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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-12-10
Can be

cured by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. Mrs.
Alfred Cunningham, Fallon Avenue, Provi-
dence, R. l., says: "I have suffered with
catarrh in my head for years, and paid out
hundreds of dollars for medicines, but have
heretofore received only temporary relief. l
began to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, and now
my catarrh is nearly cured, the weakness oil
my body is all gone, my appetite is good-in
fact, feel like another person. Hoods Sar
saparilla is the best medicine 1 have ever
taken, and the only one which did me perma
nent good. L cordially recommend it." A
gentleman in Worcester, Mass, who was
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-12-10
An Answer Wanted.

An anomaly-Baked dog is some
times an Indian meal.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-12-10

Cured
OF catarrh by Hoods Sarsaparilla, says: "I
would not take any moneyed consideration
for the good one bottle did me-" If you are
sufferer, do not put of taking a simple
remedy till your bronchial tubes or lungs are
affected, and consumption has gained hold
upon you. Be wise in t;n!el That flow frcm
the nose, ringing noise in the ears, pain in the
head, Inflammation of the throat, cough, and
nervous prostration will be cured if you take
floods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists. 81. six for s5 Prepared
by c. 1. HOOD & CO.. Apothecaries Lowell. Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
DULL DAYS.


why Some Merchants are Sensitive to
Punctuation of Trade.
"Why is it that merchants are so SEN
sitive to the fluctuations of trade? |
have been in two or three stores to-day
and they all spoke of its being a re-
markedly dull day-but little doing
and appeared quite blue. They have
had a good trade right along, and
should think they would rather relish a
quiet day, now and thenP" interroga-
lively spoke a citizen yesterday to re-
porter. The reporter replied: Have
you ever thought of the peculiar situa-
ton of the dry goods merchant? He
pays large rent, he must have a good
force of clerks, he must burn gas freely
and then goods are sold very low now.
His margins are very small and his sales
must be large to make his profits equal
his expenses. Every merchant knows
just what his daily expenses are. The
largest retail dealer in the city can tell
you Just what his expenses are per min
ute. When the merchant looks at his
cash book and sees the money coming
in slowly, he realizes that every moment
he is losing money, for his expenses
are the same, trade or no trade. If his
expenses are 5000 or $500 per day, you
see he may lose money rapidly and
there is no wonder that he is sensitive
for men don't like to see the cash ac-
count run against them, even for a day.
Of course, some are more sensitive to
these wrong side accounts than Others
Some scarcely notice days slackness
in trade, making their calculations on
longer time-a week or a month-and
compensate for to-day's light business
by saying that it will be ali the more
active tomorrow. He is, in many re-
spects, a lucky man. Hope always
keeps him in good spirits, while the
merchant who broods over a days dull
ness casts a gloom over the entire estab-
lishment. | sometimes think it would
be better if the merchant could only see
weekly or monthly statements of ac-
counts, but of course they want to
know where they stand each day, and
perhaps, as a rule, that is best, yet to
some it may be the cause of a certain
degree of unhappiness.-Toledo Tete-
JrGTl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Of the young ladies in the Normal
College in New York twenty-five per
cent. are Jewesses.-N Y. San.
The village of Brussels, in this
county, is, we believe, the first munich
pality in Ontario to elect a woman as a
school trustee.-Goderjch fOnt.) Star.
Elk Governor Hoyt, of Pennsylvania,
tells that when he was in college Lafay-
ette) he and his classmates got board
for eighty-seyen cents week.
--"Thon," the proposed new pronoun
Gmpersonal, singular number) is being
taught by some of the teachers in the
public schools, the Lewiston (Me.)
Journal says.
"A right word tomorrow in an OBJ
scure school-room, by an obscure teacher
to very unpromising scholar, may
change the destinies of life, perhaps
nation School journal.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, has an
Indian school thoroughly organized,
with elaborate accessories for teaching
the aborigines useful trades as well as
educating them.
The Presbyterian Church in Salem,
Ore, within the past four months has
become self-supporting and received an
accession of thirty to its membership,
sixteen of these on confession of faith.
"A pastor in a Massachusetts village
has the eccentric custom of presenting
every baby born into his congregation
with a rattle, The record of the last
three years shows the purchase of TWEEN
ty-6ve rattles only.-BOStOn Journal.
The United PreSbyterian's affirma-
tive answer to the question: "Can per-
son live and die a Christian without
knowing it?'' suggests to the Christian
Register another question: Can per-
son live and die a Christian without
somebody else knowing it?"
Robinson Crusoe has been translated
into Latin for young students, the OBJ
ject being to render the study of Latin
attractive. Boys and girls who, in these
days, 90 to school, should congratulate
! themselves that they were not school
mates of their parents. Current.
The statistics of the salaries paid
Congregational ministers in Connect
cut show that of the 29S churches only
| fifty pay 81, 900 year or more, and 1913
pay less than 81 900. The average for
the whole is about $1,000. The aver
age for all except the frst-named fifty is
about 1880. The lowest salary is about
$500 and the highest $4,000
1t is somewhat startling to the
reader of the School Journal, devoted
to school education, to find in its col
umns this paragraph: "What has
made Thomas Alva Edison what he is
the greatest living American inventor?
Not the education of the schools, for he
has little; not inherited wealth, for he
was born poor; not friends, for he had
as few as most poor boys; but persist
ent thinking on what he saw around
him" And again, in another para
graph: Better by far the uneducated
roughness of Lincoln than the educated
emptiness of the dude" The School
Journal appears to be dissatisfied with
the results of present educational
methods. Current.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
NIPPED IN THE BUD.


A Social Calamity Averted by Little
Explanation.
He looked all around to see if any
body was within hearing, and then
dropped his voice to a whisper and said:
BOSS, reckon you kin gin me a
leetle information. What does pusson
do when he elopes?"
"Why, an elopement is when man
apd woman or boy and girl run away
together"
''Whar' do dey 90 TOP"
80, anywhere they decide upon"
"Who pays de expenses?"
THE man, of course"
''How long am dey gomez
Sometimes week-sometimes for
ever"
"Who pays de expenses back?"
''The man"
'What becomes of de woman's hus-
band?"
"Well, he generally arms himself with
a shotgun, and if he overhauls the
couple he shoots seven kinds of day
light through the man and forgives his
wife and takes her home"
40 de Lawd! Shoots right at YEP"
yes"
Fills We right full o shot?"
yes"
"Doan' gin We no time to run or re-
pent, an can't be bought off wild a
silver watch and sop
mo, sir"
"Now! Sayr'
well"
Il isn't gwine! Pze changed my
mind! Good dayw- Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07

deceased, and, consequently, to the for.
tunes of his posterity, bringing the evil
wind of unhappy destiny with special
force to blast their prospects.
The water in front of tomb should
never be stagnant, but always runnind
in a stream. Riches and rank are
supposed to flow capriciously from point
to point, hence so much depends on tie
course of the water as it flows by the
tomb. The cutting of roads or the
building of bridges or dams may alter
the course of the water and disturb the
natural influences of the place, anig a
man may be ruined in fortune bSYhe
displacement of hundred weigh of
earth behind the grave of his Nd
father. RI
In building houses, ancestral laRlls,
temples, and laying the foundat, q of
villages, the service of the geomaneer
is absolutely necessary to secure the
proper conjunction of good infuerN,I,.
In front of village, for instrumental
straight road leading directly out off X,
with people going and coming, Of a
small stream flowing in a straaht
course from it, are said to dissipate Ethe
good influences, An open air alta4 IL
bamboo grove or groves in front, an, no
have the left side low and the rAht
high, are all unlucky signs. The grat
antidote for this system of grosest
error is the spread OF Christian science.
True knowledge of astronomy and
physical geography will do much to
break down this mass of superstition
which has covered the whole face of
nature with mantle of sinisteTE VI
ences and made a mans M al
virtue, as veil as his outward} pros
perity, depend upon the physical
surrounding of his home or the location
of the tomb of some remote ancestor. -
B. c. Henry, IN Washington National
| Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

w omen are the hardest cOnun-
drums ever given to man, and yet man
never seems to be willing to give them
up.-M. Y. Ledger.
1t is supposed that out of eighty per
cent. who remembered the poor, about
eight per cent. gave something to them.
---BoStOm Transcript.
The craze for stuffed owls has
broken out again. The owl sets good
example, and every family should have
one. 1t keeps its eyes open and its
mouth shut Chicago Journal.
Heart disease takes a man worth
$4,000, 000,' are the head lines in a
Buffalo paper. We never have heard a
woman called that before; but it isn't an
inappropriate name, when you stop to
think about it.-Pucb.
Yes, my boy" said an old min
lister to his son, who was going out to
do battle with the world "be as wise as
a serpent and as harmless as a dove;
but if you forget any part of this ad-
vice do not forget that part about being
as wise as a serpent. "-BoStOn Courier.
The man that I marry" said
Clara, must be handsome rich, brave,
clever and good-tempered." "But how
will you discover that he possesses all
those qualities?" Il can see for myself
if he is handsome and can easily ascer-
tain if he is rich. | don't so much mind
about the Others. PHILADELPHIA Record.
What name does your husband
call you by?" said bride to friend
who had been married several years;
"does he call you ducky or lovy? Ny
darling calls me ducky." "Does he?
Mine used to call me popsey-wopsey,
but he doesn't use that term now"
"What does he call you, then?" "He
calls me, Say, there?' IN Y Sun.
How much for candy?" said a
little boy. six sticks for five cents, eho
Now, lem me see; six sticks for 5 cents,
five for cents, four for 3 cents, three
for 2 cents, two for cent, and one for
nothing. I'll take one stick, mister"
He got it, but the dealer is still in a
state of bewilderment, and can't see
how that can be.-MontreaL (CanGda)
Witness.
Il used to think Edmund an
angel" sighed Madeleine, ''Matri-
mOny, however, opens one eyes, ana
find him perfect bear" 30, how de
lightful!' exclaimed Sylvia, clasping
her hands and looking unutterable
things. delightful" echoed Made
leine, in amazement. Eyes, delightful!
Tall me, dear, isn't bear one of those
awful animals which hug one to deatho
Yes, know it is! How happy you must
ber' Madeleine had tainted. oil City
Elizzdrd.
You don't cook like Sary Ann
,gsed to, Matilda" he said, in tones of
gentle, exasperating reproof; mo, it
seems to me you cant cook like Sarv
Ann used to- On another occasion it
was: You're not as smart in gettin'
wound as Sary Ann was, Matilda. You
don't appear to ketch on where she left
oil. " About this time heavy rolling
pin came in contact with his head.
What do you mean by that, you viz
emp he exclaimed in agony. "I'm
doing some of the work Sary Ann neg
lected,' she replied, and there was
much peace in the family thereafter
philadelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
A DUDE DECOY.
How He Plays His Fellow-Dudes for the
Benefit of His Beggar Pal.

How He Plays His Fellow-Dudes for the
Benefit of His Beggar Pal.
''Do you see that young dude walk
ing up the street with those four swell
companions? Well, that gent is one of
the trickiest of the many who live by
their sharp wits. Keep an eye on him."
said reserve officer on Chestnut street
yesterday. The fashionable group at
once became the object of attention.
While walking up Chestnut street,
the tricky dandy little in advance, the
bon-ton crowd suddenly advanced before
a poor, decrepi+, blind beggar. Dude
No. l entered into an animated CONVEX
sation with his companions.
This action was followed by a general
and very liberal alms&iving by the
tailor-made men. Coins were showered
into the beggar's ragged hat, and the
conclusion naturally drawn would be
that the party had just returned from a
church revival where charity was the
subject of the sermon.
80, no; charitable motives have very
little to do with the proceedings, re-
marked the peace guardian.
Chats the last act of a clever trick
of the dude. You see, it's done in this
way" continued the officer: The
fashionable young man and that blind
beggar, strange as it may seem, are
confederates. The beggar stations HIM
self on principal thoroughfare, re-
ceiving whatever extra aims he can get,
while the dude HES off to a neighboring
nhotel or billiard room He plays several
games of pool or billiards with the
young bloods there assembled, is very
companionable, invites them to drink,
and finally proposes to patronize some
other saloon in the vicinity.
The beggar is stationed between
these two places. The young fellows
innocently comply. The gang walks
up the street past the blind beggar, who
at this moment walls sadly. The
sharper dude is suddenly conscience
stricken, turns back, throws a dollar or
two into the mans hat, and iocularlv
invites his comrades to do the same.
As rule they comply Then in a
bantering way the dude offers to bet
five dollars that he will contribute the
most, the stake of the vanquished to be
given to the beggar. A weak point in
the average young fashionable is struck,
the bet is accepted, the sharp dude con-
tributes ten dollars or more, the bloodS
have their pride of birth aroused and
cover that sum. At length limit is
reached, the contributions stop, and the
four unsuccessful men, the dude prob
ably among the number, forfeit five
dollars apiece to the beggar.
The young bloods are 1eeced with
out knowing it and console themselves
with the idea that they have done some
thing very charitable. 1t is needless to
say that there is grand divide after
ward between the two sharpers. You
see, that crowd has just been roped in,
and the worst of it is we can prove
nothing against either of the operators.
There's big money in it, l tell you, :"
concluded the stalwart preserver of the
public peace.-Phjladelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
A RELIC DISCOVERED.


n Rarcnment WhlCh Possesses Much His
tOric Interest.
A valuable addition to New Hamp-
shire's history has Just been unearthed
in the shape of George HIS writ of
privy seal settling the old boundary dis
pute between Massachusetts and New
Hampshire. This parchment, dating
back to 1887, which has lain undis-
turbed in an old chest in the Portsmouth
Athen9um over sixty years, was recently
found by an antiquarian of the Boston
ian society, and will be soon put in its
proper place among the State archives.
The document is chiefly important as
marking the first great step toward the
severance of the two provinces OF
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and
as well toward the establishment OF
New Hampshire as a separate provincial
government. In this latter respect it is
more interesting to Granite State folks
than to us of Massachusetts, for it re-
calls the fact that in the final decision
in the boundary matter in England, de-
spite much wire-pulling on this side of
the ocean in the early stages of the
matter, New Hampshire had been given
several hundred thousand acres more
than she had even claimed. In itself,
too, the old paper is of interest as an
example of engraver and scrivener work
on official records in those days. The
well-preserved state in which it has re-
manned leaves the text clear and legible.
1t is engrossed in old English in the
neatest manner, a marvel of patient
execution. The salutation: George
the Second, by the Grace of God" eX-
tends across the top in letters an inch
in diameter, except the initial letter,
sc" an example of intricate scroll
work, elaborate in the extreme, encir-
cling a fine copper-plate engraving of
George ii. in royal robes and decorated
with the order of st. George. The full
size of the parchment is thirty-four by
twenty-six inches, and every inch of
surface not otherwise occupied has been
used by the engraver to depict lions
rampant, birds of prey; serpents,
crowns, roses, thistles, and great harp
of Ireland. Springfield Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
A CARBoNlFERous CoNCelT.

Back, my love, in the Pons of time,
Ere man on earth did dwell
In the dreamy carboniferOus cline,
Perchance | loved thee well,
The self-same question may have asked
That now sets your cheeks aglow,
When we were saurians and baSked
In the sunshine of long ago.
The rich green ferns as a carpet spread
At the foot of stately trees,
That lazily rustled over head
In the languid tropical breeze.
They knew our love, and witnessed the
truth
OF the burning words | told
To you when the world was in its youth,
In sunny days of old.
But the sunny day was night at last,
Our former selves were clay;
Into the shade of a vanished past
Our joy was swept away.
The sharp, cold wind is blowing,
Driving the fallen snow,
But the coal in the CRATE is glowing,
And tell me, love, do you know
The fire-light flash is telling
A tender tale and true,
How with love our hearts are swelling,
love that is old, yet new?
For the gentle light is the same, love,
That kissed us in days of old,
And though ages has held the truth, love.
That once to the trees we told.
Let the storm-king ride in icy pride;
Heed not the wind and snow;
Darling, again am at your side,
In the sunshine of long ago.
Thomas p, Condlh, in Hdrper'S Bazar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
The Fat in the Fire.

Mrs. Miller is very stout woman.
At a distance she looks like water
tank az a railroad station. She is the
biggest woman in Waco. She is very
sensitive about her corpulence. At u
social gathering she mentioned incident
ally that she had been suffering from
rheumatism, but, thanks to the skill of
DR.. Blister, She was entirely cured of it.
CDR. Blister is very popular doc
tor" remarked Frank Cooper.
II don't think he has u large prac-
tice,n said Mrs. Miller.
IF you are his patient he is bound to
have tremendous practice" said
Frank.
When Mrs. Miller gives her next So
cial gathering, it is safe to bet that
Frank will shine by his absence. He
will be the most absent man in tho
whole town. Mrs. Miller is so mad
about it that she is falling off at the
rate of twenty pounds a day. Terda
SttingS.
ithoOraDhin Stnnn hos baan 1;sooe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
A GOOD IDEA.
How Farm Houses May BE Supplied with
Bath Rooms.

Bath Rooms.
Not many farm-houses have a cOnven-
lent bathroom, nor is it convenient to
arrange one in many old houses without
more expense than the owner or tenant
is willing to expend. Shall l tell you
how one house is arranged, not far
from where | am writing? The house
was so small for the family that there
was no room to spare for Il bathroom,
but it fortunately had good large
kitchen. Upon one side of this kitchen
stand; the bath-tub, cased in with pine
boards. Above this casing is a nova
BILE board six or eight inches wide, and
the whole is covered by q smoothly
planed hardwood board or boards,
hung by hinges against the wall. When
the board is let down over the tub it
forms a kitchen table about seven feet
long and about four feet wide. and
those not in the secret would not sus-
pect what is beneath it. When the
table is turned up and the movable
boards taken out the bathing-tub is of
convenient height. A lead pipe carries
the water off through the same channel
that takes it from the kitchen sink.
Here, by the kitchen fire, the members
of the family can take their bath before
retiring for the night, and the delight of
the younger children at tub in which
they can lie down and splash to their
hearts content is, as their mother
assures me. something worth witness
ing, and after the children are off to
bed the older members pay their tribute
to cleanliness. The same lady assures
me that the great kitchen table is as
handy as two smaller ones would be.
Of course, this is not as convenient as
the regular bathroom, where the latter
can be kept at comfortable tcmpera-
ture, but we can not all have new houses
with all the modern improvements, and
ii we can afford to make our old ones
more convenient for those who have to
do the work therein. let us do so. The
making of the house comfortable for
those who spend their days in it should
be a part of our everyday work, rs
much as the fixing up of barns and other
buildings Cor. Boston Herald.
The money value of our lumber in
terests is very great, and if we do not
wish to witness the decay of a great
industry, certainly within the term of
single generation, the most effective
measures should be taken to regulate
.ne cutting of pine timber and pre-
serve the growth of young trees to per-
petuate the supply.-St. Paul Pioneer
PreSS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07
The Dress of Great Men.

Daniel Webster usually wore suit Of
snuff-brown color, with a large soft
neck-tie. Martin Van Buren, was very
fastidious about his clothes, and always
during the summer in the
whitest of white linen duck. His clothes
were cut in the latest styles, and he
wore very high stock neckties, out OF
which peeped his standing collar. An
drew jackson also dressed well, though
he did not make his clothes great
matter. Henry Clay wore a swallow
tail, and standing collar extravaganza
ly high. James Buchanan was always
very precise in his clothes, always APP
pearing in full dress. - Washington Cor.
Cleveland Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07

photographic stone has been discos.
cred in considerable quantities. in Calj,
fornia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-07

Horses that are not free drivers will
require less urging if driven with bri-
die with blinds. Philadelphia Press,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-24

sible one. Because the executive branch
of the government has suffered itself to
DO oncroachcd upon by tho legislative
branch, it furnishes no precedent for a
continuance Of the practice. The fact
that such encroachments are brought to
public attention should operate to make
congress more circumspect in the future,
and tho executive more jealous Of his
prorOgatives.
An unoxceptional bill for the retire
mont of Gen. Grant has just passed the
senate. 1t leaves tn tho President his
right of selection for appointment to the
Office Of general upon tho retired list
created by the bill. If it passes, congress,
In the exercise Of it5 powers, will create
the office, aud the executive, by virtue Of
his right Of appointment, will designate
tho officer to I'll II. No one doubts that
the President will moot tho expectation
of the country by appointing Gen. Grant
should the bill become law. We thcre-
fore hopo tho house will consider the
bill upon its merits unbiased by other
influences first, because any othor course
will imperil tho bill, and second. because
there should be no attempt at encroach-
ment by one branch Of the government
upon the others.