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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
A Preachers Troubles.

A man bearing very large bunch of
suspenders, the loose ends of which
dangled about as he walked along, was
going up Washington in the neighbor-
hood of School Street. On the same
thOroughfare, coming the other way,
was gentleman who was recognized
to be one of our noted divines-a man
who not only fills his pulpit ably on
Sunday, but is well-known for his good
deeds and uprightness. As he mean
dered about among the passers, he talked
earnestly to himself and emphasized
his sentiments by an occasional gesture
with his right hand. Whether he was
in the midst of the sixthly of his next
Sundays sermon or was only laying
down the law to the wicked politicians
is not known; but it is known that
when he got opposite the man with the
suspenders, in the course of an elabo-
rate gesture he thrust one of his fingers
through buckle of one of the dangling
suspenders, and nearly succeeded in
getting away with the article. That
suspender, however, CHANGED to be
fastened to ring in the mans hand,
and the result was both he and the
ClcE01 Illd1 Ctllc W Il SuNucH oIlitlSuiIl
about the same moment.
40, no you don't-not this time"
said the man with the suspenders.
II beg your pardon" cried the
clergyman, coming in. sit was an
accident"
80, of course, of course" said tn
man with the suspenders. EVERY
thing is always an accident when you
get caught. You're nice looking
man to be going around lifting suspen-
ders, amt your It's Jest such we'll
dressed old reprobates as you that do
all the mischief. But you can't soft
soap me with your beg pardons,' now,
l can tell you; for I've seen you be-
fore"
''Secn me beforen' gasped the minis
ter, looking around upon the gaping
crowd with apprehensive annoyance.
Eyes, sir, I've seen YOU before, ard |
know you of old; and if your face amt
stuck up in every rogues gallery, l
amt q talking. But you struck a snag
when You struck me, now, by thun-
der!''
q 4.But, my dear SIR
20, go long" said the man with
the suspenders, stcrnly. "You amt
going to give me any Of your taAy,
now, don't you forget it, You jest go
right along and keep your mouth shut
and you fellcrs keep your eyes on
your pocket books while he's around.
If | weren't in such a hurry I'd run
him in, dashed if ] wouldn'tn' And
the man with the suspendcrs, giving
the minister a last whitening look,
passed on, swelling with the triumph
of righteous victory over wickcdness.
Boston Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
Evening Amusements.

Roll up piece of paper so that it
shall make a tube as large around as a
two cent piece and as long as your
hand; take this between your thumb
and two fingers of your right hand
hold it to your right eye; place the
other end between the thumb and first
finger of your left hand, holding the
back of the hand toward you; keep
both eyes open, and look at some OBJ
ject about three feet from you, and
there will appear hole right through
your left hand. The effect is very
curious. When you get the tube started
around the room (for, of course, every
one will want to try iD, get your box of
matches and place fifteen of them on
table, making this figure:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
The Lily Of the Valley.

Few plants are more highly priced
than lily of the valley, the flowers of
which are favorites with every one, end
deservedly so, as not only are they de-
liciously fragrant, but they are unri-
vailed for their matchless purity and for
working up into boquets. The COM
mon English kind is very lovely, but, it
is eXcelled by variety from the Cont
nent which has much larger bells and
longer and stouter flower. stalks, and is,
therefore, a most desirable sort to
grow. Those who would have beds of
it, and plenty for forcing another year,
will find the present a good time to
start, as the roots being now on the
move, they may be pulled apart and in
creased to almost any extent. The best
way to begin is to buy the large clumps,
as these consist of numbers of leaf
crowns, each of which may be made
to form separate plants if broken of
with a portion of the large root at
tached. One of the most suitable places
to grow lily of the valley is between
tall rows of apple trees, as it is a plant
that requires shade, it being naturally
found in woods, where its creeping rhi.
zones spread just under the surface of
the ground, after the manner of spear
grass. Besides the requisite shade, an
other thing of great Importance to the
welfare of the lily of the valley is the
rich vegetable matter it is so fond of,
which may be afforded it in the shape
of decomposed leaves and hot-bed ma
nure. and a good dressing of these
should be worked into the soil and well
.r,l i -.
and to plant lily of the valley is to mark
out beds about yard or so wide, throw
out the top three inches of earth, and
then dig in the manure and leaf mold,
when the plants may be laid regularly
over the surface a foot or so apart and
covered by casting the soil over them
that has been laid on one side. To act
as u mulching and as further pro-
lection and nourishment to the plants,
it is good plan to top-dress the, bed
with rotten manure and let it remain
for the summer, by doing which a uni
form degree of moisture is maintained
and the ground kept cool and shaded.
Treated in this way, lily of the valley
grows very strong and develops fine
crowns, and it is only from such as
these that flowers can be had. Plants
that have been used for forcing, al
though not so good as others, need not
be discarded, as they will do for max
ing beds, and should be turned out OF
their pots with as little disturbance as
possible. A capital situation to grow
lily of the valley, where only few are
required, is close along the foot of a
north wall, where, if the ground is pre-
pared after. the manner already de-
scribed, it will be found to do wonder
fully well.-tSt. Louis Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

Already could the heat be felt through
the thin floor, and, as the fire burst
through the wall at the back of the
room, the rush became more furious,
until the teachers were powerless to do
| anything to stay it.
1t seemed to Fred as if he was lifted
directly from his feet by the press of
those around him, and, dimly conscious
that little Alice was somewhere in that
maddened throng he was carried to-
wards the door, unable to do ANYTHING
towards saving her, even had be been
calm enough to think of rescue.
Half an hour passed--thirty terrible
minutes, during which it would have
been impossible for Fred to have told
what he did or said, and then the flames
were under control. All this time the
work of rescuing the tiny ones who had
been trampled down, half suffocated or
bruised by their stronger school-mates,
had been carried on. No one but men
were allowed to enter the burning
building, and Fred stood as close to the
door as possible, waiting until he should
see Alice, but hoping almost against
hope, that she had escaped before the
more terrible rush had been made. His
throat was dry, his tongue parched so
that it was impossible for him 10 speak,
while his eyes burned and smarted with
unshed tears
Then in the arms of the two men he
saw two figures, one of whom he knew
was his sister, because of the dress she
wore, and he ran wildly forward, know
ing, even as he did so that he could not
aid her if she had been in the burning
building uncared for all that time
In the stretchers, hastily prepared
for the little sufferers, Alice was placed,
and then Fred saw that she was closely
locked in the embrace of another. whose
bleeding form told that he had shielded
her at the expense of his own life.
her head had been covered by boys
jacket, and in a moment after it was re-
moved she revived from the swoon,
showing that she at least had escaped
uninjured.
And this other, this boy who had
cared for her without thought of him
self, was none other than little Amos
Patten, sneak and coward, as Fred had
called him. Needless of himself. the
poor cripple had protected the child
with his own body, receiving the blows
from lne IeeU OF MS uerrllleu ScnOOl-
mates, until the life had been crushed
from his deformed frame, and he had
proven that he did not deserve the cpl
thets Fred had so cruelty applied to
him. Brave among the bravest, he had
given his life for hers; but his reward,
as his soul went out from the poor little
mangled body to his Father in Heaven,
was sufficient.
Is 1t necessary to speak of Fred's re-
Enorsep Is it necessary to say that the
mound in the village churcb-yard was
often watered by the tears of the boy
who, when it was too late, would have
suffered anything if, by so doing, he
could have unsaid the cruel wordsP
The remembrance of that mound, and
of him whose body sleeps beneath the
sod, has ever been sufficient to teach
Fred that "he who ruleth his spirit is
better than he who taketh a city, and
when his anger rises within him, he
thinks of brave little Amos, and then
gives the ''soft answer that @'turneth
away wrath. "-Janes OTIS, IN Congre-
gatiOnalist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

Uncle Tom Podgers bought fo, his
pet nieces a couple of rubber dolls that
emit tiny squeak by pressure. and
started for home on a bob-tail car
Suspended by strap with one hand.
and holding the little package in the
other, he accidently squeezed the dolls,
and forth came squeak which seemed
to startle lady comfortably seated in
fur-lined cloak, who looked right and
left, evidently trihe alarmed
Uncle Tom is as mischievous as he
was fifty years ago, and presently there
was another squeak, when the lady
again looked inquiringly and intensely
at her neighbors. A gentleman at her
side deserted the car Just then and IN
Gle Tom dropped into the vacant seat
With the package in the voluminous
folds of the fur-lined cloak there was
soon another squeak and the lady cried
out:
''O!- there's mouse in the CARP
81 thought | heard something" said
portly gentleman wearing bald
head and diamond pin.
81 did hear something" said posi-
tive lady in camel's hair sack.
$50 did II came forth timidly from
under a tangled Jungle of blonde banos.
surmounted with the plumber of several
ostriches.
''Me. also. / have meeself to hear
something" added an old Frenchman
over big basket between his legs.
Uncle Tom leaned forward to look for
the mouse, and the package somehow
I L.
squeak.
''He's under the seat shrieked the
fur-lined lady as she jumped to her
feet
Instantly the starboard side was de-
nuded of passengers. Ladies held their
skirts closely around their ankles and
gentlemen stamped to insure the invio-
liability of their pantaloons Larboard
side people bowed forward to catch pos
sible glimpses of the mouse under the
opposite seat.
Suddenly the car lurched heavily as
she ''broached to- rounding Crosby
Street point. Cargo shifted immedi-
ately. Starboard watched strangely
mixed up with the larboard. Boots and
CATERS knocking each other in the hold,
shins and knees twisted together fur
Their aloft. A seal-skin muff flies from
its gaskets and carries away a Derby
hat. Small child loses her reckoning
and lands in the Frenchman's basket.
Epscopalian mutter calculations that
are not prayers to be used at sea-
"Sacree," shouted the Frenchman.
go, N.Y." cries the fur-lined lady.
OTIS outrageous, declares the posi-
tive camel's hair.
'Its abominable," rolls up a deep
tone from the bottom of the portly mans
breakfast, and voice like a gentle
brooklet murmurs from the jungle of
tangled bangs: ''Its Just too awful for
anything!" Sharp boy down on the
floor calls out: 81 see him! L see him."
Take my cane,n says tall pair of
specs in silk hat and brown kids.
Each vigorous drive of the cane was
followed by corresponding squeak,
until the last terrible stroke-when all
was still The sharp boy reached
cautiously under the seat and pulled
out the butt of a cigar, terribly LAGER
ated.
"What the deuce's the matter ?"
asks a smart, dapper young gentleman
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
For Young Readers.
THE OLD CLOCK.

" What does the old clock say, mamma?"
And Edith climbed the stair,
And stood with face upturned and grave,
And tosSed-back, golden hair.
Tick, took,
Tick, took, ..
All night and day.
But, after all, dear mamma,
What does the old clock say?"
We do not know, little Edith.
Even mamma can't say
What the old clock on the landing
Is telling us every day.
Only a part of its meaning
10 even mamma is clear,
But the tick, took. tick, took,
Has one message for your ear.
1t says: Dear little Edith,
Time marches steadily by;
Don't waste minute of ii
For cross word or a cry.
The tick, took,
Tick took,
is only its marching tune.
Hours Slip by, days slip by,
ANA years from June TO June.
" Fill them with Joy. little Edith;
Fill them with work and play.
Never NOPE, never fret.
And waste the time away;
But let tick, took,
Tick took
A merry march tune be,
And march to il merry round
Of happy industry.
"'Merry play, happy work.
Through days short and long,
VIII show the meaning, rs you march,
or the old clocks song.
Tick, took,
Tick, took,
All day and night,
That is what the old clock says,
If we hear it right
june Andre,ps, in Golden Daus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

Then say to the company, "There
you see five perfect squares, take away
three matches only, and leave three
perfect squares. And now is q good
time to study characters, some will see
it at glance, others look little while,
don't see it, and lose interest in it;
others don't see it, and insist on being
told the solution; Others again don't see
it for some time, but stick to it till they
do find it out. If you want any work
done give it to the latter; they are the
kind you can depend upon. Of course
you see which matches to remove, the
two lower ones on the lower left hand
corner, and the center one on the top
row, leaving figure like this,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
England and the Mahdi.

Admiral Hewett must be instructed
to capture or sink the Mahdi, if he at
tempts to cross the Red Sea. As rule
we regard the eternal panic of English
journals about the spread of Mussul-
man movements into India with a certain
contempt. The dangerous section of
India is the North, and in Northern In
dia the conditions are most unfavora-
BILE to Mussulman insurrection. The
British army lies there, always ready;
the majority of the people are not Mus
sulman, a silent but powerful check;
and the great fighting peoples, Sikhs
and Raipoots, MahrattaS and Goorkhas,
are fanatically Hindoo. They want no
Mussulman lords to kill their COWS and
desecrate their temples, and the Mussul-
mans know that. Mahommedanm move
ments, therefore, usually when they
touch India break into spray; but there
may be one exception to that rule. If
an Arab claiming to be the Mahdi, and
consecrated by victory, were acknowl-
edged in Mecca, we doubt if any con-
siderations whatever would hold in the
Mussulmans of North India, and feel
assured that South India would be al
most instantly in flames. South India
does not matter politically, for it can
always be reduced; but still q move
ment there, which would cost us &C.,
900, 900 and 10,000liv would be con-
siderable disaster. Under the circum-
stances, three words said in Hydrabad
by the boy who has just mounted the
Nizam's throne, would for the moment
terminate British rule south of the
Nerbudda, The Mahdi must not reach
Mecca, and the British Government has,
therefore, to watch his movements,
possibly through the winter, on two
sides at once, with an excited
and angry Egypt to keep in
order the while. We do not
envy the Foreign Secretary his task, but
it must be performed, nevertheless, in
the interest not of Great Britain only,
but the world. -LondOn Spectator. -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

AT Fifth avenue church last Sum
day tramp was present. A reporter
says: His expression seemed to indi-
cate that he thought it incumbent on
him to apologize for being there all,
even in such an inconspicuous position.
He was apparently the only really hard
up man in the whole church. He sat
over a register and an observer was
heard to remark that perhaps his OBJ
ject in visiting the church was as much
to get warm as TO obtain spiritual con-
ISOLATION" Well might Hood write of
the rarity of Christian charity when
so quickly an unfavorable comment is
made if poor wayfarer enters
church. Baptist Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

Orderly Ruckman, from Fort Leaven-
worth, tried to commit suicide recently
because his wife left him in his poverty.
She was of Mormon birth, and he once
walked seven hundred miles to Salt
Lake City to see her.--Denver Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

"A negro convict in Adams, Miss,
sentenced for life, drew eight hundred
dollars pension money the other day for
2 wound in the war,--jSt. Louis Post. d.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

o "A. d. Reyes, of Rice County, Mimi,
declined certificate of election as
County Attorney because he believed
that his competitor had got q majority
of the votes. - Chicago Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

Near FL Paso, Tex, is the abrupt
edge of a mountain range, which is
fully believed to be replete with gold.
Mining operations in that yicinage have
been active for some time past, and
those who have invested their time and
money are very sanguine of success
Chtcaq0s,JoUTNdL INgf .a.Ht r-"ufr1s
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
A California Woman Lawyers Case.

James Ross was called, in Judge Buck
ley's court, to answer a charge of petty
larceny His attorney, Mrs. Laura De
Force Gordon, was not in the courtroom,
and his Honor manifested his annoyance.
Lawyer Budd. explaining that Mrs.
GOrdons mother was i'll, asked for an
adjournment until one p. m.
The Court with acerbity)-The case
must 90 on. If she wants to practice
law she must do as other attorneys do.
Mr.. Budd--As have said, | am all
ways willing to. extend courtesies to
brother-and sister-attorney a de-
lighted litter among the lawyers, but
l don't want to try this ease. If the
court wishes, l will impanel the jury
and telegraph Mrs. Gordon to be here
at half-past one O'Clock.
The Court (breaking into smile)-
Just as like as not she wouldn't be here
then. In military matters, Mr.. Budd.
there is such thing as draft. You,
may telegraph her, and if she is not
here at the proper time l shall draft you
as her substitute.
After the jury had been impaneled
the trial was adjourned to half past one
o'clock. At that hour the Judge. jury,
lawyers, clerk and reporters sat waiting
for Mrs. Gordon. Within twenty sec
onds she swept in, breathless, in u fur
trimmed satin cloak and Gainsbor-
ough hat, with an immense brim and
imposing feather. Both she removed,
and then breathlessly she shook back
her curls, and said she didn't want the
trial to 90 on until an important wit
ness, then missing, had been found.
His Honor, with more directness than
politeness, said that she should have at
tended to business. Mrs Gordon re-
torted that her mothers dangerous i'll
ness had detained her, and she ought
not to be expected to compel the at
tendance of witnesses.
1.-The trial must go on said tho
Court, CURLY.
"Inote an exception" exclaimed The
lady lawyer.
Take your exception" growled His
Honor. And the trial went on.-St0c6-
ton (Cal.) Mail.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

"A Brooklyn man lately advertised
in thesa paper, for female copyist
at salary Of seven dollars week and
a servant girl at twelve dollars month.
To the last advertisement he received
lust one application for the place; for
the other he receiyed-554. Brooklya
Ed0Ie.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
The German Railways.

having three perfect squares Cieci'a.
mutt E1lQMirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

Florida is utilizing convicts on tur-
pentine farms.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

Railroads have been. the bane of
villages along the Ohio. A writer in
the Cleveland Herald says: 'grhe river
is no longer the great avenue of trade,
and as the steamboat disappears before
the railroad these once thriving towns
fall into decay. They retain their status
as towns and villages; they are marked
on the maps; the old settlers remain
from force of habit, but no new corners
settle; they are good towns to move
away from.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
Lime-Kiln Club Notices.


The following notices and greetings
are printed on cloth and hung on the
walls of Paradise HALL Credit am an
enemy to entice you to buy what you
doan' want ''Dar am no danger of
de well Gavin in if you keep on top"
eff life had no sorrows we should grow
tired of hearin' each odder laugh"
"Gray hairs should respect themselves if
dey want to be respected by oddersn
''W lille color has muffin pertickler to
do wild treein' de coon, doan' pay too
much for yaller dog ''He who
Judges the character of a pusson BY his
clothes am buyin' mule by de sound
Of his bray" "De pusson who has no
temptations am one of de biggest sin
ners in de crowd" ''Kind words cos
muffin! OATS de reason so many Of us
am willin' to throw away SIGH heap
of 'em.h ''While honesty am de best
policy, doan' be too fast to express your
candid opinyun of your naybur. :"
"Bumps ON man head may express
his traits of character, but you kin find
out all you want to know about him BY
goin' on one excursion in his company. .
"What we do to-day am dun fur to-
morrer. What we intend to do to-
morrer won't buy meat fur dinner -
Detroit Free Press. G H
Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-22

ever the traders swept in their swift canoes along the rivers, or built their camp fires for the nights biv0uac. On certain occasion something over two hundred years ago, the intendant of Canada, with 8 view to an ex- tension of the French dominions, sent en- voys throughout the west to propose 8 con- gress of the nations at the Sault Ste Marie, than which there can have been few more picturesque assemblies, as the tribes came in hosts in their birchen navies, with merry shouts and shining paddles in all the glitter of savage decoration, and finally gathered on the shore in silent semi-circles (sitting) about 8 group of black-gowned priests, stately braves in snowy turbans and eagle feathers, and French officials in plumed hats and scar- let cloaks, while above all were reared the cross, and 8 column ''marked with the lilies of the B0urbons." Here was feudalism, the flavor of medieval saintship, the galIantry of life of the bourgeois class, all in the heart of the new continent, before Bunker Kill was dreamed of. The French incursion is, how ever, quite as interesting as 8 repetition and epttome of history, for the Latin race bore the cross and heur=ae>lis far bey ond the heavy-footed Saxon, built forts, conoiliated the savages and laid the foundations of an empire and then came the Norsemen, as of old when the south of Europe led the world. Again in the new world the Latin races were to lead, and again all that is left is the poetry and romance of the past, like the perfume of a rich and brilliant flower which fingers long after the substance has passed away but the short route to China has been discovered, the sturdy Norsemen have laid the rails, and the fair dreams of those early days will be more than realized in the new belt of civilization and commerce along the boundary of Canada and the United States.