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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-23
Innings.

ssNay nay. dear child, can not let you slight
Those inner stitches on your gowns fair hem
Because, you say, they will be out of sight,
And no stern critic will discover them.
''You do but build most inviting hedge,
Behind which faisehood and deceit may lurk
When you embroider fair the outer edge.
And to the inner give no honest work.
1.-THE silken chain of habit which you wear
So lightly now upon your careless youth
VIII strengthen strand by strand; then have
care!
Else it may throttle the sweet soul Of truth.
~ hold that every stitch untruy set
Weaves a soiled thread along your web Of
fate;
And each deceitful seam may prove net
To hurt and hinder, trust me- soon or late.
"Ah dearest child, on everything you do
Let the white seal Of honor stamp its grace.
Keep all your soul as clean with Heavens dew
AS the pink flower of your tender face.
"God makes no clumsy Innings. Mark this
bloom!
A fairy's glove;' aud though it grieves my
heart
To send the smallest blossom to its tomb,
Well tear the dainty little glove apart.
SIN this and every flower that we behold,
From crimson robe to pansy's purple vest,
God sews the velvet on the inner fold,
And makes His Innings fairer than the rest
as il not perfect, from the slender stem
To the brown dapples on the curling rim?
God folds not carelessly the foNgloves hem;
Then try, my little child to be like Him.
-;fdy RHsy Smith, in ". Y. Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-23

u were invested in roasted chestnuts I have
known similar occurrences in regard TO other
persons; and the advice TO avoid old haunts
and evil companions, however well inten-
TONED, is therefore Of little or no avail to din
somanac.
Of the methods Of cure advised there,
remains then but the "etfort of the
will
But the effort of the Will is a physical phe.
nomenon, and is not entirely under the contro.
| OF any man. 1t obeys fixed laws. It's strength
or Its weakness consists OF the impulses which
act upon II. There is a limit to its power II is.
| even conceivable that it alone NAV be n cons
slant quantity at time when other impulses
OF the brain are not AT anv rate il is but a
| movement Of nervous matter. and the proper
! strength and direction of that movement de,
ponds upon healthy condition of the brain.
| Inc use of alcoholic stimtlant Gt has heeu
| proved) destroys that essential condition The
Toxic agent acting upon the brain changes its
organic composition and deterorates its func.
uons. There is weakening of the controllind
power OF the higher brain centers a nollution
py alcohohc poisoning of the source whence
nows the dictates OF the will Indeed tbera
are structural alterations of the whole nervous
system. until at length the nervous batteries
become SO feeble that not only is there no spon-
taheous overflow of nervous power but no dis.
charge whatever, and the will is paralvzed
When such is the case, every motive for pru.
dence ana restraint, all the force of dear.
bought experience is as nothing compared to
the craving for drink. The sense of the most
lasting interests does rot move the will Sc,
strongly as docs the relish for stimulants The
determination 10 have acts with far moro
energy than the determination not TO have To.
man in such a condition the advic. of bis
friends, his own knowledge and experience. mis-
surroundings all motives for sobriety are as
naught''
Continuing, the writer describes his.
voluntary confinement in a retreat as
the last resort TO escape the allure
ments OF the open saloon. Dipsomania
he concludes is as much a disease as
fever, and the one can only be pre-
vented as the other, by avoidance of
the cause. The cure lies in the pre-
vention of any possibility Of contact
with the cause of the disease, or if such
contact has taken place. in abstinence
till the craving dies out for lack of sus-
tenancc. How long is such abstinence
necessary
THE question is difficult and intricate one.
The only rule that can be laid down is that
there should be time for the morbid conditions
to wear out or, as DIR. Alfred Carpenter ex-
presses it, until the time arrives at which all
the tissues of the body have been changed, and
a new tissue laid down in It's place.
Finally says the writer:
The foregoing experiences establish 10 my
mind two propositions; (a) that dpsomana is
disease Of the mind, due to physical causes
the victims of which are incapable of managing
themselves or their affairs; and (b) that total
abstinence from alcoholic drinks for a pro-
longed period is essential in order that a cure
may be effected"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-23
GOOD REASONS,
Why You and Every Other Man Should
Sign the Pledge.

sign INC lSdSes
I'm not drunkard "
81 don't drink any thing to speak Of"
eff / rant drink | take it: if don't
| let it alone.
Il never take so much that l don't
know what | am about
Il can drink little or much; it never
hurts me-"
81 can drink or let it alone"
"Why should sigh the pledge?"
Because:
l. You don't want to be drunkard
/ never found a man who did; and the
disappointment of men who wake to
find themselves drunkards is some
thing too terrible to take the slightest
chance on, and pledge of total absti-
nence taken and kept will turn any man
or woman from the path of the drunk
ard and the shame it leads to, and
hedge him in with sobriety just as eff
fectually as a good barbed-wire fence
will turn a careering colt from all that
lies outside of its paddock, and keep
him within his own place.
A deliberate promise is the strongest
tether with which any man can bind %
good purpose. You have purpose to
be sober, reliable, pure; then bind the
habits of your life to it with a solemn
promise to abstain from intoxicating
liquors, including wine, beer and cider,
and you are safe from that dragon.
?. You should sign the pledge and
stop all use of Intoxicating drinks, be-
cause if you drink it ever so moderate.
you are in danger. The subtle poison
of alcohol has just one way with hui
man blood and nerves and brain, and
if you take one glass to-day of light
wine, the chances are ten to one that
you will die a drunkard. You will fol-
low in the same road that is filed up
with the staggering, profane, unclean
throng of drunkards who all began
just as you are doing, drinking the one
first glass which opened the gate to all
that has followed OF shame and sor-
row.
3. You should sign the pledge, even
if you never touched a drop of alco-
holic drink, that your name and infu-
ence may be on the right side of the
question. If you have a boy or girl,
that you may lead your child in the.
right way. As citizen, for the sake of
the tempted and weak who need the
strength which would come to them
from your name on the pledge; as
member of society that the social
world may sooner adopt the fashion of
purity; as man, that every other man
and woman may know just where you
stand, and that no one shall dare to-
call your position in question:
S. MI Henry, IN Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-23

TO keep hannels as much as posi-
Bile from shrinking and telling, dissolve
one ounce of potash in bucket of water
and leave the fabric in it for twelve
hours. Next warm the water, with the
fabric in it, and wash without rubbing.
also draw through the water repeat
edlv. Next immerse the flannel in
another liquid containing one spoonful
of wheat -four to one pailful of water,
and wash in a similar manner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-23

In his sermon on y recent Sunday,
Bishop Fallows, of Chicago, said of
the saloons: THE saloon is the
enemy of the laborcr the corruptor
of youth. 1t has no moral standing
in any community. We asked the
City Council to take a short step in
the direction of restricting this evil
We did not wish the saloon to be
within whispering distance of our
churches and schools. "
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-23

VINO can measure the damage the
liquor traffic entails on homes and fam
lilies, the moral injury it works, tho
soul-ruin of which it is the sourceP
Surely it is time for thoughtful men to
devise some alienation or remedy for
this gigantic burden ChriStidS IsLek
LigeHcer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-23

Until it is shown that earth below
the five or six inches titled is destitute
of the elements that enter into plants
il is wise to go deeper, particularly in
what are called heavy soils.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06
On the Great Caspian Sea.

There is but a small sea coming from
the east, still our ship, only of 300 tons,
lies directly in the trough and rocks
like a cradle. Many of the deck pas
@ of whom there are about 100
Persians, Tartars, Georgians, and Rus
sians-were paying their awful tribute
to old Neptune; and our only oriental
frst-class passenger, a fat, greasy, and
in every way disgusting-looking Persian,
is heaving and retching as if he would
pull the sole of his foot up through his
stomach just at the bottom of the gang
way and under the deck cabin in which
I with difficulty write. Willie suggests
that we throw the fat Persian overheard
as the Jonah who causes our ship to roll
when there is no wind blowing, but it
is at once voted that he cannot be of the
family of the original live bait, for no
whale could keep this greasy old chap
down. for even half-hour.
1 look out of our windows upon this
great inland sea. 1t is a mass of rolling
green-not the slightest tinge of blue IN
its deep waters, and L am told that even
where it is four hundred and odd
fathoms deep, nay, 500 English fathoms,
it has the same grass-green hue as here.
The Russian fathom has seven feet.
This mighty sea is about 700 miles long,
by not far from 200 in width.
It lies in its isolated bed eighty odd
feet below the surface of the Black Sea.
Its waters are dense and bitter, but have
only 3 per cent. of salt, whereas the At
lantic has about 5 per cent. A sail is never
out of sight-over five thousand, l be-
lieve, belong to Us waters. Most of them
are engaged in fishing, for it teens with
fish. Some of them are of delicious
flavor. Twenty-Five thousand men are
employed in fishing on this sea, exclu-
sive of a still larger number on the
Volga.-CQrter II. Harrison.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06
Gave Him the Worn Coin.

Senator Zebulon B. Vance was once
employed by the d~isinherited relatives
of a wealthy planter named Johnson,
recently deceased, to contest the will.
The trial continued for several weeks,
and, Mr.. Vance being a man of infinite
humor, was chosen to make the closing
speech for his side, there being many
speeches running through ten or twelve
days. The deceased had left his great
landed estates and personal property to
three mon, none of whom had any claim
upon him. 1t was shown in evidence
that one of the chief reasons assigned by
the dead man for thus hes owing his
property was that the three men were
prudent and knew how to take care of
their money, while his nephews and
nieces, who now contested the will, were
extravaganza and he WINS unwilling that
his accumulations should be squandcr-
ed. Senator Vance, when he reached
this point, upon which the counsel for
the heirs named in the will, dwelt at
considerable length, poured infinite
volume of ridicule upon it, alleging that
the woods were full of that kind of peo-
pie.
81 once knew q man, q good pious
az NSpCchs bA4"b hObiu llhNC btC'l SNtlS
of crowding out one of these pets of Mr..
johnson. lie lived near to q deep run
ming stream, to which it wus his wont to
go fishing. One day he fell overheard,
a t~reacherous log spilling him into the
river. A laborer in the field saw the
old gentleman's sad plight, and with a
courage beyond his station rushed to his
rescue, plunging boldly into the swift
current, where the deacon, being unable
to swim, would have beer drowned. The
laborer was a small man. while the dea-
con had the proportions of a London
alderman, so that when he finally drag
ged the old chap out OF the water he was
fairly exhausted. AS soon as the deacon
had recovered his breath he was p~rofuse
in his thanks, and then ran his hand
into his pocket, from which he pulled
out n brand new quarter which he OFF; red
to his rescuer, but, changing his mind,
withdrew it, running his hand again in
his pocket and drawing out an old,
smooth and worn coin OF the same de-
nomination, but upon which there was
a slight discount. This he gave, with a
deep sigh of relief, to his savior as the
price of his life. - Chicago Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06
Railway Travel Fifty Years Ago.

A half century ago railway travel was
not n halcyon delight. On some roads,
what was known as the "strap-rail, u
vas still in use. 1t was cheap, being
only bar-iron, about two and q half
inches wide and half-inch thick, spiked
to lateral ties, in lengths of fifteen OF
twenty feet. Occasionally it would be-
come detached at one extremity, and
under n sudden heavy pressure Of a
wheel the loose end would incontinently
curl up and perforate the floor of the
car, and sometimes 4 passenger. How
ever, the Harrisburg, Penn, road was
better ironed than that, using some
thing similar to the later L rail. Still,
its cars were narrow, shaky, dusty, and
redolent of the rancid whale oil lubricat-
starting of the train could be made, ap-
parently, without much humping, and
awful shocks to old ladies' nerves. The
coupling of cars was a dreadful trial to
the pins of standing passengers. 1t was
a hot day, that on which our train reel
ed into Pennyslvania's fine capital, and
with the sweat, dust, SCOT, sparks, oil
stencil, and undulating motion, expert
anca on that OCCASION wac obnoxious in
the highest degree to a man in q new
suit of close-fitting black broadcloth.
After much ado to stand still, the train
of four coaches came to u full-stop, and
the much-shaken anl d~ust-covered pas
sengers were delighted to get out, and
inhale the purer air, arising from the
placid water OF the adjacent canal
Nc70 York ObserCe7.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06
Modes Of Execution COntrastel.

In modern and more barbarous times
the aim of the e4ecutioner was to tor
ture the criminal by killing him as slow
ly as possible; now, on the contrary, the
aim is to kill him as speedily as possible
and shorten his sufferings. From this
point of view the English method of blow
ing from guns practiced in India, is the
most humane this mode of execution
is sure, quick, and therefore nearly pain
less; at the same time the moral impress
sion produced by it is very great, and
we'll suited to the spirit of contemporary
law. The next most humane method of
execution is by hanging, an old expedi-
cnt, very much resorted to in Russia in
modern times. This method is inferior
to the former, because death is more
lingering and cruel. But still it is m
advance upon the very old system of
cr~uciixion much practical by the Ro-
mans. By this latter the mar who vio-
latel the law was nailed to the wood of
the cross and hung there often many
days, during which time his suiferings
must have been terrible Commercial
HdEertiSr7.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06
A TERRIBLE HUNT.
How a Brave Boy Me- His Fate in
the WiIds of Africa.

Sitting about the campfire on the
banks of the Chobe river, in Africa,
Prof. J. W. Edward heard the story Of
an elephant hunt that affected him moro
than any experience he even passed
through, says q writer in the Amertta !
Field. Burns, a trader in Natal, was the
author of the narrative, and told 1t as
follows:
II was trading in the interior, and on
one Of my visits to Natal was impor-
tuned by George Wilson, a lad of 10, the
son of an old schoolmate, to accompany
me on one of my tours. L obtained his
mothers consent and we started. The
boy was o bright, courageous lad. and was
ambitious to distinguish himself with
his rifle. Early one morning II Water
valley we saw O herd of fifteen elephants
grazing about n mile from lis. We start
ed them ND and picking out a fine bull
with good tusks, l started to cut him OIL,
telling George to ride behind while L
charged him. Soon [ had the old fell
low out of the pack and gave him a shot
behind the ear that staggered him q lit
tie. Then we cross-lired him for half
an hour, but could not get my good
shots. All Mt once the horse George
WIS TlulUP SUllIu DlCu3 lllIONlLS h1ul "LlN
falling on his leg, | was so Mortified
that I could not move, but finally seeing
Georges attempts to extricate himself
[ tried to draw the elephants attention. to
me. The brute was thoroughly enraged,
however, and charged for the lad just rs
he was getting on his feet. Then fol-
lowed one of the greatest fights between
brute and man [ ever saw. OFF went
George, the elephant after him, while l
followed firing bullet after bullet into
his hide.
"All Mt once ] saw that Wilson was
lame. L leveled at once and fired, and
the boy turned around and did like
wise. This checked the brute for n
moment, but seeing George running
again, he made n furious charge and
caught up with him. Up went hss
trunk, and q moment after the poor lad
was dead on the ground, crushed by the
blow. Not satisfied, the brute began
goring the lad i'll n frightful manner. L
rode up to the beast and sent III two
shots that brought him to his knees.
He tried to rise, but could not, and
after two or three shots, rolled over and
died. The poor lad was torn to pieces.
l placed his body across my horse,
chopped OH he BEAST tuSkS, and rOiO
back to camp. We buried him near the
springs and piled rocks over his grave to
keep the wolves from getting at it. 1
took the boys watch and chain, with
his wearing apparel, to his mother, and
I can tell you, lads, 1 never wish to wit
ness such a scene again. The poor
woman died a year afterward, but would
never touch the profits OF the trip, say
ing that she would take nothing that
was the means of killing her boy"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06
did Nnt KNOW Macbeth,

Macbeth seems to have shared the
fate of prophets in their own country.
We asked a man passing with a goat the
distance to Macbeth's Hill, as it is called
on the map. He didna know, he an
gwered. But presently he ran after us.
Was the gentleman we spoke OF q
farmer? Another man, however, knew
all about it. He had never been to the
top of the hill; he had been told there
were trees up there, and that it wasn't
different from the other hills around.
And vet he had heard people came a
great distance to see it. He supposed
We had travelled far just to go up the
hill. He knew from our talk, many
words of which he couldna understand,
that we were not from this part OF the
country. But then sometimes he couldna
understand the broad Scotch OF the
people in Aberdeenshire. There were
some people h~ereabouts who could talk
only Gaelic. They had been turned of
the Western Islands, and had settled
here years ago, but they still talked the
Gaelic.
He went our way for half a mile or
less, and he walked with us. HIS
clothes were ragged, his feet Dare Ina
over his shoulders was slung a small
bundle done up in a red handkerchief.
In the last three years, he said, he had
but two or three days work. Work
was hard to get. Here rents were high,
farmers complained, and this year the
crops were ruined because of the long
drought. He did think at times of go
ing to America. He had a sister who
had gone to live in Pittsburgh. 1t
might be a good thing. There are
Scotchmen who have done well in Pitts
burgh. He left us with minute direc-
tions. The hill, though not far from
the road, which now went through pine
woods and heather, could not be seen
from it. We came to the point at which
we should have turned to the blasted
heath.
Its a blasted nuisance" j said,
and he kept straight on to the nearest
railway station. - Elizabeth Robins
PenneH. IN Harper'S Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06
A Silver Tea Set in the Mint.

Many curious articles are taken to the
United States Mint from time to time
for conversion into solid cash. Said
Superintendent Fox: GA short time
ago a lady sent n trunk to the Mint
filled with silvcrw.re. She Was an aged
lady and was wealthy. / called upon
her to 9 why she had sent the trunk of
silyerware, and Mt the same time to
apprise her of the fact that she would
realize but little upon it, inasmuch as
the Government allowed no more than
the absolute value Of the metal for an
article sent to the Mint. She said to
me I don't care what it brings.
That trunk contains e service of silver
which L prize most highly. 1t was t e
gift of my father to my mother on their
wedding day, and [ don't want it to fall
into other hands. ] don't want those
precious pieces, sacred to me, to become
the property of others. They were the
gift of my dear father to my sainted
mother more than eighty years ago, and
when they died they came into nv
hands. What I want you to do. Mr.,
Fox, is to see that the service of silver
is placed in the crncible and melted m
| want you to see it done yourself. I
don't care anything about the money if
will realize Ipromised I would attend
to 1t, and L carried out her DESIRES"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-06
An Old. Reliable Firm.

One of the most pleasant and satisfactory
experiences in usine is the evidence of con-
fdence occasionally shown by the public TO q
long-e tablished firm. The John u. Lowell
Arms Co., 147 Washington Street, received g
few days ago, from n man in Tennessee, OF
whom they had nc previous knowledge, n reg
-1sLerett +cetv- containing n Fire I%.s.s'taS ISdttsr
Dill, with an order for s~ixty-six dollars worth
OF goods, requestin = the change to be returned.
A careful examination of the bill proved its
value and the ord I was fill, d as desired. The
sender lived in a remote locality where the
PostOffce was his only means o communica-
ton and the bill referred to was his IN, st con-
venient sum to incloSe. 1t would not be r =
markablei if this firm, who have been identified
with historical Dock Square for JOTtU-eiQht
years,should thus win the confidence of Bost n
or New England people, but 1t is worthy of note
that their success in business has grown out
OF the sound reputation that extends through
out the United States. Any one who has seen
their advertisements of Guns. Rifles. Tevolvers,
Cutlery, Sporting Goods and Fishing ackle in
this paper can feel perfectly safe in sending
them any amount of money and be sure TO get
the full value in return, or il unsatisfactory in
any way, their money refunded. All of our
wanting goods in their line will do
well to send 6 cts. in stamps for their large 100
page Illustrated catalogue.