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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09
CARL DUNDER.
He Invests in a Chestnut Bell and Meets a
BloodThirsty Stranger.


Blood-Thirsty Stranger.
"Well, what is it now?" queried Ser
geant Bendal at the Woodbridge street
station yesterday, as the old man Dun
der slipped softly in.
"Vhell, l like to hat you gaze on
me-"
Certainly. You've got black eye,
puffed-up nose and other proofs OF
being knocked down by a fve-story
building"
"My frendt, you vhas wrong. Do
you know vhas dis article vhas?8
Il do. Those are the remains of a
'cheatnut' bell"
"Shust so, Sergeant. Shake comes
to me der odder day and says Fad
der, you must get some shesnut bell
and pin on your west. Eafery body
who vhas sharp has a shestnut bell,
und when somebody says it vhas hot
day he rings dot bell und vhalks off. ,
Well, Shake has one, und all der boys
hat one, und so buys me Il shestnut
bell"
D6s5lu W SCO'
II practice awhile nit der oldt
womans. If she says it vhas hot or
cold, or if she WANTS money or calls
me to get some coal, rings dot bell
on her. By ind by goes up to der
city hall to see if my taxes vhas, due.
meet man who says he likes to 90
oafe rto Canada by der ferry und Things
dot bell on him.
at was good joke"
"Vhell, l dunno. If somebody calls
you names und knocks you down vhas
dot a shoke? He broke my headt und
my shestnut bell, und doan' get oudt
for three days. Say, Sergeant"
"Yes."
81 goes home to ring dot bell on my
son Shake. vhas going to feed him
shestnuts until he dOan' shoke me any
more for twenty years, but he vhas
gone. Somepody told him how | come
oudt NIT dot stranger, ind he doan'
like to see me. May be you see him.
If you do tell MIN to come home. Tell
him we let shestnuts go und begin all
oafer again. "-DetroI Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09
CHINESE PEASANTRY.
People Whose Hard Lot Leaves Them Ne
Time for Gambling.

People Whose Hard Lot Leaves Them n.
Time for Gambling.
VI small feet and pigtails it is no;
necessary to say much. Both are con.
sidered ornaments in their way, and &
nation whose sons wear bell-toppers,
and whose daughters go in for avariety
of distortions, must be chary of crit.
cislng other peoples peculiarities.
Pigtails. it may not be generally
known, are not in their origin Chinese.
When the present rulers of China, who
are Manchus, seized upon the empire
over two centuries ago, they issued an
edict commanding all Chinese to shave
their heads and grow tail like them
selves. There was good deal of
trouble at first in enforcing such an
order, but the Chinese have long ago
forgotten that the appendage of which
they are so proud is badge of con-
quest. 1t would be hard to find any
where more submissive subject or a
more thoroughly good-natured be-
ing than the Chinese peasant. His
hard struggle for existence scarcely
leaves him time to grumble
with his lot No mechanical
inventions have yet relieved him
from the burden of toll. His rice
fields have to be irrigated by the old
fashioned water-wheel, the fields them
selves are plowed by primitive wooden
pley which he carries home on his
shoulder when his days work is over,
and his crop is reaped with the rudest
of sickle', and brought to the stack
yard on wheelbarrows. Night and
morningne worships the tablets of his
ancestors, and twice in the year-once
in spring.and once in autumn-he re-
pairs to the graves of his family,
and colnnunes in spirit with the fore
fathers of lis race. His knowledge of
the world extends only to the next
market town. No newspaper brings
him intelligence from other lands, and
to him Chin is the first and the only
nation in existence. All other countries
are subordinate to the Emperor of
China, and all the Princes of the
earth owe allegiance to the court of
Picking. Tel an ordinary countryman
in the North that there are nations
in Europe Independent of China, and
he smiles at your thinking him SO in
nocent as tt believe such story.
Peking itself still remains the head
quarters of Celestial ignorance and
prejudice. Nearly every state in Eu-
rope has its representative there, and
in the streets you meet jolly, broad
faced, grinnhg Mongolians from the
bleak NORTH. stately yellow-robed
Lamas from Thibet. the puny white
clad Corean from his forbidden land
in the East Anamese and Siamese
from the South and Nepaulese from the
confines of our Indian Empire. The
spectacle presented by such motley
variety of all nationalities only con-
firms the ordinary native in the belief
that they have, one and all, come to
pay their respects and offer their trib-
ute to the Lord of all under Heaven"
In Southern China knowledge is little
more widely diffused, for emigration
has there introduced slight leavening
of influence. Nineteenth Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09
Wanted the Very Latest.

Old Mr.. Clamwhooper, who is very
rich, recently went to a prominent New
York carriage manufacturer and
ordered that a family carriage be built
specially for him.
what style do you PREFER"
al don keer what style it is as long
as it's the latest style"
you will want armorial bearings on
the panelsP"
Certainly. l want to keep up with
the procession. "
"What armoral bearings am 1 to
put on the panelsP"
"You know more about it than do.
l want something new and fresh-the
very latest style, of course. IN y
Telegram.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09
Dressing of Wounds.

Natures method of protecting
wounds is by the process Of scabbng;
and although almost a matter Of routine
in surgical practice to remove from n
d sfgured face or wounded head the
crust chat nature provides us dressing,
it is best to leave such crusts und;s-
turbcd whenever possible, and if de-
sirable simply to cover them with
something better looking Lint, or
tarletan, or thin muslin, and collodiou,
forms one of the best dressings for
simple incsed, and not n few laccrated
wounds, which have ever been devised
chronological Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
THE STORY OF MISS SELF.

"A long time ago-runs the tale
There was Young girl-a Miss Self.
VINO lived in beautiful vale,
Then haunted by fairy and elf
She never took part in the play
VI other young girls in the town
-Bul stood In the haughtiest way,
And answered their words with frown.
She never gave help to the poor.
She never the sick would attend.
dSne cared not fr end to secure
She borrowed but never would lend.
She pored over books about Kings
And Queens in their grandeur and state.
With diamonds and laces and rings
I'LL she grew her poor cottage to hate.
She read how King left his throne
And wooed In disguise poor maid;
She wished such a chance were her own.
And prayed for it, too, when she prayed.
One day she had wandered alone
Affair from her home to a wood,
And nobody cared she had gone,
For she never did any one good.
While deep in the forest she strolled.
She came to a wonderful gate,
All shining with silver and gold,
And within it a lordly estate
The place looked so charming and bright
She ventured to walk in its bowers
And nobody being in sight,
She gathered bouquet of flowers.
Then, hastily turning to go,
. one saw at the gate fierce guard;
land who may YOU be, would know"
said he, as her exit he barred.
Then quick, with lie on her tongue,
She haughtily said: Stand aside
I'm the Princess De Self" but he swung
The gate tightly shut as he cried:
@sHo! hoi Then it's here you should stay,
For am the Emperor Me;
To take but not give is my way
My gate opens inward, you see.
ST II make you an elf and my Queen
You've earned well the honor, | own;
Devoted to self as you We been,
lis right you should share in my throne
Then placing his crown on her head,
A glittering ring on her hand,
NOW tn S is your empire, he said,
The Queen of the Never-give Land! :"
But alas, for her empire and throne!
Alas for its Donors so grand!
Ihat moment its glamour had flown,
Dispelled by the touch of his hand.
The crown was fools paper thing;
The Jewels were fragments of glass;
The gold was but tinsel; the ring
Was only circlet of brass!
The flowers in the garden so fair
No longer were lovely or sweet;
NO fragrance eXhaled on the air;
The whole was horrible cheatl
And never again to the town
Came she, but passes the hours
AT Castle De Me, with her crown
Or tinsel and odorlesS flowers.
But you NAV Queen be indeed,
With riches that never can fly:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09
LAWRIE'S COURAGE.
The "Good Care" Which He Took of His
Little Sister.

The "Good Care" Which He Took of His
Little Sister.
Were there ever two such handsome
children Mrs. Graham felt sure that
this query could be answered in the
negative, as, on that bright June morn
ing, she gave Elsie the last kiss, and
Lawrence the oft-repeated injunction:
'Take good care of your little sister,
DEAR
Lawrie looked fully equal to the
charge if bravery alone were necessary
to its fulfillment. The sun never shone
upon curls that we're tossed back with
holder air; while his hands were
thrust into his trousers pockets with a
Jaunty defiance before which the
mightiest foe must have trembled.
''Oh, I'll take care of her, mamma;
never you fear. I'll bring her back
safely"
VERY well, Sir Launcelot," said
mamma, with smile which would
look the least bit proud in spite of her
self, ''only remember that bravery con-
CiHbNVll llOG III DOdSlluS.
Very gayly the little lad and lassie
started forth. 1t was Susie Brown S
birthday, and they were to have the
honor OF going, all alone, to the party.
1t was such an unusual distinction that
Lawrie began casting about in his
small mind what he could do to i'm
press Elsie with the fact that he was
"taking care of her." Just at the foot
OF their broad grounds ran the rail-
road track, and they were hardly out
of mammals sight before a brilliant
idea flashed upon Lawrie's mind.
Come on, Elsie. Turn around; T.
show you new way to Susie s." he
cried, Selling the little girls hand and
hurrying her, painting and breathless,
to the steep bank which led to the
track
All! if mamma had only been upon
that side of the house. But she was in
her own room, getting ready for trip
into toGn, and her windows faced the
other way. | wonder if Lawrie re-
membered that fact
"Oh, no, no, Lawrier' cried Elsie,
shrinking back. "Tm 'fraid of the
cars. Don't let's 90 on the track"
sob, pshaw! Girls is so scarf" said
Sir Launcelot, scornfully; "'fraid of
their own shadows. Tn glad | amt
one. thought, though, you was diff
ferent from the rest, Now where's the
harm of our walkin' on the trackP
Wen get to Susie's as quick again,
and you heard mamma say we'd be
late"
"Y-e-s-but she didn't say we could
go on the track, and most know she
wouldn't let us. 1t amt safe. How
do you know which track to take"
pooh! you goosie! That's easy
enough. When you see train comm
jump on the other track of course"
"But s'pose there's two trainsp"
"Well there won't be; but even if
there is can't we run up the bank? See
here!' And our hero was half way
down and back again in twin king.
"Oh, Lawre! How dirty you've
got your shoes, and goin' to party
too!''
Never mind the Shoes Are you
goin' this way or notP"
"But, Lawrie, there's Ae big rocks.
Sposin'-"
Il shan't stay here all day a-sposin'
things. l shall go on the track. If
you want to go round the road all
alone, you can. But mamma said
should take care of you. If you won't
let me, all right cant help it." And
the young knight turned away with
that deeply injured air which his elder
brothers, under like circumstances,
sometimes ind so effective.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09
HOPE FOR CONSERVATIVES.
A Verona Physician Asserts that Petro.
leum Will Cure Them.

leum Will Cure Them.
A rather remarkable statement was
recently made to reporter that the
discovery had been made that petro-
ieum was cure for consumption.
The informant stated that DR.. w. M.
Gritfiths, of Verona, had made the dis
coVery, and as this new use for carbon
oil seemed decidedly novel, a news
paper man hunted up the gentleman,
and he made the following statement.
''In making the statement that con-
sumption is cured by medicine or
any other means, l fully appreciate the
seriousness and responsibility of the
assertion. | never came in contact
with a patient so afflicted, but with fear
and trembling, and asking myself,
shall l assume the responsibility of this
case of life and death, most generally
the latter. In looking back over the
last eight years, the period during
which circumstances threw large
number of cases of phthisis pulmonalis
in my care, there are but few cases,
had the opportunity to do so, in which
the treatment would be much different
Hence my conscience is cl ar. | make
the assertion that Notwithstanding the
almost generally unfavorable prog
noss, under favorable circumstances
recovery may be expected in a large
number of cases. The hope of re-
covery which is so strongly impressed
on the mind of the patient encourage;
it is better to encourage than to shut
out from him the faintest ray of hope,
rs is often done | have but one remedy
or treatment out of the usual line of
treatment. These are petroleum pills,
which | called attention to several years
ago. For the benefit of those who have
not the formula, again present it:
r. Petroleum mass, l o.
Pulv. cubebs. Z OF.
Puv. ipecac comp, Z OF.
Puv bloodroot, 81 grs.
Make 81 pills.
sig. One pill from three to five times daily.
"The line of treatment advised in in
cipient cases is to improve the general
health, in which Improvement the lung
trouble has its share; to prevent bodily
waste and increase the body income, to
keep the patient above par. not below
it. All conditions OF the general health
out of order should be promptly at
tended to. If diarrhea or other disc ase,
attend to it; if dyspepsia, remove the
cause by the proper remedy and atten-
ton to diet. The cough, night sweats,
pains. restlessness and sleepiness and
painful respiration, symptoms usually
treated with sulphate of atropia, NOR
phia, cough mixtures, hvdrocyanic
acid, etc, are all promptly relieved by
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09

There is one candy house in New
York that has a factory of immense
size and several stores. and they were
all created within few years out OF
an original capital of $4,000, which
was borrowed for the purpose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-09

Its wlfe's duty to be pleasant, "
says an exchange. Yes, and it's this
husbands duty to make her duty easy.
Philadelphia Call.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-12-19
Motto Mugs. Cups and Saucsrs,
Mustache Cups,
Splendid StatuaT & Groups.
TOILET SETS & VASES
OF RICHEST KINDS.

OF hIOf1LoI AINDo.
Bad Room Toilet Sets. 10 Pieces. in
Cardinal, Blue and Pink Bands, only $500
set, Just think Of it.
NO SUCH BARGAINS TO BE HAD IN
ANY OTHER STORE.
An endless variety of Decorated Tea and
Toilet Sets, Table Cutlery, Silver Plated
Ware. Toy Tea Sets, Wine and Lemonade
Sets, in fine Colored Glass, at exceedingly
low prices.
Gas and Kerosene Globes in the newest
shapes and colors, with large stock of
Crockery and Glassware, House Furnish
ing Goods In fact you can get everything
you want for nice
CHEAP HOLIDAY PRESENT.
Prices to suit the times Quick Sales and
Small Profits is our Motto.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-12-19
Court Jerscv Citv,s RalI.

The annual ball of Court Jersey City, No.
729, A. O. F., which was held in Pavonia
Hall last Monday night, will long he re-
membered by those who participated. The
large hall was beautifully decorated wit
fla Is, bunting, armors and shields, and was
lighted by electricity. The toilettes OF
some of the ladies were rich and elegant.
The building was crowded with friends of
the Court. 1t Is estimated that over 1000
persons were present. An exhibition drill
was given by Company E, Fourth Regi-
ment, after which the grand march was led
by j. J. Minihan and Miss Ramsey. After
the intermission R. j. Murphy and Miss
Rose Fay led the second march. Dancing
was commenced at an early hour, and those
present tripped the light fantastic to the
Strains of Prof. Beggs' full orchestra till the
wee sma' hours Among those present
were j. J. Minihan aui Miss Ramsey, R.
J. Murphy and Miss Rose Fay, Joseph
Griffin and Miss May Holmes, DR.. J. Fl.
Finnerty and wife, Charles NJ. Hughes and
wife, j. w. Kennedy and lady, M. j. Flynn
and lady, Assemblyman Thomas f .Noonan
and lady, j. Moran and Miss A. E. Hughes,
J. Owens and Miss Lawrence, John G..
Hughes and lady. T. Derancev and wife, E.
Wall and Miss NJ Murphy, w. Leslie and
Miss Penders, Assemblyman E. T. Nc
Laughlin and wife, j. o Melia and wife,
Assemblyman j. P. Feeney and lady, r. W.
McInnerney and wife, NJ W. Herrick and
Miss L. Hardie, w. Connell and Miss
Howell, G. Shaw and Miss McMann, Thos
Holmes and wife. j. L. McHale and Miss
J. Murphy aud Miss McMillen, T. Toomey
and wife, j. T. Gallant and lady, James
Holland and lady, J. ]. Murphy and Miss
Maggie Fay, James Corcoran and wife, NJ.
T. Connolly and lady, M. 0. Donnell and
lady. M. Kelleher and wife, M. Reardon
and lady, w. Cross, P. Seaman, P. Hogan,
7. Doyle, N. Anker, P. Campbell, Jas. Mini
han, I. Dryer, w. Damn, G. Noonan, M.
J. Carmody, W. j. Hancock, Aldermen
Reardon and Davis, and the Messrs. Burke.
t. Quirk, T. Harmon, II. Fish, H. Van
Dyne, Nj. J. Maniey, James D. McHale and
j. Browning.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-12-19
}. G. Councils Anniversarx.

Jersey City Council, No. 266, American
Legion of Honor, gvve very enjoyable
entertainment last Tuesday evening, at the
Second Presbyterian Church, on Third
street. A large and fashionable audience
was present. Commander j. w. Soper
opened with an address of welcome. He
was followed by ex-Mayor Collins, p. G.
Commander. in few well chosen remarks.
Miss Alice E. Cafferty sang some very pref
ty songs. Mrs. @. l.. Barsotti gave reci-
tation entitled "The Jiners." Miss Title
K. Meyers and her teacher, Prof. Moylar,
performed duet on the piano in fine style.
Mr.. j. c. Emmons recited Chow He Saved
st. Michael's," as only he can do it, and as
an encore he delivered short recitation
called 1.-The Chinaman and the Bundle
Bee" The hit of the evening was the fine
playing on the hanjo, by Master Louis
Meyers, son of Captain Lou Meyers, the
populsr foreman of Engine Company Nc.3.
Although but twelve years old, he has made
reputation for himself He handled the
instrument like veteran. and brought
down the houss. He was presented with
hands oe bouquet by mis- many friends.
Taken altogether, the affair was a grand
success, and reflected great credit on those
in charge.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-12-19
Fun at the reform Club Rooms.

The Women's Christian Temperance
Union gave very enjoyable entertainment
to a fair audience in the rooms of the Re-
form Club, on York stie et, last Tuesday
evening, under the management of COM
mittee of arrangements consisting of the
Mesdames Adair, Strickland, Banta, Will
liam Vance, Samuel Vance, Saarles, Bill
lings, Harvey, Norton and Willets. Miss
Senderling started the ball rolling with
well rendered piano solo, after which a
Duet was sang by Mr.. j. W. Beach and
Mrs. Gordy. They were followed by dra-
matte recitation, by Miss Kortright: a
vocal solo by Mrs E. Mitchell; vocal solo,
by Miss Z. Mitchell. violin solo, by Miss
Emerson; and recications, by Messrs. J..
w. Black and W. Schupran, the entertain
ment concluding with pantomine, parlici-
pated in by Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Vance, Mrs
Ledgeman, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Cameron,
Mrs. Banta. Mrs, Willets, Miss Senderling,
Miss Harvey and Miss Ella Dawson.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-12-19
MANAGER. MonnrsoS,s BENEFIT.
An Excellent Amateur Performance Rob-
bed of an Audience by the storm.

An Excellent Amateur Performance Rob-
bed of an Audience by the storm.
Mr.. John II. Morrison, who has for nine
years been the stage manager of the Union
and Jersey City Dramltic Clubs (the latter
being consolidation of the twol, was tsA-
dered benefit at Bergen Hall last Wednes-
day night by the Jersey City Dramatic
Club. Arrangements for great big time
had been made and great many tickets
were sold, as Mr.. Morrison is very popular
in amateur dramatic circles hereabouts.
The terrible storm. however, that set in
about o'clock on Wednesday evening kept
the bulk of the audience away and the cur
tain rose with about 100 people seated in
the auditorium. The programme consist
ed of the one act comedietta "a Husband
in Clover" which was performed with great
credit by Captain and Mrs. j. Gordon EN-
mons, it being the latter's first appearance
on the amateur stage for several years.
The performance concluded with produc-
ton of the laughable comedy, in two acts,
'Woodcock's Little Came" with the fol-
lowing cast:
MIR. Weodcocks...... MY. ). M. morrison
Christopher Larkin.. NJ. II. Sackett
Mr. Swansdown.- Mr.. j. r. LeForist
David Mr. ]; !. Caldwell
Mrs. Col. CorveF. ...................Mi Miss Knight
Mrs. Larkins. ........ ....... Mrs. VIM. Warbrick
Mrs. Woodcock miss hattie NO an
susan MISS Ida Brown
The parts were all admirably performed,
but those deserving special mention are
Mr. Morrison, whose appearance on the
stage was vigorously applauded; Mrs. War
brick, who comes quite up to, if she does
rot surpass her preceptor; and Miss
Knight, who certainly makes very
'giddy" mother-in-law. Mr.. Morrison has
devoted good many years to the instruc-
ton of young people of this city in the
dramatic art, and all the talents they pos
sess can be credited to him. He has lately
established himself as a teacher of elocu-
lion and is prepared to give thorough stage
instructions to ambitious amateurs at low
cost. Mr. Morrison's address is 27S Grove
street, Jersey City. The benefit of last
Wednesday evening terminated with a
dance, which continued till midnight, the
floor having been cleared for the purpose
about two hours earlier.
Well fitted, Iwell made. and of the best material,
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-12-19

Court. There are about eighty priests in
the Trenton Diocese, and Catholic popu-
lation of upwards of fifty thousand.
Quite notable wedding took place at the
Church of Our Lady Of Grace, Hoboken, on
Thursday evening last Mr.. Will IN
Louenstein, of Morristown, and Miss
Emeline Hunt, of Hoboken, were united in
the holy bonds OF matrimony by Rev.
Father Corrigan. The church was bril-
liantly lighted, and the altar profusely adj
orned with flowers. O7er $50 of the
friends of the groom accompanied him
from Morristown, and the church was
crowded with them and the numerous
friends of the bride in Hoboken and else
where. Mr.. Louenstein is an almunus of
Seton Hall College, and his bride Is the
young lady about whom so much seDsa-
tional and baseless paragraphing was done
a short time since by enterprising gentle
NEE of the press on the occasion of her
leaving in perfectly proper and legitimate
manner st. Joseph's Home, on Grand
street, Jersey City. The parents of the
groom are very wealthy and highly es-
teemed residents of Morristown.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-12-19
HOLIDAY PRESENTS |
RICH AND RARE
IN CHINA, GLASS AND
CROCKERY WARE
For the Holidays.

Special Bargains il Elegant Brass and
Gold Finish Hanging Lamps, 14-inch
Shade, only $2.49; worth 81 90.
Lovely Parlor Hanging Lamps, Brass,
in Extra Gold Finish. 14-inch Tinted
Hand Painted Shade, with So Glass Drops,
only 81 95; cost 81 % in any other store.
These Lamps arc Real Bargains. Only a
few more left.
A Job Lot of G ,lored Glass Lemonade
Sets with II inch Hammered Brass Trays,
only 81. %. Call SOON and get your p OK.
Table Lamps from 20 cents to $1,000
of the latest and newest designs, with I'm
proved Burners.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-12-19

Gain a reputation in any pursuit and it assures
success. Young Weinmann gained his reputation
in cutting garments for the patrons of one of the
most prominent diapers in New York. He is now
at No. Is Montgomery street, and you will be we'll
suited if you give your orders to him.