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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
THE HOME BROKEN UP.
A story That May Be Duplicated In Every
Great City of tho Land.

I you want to get an idea of the
number of people who are at work
dwn-town-men, women, boys and
gils-take your stand any evening at
tie intersection of Washington and
State streets, from which point more
steet cars pull out than any other in
| tie city The stream of humanity
SENS endless. Each hurrying home,
aid each apparently happy that the
| dy's work is done. l stood there the
oher evening watching the hurrying
tlrong, when boy about fifteen years
old, with his tin lunch-box. was pass
ing. l thought l knew him, and spoke
his name. He turned back and looked
at me under the gas-light.
You don't know me?" l asked. He
said he didn't, but when told him my
name he said, 20, yes" in his boyish
way, and offered his hand. l had not
seen him for six years. When last
knew him he was one of family OF
three children; his father was pros
porous merchant, and his mother was
a woman of culture and devoted to her
home. which was as pretty as a picture.
where is your father?" asked.
Hes living out in the country; he is
not doing any thing now"
"And your mother"
"She's at her mothers in -"
mentioning another State.
s.And vOur brOther2n
cat school, with my aunt"
"And your little sister,"
''She is with mamma"
"And you are at work?"
Eyes, sir; in IS retail store. I
live with some very kind people on the
North Side, and am just out OF the shop
on my way home
Then he turned away in the crowd,
and was soon lost. | put the answers
which he had given together, and l
made out a story which left lonely
sort of feeling upon me-a feeling of
regret. l thought of the home as l
had seen it and known it, and Won
dered what combination of circum-
stances could have possibly broken it.
But know it is broken. And that is
what l learned in watching the crowd
in the evening at that corner. hope
it was the only story of that kind in the
thousands who went by.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
SUBSTANTIAL SHAKEC.
A Story That Must BE True. as 1t l.
VOuched For by a Good Man.

A Story That Must BE True, as 1t Is
Vouched For by a Good Man.
1t was some years since. in the Ozark
region, where | was riding circuit,
that saw minister enjoy most sub
stantial handshaking. Shaking hands
was his popularity. He believed in
the potency of a cordial grasp to win
men TO the church. And though sue
cessful in winning souls, he was very
unfortunate in the matter of getting
dollars. In fact, poverty continually
stared him in the face. He owned Il
little farm and mortgaged it as long as
it would yield a dollar. The mort
cages were falling due, but there was
no prospect of paying them. But it
did not bother him bit. He shook
hands more heartily than ever. 81
have unbounded faith in handshaking
to bring everything out right" he often
said, until his penchant came to be
the talk of town. At last came
the day when the mortgages
must be foreclosed that would
deprive him of his little home that
sheltered his family. On the eve of
that day knock at the door of his
house. which was little way from
town. called him. When he opened
the door whole crowd rushed in, and,
without saying a word. commenced
shaking hands. He feft something cold
in the palm OF the first man, and when
the hand was withdrawn it stuck to his
own. THAT is the most substantial
shake ever experienced, he said, as
he held up SIS gold piece. But the
next man stepped up and a silver dol
lar was left in the preachers palm.
No one would say word in explana-
ton, but pressed it on him as fast as he
could stick the metal and bills into his
pockets. The house was not large
enough for the visitors, each one of
whom deposited from 81 to $40 in the out
stretched hand. Each left the moment
his little errand was accomplished, and
not a word could be had in explana-
ton, except the last one, who, as he
turned to go, remarked: 1--WE wanted
to play little joke on you and we
have" The several '.jokes" Melted
just 1871. His home was saved and a
neat balace was left beside. The min
lister maintained that he had con-
tracted habit that night that for
year afterward when he shook hand
prompted him to look into his own
palm, half expecting to see piece Of
natal fhnra Rnu u FThAroa, -,
Louis Globe Democrat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

No matter how long they mighAhavA
had to stay there-a week, n7pnth.
three months, a year-there they bo,rld
have stayed until that bear eitherscame
down or fell down, and they hadiscat-
tered him to the winds. Pecek,,ias
never give up. When they have set
thdr death watch on bear or hunter
or a mountain lion. or whate yer il NAV
be. a strong guard is always leftto see
that the victim does not escape. While
some are on guard others are off feed
ing, and their reliefs are regular and
constant. If that bear had got into the
tree there would have been no minute
of the day or night that he could not
have looked down upon group Of pee
carries sitting around the tree, each
with his eyes fixed immovably upon
him. If the bear could possible have
fastened himself in the tree he might
starve to death, with the satisfaction
of knowing that his carcass would not
fall to the ground to be torn intonoth-
ing by the tireless wretches beloW; but
as the bear could have had no way tc
secure himself fixed tenure in the
tree it would have been only aques-
ton of time when, grown weak from
hunger, he must have lost his gdp on
the branches and rewarded the paience
of the peccaries by tumbling an =,
them to be supinely aunihfiat sSt,
stead Of getting some little satisf! ~
as he did. out of the affair by nj va
a few of his enemies bite the Fust
Talk of the Corsican vendetta! I is
weak and unstable vengeance compared
to the vendetta of the white-lpped
peccaryr
physically as well as morally the
peccary seems to be an abnormal sort
of creature. 1t has the general appear
ance and habits of the hog. bit the
hoofs and the three stomachs Of the
COW. On its back it has q gland which
secretes q musk, and three minutes
after q peccary is killed its flesh will
be entirely impregnated with thesecre-
ton. just what this composite con-
struction of the peccary is fora rem
iniscence of the hog, the COW, and the
muskrat-no one seems to have exactly
found out yet. But one thing is cer-
tain-they are tough and absolutely
without fear. IN. Y. Sun,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
SMALL INVENTIONS.
frif1es Which Enriched Those Who First
Recognized Their Utility.

bec0RulIeu
The New Jersey man who hit upon
the idea of attaching a rubber erasing
tip to the end of lead pencils is worth
5000. 600.
The miner who invented a metal
rivet or eyelet at each end of the mouth
of coat and trousers pocket to resist
the strain caused by the carriage of
pieces of ore and heavy tools. has made
more money from his letters patent
than he would have made had he
struck q good vein OF collaborating
quartz.
Every one has seen the metal plates
that are used to protect the heels and
soles of rough shoes, but every one
doesn't know that within ten years the
man who hit upon the idea has made
$3.50, 900.
As large sum as was ever obtained
for any invention was enjoyed by tho
Yankee who invented the inverted
glass bell to hang over gas jets to pro-
tect ceilings from being blackened by
smoke.
The inventor of the roller skate has
made $1,000 900. Notwithstanding the
fact that his patent had nearly expired
before the value of it was ascertained
IN the craze for roller skating that
spread over the country a few years
ago.
The gimlet-pointed screw has pro-
duced more wealth than most silver
mines, and the Connecticut man who
first thought of putting copper tips on
the toes of children's shoes is rs well
off as if he had inherited $1,000,0 900,
for that's the amount his idea has
realized for him in cold, clammy coin.
The common needle threader, which
every one has seen for sale, and which
every woman owns, was boon to
needle users. The man who invented
it has an income of $40. 900 a year from
his invention.
A minister in England made $50, 900
by inyenting an odd toy that danced
by winding it with string.
The man who invented the return
ball. an ordinary wooden ball. with u
rubber string attached to pull it back,
made 81 200, 900 from it.
The person who invented the most
recent popular toy. Pigs in Clover"
will be rich before the leaves turn this
autumn. He was poor last November.
-Httsburgh Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
THE MODERN CLERGYMAN.
How He Differs from the Preachers OF
Washingtons Day.

The average clergyman Of Washing
tons day welded much more influence.
in certain ways, than the clergyman of
to-day. The modern clergyman is no
longer an oracle. He is not neces-
sarily the most cultivated or the most
learned man Of his congregation. He
no longer does the thinking for his
flock even in the domain of religion.
The magazine and the newspaper
preach to vastly larger audiences than
he can ever hope to have. The halo
of sacerdotalism has almost disap-
peared from around his brow, even in
the churches where sacerdotalism most
fourishes. A clergyman is not es-
teemed nowadays simply and only be-
cause the hand of bishop or elder has
been laid upon his head. or because an
ecclesiastical council has set him apart
from the rest of mankind. 1t is his
character, and not his Office, that gives
him claim on the good will of men.
But if the influence of the clergy has
been lessened in some ways, it has
been increased in others. The old
feudal idea of the ministry us caste
is giving way to the new democratic
idea of the ministry as a moral force in
the community. The world to-day de-
mands that the clergyman shall be first
of all teacher and follower of pure
morality, and the exponent of the best
thought of the age. He may be priest
of God, ordained to offer sacrifice in
the temple; but he must also be priest
of humanity, daily Offering the sacrifice
of pure and exalted example in the
great temple Of secular life. The
world cares little for the mysterious
powers conveyed by the laying on OF
hands; but it cares much for the WISH
BILE gifts of exalted goodness, high in
telligence and enlightened progress.
And the clergymen who lead their age
in these things will receive its homage
and devotion. Y. Tribune,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A curious fact about the dead
languages is that they still live.
Mrs. Brown-"If you had only lis
tened to me-" Mr.. Brown-''rd have
been talked to death long ago. Judge.
1t isn't what a slugger does in this
world that makes him great. 1t is what
he says he is going to don. o. Plea
yune.
He is wise poet who knows his
own poem after it has been copied half
n dozen times in the newspapers
Harpers Magazine.
The fact that truth was at the bot
tom of well was discovered long ago
but she hasn't been rescued yet
Merchant Traveller.
Disguised Husband--'Is there no
way to stop you from kissing that nasty
little pug dog?" Wife-"You might
teach him to chew tobacco. "-Terre
Haute Express.
When Detroit newspaper man
announces his intention to shoot at u
clay pigeon, life-insurance agents fall
all over each other in tho effort to
write a policy on the pigeons life
Detroit Free Press.
Tho Chaplain OF the Lower House
of Congress has contracted the habit
of smoking cigars from his association
with Congressman. The Congressman
have not reciprocally contracted the
habit of prayer, however.
"A lawyer was summoned as a wit
ness in certain case. The judge, find
ing that the witness was evasive, and
not exactly truthful, interrupted him,
saying: II beg you to forget your pro-
fession for a moment, and tell us the
truth"
George" she said, 'you haven't
had that lovely motto, 'Mispah,' en-
graved in the diamond bracelet you
gave me on our wedding-day." mo,
i've thought of a better one." 80,
what is it?" at isl said George, as
he started for the door. "a fool and his
money are soon parted. ''-Jewelers'
Weekly.
Husband CATER some words with
mis- wife)-"Well, let us drop it. L
don't care to say any more about it.
And, besides, like to talk to sensi-
BILE person when l am talking" Wife
with a sarcastic laugh)"-''Y don't
always do it, then" Il don't?" mo.
sometimes hear you talking to your
self. " Boston Courier.
d am devoted to phrenology. and
love the study and pursuit of litera-
ture, and am puzzled as to which L
should make my life work." said tho
student. My dear boy" returned the
professor, ''why don't you toss a cent
and decide the matter that way? Heads.
phrenology; Tales, letters. ''-Harpers
Bazaar
will you vote for my bill?" in
quired the lobbyist of the legislator.
No, SIR" replied the latter; 'your
bill is swindle." why, man. yo'
must have the wrong bill in mind. L
mean this fifty dollar bill?" ''Well.
this appears to be good BILL" said
the legislator. after examining it crit
ically. "Pll vote for it. Puck
Won Bulow says that every pianist
should learn to sing and play the vio-
lin, ''as their ears would then hear
more critically the sounds they pro-
duce. and thereby teach them how to
phrase" Some pianists wo have heard
should barn to cook and to make shoes
and let the piano alone. -Norristown
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
WEARYIN' FOR YOU

Jest a-wearyin' for you,
All the time a-feelin' blue;
Wishin' for you, wonderin When
Youllb be comm home agen;
Restless-don't know what 10 do,
Jest a-wearyin' for you.
Keep a-mopin' day by day;
Dublin everybody's way.
Folks they smile and pass along
Wondcrin what on earth is wrong:
'Twou;dn't help EN- if they knew
Jest a-wearyin' for you.
Rooms so lonesome, with you. chair
Empty by the fireplace there;
Jest can't stand the sight OF iC:
Co out doors an roam bit.
But the woods is lonesome too.
Jest a'wearyin' for you.
Comes the wind.with soft caress
Like the rustlin' Of your dress;
Blossoms fallin to the ground
Softly-lile your footsteps sound;
Violet-like your eyes so blue,
Jest a-wcaryin for you.
Mornin' comes. The birds awake
use TO sing so for your sake.)
But there's sadness in the notes
That come thrillin' from their throats!
Seem to feel your absence, too,
Jest a-vearyin' foryou.
Evenin' falls: miss you More
When the dark glooms in the door;
Seems jest like you orter be
There to open it for me!
A. 4.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
A Wise Mans Prediction.

"Did you attend Mr.. Browns funeral
yesterday, Mrs. Bruce?"
Eyes, and it was the saddest one
ever saw. Mrs. Brown was frantic.
She would have leaped into the grave
if they hadn't caught her."
She'll be married inside of six
months. | never knew it to fail with a
woman like that. "-Chicago Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

The polariscope has recently been
applied to novel use in France in de-
termining the temperature of incan-
descent iron and other metals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

Good Friday is the day always OBJ
served by old people as a time for
sowing flaxseed. But the fax-raising
era has about faded away. Only a
few of us of the present generation
ever saw fax "paUch. "-Tompkins-
Vile (Ky.) Enterprise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
There are young men who can No

There are young men who can not
hold stzein of yarn for their mothers
without wincing, yet those very same
young men will hold 125 pounds of a
neighboring family for the best part of
the night with patience and docility
that is truly phenomenal.-Texas Sift-
ingS.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-03
Te|egraphic Tjdings
SAID TO BE PENDING.


CmCACO, Aug. Sit is announced here
that negotiations are said to he pending
for the purchase by the Chicago Il Alton
OF the Kansas City brancn oi the Union
Pacific, from Kansas City to Denver.
This would give the Alton Il through con-
nection from Kansas City 10 Cheyenne
The Union Pacific, by this arrangement,
would yet the business OF the Alton.
Should the sale he made to the Alton it
will be severe blow to tho inter state
commerce railway association and will
hasten its demise. The president and
are out OF the city. The
private secretary saws
there is no truth in the report, bus it is
given out as having como from General
Manager Charpell that negotiations to
that end are in progress. The freight
OF the transcontinental asso.
,iation are IN session to-day, considering
'outjne business. This will occupy sew
eral days. Nothing of interest is ex-
1ected to develop The Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe has given notice that
t will make new freight schedule on
business between Kansas City and Chi. |
ago, and will not in future share this
business with other roads This promises
0 break up the western freight associa-
ion.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-03

10 the Editor OF the New Mexican.
SANTA FE, Aug. 2.--The relatives Of
Willie Sloan desire to publicly express
their gratitude to the many friends OF
their dead son and brother, for tokens OF
sympathy, especially to Mrs. T. B. Catron.
Tor floral pillow and large floral cross !;
to Miss Jennie L'Engle for large floral
cross; to Mrs. Hull ior large bouquet
from his schoolmates; Misses Blanch and
Bessie Reed a large wreath of flowers :;
from the fire department with the initial
''E. d." suspended, and another from the
Hook 4 Ladder company" the let
tiers III < L." suspended. Bou-
quets from little Mable Bishop, Mrs.
J. y. Allan, Ella May Berger, Mrs.
A. p. Hogle, Mrs. DR.. Harroun, Mrs.
Col. VIM. Breeden, Mrs. ?. f. Herlow.
Bernie Wilson, and large collections of
flow ers from Mrs. and Miss MugIer, and
Mrs. Jacob Weltmer; and particularly
our thanks to Mrs. Wm. Berger and Mrs.
Taylor, fer invaluable aid at our home,
ana to others who we're in at the hour of
death, whose names We do not recall;
and to VIM. Berger for courteous assist
ance and charge OF the funeral, and to
Rev. j. Engle, of Las Vegas, for services
rendered which money can not repay.
". B. SLOAN,
IoRINDA SLOAN,
JAY BERTEL SLOAN,
STELLA L, Sloan
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-03
TO THEPEOPLE EOFLiECOLN
The Governor Issues n Aimely ?Toclama-
tfon-Conducto Of tie CorDnis-
sioners,
The following was issued from the office

The following was issued from The oHit
:, OF the territorial secretary this forenoon
, To the Legal Voters OF Lincoln County
, The legislature of New Mexico, b
/ chapter 80 OF the laws of 1882, provide
, that an election should he held on rucs
day, August &, 1889, for the choice {
delegates to constitutional convention t
be held in September OF this year. b
said act the county commissioners OF til
several counties are required to issue no
tees OF election and do all other thing
requisite and necessary in the premises
On June "A, 1889, the governor issucC
a proclamation giving notice OF said eloc
! ton.
The county commissioners Of Lincoln
county neglected and refused to perform
| their duly under said act, and thercupor
the court issued q peremtory writ of man.
damus commanding said commissioners
TO meet and perform the duties rnonired
of them by law.
| Information has been received that two
OF said commissioners absented them
| serves rom said county, and so csCaped
| service OF said writ, and still neglect and
refuse to perform their duties, and that
therefore DO judges Of election have vet
been appointed for the several precincts
OF Lincoln county.
NOW, therefore |, l.. Bradford Prince.
governor OF New Mexico, 10 proclaim and
| mako known:
l. That the right of the qualified citi-
zens Of New Mexico to vote at terri.
torlal election can not be destroyed by
any illegal action or neglect Of an officer
IN regard to such election.
=. That In accordance with law. an
election will be held in the several pre-,
cincts OF Lincoln county on Tuesday, the
9TH day OF August, 1889.
8. That in Pursuance of section 1876
OF the Compiled Laws Of 1884. majority
OF the qualified voters in each precinct
have power to appoint judges who shall
conduct said election in the same manner
and TO the same effect as ii they have
been appointed by the county commits
sloners as provided by law.
therefore recommend that the legal
voters IN each precinct assemble at the
usual place of voting therein, at 8 O'Clock, |
on the morning OF August g. or as soon
thereafter as practicable, and that those
so assembled then and there appoint
judges as aforesaid.
And | advise the people OF the respec-
tive precincts, if there shall be time for
such action, to apply to the probate clerk
for poll books and ballot boxes, and in |
cases in which they can not be procured
to provide suitable books and boxes and
IN all things to conduct said election as
nearly as practicable in conformity with |
the forms OF law.
And as matter of precaution recon-.
mend that duplicate records OF said cleo
tlon be sent direct to the secretary Of the
territory at Santa Fe.
Witness my hand and the great seal of
t-l the territory of New Mexico, at
jsEALS Santa Fe, the capital, this 81 day
OF August, in the year Of Our
Lord 1889.
L. BRADFORD Prince,
Governor of New Mexico.
BY the Governor; b. NJ. THOMAS,
Secretary of the Territory.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-03
Metal Market,

Chamberlain & Cos. circular OF date
the 3lst ult. says: Copper has driited
along in the same unsatisfactory condition
to every one and all the large lake com.
panies even seem to be ignorant of what
the real price is. 1t is rumored that lake
copper can be had at ll.75, while others
say that ll90 is the bottom, and some
profess to be sci ing at IL cents, so that
any one is at liberty to consider the
market what he likes. Lead has drifted
along in the dullest possible way and
seems to have settled down into a COM
plete rut. At New York the sales have
not exceeded 400 tons at 3S5, 3S2k and
$50, with single sale of far futures OF
100 tons at $40. At St. Louis, under
equally light business, the market driited
down to $40, and at Chicago at 8. rs, but
the entire body OF consumers are holding
out Of the market in anticipation of the
treasury decision, and the trade in general
is getting weary of the delay.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-03

as quick, Or at & provocation, that with
the mercury at freezing he would laugh at.
| This is why all sorts of business should
be suspended, as much as possible, during
dog days. All legislative bodies, boards
Q; trade, political aNd professional gather
lngs, preaching, law courts and all else
save absolutely required business should
be suspended. 1t would he d good idea
to prohibit, as lar az possible, promissory
notes from maturing during the heated
tefnl--So that everybody, except the ice
man could keep cool 1t would be a
curious history, were it fully written. ms
TO the disturbing and unpleasant things
that occur directly traceabe to heat, A
person in cool weather can come and put
MS hand on your shoude, or his arm
about your neck with impunity, whose
touch, with the thermometer in the nine.
ties, would be resented az 4 personal |
afiront almost, Then takethe homicides.
assaults and alterations that oc
cur from June to September and compare
mem with those that are reported from
hat date till December, and the result
VII astonisll you Even the policeman,
hat model OF patience and Christian vir-
ues, will club and shoot much quicker
II the hot weather than when he warns
himself pounding the pavement instead
If heads,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-03
MaraUtlinp I,fes.

DENVER, Aug. "A prominent cattle
man arrived here to-day from Gunnison
bringing the information that the utes
are again off their reservation and Great
ing great disturbance in that part of the
state. They travel in small bands, in
tlmidating ranchers for the purpose of
securing provisions and ammunition. They
are also killing off all the game in that
section, and during one week slaughtered
400 deer for their hides only. The set
tiers are becoming aroused and threaten
to 90 upon a war OF determination unless
something is promptly done to drive the
red marauders upon their reservation and
keep them there.