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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30

Germany, where most of the stones re-
CURED are quite plentiful. 1t is CON-
mon enough to impose the cairngorm
on ignorant purchasers as Brazilian
or Mexican topaz. Edinburgh lap
diaries are able to prepare and mount
the cairngorm and pebbles of Scotland
with taste and skill. Crystals of smoky
quartz are found in every part of the
globe, and can be so skilfully dealt
with by lapidaries and experts as to be
made deeper or lighter in color as may
be demanded. Each manipulation is Of
course careful to preserve MS particu-
lar mode of procedure secret from his
fellows; and some of them are verv
clever in their various manipulations
of Scottish stones, which can be set
with fine effect in brooches, snuff-mulls,
dirks and powder-horns.
'Mock-pearls' are the subject of fire.
quent discussion. The wonderful luster
and exquisite polish of the real gem
of the sea have been more than once
initiated with almost the power of
nature But there is something about
this beautiful and mysterious produc-
ton which in the end tells against all
attempts at fraud The imitation,
tested with the real gem, provides one
source of detection, and the brittle ma
ture of the manufactured article is an
other Another matter is that the ex-
quisitely drilled holes which are char
acteristic of the pearls of the East are
wanting in all limitations, the drilling
in the latter case being usually clumsy
and blunt edged. The scales of small
fish known as the bleak have been sue
cessfully used in the formation of false
pearls; but as it requires some eighteen
thousand of these fish to provid, one
pound-weght of the pearl-makirg ma
terial, it seems superfuous to say that
only very limited number Of gems
can be made from the scales of the
bleak.
Hera we pause, not having space left
in which to discuss the manufacture
of cameo's, or the production OF that
mystery gold'' which two Yeas ago
afforded so much material for news
paper discussion. At the presen time,
when pictures and pottery, ole turnl-
ture, articles of virtu of all kinds coins,
and even birds eggs are forgd, it is
not a matter for surprise that purious
diamonds. mock-pearls, and mutations
of many of our more precious gems
should be foisted on the pubic by un-
scrupulous tradespeople. Neverthe-
less, so long as lady can purchase for
a few pounds necklace or other
adornment which, if genuine, would
have cost hundreds or pehaps thou
sands of pounds, the imitation gem
trade will continue to fouiish. Cham
6erS' Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30
He Fired His Shot.

Do right and let God attend to the
results is a good doctrine, as the fol-
lowing true story illustrates: A young
Methodist minister on going to his new
charge, was informed by the official
brethren that his salary would be one
thousand dollars, and as every sum-
mer wholesale liquor-dealer visited
the quiet town, with his family, and
paid regularly fifty dollars for pew
for his family, it would be policy on
his (the minister's) part to speak gent
ly on the Temperance question. The
reply of the young man was: Take
fifty dollars of my salary, for | want
to have shot at that pewr' Shortly
after, he fired his shot, and the liquor
dealer was so pleased at the courage
of the young pastor that he instantly
raised his subscription to one hundred
dollars N Y. Witness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30
Increasing the Demand.

There is money in the rum traffic;
hence its man ufacture extended itself
until there were too many distilleries,
too many breweries, to supply the de-
mand. The next thing was to increase
that demand by breeding in a greater
number of men that Internal thirst,
the result of burned-out stomach, an
alcoholized brain and system loaded
with the rum poison.
There is nothing on earth so terrible
as this thirst The drunkard Graves
rum. All other thoughts are swal-
lowed up in a mad desire to again sat
urate himself with the vile stuff that is
destroying his physical system and
driving his soul to damnation. He will
have it. though it takes the last penny
from his pocket; he will pawn his own
clothing, his wife's dress, his baby's
shoes, in order to obtain the means to
buy rum. He will drink it, too,
though he knows full well that such
indulgence only rivets still stronger the
chains which bind him; he will drink
it even though he knows that he shuts
forever the gates of hope behind him,
and by that act dooms himself to the
certainty of eternal woe.
The saloon is but an institution to
drag men under the dominion of this
awful thirst, means whereby this
fierce and unnatural appetite shall be
created within them. This once estab-
lished, all the money they can earn,
borrow, beg and steal will flow into the
Golfers of the rum power, as surely as
the waters of the river will reach the
sea. Temptation to drink is placed
everywhere in the pathway of men in
order that those who dead to all noble
instincts, grasp with eager hands at
theblood-stained gold of the drunkard,
may be secure in the continuance Of
their accursed gains. Toledo Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30
HELPED TO DESTRUCTION.

The Ways in Which the Saloon-Keeper
and Manufa cturer Fasten the Drink
Habit Upon Their Victims.
The effect of the alcohol poison is not
well enough understood. No man can
touch it without fastening upon him
self craving for more. This is a
physiological law which is fixed and
certain. The man who comes to stop
ping at a place of this kind every night
and taking one glass, within a week
finds half dozen necessary And the
seller helps him along the downward
road as rapidly as possible. There is
always upon the counter plate of
picked Goldfish, or red behring's cut into
proper lengths, or pretzals covered
with salt, all thirst provokers, and they
actually put salt into the beer, that the
desire for the pleasant liquor may be
increased. Beer becomes necessity
10 him before he is aware of it, and his
fate is fixed. The seller can count
upon so much day from him as GER
tainly as though he had it in his till.
And this is not all. Lager beer gen.
orally contained only three or four per
cent. of alcohol, but it now contains
ten 10 twelve per cent. The original
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30
SONG OF A NOBLE GUILD.

A song for the toiler, everywhere,
Whatever his pedigree
For the man who meets the worlds rough
wear,
And makes it better for brothers there
That's the man we love to see.
Here's health to the arm that guides the
pillow,
And the hand that yields the spade;
But Irvine Il green wreath to grace the brow
OF the noble Knight we think of now,
As he plies his cunning trade.
A song for the printer and his art,
We know not how dark would seem
The path we tread, if he took no part
In the ira n ng of the human heart,
Or the oiling of the stream.
The mighty brains of the world may think,
And probe the secrets of time,
But their work would want the binding link,
If there was no hand with type and ink
To bear it to every cline.
Though silent the force, the touch is strong,
The ease is the world to him,
But he knows first of the stirring song
Ere the earth's echoes sweep it along
From his attic hot and grim.
A song, a song for the printer then
Think of the honor he owns
Think. he gives life to the thoughts of men,
Till they flash truth again and again
To slaves as to heirs of thrones.
Sing well, sing loud to the printers name
He builds and who dares pull DOWN
There's never a trump that speaks of fame
The sound of his triumph may disclam,
AS he weaVeS his own renown.
-Wm. Lyle, in Journalist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30
HOLY WRATH.
What Is Needed Now to Hurl at Whisky
Makers and Whisky Sellers.

What Is Needed Now to Hurl at whisky
Makers and Whisky Sellers.
There is a great deal just now to.
make good people angry. See how
audacious the whisky makers and
whisky sellers are! Hear them talk
about freedom-freedom to fill our gut
tiers with drunkards, our poor-houses
with paupers, our jails with criminals.
freedom to brutalize our sons, to des-
olate our homes, to break the hearts of
wives, to beggar children, and cloud
their lives with memories of cruelty
and shame-freedom to quadruple our
taxes and be accessory to three-quar-
tiers OF the crime that loads the calen-
dars of our courtsi And they tell us
that if we dare to abridge their free
dom to prosecute the work of devils
they will take whisky into politics,
they will set up caucus in every sa-
loon, they will rally all the bad ele-
ments in the land, they will organize,
concentrate their power, expend their
money to control elections. and thus
rule or ruin; nay, rule and ruin, for a
whisky government would make ma
ton of drunkards, and such matt n
would soon reel and stagger INTO dis.
honored grave.
What we need just now is, not pa
tience and charity, but spirit of hot
and holy Indignation. The Christians
and patriots of the land must wake up
and rebuke sharply such wicked and
impudent attacks upon all that is pure
and hopeful in our national life. Let
the whisky rings, the organizations
that trample on the Sabbath, the athe-
istic socialists-all the men who are
digging at the foundation stones of our
free institutions and putting dynamite
under them, see that we are angry,
that we will not endure any such nom
sense any longer, and they will trem-
BILE and turn pale. Guilt is cowardly.
1t presumes upon the patience and
charity of good people. 1t thinks that
they will not fight. 1t is time to un-
deceive these people. We must do so
for their own good, because we love
them, and would save them from the
consequences of their folly. The mani
fest duty of the hour for every man
who loves God and his native land, is
to get angry. -I,aterior.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30
GETTING EVEN.
How an Obliging Man Revenged Himself
on Lady with "A Bottle.

How an Obliging Man Revenged Himself
Lady with Bottle.
The following story is told of the
general traffic manager of Southern
railroad Some time ago, as he was
returning to New York from the South,
the train on which he was riding
stopped at Elizabeth, and among the
passengers who boarded it wasa richly
dressed lady, who entered the car in
which he sat, and anxiously glanced
around for seat. The train was
crowded, and Mr. O. immediately
arose and gave the lady his-the outer
half of the-seat, and stood in the aisle
near by. When Newark was reached,
the gentleman who occupied the other
half got out and left the car. The lady
at once arose, as if to give Mr.. O.
his portion of the seat, shook out her
skirts, seated herself again with her
back to the aisle, and put her little
hand-sachel on the other half of the
seat. By this time many of the passen-
gers had become interested in the situa-
ton. When the train reached that
portion of the meadows between New
ark and Jersey City on which the phos-
phate works are situated, the terrible
stencil, so familiar to those who habit
ually travel on the Pennsylvania and
Morris & Essex railroads, penetrated
the cars. Quick as thought, the lady
seized her sachel, got out a bottle of
smelling-salts and clapped it to her
nose. Mr.. O. saw this, and leaning
over, he sa d to couple of gentlemen
in the seat Immediately behind her:
Gentlemen, what in the name of
Heaven has that woman got in that
bottlep"
The lady instantly turned and said;
''It is not this bottle, sir, which smells. "
Amid the universal laughter he re-
tired to another car, but not until he
had shot back: MADAM, as long as |
live I'll never forget the smell from
that bottle "-Hdrper'S Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30
TEMPERANCE READING.
MY VISION.

There's y vision moves before me, -
Which fain would see no more,
For view such haggard faces
Faces thar I've seen before.
And the looks they cast upon me,
AS they pass Nth noiseless tread,
Fill my mind with fearful bodings--
Fill my heart with nameless dread.
Not soul in all this concourse
But doth curse me for its lot;
Years ago with hopes before me,
On life cast blot.
] it was who first enticed him
With the ruby-tinted glass!
Yes. twas /, oh God. forgive me;
i, the cause! too late-alas!
Oh! this youth when rum had crazed him,
S, nix the cruel dagger deep;
And the ife-biood If a sister
From the gaping wound did weep,
He to law has paid the forfeit
Passed beyond the unrent vail,
He, alone, with mau was guilty,
My excuse with God will fail
-HdrUey F'urbdU, in Toledo Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30
SUITING THE MARKET.
Remarkable Shrewdness Displayed by tn
Donkey Boys of Cairo.

Remarkable Shrewdness Displayed by the
Donkey Boys of Cairo.
The author of "Arabistan" has fire.
ouent occasion to remark upon the
shrewdness for trade displayed by the
natives when dealing with travellers,
particularly with English or American
customers. He found our country reg
nlarly spoken of as ''Yankeedonia" by
the common people, and one of our
our countrymen will be grayely and
politely addressed as Yankee Doodle"
by the Arabs of the towns. The form
of thanks in which the boys acknowl-
edged the receipt of little favors be-
slowed upon them was, yankee Doc
die, good, good" Of an important
branch of the business community in
Cairo, he writes:
The donkey boys. generally about
half grown, are the keenest little gam
ms ever saw, and for antic drollery
have no equal. One steps up to me,
pulls his forelock with his hand, and
gives correspond ng kick behind. ac-
cidentally hits another boy in the re-
gion of the stomach, and with a grin
of humor on his dirty face, says:
"Take ride, sahP Mine splendid
donkey. Name Prince"-then, catch
ing an English word l uttere he
quickly adds ''of Wales, Prince OF
Wales, sab. "
If / had uttered French word, the
name would have been prince Ma
poleon." Others behind him. taking
the cue, call out "Mine Billy Button. "
tom Jones'" Waterloo, "Duke
Wellington, etc.
But one bright-eyed little urchin
calls out: "Mine berry goo donkey
Yankee Doodle-General Grant
That last shot told and | followed
the boy to take my first ride on the
'donk' with so llustrious a name. -
- Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30
" SOUR MASH"

Rev. De Witt Talmage Finds Only One
Honest Label for Whisky-He Indicts the
Rum Fiend "the Fratricde, the Pat
ricide, the Matricide, the Uxoricide, the
Regicide of the Century'-The Sin of
Treating.
Look a moment at the evil of drunk
enness. Whether you live in Brook
lyn, or New York, OF Chicago, or Gin
CHINA, or Savannah, or Boston, or in
any of the cities of this land, count up
the saloons on that street as compared
with the saloons five years ago, and
see they are growing far out of pro-
portion to the increase of the popula-
ton. You people who are SO precise
and particular lest there should be
some imprudence or rashness in at
lacking the rum traffic will have your
son some night pitched into your front
door dead drunk, or your daughter
will come home with her children be-
cause her husband has by strong drink
been turned into a demoniac. The
rum fiend has despoiled whole streets
of good homes in all our cities. Fathers
brothers. sons on the funeral pyre of
strong drink! Fasten tighter the vic
timsl Stir nm the flamesi pile on the
corpsesl More men, women and chill
dren for the sacrificed Let us have
onJ Of Tho sound of tbo cornot Hn4o
barr cool, bnt rooItorv ond d,I1cin,o'.
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civ Kinor fA1oobol or ,,o,, sba1I 10
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name and any one can understand #,
Sonr moshi That is If makes a man
disnosition sour and his associations
sonr and his prospects sour: and then
II is GOOD to mash his bodv. and mash
his son1 and mash his busIness and
mash is family, Sour mash One hon
oct name Of least for an intoxicantr
Rnt tbron@b Vino labels of many of
the anothecar;es' shors Good neonle
who are onlv LITTLE nndertone in health
and wanting of some inviooration
have nnwittinoIv oot on their tonrue
the fanos of this cobra that shines to
death SO LARGE a ratio of the human
race
/ Some are ruined by the common and
all-destructive habit of treating ems
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30

People who believe that travel is ex-
tremely inexpensive in Europe should
be disabused. 1t is not so very costly
from the fact that the long trips one
can undertake in the United States are
not to be made in the old world, unless
one goes to Russia. for example, but
the railway and steamboat fares are
not seductively low. The five hours
trip from Liverpool to London costs
1928, the nine hours trip from London
to Paris costs SIS, the twenty-five
hours trip from Paris to Milan costs
$24. One can, of course, take cheaper
route from England to France and re.
duce the price of the English and
Italian journeys buying second-class
tickets, but when Americans travel
they--very sensibly, l think-like to
travel as swiftly and comfortably as
possible. Add to the figures given
above the additional charge for extra
baggage on the continents charge
levied at every turn on all luggage in
excess of a ridiculously small allowance
and the voyager will sigh for the out
growth of competing lines, bankrupt
roads and broken pools which he profits
by in the land of the setting SUM-
GoSSiper, IN N Y World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30

The Postmaster-G General now prohib-
its the transportation of Intoxicating
liquors through the mails into prohibit
ton counties and States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-30

OF numerous methods for purify
ing drinking water recommended by
recognized authorities, the following
of Prof Wilbur, of Rutgers College, is
very simple and worthy of thorough
trial. dissolve half an ounce of pure
alum in cup of boiling water, pouring
into a quart measure and filling up with
cold water. Keep it in bottle labeled
"alum solution" An ordinary tea
spoonful is the right amount to add to
gallon of water. No harm would be
done if two, or ten we're added; one is
sufficient. AS different waters vary, it
may be found that less will answer"
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-04-22
JUDICIAL SALE.

Notice Is hereby given that we. as
Commissioners appointed by the Pope
Chancery Court, viii Oh the nth day
of May, 1885, sell in the town Of Rus
sellville, Ark, on the premises to be
sold, to the highest and best bidder on
a credit of four months, between the
hours prescribed for judicial sales, LOTS
and 8, in block 30, In Russell's addf-
ton to said town, together with the
house situated thereon, In obedience to
a decree of said Chancery court to sat-
isfy two certain mortgages: ono made
and executed to F. +. YoungbloOd to
secure the payment Of balance duo on
promissory note of j. r. Macarthur
for the sum Of $1S1.75 with the addition
of IS. 80 atty fee; one made and execu-
ted to Carl & Tobey to secure the pay
ment of prommiasory note Of j. r. Nc
Carthur for the sum Of $220. 90; each OF
said notes drawing interest, Young
blood's at the rate Of 10 per cent. per
annum from date until paid Carl q Te-
bey's at the rate OF per cent. per an-
mum from date until paid. The pur-
chaser at said sale VIII be required to
give note with approved security, also
lein will be retained on the property
for the payment of the purchase money.
LEWIS w. DAVIS,
DAN B. GRANGER,
Commissioners.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-04-22
Call for Central Committee Meet.
ing May LIST, 1885.

Notice is hereby given that the Dem
ocrati; County Central COMMITTEES will
meet at Dover ut 10 o'clock a. m. Satur-
day, May LIST, 1886, for the purpose Of
setting the time for holding the .own-
ship and county conventions, and to
transact such other. business Us may
come before 1t. All townships which
have not appointed or elected member
of the central committee as provided
by our last county convention, should
do So ut once, that the COMMITTEES may
be full. Every township Is expected ia
be represented.
JAMES NJ. HARKEY,
Chairman Committee.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-04-22

Are you disturbed at night and
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Of one Of the oldest and best female
nurses and physicians in the United
States, and Is for sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price 70 eents
bottle. Jan. 1887.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-04-22
The Nest Enterprising of Illus
trated Papers.

The Illustrated Graphic News, of Gin
cinnati, of April 18th will be marvel
lous exhibition Of enterprise, as 1t will
publish eleven pages Of original Illus
trations, including Scenes from the
BLOODY RIOT Of the 9th inst. in St.
Louis; the TERRIBLE FLOODS in the
South, with Views Of Several of the
Submerged Cities; the REVIEW OF
THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUAD
RON at Pensacola, Fla; THE Ma
TIONAL SHEEP -SHEARING con-
TEST at st. Louis. the almost TOTAL.
ANNIHlLAT OF KEY WEST BY
FIRE, with views in the city before and
after the confiagr alton, and portraits Of
Hon. Caleb w. West, the new Govern
or Of Utah; Hon. l.. Harrigan. St.
Louis new Appraiser, and other prom
iEent men. These achievements have
never been equaled by 4 pictorial paper.
THE GRAPHIC NEWS will contain
altogether TWENTY-FOUR PAGES,
including a DOUBLE SUPPLEMENT
and COVER. BILL NYE and NYM
CRINKLE begin their contributions this
week.