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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-23
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mas at $I.I5 are beautiful
goods, and cannot be sur
passed anywhere at the price.
Our Colored Satin Rhada
mas at SI.I5, all shades, are
beautiful goods, and cannot
be surpassed anywhere at
the price.
Our entire Silk stock is
full of sew and cheap G ,ods.
Low cash prices prevail in
all departments.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-23

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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-23

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held In the Ssooid BipIa ~. ..Ij
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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-23

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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-23

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In the BrAntySire y+la $780,
sequenily 8 great nat !, I MA
fish were 80 pisntiia ID !. .r ,,,III
the city mill that person.
On THAR hauls.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
A Complete VindicatiOn.

A fire occurred in an Arkansas town
the other night, but the chief of the fire
department paid no attention to the
alarm. The next nj ght he was summoned
to appear before the council.
sMr. Chief said the mayor, did you
hear the fire alarm last night2'
yes
'Were you in good health at the time
of the alarm2'
'Yes, believe 1 was
Then you acknowledge a willful ne
glect of duty?'
mo, sir.
sWhy, then, did you not respond if
you were not determined to neglect
your duty7'
Couldn't get away
'Illness in your family?'
NO
'Then, sir, I demand the reason.
well, you see, parsel of us fellows
were in Anderson's back-room when the
bell rang. I had four aces at the time,
and
'What?'
Eyes, held four aces. John Buckner
began to bluff, and
sHow did it result?' was asked with
heightened interest.
'Oh, lifted him for about $500
you don't say SO? Gentlemen, that
was doubtless very interesting game.
tance we'll adjourn and 60 down to An
derson's back-room.'
Next morning the daily paper con-
tanned the following notice:
'The enemies of our chief of the fire
department having circulated reports
to the effect that he had willfully ne
elected his duty, that gentleman was last
night summoned before the city council
to answer the charges brought against
him. The investigation resulted in a
complete vindication of our worthy
chief, and friends on every side pressed
forward to congratulate him. The idler's
tongue is every fippant, and, to our
shame be it said, we are ever willing to
hearken to the words of the traducer.
Our worthy chief will be a candidate
for reelection, and, as the matter now
stands, it will be impossible to defeat
him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
l., SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1886.

He had gun with him, and why he
didn't shoot me down l could not guess
unless it was in the hope of making an
other prisoner.
The old fellow sprang at me like an
enraged tiger, and during his first fury
he got the better of me. However, af-
ter struggle of three or four minutes
he lost his wind and l tied him hand
and foot. Then he broke out in revil-
ings. and such oaths and imprecations
I never heard before or since. He
boasted that he meant to torture the
lieutenant to death, and he called such
curses down upon my head as did not
seem possible for human tongue to utter.
By and by when he had exhausted
himself, the prisoner asked:
what will you do with me?'
That was puzzler. l had no show
to get him into our lines, I could not
remain here and guard him, and as to
leaving him in the hands of old Hum
phrey it was not to be thought of. The
old naan had endured priva.ione and
brooded over his wrongs until he had
become insane. His rawlings showed
that.
T'll tell you,' replied to the prison
er, who was on his feet to try his strength.
Il am going away for three hours.
When return shall take you to Port
Republic. Be ready
With that 1 walked out. 1t was six
hours before I returned. The prisoner
was gone. The old man lay on his
back just where 1 had seen him last, and
as bent over him l saw that he was
dead.
A day or two after prisoner whom
we captured stated that the lieutenant
got safely into Strasburg.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
A Warm Welcome.
nhicnnn Hernld-

Good morning, Mr.. Johnson, said
a young man to an elderly and near
sighted passenger, who had come off
without his glasses; going up town.
yes; got to do lot of trading at
the stores, an l don't know how on
airth I'll get along without my glasses.
Getting ready for the wedding, l
suppose.
sYes; my darter Emmer is goin' to
git married. She and that good-for-
notin' Hank Williams hev made match
of it at last. thought that young man
would never get down to business. He's
as slow as sorghum molasses in January
an as shiftless as an Injun. l don't be-
lieve he can earn his salt an l s'pose
I'll have to support him.
'But Mr.. Johnson
ooh. he's good enough for Emme'n
That's the worst girl ever raised. ,
hain't bit like her mother, nor like
me nuther. l hev to pull her out of
bed every morning an she's as lazy as
an old dog. She can't bake an hain't
wuth a cuss on the sew. A fine poor
mans wife she'll make. Besides, she
hez bunions on her feet as big as Early
Rose pertaters an she can eat more'n
a hoss. An that hain't the worst of
ont. If twarn't for her mother that
girl wouldn't keep herself clean an she
never thinks O. slickin' up her hair nor
putin on somethin' nice 'cept when
company's expected. She's a reg lar
slouch, Emmer is, an she kin wear out
seven pairs O. shoes year. But she's
good enough for that Hank Williams
an if he'll only support her I'll be tar
nal glad to git her off my hands. S'pose
you've got an invite to the weddin' ?
yes, I'm invited. You don't seem
to know me, Mr.. Johnson2'
yes, do, but | can't just place you.
Let me see-I haven't got my glasses
with me-but know you Your name
isis
Hank Williams. sir
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
Not Taking Risks.

you say you live with your parents,
said a china dealer who was putting
lot of youngsters througha 'civil-service'
examination for the position of errand
boy in his establishment.
sYessir.'
Sand you are quick at fgures7'
'Yessir.'
Now, suppose had dropped around
the corner to get lunch, and lady
should come along who wished to pur-
chase two dozen cups and saucers at a
dollar and half Dozen
'Yessir.'
after agreeing to take the goods she
hands you a five dollar note. How
much change would you return to herl'
Two dozen cups and saucersl' asked
the boy, gazing toward the ceiling.
That's what said.'
'She must be bordin' house keeper
to-
Never mind what she is. How much
cndnge would you nanQ nerf asked the
dealer.
"A dollar and a-half dozen2
'Yes, yes. Now then!'
Don't you think that's pretty darn
high ar
'Never mind whether it's high or low.
How much money would you return to
the lady2'
But them five dollars might be bad
calculated the boy, winking at the store
cat.
Eve will suppose the bill to be good,'
said the dealer, sharply.
Il don't see what one woman wants
to buy all them cups and saucers for,
anyway. When my sister got married
71hen you can't give me the answerr
what, bout the changer
Eyes, yes.
sOhl
Come, what is the answer7'
'Weli' murmured the boy, shifting to
his other foot, and keeping an eye on
the cat, 'I'd just tell the lady to call
round when you was in and get her
change, fur the bill might be bad un,
and | don't never take no risks.
He was engaged at once.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
Answers to Prayers.
What the Eccentric Rev. Sam Jones Has
to Say About Them.

A man down on his knees praying
for faith. Oh, I would just as soon pray
for sweet potatoes. Now, you say l am
heterodox. I am by your dox, but not
by my dox. You say the disciple said:
IF you have faith like grain of mus
tard seed you could say to this noun
words, don't you pray for faith, but use
what you have. Well, 1 pray for sweet
potatoes, but I get them at the end OF a
hoe-handle. Some people pray for faith
as though it were something really like
a hat-rack or a bedstead-something
you can take hold of and say: Il have
got it, Faith is something ; you just
open the door and let it come in. You
pray God to open the. door for you and
YOU have the door locked and the key
in your pocket. Just put that key in
the socket and the Lord will come in.
Brother, how much did you ever get
in answer to prayer? What did you do
with it? Where did you put it2 What
did it accomplish? Faith is throwing
the doors open and letting Christ come
in. He says: Il stand at the door and
knock What does He knock for? So
that the Lord may be able to come in Z
No. He is knocking so that you may
let Him in. The superintendent had
before him in a row four little wharf
rats from the Mission School. He said
Henry, you may have this He said:
sJake you may have it, He just stood
and grinned and said to John: you
may have it, And John just took it
and put it in his pocket, and the other
fellows burst out crying. Well, that is
faith. Il will obey my VOWS in the Lord.
David struck keynote there. My
Lord, let us brush the tomb-stones OH
from where they are buried, dig them
up, uncoffin them, strip off the grave
clothes from their body and my vows
shall be living, walking promises to God
all the rest of my life. If we have made
a promise to God, let us redeem it.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06

Andy Dill, of Lewisburg, once the
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, has a most remarkable
dog, if the following story be true:
A correspondent of the Lock Haven
Express writing from Lewisburg, says
that Andy Dill's dog is full blooded
mongrel, and has adopted the legal
profession evidently considering him
self full fedged member of the bar.
He occupies his masters office and in
his absence does the best he can to take
his place. He receives strangers with a
gentle bark and wag of his tail-im-
mediately pushes open the back door
motions them in and shows them chair; j.;
being careful that they do not get the
office chair at the table which he at once
occupies himself, and without waste of
time proceeds to business. He will open
any law book that lays upon the table;
take pen or pencil in his mouth study
moment: look wise: give bark. and
then hold out his paw for fec. Those
who pay he will accompany to the door
and show them great attention while
others pass out unattended He pays
no respect to lawyers, but is very cour-
teous to the presiding judge, showing
him to the best chair in the room and
seeing that spittoon is conveniently
near, while the associate judges are al
lowed to shift for themselves. The
church bells may ring all day and he
will not notice them; but at the first
tap of the court house bell he becomes
wild with delight, and is impatient un-
til his master obeys its summons. He
is all business during court weeks, and
will run backward and forwards from
scraps of paper and sometimes large law
books to his master. When MIR. Dill
begins to address the court or the jury
he wags his tail and walks around among
tLejudges, lawyers ndjurymen as though
he owned the court house and held a
first mortgage on each of the juryman's S
homes. When his master becomes earn
est and eloquent in speech the dog will
place himself where he can watch the
iurymen and occasionally walks among
them to let them know that he is watch
ing them. !,
He has been known to hang around
the Jurors room waiting for their YER
dict, which he always takes for granted
to be in his masters favor; and will
run to him with all speed as soon as
thew leave their room. In fact there
seems 10 be but little that takes place
in the office or court house that he does
not comprehend and will not try to
initiate.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
GrOwn-Up Land.

Good morrow, fair maid, with lashes brown.
Can you tell me the way to Womanhood Town?
y, this way and that way-never stop,
IT'S picking up stitches grandma will drop,
'Tis Kissing the baby's troubles away,
'Tis learning that cross words never will pay,
'Tis helping mother, tits sewing up rents,
Ills reading and playing, 'tis saving the cents,
lis pving and smiling, forgetting to frown,
y, that is the way to Womanhood Town.
Just wait, my brave lad-one moment pray,
Manhood Town lies where-can you tell the way
Q, bytoiling and trying, we reach that land
A bitwith the head, a bit with the hand
lis " climbing up the steep hill Work,
'Tis ty keeping out of the wide street Shirk,
'Ils ~ always taking the weak ones part,
IT'S y giving mother happy heart,
Ills ~ keeping bad thoughts and actions down.
0, thit is the way to Manhood Town.
And he lad and the maid ran hand in hand
To thpir fair estates in the Grown-up Land.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
A Discriminating Bull.
Chicago Herald.

OHfCuJV AS'"
Saw some fine animals at the fat stock
show said the passenger from the West,
sand some of IN looked as if they knew
pretty nigh as much as man. But on
my farm out in Iowy I've got the know
INCEST old bull that ever walked on four
legs. He is as ugly as sin, too. l know
of two hunters he's sent to the hospital
and l guess half a dozen book agents
and lightning-rod men. But just the
week afore l left home was out in the
cornfeld one day huskin' when ! saw
man comm across the pasture. L mo-
toned to him to look out for the bull,
but he didn't see me and kept comm
right along. 1 expected to see him
flyin' up in the air in about three jerks
of lambs tail, but what dye suppose
that old bull did2 Well, sir, l hope
the train will run off the track and scat
ter me along through that ere swamp el
he didn't go up to that man, look him
over and do nothin'. No, sir; he never
made move at him, but acted like an
old COW, chewing his cud as peacefully
and contendedly as could be. He
didn't paw no dirt, nor shake his head
nor lift his tail nor nothin'. | wa
never so surprised in all my born days.
But what made him act so PEACEFUL,
all of sudden?'
That's queer part of it. That mai
comm across the pasture had owed mt
So for three years, an he was comm t
pay me, and had the money in his hand
| | tell We it takes smart bull to discrim
mate between lightning-rod agent ant
man comm to pay his honest debts
but that's just the kind of critter Nv
got on my farm out in Iowy.'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06

s@-Young Wife-'There's gentle
man in the parlor, dear, who wishes to
see you.
He-'Do you know who it is1'
Y. W.-sYou must forgive me, dear,
but that cough of yours has worried me
so of late, and you take such poor care
of your health, and-and, you don't
know how anxious I've been, and-and, /,
oh, if l were to lose you, my darling! !!
Bursts into tears.
He-'There, there, my dear. Your
fondness for me has inspired foolish and
unnecessary fears. I'm all right; you
mustn't be alarmed. But I'll see the
physician, of course, just to satisfy you.
1t is Doctor Pellet2'
Y. W.-'N-no, it is not doctor, it's
a-a-life insurance agent.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06

@n'One to-day is worth two to-mor-
rows, saith an adage. In other words,
if a man says, Il can pay you dollar
to-day or two tomorrow, take the
dollar.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
Horses With Sense.

A St. Louis man says: you have
noticed how street car horses slow up
and stop regardless of the driver or the
brake when they hear the bell give the
signal to stop, and how they plunge
ahead again when the conductor sounds
the 'all right signal. don't know it
to be a fact, but l have heard street car
men say that after horse has done his
five trips day, or the regular number
allotted to him, he will kick like bay
steer if they attempt to take him out to
make another one. That looks to me
as if the horse counted his trips and re-
sented any attempt at imposition when
he found that he had done his regular
DAYS work. Old soldiers tell me that
when in action horses obey bugle calls
without word from their riders. And,
speaking about bells, everybody knows
that horses at race will slow up at the
sound of the bell. You may remember
reading the case of Blue Mare, at Buff
falo, recently. She ran away, and was
getting around at tremendous speed,
when somebody thought of ringing the
bell. At the first sound of the gong she
slackened her pace and, slowing up,
turned around and came back. 1t is
quite the regular thing to stop runaway
horse on the track in this manner.
Captain Evans, of the Salvage Corps,
has a horse that counts the strokes of
the alarm gong. forget what the sig
mails are, but the gong sounds nine,
three times as one signal; eight, three
times as another, and ten, three times
as a still alarm. Well, sir, whenever
the gong strikes the first ten, this horse
is up and rearing. He goes crazy, and
stamps and jerks and whines until he
gets everybody up. The eight sigma
or the nine signal he won't pay any at
tention to, and will sometimes sleeI
through, but the ten signal sets hin
wild. The boys don't have to coun
for a still alarm. The horse does it to-
them. Now this is an actual fact, ano
Captain Evans will verify it,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06

b@Said Bobby to the minister at
dinner: Gan a church whistler why
do you ask1' Cos pa owes twelve dol
lars back pew rent, and he says he's
going to let the church whistle for itF
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06

HG- Cheerfulness is an excellent wear
ing quality. 1t has been called the
bright weather of the heart.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
Bob Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.

Bob Burdette an Broostyn Eagle.
The young man fingered near the
managing editors desk, waiting for an
appointment on the regular staff.
but you drink, said the manager,
wishing to let the candidate down easy.
yes, replied the young man, $50 did
Alexander the Great
sAnd you are dude glancing at the
youths dandified dress.
$50 was Disraeli,
'And you are a liar!
so was Napoleon Bonaparte.
sAnd you are head and ears in debtF
Like Alexander Dumas
'And you are glutton
$50 was Peter the Great.
sAnd you sware occasionallyF
$50 did George Washington.
sYou are liable to get drunk9'
Like Daniel Webster
'You are not college man1'
Neither was Lincoln.
'And then you write wretchedly il
legible hand2'
Like Horace Greely.'
sand you can't make speechF
Like Grant.
well, said the manager, plunging
into heap of manuscript, anyhow we
don't want you; you won't do. Good
morning
The young man turned away exceed
ingly sorrowful. 'It's no sort of USE
he said, "a fellow combines in his own
brain and person the traits of all the
great men from Alexander to Grant,
and can't even get place on the Brock
lm Eagle. This world is growing too
fast for genius.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06

@Ladies and gentlemen said an
Irish manager to an audience of three,
'as there is nobody here, I'll dismiss
you all. The performance of this night
will not be performed but will be re-
peated tomorrow evening"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06

R@-The women of a Connecticut
town have formed an organization that
they call a Tongue Guard Every
time they say word against anybody
they have to drop penny into box
for the benefit of the poor. 1t is need
less to add that the town paupers are all
becoming quite comfortable. 1t would
probably be an easy way of assisting the
Door in this section.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06


]. WESLEY CROSS. NATHAN DUNBRAcco.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
Genius Outrun.

Williams, SIR