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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

In discussing Methodism and camp
meetings, the Baltimore american
says: "Methodism in this section of
the land, where it was so early found
ed and where it has been so firmly
established, has always supported
these camps with degree of unan-
unity that has rarely admitted of any
disagreement, and there are very few
of the Methodist persuasion who do
not reckon the camp meeting as a
valuable adjunct of the church. Of
late years these camping grounds
have been made to partake of the ma
ture Ofsummer resorts, but from even
the most orthodox Medodist stand
point there surely can be no objection
to having the modern conveniences
of life upon the camping grounds. 1t
is surely as conductive to religious
ferVOr and tar more comfortable to
sleep. on a spring bed in a neat cot
tage than to toss all night on pile
of straw under a small stretch of can
vass. There is just as much religion
and not half as much dyspepsia in
well cooked viands as in food badly
cooked. Methodists should, we think,
welcome these improvements to camp
life in the woods. If they find that
the camp meetings of to-day are not
productive of as many conversions as
those of the former days of Metho-
dism, let them rather account for it
by the lack of enthusiasm, fire,
sturdy eloquence and boldness among
their preachers and exhorters than
by laying it to the charge of effemi-
macy among the tenters."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
READ THIS
We have just received from the
Auction Rooms
OF
New York City,
A LINE OF
DRY GOODS
NOTIONS AND FANCY GOODS
that surpasses, in low prices any.
thing ever before offered in this mar
ket. These goods were bought up at
Bankrupt and Assignee Sales
at half their real value, and we now
offer them to our customers at the
same low figures at which we bought
them, freight and expenses added.
We expect to close the stock out in
few days to make room for another
large consignment we expect in a
short time from our agent in the city.
In the stock we have 1000 yards STAN
dard prints at 5 and 64cts per yard,
1900 yards brown and bleached mus
Inns at 5, 81, 7, s and 8 cts 1902 yds
wool buntings at cts, worth ID cts
fine line of ladies dress goods, in
Guiding all the latest patterns, from
8 cents up to SLIGO per yard, % pieces
all wool cashimers at 40 80, Is and
$1.00 per yard, white and figured
pique at 8 and 10 cts, yer yard, 2OO
pieces ribbon at 3. 5. 6 10, 10, up to
so cts. per yard, 100 ostrich feath-
els and tips at 20, 80, 30. up to
$500, 100 ladies', misses and boys
trimmed and untrhnmed hats at
much below the regular price, 100
prs ladies' percal cuffs at only &c per
pair, 100 ladies' collars only 1c, worth
sc, 500 prs mems, boys ladies' and
misses hose at 5, 5, 10, 10, IS and soc,
per pair, $50 DIR, Warmers COraline
corsets, warranted never to break, at
81 each, the best SOC corset ever offer
ed for the money, 1000 yards Ham
burg edging and ins ertings at 3, 8, s,
Toe up to 75c per yard, 100 prs ladies'
and gents genuine imported kid
gloves, and 200 prs ladies' and misses
Lisle Berlin gloves at 10, 10, % and
soc, a large variety of trimming silks
and satins and fringes of all colors,
so mems and boys suits at SO, S4, S.
and So each, much below the regular
price, and so many small and mis-
cellaneous articles that the printers
d evil would go blind setting the type,
were we to name them all. While
the old fogy thanks you for past
favOrs and hopes for continuance
your patronage, we lay our goods
and prices before you, and compel
you to buy in self defence or be i'm
posed upon some place else.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
NOTICE.

down any of the timber on my land on the
Hooppole Road, adjoining the land of Bowie
Johnson, about three miles from Deer Park
and six miles from Oakland. The penalty
for cutting down timber in Garrett county,
Md, without permission of the owner of the
land, is the same, under the Act of 1880, CHI
26i, as for feloniously stealing goods or chat
tells TO the value of the tree or trees SO cut
down.
THEOS. B. HORWITZ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

The best farmer is the one who
thinks as well as works, who knows
what he intends to do a day, or at
least a night in advance, and who
believes thought has as much to do
with successful farming as plenty of
muSSle, if not more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
BLACKSMITHING.

lam prepared to do all kinds of blacksmith
Ing. Farmers work a speciality. Prices as
low as can be had for first class work. shop
near "Browning House."
H24 DAVID LITTLE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
B. & 0. II. II. Timetable.
The following time table of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad went
into effect on the Dist of May:

The fast trains, with the excep
ton of those mentioned, make stop
pages only at the First Glass Sta
tons. Tickets should always he pro
cured before taking the cars, pas
sengers saving thereby from 10 t,
cents.
VIM. M. CLEMENTS,
Master of Transport;
L. M. COLE,
General Ticket Agent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
PATENTS.

F. A. Lehman, Solicitor of American and
Foreign Patents, Washington, d. c. AlfBas-
mess connected with Patents, whelhe: before
the patent Office or the Courts, promptly at
tended TO. No charge made unless patent
Is secur d Send for circular If
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FARM FOR SALE.

] offer for sale valuable farm of one hum
u e acres, on the Oakland and West Union
road, four miles from Oak land improved nv
log dwelling house, barn and other outbujld
Ing also young apple orchard now bearing.
VIII be sold on easy terms.
For particulars inquire on the premises.
56lyr. HENRY KIILITs
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-07-08

Thick as is an elephants skin
no living creature suffers more
from flies, mosquitoes, leeches
and other vermin than he. The
pores are very large, and gadtlies,
mosquitoes, &c. worm Themselves
into the hollo y and suck to ~eple-
ton. Thus the whole day long
they are throwing up dirt, squire
ing saliva or water, TO get rid OF
these pests,tO the great annoyance
Of their riders. They snore a good
deal when asleep, and | have often
seen them resting their heads on
an outstretched foot when lying
down. They are very human-like
in many Of their ways. They get
a piece Of wood ana use it as H.
toothpick They scratch them
selves it'll the tip OF their probes
els, and if they cannot reach tina
place with that they take up "a
branch and use that. Natives lay
they plug up bullet holes with
clay, hut | never knew IN in
stance off my-elf.-LoDd IN Fieid.
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Fisllernlen,s Mhoppers.

Why is it that fisherman tell such
whoppers a? A good sized book
could be made of tlsh stories.
Tell me the weight Of the largest
trout you ever caught, said a young
man to u native of Nevada
Wal, " was the answer, Il can't
| exactly tell as to the weight, but you
folks can figure on it, Now, you
know it is over two hundred miles
around this yer lake. Put that
down. AS said before | don't
know the weight of the largest fish
ever yanked out, that's a fact
but | did haul one up on the
beach, and, after had landed him,
the lake fell three feet, and you can
see by the water mark over yonder
that it hasn't ris since.
Another fisherman giving his ex.
perience, says:
This fish began to pull away and
every little bit the line would slack
up, and then the pulling would be
twice as heavy At last it felt like
locomotive was at the other end
of the line, and then | lost my pres
enee of mind and jerked. 1t took
pretty hard jerking, too, but at last
| landed a fish sixteen feet long. |
took it off the hook, aud there was
another one on about two feet short
er, and SO on until took off nine of
them, and then came the bait, still
on the hook. You see the way it
was. The first fish that grabbed and
swallowed the hook was two feet
long. AS soon as he got fast big
ger one swallowed him, a larger one
swallowed them both, and up until
the ninth swallowed the whole eight.
If had only waited they would have
kept on until | would have had
whale after while, and the whale
bone would have sold readily for
two hundred dollars"
This will compare with Georgia
fish story, told me appropriately by
a gentleman named Bass. He said
he caught Il catfish, squirrel and
an alligator all upon the same hook
at the same time. The fish proba-
bly, caught the squirrel while swim
ming across the lake and afterwards
caught and swallowed an alligator,
about foot in length, and then
found and swallowed the bait upon
a set hook. When IA catfish starts
out OH IA toraging expedition he takes
in everything, from IA wheelbarrow
to a saddle blanket.
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Piles.

Piles are frequently pre coded by
a sense OF weight in the back, lOins
and tower part of the abdomen.
causing the patient to suppose he
has some affection OF ihe kidneys
or neighbOriug organs. Al times
symptoms Of indigestion are pres
ent as tlatulency, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. a moisture like
Precipitation, producing a very
disagreeable itching, particularly
at night after getting warm In bed
is very common attendant. In
ternal, External and Itching Piles
yield at once on the application Of
DR.. BOsanko's Pile Remedy, which
acts directly upon the parts effect
ed, absorbing the tumors, allaying
the intense itching, and tffec'ing a
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until the drain on the system pro-
duces permanent disability, but
try ii and be cured Price, 90 cts.
ASK your Druggists for 1t, and when
you cannot obtain it OF him, we
will send it. prepaid, on receipt OF
price. Address The DIR. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, Ohio Sold
by @ W. BOWMAN, Druggist,
Marlinsburg, w. Va. ljun25-ly
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The WungOOse as ia Rat Hall
Ter.

The introduction of the mungoose
into Jamaica as cure for the once
formidable rat pest on the sugar
plantation is said 10 have proved a
notable success. The sugar rat is a
huge white beliied fellow. measur-
ing ten inches in length of body, his
long tail adding ten inches more to
his length. Formerly the damage
done to the sugar plantations of the
island by these rats amounted to
something like half million dol
lars a year, rising to quarter OF the
crop in seasons of special ravages.
About five years ago the mungOOse,
whose zeal as snake and rat killer
is we'll known, was imported from
India. AS result the plague of
rats has been greatly diminished,
with saving of sugar of not less
than % tons Of sugar on each estate.
There is also saved the expense of
rattage, formerly amounting to hun
dreds of dollars a Scientific
American.
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Ly ing in Weight.

The son of an Austin butcher ex.
perienced great difficulty in compre-
hending fractions, although his
teacher did bis best To make him un.
derstand their intricacies.
Now let us suppose, said the
teacher, that customer came to
your father 10 buy five pounds of
meat, and he only had four to sell
what would he do ?"
keep his hand on the meat while
he was weighing it, and then il
would weigh more than five pounds, "
was the candid response.
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Six bottles for IS Sent by mail in the
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on receipt Of price, 5 per box for either.
Mrs. Pinkham freely answers all letters II
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above. Mention this paper
No family should be without LYDIA
4. P!NKdAM'S LIVER PILLS. The,
cure constipation, bliousnes', and tor
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INVENTORS

Should address tD>uN BRoS, Artor.
nays ~ Lly AID Patent solicitors Gil
S-vrplh Street Washington, y g., or
cir ulsis ottts'fuciiou. Reasonable lera'a
references aud advice cent Farg We at
ten d exclusively 10 ptleut bnslue :. Re-
issue. .ue fettpc. S a,d eases iejrc"d 10
Other hand. specially, rtad~- Marks AID
Cavtats solicited Upon recepi o model
or sketch aud description ~e give our
opinion ~ 20 pafeu ability FaEE ~
CHARGE " re'er 20 The Commissioner
of Patents also to ex. commissioners ~.
tab.ished SOS, (,el-tf
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Washing ton, D G Practices be ore the
United States General Land office. Con-
tested cases. private land Claim mining,
pre- .emption and homestead cases prose-
cuted before the Department Of the In
terror and Supreme Court; and all classes
of claims before the Tx cutye Depart
ments. Special attention given to town
site cases. Land warrants, homestead
floats, and all kinds of land scrip bought
and sold. mac II.
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The only iron preparation that
does not color the teeth, and willnot
cause headache or constipation, as
other iron preparations will, is
Browns Iron Bitters.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-09

DTs TdlUHGf DcsCftDts IL NSOOu woman.
You see hundreds of men who are
successful only because there is a rea-
son at home why they are successful.
If man marry good, honest soul he
makes his fortune if he marry a fool,
the Lord help him. The wife may be
a silent partner in the firm. There
may be only masculine voices down on
the exchange, but there often comes
from the home circle a potential and
elevating influence, The woman of
Shunem, at whose house the prophet
Elisha stopped, was great woman and
the superior of her husband. He, as
far as ! can understand, was what we
often find in our day, man of large
fortune and only modicum of brains,
intensely quiet, sitting long while in
the same place without moving hand or
foot II you say yes responding yes if
you say no responding no; inane, eyes
half shut, mouth wide open, maintain
dng his position in society only because
he has large patrimony. His wife
belonged to that class of people who
need no name to distinguish them, no
title of princess or queen. She was
great in her hospitality. Jupiter has
;he surname of "The Hospitable," and
he was said to avenge the wrongs of
strangers. Homer extolled hospitality
N his verse. The Arabs were punctil-
Qus about it.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-09
III.

He kept resolutcly away for whole
month-never once went near the
place. If Jennie wanted him she
might send for him, or get has sister to
invite him to tea, as she had done be-
fore. But John Weare was not sent
for neither was he invited to tea, and
his spirits began to wax low.
"If she cared about me she'd have
got in my way somehow before this
trust a woman" :" he thought.
The idra of not being cared for was
not cheerful. That night h. strolled
carelessly by the shop, but on the op-
posite side of the way. Nothing was
to be seen of Jennie. He walked on
in a brown study, then crossed over,
and went deliberately by the shop with
only one eye, however, turned in it's
direction, but not a sign of Jennie. He
went back to the ba'' acks in detected
frame of mind.
"It's an awful pity--such nice girl;
and there's the cottage all ready for her
to step into, and me ready to retire
from the service, and good trade at
my back it's too bad, all along of that
Captain MCGEE, too. An the fruit in
the garden (of the cottase) :: ripe,
and no ono to pick it,
The very next morning Eolin Weare
walked deliberately into tho shop and
asked for penny newspaper, and had
the felicity of being scr, ed by Mrs.
Evans.
"Quite "a stranger, Mr.. Weare," she
said, but that was the only remark she
made, and for the life of him he could
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-09

We scatter seeds with careless hand,
And dream we ne'er shall see them more
But for thousand years,
Their fruit appears,
In weeds that mar the land,
Or bealthful store.
The deeds we do, the words we say,
Into still air they seem to fleet;
We count them past.
But they shall last
In the dread judgment they
And we shall meet.
charge thee by the years gone by,
For the love of brethren dear,
Keep, then, the one true way
In work and play,
Lest in the world their cry
OF woe thou hear.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-09

anu oiiO Hoo paul ohOlh d uyiuS NlSl
with her father John had told hel
that he was tired of the service ant
wished to settle down, and she in
wardly thought that he could do M
better than to ask her to settle with
him. He had been very attentive wher
she came to Woolwich, and gradually
established himself on the footing of q
lover, till he found the shop always
filled with officers and cadets. At first
he was shy of appearing before his
superiors, then he got jealous, and al
last angry, for he felt and knew that
they meant her no good, and, beside, it
was doing real injury to the business
of the shop, At last he spoke his
mind and told the coquettish Jennie
what he thought, and was snubbed for
his pains.
"If you think ! don't know how to
take care Of myself, Mr.. Weare, you
are very much mistaken, and j don't
want any one to tell me what's right
or wrong. know for myself"
"Well, Miss Jennie, didn't mean to
give offense. l only told you what
thought"
"Then you might have kept your
thoughts to yourself" she said with 4,
little toss of her pretty head, "unless
they had been nice ones," she added
He heard the aside and picked up his
courage.
"lt's awfully hard, too, when one
that cares really can't get near you,"
he replied. Just then Jennie caught
sight of Captain MCGEE, tall and
handsome man, with long whiskers and
a red nose, coming in the direction Of
the shop, with big bunch of flowers
in his hand. She had heard John.
Weare's last words, but she was Sc
cretly of the opinion that "he ought to
have come to the scratch before" SO
she thought that a little jealousy might
do him good.
"Oh, here comes Capt. McGee," she
said in delighted tone.
"Well, he's just the biggest blackleg
in the service, Jennie, and if you take
my advice you'll send him off sharp"
II believe you are jealous, Mr.. Weare,
and telling stories about the Captain
he is always very polite to me-" and
she smoothed her pretty hair and ar
ranged the trifies on the counter.
"Oh, he's polite enough, no doubt"
"And he's bringing me some flowers
"Now look here, Jennie, are you 60
ing to take them?"
"Of course l am" 5g>
swell, then, gOod-by."
"Good-by," she laughed. Of course
she knew he W, uldn't go.
Jennie, he'll be in directly, and l
shall be off, but you must choose be-
tween him and me. If you are going
to keep on talking to him, shall never
come in the place again, SO which is it
to be?"
.Thc Captain"
"But l am not joking; shall never
see You again."
"No more am / joking, so good-by
"Good-by' and he went.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-09
BY BEN. S. GILMORE
Endurance,

lis bitter to endure the wrong
Which evil hands and tongue commit;
The bold encroachments of the strong,
The shafts of calumny and wit;
The scornful bearing of the proud,
The sneers and laughter of the crowd.
And harder still it is to bear
The censure of the good and wise,
Who, ignorant of what you are,
Or blinded by the slanderers lies,
Look coldly on, or pass you by
In silence, with averted eyo.
But when the friends in whom you trust,
AS steadfast as the mountain rock,
Fly, and are scattered like the dust,
Before misfortune's whirlwind shock,
NOR love remains to cheer your fall,
This is more terrible than all.
but even this, and these-aye. more
Can be endured, and hope survive;
The noble spirit still may Soar,
Although the body fail to thrive.
Disease and want may wear the frame;
Thank God! the soul is still the same.
Hold up your head, then, man of grief,
Nor longer to the tempest bend;
VI soon or late must come relief
The coldest, darkest night will end.
Hope in the true heart never dies!
Trust on! the day star yet shall rise
Conscious of purity and worth,
You may, with calm assurance, wait
The tardy recompense of earth;
And cen should justice come too late
To sooth the spirits homeward flight,
Still Heaven, at last, the wrong shall rich