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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19

ever than Aunt Lucy was his mother.
The next day he went around to her
booth again, and, cautiously APP
preaching the object of his search,
excIaims "Now, Aunt Lucy, l JUS
knows you's my modder !" No soon
err said than Aunt Lucy makes for
her offensive weapon and begins to
apply it, but he protecting himself as
best he could, stepping back protests,
saying: Don't hit me, Aunt Lucy,
for yOu's my mOdder."
The old woman thought this had
gone far enough, and, putting down
her broom, says: "Well, if Ise your
modder, | can find dat out mighty
quick, for if you's my boy you has a
big mark on de right foot, Now let's
see de foot"
Gladly and quickly did the poor
man pull off his apology for shoe,
and sticking up his big foot eXclaim-
ed "Dar it is, Aunt Lucy dar it is,
suah !" And sure enough there was
the parental mark that never could
be effaced and could not be mistaken.
The mother sprang to the boy, and
the boy fell on the neck of the mother,
and if ever there was a hallelujah
shout in the camp, it came from Aunt
Lucy's tent that morning. Over
twenty-five years before, the boy had
been sold from his mother and car
ried into the state of Alabama; and
now in this mysterious way they are
brought together in each others en-
brace.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
A TOOthleSS Future.

The American tooth, the dentists
tell us, is something fast disappear
ing. What is to take its place they
leave to conjecture. Whether a
tOothIess race is on its way, or whether
new animal is to be evolved from
the present human creature on this
continent, is perhaps an open ques-
ton. Whatever it is that may come
to pass, the fancy recoils before the
prospect. Children of twelve years
often have 500 dollars worth of gold
in their mouths, others needing as
much quite as badly, but unable to
afford the outlay. Children of six
teen often wear complete sets of false
teeth that are decayed before they
penetrate the gum, and that have to
be filled as soon as they are in sight,
the crumbling material and thin en-
amel even then giving but little to
work upon.
AT first it was thought all this re-
sulted from ignorance, from candy
eating, from want of care and clenli-
ness. But it is understood now that
in most cases the fault is inherent in
the quality of the tooth, and the only
remedy so far suggested is a diet cal
culated with a special reference to
the making of sound bone. This is
supposed to be found in the coarse
grains and food of similar character,
and the most confirmed. beef. eater
alive yields to the superiority at this
point of the little kernel of grain
that feeds his beef itself. -Harper's
BdzUr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
The Size of NOah'S Ark.

Various people have objected to
the size of the ark have asserted that
it is absurd to suppose that ever there
could he vessel constructed large
enough to hold all the creatures which
must have been placed in it, with
sufficient food, it may be for six or
twelve water for the fish,
corn for the four. footed animals, seed
for the birds, and so on. Now we
will take the dimensions of the ark
from the records of Moses, and cal
cuIate them on the lowest possible
scale. There are two definitions given
to Cubit, one that is IS inches, or a
foot and half, and the other that is
20 inches. We will take it only at
the lowest. Moses states that the ark
was 300 cubits long this would make
it $50 feet long, or about the length
OfSt. Paups Cathedral, London. The
breadth he states to be 80 cubits we
then have it Is in breadth, He states
it to be 80 cubits high so that was
As feet high. In other words, it was
as long as St, Paul's Cathedral, nearly
as broad, and half as high. The ton
mage Of the ark, according to compu-
tatiOn Of modern carpenters, must
have been $4,000 tons, The largest
English ship (of size altogether I'M
imaginable to those who have never
seen itl is $500 tons burden so that
the ark must have been equal to 26
tirst-rate ships of war, and if armed
as such ships are, it would have con-
tanned beyond $4,000 men, and pro-
visions for them IS months. Button
has asserted that all fCur-foOted ami
mails may be reduced to $50 pairs, and
the birds to a still smaller number.
On calculating, therefore, we shall
find that the ark would have held
more than. five times the necessary
number of creatures, and more than
five times the required quantity of
feed to maintain them twelve months
-Ercha1ge.
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How they Came Together.

Mr.. G.. Z. Vaudeville in letter to
the Chicago Ne1cS gave the following
account of reunion of mother and
her son, who, twenty years before,
was sold as slave. He says When
travelling with Bishop Foster in the
South, in 1880, we stopped at Coving-
ton, Ga, where the bishop held the
Savannah conference, and where the
writer first met the Rev. George
Standing, who was member of this
conference, and who gave me these
facts that came under his own obser-
walton.
When he was a presiding elder, a
year or two previous to this inter-
view, a COlored tramp came to his
house and asked for work. He was
a forlorn-looking customer, dirty,
hungry and half.naked. Mr.. Stand
ing told him he had no work for
him, whereupon the poor colored
man begged him to take him as his
body servant, Offering to remain for
board and clothes. AS it was about
camp meeting time, Mr.. Standing
thought he could use him on the camp
ground, and so retained him. The
camp meeting came, and there was
one AUNT Lucy"-black as night
who had little booth by herself, and
who was employed to look after the
preachers lodge, etc. One day the
elders eolored servant was seen pos
ing before Aunt Lucy's headquarters,
and was heard to say: Aunt Lucy,
does y'r kno, what I'se thinkin' ?'
mo-" replied Aunt Lucy, rather
crustly, IAN / doesn't care, either"
"Well," continued the man, 81 JUS
think you's my modder." Where
upon Aunt Lucy grabs her broom,
and, using it vigorously over his
head, vociferated in angry tones {:
"Git out here, you black niger, you's
not my son you's JUS round here to
git sonthin' to eat"
Brother Standings servant retreat
ed before the vigorous broom attack
but only to be more convinced than
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19

Ayers Sarsaparilla is highly con-
centrated, and the most economical
blood purifier that can be used.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

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RESTORED.
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in the furtherance of noble works, and in
the advancement of the sciences and arts.
In these they deserve to take high rank,
and through the united works of millions,
the American continent is fast being
transformed from its untamed state and
beng placed on an equality with the older
continents beyond the ocean. The Amer.
lean people are fast, under these Influences
developing into nervous, energetic race,
remarkable for its vim and business quail
fications; yet there is danger that in the
course of years these very elements may
combine to the ruination of the physical
character of the people, and leave them
feeble and altogether different from their
foreiathers. General debility is now much
mbre common than formerly, and seems
TO be on the increase among the masses.
Many remedies have been extensively
advertised for this widespread complaint,
but none of these have been so successful
or met with such general favor as the
remedy manufactured by DR.. S. B. Hart
man, and named by him PERUNA.
Mr.. S S. Goudy, of Massilon, Stark
county, Ohio, writes: That he has been
troubled with general debility and dyspep-
STA for several years that he was ins'ic'.,f
10 try PERUNA for his complaints, and
that after using three bottles Of the nedi-
cine he was greatly relieved. 1t braced
him right up and gave him enegy, and
restored him to his youthful vigor. He
aScribes his cure to PERUNA, ard says 1t
is wonderful remedy.
Adolph Bakhaus & Co., Springfield, o.,
writes We are having good sale for
PERUNA. 1t sells as well as any medicine
we have, and gives the very best satisfac-
ton"
Mrs. G. w. Needham, Newtonville,
Clermont County, Ohio, says: I" have
been a great sufferer for the last six or
seven years, with general debility and
change of life. l was very much reduced.
Ihave taken four bottles OF PERUNA, which
has restored me to perfect health and
strength. We think PERUNA a safe and
grand medicine"
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Bound to Celebrate.

"I'ye got that mortgage offn my
farm at last, Bill" said one farmer to
another, as they met in the road.
"WelI, Pm downright glad to hear
it, Sam. You've had som'at of
hard time dOin' it. An so you've
wiped it out, have you ?"
eyes; l paid the last note this
mornin', an now Pm gOin' home to
have bonfire; but you're right, Bill,
have had tarnal hard time of it.
You know as well as anybody what
tough scratchin' I've had to git that
farm paid for"
Eyes, you have had a hard time
Sam, know that"
"WelI, should say so. Why, durn
it all, Bill, I've wore out two wives
as good workers, too, as you could
find anywhere-to say nothin' of
havin' right smart o. sickness my
self, brought on by hard work in the
field, an slim pickin' in the house !;
but, OWN to that last woman o. mine
bein' as though as pennyrile steer,
an not breakin' down an throwin'
her funeral expenses, an the time
I'd lost in courtln' an marryin' agin
in bad crop year-fOr, | tell you,
Bill, times amt like they was then
when / fust come into this country !;
for, to git a wilder now, that's got
any sight of hard work left in her yit,
you've got to fool away more or less
money on good clothes and do right
smart o. tatfying to git her. But, as
/ was sayin' Peggy stuck in her corks
an keep a gOin' with her end of the
double tree till l got on the top of
the hill with the load, an now, that
Pm thar at last, with signs of an easy
grade ahead, 1 tell you what Pm
goin' to do Bill"
"What's that, Sam ?"
Ppm a goin' to have time of it,
an kill suckin' pig"
"You don't say so ?"
Eyes, l do. Pm goin' to have a
celebration am regular rip-snortin'
time.'1
"Hurrah for you"
"That's what Pm goin' to dc, Bill.
/ amt been on a spree for thirty
years, but Pm goin' to cut loose to-
night, if l have to chaW dogwood
bark the rest of my days. an l want
you to come over an help me make
the woods howl this evenin' after
you git your milkin' done. What
dye say ?"
"All right, Pm agreeable. What's
the programme ?"
"We'Il git on a high, an beat the
bass drum till midnight, if it springs
the rafters, Bill. Ive got six bottles
o. pop an two cigars in the wagon
here, and that'll be a whole bottle
apiece for us all around, not cOuntin'
your wife-for | don't s'pose she'd
care to drink nothin' now, AM We'll
go the whole dose, if it makes US des-
perate. This here pop is sOmethin'
they've got mp since I've been stran-
glin' with that mortgage, an I've
been famishin' for twenty-five years,
Bill, every time I've seen it zip an
sizzle in a tumbler at pie mic, to
know what it tastes like, an Pm 60
in to know this very night. Come
oyer middlin' airly, Bill, an you may
let every last one of them corks loose,
an We'll make the Scratch Gravel
people b'lieve thar'5 tiger loose
along the Wabash. -. Chicago Ledger.
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Our homes are like instruments of
music. The strings that give melC-
dy or discord, are the members, If
each is rightly attuned they will all
vibrate in harmony; not a single
discordant string destroys the sweet
ness.
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MIR. w. W. seIey.

Last week the gentleman whose
name is written above, went to Hills
boro. lie stated to our reporter, Mr..
Plunkett, that he was going to Hills
bOro, aud the cause OF the trip WAS
the return of Mr.. w. A Jackson, the
absconding cattle king. OF course
the reporter, eager for an item, re-
quesied Mr.. S. when he arrived in
llillsborO aud had verified the cor
rectness of the report of Jack
sons return, to send the Ex-
AMISER special to that effect.
Nothing more was said, and about 10
p. IN, the special put In an appearance.
The ExAMINER, such was its conf.
dence in Mr., S., published IL without
a doubt Of its genuiness. We could
not realize that a business man.
banker, one dealing in the financial
credit OF the community, had time 10
devote TO species of humor OF the
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12
WISE AND rITzuUaH LEE.
A Gentleman From Virginia Com
pnres the GubernntorinI MndIdntes.


From the st. Louis Post dispatch,
VIII {. Burns, a prominent politi-
can of Richmond, Va, arrived in this
city and registered at the Lindell this
morning. 81 see that the newspapers
of the north and west generally are
making common mistake in refer
ring to General Fitzhugh Lee, the
democratic nominee for governor OF
Virginia, as n son of old General Rob-
ert L. Lee. Fitzhugh is nephew of
the confederate leader, and direct
lineal descendant of Light Horse
Harry Lee of revolutionary days.
| know OF no place in the
United States where family connec-
lions count for as much as in the Old
Dominion. There is recognized mr.
istocracy of blood, not money. there,
which equals that of England, and in
some respects passes ii. A man with
out family stands out little show in
Virginia. OF course every child in
the state knows the Lees and every
Virginian with a particle of southern
chivalry or state pride in his compose
ton, will cast his vote for FitZhugh
On the other side, John 5. Wise is a
son Oh tne ihinOus suOOtlng tultOT anu
belongs to n pretty swell family him
self. The campaign will be made al.
most wholly on personal grounds
1t will be Mahone aud the
record of his so-called repub.
lican par.yssagainst Lees mediocre
ability. Even Lees best friend.
don't.claim that he is brilliant OF
particularly brainy man. Wise, OIL
the contrary, is a man of consid RIA
BILE attachments, and aside from hi;
party, he is by far the more acccpta.
BILE of the two. Lees friends, ap
preciating that fact, have declined Il
pit their man against Wise in pc
litical speech upon the issues of tn,
day, as has been the custom in al
campaigns for years back. Lee has
suffering, hating manner of speak
ing, while Wise is a bold, straight
forward talker, and quick at repartce
Between Lees family, Mahone's rec
ord aud rascality, aud Wise's ability
ii is difficult to predict the result.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

THE EXAMINER is conspicuous this
morning for the absence OF the card OF
the banking house OF NEW .Seley,
and we may state another thing which
is not conspicuous in the EXAMINER.
Our list is less by one name. All this
is brought about by the fact that Mr..
seley perpetrated piece of pure
Mulhattonism on us-a splendid joke
land its boomerang attachment sent
It whirling back on his own head We
have never before seen practical
joker who made his victims pay the
cost of his pleasantry. We want II
understood that from this ON the col
umns ofihe EXAMINER are closed TO
Mr.. Seley's jokes,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

WACO divines have stayed by the ir
flocks through the ardent summer.
In their eyes the souls of their par
ishioners are just as precious in hot,
rs in cold weather.-Waco EXAMINER
What a wicked place Waco is. The
poor ministers are not allowed to
leave.-Houston Herald.
Well you see Waco is so busy
rounding up the immense wheat and
oats business of the summer, and in
getting ready for the cotton business
later on in the fall, that her pious
merchants really have no time to
pray, and thus it turns out that the
bulk of that sort of work falls upon
the preachers. And Waco is too fair.
dealing all round to let it go undone
as they do in Houston.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

Great excitement has been caused
in The vicinity of Paris, Texas, by the
remarkable recovery of Mr.. j. Il. Cor
ley, who was so helpless he could not
turn In bed, or raise his head; every
body said he was dying of cOnsump-
ton. A trial bottle of DIR. Kings
New Discovery was sent him. Find
ing relief, he bought a large bottle
aud box of DR., Kings New Life
Pills; by the time he had taken two
boxes of pills and two bottle. of
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

That the reader may fully under.
stand what constitutes good Cough
and Lung Syrup, we will say that Tar
and Wild Cherry is the basis of the
best remedies yet discovered. These
ingredients with several others equal
ly as etiicacious, enter largely into
DR.. Bosanko's Cough andlung Syrup,
Thus making it one of the most relia-
BILE now on the market. Price 80 cts.
aud 81 90. Samples free. Sold by
W. A. Williamson u Co.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12


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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

MosT of the old political stagers
and wire pullers were on hand nj the
Fort this week. Many gubcrnatorial
rails were doubtless laid, to he torn
up by General Sui Ross when the
proper time comes.-Sulphur Springs
Enterprise.
Chino, General Ross will tear up no
rails. lie simply lays down his own
so deep in the aiiectionsto confidence
OF the people that they cannot be torn
up by any earthly combination
whatever. This it is, and nothing
mora
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

THE venerable editor of the Age, in
the placid soreness of his unruiiled ex-
istence looks out upon the business
turbulence of that little patch OF
country outside of Houston, and won.
ders what all the racket is about
Uncle Dan'l, it is all made by tho
great morning dailies, in their frantic
efforts to raise the money to pay oil
the printers. Nothing else; nothing
else
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

"rHE next governor of Texas may
be in town to-day.'-Greenville APP.
peal.
If Sui Ross was in your city on tho
9th, doubtless you entertained our
next governor.-Sulphur Springs En-.
terprise.
That's just what the Greenville PEG
pie did. The next governor had de-
lightful time, and was right royalty
entertained.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

From the New York Times.
Girl will look at your hammocks
please.
Dealer-Yes, miss. Now there is
something nice. Not expensive, but
at the same time pretty and strong
Girl-lt doesn't look very strong
Dealer will guarantee it to sus-
tain a weight OF 800 pounds, miss.
Giri--Let me see; 10 and 1856 would
be just 2S5-very well. will TAKE
thai one.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12
Ross in North Texas.

1t would be idle to expect so large
a number of leading and intelligent
meu as those who attended the re
cent ex-confcderate reunion at Green
VILE and Fort Worth to come to-
ge,hor and not discuss the chances OF
the coming campaign. They were
intelligent and leading men, men
taking an active and profound ill.,
terest in everything of public ma
ture. patriotic men anxious only to
so act as that our beloved Texas
might be pushed ahead in that career
which is now so grandly opening NJ
before her. We took occasion to
have competent, faithful and honest
men to talk to them cody and dis
passionately as to the chances of our
favorite General Ross IN the coming
race. We did this without permit
ting our honored chief to know any
thing about 1t. We love him too
well, too unselflshly to put him in a
race where the chances are against
him, or where he had not an even
break with any and all other present
or prospective aspirants. The result
astonished even ourselves. We had
imagined that perhaps fully one-hali
of the attendants upon that occasion
would be pronounced for Ross
Judge of our surprise and pleasure
when we found that fully seyenty-fve
per cent. of the men present were
pronounced and determined in favor
of our brave, true Ross, and
eighty-fiye per cent. altogether
preferred him to any other, and the
balance were not in opposition TO hin
but without any decided feeling OF
preference for any man. This is in
deed noble showing, but it is nj
more than Ross deserves. Such
man cannot receive too much honor
Mere boy as he was when the tocsiI
of war sounded, he quietly went int
the army, did his whole duty bravel.
winning from both friend and 70
the war,nest plaudits for that ability
gallantry and chivairy which woul'
have done honor to his model an,
prototype, the Chevalier Rayard O
old. Peace returning, Ross cam
home, and without the loss of da.
ranaired IN his ueylected and wei
nivh ruiped farm and went 10 wor
overwhelmingly. Ills mate greatnes
told here as IN the field of battle. II
won man tn him and won brea,
When the people wanted A represei
,ative In the constitutional couyentio
,hev n;ckea out Ross. He did N,
seek the Mace. did not want il. The
,oxt rconired him In tho senate. Hel
too he made nm actual sacrifice of h
own interests and went willingly
the ne.y service. In all this he proye
hims,If worthy the people who VA,
him their sutrraoes. IL
Z tho menorv of this prea
4 -
ness this mantullness and Il
s;,tir =, col, an, Of sioh, wh;,
. m.do ,ho oriz,lod ala soid,srs Nv,
ma, a, Mort Wor,b aud Groenvil
n,o,or him 10 oil othors Tor aoyorn,
NV, ,orm Wa don,, hl.ne tho,
nor do we cbide Ross for his exnre,
od wish IN serve them and tho noon
IN ,be canac,tv thew reouire him ,
and which be will gr.c. and lend a
Ji,;onaI ,no,ro,o
Tho mon who were 60 nronopnc,
G for HIM unop tho occasions n, viii
ye arc wiring are tho man who IN
troll the destiny of the state Tn,
|
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

WE'LL venture the assertion that
the editor of the Comanche Chief
will be the frst man to apply for a
position under Governor Ross. He'll
get IL too, because he is unwittingly
doing yeoman's service in Ross be-
half. Keep up the lick o. thou
doughty Chief, success win crown US
after while.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores. letter, chappcd hands, chilblains
corns and skin eruptions, and posi-.
lively cures piles, or no pay required
II is guaranteed to give perfect salts,
faction, or money refunded. Price
rs cents per box. For sale by Castles
AZ Morrison.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

PROHIBITION hasn't been more
than soul satisfy ing success in Iowa
The fact is 1t has failed there. AS it
win and must everywhere, when the
craze has passed.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-12

THE EXAMINER regrets exceedingly
TO hear of the dangerous illness of the
eldest sou of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Rotan.
May the angel of health, with healing
on his wings, soon return to the
anxious household.