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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21
Temperance Items.

SOME of the best artillery work done
Canon Farrar, of Westminster Abbey.
He quotes the distinguished statesman,
Golden, as saying that the Temperance
reform is at the foundation of all re-
forms.
LARS OLSEN SMITH, the great ''bran-
dY king OF Sweden, has been convert
ed. and will give up liquor selling. 81
think it is BETTER" he says, Ito use the
money have gained in demoralizing
and poisoning the people in undoing, as
far as possible, the mischief that unwit-
tingly 1 created"
THERE are 800 saloons in Chicago,
or one to every 1873 of our people. The
money spent for liquor IN this city last
year was Sl5,000,000. There were 49,
600 arrested for drunkenness last year,
one-half of ali the arrests made. There
were 5000 girls and women arrested in
1888. Over 5000 of the arrests were
below the age of 20. Think of this ye
women who sit here in your cushion.
under the soft glow of these many lights,
and listening to our sweet music
From Recent Sermon bg Rec. Dr. htt-
tredge.
WHEN a man takes hold of hot
poker we always notice that he has no
inclination to hold on. 1t is different
with hot whisky. Yet both burns, but
mankind seems to think that the scars
outside are worse than the scars in
side. This is want of Judgment. The
hot poker only burns the hand; the no;
whisky burns the body, the brain, the
head, the muscles, the manhood and the
soul. The poker only makes scar on
the hand; hot whisky makes the whole
man scar b!otch. The poker burn
can be healed; the whisky burn is liv7
ing sore. If we are to take hold d
either, give us the hot poker, En-
change.
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A Frank Epitapll.

The following epitaph occurs in The
Champion of the East for January y,
1880, a newspaper which, believe,
was very short lived. Whether it really
exists, or ever existed, on gravestone,
or whether it is but piece of newspa-
per satire, must leave to some Cum
brian reader to inform us:
Copy of a Remarkable Inscription on a Monit-
mont Lately Erected IN HorSleydoWn Church,
Cumberland.
Here lieth the bodies
of THOMAS BOND and MARY, his wife.
She was temperate, chaste and charitable:
But, she was proud, peevish and passionate.
She was an afectionate wife and tender
mother:
But, her husband and child, whom she loved,
seldom saw her countenance without a dis
gushing frown;
Whilst she received visitors whom she deSpiSed
with an endearing smile.
Her behavior was discreet towards strangers;
But, imprudent in her family.
Abroad, her conduct was influenced by good
breeding,
But, at home, by ill-temper.-----y-
She was professed enemy to ilattery,
and was seldom known to praise or commend
But, the talents in which she principally ex-
celled were difference of opinion, and discoy-
ering flaws and imperfections.
She was an admirable economist,
and without prodigalty,
dispensed plenty to every person in her
family;
But, would sacrifice their eyes to a farthing
candle.
She sometimes made her husband happy with
her good qualities;
But, much more frequently miserable with
her many failings;
inasmuch, that, in thirty years cohabitation
he often lamcnted that, maugre
all her virtues,
he had not, in the whole, enjoyed two years of
matrimonial comfort
At length finding she had lost the affections of
her husband,
as well as the regard Of her neighbors,
family disputes having been divulged by SER
wants, she died of veXation July 20, 1868,
aged As years.
Her worn-Out husband survived her four
months and two days,
and departed this life Nov. %, 1868,
in the 54th year of his age.
William Bond, brother to the deceased erected
this stone
AS a WEEKLY MONITOR
to the surviving Wives of this parish,
that they may avoid the infamy
of having their memoirs handed down to pos.
terityNyith Patchwork character
Notes and Queries.
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Alcoholic Consumption.

DR.. Richardson, f. R. S., of England.
was the first to discover that while con-
sumption, in the majority of cases, is
due TO hereditary faint, or to impure
air and bad surroundings. in a certain
proportion of cases it is due solely to
drinking of alcoholic liquors. He
gathered his views from the careful
study of two thousand cases in a hos
pital of which he was the physician
This discovery published by him in
1864 has been confirmed by other OBJ
servers since.
The victims are in middle life, of
great natural endurance, often models
OF organic symmetry and power, and
active in mind and body. The very
perfection of their organization makes
them feel wholly safe their indul-
gence. They can drink hard, they are
not in the ordinary sense, drunkards.
They look the pictureo of manly strength
and robust health. Says DR.. Richard.
son: ''More than half of those whom
have seen stricken down with alco-
hollc phthisis have said that they never
had days illness in their lives, but
when closely questioned it was found
that none had recently been quite we'll"
The ailments, however, were such as
the alcohol had already induced, an adj
ditional quantity of which had seemed
to set them right again.
The countenance of the alcoholic
consumptive differs as much from the
ordinary consumptive, as it does from
that of the confirmed sot His face to
the last seems full of ho"ltl4. Gs-ys- 49,
authority: Il remember being actually
taken aback on finding, in a man who
seemed from his face in perfect health,
a complete destruction of the lungs"
The disease is often developed after
the person had for some time aban-
doned excessive indulgence-a point
having been reached in which the ex-
creting organs had exhausted their
power to eliminate the poison from the
system, and as a consequence, the de-
sire for the liquor had largely ceased.
The symptoms of the approaching
consumption are pains in the side; then
real pleurisy; after that, difficulty of
filling the chest with air, the lungs
having grown to the side; and at
length, hemorrhage of the lungs, the
walls of the engorged blood-vessels
giving way. The result is often fatal
-YoutbS Companion.
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Temperance Reading.
CHARLIE'iS STORY OF THE FAM
lily PLEDGE.

The family pledge hung on the wall,
-, And on it you could see
Inc names of mamma, Mary Jane,
And Cnarlie-that is me.
We didn't dare to ask papa
10 write upon it, too,
80 left a space for him to fill;
twas all we dared to do.
He saw the pledge as soon as he
came in the door that night;
ANA when we saw him reading 1t
IL put us in fright.
He didn't say a word to us
About the pledge at ALL
But oft l saw him look at it
While hanging on the wall.
And every night when he came home.
he stopped and read it through:
We all kept still about those words,
Although we knew them true.
-Four weeks had passed, and then one night,
When pa came home to tea,
he TOOK the pledge down from its nail,
AND then he turned to me:
go get the pen and ink, my boy,
And let me fill that space,
IL LOOKS so bare" he slowly said,
queer look on his face.
And then mamma sat down and cried,
tShe said it was for joy,
And Mary Jane she cried some, too,
didn't-Tm boy.
But papa says he did not drink
since that first night when we
Had hung that pledge upon the wall
Nnere ne our names could see.
And ever since that space was filled,
Mamma said just tonight,
Though dark may be our little room,
Our corner now is light.
"A IL. Hutchinson, in Union Signal.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-SGredit is like a looking glass,
which, when only sullied by breath,
may be wiped clear again, but if once
cracked can never be repaired. Scott.
1t was young wife who, travelling
with her son, an infant, wrote to her
husband as follows: "We are doing
frstrate, and enjoying ourselves very
much. We are in fine health. The
loy can crawl about on all-fours.
Hoping that the same may be said of
you, L remain, etc, Fanny. "-G0lden
Days.
First Cabman - What did you
charge that stranger for driving him
round the corner to the hotel? Second
Cabman i charged S4.97. "S4.97?
That is a queer figure. Why didn't
YOU make it an even $5?" because
s4.97 was all he had. - Philadelphia
Call.
-Fipps, who has been lunching with
friend upon frogs legs. Everything
YOU see is of some use in this world,
even the frog" Friend, who is dispu-
tatious: 81 don't agree with you. OF
what use is the mosquito to us?" Fipps:
sAh, my dear fellow, you take wrong
view of things. Just think how useful
we are to the mosquito. "-B0Ston Ga
zette.
"A man in a train was heard to
groan so frightfully that the passengers
took pity on him, and one of them gave
him drink out of flask. "Do you
feel better?" asked the giver. 81 do, "
said he who had groaned. "What
allied you?" called me?" "Yes;
what made you groan sop "Groan!
Great land of freedom. Twas singh
-Ercbange.
VIM. Ulrich, q twelve-yea
Philadelphian, loaded up with a toni
hawk and half loaf of rye bread, started
recentlv to -obliterate the red men of
The West. The good luck that so often
attends the imperiled red men came
again to their rescue, and the savage
youth was found crying in a Philadel-
phia hallway, hungry, ragged, footsore
and yowling for ma. The Indians are
still on our hands.-Detro1 Post.
-'In what sense is the term goose
egg used, George, in connection with
base ball?" "Goose egg! 1t means
nothing, Angelina. That is to say it
means a cipher. The player who fail S
to score anything is said to have made
a goose egg" "How funny! | thought
it meant something entirely different. "
Indeed; what was your idea of it?" 81
thought it might be an egg laid by
some of the fouls of the game. Lou
ISviIte COurier-JournaL.
Elizabeth is Buffalo girl about
eight years old. When asked how far
she had got in her geography lessons
the little woman said: 1--WE are in the
Alps now. And what do you Think
The girls there wear short red skirts
and sort of green jacket laced in front
and behind, with pulled sleeves. Idon't
just remember what kind of stockings
they wear, but think they are blue. "
"Wellr' exclaimed the paralyzed parent
when she could recover her breath,
"but where are the Alps, childP"
don't know" was the artless response
''lt doesn't say anything about that!'
-BaeGa4o Commercial.
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s'DOn't"-Wake Him Early.

A correspondent of the N. Y. Morn
ing J0urNat having asked it to give its
opinion whether a little boy six years of
age should be allowed to sleep until
eight o'clock every morning, that pa
per thoughtlessly replies, ''Wake him
early" If this advice is followed by
all the readers of widely circulated
newspaper it is liable to do good deal
of harm. If the boy sleeps until eight
O'Clock because he does not 90 to bed
until ten or later, the remedy lies not
in waking him early, but putting him
to sleep early. If he goes to bed early
and sleeps late, the fact alone is reason
enough for not waking him.
A great deal of harm may be dolS
by applying to growing children the
term of "early to rise, ''rising with the
sum-" etc. In old times when artificial
light was scarce and dear, and many
people were obliged to go to bed with
the fowls, lying abed in the morning
was sign of laziness. This tradition
has come down with so much force
that many still count it virtue to cut
short the sleep of young children;
whereas sleep may be absolutely neces-
cessary to their health and develop
ment.
If boy who does not sit up late
sleeps until eight o'clock, it is sign
that he needs more sleep than most
boys; and it is too sweeping, as it is
cruel, to say awake him early" A
parent has no more right to starve q
child of sleep than of food not as
much, in fact, because child is often
in danger of eating too much, but sell
dom in danger of sleeping too much;
certainly not when his sleep is part
of his regular nights slumber.
trOI Free Press.
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With love to Samuella, upon whom he seem.
inclined to look with favor, and kind remen-
ORANGES to the rest, L am yours faithfully,
TOM
And not very long after the reception
of this letter Uncle Sam made his APP
pearanee. He aOdS 'peculiar-looking,"
to use favorite remark of one of our
Oldest citizens, "with vengeance"
His head was bald in spots, as though
the hair had been pulled out by great
handfuls, and his face was all awry.
Add to this the expression of an ogre,
and you will not wonder that the chill
dren, who had been hastily dressed at
news of his approach, were as hastily
Withdrawn to the kitchen when he ar
rived. Poor little darlings, we gotthem
away just in time, for their lips had be-
gun to culver and their eyes to grow
big with frightened surprise. "They
will get used to him by degrees" whis-
pered my mother, as l gave each of
them q reassuring kiss. Sand now,
Ella dear, go back and do your best to,
entertain him unity our father comesiug
while set about the dinner"
returned to the parlor. sat down
opposite our visitor. [ found dread
full fascination in his unsymmetrical
face. could not remove my eyes from
it. essayed to speak, but before my
mouth was fairly open Uncle Sam bent
his shaggy brows and growled: "And
so you're Sam, are you? And what
do you see that you stare in that wayP'
And then the spirit of that First
Reader, in spite of all that 1 could do to
resist it, took complete possession of mes
replied slowly and distinctly; 81 g,as
q man; he is queer looking mani he
has crooked nose; he has crooked
mouth; he has crooked chin; ne has
crooked eyes; he has an awful scowl;
he is rich man. am poorgirl. !
would rather be a pretty poor girl than
q rich crooked man."
And that was the last of GU, expecta-
tions from Uncle Sam. lie arose,
Numbered forth some words which
can not repeat, broke all the mantel or
naments at one fell swoop, and left the
house never to return again.
I'll just add, to whom it may con-
cern, that soon after the hopes of
fortune from my godfather were thus
destroyed, my engagement to Matt
Brewster was broken and that young
gentleman married Nettie Haley.
AS for me, l was ''lucky" enough to
become the happy wife of John Erick-
son. And our First Reader proved
perfect success. Mdrgaret Eyttnge, IN
HnrDeT'S JYeekLU.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

president White expresses the
,ptlion that present college life is an
nProvement upon that of fifteen years
Syracuse m ~ Journal.
Rev. Phillips Brooks says that his
,eIent tour through India has led him
dpelleye with great faith and earnest
al E In the general work of foreign mis-
EThe Boston Wdtchnaan SAYS that
dthln the last nine years nearly eight
hIndred churches have been burned in
Anerlca, mostly through defective heat
liz apparatus.
EJoseph Cook has an alarm clock
d his desk on the Boston platform, to
wrn him when to end his prelude and
tasln his lecture, when to break off for
fell an lnterlude, when to resume his
lAEure, and when to conclude the
ne Recommendation Herald.
The Moravians have Just been Gel
eraung their 427th anniversary. This
raves the Edinburgh tercentenary far
il eNe rear. The Moravians claim to
bSSthe Oldest Protestant sect in Christen-
en-. They are able to 60 back to the
Ssar 1857. O''0 ~ 'n0
i-'Our observation isn cav tho
tethodlst bishops in their quadrennial
.paress, "that where the ministry is
ply and aggressive, the churches
fosper, whether in our rural districts
q IN our cities; but when men remain
ID Inc ministry simply to retain DO
W 49, &C., to receive support, and me-
ally perform rng uurrys ;i' u uf1cte,
our cArches fail"
there is no class of workman in
the country" says the New York Jour-
nal OF Commerce, $50 miserably fed,
clothed and paid as the clergy. There
is no eass of men to whom others,
high orlow, rich or poor, faithful or
unbelieers, so Uniformly go, and from
whom hey unitormly receive help in
physicalas we'll a, mental suffering and
need"
"A misal or mass book printed in
Antwerp a 1910 is il use at the chapel
attached b Carmelvood, the priests
residence, near Upper Marlborough,
Va. The ype is clear and beautiful,
the paper still fresh and of the best
texture, an, the wood cuts, represent
ing the vgious events in the life of
Christ, are wonderfully choice and ar
tistic. The book is supposed to have
been brought over by some one of the
early Cath'lic settlers in Maryland.
The pople who believe that the
English ar the long-lost tribes of Is
rael, are c,llecting money for what is
known as he Tara Trust Fund, estab-
lished not only to look after the lost
tribes, but5o excavate the Tara Mount,
County Meth, Ireland, in the hope of
discovering buried therein the deeds
that were gwen to the Prophet Jere-
miah whenle purchased the land of
Palestine. Hr. Spurgeon recently took
this subject for his sermon, and de-
clared that the fiction of the lost ten
tribes has no warrant in Scripture.
There wer no tribes lost, hence there
are no sue persons yet to be discov-
cred. Neither are we the descendants
of those tibes. We are Gentiles, and
the Jews jo-day are themselves the de-
scendant of the tribes mentioned in
holy wrt.-Detr0G Post.
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GLANCED AROUND.

"Why are you here, my little lad?"
Said man in a bustling town.
81 am selling papers, sir" twas said,
And my name is Jamie Brown"
"Where do you live, my little lad,
With your locks so crisply curled?"
81 have no home'-the voice was sad
Excepting the wide wide world"
"Have you no friends by blood allied.
No mother. kind and true?"
"No mother or friends" the child replied,
With his hazel eyes adew.
"Where do you sleep, my little lad,
When your papers are not soldY'
SIN hooks and corners, wherever can,
cuddle up from the cold"
'Whenever it happens you earn no dinner,
What do you do for breadE"
81 live in hopes of better times, .--..
And go without" he said.
"What is your age? my little lad,
You look like boy of mine,
Who went on a journey past the stars
Said the urchin, 81 am nine"
''Do you try to be good? my little lad,
Own truthfully unto me-"
81 am sorry, sir, | am sometimes bad,
But do not mean to be-"
''Will you come with me- my little lad,
To my warm and pleasant hearth?'
81 will go with you" the child replied,
wherever you wish, on earth"
Together they left the wind-swept street,
And entered doorway, where
A woman watched with gentle face,
And CLINT of gold in her hair.
"You have brought the child" she softly said
HE will fill our lives with joy;
We can love with a tender love the dead,
Yet cherish the orphan boy"
And a kiss like the touch of rose-leaf light
Was pressed on the lone lads brow,
And he Sobbingly cried: "If angels bright
Can ever look here, just now,
81 pray my mother her child can see,
And hope that yours she's found,
And that both of them know that mother
and boys
Have been only changed around"
And there was flash and dash of tears,
And wave of 'kerchiefs white,
And the little newsboy had home
In the hearts of love that night
And if others could only know the joy
That in kindly deeds is found,
Full many an orphan girl and boy
Would be quickly changed around"
Mrs. g. W. White, in Cleveland Leader.
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Probably the largest sum of money
ever realized from single whale is
that which the crew of the Lizzie p.
Simmons, of New London, Conn, have
received for their latest capture. The
exact returns of the sale are as follows;
From whalebone, $l2, 230; oil, $780,
totai, $45, Boston Herald.
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THEY who abstain from strong drinks
of all kinds are not only amongst the
most industrious and useful, but are
also amongst the healthiest and the
happiest of mankind. Richardson.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-04-25

Hushl ~ bafy Glan1e alone
Holi yonr ososeh nnl watch ner;
Nov she tnkee : e1ep-jo>( one
Never s;ss:-, az, a:. eth ''' s PC
os sss s. ss-as ~ 's3 ss1. slne..
Trcnblins. ssonnains. crying.
Precious habyi - oncc mors-
Tiny frct n1<ancIuE.
I.istlc arms ssresched out bcforc.
rn r'shs sss. srw;s va sH '.rS's< sm,e
~ ~ dsriinr bccken<
solsly coaxIn< baby. vhile
Her ursf steps she rcckon>:
one. Two. shrcc oh: she viii walk
Now. before uc know n:
Hear Der s.ect-yoiccd oaoy-eAik'
rrsssiins' goas'lss. there shs soc.
stepping % - proudly
Turning II her unsanxht toes
rlcascd-skcn laughing loudly.
firs exploit o. rclf-consent;
Nov she's growing holder.
s;t nm az ss ssr Se9f Sos sr on'pent
shc - presses - advance
IL her baby -leorninx-
Pulls so--Ah. b. what mIscbanco
u this overtuFningy
There lIcs baby On thc fIoor.
SPRAYING. rolling. ecrcAmInR!
ArC lile's nr<f attempts % p0orf
baby wos but dreaming
when che FEN % bold and strong:
GledIy now she's clIpEin4
To The one whose soothing song
Dack her smile i bringing.
Hurts are cured By mamma's kiss-
HrnSc again - ever.
Scc. me p.ucky LifxIc miss
Makes her b(st endcavors
walks riRhf o1-thc darling pcf-
HUSH nov % cnre1< her.
Come What vii Of Gr1f steps Jet.
All rood angels 1Ics< her.
--Elizdb<;h G. kina<D, = g. ftcho'a'
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A melancholy vail goes Up from the
Republican press Of the country over
the defeat u Nr. Pendlefon in the Ohio
Senatorial contest He i pointed
out - : Democratic sacrifice % the
glorious principles Of Civil Service ke-
form- The selection q Payne & ascribed
% corruption and the power q monop-
oily. One o. two Republican organs
have gone - far - % express doubt
o. the ability of che American Repub-
lie 20 survive such > blow. We find
these sd words il the Troy Times:
Ire choice % Mr.. Payne - senator From
Ohio 4 ONE ~ the xrc4tes< scandals ever -
sc:oPei 4 she pciiricaI history p -.e cnun-
rp.vlt q &c politic.i Organization q which y
bcIonx<
when Inealls defeated Old Pomeroy
for the senate out in Kansas there was
talk o. the use q money. but the Re-
publican press reprcS<ci is agony.
W hen Sab;n bought the seat in the Sem
ate that Window held: there was no
howl IL despair. Neither did the Re-
publican press lose faith IN humanity
when Jones and sharon purchased !
seat il the Senate; likewise Bowen and
Tabor. The Republican press stiiled IL
s0rr0W when the Credit MobiIier rA<-
caIities came out. and Il turned il
back 10 the wall and wept il a.
Ience when Belknap trippcd and
fell. Recently when HuntIn4tOn's let
tiers were published. detailing great
Republican Money Kings methods u
dealing with Congress. the Republican
nre<s snw 10 ren&On % lose faith il the
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That the Democratic party has ever
been since the organization % the Gov
eminent true 10 the Constitution and
the solemn pledges q the public faith.
and has laborcd % maintain popular
government and the essential land
marks o. our political system upon the
teachings % such patriotic leaders -
Jefferson and Madison = undeniabie.
The history of the country proves t.
On the other hand. that the present
Republican party Was organized In 1856
and came into power On . sectional
question. claiming that there was :
higher law than the Constitution. and
disregzrling the compromises and
sacred pledges Of the public faith. upon
which de Onion and the Constitution
were founded. i equally undeni.ble
and shown IN the history q the ccun-
try And when the war was over and
the Union preserved on the pledges Of
the public faith under the Crittenden
resolution. that this Republican party.
then IN the coutrol Of the radicals
IN Congress, refused 20 allow TO-
torati0n Of the Union. and for parti-
san supremacy. in open disregard Of
the Constitution and che pledges Of
the public faith. placed the Southern
States under military despotism,
and held them = conquered prov
inccs. u : matter Of public history and
undesirable That the withdrawal q
the army from the Southern States BY
President Hayes in 1877. and the r.
lease Of those States from military
thalldom. Va against the will and n