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

1t was the prayer of dueljst. II
was uttered Il lovely morning in Ma,
AS he held the death dealing weapon
in his hand.
The place did not appear like one
where a prayer would be made; nor
did the young duelist, named Brown,
seem like praying man.
But things are not what they seem.
Beneath a show of Indifference MANY
man carries, "a wounded spirit ;,
ana in this case the inner between
pride and conscience was kind of tor
tore that no earthly physician could
relieve.
My friend whom / am now describ.
iHR as he appeared. was an only son.
lie was the heir of large property
in one Of the 'Sodtifern States, and
had witnessed the death of his moth
er at lineage of fourteen.
1t happened one night, after leav-
ing the theatre. while taking wine at
hotel his glass touched accidentally
the glass ofa military officer.
This trivial act became the occasion
of harsh words, a quarrel, and a chal-
lenge to mortal combat.
Early on the morning of the set
day the comhatants, met at the an
pointed place. Brown, naturally
fearless. had already arranged h $
worldly affairs. in view of the risks he
incurred, and clearly seeing ITS posi-.
blIIties. he had said, II am ready"
Just then his quickened memory
called back the last words he had
heard from his mothers lips: "Meet
me in heaven"
She seemed at that moment a Iiy
ing presence. Suddenly every act of
MS dlSSinated, wasted live was re
memhered as clearly rs the events of
the passing week and conscience be.
gan its work. 1t charged him with
being intentionally a murderer.
But did he dare confess the whole
Truth then and there? No, for he WIS
too roud for that. At the critical
moment strange to say, he whisper.
ed this secret prayer:
80 God, save us both from blood.
guiltless, and help me change my way
ana meet my mother in heaven I"
Without the tremOr of nerve he
discharged his pistol in the air, and
was hut slightly wounded by his an
fagonist. Immediately the seconds
ln,ternoSe,d, treeoaciliation was effect
In this young mans history, the
darkest time nf night was just before
day, for the second petition was grant.
ed speedily.
He hal occasion to visit New York,
where l first met him. in gathering
of relatives and friends. and there,
too. ere long, | witnessed his public
introduction into the church, his hap-
tismal oath Of loyalty to his rightful
King, taken with q heroic spirit in
spired by his new lOye.
He became a good soldier. bold in
winning recruits, and he would often
say, despair of none. 1fmy strange
prayer was answered who need fail?"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
The Extent of India.

Few people are aware of the mag
nitude of India, or comprehend that
it contains some 100000 more peo.
pie than all Europe west of the Wis
lula. Fewer still know that it COM
tains sixty two cities with a popula-
tion of more than $4,000 people, and
twenty-five cities with more than
100, 900 inhabitants. Below the limit
of $4,000 the towns become much
more numerous, and there are hum
dreds with populations below 10000.
The majority Of fine latter are quite
unknown to Europeans, an active
magistrate or two excepted; and
there is no book in English which
gives the slightest account of theii
organization or of the life and people
in them. Yet many of them have
histories of 1000 years, and in al
flourish families which think them
selves noble and have long pedigree'
and string tales to relate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
NUMBER Al.
The Beauty of Home Life

| Do"d'y VI home Life
Inc following extract is from tho
aodFess OF Hon. Geo. d. Roh,nso,,
delivered at the annual dinner of ths
Mlodiesex Agricultural Society:
Home is not sustained sIone hv .ho
ownership of the land, but it Is in the
observance OF the sound principles of
temperance, economy and intevr;tv
which makes up the hes, avora1, -
me- see the boys sometimes going
away rom the old household. per-
maps not attracted by the hard labor
"l me iar'n' and drawn away. it NAV
"e' oy 'he entirements of the greater
places And when they make a GOOD
WORK OF lie, and when they adorn
""u improve and benefit those that
are around them they are certainly
JUST as much working out Gods pur-
poses there as ifihey had remained
perhaps doing the harder toiIof The
arm But ifthere is one thing that
or'hs9 the deepest grief to anybodv,s
ileart, 1t is to see those ynuno mo,
"hen they are gone away from those
MONIES, depart from those princinles
lhat were instilled into them hy their
loving and dutiIul parents. Is there
d more deplorabIe sight than that
"Hlch Is presented in the ruin of so
many OF our young men, who have
forgotten that the best of life is pur.
l'y IN every walk upon which thew
are called to enter? So that, what.
ever may be our differe nres in one
way or the other,-difference of be-
iie'' dlrierences of political associa-
'ioh, the one thing of all to treasure
Is the beauty of this home life. Make
IL 'le one thought of this day to take
care OF the home. Keep it! Save itr
AND if your boys and girls 90 awav-
Keep the place warm, and green and
"e'u'iiul, SO that they shall want to.
come back, and so that there shall be
no dearer spot on earth than the one
'hat gave them birth. During the
war 1t so happened that at one time
the armies on both sides were on.
camped on the banks of the river
on one side the union army: across,
the rebel. And as they lay there in
their encampments the bands on both
sIdes-began to discourse music. On
the Northern side it was "The Star.
Spangled Banner" swelling out up.-
on the breeze, and on the Southern
side the bands responded with "Dix-
GdldMiBbiia." ahhdf ahfny yaet4 the els ssoSHtheafn
bands resounded with Dixie's Land,
And then chord of Home Sweet
Home! !" was struck on the North
ern side of the stream, and the bands
on the Southern side took it up, and
it was "H0me Sweet Home" on both
sides. and every voice responded in
perfect harmony, and the strains of
those instruments and the great soul
of the country Ereathed anew and
again with the delightful inspiration
of the love of home. That was the
lesson that was implanted deep in the
hearts of all the men assembled theres
So long as the sweet influences of such
lessons AS that are treasured i'm our
hearts, there will he no danger for
our State, no peril for the nation. but
there will be prosperity ahead and
foreyer.-Farmers Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
FOR SALE
Valuable Property in Deer Park.

m nR n Great chance 10 MAJ money.
EKNt III Those who al ways take advantage
hlEvvIk of the good chances FOR making
UuQU. money that aIe offered, generally
become wealthy, While those who do not i'm
prove such chances remain in poverty. We
want many men, women. boys ard girls to
work foruS right in their own localities. Any
one can do the work properly from the first
start. The business will pay more than ten
times Ordi1ary wages. Expensive outfit furn
ished free. Noone who engages fails to make
money rapidly. You can devote your whole
time to the work oronly your spare moments
Full information aud all that is no eded sent
free. Address STINsoN d CO.. Portland,
Maine. Dec. 81 Iy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19
Great Bells of the World.

|
4m largest bell in the world is il
k5N<p. Japan, and said to he perfec
ln ''le. By measurement it exreed
the eat bells of Pekin and Moscow
NaH1iy Knows when or by whom i
was cast, and, though its snrface j.
covered with characters, no scholar
mas YET been able to translate them
IheDell is twenty-four feet high and
sixteen inches thick at the rim. II
ls sounded by suspended piece o.
woou, like q baIteling ram, which
s'riRes 1t on The outside, and its boom.
| ing can he heard for miles. The bells
o. hussia are among the most famous
IN me world. In Moscow alone be.
lFe lhe great fire. there were no less
'liaiI FOG large bells; in single
y pWef there We're thirty-seven. One
aHQisehin Ithe great, c,st in
kie eslxteenth century, broken by fall.
ing from its support, and recast in
1904, was so large that it required
twentyfonr men to ring it, and this
was done ty simply pulling The clap
per. It's weight was estimated at
2SS, 1000 pounds. 1t was SUSPENDED
rom an immense beam at the foot of
the bell tower, but it again fell dur
ing a fire on June 10, 17O6, and was
this time broken into fragments.
These were used, with additional
materials,in 1873, in casting the Tsar
holokol King of belIs), still to be
seen at Moscow. Some falling tin s..
bers, during fire in 1887, broke a
piece fromits side. which has never
been replaced. This bell is estimated
to weigh 4B,772 pounds. 1t is nine.
teen feet, nile inches high. The value
OF the metalaone which it contains
is estimatedat over $500, ,O00. Wheth-
er this bell vas ever hung or not, au-
thorities appmr to differ.
iIeSS UtilS OF MOSCOW
continue to ring during the whole Of
Easter week, tinkling and tolling
without harmbny or order. The large
bell near the cathedral is only used
upon impuI tatt occasions, and Yields
the finest and most solemn tone inn
aglnable. Wien it sounds, deep,
hollow murnur yibrates all over
Moscow, like the fullest tones of a
vast organ or the rolling of distant
thunder. This bell is suspended in a
lower, called The helfry of ST. Ivan,
beneath Others. which. though of .ess
size, are enormous. 1t is forty feet
MN, y pa, "a fIIicrrs tuIea, anu we,s"s
,ssxsss g - sffrty-s~ven tons. The
Treat Bell of Moscow was in a deep
Iit in the midst of the Kremlin for
years. This bell is truly a mountain
If metal it is supposed to contain
arge proportion Of gold and silver
while it was in fusion the mobiles and
people cast in as votiye offering
heir plates and money. The bells of
China rank next in size to those of
Russia. In Pekin there are seven
bells, each weighing 10000 pounds.
In a suburb Of the city is one of the
largest suspended bells in the world.
1t is hung near the ground, and to
sound it Il large beam is swung
against its side, Nankin was am
GENTLY famous for the largeness and
of its bells. A hell taken
from the Dagon pageda at Rangeon
was valued at $50, 900. The great bell
of Nntre Dame, in Paris, was cast
three times in about six years before
a satisfactory result was obtained.
Among the bells recently cast for the
house of parliament the largest weighs
14,000 pounds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

nm m business now before the public. You
UKVstscan make money faster at work Tor
nHN l us than at anything else. Capital
U0U j not needed. We will start you. Sl2
n day and upwards made at home by the in
dustrous. Men, women, boys and girls want
ed everywhere to work for us. Now is the
time. You can work in spare time only or
give your whole time to the business. You
can live at home and do the work. No other
business will pay you nearly as we'll Noone
can fail to make enormous pay by engaging
Mt once. Costly Outfi and terms free. Money
made fast. easily, and hOnorably. Address
TRUE& Co., Augusta, Maine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

Having used DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup in my family for the last three
years, find it is the best preparation
| have ever used for Coughs and
Colds, giving almost immediate re-
lief. b. Walker. Gen'l Com. Mer-
chant, 11S Light St., Baltimore, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

General Sireight, who came near to
being the Republican candidate for
governor Of Indiana in 1850, is enthu-
siastic for General Shernan's nomi-
nation for the presidency at Chicago.
He believes that the General would
unite all elements in the Republican
party, and win the election with ease.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

All persons are warned against cutting
down any OF the timber on my land on the
Hooppole Road, adjoining the land of Bowie
johnson, about three miles from Deer Park
and six miles from Oakland. The penalty
for cutting down timber in Garrett county,
Md, without permission of the owner of the
land, is the same, under the Act of 1850, ch.
264, as for feloniously stealing goods or chat
tells TO the value of the tree or trees so cut
down.
THEOS r. HORWITZ
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Sayer's Nominated.

Well it was very pretty little walk
over for Governor Sayer's at New
Braunfels. One of the neatest things
of the kind ever seen in this country,
and just few more such jolts and the
Express Growing over the Chicago
platform on the, tariff will degenerate
into wall of woe. 1t will learn that
it is one thing to be ON a national, and
quite different to be opposed
to state platform, especially as
the bread and butter is to- be
picked up on the home course.
Sayers is nominated, and even thus
early we predict his most triumphant
election, and by very decided major
ity. Let every democrat, however he
may feel on the general state or ma
tional ticket, come up and vote for
Sayers, An honest able, clean-handed
man, and man who will serve the
district in congress well and truly
All shades of democratic opinion can
meet on Sayers, and vote for him
with the utmost consistency.
We congratulate the democracy of
the tenth district, as well as Colone
Savers upon the splendid compliment
paid to both at New Braunfels.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
A SLIDE ON SUMMER SNOW

From the Portland OregODian.
j. Z. Stewart, the artist, who left
here July IL Tor trip to Mount
Adams, returned yesterday evening IN
a very dillapidated condition. Mr..
Stuart was accompanied on his trip by
Mr.. II. +. Suksdorf and Mr.. William
Suksdorf, botanists. At 6 o'clock last
Monday morning they started to as
cend the mountain, arriving at the
summit at noon. They spent two
hours there, ate luncheon and took a
Nap on the rocks in the warm sun.
The summit of the mountain consists
Of four benches, comprising in all
about one hundred acres, and Stuart
says it is the boldest and grandest OF
the snow peaks of the Northwest.
When they got ready to descend the
Messrs. Suksdorf started first and slid
down some distance Slowly and
cautiously, as the descent was at an
angle of sixty degrees.
Stuart followed, squatting down
and gaining speed as he went past his
friends like shooting star. So great
was his Speed that he was not able to
choose his course and after proceed
ing "a few hundred yards found him
self heading for ledge Of rocks
rising through the snow. He rose to
a standing position and endeavored to
stop his Roadway by digging in his
heels, but without avail. He came
up against the rocks. His impetus
was 50 great that he went prancing
over the rocks, keeping his feet for
about twenty-five yards, when he
missed his footing and turned a
couple of somersaults, but instead OF
landing like circus tumbler on one
toe and kissing his hand to the audi
ence he landed all in a heap. His
friends picked him up badly bruised
and with difficulty carried him to the
base.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
If He Is Nominated.

If Ireland is nominated it will beno
fun to elect him.
If he is nominated, fully one-half
of the voting strength of the democ-
racy will be vastly disobliged.
If he is nominated it will be done
by ring influence alone.
If he is nominated the people will
grow to hate the ring with vast and
increasing fervor.
If he is nominated it Will stand as a
full democratic endorsement of the
most faulty administration the state
has ever had.
If he is nominated it will be an
earnest that the democracy of Texas
prefers weakness to strength.
If he is nominated, it Will he dem
ocratic endorsement of his views on
the penitentiary lease.
If he is nominated, it will be dem
ocratic endorsement of his doubling
and liHing course on the free-grass
question.
If he is nominated, it will be dem
ocratic endorsement of his policy of
permitting the university money to
be Illegally transferred from the
treasury to the vaults OF private bank
ing houses, not responsible for its
safety or proper application.
If he is nominated, it will he party
endorsement of his policy of appoint
ing a superintendent of an insane
asylum, two full years and more be.
fore there was the least need of his
services.
If he is nominated it will be party
endorsement of his weak appeal to
the federal powers for troops to put
down supposed rising of the negroes
at Gauze, before exhausting the powei
of the state to meet the unreal ext
gency.
If he is nominated it will be party
endorsement of the legal advice he
gave Groos as to the Hubby certifi-
Gates.
If he is nominated it will be party
endorsement of the real governor, the
redoubtable Bill Burgess.
If he is nominated it will be party
endorsement of his lobby enterprise
on the penitentiary lease matter.
If he is nominated it will be dem
ocratic party endorsement of his H.
ternational settlement policy, which
cost the state thirty millions to settle
claim of three millions.
If he is nominated the masses of the
party will go into the campaign not
only without enthusiasm, but without
hope of winning it.
Ii he is nominated it will stand az
an acknowledgment that we have nc
other man in the party in Texas, fit to
be governor of the state.
If he is nominated it will be a vast
comfort to the opposition, and we are
materially opposed to giving aid and
comfort to the enemy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Campaign Humor.

The ring of true patriotism must
not be confounded with the ring of
the republican party.-New Orleans
Picayune.
Cleveland certainly possesses one
good point that commends him to
journalists. He knows how to c)n-
dense.-Detroit Journal.
"Foolishness is not one of Blaine'S
faults" says the Chicago Tribune.
Not at all. 1t is his misfOrtune.-At-
lanta (Ga.) Constitution.
A Washington gossip hears that in
the event of Mr.. Blaine's election, Mr..
Evarts, of New York, will be secre
tary OF state.-Winnipeg (Manltoba
Times.
If candidate st. John wants to open
the. campaign with boom he should
do it with a sbung- No soda
water fZZ will do his cause any good.
Philadelphia Press.
Misfortunes are piling thick and fast
on the shoulder of Brother Blaine
The latest is the announcement that
Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, intends
to support him.-Galvesto News.
The dirty scandals gotten up about
wv O10fO1dAu arc PAooauAJ AuIOnuou
to serve in place of bloody shirt
That is, it is to:be dirty instead OF
a bloody shirt campaign.-Houston
(Tex.) Post.
The Prohibition campaign starts
with a little barrel of $4,000. This
would be an insignificant amount ordi-
narily, but it must be remembered that
the ProhibtionistS are supposed to in
cur no bar bills.-Chicago Times.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21

seasoned campaigners who will gather
under the banners of the bold cham
pion who has often led them in
the past. and often to victory,
in the face of odds quite as heavy as
those by which he will be confronted
In this case. Jones is a man whom it
will be unsafe in the extreme to de-
spise. We may hate him bitterly, the
democracy does that surely, but it can
never despise him, and it would be
making very grave mistake to do
that.
This quiet summing up of the
chances and the wise course marked
out in consequence is an earnest
that the republican party of Texas,
while measurably split and discord-
ant, is yet very skillfully led, and it
will be handled in this campaign with
consummate skill. The wary leaders
are men who can so control both
themselves aud the masses as that
they will always get out of the situa-
ton only with the very best results,
that is, poll the last outside vote pos
sible.
In the face of all this THE STATES
MAN fails to see just why the democ-
racy should be forced to nominate
Ireland and nobody else, especially as
we are taking a useless and unwise
risk, and upon which nothing what
ever depends. If Ireland was the
only honest man, the only statesman
capable of conducting the govern
ment, the only man with the requisite
ability, it would do. But when we
look abroad and contrast him with
anyone of fully three score more Of
leading and prominent democrats il
the state; the wonder is not that hi
is the chosen one, but that he should
ever be spoken of in connection with
the nomination. 1t is perfectly unac
countable upon any other theory thar
that of the absolute sway of the ring
The tactics of the ring at Houston
will be to shut off and choke out al
expression of opposition. But Their
will be men present there who hav'
beensthrough the mill often, and tn
choking exercise will be troublesom
if not actually and positively fail
urn
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Another Contrast.

If any man wants to know or is
curious in any way to know what
John Ireland's real strength before
the people is, let him contrast the
feeling with which the suggestion of
his name is received, compared to that
of the excellent gentleman whom the
New Braunfels convention nominated
for congress on Thursday last. In
Ireland's case it is cold, sullen, ac-
quiescense only. In Sayers' case it is
warm, active and vociferous enthusi-
asm. Ireland goes among the PEG
pie divorced from their sympathies
from their active friendship and
from the enthusiastic confidence
which is and should be, the
proudest ambition IN a public man to
inspire and call forth. Sayers goes
among the people as one of them,
living on the same level, having the
same feelings. sympathies, hopes and
fears. Ireland studies only as to how
he may get the most out of the masses,
Sayers how he may confer the greatest
good. In his raid on the masses for
honor or money. Ireland apparently
cares nothing for their interests.
prejudices or preferences, while
Savers has no thought outside
of the exalted purpose of serv-
ing them best and most effici-
entity. The one is an active
influence only for selfish pur-
poses, while the other is active
only for the people. The one has no
sympathy or friendship for the masses.
while the other subordinates every
other sentiment to the one. which
strives for the good of others. The
one is narrow and fierce in his preju-
dices. implacable and spitetul, while
the other is bread, tolerant, placable
and generous to fault. In fact, the
,ne is a man in the broader and bet
Ter sense of the term, in his generous |
,ympathies and active interest in
he good of his fellow, while the
,ther cares nothing for those around
lin, and all for himself.
This contrast might be continued