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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-20
A FRENCH STORY.
The Almost Incredible Devotion of a Mod
ern Partisan Husband.

Not long ago the husband of a lovely
little woman in Paris whom he had
but few weeks before led to the altar,
saw her safe into carriage in which
she was setting out to make some calls.
She was the very light of his eyes, and
they had spent few hours apart since
their wedding day. Imagine his state
of mind when late in the afternoon she
was brought home senseless and almost
mrecqgnizable. But l must 90 back a
little. The horse that drew the car
riage slipped in rounding corner, the
vehicle turned over and the face of its
occupant was terribly mutilated with
broken glass from the windows. When
the crowd which soon surrounded the
carriage extricated the poor little pris-
oner, she was taken insensible into the
shop of the nearest chemist to have her
injuries examined. The cuts aud
scratches were dreadful, but the worst
was cash from mouth to ear from
which long piece of torn flesh hung.
The poor chemist seemed to have lost
his head at the sight, for instead Of
sewing the piece in place again, he cut
it off, and seeing that the patient re-
NAMED unconscious, he washed his
hands of her as quickly as possible, and
saw her driven in cab to be taken home.
The doctor, who is called in breath
less haste, exclaims at the butchery
of the chemists surgery, and says there
to be done but to take a
piece out of the arm of the poor victim
to supply the place of that which the
chemist had so stupidity cut off. Bu'
the half-frantic husband will not hear
it. and taking off his coat and barring
his own arm, offers it to the doctor and
bids him cut from that, and not touch
her with his knife. But says the
doctor, zone mutilated person is enough
in family, my dear fellow. Beside
the pain would be horrible" However,
the heroic young husband stuck to his
point, and, it is said, went through the
operation with smile on his lips, re-
marking that they had vowed to have
ali things in common, pains as well as
lows. The doctor did his work deity,
he traces of the needle are already
faint, and he says that when the heal
inc process is complete there will
scarcely be visible trace of the terri
HE accident. -Ma1 O'ReLL, IN Pittsburgh
Djenntch,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-20
WORK OF FUNNY MEN.
A Family Calendar and Book of Health
and Humor for the Million.


We are in receipt of little book
which, in richness of humor and gro
tesqueness of illustration, may be said,
in the language of the wild West, to
''take the cake" 1t is simply drawing
it mild to say that it contains some of
the best examples of American humor
ever published; and the contributors,
who are well-known in the field of let
tiers, have really excelled all former
efforts. The illustrations by comic art
lists are also in direct harmony with
the text. ''Bill Nye" tells his eX-
perience with a cyclone. R. X. Mum
kittrick, of Puck, rhymes funni-y on
the four seasons. Mr.. H. d. Umbstaet-
ter, the originator of the book, de-
scribes his wrestle with a grilled bone
in ''merrie England" and IN. Quad"
of the Detroit Free Press, gives some
quaint aphorisms of ''Brudder Gard
ner's." The book, in fact, is not one
to be glanced at and laid aside and for
gotten, but can be taken up with pleas
ure at any time. Its title is the So.
Jacobs oil Family Calendar and Book
of Health and Hunaor for the Million for
1886. 1t is published by the Charles
A. Vogeler Company, Baltimore, Md,
the proprietors Of st. Jacobs Ola
remedy which is universally known as
the only cure for rheumatism and all
bodily pains, and which has been in
dorsed by leading men in every coun-
try in the world. Red Star Cough
Cure, the new twenty-five cent remedy
for throat and lung troubles, which is
also being manufactured by this house,
has received the Endorsement of legis-
lators and boards of health on account
of its freedom from dangerous opiates
and its prompt efficacy. The book is
distributed in large cities by carriers
and in small towns by druggists. When
there is any difficulty in obtaining it, a
stamp sent to The Charles A. Vogeler
Company, will insure copy by mail
-ErchanQe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-20
las. A. HAYDEN. Publisher.
MY VALENTINE.

NY Valentine has eyes of blue,
And Oh! his golden hair
Is of the self same sunny hue
The ye'.0w cowslips wear.
His mouth is like the roses red,
His vo ce, sweet as the tune
The golden robin pipes oerhead
In the leafy month of June.
Oh! search you far and search you near,
And search the wide world over,
What can you ever find so dear,
Oh what can you discover
Upon tn IS earth so sweet and fine
So fair as is my Valentine?
MY Valentine has dimpled hands
Which | kneel down to kiss.
What monarch over many lands
More fealty has than this2
He is a king my Sweetheart true,
HIS subject glad am L.
His to command, and mine to do
His sovereign WI most high.
Oh! search you far and search you near
And search the wide world over,
What can you ever find so dear,
Oh! what can you discover
Upon this earth so sweet and fine,
So fair as is my Valentine?
oh, darling little sweetheart mine,
send my heart to you!
Please take il for a valentine,
Great wondering eyes of blue.
Dear dmpled hands, and rosebud lips,
And sunny golden hair,
God keep you safe from deaths eclipse,
God bless YOU everywhere!
For search they far or search they near
And search the wide world over,
What can they ever find so dear,
OH what can they scover
Upon this earth so sweet and fine,
So fair as you, my Valentine!
Harriet +. Blodgett, in Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


The transformations of nature are
wonderful. Put herring in tin box
with some cottonseed oil and it imme-
diately turns into a sardine.-Toledo
Blade.
Two farmers had a dispute about
the boundary lines of their farms.
Their dispute is now settled and so are
the lawyers their farms.-M 7.
Ledger.
-Mother-''You haven't given the
child any prize Teacher ALIAS! he's
always idle" Mother-"Then he's de-
serving prize for perseverance. ''-Er-
change.
The English language consists of
about thirty-eight thousand words, yet
when man is pulling on tight boot
or waiting for his wife to dress he
nearly always invents few extra
words to express his feelings. Chicago
Tribune.
The latest song is: kiss the Baby
While You Can" Procrastination is
the thief of OSCILLATION and the man who
waits until the baby is sixteen takes
many chances on getting beautifully
left. omaha Herald.
-"Well, 1 declare, could cry my
ewes out with vexation." ''What's the
matter, my dear?" Il wore my new
bonnet to church, and | don't believe a
single woman looked at " ''Weil, my
dear, can tell you how to attract at
tention next Sunday" ''How?" Wear
your last years bonnet. "-ChIcago
Inter Ocean.
Lecturer Ito hackman)-"Now you
are sure your horses are in good con-
dition." Hackman-''O, yes, sir Trust
me for that" Lecturer-"It's only
proper for you to know that when / get
through my lecture l like to leave the
hall in hurry" Hackman-"What
time shall expect you, sirP" Lecturer
-''Um; wellEthat will depend
good deal on the audience. IN r.
Star.
An eminent scientist attributes the
remarkable longevity of a woman who
recently died at the age of 109 to the
fact that she never wore high bonnet
in theater. We also understand that
the vigorous health of Philadelphia
man now in his ninety-ninth year is due
to the fact that he never went out be-
tween the acts to make astronomical
observations through a glass.-Norris-
tom Herald.
"A sympathetic spirit is one of the
chief prerequisites to all good CONVEX
sation. No matter what natural gifts
man may have, what depths of
thought, or breadth of knowledge, or
brilliance of expression, if he do not
interest himself in other people, look
at things from their standpoint, share
in their feelings, and be as ready and
glad to listen cordially as to talk freely.
he will never be a good converser.-
Christian Union.
Foreigners say American wo
entertain well. They do when they
entertain according to their native Gus
toms, but when they serve roast beef
with Yorkshire pudding to an English
man and macroni to an Italian they
make mistake An American meal
should be served in American style,
both as to dishes and ceremony. We
have food fit for the gods among our
native viands, and it needs only the tact
of a truly American housewife in serv-
it to make it very enjoyablo.-M Y
| IpdeDeHdeBt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-20

During the past year 5,763 bodies
were resolved at the New York morgue.
These came from the police stations,
HOSPITALS and other institutions. A
notable fact is that there were 500 more
dead children received than adults. OF
the 5. 1853 bodies received, 1,766 were
subsequently claimed and buried by
friends. The remaining 1897 were
either buried in Potter's fields or sent
70 the various medical colleges for dis
section, One hundred a nd forty-eight
of The bodies received were unknown.
During 1884 the number of bodies re-
ceiyed was 5,690.-N Y. Sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-20

One of the new Congressman from
New York State, when asked at the
capitol the other day to vote for bill,
astounded the man who was election
eering for the measure with the novel
answer: II shall take pleasure in ask
ing the opinion of my legal adviser at
Albany as to the bill, and will act upon
what he says. IN Y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-20
Took No Note of Time.

A student at the University of Texas,
whose home is at Brenham, was about
to start home to enjoy the holidays. A
friend remarked:
You haven't got your watch on
You ought not to go home without
your timepiece."
"What do / want watch for al
Brenham? There isn't a pawnbroker
shop in town. "-TeTaS SytingS.
The Roman youth used to grease
their faces with oil from the lamps to
make the mustache and beard grow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-02-20

With the view of putting our
brother photographers on their guard so
that they may &c careful in examining
their change when making purchases
of stocks, bonds, etc, we would say
that counterfeit one thousand-dollar
bills are in circulation-BoSt0n Courier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE MRS. Null" in Stockton's latest novel,
is a ~real-life production of a Virginia virago.
TEXAS Siftings: A woman's glory is in her
hair, but it is a good plan to tie 1t up when cook
ing.
In some parts of Mexico precious woods are
so plentiful that the natives build pig -styes of
rosewoo logs.
A REMARKABLE bedstead, made to order by a
Milwaukee firm, is twenty-four feet wide and
has nine compartments, each intended to hold
one of the purchasers children.
A BOY living within sight Of Plymouth Rock
weighed 3O4 pounds tat last accountsl, though he
is only fourteen years old. He has grown at the
rate of fifty pounds a year Of late.
DETROIT Free Press: Count Tolstoi, the Rus
sian novelist, has turned shoemaker. In this
country, to judge from current literature. a
great many shoemakers have turned novelists.
The position of musical pastor" has been
created by a Boston church. The duties are ITO
develop musical talent from among the copgre-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12

Mr.. REUBEN SMALL, of Wabash, who
writes his views on the temperance question,
falls into the prevalent error of assuming and
asserting that there cannot be a local option
law without a change in the Constitution.
This species of evasion seems to be the favor
tie method now of those who will listen to
nothing but impracticable and impossible pro-
hibitory legislation. This talk about the I'M
constitutionality of local option is born of a
zeal not according to knowledge. Local op-
ton has never been declared unconstitutional
in Indiana; on the contrary, it is recognized
in a long chain Of decisions on various sorts
Of questions by the Supreme Court, and there
is no earthly doubt but that a local option
liquor law would be held constitutional, as
local option laws on other subjects have been
uniformly upheld. What is the use or adj
vantage Of any further misstatement on this
question?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12

THE Governor of Missouri has done a very
commendable thing in pardoning two Modoc In
dams who have been serving a ten years term
in the penitentiary for highway robbery. It ap-
pears that these two victims OF Missouri justice
were drunk on a certain day in 1884. when they
met two citizens of that Commonwealth on the
highway and proceeded to beg of them. Not
understanding the Modoc language. they imag-
ined that the savages were threatening them,
so they quickly turned over all their cash,
amounting to fifty cents. For this offense the
Indians were tried and sentenced to prison. All
this goes to prove that some very remarkable
things happen in Missouri. It is apparent that
the citizens are very quick to give up their
''plunder," and !. seems that the James boys
really had a "soft snap instead of a tough job
when they carried on business in that State. 1t
further appears that the average Missourian is
not provided with any great amount of ready
cash. The average of twenty-five cents to the
man is large.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12

VERY little is known of the newly-appoint-
ed Governor of Utah, Mr.. West, of Kentucky.
But it is reported that he has very moderate
views on the Mormon question, and agrees
with Secretary Lamar that the laws against
polygamy ought not to be enforced too rig
orously. This will be good news for the Nor
mons, but the selection of this type of man
doesn't accord very we'll with the a~nti-polyg-
amy rhetoric which Rose Elizabeth smuggled
into her brothers message to Congress. The
Mormons were probably right when they
painted Salt Lake City red on the occasion of
the Democratic success in November last.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12

Miss ADDIE 6. BEAVER, of Waynesboro, Pa,
has conceived a very original idea, and one that
is not likely to be widely copied. She has writ
ten letters to several Congressman, asking them
for small donations, explaining that she wants to
buy a se~wing-machine. and, further, that she
has means to buy ouch a machine, but she wants
a Congressional machine" 1t is said that sew
eral members have been foolish enough to re-
spond and send her the requested amount. All
Of this goes to show that all fools are not yet
dead. Miss Beaver could well have left this
begging scheme to some one really In need. But
in that case the probability is that no Congress
man would have responded to the appeal. She
has succeeded in widely advertising herself as a
female crank with little sense of modesty or
womanly propriety.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12
AN ANONYMOUS SNEAK.
The Character of the New Railway Mail SUI
perintendent, Mr.. j. Nj. Gwin.

The Character of the New Railway Mail SUI
perintendent, Mr.. j. M. Gwin.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
There is news from indianapolis that presents
Mr.. Gwin, the successor CT Mr.. Burt as Railway
Mail Superintendent in q bad light II seems
had been bounding Mr.. Burt through the col
umns of the indianapolis Sentinel, although he
did not venture to appear as the author of any
of the charges. He did his work anonymously.
Now. when he has attained his ambition, and in
an official order alludes to the "high efficiency Of
the division under Mr.. Burt" the Sentinel takes
him to task. and gives the secret away.
If this is Mr.. OWNS character, the Postmaster
general undoubtedly has in him a person thor
oughly able to fill the mission to which he is as
signed. A man who will attack another In the
dark and assassinate him with an anonymous
weapon, certainly will not have any compunc-
tions about hustling q few Republican clerks out
of the service and filling their places with work
ing Democrats. This light upon the character
of Mr.. Gwin ~justifies all that has been reported
of him, and leaves no room to doubt that he was
selected to do just what it has been said he was
selected to do. Villas himself Endorses the policy
of making anonymous assaults upon the Official
characters of Republicans. and has been thor
oughly consistent in selecting for superintendent
of the Fifth division of the r. M. s. a man who
has been practicing in that line.
The fact that Mr.. Gwin knows very littls
about the work of the division, and that he id
inexperienced and inefficient, is a small mattex
compared with this disclosure of his lack Of
courage and manliness. That his experience has
been confined to the duties of an insignificant
distributing clerkship on a short route in Indi-
ana is his misfortune, but this is a fault to his
shame. That be had no knowledge Of the divis-
ion east of Indiana and south of the Ohio river
may be corrected by study, if sufficient time is
allowed him, and the ignorance then forgiven
him. A person who has been five years out OF
the service, managing a grocery in a remote
part of Indiana, is not expected TO be posted as
to its present condition; but it is difficult TO
overlook the offense of which the Sentinel con-
victs Mr.. Gwin.
In exposing him in this manner the Sentinel
has departed from the policy of the administers
ton at Washington. This policy is not to dis
close the author of any secret charges affecting
the official integrity Of any Republican. Villas
will be displeased when he learns how the Sem
tinel has told on Gwin, and thus subjected him
to the contumely he deserves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12
more transparent every day.

THE other day the Journal printed a list Of
eighteen Union soldiers, giving their names,
removed from the postal service by Post
master Jones during the year he has been in
office. The list was limited to removals in the
indianapolis postofice proper. The list was
absolutely correct, so far as it went. It turns
out to be only a partial list Of soldiers re-
moved by the postmaster in service in the
postofice building. Among the ~janitoIs were
some wounded soldiers, of whom we now re-
call Frank Hall and John Watts. They were
all removed. It appears we were in error in
saying that he had not appointed a single sol
der to place, for he has appointed a few.
When the Republicans held sway, the
officers, clerks and employees in the
postofice building, high and low, from
roof to cellar, were almost all Union
soldiers. Now a Union soldier is an exception.
But one of the present federal officers was a
soldier. None of the important places are
held by soldiers. A few soldiers have been
given the places Of %janitors, and even their
pay has been reduced 30 per cent, and a few
have been appointed after civil service exami-
nation to minor places in the post-ofice, but
comparatively they are as scarce as hens
teeth. It is said that more than one ex-con-
federate soldier is In government service in
that building. One day last week one of the
new Democratic ~janitors in the Chicago post
office building raised the flag over it upside
down. It created alarm, the people thinking
some calamity had befallen. Inquiry showed
that it vas a case of ignorance. The Demo
cratic janitor said he didn't know whether it
made any difference. The old flag must feel
the disgrace Of the situation. In the remorse-
less removals of Union soldiers by the Democ-
racy everywhere, and the numerous appoint
ments given to u~nrepentant rebels, the old
flag should "signal distress"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE President would be stronger If he stood
with the people, instead of ahead of them-New
York World.
IFlMartin Irons is responsible for the blood
that has been shed there is no punishment that
would be too severe for him.-Charleston News
and Courier.
THERE is danger that Ireland, given the finger,
will take the whole hand. and it Is probable that
the British Legislators will take that conserva-
tive view. -Philadelphla Inquirer.
WI look to see the Irish, in the course of a
generations experience of home rule. the most
enthusiastic Britishers extant, the very right
arm of the empire. Springfield Republican.
THE country seems to be gettisg its eyes open
to the fact that hoodlumism does not afford the
best rule of policy for conducting the foreign
affairs of a firs.-class ation .-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
WHILE Martin Irons writes ferocious procla-
nations against jay Gould, his shooting-irons
and paving-stones hit men trying to earn an
honest living at East st. Louis. Springfield Re-
publican.
THE words home and family are nearly in
separable, and the outside world can offer no
haven like that of home even for matured men
who are. after ali, but grown-up children Pitts
burg Chronicle.
Do not both the credit Of the profession and
public respect for the law. call for a pretty
thorough expurgation from its ranks Of members
who place their talents and learning at the serv-
ice Of Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.
THIS Nation will not take the least interest in
the army, nor consent to magnify it in any way.
until the immediate necessity for doing so clear
ly appears. and, on the whole. perhaps it is bet
ter SO. York Commercial Advertiser.
SPEAKING of the tariff the American says:
ssThe veil is lifting slowly but surely" That is
what the Immortal j. NJ has been telling us
for years. Will the American also undertake to
remove the Observation-Disclosures Avalanche.
EVERY section Of the country has productive
industries which require j~udicious protection to
establish them and thereby cheaper the product
to consumers, and a general protective policy is
thus made justiiable to the extent that it may
give the greatest good to the greatest number.
-Philadelphia Times.
THE Indian schools should be made larger and
numerous enough to give every Indian child an
education. If this were done 1t would be but o
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-12
n CIVIL-sERvIOE FARCE.

Mr.. Eugene Higgins having in a confden-
tial moment stated to a reporter that he had
things so fixed that he could get Democrats
every time from the Civil-service Commission,
the attention of Commissioner Edgerton was
called to the assertion. Mr.. Edgerton says
Mr.. Higgins has done nothing Of the kind,
because it isn't possible. Mr.. Edgerton being
an amiable old man, however, does not wish
to appear in the light of calling Mr.. Higgins
a ~falsifer, and therefore explains the matter
by saying that the people selected by the APP
pointment clerk, knowing him and his style
of doing business, have probably professeG to
be Democrats, but I viii guarantee they were
not all of that faith before their appointment
If the Commissioners theory is to be accepted
it follows that at least half the successful can
didates under the civilservice laws will lie
without hesitation when occasion seems to
call for dishonesty, a circumstance that
speaks i'll for the promised improve
ment of government service under
the workings of the law. Commissioner
Edgerton, however, is a simpleton of the first
water if he believes, or expects others to be-
lieve, any such explanation. Mr.. Eugene
Higgins has not been a ward politician and
trickster all his life to give an Office to a man
as a Democrat without knowing that individ-
uals antecedents from "'way back. The in
Simultaneous convert to Democracy is not the
man who gets in under Higgins. Perhaps
the innocent Mr.. Edgerton will ask the coun-
try to believe that at least fifty of the seventy
two Democratic pension examiners who were
appointed by Commissioner Black deceived that