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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-12
Temperance Items.

SOME English insurance companies
charge twenty per cent. less premium
to total abstainers than to moderate
| drinkers. This is the result of an eXpe-
rience with high death rates among the
latter class.
The Wisconsin Central Railroad
Company have sent letters to each and
every agent and employe on the line
strictly forbidding the use of any alco-
hOlic beverages, wine and beer. All
| honor to General Manager Finney, who
has promulgated this total-ab abstinence
doctrine so practically Union Signal.
GERMANY's appetite for spirits grows
apace. In 1872, 3,442, 270 hectoliters of
spirituous liquors were consumed and
only two years later 4, 1913 Cos hectoliters.
The 1856 whisky distilleries of Prussia
used up q whole potato crop in four
years and whole rye CROP in twelve
years. Among the lunatics twenty-five
per cent are drinkers, and in one Rus
sian institution eighty-six per cent. were
such.
DOES everybody known that The Can
adam Pacific Railway has a section
reaching over the entire broad domain
of the Northwest Territory without q
single dram shop "on the line?" Do
people generally know that prohibition
prohibits on that railway to the extent
that relocated officer in Her Maiesty's
service enters every train that crosses
the border and examines the passengers
| baggage and remorselessly seizes every
drop of liquor that he finds, even to the
half-emptied flask of the traveller? Will
anybody say this is tyrannical interfer-
ence? Then so is the Customs service
of every land. Does anybody declare
it understandable? Let the peaceful
condition of society rebut the charge,
and the fact that in this region of saw
ages and savage depredations not a
white man has been killed by Indians
since the policy was adopted. The rail
way officials also testify to its benefi-
cence in the construction and maintain
ance of the road. Union Signal.
A WRITER in the Union Signal says:
81 don't like to give rumors from the
wires, but here are two so good that
they ought to be true. One says that
Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky,
when he was installed in his Office, de-
termined he would not touch alcohol in
any form while in Office, and when he
had retired said he had kept his deter
mination. The other lis that Governor
Robinson, of Massachusetts, when
member of the Special Committee on
the Improvement of the Mississippi
River, secured vote at the first meet
ing by which the Sergeant-at-Arms was
ordered not to furnish any liquors. For
once such trip was made in which
there was no intoxication and no scam
dial. The cities of Memphis, Helena,
Natchez and New Orleans rendered
great dinners. At his suggestion they
were declined, and the time given to
visiting the improvements which the
Government was making. If true, and
| am inclined to think they are, these
items speak brave word for the effect
of Temperance effort
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-12
Cultivate Cheerfulness.

Whatever the decision may cost you,
having once decided to do thing, do
it cheerfully.
Favors grudgingly granted are only
half favors after all, fer which we
never can feel quite grateful; a kind re-
fusal is less embarrassing.
The chances in life, the good chances,
are three to one in favor of the one
who is able to meet his fate with cheer
fulness.
The master learns to love and trust
the cheerful servant; the servant loves
the cheerful master, and if it should
fall to your lot to fill the servants
place, better go smilingly to the task
allotted you. If it be an easy one you
have no cause to grumble and com
plain. If it be an onerous
one, sullen looks and muttered
eNecrations will not make it little the
easier. If you are fretful, fault-iind-
ing, unfaithful servant, you would prob
ably be a worse master, for cheerful
ness is not the inseperable adjunct of
wealth or high station, but may be
found quite rs often, much more often
in fact, among the poor and the lowly.
One countenance constantly wearing
the frown of displeasure or look OF
''brooding melancholy is enough to
cast a gloom over the happiest family
circle; even u foolish cat which refuses
to purr at the stroke OF friendly hand
gives one Affecting of disagreeableness.
No matter how hard our lot in life
may be, it is foolishly wrong to be al
ways grumbling and complaining about
it, for the simple reason that we are
not benefited by it, while it renders us
disagreeable to all with whom come
in contact, and destroys in in
iluence for good which alwa com
panies cheerfulness. Mrs. II. Chute,
IN 81. Louis .NaGGzi77e.
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passing. and maid servant came out
on the doorstep and looked up and
down the street. Before she had per-
ceived him, Bill had coolly placed the
bag in her hands, and was preparing to
hurry away.
"Hi!'' exclaimed the girl. ''What is
this?"
''For your MASTER" answered Bill,
over his shoulder
81 amt got no master. Hi! stopw
cried the girl, raising her voice as he
vanished.
81 say, mate, somebody's calling of
youI" said an officious errand boy, as
Bill plunged across the road.
Eli! Stop there! You're wantedr'
cried another passer-by, in stentorian
tones.
There seemed to his excited imagin-
alton a general disposition on the part
of the by-standers to impede his flight,
and he hastily concluded that it would
be wiser to yield to the hue and cry.
He would stick to his story that he had
been told to leave the bag at that par
ticular house, and he probably would
succeed in making the girl believe him..
With this object he retraced his steps,
gathering assurance as he walked but,
as ill-luck would have il, who should
stroll up at the same moment but his
vigilant enemy, the constable.
"Hi! You've made mistake. This
doesn't belong here. There is no name
ON it, said the girl, as he approached.
"What is the matter?" inquired the
constable, in casual way.
so! nothing. I've made mistake,
| suppose, as the young lady says SO, -
answered Bill, hastily.
He mechanically held out his hand
for the bag as he spoke, but failed to
grasp the handle, and it fell through
his fingers on to the ground. Bill
started back in CONSERVATION, fearing
his last moment had come, and stimuli
taneously he felt himself collared by the
constable
"Hullo! young fellow. What does
this mean?" exclaimed the officer.
Bill, who had closed his eyes in an
agony of apprehension, ventured to
open them again, and perceived that
the shock of the fall had burst open the
bag, the contents Of which were scat
tered upon the doorstep. To his amaze
ment, they consisted of a miscellaneous
collection of silver plate and iewelry,
which made quite an imposing display
The articles had evidently been bun
died unceremoniously into the bag, and
were, no doubt, the proceeds of some
recent robbery.
The constable naturally concluded
that it was his duty to escort Bill to the
nearest police station to make the nee
essary explanations. During the jour
ney, Bits reflections inclined to bitter
ness as he realized how foolishly he had
abandoned a rich prize. The metallic
rattle which had startled him had been
due to careless packing, and, altogether,
he perceived that he had fallen vic
tim to a senseless scare. Needless to
say, his ingenious story Of having re-
ceived the bag from nameless
stranger was not considered satisfac-
tory, and as the valuables were identi-
fed by a pawnbroker in the Strand,
whose premises had been burglariously
entered during the evening, Bill re-
ceived the full credit OF the transaction
and was rewarded accordingly.
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London Gin Palaces.

More than one-fourth of the earnings
of the denizens of the slums goes over
the bars of the public houses and gin
palaces. To study the dark phase of
this burning question let us take the
districts from which have drawn the
facts and figures | have submitted to
your readers in previous articles. .
On q Saturday night in the great
thoroughfare adjacent there are three
corner public houses which take as
much money as the whole of the other
shops on both sides of the way put to-
gether. Butchers, bakers, green-gro-
GERS, clothiers, furniture dealers, all the
caterers for the wants of the populace,
are open till late hour; there are hun
dreds of them trading round and about,
but the whole lot do not take as much
money as three publicans--th is fact
ghastly enough in all conscience. Enter
the public houses and you will see them
crammed. Here are artisans and la
borers drinking away the wages that
ought to clothe their little ones.
Here are the women squandering
the money that would purchase
food for the lack of which their
children are dying. One group rivets
the eye of an observer at once. 1t con-
sists of an old gray-haired dame, u
woman of forty, and girl of about
nineteen with baby in her arms. All
these are in state which is best de-
scrbed as 'maudl.n'-they have fin
ished ole lot of gin, and the youngest
woman Is ordering another round. 1t
is a great randmother, grandmother,
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RothchiId,s Wonderful Orchid.

French horticulturists are at present
greatly interested in plant at one of
NJ. de Rothchild's celebrated hothouses
at Ferrieres, near Paris. Perhaps the
strangest of the strange family of or
chids, Vanda Lori, was discovered by
ii. Low in 1917, in the hot, damp forests
of Borneo, where it climbed to the top
of the highest trees. Its long leaves,
which not rarely measured yard or
more ia length, appear small if COM
pared with the length of the clusters of
buds, which reach length of three
yards. Each cluster-of which there
are at present eleven in full flower at
Ferrieres $50 buds, all flow
ering at the same time, which are so
different in appearance that side by side
they may be easily taken for distinct
species. The plant was bought in 1876
for large sum of money, but at present
it is considered worth $4,000. it is re-
ported from Italy that in the garden of
Marquis Corsi Salviati, in Sesto Flor
iento, the Vdlsda Lori is also at pres
ent in flower, which is the first time it
has ever lowered in Italy.--PaU Mall
Gazette.
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WOMAN.

Dear womanl Strange it is that she
Such opposites Involves;
And very deep man must be
Who that enigma solves.
Just view her as she, smiling, stands;
A paradox is there;
Look at her soft and dimpled hands
Yet how she. bangs her hair!
How woman stndies to unite
Economy with taste;
But spite of that, you'll find I'm right,
She loves a little waist.
In such soft srms there seems to be
just strength to WELD a fan;
But still you'll find how thoroughly
She shakes poor young man.
Her unassuming modesIy
The mind with wonder fills3
But then just see how easily
She puts on lots of frills.
But womans heart is kind and warm
Her faults are trivial, small;
Her beauty lends to all a charm
Her love atones for all.
I'm. j. C. Taylor, in ". Y. SM
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"A pair of knitted socks two thou
sand years old has been discovered in an
Egyptian tomb. They are loosely knit
OF fine Sleeps wool, and the foot is fin
ished in two parts to allow the sandal
strap to pass between them. - Gbjcag0
Inter Oceafs.
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"A Maryland negro, born with two
teeth, has never had any more.-Baltj-
more SuR.
The state journal., 1884-12-06

WHEN We look back over the cam
paign and think how vigorously the
people demanded Mr.. Blaine as the
peoples candidate, it does appear as
though the heads of few politicians
contained more horse sense than all
the people. Among the men who
almost went crazy over Mr.. Blaine,
was Congressman Bayne, of this
State. SO afraid was he that the
Pennsylvania delegation would not
be solid for Blaine, that he assumed
control of the State convention and
got everything his heart desired. We
know of large number of these rabid
Blaine men who are as badly disap-
pointed at his defeat as Mr. Blaine Is.
A singular fact about these men who
were SO DESTROYS for Mr.. Blaine's
nomination that they would not trust
a coIored man to the State conVen-
ton. Chickens sometimes come
home to roost.
The state journal., 1884-12-06

Mr.. CLEVELAND has been speaking
in very re- assuring manner to the
colored people, giving them every
encouragement as to the kindly feel
ing of the administration toward
them. For this Mr. Cleveland de-
serves the respect Of the colOred
people. But while feeling grateful to
all Democrats of his way of thinking,
what is to be done with those who
always have and perhaps always will
differ from him? The mass of the
Democratic party in the South believe
almost divinely that this is a white
mans Government, and they boast
that the Democratic party is a white
mans party. Now that that party is
in control, will they not take adyan-
tage of an excellent opportunity to
consecrate their belief? We are
ever hopeful, and trust that the better
thinking men of the party, led by
Governor Cleveland, will be able to
control the riff raft.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
PRESS COMMENTS.
Past and Future.

Past and Future.
Savannah, Georgia, Echo.
True, the Republican party freed
the slave and fought and legislated
that he be considered legal Ameri-
can man of inalienable rights. If the
Democratic President and his party
will by both words and deeds mani
fest this same American consideration
for this particular ward of the Nation,
much fear and anxiety among our
people will be disarmed and its dis
armament will beget peace and con-
fidence.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
Barnes Bad Luck.

Louisville, Kentucky, Bulletin.
Mrs. Emily Barnes, a colored wo-
man living on Jefferson street, few
doors above Third, while going to
the grocery on Fifth and Green, lost
a pocket-book containing $50 in
money and check on savings bank
for $500. The money lost was the
savings of years, and the woman was
very much troubled over her loss, as
there is very little hope of her recov-
ering the amount in money, but pay
ment has been stopped on the check.
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Will They Do It 2

Detroit Plaindealer.
There is one thing among many
others that the next Democratic Con,
gress can score a good point by CIV
ing their favorable attention, that is
the Blair Educational bill. The South
complains, and justly too, of her ig-
norance, and the consequent jeopardy
in which it places the interests of the
several States; yet they resist with
united effort all plans of an educa-
tional tendency. Let Democratic re-
presentatives show they are willing
to educate the masses by voting for
the Blair bill.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
The Freeman.

The irrepressible and undaunted
T. T. Fortune has made another
grand bow to the journalistic arena
in the shape of paper called The
Freeman. 1t has much the ring of
The Globe, but a little more pro-
found, spirited and logical. 1t has
the proper sound. Fearless in de-
tense of right, and non-sparing in its
criticisms Of injustice and outrages
from whatever source or section. 1t
could scarcely be otherwise under the
entire management of and electric
pen such as is welded by Mr.. For
tune. We are glad that such excel
lent brain power as is possessed by this
young editor is again being exercised
for the good of the many.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
A Safe Prediction.

Exchange.
We advise our brethren to cast out
their fears, and with them a great
deal of their interest in politics, attend
faithfully to your private interests,
and at the close of the coming four
years, beginning 4th of March next,
you will find that a much less num-
Der of our people throughout the
South will have been killed, MANNED
and disturbed than under Republican
administration since reconstruction.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
"Hope On, Hope Ever.

Louisville, Kentucky, Bulletin.
The world will jog along under
Cleveland, and progress will not go
backward. The Democratic party
will try to convince the country, the
colored SIS we'll as the white citizen,
that no great evil has overtaken us,
and will endeavor to shape its policy
SO thst it may perpetuate it's hold
upon the people, which it cannot do
if it institutes any radical reactionary
measures. There is no cause for
alarm. All will end well.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
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The Cause.

The New York Freeman.
We are free to say the Republican
party has been defeated at the polls,
because it departed from those just
maxims Of justice and policy upon
the rigid enforcement of which alone
depends not only the perpetuity OF
partisan power, but of government as
well.
The state journal., 1884-12-06

THE proposition to make Mr.. Blaine
United States Senator from this State,
will not meet with much favor. We
do not believe that Mr.. Blaine will
set up in the huckstering business.
Don Cameron will beyond doubt
succeed himself, Mr.. Thomas Bayne,
and the other Western sore heads, to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
AL Know Il.

Philadelphia Independent.
Between the 'drops," as it were,
the colored man will yet get his dues.
The Republican Press, before the
elections never knew anything about a
Solid South. Mr.. Blaine never knew
anything about it. If they did, it
was never spoken #, except when it
was too late Nov, after the election,
they all know it.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
Brief Review.

For the first time since the eman-
cipation of the colored man he is
brought into full realization of the
fact that the party which has always
been his incorporating enemy will
soon assume control of the Govern
ment. Constrained 10 live under the
flag to which be owes allegiance, feel
Jog it his duty to support to the best
of his knowledge every interest OF
this Government. it would be well to
review the field and see what has
been done by the patty from whose
hands the power has been wrenched,
and the party which has always been
considered our friends.
One of the great results of the
bloody civil struggle was the emanci-
patton of the slaves; following this
was the opportunity given him to
fight for the security OF that freedom.
Closely following this came his cleo
tive franchise, and here he became a
plant and willing tool for the party
then in power, and which had been
through the various stages. He ad-
vanced not only men of his race, but
white men rose into political power
standing upon the shoulders of the
colored man. The South was flooded
with white and black carpet baggers,
who have been, if not directly, indi-
rectly responsible for every drop Of
blood shed in the South since the
war. When Republican President
removed from the polls in the South
the last vistage Of protection, these
carpet-baggers came North, and the
colored men of the South were left to
suffer all Of the hatred which had
been stirred up by their blind support
of the men who had taxed their pro-
perty and freely appropriated to
themselves their money. Now what
ever untenab!e position the colored
man occupies in this country the Re
publican party are responsible for. In
twenty years time his citizenship and
the full enjoyment of all his rights
should be so secure that even Demo
cratic administration could not move
them. Now, what are these people
to do? Those in the South must and
should remain there. 1t is meet that
they should redeem their manhood
upon the soil where it was trampled
out. 1t is right that feeling of Sc
curity should prevail; and inasmuch
as their old enemies are now 10
power, and tie prosecutions of the
colored man is to cease, then Cleve-
lands election is blessing.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
THE STATE JOURNAL
Cleveland is Declared Elected

Cleveland is Declared Elected.
-
Cleveland is declared elected and
the question now as in former years
is, what is to be done with or what is
to become of the Negro? Many con-
lectures have been advanced as to
what course he would pursue, but of
all we think the most inpracticable
is, the holding Of convention TO
send delegates to wait on the Demo
cratic President elect With view of
ascertaining what disposition he pur-
poses making of colored subjects
during his administration. The fact
is if he is accorded all the rights,
privileges and immunities guaranteed
him by the Constitution, there would
be no occasion to seek an expression
as to the disposition to be made Of
him. The Negro, as az American
citizen, should be treated as any ether
class of American people; and in this
particular we must admit that the
Republican party, in whose service
and for whose interest he has labored
and voted. have failed largely ia re-
cognizing this class OF its citizens. If
they gave any recognition it has in
the major been that Of meanials. Of
course the most important appoint
ments which they have attained are
the exception. If, therefore, our
would be friends have so neglected
us, not only in representation, but in
the execution Of the letter and intent
of the constitutional amendments,
what then could he expect from a
party who are avowedly his enemies,
aud because of such belief he has
strenuously opposed their accession to
power. Notwithstanding the Demo
Gratis are those who have disregarded
the rights Of the Negro in most every
instance, and are pointedly charged
with violating the intent Of the con
stitutional amendment by killing and
otherwise maltreating their black
brother, hold that notwithstal ding
this, their accidental triumph may be
freighted with much good. This,
however, is a problem for future SC
luton, as their past record is in con
tra-distinction to such results to this
special people. That the Democracy
was elevated, from whatever cause or
by whatever means, without the will
ing aid of the Negro, is true; but as
to how long they can remain in
power without his willing aid, is to
them and to the country vexatious
question, and any support rendered
in future to Democrats by the Negro,
will depend largely upon the general
treatment to which he may be sub
jected during their regime. There
fore as the ''African' vote is a nucleus
political events in this country must
depend largely upon the direction in
which the major portion Of said vote
is cast, if freely exercised. TO re-
main in power then a conciliatory
course mp st be adopted towards this
people. But since we gave them no
aid we can exact no promises as to
their future course, but being saga
cious and vigilanf they must see the
necessity Of recognition. So to visit
President. elect Cleveland would not
better the condition Of things, as we
at all events are compelled to await
events. In the language of the poet
'let us not look mournfully into the
past, it comes not again. Wisely
improve the present, it is ours, and
60 forward to meet the shad0wy
future without fear, and with brave
and noble hearts,
The state journal., 1884-12-06

THERE are a number of colored
military companies throughout the
country, and especially in Washing.
ton, D. G. We presume they will all
attend Governor Cleyeland's inaugu-
ration on March 4th.
The state journal., 1884-12-06
Incomplete Triumph

Washington Advocate.
Although the triumph Of the Demo
cracy is partial, and by no means COM
plete, it is important, because of the
possibilities and the tendencies than
may follow in the wake of Demo
cratic ascendency.