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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
A GYPSY CAMP.
How the Men and Women Manage to EN-
ploy Their Time.

How the Men and Women Manage to EN-
ploy Their Time.
A gypsy camp. with tents and wagons,
horses, dogs, babies, hard working women
and lazy men, is located in the woods
on the east side of Fifty second Street,
north of Baltimore Avenue, West Phila-
delphia, There are over fifty persons,
young and old, in the camp at present
and more are expected every day. Some
have been. there all winter, while others
have just arrived. They came from the
South where they have been camping
out all winter in tho pine woods of North
Carolina and East Tennessee The
gypsies were found last night sitting
around little fires or attending to their
horses. They are not very communi-
cative set, and they looked with evil
dent suspicion upon an intruder.
''Why don't you build up a more
cheerful tire?' was asked of a group of
men and women sitting around little
heap of half dying embers.
Woods scarce" was the laconic re-
joinder.
where do you come FROM"
"Wales "
"Iatelv?n
''North Carolina"
After an hour of this kind of CONVEX
sation it was discovered that most of
them are named Lowell, which is the
name of the queen of the gypsies, who
died in New jersey last summer. Some
of the party were formerly with the
"Romany Rye company in New York,
but they tired of theatrical life, prefer
ring to live in the open air with their
dogs and horses. Several negroes are
in the camp. They came with the gyp-
sizes from the South, and take care of
the horses. One of the women, or
''ladies, as the men called them, was
asked what she charged to tell afortune
Il wouldn't think of it for less than
two dollars" she said
do many people have their fortunes
told?"
Yes, indeed. Many ladies come out
here to have us tell their fortunes, and
they pay well for it. There's more old
women than young girls; and men, they
come, too, very often
i AlO "OlllCu tblC lllC WI htIS Vi JIG
camp. Every morning they get up
early, build the fires and cook the break
fast. Then they take their baskets and
bundles and go down into the city to
peddle clothespinS and baskets and to
tell the fortunes of credulous servants
and Others. They always take their
babies with them. They make sort of
sling of a shawl and carry the baby in
it, leaving their hands free to carry the
baskets The men spend their time
loating around taverns and stables and
trying to trade horses.
The gypsies live well. They will buy
nothing but the best of everything, The
best butter, meat and vegetables are
carried back to camp every evening by
the women. People who live in the
houses near by say that the gypsies
don't steal from them. The reason
given is that they know they would be
the first persons suspected and are too
sharp to run the risk of being arrested
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Bring flowers: for back to kindred dust
We give our dead to-day:
Bring flowers, upon long-tried heart
In tOil-wOrn hands to lay.
But not for her the florist S art
Shall heap the sweet regret,
OF panSy and of heliOtrope,
Tea-rose and mignonette.
The frosts of more than ninety years
Have bleached the locks of gold
That lay upon her mothers knee
In many shining fold,
When she, so wrnkled now, and gray,
Knelt, at the twilight fair,
A little, rosy, dimplGd child,
And learned her earliest prayer
OF those who watched her infant years,
Or shared her childish play,
Or knew her girthOOd's hopes and fears,
Not one is here to-day.
Nor is there of that later group,
She saw about her bloom,
One left to weep beside her bier,
Or hay her in the tomb.
But still her old home stands, cmbowered
In fragrant lOcust-trces;
The swCet-brier that her father trained
Still Swcetcns every breeze.
The rOSe-trecS that she used to tend
Beside the doorstep grow,
And grass-pinlls load the balmy air
With hints of long ago.
Across the wall the pleasant wood,
Wherein her girlh0od straycd,
Still breathcS its wealth of fragrance out,
Still spreads its cooling shade.
There, haply, meath the Odorous pines
Her early dream of love
Made sweetcr all the woodland scents,
And charmed afresh the grove.
Then bring the bayberry and the fern,
The lOcust's heavy plume,
The brier-rOsc and the cinnamon
In the old beds that bloom.
RriuT n ~
Beside the wall that blow
Such lilies rs that garden knew
A hundred years ago.
Fragrant with loving decd and word
And Old-time cOurtcSicS,
Her life its fitting emblem found
In flowers such as these;
life whose quiet, modest bloom
We knew but in decay
The lingering sweetness of a rose
Slow whitening away.
Apart from all she loved in youth,
She ends her pilgrimage
This face we hide, to us has been
Always the face of age.
But mindful of her early home,
Her girhOod's sunny hours,
We lay upon the aged breast
The dear, Oldfashioned flowers.
Miss Il. f. FRYE, in Chicago AdUance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
MODERATE DRINKING.


Several Excellent and Conclusive Reasons
in Favor of Total Abstinence.
You are quite willing to admit that
intemperance is a great evil, that
drunkenness is a great disgrace and
that multiplied and intolerabe burdens
are put upon society through the meii-
UNI Of the liquor traffic, but you say:
"All this comes from excess; if people
would only restrain themselves, there
would be no great harm done. Why
may not drink moderately"
l. Because moderate drinking is
preiudiclal to health.
The old time idea was that alcoholic
liquors We're necessary as well to pre-
vent disease as to cure it. But that was
before the period OF investigation. Now
better opinions prevail. There is no
appreciate food va'ue in drink. 1t does
not increase, but rather diminishes, the
natural temperature of the body. 1t
hinders rather than helps digestion. 1t
is the fruitful parent of very many of
of the diseases which atllict humanity,
and has the effect of predisposing
toward them.
The following are sample testimonies
of some of the most celebrated medical
men of Great Britain:
1t is perfectly certain there are multitudes Mt
this moment "'lo are iniurng their .cqnsttu-
Soh@I dTy in an AMOUNT which tG cons, c6ntde l,
st ictly moderate-Dr. RtIGc,.R.S., B.A. BSc.,
L2''qDn i, TIL, o., ,a,. .,,,. ,....,..-
Der of people in society are diving day bv daV
poisoned by alcohol, but not suppoped to be
Rs@ned ~ E. i, Is one or me commonest
jured by drink, without being ' drunfard is;
There is a great deal of iniury done to health
Daros Shanns Cyen i'm u0zcaI i 0oota
quantities,-Su william Guil. N D., FRS.
,, In the ' ii man the habitual use of
quantities is not merely unnecessary for Ti the
maintenance OF bodily and mental vigor,
, nuc Is ~ " ~ me pertnt ENJOY
FSS. w " " ','''''' '-''''''
As far as my experience, goes alcohol is in
Hcohoi is in no sense NECESSARY to w Sy lS Not
only is alcohol not necessary to health, but no
M mo or woman ma can ever fGaEe mat run sense
ALCOHOLISM .AndrsW CiarIe. "'''''''
,. Because there is dan Ger that Won
will soon drink immoderately.
There never was a drunEard in the
world but began as YOU say in modera-
ton. Each one repeated over and over
the very words which Won have uttered.
"Whv NAV | not drink moderatelyp'
and vet each one found himself at last
bound as a slave and driven to utter de-
struction. Are YOU stronger than all
theseP
Alcohol tends toward producing a
physical craving in the body for itself.
In this it is different from all foods.
The effect produced by certain guam
tity to-day can only be produced by
greater quantity tomorrow. The dose
must be enlarged and so on and on until
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
PETHERICK'S PERIL.
Thrilling Account of a Dangerous
Adventure.


Each story of the Shelton Cotton Factory
is fifteen foot bat1yeen foors. +I,o,., $50
-, S,-,l, 80, ~ -. ~ , a.
oc'e" ouCn oFei Vne p"SelnenU' anu thlS
rises SIX feet above the ground. The brick
walls narrow to eight inches as they
ascend, and form a parapet rising above
ha,.oof ono &c +bd IT, I-oa,,a,,- - 49,
~ ooi' w ~ viie 'iiiie- NeePerS ol Uhe
A"cOory' 'acA Iaaruy' young man about
my own age, often runs along the brick
work, the practice giving him singular
deliob+ that has scanned to increase viii,
his ofoiaUa, j ' ~ w. ~ lnIa e''oo |lDn
niS Pronclehcy IN IL, having been clerk
IN the works from the beginning, l have
frequently used the parapet for a foot
path. and althOuph there yyaso sheer fau
of one hundred feet +o +he ground bovo
a. - ,,,;4I, 80 -, nav
CoIo IL WIN eaSe anu WlUnou0 ulzzihess'
occasionally Hardy ana nave run races
on the opposite walls, an exercise IN which
y was lhvarlaoly beaten because became
'Ilillu WIN increase OF pace.
nopeiesSly dlsGanced last wednesday,
wnile the men We're OF at noon, gave up
midway, and looking down, observed the
upturned face OF an old man, gazing at me
win parted lips, wide eyes, and an eX-
preston OF horror SO startling that | in
voluntarily stepped down to the brick
layers platform inside. then saw that
me apparently frightened spectator was
MI fetherlcK, VINO mas been for some
weeks paymaster and factotum for the
contractors.
wv mats the matter, Petherlck"' called
down. lie made no answer, but walking
on rapidly, disappeared round the mill.
curious ABOUT ms demeanor, descended,
and, after some little seeking, found him
smoking alone.
You quite heightened me Just now, Peth-
erlck, SAID l. "Dld you THINK was
ghost:"
NOT Just that" he replied, senten-
Glously.
Did you expect me to fall them" | in
quired.
Not just that, either" said he. The old
man was clearly disinclined to talk, and APP
parently much agitated. began to joke
INN about his lugubrlous expression, when
the one O'Clock bell rang, and he shutiled
off hastily to another quarter.
Though | puzzled awhile over the Incl
dent, 1t soon passed so entirely from my
mind that l was surprised when, passing
Petherick in the afternoon, intending to so
alott, he said, as went by:
Don't do it again, Mr.. Frazer"
What, l said.
I ~'ThatH' he retOrted.
Vol You mean running on the wall"
said |.
81 mean going on it at ALP he ex-
claimed. his earneStness was so marked
that | conceived a strong interest in its
cause.
'l'll make bargain with you, Mr.. Peth-
erick. If you tell me why you advise me,
I'll give the thing up"
Done" said he. Come to my cottage
this evening, and l'll tell you a strange adj
venture of my own, though perhaps you'll
only laugh that it's the reason why it sick
ems me to see you fooling up there"
Petherick was ready to talk when Jack
and | sat down on his doorsteps that even
ing, and Immediately launched into the
following. narratives
81 was born and grew to manhood near
the high cliffs of the coast of Cornwall.
millions of sea-fowls make their nests
along the face of those wave-worn preci-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
WHY HE DIDN'T SAY AMEN,
A Business Which the Lord VIII MOI
Take Under His Care.

Take Under His Care.
A few years ago, as Charles G. Fin
ney was holding a series of meetings in
the city of Edinburgh, many persons
called upon him for personal converse
ton and prayer.
One day a gentleman appeared, in
great distress of mind. He had listened
to MIR. Finney's sermon on the previous
evening, and it had torn away his
''refuge of lies" Mr.. Finney was
plain with him, pointing out the way of
life clearly, and his only hope of saliva
ton. The weeping man assured him
that he was willing to give up every
thing for Jesus-that he knew of moth
ing he would reserve all for Jesus
Then let's 90 upon our knees and
tell God of that" said Mr.. Finney. SO
both knelt at the altar, and Mr.. Finney
prayed:
40 Lord! this man declares that he
is prepared to take Thee as his God, and
cast himself upon Thy care. now and
forever
The man responded: "Amenr'
Mr. Finney continued: go, Lord
this man VOWS that he is ready to give
his o0Je, family and all their interest, up
to Thee"
Another hearty "Amen!' from the
man.
He went on: 80 Lord! he saws that
he is also willing to give Thee his buSt-
ness, whatever it may be, and conduct ii
for Thy glory"
The man was silent-no response.
Mr.. Finney was surprised at his silence,
and asked
why don't you say amen to
this?"
Because the Lord will not take my
business, sir; | am in the spirit trade, :"
he replied.
The traffic could not Withstand such
a test as that "The Lord will not
take" such business under His care
He demands its destruction, as one of
the mightiest obstacles to the progress
of His cause in the earth. -N0ttOnal
Presbyterian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30
MARRIAGES MADE EASY.


A Truth That Finds Fresh Illustration
Almost Daily.
Some one has said that if ministers
were not so careless about marrying
people there would be fewer divorces.
This is truth that finds fresh illustra.
ton almost daily. The facility with
which very young persons can get mar
ried is as great a scandal, if not as
great an evil, as the frequency OF
divorce. 1t is only few days since
two boys and two girls went to a minis
ter in Brooklyn and got him to marry
them, without the knowledge of parents
or any friends, and one of the boys is
now fugitive from the vengeance OF
his child-wife's father. The woman
who is suing Ross Winans to establish
claim as a wife was the wife
OF another man at fourteen, ana
divorced soon after. In very
large number of divorce suits it
comes out that the parties were mar
ried very young, and frequently with
out the knowledge of parents. The
ministers are greatly to blame for this,
beyond doubt. And they are all the
more to blame for the reason that in a
great many cases their chief motive in
marrying young persons is to get a fee
for the service. The fee is usually small
or mere trife-yet some ministers
are as anxious to get it as petty law
yer is to make five or ten dollars out of
a client If one of these ministers
should hang out a single inscribed;
marriages performed with promptness
and dispatch, no questions asked" he
would merely announce what he actu-
ally does. If the rule of calling
marriages in advance, that is followed
in the Catholic Church, were adopted
in the other churches, there would be a
good deal less grist for the divorce
mill. Ministers who perform marriages
without asking many questions may
not intend to play into the hands of the
divorce lawyers, but that is exactly
what they do, nevertheless. And |
don't know but some might claim a
commission from the divorce lawyers
for business provided.-K. G., Cor. De-
troit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30

Every farmer who has tried it knows
that work can be accomplished in much
less time if it has been carefully planned
beforehand. When you go into field
to work, know just what you want to
do, then do it. --PrdiTte Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30

The vigorous work of the Brooklyn
On. ~ Excise League is having
marked effect. The successful prose-
cution of liquor-dealers for violations
of the Excise laws has caused large
numbers of saloon-keepers to surrender
their licenses rather than stand prose-
cution.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-30

"A Polish dish Cut in very small
pieces any sort of baked or roast meat
(veal, mutton or beef, add soft-boiled
eggs and finely minced onion, lettuce,
or endive. Mix all thoroughly with n
dressing of oil, vinegar, mustard and
pepper and serve. boston BUdget.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-17
rs TINS TIE LAST or RrE19


The rigors of the law were carried ont
upon the rebel leader, Riel, yesterday.
lie was hanged, according to the verdict
and sentence of the Canadian courts for
treason, having melted and headed an in.
Surrectlon again the provincial authority
and having committed numerous murders
upon the citizens of that country.
The theory OF law is that fclons upou
whom capital punishment is inflicted are
executed not out of revenge for the
crimes they have committed but to pro.
tect society against further aggressions
by such monsters. In this view of the
case the Canadian government was Ger.
talnly legally justified in hanging Riel.
lie had melted and carried out rebellion
that led to the murder Of many unoffend.
ing people. Often, however, governments
lind II eSpcdient to lay aside this stern
principle for motives OF public policy.
The question, would leniency In Rlers
case have so allayed the feelings of dis
affection among his sympathizers to-
ward the government as TO com
pcnSatc for the oycrturning of the legal
scntence' was the problem facing the
Canadian government, and 1t was solved
by adhorng TO the strict letter of the
law.
It takes little to make martyr whea
men want one The hanging of John
Brown, though richly deserved, deiAed
that incendlary among the Abolitionists
Of the North. Rieps execution, by max.
Ing him the victim OF the rebel cause, viii
give him an Importance never deserved
by him lie is more dangerous to the
government dead than alive. The Mon.
treai PoN., the leading Catholic paper of
Canada, a few days before his execution
spoh this guarded tone Of tho condi.
ton . affairs In the province, warning
and catroating the government to respite
Rel "rhe hanging of Rlel win only
serve to Intensity the latent ill.feeling
that exists between The English and
French races Sath a result would be
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-17
The Demand of the Age.
~ Louis Post DispNtoh,

From Gen. Sheridan down, all who
have had the best opportunities for study.
Ing the Indian problem agree with the
Mohonk conference in its conclusion that
the solution is to be sought through the
abolition of the tribal system of commun.
ism, substituting for II lands IN severalty,
with the cNjll2ing influence of citizenship
and self-government, But in theirrcplies
TO the addresses OF the Mohonk com.
mittec, both President Cleveland and sec
rotary Lamar seemed rather behind the
times on this question.
What the committee proposed as a
means, Secretary Lamar regarded as a
iar'away end, To be reached bv kecping
the Indians where they are. lie said we
must ciyilize the Indians before substitn-
ting something better for the tribal rs
tem--as II any indians ever had beohciv-
ili1ed under that system. His ide4about
and keeping the Indian iso-
lated from civilization until he igcivillzcd
Is like that Of the old lady who desired
her daughterto learn how to swim, but
insisted that She must learn to swim be-
fore going near the water
Why are the freeborn Indians not so
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-17

Mount plonsnnt Nnms.

There Is more interest manifested in
the murder trial of John j.. Duff than all
other cases combined, ut this term of the
district court. The trial lasted three
days. District Attorney Sheppard, County
Attorney Olive and Col X. Il. Sumner
were attorneys for the prosecution.
Hon, S, Z. Founders and Harper 4
Patterson of Mount Pleasant, and
II. B. Seay of Dallas the defense. The
jury was composed of as good men as the
county affords The prosecution and de-
Tense were ably conducted. After the
final argument of the district attorney,
his honor gave u lengthy and very libe.
raj charge--to the defcndant---and the
jury were out about ten hours, and
brought in verdict of not guilty Few
expected such verdict, the gene
raj belief being that he would
certainly he convicted. 1t was n
complete surprise, not only to the
friends of the deceased, but to nearly
every dlsinterested person we have heard
say anything about the result, and we
doubt not that the attorneys for the de-
Tense, and the defendant himself, were ms
much surprised as any one else (agreeablv,
though.) Many who heard the testimony
adduced on the trial characterized it as
the strongest evidence even before the
courts In this country against a defend
ant tried for murder. The Jury saw IL
otherwise, hence the verdict OF not guilty.
Murder trials in Texas are farce.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-17

most deplolablc and must be avoided
we want no further aggravatlon and us
affection and dlstrust IN our mixed pop
nlation. II wiser TO be merciful rather
than revengeiul. The peace and harmo-
ny of the country arc of far more conse-
quence than the visiting of useless
piece Of vengeance on a defeated foe II
Sir John takes our advice, and we have
every confidence that he will in the end,
he will not hang Rcl, and he will live to
bless the day that he was saved from COM
hitting a blunder that would have ire
trieyably damned his reputation as wise
and prudent statesman and covered the
name Of Canada with disgrace and dis
honor IN the eyes OF the civilized world
and in the estimation Of history"
A wise mercy might have spared Ricps
life, and changed big sentence to impris-
onment. It might have been wise to
have pardoncd him. But the wisdom or
the prejudice Of the government took a
different view, and the rebel forfeited his
life as n penalty for transgrcssion, Now
It is boldly asserted that this execution
win hasten the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the
Canadian confederation, which is none too
strongly held together.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-17
SOME S0LIL0QUIES.
what a Few Prominent Texans Aro Whis-
pering to Themselves.

what a Few Prominent Texans Aro Whis-
peiing to Themselves.
Sui Ross fear the boom was started
prematurely,
Prof, Richardson: | have an eye ON
b, NJ. Bakers place.
Barney Gibbs: one swallow lacks
greatly of making an entire summer.
shall hold myself in reserve.
Land Commissioner Walsh: If could
only get my policy adopted would never
be candidate again (said some time
ago..
Auditor Chcnowcth; If / haven't
made the dry bones rattle then am great
ly mistaken. | think that Texas ought to
he proud OF me.
Maj. Breckenridge; As yet | have
only the support OF the San Antonio
Times and the Austin Dispatch, but,
should arrive there, Eli, Tansey shall
be my private secretary.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-17

well prepared for the experiment as the
| ignorant slaves OF the South were when
we made them freemen and voters, taking
them from the auction block and putting
into their hands the government OF statesI
Because the negro had already felt the
moldng pressure of civilized society
while the Indian has been kept an utter
stranger to its educational influence by
means OF the reservation and
the tribal organization. The reserva-
tion Is to him only poor
hunting-ground and a roomy prison, q
vast stretch of untitled land for him TO
roam over, idly, aimlessly, where be
secs nothing OF civilization but soldiers
and suffers and officials almost as idle
as himself The untutored savage is
shut out from association with the only
teachers from whom he can acquire the
ways and habits OF thrift aud industry
and seli-goycrnment. He sees nothing
70 make him yoan for better
life than that OF the tepee, has
no incentive 10 work, hears nothing but
tribal legends OF the hunt, the war-path
md the DEMONSTRATING foray. But sur
round him with the obiect-lessons OF
superior civilization, make him secure in
the possession OF a farm Of his own and
let him see it surrounded with the farms
Of civilized neighbors, constantly tllinG
their lands, improving their homes, car
ing for their growing herds and accumu-
lating increased comforts and conyen-
fences, and he will soon fall into the
white mans way.
4 toothless old Cheyenne chief, who has
three wives already in Indian Territory, Is
how in Lawrence, Kan, demanding pos
session Of an educated young Cheyenne
girl attending the government school
there, and he rests his demand on the
ground that she is his property by the
laws and customs of his tribe, he having
bought her against her will from her fam
lily and paid two ponies for her That is
the sort of tribal government we are
maintaining in the Indian Territory while
we are laboring vigorously to suppress
Mormon polygamy in Utah. A more
formidable obstacle 10 any progress in the
direction of civilization cannot be mag
incd. 1t Is the very palladium of savage
ry. TO talk about preserving itwhile the
Indian is IN a transition state is absurd,
because his transition state can never be.
gin till that barrier is abolished