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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-10-13
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SBDSIRLB MEN y " :: 49,: 81;

HdS u stIJNTHIe UtlUNU OF UIIgIH, UIU IIlttI taCH
needs different method of treatment in or
der to effect a cure, and moments reflection
must convince thatany of the quick nostrums
fosted upon the public claiming to cure all of
must prove failures even if we do not call
them hUmbugS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-10-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WHAT STRUCK AN OLD SOLDIER

at will soon be twenty years since the war
closed"
Hinder the hot sun of August, 1882, the vii
lace of Dover n j., lay still as the sphinx III
Fgypt. while Elijah Sharp of that place, slow
Nv and softly spoke of the past. yes, ne
aid u was in the army and saw many of the
sights of those fearful years was hnally dls-
charged from disability, resulting from sun =
stroke | came home miserable IN heaith
and spirits; so enfeebled that l TOOK cold on
the slightest exposure. Lie seemed worth
less to me | lived only in memory"
'''That was sad enough" said, dividing my
"That's So" responded Mr.. Sharp: but
got over it, Outgrew it? Not exactly. When
in that condition | began taking PARKER 5
Tonic. and my health commenced tolmproNe
right away. was astonished at it, and so
was NV wife | piled on the flesh and could
eat anyth ng. My ambition blaZed up. could
attend to business, and now-eXcepting that
have to take care about exposing myself TO
the hot sum am as well as was the day
enlisted What differences there are in things
guns and bayOnets kill; PARKER's Tonic
saves
This preparation, which has been known as
PARKERS GINGER Tonic, Will hereafter be
called simply PARKER'S Tonic. AS unprin
cipled dealers are constantly deceiving their
der the name Ofgnger, and as ginger is really
an unimportant ingredient, we drop the mis-
leading word.
There is no change. however, in the prep9
ration ITSELF and all bottles remaining in the
hands of Dealers wrapped under the name OF
PARKER'S GINGER TONIC, contain the genu-
inc medicine if the fac-simile signature of
HiscoX & Co. is at the bottom of the outside
wrapper.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
Tie aMiIch-Cow lsacse..

During his wanderings through the
yards yesterday the reporter stumbled
onto another little scheme which it was
thought was exterminated few months
ago, but while there are suckers in
the world scalpers and other not over
scrupulous persons will always do q
crushing business The ..miIch-cow
racket IS the term used by those who
are posted, and from the profits derived
there rom the racket is profitable one.
Milch cows are always in demand. and
the prices obtained approximate sixty
dollars. When the demand exceeds
the supply the ''scalpcr." in order TO
accommodate" the customer. goes TO
some remote pen and purchases IL COW
called ''strippcr' that is. one whose
days of usefulness rs miiker are over.
A calf few days old is then purchased
for few dollars and tied in pen
along with the COW, which is supposed
to be IFS mother The customer soon
makes his appearance and a trade is eff
feced : the purchaser takes the bogus
COW and calf and the accommodating
''sealper" the sixty dollars. The trick
is soon found out. and the buyer makes
u strenuous c3mplsint, but there is no
remedy, and he has 10 accept the in
evi,.s,le. The trek was practised yes
tc lay, and came to the surface shortly
afterwards. The buyer on this occasion
made an unusually strong break. which
was subsequently settled by q CONF
promise. Gacago 1ribhas.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
BROOKHAyEN. MISS. THURSDAY, MARCH 1. 1883.

overcome difficulties and emergencies,
and this breeds within him n sturdy,
resolute spirit. When nc attains man
hood, his fortune is assured If he re.
mains in the country; while if. smitten
with the city fever, he tries his fortunes
there, he has at least n good, solid foun-
dation upon which TO build.
With city boys there is altogether too
much hot-house life. Many OF them are
dwarfed and stunted from their. birth.
They are coddled and indulged. Too
many of them are brought up with false
notions of what is honorable and man.
ly. Their parents are fastidious, wi
out being sensible, in the choice Cf oc-
cupations for them, and they are in con-
sequence handicapped through life.
They have, perhaps, n greater variety
of pleasures than country boys; but
there are many manly exercises from
which, from numerous causes, most OF
them are debarred. Thus every coun.
! try boy, almost as matter OF course,
| learns to swim. hunt and break a horse;
| while the larger the city is the fewer
relatively the number of boys who can
do any or all OF these things. These
| ma oCthi lHS'2hiiSdHt dECOiltlllsIi-
ments, yet each involves physical and
mental training which can not fail to be
beneficial in after life.
Country boys also possess a marked
advantage over city boys in the lack OF
the temptations which surround the lat
| ter There is infinitely less danger OF
:heir attaining young manhood With
'heir mental and moral powers under
mined, and with wrong or feeble inn
pulses. Living as they do, too. so much
in the open air, they gain physical
health and vigor of constitution which
are not only inr iimable/bless:ngs in
themselves, but admirably fit them for
the battle of life
On the whole, therS Sfore, whether
country boys do or do net succeed in
life better than city boyS. there is no
reason why the former shSuld repine or
be discontcnted with their Not. Detroit
Free Press.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
Country Boys and City Boys.

A correspondent wants to know why
IT is that the proportion of country boys
in the United States who succeed in life
is much greater than that of city boys,
who seem to have many advantages
over their rural brothers.
There is no way of determining
whether the statement made by our cor
respondent is well founded, though it
undoubtedly accordS with the prevailing
impression. There are abundant rea-
sons. however, why the successful men
who were country bred should even in
cities outnumber the successful men
who we're of city birth. The country" !"
as distinguished from the city poruia-
ton, even now embraces considerably
more than the majority of the people
in the United States, but the difference
in favor of the country was relatively
much greater rs the territory was more
sparselv settled. Great cites are of Re.
cent growth in the United States
Thirty years ago there were but nine
cities in the Union with population oi
sc, COO or upward each. In 1850 there were
but sixteen. In 1880 there were thii'ty
five. The men who were boys in 1850
are comparatively young yet, and thr
cities which have. since arisen TO magni
tude necessarily drew largely upon the
country for the blood and energy which
have made them what they are. While
il is, therefore, true that a majority of
our successful men were country boys,
it is not necessarily true that the pro-
portion is any larger, although this may
be the case.
Respecting the intimation of our cor
respondent that city boys have an adj
vantage over country boys, we think
that ii a balance were struckit would be
found TO be largely in favor of the
country boy He may not have the
polish of the e-ciiy youth, nor be as well
versed in the ways of the bustling city.
but he has characteristics which abun-
dainty make up for these deficiencies.
He is taught, for example, almost from
his infancy the lesson of sell help. His
skill and Ingenuity are taxed in a mul.
titude Of ways. That quality which
New England people SO happily call
..facultyn is developed. The boy is
indoctrinated with habits Of thrift and
industry. II one thinks for momeat
(. of the variety of farm work. ne will alse
be prepared to concede that the coun-
try boy, awkward though he may seem
in comparison with h. city cousin. has
many and ar.edaccomplishments. lie
is early familiar with the care aud man;
agement ot horses and cattle. learns
much OF tools and how TO use them. i
often compelled unaided to face and
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
NUMBER 2.
Unnatural Happiness.


sThere is one of the happiest men in
the world at the present moment"
City Physician jackson sad as he en-
tered, with the reporter, the avil;on for
the insane OF Bellevue Hosf ital, and
was most hearty greeted BY new IN
mate of TIE place. The paSent was q
fne-looking man, inclined To stoutLess.
with gray hair and beard, ard n glow
in h pleasant face. He was iifty-six
years Of age, and The olly pcculiarity
about h 5 appearances was that he stag
gered 81 9htly whenever he arose from
his seat lie had been arrested for
ruling valuable flowers from a c'crgy-
mars garden TO make noscgays for his
wi @. and he repeated the ofense until
he was sent to the City PHYS elan &c
have his mrnta! coadit on examined.
"Ihc lappicst man nceivable.n the
physician rci eated, ''and yet hopclcssly
insane"
He imagined that he possessed great
wealth, and that he could not do any
thing better than spend it in making
presents TO everybod, he met. He hal
lavishly squande ed money before his ar
rest ON worthless articles, and at the
moment he spoke he offered 10 give
the physician 800 lust for coming to
see him. imarining that he was a friend
on visit. He also turned 10 the re-
Porter, srith whom he shook hands as
though he had been acquainted with
him for years. lie wound UP the very ex-
uberant greeting by promising the re-
porter a gold watch and gold collar
button. .'Come again and ! VIII have
for. 40
patient said as the physician went away.
What is his specific tronble.p was
asked.
General pare,fs." the physician .e-
piled. lit haYtaken the form OF sus-
teined elat:on, and for two years'
that man viii be the happiest
of morialsl Nothing in rational
existence could approach TO the enjoy
ment he VII c perieace. But il will
all end abruptly in complete mental
darknessjand death. A gradual paraly-
sis will attack his system ana continue
until brain and limbs are finally help
I,e,as, &nd he will pass away like burnt
~ ~.IGeneral paresis," he continued,
cd, hs greatly increased during the last
do, eade. Formerly sslch cases were very
atE.e. and physicians wouil travel miles
to witness and investigate the mental
nh s,nomena of their condition. Now
ibav can find them in any asylum.
Theav i;Ee in wild delirium of joy, and
can raadsJy be picked out of a crowd
of lpn,r;.s - a lay visitor BY their ex-
co ,siye and nnnlEural checrfnlness. II
would ba q fortn,5 as sd, thing if lun3cy al-
ways took The form OF a..s sie.a' as ss,s,
for an immense amoisnt Jfssess.s.'.il e, = ~
would be saved the most unfoffniiAi6
class of un fortunate beings. Sufferers
from the disease are never violent,
simply boistcroasly jubilapt They
think the wholc world is their friend. =
~ Y S1tJl
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
THE TWO OLD BACHELORS.

Two old bache,or- were living in one house,
One caught mufin, the other caught mouse.
Said he who caught the muffin to him who caught
the mousse
"This happens just in time, for we've nothing in
the house,
Save q tiny piece of lemon, and teaspoonful OF
And what to do for dinner-since We haven't any
money;
And what can we expect, IL we haven't any ulh-
But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on
growing thinner"
Said the one who caught the mouse to HIM who
caught the muffin:
tive might cook the little mouse If We only Lad
come stufin';
If we had but sage and onion We could do extremely
But howto get that stutiin 1t is difficult to tell"
These two old bachelors quickly to the town,
And asked for sage and onions as they wandered up
They borrowed two large onions but no sage was to
In the chops or in the Market or in all the gardens
round.
But some one said: "a hill there is little to IL
north,
And to its perpendicular top a narrow way leads
forth,
And there among the rugged rocks abides ancient
cage,
An earnest man who reads all day most pe(lexing
page.
Climb up and seize him by the toes all stadspas as
he sits,
And pull him down and chop him into endless little
bits;
Then mix him with your onion, cut up likewise
into scraps,
When your stuihn' will be ready, and very good
perhaps."
Those two Old bachelors, without any loss OF
time,
The nearly perpendicular crags at once began to
Climb,
And at The top, among the rocks, alp se1ed IN q
They saw that Sage a-reading of moA enormous
book.
"You earnest Sage" aloud they cried, "ycur book
you've read euough in,
We wish to chop you into bits to make you into
stuffin'."
But that old Sage looked calmly up and with his
awful book
At these two bachelors bald heads sudden aim
he took;
And over cras and precpce they rolled promis-
cuous down,
At once they rolled and never stepped, in lane or
field or town,
And when they reached Their house they found tbe-
side their want of stutiiI0
The mouse had fed and previously had eaten up the
muffin.
Thcy left their home IN silence, by the convv
al door,
And from that hour those bachelors were never
heard Of more.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
" Why. he can charge spring chicken

Why. he can charge spring chicken
prices for it."
Again the candlcr went of into n con
vulsion of laughter. IL was evident
that though he might know stale old
eggs when he saw them, he did moi
know equally stale old jokes when he
heard them.
This egg found resting place among
Others in large bucket. and during the
interview the GAMBLER busted himself in
pointing ont monstrosities in the eggs
which he had thrown aside as worthless.
Very many OF these had really been
laid by hens that were not vel, and all
sorts of peculiarities were visible in the
"friit"
The candlcr's pay is uniformly ten
cents per case of thirty-six dozen, and
an adept at the business can make three
dollars per day easily, and more by
working overtime.
Several other Gambling rooms were
visited, and gamblers of various degrees
Of proficiency were conversed with.
Said one: Eggs are q good deal like
fruit. A damp, foul atmosphere and
extremes of heat or cold affect them as
quickly and as seriously as fine fruit.
The shell of an egg is exceedingly
porus, and when the place of storage is
too warm and dry the albumen evapor-
ates, and when too cold and damp
the egg seems to lose its vitality and
rapidly becomes stale. The porous
shell also admits of absorption, and in
my opinion single rotten egg. the shell
of which happens to be broken
or cracked, will contaminate whole
dozens of eggs in the same case. Any
experienced GAMBLER will, | think, tell
YOU the same thing. The present
system of egg carriage, which was
designed simply to prevent breakage,
has done great deal to improve the
market quality of eggs. They do not
come into contact with each other. and
after they are once packed no amount OF
knocking about viii addle them"
"There does not seem to be much ex-
cuse then for the grocer who sells bad
eggs among good ones?'
"Ihere is no excuse at all. If he
lroa-&s- the niarket price, ceN3and ;a1e buys OF
some reliable commission man, tnc.rae
can be no excuse. The GAMBLER has be-
come necessity to the egg trade, and
ii he is a competent m&n at his business
he can read an egg as you would
book. Gambling costs but ten cents
case Of thirty-siX dozen; now what ex-
cuse Can there be for the merchant who
refuses to have his eggs candled? He
is dishonest, and means to sell rotten
eggs, and grocers should avoid him as
they would any other swindler."
Just then an order came in for one
dozen cases for the New York market.
and the candler was obliged to quit talk
ing and go to work. = Chicago Tribune
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
Rough Lesson to Bank Depositor.

A practical lesson was taught to a
bank depositor few days ago in the
Queen street branch of the Dominion
Bank. 1t appears he called to deposit
about $1,000, which he laid on the
counter, and then turned round to speak
to an acquaintance. On again facing
the counter the money was gone, and
CONSERVATION reigned supreme. The
depositor accused a painter, who was at
work near the counter, of abstraeting
the money, and threatened to call in
Constable if it were not at once given
up. While proceeding TO carry out his
threat he happened to look toward the
counter. and TO his amazement he saw
the missing package of money lying in
the exact spot where he had laid it.
One of the bank officials explained the
mystery by stating that on entering the
Office from back room, and seeing the
money so carelessly displayed, he picked
it up and carried it away to teach the
depositor lesson, to be more careful
in the future, and then quietly returned
it. An apology was rendered the ac-
cused painter, and all unpleasantness
was removed. - Toronto (Can.) Mail.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
A Characteristic Of American Life.

In the summer of 1886 a barefooted
boy was ON his way to Honesdale, Pa.
walking the tow-path of the Delaware
and Hudson canal. When four miles
from Port Jervis, and still forty miles
from his destination, he was oyertaken
by a canal boat. He was asked to Jump
aboard the boat and ride, which he did.
On the boat was q Scotch family, Just
landed in America, who were ON their
way to the Pennsylvania coal fields.
One of its members was boy the same
age of the young pedestrian, eleven
years. A strong friendship grew up be-
tween the two boys by the time they
reached Honesdale. The Scotch family
went ON to Carbondale, the center of the
Lackawanna coal field. The boy who
had been given the ride in the boat OBJ
tanned employment on the canal. His
friend, the Scotch boy. worked in ths
mines for a short time as mule boy.
Both he and the former barefoot boy
rose In the eompany's service. The
Scotch boy of forty-si years ago is
Thomas Dickson, President OF the Della
ware and Hudson Canal Company. His
friend, the other boy, is Col. +. Young.
General Manager of the company, and
President OF its Albany and Susquehanna
railroad system.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
THE POT OF GOLD.

Elder Boyd, though very good man
in the main, and looked up to with re-
spect by all the inhabitants of the viii
lage of Oidville, was rumored to have,
in Yankee parlance, pretty sharp look
out for the main chance. popularity
from which elders are not always ex-
empt.
In worldly matters he was decidedly
well-to-do, having inherited fine farm
from his father, which was growing
y,arly more and more valuable. It
might be supposed that under these
circumstances the elder, who was fully
able to do so, would have found help
mate to share his house and name
But the elder was wary. Matrimony
was to him, in some measure, a matter
of money, and it was his firm resolve
not to marry unless he could thereby
enchance his worldly prosperity. Un-
happily, the little village of Oldyille and
the towns in the immediate vicinity con.
tanned few who were qualified in the inn
portant particular, and of those there
were probably none with whom the ell
der's suit would have prospered. So it
happened that year after year passed
away, until Elder Boyd was in the
prime of life-forty -four, or thereabouts
land still unmarried, and likely to
remain SO. But in all human
calculation of this kind, they reckon i'll
who leave widows out.
Elder Boyd's nearest neighbor was a
widow. -
The Widow Hayes who had passed
through matrimonial experience, was
some four years younger than Elder
Boyd. She was still a buxom, comely
woman, as widows are apt to be.
Unfortunately the late MIR. Hayes had
not been able to leave her sufficient 10
make her independent of the world. All
that she possessed was the small. old.
fashioned house in which she lived. and
q small amount OF money, which was in.
sufficient to support her and little SON
of g. likewise to be enumerated in the
schedule Of her property, though hardly
to be classed as productive of any
thing but mischief.
The widow was therefore obliged &c
take care of three boarders to exc out
her scanty income, which, of course. i'm
posed upon her considerable labor and
anxiety.
Is it surprising that under these cir
cumstances she should now and thef
have bethought herself Of second mar
riage as method Of pettering her con
t7ition? Or again, need we esteem IL /
; special wonder If, in her reflection
upon this point, she should have cast hel
eyes upon her next neighbor, Eide
BOYD /? The elder, as we have alread,
said, was In hourishing circumstances
He would be able to maintain wife il
great comfort, and, being one Of tn.
chief personages il the village, could 40
cord her . prominent social posi
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01

An engine ran away ON the Elevated
Railroad the other day, and went whizz-
ing by with the train past two or three
stations, when it was checked by the
brakes Just before coming into collision
with train Immediately ahead of it.
Another engineer said such thing was
impossible if the engineer understood
his business, but add d, if il did occur
and the brakes did not stop the train, it
would run into the train ahead of it at
twenty miles an hour, with consequences
which could be imagined. IN Y Her
qh
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01

1t is the Troy On. W Times that
tells this faneiful story ":A North Adj
ans man, member of the theatrical
profession. is reported to have fallen
heir to $50, 900 in rather romantic
fashion. A pretty Young lady, the
daughter of New York banker, sud.
denly, by marriage in the family, be-
came the aunt of the actor. She fe,l in
love with her relative, but the relation
ship acted as a barrier to matrimony.
Recently she died of broken heart and
bequeathed $50, 600 to the object OF her
affections"
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
A French widow was very indignan

"A French widow was very indignant
because the railroad company did not
pay her any more than they paid the
widow of another man who had also
been killed by railroad train. The
railroad officials said that the two men
came to their death under similar cir
cumstances. so, that's all very well as
matter of talk" said the widow, .'but as
a matter of fact my husband was killed
by the lightning express, while her man
was run over by way freight train.
Detroit Free Press
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-03-01
-Yictol Hngo saws Franse. Italy an

Victor Hugo says Franse, Italy and
Spain are destined to be the representa-
tiyes of civilization. The Turks are to
be driven out of Europe. The twentieth
century viii see all Africa civilized by
means Of the Mediterranean powers,
including England, owing to her posses
sions in Gibraltar. As for the English
campaign in Egypt, that il ssonly a
transitory inc c:dent, repugnant episode
of modern history"