

Faded or Gray hair gradually re-
covers its youthful color and lustre
by the use of Parkers' Hair Balsam,
an elegant dressing, admired for its
purity and rich perfume.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
The Lutheran Conference at GrantsyilIe.

The Lutheran Conference at Grantsville.
The Joint Conference of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Synods of Maryland
and Virginia, met at EVANSVILLE,
Md, May both, 1882, at 8 O'Clock P.
M. The opening sermon. in the alb
sence OF Rev. j. @. McAtee, was
preached by Rev. w. Y. Cline, of
Aurora w. Va. The devotional and
religious services for the following
days of the conference was commence
ed by Rev. j. j. Young, the pastor,
loci.
The first session was held on We'd
nesday morning. opening at 8 o'clock
with devotional exercises con-
Quoted by Rev. P. L. Harrison. of
Frcstburg, Md. After spending half
AN hour in hearty service of song,
prayer and reading of scripture with
appropriate comments, the business
session of the conference was called 10
order by Rev. wy. Cline, OF Aurora,
aud an election of officers ensued, re-
sulting rs fstlews: Rev. w. Y.
Cline. of AurorasTP President; Rey.
WIN. Ste udenmire. OF Oakland, Nd,
Secretary, and Rev. j. j. Young, of
Accident, Treasurer. The roll was
then called, the clerical hretheren all
present except Reys. J.Q. McAtee, Of
Cumberland, StoufIer, of Piedmont,
j. p. CoEradi of Cumberland, w. A.
Shipman. of Grafton, w. Va, and j.
Summers, OF Brandonyiile. w. Va.
Lay delegates present were Messrs.
Robert Scott, of Frosthurg, w. d.
Hoye, of Oakland, and Chas. Bill, Of
Grantsville, Md. Rev. j. w. Tress-
Ter and w. G.. Getlle, of Petersburg,
Pa, we're, on motion of conference,
accepted as advisory members of the
conference. Minutes of the previous
meeting Of conference was then read.
excuses of absentees were received.
and. on motion of conference, Reys.
j. @. McAtee, Saml. Stouffer, w. A. |
Shipman and Jacob Summers, were
excused for n0n-attendance. Discus
sion of topics being passed oyer the
report on state of religion was taken
up. The reports as given by the pas
tors and their delegates from the diff.
ferent pastorates evinced much OF zeal
and spirituality in this part of the
moral vineyard. The entire fore
noon was spent In this most interest
ing exercise. After announcements
for afternoon services the conference
adorned to meet at 2 p. M.
Second session. Conference met at
2 P. NJ. and was opened with prayer
by the Secretary. The minutes of the
morning session being read and an
proved, the first question was then
taken up and discussed, viz: What are
the mutual obligations and duties OF
a pastor and his congregation. This
question was opened with beautiful
and most pungent and interesting
prayer by Rev. w. Y. Cline. The
brethren discussed this question
with great earnestness and pathos.
The question was closed by Rev.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
INVENTORS s SSSs Ep I,s..,'

Street. Washington, d. o., Tor inatruoti0ne.
Reasonable terms. References and advice
sent FREE. We attend exclusively 70 Patent
business. Reissues, Interference, and cnaen
solicited. Upon re Jeipt OF model or sketch
and description we give our opinion az to
patentabllity, FREE OF cHAEGE. We refer TO
the Commissioner OF Patents, also to Ex-
Commissioners. Established 1895
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10

Insist upon having Floreston CO.
logne. 1t is greatly superior in per-
manence and delicacy of fragrance.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
The Sleeping woman OF Paris.

A case which Is exciting great inter-
est in the Paris medical world just now
is that of young woman who has been
for the last three month an intimate of
the Beaujon hospital. She was found
by the police asleep, and apparently
lipsy, on q seat in one of the avenues
leading to the Bots de BOulogne; but as
after remaining for two or three hours
at the police station, sue did not give
any signs of returning animation, she
was taken to the Beaujon hospital. Tne
resident physician found that she was
eaIciente, and adopted several mild
measures for awakening her from her
letbargy. All of these proved intellectual
and several other medical nen, inclu l.
ing DR.. Charut, Were called in. Dr..
Charcot was Of the same opinion that
the best remedy would be series of
cold dpuchrs; but as ii was impossible
IN her condition tn apply this, nothing
remained but to wait the course OF
events. So the time pissed, the patient
showing no signs of life except by
heavy breathing, but nourlshment WAS
administered to her by artificial means.
About the middle of last mouth,
when she had been tor eight weeks in q
comatose condition, she gave birth to a
stiIlborn child, but this did not have
the effect of bringing her back to AMI
nation, and after fortnight's interval
the douches We're tried. These seem
likely TO be successful for though she
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17

cannot yet speak, she is beginning to
express by signs that she understands
what is said to her, and can take nour-
isbment in the ordinary way. The
doctor hope that in the course of q few
DAYS she will be able to explain the
mystery, for there Is no means Of get
ting at her identity. She had no pa
pers upon her, but a purse containing a
few francs, some religious coins, and q
chaplet. The widest publicity has been
given to the case, and several women
whose daughters are missing have come
to the hospital in the expectation Of
recognizing her. One or two have at
first believed that she was their daugh-
ter, but subsequent inquiries have prov
ed TO be mistaken.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
Fashionable Rabies.

Next to dogs lsays a Saratoga cores
pondent) in importance come the babies
and their maids. These are a decided
feature on the porches Of the great
hotels. Some of the nurse maids have,
on their white caps, two long streamers
OF gay striped sash ribbon, reaching
nearly to the ground behind; other
will have square of diaphanous yelling
pinned over their nurse caps from the
front. In one way or another the
maids attire must minister to the whim
or the pomp of the mistress.
One particular girl-baby at the States,
rejoicing in the name Of Catalina, is car
ried about on a pillow resting on her
nurses arms, the pillow and the baby's
dress being stiff with costly embroidery
on sheer white groundwork, display
ed one day over pink foundation,
another day over u blue or lavender,
and the maids dress will be Of chintz
or gingham of exactly the same shade.
Thus baby, pillow, and nurse form a
symphony in blue, or pink, or purple, as
the case may be. This is called the
"prize baby" of the States, and the
Union has one nearly as fine. don't
know just why | am sorry for such
pampered babies, but am. Said
Emerson: "When | think how / am
sparing my boy all that made me-the
barefooted chambers and the stern
denials of poverty know / am max
ing mistake; but" he added after a
pause, 81 can not help it,"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
LEAVES: An ALLEe0RY.

Proud OF their summer robes. the naughty
trees
Talk ,mong themselves or ooquette with the
breeze
Each deeming haply IL alone was m,is
To throw Its kin-all others In the shade,
But, humau-like. when more familiar grown.
The naughty wind assumed o holder tone,
CThoc IN truth, yet with pretenoe Of namtl
And kissed the leaves, that blushed bright red
In shame.
fall;
One neetiy drops, and after follow all.
In getting or the high vies With the low,
The rule seems which can be the next 20 go.
Phippsis DER the Border. In this thief-throng
ed State
The cropof fall leaves" doubtsss win b
great -
And who can tel how many foot nov
stands
Prepared 70 bolt for safe no distant laadss
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
JOHN BUNYAN's ANCESTORS.
The Author or Pilgrims Progress Said
to be n Gypsy.
JOndOn DdiIu NetpS

London Daily Ne,rs.
Did Bunyan come Of gypsy race?
This is the question which James Sim
son discusses in q pamphlet which he
has just published and which he answers
in the affirmative. The starting point
of the controversy Is passage in Bun
vans autobiography wherein he says:
"For my descent it was, as Is we'll
known by many, of a low and incon.
siderable generation, my fathers house
being of that rank that is meanest and
most despised of all the families of the
land" Those who refuse to believe
that the illustrious author of "The
Pilgrims Progress" was of gypsy race
contend that this means simply that
his family were thinkers. On the other
side, it is urged that the reference here
is rather to blood than to any occupa-
ton. If Bunyan did not intend to do
more than allude to the fact that his
family were thinkers, his language in
this instance is wanting IN the simplicity
which is characteristic oflhis immortal
allegory. Those who deny that Bun
yam came of q gypsy race lay great stress
upon the fact that they have evidence
Of their being Bunyans in the country
long before the gypsies arrived in Eng
land. They point out, too, that Bun
yam was not of swarthy complexion,
but man of "fairish appearance" Mr..
SimsOn does not trouble himself much
about all this. He says that the whole
mystery Is solved, by "the simple idea of
q gypsy family settling in the neighbor-
hood Of native families Of influence,
whose surname they assumed, and
making Elstow their headquarters or
residence, as was the uniform custom OF
the tribe all over Great Britain"
This is really all the evidence forth
coming on the subjoot. We do not sup
pose that the greatest admirers of Bun
yam would object TO his being proved 20
have been a gypsy if proof could be
produced, but il is hardly likely that
they will be prepared to indorse Mr..
Simson's views.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
Englishwomen's Feet.

At recent garden party in London,
writes a newspaper correspondent, short
costumes were universally adopted, and
the embassadress Of Austria scored q
triumph by the exquisite smsllness and
delieacy Of her feet. As she was seen
ascending the steps leading to the ter
ace, those fairy shoes twinkled in SEEM
ing derision of the very different ones
belonging to the royal princesses OF Eng
land, between whom the noble foreigner
was walking. Their skirts might ad-
vantageously and becomingly have'
been heightened. Two bystanders were
irresistably reminded Of the remark
uttered by burly Flemish burgher on
seeing in Brussels little dame step.
ing into her carriage: Thunder and
lightning, there is the Countess-go-
ing out with my feetn English women
are so reconciled to their utter deticien-
cy in that attractive point In female
perfections that they never hesitate to
exaggerate any fashion which brings
the size of their feet into bold relief, be
it short petticOats or immense heels.
On the various shores upon which these
fair ones are disporting themselves at
present, sands or shiugle, they make
themselves remarkably by the variety
of their seaside DISCUSSES and the hid
eousness of their bathing dresses. The
customary discrepancy exists in this
respect between the spirit and the letter
of their modesty. They shy furiously
at the mere notion of the utter want OF
delicacy displayed abroad in the form
of bathing, but no foreigner, however
bold, can help blushing, unless he
shrieks with laughter, at the revelation
due to the bullying, dingy, floating,
shapeless garment which too often does
duty in our high-princiPled waters as
bathing costume. a strictly prohloi-
tive distance separates the bathing-ma-
chimes allotted to different sexes, but
the beach is a connecting link, and
spectators continually cross it and pass
indifferently from the one department
to the other; indeed, girls own that they
would scarcely battle, and certainly not
swim, without the stimulus of longing
masculine limbs stretched out on the
shingle in lazy contemplation of their
"a,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
Twill LOOK UNTO THE HILLS.

"Ye{ as he went fresh courage on him came,
TIL dawn TOO rose within him "a q dame,
The heart OF the ancient hills and his were
one;
The winds took counsel with him. and the
Spake comfort; In his ears the shouts OF
birds
Was as the sound OF clear. sveet-spirited
words,
The noise OF streams as laughter from above
OF the old wild lands, and cry OF owe
Springs trumpet-blast blown over moor and
lea;
The skies were red as love Is, and the sea
Wa as the floor of heaven for love to tread.
So went he rs with light about his head,
And In the joyous travail Of the year
Grew April b arted."
b. @ S.ginJurne's 7rtshdm u LvoHekse.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
How Mean q Woman Can BE.

A Woman can be mean when she
tries-meaner than man was ever
known to be-and the Hartford Times
tells a story which illustrates her utter
hcarteSsneSs and mortal turpitu1e. A
young lady Of that place was enjoying
q sleigh ride in company with two
gentlemen, One of the gentlemen
slyly inserted hand in her muf AM
lovingly pressed hers. She blqed
and withdrew it just as the gentSasn
on the other side slipped his hand into
the muff. She knew by the action OF
her adorers that the hand pressures were
frequent and loving within the silk
lining of the mutf, for first one face
and then the other would bob forward
to catch a look at the sweet face and
ewes which prompted, as they supposed,
the tender pressure of the hand. The
byplay lasted until the young lady
Quietly remarked: "If you gentlemen
are through with my muff | will
trouble YOU for II now, rs my hands are
getting cold."t And rhe two gentle
men, who had been comfortably warm
up to this time, suddenly felt an arctic
chill creePing0p their spinal columns,
and the mercury Of their feelings drop
ped to $50 degrees below zero. The
two gentlemen are strangers now.
Ninety years ago the first English
missionary entered the field. Now the
whole number of foreign missionaries
is five thousand, with an army Of ma
five helDPrs numbering thirty thousand.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
DoNT'T TAKE 1T TO HEART.

There's many q trouble
Would break ikea hnbble,
And into the waters OF Lethe depart.
Did not we rehea-Se II,
And tenderly nurse ",
And give IL a perm nent pl oce in our heart.
There's many sorrow
Would vanish tomorrow,
Were we not unwilling to furnish the wings;
So sadly intruding
And quietly broo1ing.
Ithatches ous all sorts OF horrible things.
How welcome the seeming
OF looks that ave beaming,
Whether ones wealthy or whether ones poor;
Eyes bright as q berry,
Cheeks red n = cherry.
The groan and the curse OF the heartsche can
cure.
Resolved, 70 be merry,
All Worry To ferry
Across the famed waters that bid Us 10 ryee H.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
A Helpful Wife.

Mr.. PlimsOll, who when in Parlia.
ment took great care Of those who "go
down to the sea in ships" has lately lost
his wife, who was described as "a true
and staunch th-countrywoman, who
for twenty-five years has been in the
fullest sense her husbands helpmate."
1t is related of her by London con-
temporary that on memorable night
when the Sailors Friend" after dane
ing before the Mace, shook his fist
almost in the then Mr.. Disraeli's face,
MIS- Plimsoll was in the ladies' gallery,
bearing bag of unusual dimensions
that the doorkeeper essayed to relieve
her of Explanation brought
out the circumstances that il contained
Mr.. PlimsOll's various toilet requisites
and Mrs. Plimsoll bore the bag to her
seat in triumph. 1t had been packed
in full expectation that its owner would
pass the night in the clock tower, so de-
termined was he to shave his fling" at
the government. A sudden shower of
printed documents descending on the
heads of the press gallery from the
'ladies' cage" above first drew atten-
ton to Mrs. Plimsoll's presence. If
the house would not hear her husbands
protest, she was determined the country
should, and so deluged the reporters
with printed copies of it.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
Woman ~ Judicial Officers /.

From The Lddy's Pictorial
In England ladies have held and ex-
ercised judicial authority. Thus the
Countess of Pembroke was sheriff of
Westmoreland before the era of Magma
Charta, and, being at that period
judicial officer, she held court aud ex-
ercised the power of subordinate
Judge, and sat with the Judges on the
bench at the Appleby Assizes. Eleanor
was appointed to fill the Office of Lord
Keeper of England, and actually per-
formed the duties of the Lord Chan
cellor in person. King Henry III. in
thesyear 1895 appointed her Ladyship
Keeper of the Great Seal, which post
she held for nearly year, and the
Countess of Richmond, mother OF
Henry WILL, and Lady Bartlett, were
both appointed Justices of the Peace;
and third lady, who was Magistrate,
actually sat on the ben CHI at the as
sizes and sessions in the county Of Suf-
folk. Various judicial inquiries re-
specting freehold property were, I'm the
reign Of Richard H., made "before
divers lords and ladies'" 1t is stated
by many old legal writer's, whose opin-
ion is entitled to respect, that women
are disqualified to become aribitrators;
but the better opinion now Is that they
may be 80, on the ground that every
person il entitled to select any person
he likes for his Judge, and he can not
afterward object to the incOmpetency
Of those he has chosen to act as arbi-
traitors on his benefit. The Duchess Of
Suffolk, in the reign of Edward w.,
acted as arbitrator before she was
married, and the legality of her ap-
pointment and the exercise by her Of
this office were not disputed.
Queer Married Life.
Of an actress who is to visit America
this season n Lendon correspondent
says: Nellie Farren is one or those
perenially youthful actresses of kind
with which our own stage Is not alto
gether unprovided. The oldest possible
stories are afoat concerning her. One,
and am sure, true one, Is that she
has been separated from her husband
for ten years, and that during all that
time he has been prompter at the thea
ire on whose boards she nightly disports
herself literally displaying at once
her physical charms and her artistic
talents. They never speak, this strange
married pair, save .lperehance on
. those rare occasions when 1t may be ne
cessary for him, strictly In the course OF
business, ito throw her the word.' She
is slender, graceful, long-limbed crea-
ture, an fait in the art burlesque to It's
latest letter, and yet endowed with the
rare faculty Of touching the chord of
pathos in an unexpected way, having q
curious voice which Is laughably familiar
save when 1t is heart breakingly sad, and
dark. fawn-like eyes:
Sweet eyes Of witching tenderness,
Thro' which the soul Of q immortal sorrow
looks.