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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09

"She has the perfect right to choose
whom she will, but. OIL Helen, Helen,
you need not have thrown me away SO
scorniuly. without the most ordinary
words of friendship"
His sore he art would nave been COM
forted could he have seen Helen at that
moment as she sat in her room IDLY
twisting Juue's obnoxious valent ne
around her white finger5; the of paper
which was to have been a vexation of
spirit to teasing juno InGraham.
Tears stood in her large eyes as she
looked into the fire, and she already re-
pented the haste with which she had re-
sented its receipt, AMI she cherishe a
secret hope that he might yet wr to and re-
quest an explanation. Even now her love
whispered the pc 'sibility Of a mistake, but
her pride would not allow her to Ike the
first step to ascertain the truth, and so the
matter seemed likely to rest where it was,
Harvey's love being stronger than his re-
sentiment, and Helen's pride keeping guard
over her love
Harvey had an intimate friend, q de-
tective in Pinkerton's employ. and as
he was sending a message in pher
to his chief he said TO him in a confidential
aside: There Is a systematic robbing of
the mail going on between Omaha aud Chi
cage, and we have not us yet been able to
get any definite Clew 70 the thief, but it
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09

will go hard with him when he is caught
He must be an old bird, not easily caugnt
with chaff, fer we have sent out decCys
which would have spotted him at once II
he had meddled with them, but these nave
been untouched"
BY curious conjunction OF ideas tne
memory of Helen's photograph fasned
over Harvey. With the sneeringly tri-
umphant expression of Harris Miller's lace
as he had taken it from his pocket ano'
for the first time since that miseraole
morning, he had doubt, happy, hopeiui
doubt, as to his lawful possession OF II.
The detective noticed it You look Sc
renely happy over the intelligence. have
you any clew to the mystery"
mo, no." replied Harvey, vexed with
his tell tale face. "only an impression, ana
if it proves to be any thing more than tnat
1 will tell you" Much as he disllkeu
Harris Miller, he would not do him the IN
justice of an accusation without proof
The evening mail brought him an anx-
ious letter from June, saying that MS
mother was sick and wished him to come
home, and, after procuring substitute
he started bomeward, his affair with
Helen sinking into insignificance COM
pared with his present anxiety, for the
mother was fraIl little woman, and her
frequent illnesses were times Of sore trial
| to her children.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
For u Loquacious Plumber.


sen my love valentine
O'ervri;ten with wish Of mine,
Whlh had put in tender phrase
BY ttisting it in many ways.
The hyme like others Of its kind,
Wasal OF Cup painted blind;
Thesilly things The rascal said
W6e meant to turn my sweetheartS head,
Ard make her think twas time to give
encouragement to me 10 I've.
got long from this an answer came
SSigned by that portion of her name
Which had never dared to speak
Lost should suffer on the cheek.
Wrote she: "Were an oculist
I'd have young Cupd's two eyes kissed:
I'd take the bandage off that he
The object of his love might SEQ;
Then, II he really loves her we'll,
He'll 60 to her himself and tell"
knew Just what that message meant;
Idoaned my coat and hat and went,
And set bt fore her Cupid's woes
In plain and much embarrassed prose;
Whereat she kissed with tenderness
The rascals eyes. and told me
yes"
Life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09

lace' Then You did not send Harris Miller
your photograph"
Harris MilIerl What could have put
sucn strange idea into your head, dear9"
one olushe as the caressing word, never
oelore used except in the privacy of her
OWN room, escaped her lips.
He showed it to me- claiming that it
ZANE from you as valentine"
ehe looked up at him in panied sur
PRISE. "And you believed him"
How could do otherwise. 1t was only
tne morning after l had received your
package, and l had no other clew to
your reasons, and knew your exclusive
IDEAS in regard to your picture. Oh! Helen,
uyou knew what have suffered"
she was looking at him seriously. "Har-
,vey, how do y ~ suppose Harris Miller came
oy that picture? 1t was securely wrapped
and sealed and know there is but the one
copy, for / brought home the negative,
and the artist positively assured me he
printed no duplicates, and Harrison is a
man of his word"
fear" and Harvey shook his head,
that he came by it far from honestly"
me conviction had been growing upon him
mat Harris Miller was the man whom the
detectives were looking for, and that he
would be in duty bound to tell what he
knew.
He knows my handwriting even better
Inan You do, Helen rejoined, "for we once
attended writing school together, and he
was always laughing at my queer Us and
Hs. and he could pick out my valentine to
you from all others. To think that he had
The audacity to ask me again to marcy
him after doing such underh md work"
~ am afraid. Helen. that no has done
worse work than that" replied Har-
Wy. gfaveiy, and he related his interview
With his detective friend, land if he is
ptven to be the thief he will have simple
tim to mediate on his misdeeds, for there
WILDE no mercy shown him"
Harvey, can not we get that picture
out D his possession2" said Helen, look
ing ernestly in her lovers face, "the
thouat of my photograph in the hands of
such man Is perfect torture"
:" Shce have the original, l can afford
to be yenerouS." said Harvey, teasingiy
''let tie poor fellow have it, since it is all of
you h, can ever claim. Seriously, dear, !
fear We can not without the pa n of per-
sonal interview, and even then his malici-
Gus satisfaction in annoying you would
promp him to keepit. Possession is nine
pointi)f the law in his case"
1t was as Harvey had suspected, and
Helen photograph was the means of I'M
earthiIg an adroit mail robber, whose sue
cess had made him bold and careless, or
he would mover have ventured to show
the spills Of his unlawful skill, even for
loves iake, and Harvey and Helen were
marrid on the very day that Harris Mil
Ter puion his prison garb in the peniten-
tiary. Mrs. F. NJ. HOWARD
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
An Oid-Time Telephone.

There are not so many new things IN
der the sun MS people suppose. Tho
telephone has the credit OF being an
entire novelty, yet Robert Hooke, two
hundred and twenty-tour yoars ago.
wrote: 81 have by distended wiro
propogatcd sound to II very considera-
bic distance in al instant, or with as
seemingly quick motion as that Of
light; and this not only in straight
line. or direct but in ono bonded in
many angles" Here was tho inven-
ton of the telephone right in hand, 50
to speak, only Hooke did not follow up
tho lead. So the world had to wait two
centuries for the admirable instrument
which savo3 so much of huuaanitys
simc to-day. --Goldeu Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
SHEEP FOR SURETY.
The Safest Way of Restoring Fertility to
WORKOUT soil.

The Safest Way of Restoring Fertility to
WORKOUT soil.
There have been many ups and
downs in the business since my boy
hood; many changes from sheep to
something else, and back again, and
many thousand sheep have been
slaughtered for their pelts and tallow
alone in times OF depression, but the
men who have persistently stuck to
sheep through thick and thin, improv-
ing their flocks while others were sell
ing out or killing theirs, have in the
end come out ahead every time, and
have kept up the condition of their
farms better than any other class Of
farmers among US. No man acquainted
with the situation will attempt to con-
trovert this assertion. If desired to
bring back into condition a rundown
or worn-out farm should stock it up
just as heavily as it would bear with
sheep, provided, of course, that it was
adapted to sheep.
There are places in which sheep are
pests or nuisances. But no intelligent
shepherd would pasture sheep in gar
den or among small fruits. Nor would
he turn them upon his newly seeded
clover-plots, any more than dairyman
would turn cows into his cornfeld.
Historically. the sheep clearly ranks
first among useful animals. and al
though they sometimes fall into disre-
pute and carping charges arc made
against them. they are bound to go up
higher IN popular estimation with every
advance in human development. hail
with pleasure the prevailing tendency
toward keeping few sheep on every
farm, whatever the predominant speci-
aIty.--O. S. Bliss, in N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
Valentine Viynettes.

girl can sond o valentine whether it
Is leap-year or not.
It's hard to see cor failings when they
are depicted in Valentine.
Inc girl who doesN't receive any val
cntines believes the custom is dying out
There is not much fun for the lover
wnen his girl shows him all the va!en-
tines she received
The valentines with tho diamond rings
In Them are just made to hang in the show
windows
Inc bashful man who makes love
Vnrough Il valentine will need the girl to
pop the question. Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
SOME VALENTINES.
For an Editor.

TOT an EdlJOr.
FROM your newspaper den
YC may crit else men
And may think tits your mission to teach:
Yet why should folks heed
Your LEADERS" indeed,
Since your pract &c bellies what you preach:
You may look wise and grave,
In words be quite trave,
Words are weapons you weld we'll no doubt;
But when some one draws nigh
With bad blood in his eye,
Please explain why "the editors out"
For "a Lawyer.
Though your pleas do for actions In tort,
Though juries perhaps they impress,
And win you success at the court,
At court ng you're not a success;
In fact, your profession objection enforces,
For who wants u man that's well up in d.
4 z v0roes.
For a Shoemaker.
You may hold your head high, but the fact is
quito plain,
From the time shoes began men have put
| The work Of which YOU are so dreadfully vain,
ANONYMOUSLY down to the foot.
As curb to conce t, would gently commend
provero co ned far in the past,
You will find that it fits your case aptly, my
friend
CODDleT SHOulu obCh " HIS ldSG.
For n Physician.
Thou man OF pills and lotions,
OF leechcs and of potions,
! To win your love, indeed, would be good reason
for detection,
And wakeu thoughts unruly,
That seem to tell US truly.
| You only seek another's heart as something
for dissection.
For LOquacious Plumber.
Neither rity nor conscience your greed e'er
debars,
And your speeches no power can stay them
| II your bills arc Us long as your tongue, Oh,
mystars!
How pity the folks that must pay them.
For II Weather Prophet.
Among all cranks the world has held,
Youare in truth the worst,
And best were man IL not compelled
To tear your words rehearsed.
As watched your weather iancies' flight
Onethought in mans heart springs,
You re er can prophesy blight
L,lo that your presence brings.
Boston Budget
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
JUNE'S VALENTINE.
How It Won a Lover and Caught
a Thief.
Written for This Paper.l

Z can not fail to
take it as an an
swer to his question
of last week" And
fair Helen Montjoy
gave anot her look at
the photograph in
her hand.
There is a singular
fascination in one's
own p ctured feat
ures which it is hard
to account for. Hell
en- was by no means
neglig ent of her
looking glass, and
knew every line of
the fair face, every
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09

WIT loses its respect with the good when
seen In company with malice; and 10 smile
aetne Jest VIII eh plants thorn in another
breast is to bee me principal in the mis-
CHEZ -SherIdan
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15
Mortality and Vital Statistics for the Next Census.
DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR,
CENSUS OFFICE,

WASHINGTON, ID.

WASHINGTON, ID. u, May /, 1889.
To the Moitcdt Profession
The various medical associations and the medical
profession will be glad to laarn that DIR. John e.
Billings, surgeon L. s. Army, has consented to
take charge OF the report the mortality and vital
statistics Of the United States returned by the
eleventh census.
As the United States has no system of registra-
ton OF vital statistics, such Is relied upon by
other civilized nations for the purpose Of ascertain
Ing the actual movement of population, our census
affords the only opportunity OF obtaining near an
approximate estimate of the birth and death rates
of much the larger part of the country, which IL
entirely unprovided with any satisfactory system
of state and municipal registration.
In view of this, the Office will issue to the
medical profession throughout the country "Phy-
sician's Registers" for the purpose of obtaining
accurate returns of deaths than 1t Ia possible
for the enumerators to make. Ii s earnestly hoped
that physicians in every part of the country will
cooperate with the census office in this important
work. The record should be kept from June l.
1889, to May 81, 1890. Nearly $4,000 of these reg
istration books were filled up and returned to the
Office in 1880, and nearly all of them used for sta
tistical purposes. 1t is hoped that double this
number will be obtained for the eleventh census
Physicians not receiving registers can obtain
them by sending their names and addresses to the
census office, and, with the register, official
envelope which requires no stamp will be provided
for their return to Washington.
II all medical and surgical practitioners through
out the country will lend their aid the mortality
and vital statistics OF the eleventh will be
more comprehensive and complete than they have
ever been Every physician should take q per-
sona pride in having this report full and accu-
rate as il is possible to make it.
1t is hereby promised that all information
obtained through this source shall be held strictly
confidential ROBERT G.. PORTER,
Superintendent of Census.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

Somebody crawls into mammals bed.
Just at the break of day.
Struggles up and whispers loud,
somebody's come TO stay
Somebody PUSHES through the house.
Never once shuts door,
Seatters her playthings all around
over the nursery floor.
Climbs ON the fence aud tears her clothes
Never a blt cares she
Swings OI, the gate and makes mud pies
Who can somebody be2
Somebody looks with roguiSh eyes
Up through her tangled hair
''Samehody'> me-" she says, but then
Somebody doesn't care. f0fk ia u
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

Joel w. Smith. NJ ID in Inter ocean.
Oatmeal has recently received some adverse criti-
cisms. This is not surprising, no food article is
just the thing in every at all times. Our
daily experiences convince us of such truth, by
likes and dislikes for very common and the most
wholesome foods. Ii IL natural and best to have
some variation OF the diet. One thing may be just
adapted to the state of the individual-bodily and
mentally-at one time and not at some other while
with another person IL may never agree The So
called eternal fitness of things" needs to be care
fully studied before deciding important ques-
tions too hastily.
Without entering into lengthy uninteresting de-
tails, chemistry, physiology, and experience, all
prove outmeal one of the most valuable cereal
foods for producing good muscles and clear heads.
Why, then, lie II frequently found to disagree? II
is easily answered. BY being used almost exclu-
svely as mush Ii Is swallowed easily that Ii is
not properly mixed with the saliva-the first step
for digestion.
When there IL little or no saliva as In some dis
eases, there Is also very weak or no digestion.
good authority says "No saliva, no digestion" If
any soft food, mush toast, etc. is swallowed too
rapidly, or any food Is washed down with tea cof-
fee, milk, wine or water, some degree of indiges-
ton is thereby produced, sooner later, often
shown by a sense of fulness, discomfort, belching,
and other disturbances. If there is lack of saliva
or that OF proper quality IL is often best TO eat
some hard kind of bread, the thin, hard, Scotch
oatmeal bread, bread crusts, rusks, etc., when the
teeth admit OF it, and very slowly TO thus naturally
increase the amount and quality Of saliva. Such q
course Is often better and safer corrective than
all the drugs and nostrums in the country.
Good health can usually and should be secured
by correct living. The best physicians are those
who recognize this fact and try to teach it to such
patients as are wise enough TO employ them. Oat-
meal can be used In . variety of ways AS mush,
1t Often drowned In too much milk, sugar. butter,
etc., for good digestion 1t IL swallowed easily
that 1t helps lead to overeating and ts bad results
Let us 60 slow before we reject oatmeal as food.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

LNNbAsA1. Ohio,
has grown In
population from
b.@to -. WOin the
last two years. This
wonderful growth
H. due 10 natural
gas IL has triha-
tAry 80 IL tho larg
ct Eas aud oil
fielsis Ia the world.
The factories
which have located
IA thtz great tiaz
Center are many
and VERY vaiuahle
HOUSES are needed
very much. the De
man1 far exceed
ing the supply. to
house the working
men. clerks. etc
The under~tgnei
l. handling a sub
division ~ find
Lay lots in which
the streets have
l~sen graded side
walks made. shade
trees planted. with
large gas vel
thereon. and the
street pipes con-
netting with gas
veil and the
right IN giNem
" ith zach los
te tap the gas
pipe fer light
and heat free
0f r@me.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

Jack was waiting for his wife to get ready for
the theatre, and impatiently exclaimed: "For
goodness sake, Mary, why do you have six buttons
on your gloves? Wouldn't two buttons do just
as well7"
would leave four vacant buttonholes. Now Just
tie my veil-that's q dear MANI Minneapolis
Tribune.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

Passengers who once try the "Monon" route,
which Ia the model line from Cincinnati and Louis
Vile to Chicago, never name IL but to praise It.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

Minister-"Win you take this man to be your
lawfully welded husband7"
Omaha Belle-"If You pleas" -0maAa World.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

Have greatly reduced the cost In books, and =
now offer our readers the benefit of this reicc.s.
Read our offer Of the three Model Books il {
issue, and don't fail to take advantage If the
wonderful bargains offered.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

"Absalom, my son, what was that note the mes
senger just brought your" inquired the old man
Hardtagne
Nothing in particular, father, only billet doux
from q friend"
"How much did he say there was doux?"-
Judge.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

never lost battle, because he always charged into
the natives when In body, and the Indian could
only fight with tree in front of him. In 1895
yier was the first governor Of Tennessee, and for
twelve years. During his first term Jackson was
on the supreme bench Of tn state. The two men
had difficulty about q military election, both
being candidates. On the day when jackson
arrived at Knoxville to hold court SEWER came
also, mounted block In the square AID denounced
Jackson in unmeasured terms, calling him all the
names In the early vocabulary. There could be
be but one result, and that evening jackson chal-
leng6d him. Sewer accepted, and then came the
question rs TO where the fight should take place
Jackson wanted to fight on the Cherokee reserva-
ton and SEWER in Virgi'ia AS q result, letters
passed between, in which the word coward had
the most frequent Finally jackson started
for Virginia and notified Sewer. lie reached Vir-
GINA first and remained several days. awaiting the
arrival OF his opponent Sewer not appearing, he
started for home, meeting bis rival on the way
They met In the road, exchanged several shots
neither one being burt, when friends interfered
They never forgave each other, and there 10 still
radi ion that this the most dsgraceful episode
IN the history of the state
Henry Clay once invaded the bluegrass region of
Tennessee TO make speech When he arrived at
his destination tough looking specimen, evil
IDENTIFY IN the last stages of whisk ism, stepped
from the throng, slapped the great orator the
back and said In sou hern vernacular
"Howdy, Mr.. Clayl"
The great man shook his head and replied "Be
kind enough to turn your head that | may see
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-15

The man averted his face while the hickering
torchlights enabled the observer to study him
for several conds.
Twenty years ago." said Mr. Clay, "you had not
begun to grow that long beard and was smooth
faced-eh7"
"That's right"
"Ytu were not then cyclops, but had two
whole eyes-eh?"
That's right, reckon"
"Ah! Then you sat a jury before which i
pleaded q case, and your name il Am | not
right?"
81 reckon you are, suah."
eyes, yes remember you perfectly, and" con-
tinued Mr.. Clay, "you had one o'her charac teristc
which now recall-you were then gentleman"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-09
SHIPPING NOTES.

The steamer C. r. Bishop is due this
The steamer Kilauea Hou is due to-mOr-
row from Hamakua.
The steamer Kaala arrived last evening
from Waialua and Walanae with sugar.
The bark Lady Lampson has already re-
ceiyed 10, 900 bags sugar, and wants 80 tons
more.
The steamers Mikahala and Waialeale
will both leave for Kauai at O'Clock this
afternoon.
The schooner Rosalind will leave Kahu-
lul, Maui. for San Francisco with sugar on
or about January 18th.
The American brigantine J Ohm d. Spreck-
els, Captain G. Christensen, sails this al
ternoon with a cargo OF sugar and rice tor
San Francisco.
The w. G.. Hall reported rough weather
all along her route on Hawaii and Maui.
The schooner Kauikeaoui was at kallua,
Hawaii, on Monday night.
Captain j. f. Lee Ballister, of the
schooner Rosalind, returned on Tuesday
evening by the steamer Likelike TO his YES
sci now unloading freight at Kahulul.
The steamer w. G. Hall arrived on Tues
dav evening from Maui and Hawaii with
1896 bags sugar, la bags coffee, l4S bags
ava, 40 hides, 80 goat skins, 10 head cattle,
horse, and 70 packages sundries.
The American bark c. o. Whitmore,
CAPTAIN d. Ii. Ward, arrived January Sth,
80 DAVIS from Departure Bay with 400 tons
coal. Had very stormy weather the entire
passage The &. o. WhitmOre is locked al
the 2. NJ. S. S. Company wharf.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-09
HOW SOME KINGS DIED.

Henry I. of gluttony.
Edward VI. of decline.
Charles l. on the scaffold.
Richard Ill was killed in battle.
Henry VIII. of carbuncles, fat and
fury.
George III. as he had lived--a mad
man.
George " of gluttony and drunken
ness.
Henry VII. wasted away as miser
ought.
James I. of drinking and the effects
of vice.
Charles II. suddenly, it is said of
Edward V. was strangled in the
Tower by his uncle, Richard III.
William Rufus died the death of the
poor stays which he hunted.
Henry II. of a broken heart, occa-
stoned by the bad conduct OF his chill
dren.
George I. from drunkenness, which
his physicians called an apoplectic fit.
William III. of cOnsumptive habits of
body and from the stumbling of his
horse.
Edward III. of dotage, and Richard
II of starvation-the reverse of George
".
Henry VI. in prison, by means known
then only to his jailer, and now only
known in Heaven.
William the Conqueror from enormous
fat, from drink, and from the violence OF
his passions.
George II. died of rupture of the
heart, which the periodicals of that day
termed a visitation of God.
Richard Cgur de Lion, like the ami
NAL from which his heart was named,
died by an arrow from an archer.
Edward II. was barbarously and indie
Gently murdered by ruffians employed by
his own wife and her paramour.
Henry V. is said to have died of a
painful aff1iction prematurely." This
is a courtly term for getting rid of a King
Edward 1. is also said to have died Of
% natural sickness''-a sickness which
would puzzle all the college physicians
to denOminate.
Henry ". is said to have died Of &c fits
caused by uneasiuess," and uneasiness
in palaces IN those times was a common
complaint.