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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04

A sal0onkeeper up Gratiot street
sat at his door the other afternoon
wondering why it was that so many
men in Detroit preferred huttermik
to beer. when two strangers came
along. One of them placed a penny
on the side walk, placed his right
heel on the penny, and then bent
over to see how far he could reach
and mark the flag store with nail.
AS he reach out he lifted his heel off
the penny, and the other man picked
up the coin, slipped it into his puck-
ct and winked at the salOOnist.
"That's long reach," said No. 1,
as he straightened up.
Eyes, hut you lifted your heel off
the cen5."
mo, l didn't"
"Bet you a dollar!"
"I'll take ii -
"Hold on snentlemens," said the
beer seller, as he rose up II like to
make some bets myself"
"I'lI bet you S2 my heel is on a
penny" said No. 1.
~ take dot bet awful queek," re-
piled the saIooniSt, and couple of
S2 hills were handed to No. 2.
No. sat down on the walk, pulled
eff his shoe and held it up that the
saloon-keeper might see a penny
screwed fast to the heel. He replaced
his shoe after a moment, rose up and
bowed courteously, and the pair
walked off. They were at least half
block away before the victim re-
covered sufficiently to say:
"Vhell! Vhell! | pays taxes in
two wards und goes twice 10 Chicago.
but yet | vhas some lunatics who
ought to he led around NIT a rope !"
-DetrOH Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04

Delinquent subscribe. Ito country
editor)-Why is your paper referred
to as a "patent inside"
Editor (gIoomily)-It doesn't re.
fer to the paper: it refers to me.
Delinquent ubscriber-You?
Editor yes. If hadn't a patent
inside I'd starve to death.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04

WIN more money thar at anything else by
WIN taking an agency for the best selling
book out Beginners succeed grandly. None
fail. Terms free. HALLRTT Book Co., Port
land, Maine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
NO. G..
GOO ACRES OF LAND.

covered with white pine, spruce and white
oak timber. and underlaid with coal iron ore
and fire clay. Water fall II feet. Steam saw
mill on the premises doing good business
VIII DO sold at bargain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
REAL ESTATE
f OR SALE.
NO. 3.
An Elegant New Residence

on Oak street, Oakland, Nd. containing S
rooms. Large lot improved by stable, car
riage house, ice house, &C. Well of good water
Terms easy. Price, $22O0.00.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04
HOUSE AND LOT

On Oak street. Oakland, Md, comfortable
dwelling Well of good water and convenient
outbuildings. Will sell at a bargain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-12-04

RUY n for working people, Send 10 cents
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OF making more money IN few days than
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Capital not required. You can live at home
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All of both sexes, Ofall ages. grandly success
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we make this unparalleled offeI. To all who
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for the trouble Of writing us. Full particulars
directions, etc, sent free. Immense pay ab-
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delay. Address STINsoSN 4, Co., Portland,
Maine.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07
AFRICAN RIVERS.
A Network OF Navigab!e Water Extend
ing Over 5000 Miles.


London Times: The report pub
lished by Lieut.. 0 Nimptsch OF the
German army, son-in-law of Gen. von
Loe, aide-de-camp to the emperor, gives
some very interesting details of the
journey which he made with Herr
Wolf, a traveller in the service of the
Congo Free state, and which has re-
suited in the discovery of II river likely
to be Of material value to the traders
with the Congo. The Congo in its
course from the southeast makes a very
wide bend to the north, and then de-
scends again TO the Atlantic, a very
large tract OF country being embraced
in this curve. Within this carve in the
River kassai, Lieut.. Won Nimptsch re-
CARDS rs being ''of even greater i'm
portance to commerce than the Congo
ITSELF Describing their Journey, he
says that RS far as Luebu and Kassa
flows through wide plains we'll adapted
for cultivation, pasturage and forests
of palm trees and gutta pcrcha troes.
There are many villages on the banks,
and the travellers met with great civil
ity in all Of them save one, the inhabi-
tants Of which He'd ut their approach.
One tribe. adds Lieut.. o Nimptsch,
.'was remarkable for It's ioviality.'
The natives accompanied the steamer
in their canoes, and when we landed
organized dances and songs in our
honor" There is a great deal of ivory
all along the Kassai, and large pieces
of the finest quality were readily given
in exchange for empty boxes and tins.
They discovered several ailluents OF the
Kassai, and they calculated that they
were navigable for a distance Of POO
miles. The most important aiiiucnt."
the report goes on to say, ais that which
Herr Wolf explored in the steamer
Norwarts during the months Of Febru-
AIRY and March. He assembled this
stream IL a distance of 430 leagues
from It's mouth, and one Of It's northern
atlluents brought him within Il weeks
march of NNangoue. He might have
gone still further had his steamer not
met with an accident, for there are 40
cataractS in this river. All this net
work of navigablc water. extending
over more than 5000 miles, is most adj
mirabic. and in future it will be posi-
Bile to travel eastward from the Allan
tie. reaching Nyangoue and then Lake
Tangynteka by leaving the Congo at
the mouth OF the kassai, without being
obliged to ascend the whole of the for
me stream, thus avoiding the Stanley
Falls.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07
What They Do at Sunday School.

Cincinnati Times-Star: The last Of
fetal visit of Rev. w. +. Hypes, presid-
ing elder of the west Cincinnati dis
trict, to his charge at Harrison took
place last Sunday. At the Sunday
school the infant class, all expectation
and ilutter in the illustrious presence,
toed the mark to be catechised by the
elder.
Said he: Children. what do you go
to Sunday school forg'
40 learn to be good" came with
vociferous carncstness, from the little
urchins.
Correct, my dears. Now, what do
you do in Sunday school to learn to be
good?"
1--WE all pray" chimed in a little
fellow
1--WE sing" put in another. "And
we read Gods holy word" said tho
biggest in the class.
''Quite right my children" smilingly
quoth the elder. '.But what else do
you do?' This was Il poser. The
boys had evidently struck IA snag and
the suspense was becoming painfully
embarrassing to the boys, and prolific
OF knowledgeous smiles on the part of
the elder, when a little hand appeared
nervously iluttering from the back row
to attract attention. ..Aha, there is a
little boy who knows. Now, my little
man, what else do we dop'
Take up IA collection"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07

After the new extradition treaty with
England has curtailed the destinations
of Canada for the embezzling gentry of
this country diplomacy should try and
make some similar arrangements with
Guatemala. Mr.. James Mason, of New
Orleans, for instance, went down into
that favored land as the agent of u
New Orleans house and pocketed $780,
600 worth of collections. He was
overhauled in Philadelphia, but the
authorities were forced 80 discharge him
because the oflense was committed in a
country with which we have no ar
rangements about criminals. Perhaps
diplomacy never contemplated that a
man could collect $4,000 in money
from n region where red bugs are the
prevailing currency.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07

The st. Cloud Press journal says:
..There are too few business men who
appreciate sufficiently the value OF a
live newspaper, both ms to their bust
ness and to the town, to pay the advcr-
Using rates necessary to sustain a good
weekly. The last persons to make
money out of the business of ''boom-
ing towns are the newspaper publish
ers, and they are the ones on whom
the costs and risks of any such a ven
ture almost invariably fail. There are
y few weekly papers that receive the
patronage the work and money ex-
pended upon them merit"
This truth business men should
remember at all times. AS a rule, a
town or city is judged abroad by the
newspapers published in it.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07

The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser expresses surprise that in view of
.'the revelations made from time to
time of the utter rottenncss Of aristo-
cratic society in Great Britain, Sir
Charles Dixie should be deemed, or
deem himself, in any way disqualified
for social life in England by so small a
matter as the exposure of his vicious
ness and perjury" The surprise is
quite natural, especially when the rec
ord of the heir-apparent to the British
throne in the Mordaunt case and the
connection of Lord Harrington with a
similar scandal are recalled. A society
that worships the prince of Wales and
l~ionizes the marquis of Harrington
might be expected to at least tolerate
Sir Charles Dixie despite his pecadil-
loes. But the society that condones
the shortcomings of the heir-apparcnt
and the marquis of Harrington is aris-
tocratic, aud Sir Charles is not an
aristocrat.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07

Pail Mall Gazette: An inquest was
held yesterday at st. Thomas's Iiospi-
tai on the body of George Anthony
AIDE. aged eleven years. who it was al
legged had died from the effects Of eat
inc poisonous ice cream. Between
thirty and forty boys and girls who had
p%artaken Of ice cream purchased at the
same stall had been suddenly seized
with sickness ard violent purging,
some of them still being inmates
at the hospital. Mr., Waller Arthur, sur
geon. said that be had mace post-mor-
TEN examination of the body. The inn
mediate cause of death was English
cholera or violent purging and vomit-
ing, brought on by eating some delet-
erious matter contained in either ice
cream, fish or fruit. In further reply
to the coroner the witness said that
during the last week ne had been called
upon to attend about q dozen persons,
all of whom had eaten ice cream and
who exhibited the same symptoms AS
those Of the deceased. The jury re-
turned q verdict that deceased died
from English cholera, brought on by
eating some deleterious matter.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07

The story of the terrible restitution
and starvation of the fishermen Of
Labrador and Newfoundland compels
the serious attention of civilized people.
There should be no lack of effort to
rescue these perishing people in their
icy homes. The people of this c%ountr.
should send supplies ere the winter
shuts the sufferers Oh. FROM IL COM
~munication.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07
munication

The propositions IS certain members
of the G. A. II. of New York state to
confer especial honors upon the ex-
PEELED French princes who were for n
season identified with the Army of the
Potomac as military students, is alb
surd. These men were expelled from
France because they were plotting to
sverturn a government OF the people
They have 10 claims TO honors at the
hands Of the citizens of a sister repub-
lic.. Let us have no snobbery.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07

1t appears from reports that there is
q consuming desire on the part of the
people of Missouri for the pardon OF
the Younger brothers, now in the Min
nesota state prison under life sentence
for murder. 1t is stated that every
member of the coming Missouri legis-
lature will sign the petition to that eff
feet, and it is thought probable by
some one that a good bond for 81 ,000,-
600 will be given if required for the flu
ture good conduct of the prisoners il
they are released. The fact that Mr..
Frank James has discontinued the
highway robbery business and sank
~peaceably TO the level of a mere
citizen has perhaps had some influence
in strengthening the idea in Missouri
that men of his profession ought to be
permitted to pass the later years of
their lives in honored retirement among
their friends and admirers. The
Younger brothers belonged to a gang
Of professional ~highwaymcn. Killing
people under certain contingencies was
An accepted principle of their mode OF
actor. A thorough canvass of All the
prisons of The country would not dis
close less fit candidates for pardon
than these men They have earned
half a dozen life sentences. not to say
hangings. and had capital punishment
been in force in Minnesota when they
were convicted there would have been
no occasion whatever to talk about
their pafdons now.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07

There is a movement In New York TO
make Joseph Cook the national standard
teaIer of the Prohibitionists.
The apple crop in New York state IL al
most a failure.
There are 4,000 Americans In London this
season
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-07

permanently cured or no pay. The worst
cases guaranteed, Pamphlet and references,
10 cents in stamps. Worlds Dispensary Med
zeal Association, 663 Main ST., Buffalo, N. Y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

The best treasure man can pGsssss IL
n good wife. He who hqs such treHs-
ure ought 10 do his very best TO keep her
in perfect health. Invalid ladies are
sometimes great sufferers. Worry and
overwOrk perform nIaryels OF mischief
for most American women Browns
Iron Bitters works wonders OF renova-
ton for the pale. the languid and the
dsbilitated. Mrs. Luis Weston, No. 1871
Market street. Indianapolis. says: Il
used Browns Iron Birtcrs for general
debility and weakness. and am entirely
cured"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

Is THE seml-centenRial anniversary of
the fall OF the Alamo, the Thermopola
Of America, to pass unnoticed right here
in the very shade of its sacred walls 4?
SO 1t appears, as not word has yet been
said about making preparations for it's
celebration, although it is now less than
two months of. Were it the celebration
of the Mexican Independence day, al
ready many of the local politicians
would be bubblIng over with Mexican
patriotism. This is very poor compli-
ment to the Mexican people. The ma
jOrity of the Mexicans, or so-calIed
Mexicans, are American by birth and in
sentiment, and expect to live and die IS
such. Many of them took part in that
memorable battle and laid down their
lives side by side with Crockett, Bowie,
Travis and the other heroes. The Mex
leans in this city, those of Mexican birth
and citizenship, like all true and brave
men, would join in honoring the mem
DRY of the heroes who fell at the Alamo
The chivslry of every true Mexican
would gladly do homage to the memory
Of heroic bravery and self-sscrincing
patriotism. 1t 10 an insult to them TO
judge them less generous minded. Let
the people of San Antonio DO some
thing on the 9Th day of March
to let the world know that they
are not ungrsteful and have in their
sordid penury or their fear Of offending
anybody. so far lost their manhood as TO
pass this sacred day without recoRni-
ton. Yet few, very few. Of the heroes
Of the war Of Texas Independence
which was one OF the most glorious in
history, are yet with the living Every
citizen Of Texas owes much TO these
now deoreplt old men, who, in their
youth were ready TO lay down their
lives that Texas might be free To
make these few remaining heroes feel
that their efforts and deeds were appre-
ciated, would be but right, and Is a duty
that the present generation owes the
rapidly passing away Texas veterans.
San Antonio would be doing herself
honor and win the applause Of the en-
tire country should she celebrate that
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14
EE
SCR0FULA OF LUNGS.

! am now 10 years old. and have suffered for
the last II years with II lung trouble | have
spent thousands of dollars to arrest the march
of this disease; but temporary relief was all
that obtained. | was UNIT Tor any manual
labor for several years. A friend strongly re-
commended the use of Swits Specific IS s. s.
claiming that he himself had been greatly
benefited by its use in some lung troubles. |
resolved to try il The results are remark
able. Ny cough mas left me, my strength has
returned, and | weigh 81 pounds more than
ever did in my life. II has been three years
since stopped the use of the medicine, hut
have had no return of the disease. and there
are no pains or weakness felt in my lungs. |
do the hardest kind of mechanical work, and
feel as well as ever felt since | was boy.
These know, are wonderful statements to
make. but am honest when | say that | owe
my existence and health to-day to :. : =
would be recreaut To the duty owe to hu
manity If failed to bear this cheerful tcst-
mony to the merits Of this wonderful mcdi-
cine. r. !. HOIT.
Montgomery, Ala. Jane -. Is :.
Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable. Treat
Use on Blood and Skin Disease mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawers, Atlanta
Ga. or lj7 W. I'D St, n. Y.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

A MORMON agent recently visited the
City of Mexico, and it was suspected for
the purpose of securing land and a foot
hold for his people in that Republic. If
he knows what is good for himself and
co-polygsmists be will not move to Mex
loo. The heIicans will not monkey
much with them, but will bounce them
bodily. From the unmistskable tenor OF
the Mexican press polygamy is not pop
ular in that country.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

TIE Laredo FINES says. Texas
wants all the appropriations for harbor
improvements expended at Galveston
and Arkansas Pass Sabine is a Louisian4
MORT -
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

HAD the city the use Of water the
principal streets could b. washed OF and
slesnsed of the miserable Elu.h that now
almost stops travel.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

great event in a suitable manner. lie
public meeting be called. and the pro. er
steps be taken In time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

The closing of business houses on Sun
day will add to the good reputation of
the city abroad. and all will be generally
better for the movement
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

THE refusal OF the Land Board to act
on the Governors suggestion and reduce
the rent Of school lands to the minimum,
will simply result in the lands not being
leased. and those who have them In
closed will have the grass for nothing.
instead Of the poor children getting four
cents an acre for 1t. Let the Board put
the land up to the highest bidder, and
not one bidder will give six cents an
acre. The railroad companies have al
ways been glad to lease this same class
of lands for from one TO three cents per
acre. and II was slow work to do II at
those figures. What the Land Board
needs. and the members Of the Legisla-
ture who make the laws, is to take a
trip through the country about which
they make laws, and then they would
understand the case better.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

The Corpus Christi people are still
wrestling with the bonus 10 the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass Railroad. The
last $4,000 seem to be harder to raise
than were the Ss5 A last call 10 is
sued for mass meeting. and If the re-
quired amount is not raised the friends
of the movement will abandon it, They
deserve great credit for their persever-
ance and deserve to win. As to the I'm
portancp OF the road to Corpus Christi
there Is no question, and the only OBJ
Itacle now to the raising Of the required
500. 900 appears to he some personal
motives that should nor stand in the
way Of 3 public enterprise. The LIGHT
hopes that the bonus may be raised. as
direct railroad connection with Corpus
Christi would he very desirable TO San
Antonio.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

WHAT right hal the City Attorney to
order pr nting at the City's expense? II
the City Council weuld have wished his
learned opinion preserved in the arch
ives OF the city in printed form, it should
have been left 10 that body to have or
dered the same printed. At first blush"
1t must appear to that authorized legal
adviser of the city that in face Of con-
tract with another job printing office he
had no right. nor has even the Council
right to order printing at any office
but the one having the contract. unless
the said contract has been forfeited.
Mr.. Newton should be obliged to pay
tn. $50 out Of his own pocket. The re-
marks Of the Express are pertinent and
to the point. as follows: The Express
asked the Times a PLAN honest, straight
forward question. BY what authority
was that Newton pamphlet IA bill for
$50 for printing which has been pre-
sented to the city printed at any other
office than that of the city printer? 1t
TAILS 10 even re1tr 70 Inc questlOn re-
motely, but has plenty of space to ex-
plain that the Times newspaper had
nothing to do with the affair. Why all
this strain to clear the skirts Of the
Times OF any connection with the mat
ter If there was nothing wrong about IL?
As the Times cannot be drawn into a
line or a word Of defense of the transact
ton, but TAKES so much pains 20 rcfute
the idea that it had anything to do with
1t, ii, too, must feel and know that a
wrong has been done, and the city's in
terests trifled with by the Mayor ignor-
ing one Of the city's contracts. In this
view of the case the fierce denials of the
| Times are not only sxcusable, but
| praisewOrthy"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

The Representatives are getting jeal
GUS OF the Senators in their discussion of
the popular silver question, and are bur-
rying up Mr.. BANDS committee report
so as to give them chance before the
subject is worn out in the Senate. The
silver question is the buncombe OF Con-
gress this session
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

The South did tolerably well in the
way Of Chsirmsnships in the House,
having received % out OF the ~. The
west got II, the East seven, and the
Southwest only five.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

SINCE the Fort Worth Matt las changed
into an eight-page paper it presents all
the points and general makeup of a
NEST prosperous, metropolitan daily.
The LIGHT is pleased to note its ad-
vsncement, and homes for 1t continued
prosperity.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

The Austin Statesman observes: The
San ANTONIO LIGHT, having found 1t ne
cessary TO secure more room for its in
creasing business, has re noved to a
three-story building at No East Com
msrce street. 1t car now tell three sto-
ries as often as il told two before"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

Why can't the Sanitary Inspectors be
urnished with Isctometers. and in
struoted to test the milk sold In this city.
SO as to insure pure article: An ordin-
ance would then be necessary to fix q
penalty for the adulteration of milk.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-14

THAT was wise move to postpone the
excursion to and barbecue at Floresville
over the Arkansas road until the last Of
the month. January is particularly the
rainy season here,