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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
8: august
Flower

How does he feel 7-He feels
cranky, and is constantly expert
menting, dieting himself, adopting
strange notions, and changing tho
cooking, the dishes, the hours, and
manner of his eating-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels at
times a gnawing, voracious, insati-
able appetite, wholly unaccountable,
unnatural and unhealthy.-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels no
desire to 60 to the table and a
grumbling, fault-fnding, over-nice-
ty about what is set before him when
he is there-August Flower the
Remedy.
How does he feel Pie feels
after spell of this abnormal appe-
tite an utter adherence, loathing,
and detestation of food; as if a
mouthfu1 would kill him-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He has ir-
regular bowels and peculiar stools
August Flower the Remedy. o
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

down utterly exhausted BY their work
and terror, having only strength
enough left to watch the fire as it rolled
away.
1t was a sorry-looking little group
that met the eyes OF Farmer Somers,
who came hurrying up in his wagon
soon after. Their faces, hands and feet
were scorched and blistered. Theil
clothes were burnt by sparks and black
with cinders. Their eyes were red and
swollen with smoke. The teacher,
Aleck and Jimmie, who had been in the
hottest of the fight, had their eye.
brows and lashes scorched. The bon.
nets and jackets that had done such
good service were now an unrecogniz-
able heap of charreG rags.
"All here, safe and sound, thank
God"' exclaimed the farmer, springing
from his wagon and catching up his lit
tie girl who ran to him crying with Joy,
while Aleck limped after her as fast as
his blistered feet would allow. why,
Miss Benson, you're clear played out!'
for the relief of the farmers presence
was too much for Nells overtaxed
nerves, and the tears were rolling down
her cheeks. Here" he continued,
children, gather up your books and
dinner buckets and I'll take you all
home. No more school now till these
burned faces and hands and feet get
well. And you set a back-fre! Well
nov, that was cleverly done, but you
came like lightning. We didn't even
see it coming till too late to get to you,
and we just made sure the school-house
would go, and like as not lot of you
would be badly burned. / tell you,
mother and me done some praying
yes, and some crying, too. l amt
ashamed to tell of it. But the Lords
been good to us all, spared every one
of You. Jump in-jump in! Your
mothers no doubt are pretty nigh
frightened to death, and l must get you
home as soon as possible
How thankful the mothers of that
community We're to receive their dar-
lings safe again, only mothers can tell.
AS they bathed and bandaged the
burned faces and hands and feet, they
thanked God that the little teacher had
stood so true to her trust, had poss essed
so cool n head and had been so prompt
in action.
In writing of it to her favorite friend
Lii, Nell said: st was an awful ex-
perience. such as ! hope never to have
again. Even while fighting the fire the
thought came to me that this was a
lesson not laid down in the Oxford cur
riculum, but it belonged to the course
marked out by the Heavenly School
master, and as such must be faithfully
learned. What His object in sending il
was, can not tell. This much 1 do
know: That little while of work, OF
peril, of fear has bound my heart to my
scholars and their hearts to me, SO that
our school days now are filed with de-
light. There are no more troublous
days, there are no more unruly scholars,
there is no longer an easily-vexed
teacher. We have been cleansed so as
by fire. ''-Marie Nantz, in Farm and
| Home.
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Let's reason together.

Let's reason together.
Here's a firm, one of the
largest the country over, the
world over; it has grown, step
by step, through the years to
greatness-and it sells patent
medicines !-ughl
THAT'S enough! -
Wait a little
This firm pays the news
papers good money (expen-
sive work, this advertising y
to tell the people that they
have faith in what they sell,
50 mseeA faith that if they can't
benefit or cure they don't want
your money. Their guarantee
is not indefinite and relative,
but defnste and ads0late-f
the medicine doesn't help,
your money is "m eaM"
Suppose every sick man
and every feeble woman tried
these medicines and found
them worthless, who would be
the loser, you or they?
The medicines are Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery," for blood diseases.
and his Favorite Prescrip-
tion," for woman's peculiar ills.
If they help toward health,
they cost $1.oo a bottle
eachl If they don't, they
cost notLzng !
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and stained. One OF Its FADED green SHUT
tiers hung by n single upper hinge ard
tapped disconsolately in every puff OF
wind that eddied round the southeast
corner; another had succumbed to its
fate and lay neglected upon the ground.
Trespassing penknives and pencils had
cut and written the names of their
mischievous owners upon the front OF
the house, and the open door was dec
GRATED with notices of school meetings
and election bills.
Such was the exterior of this western
hall of learning" and the interior
looked scarcely more attractive to the
'schoolma' am" who had the fall
term" at the munificent salary of twen-
ty-five dollars a month. There was the
usual array of Scared and inl<-stained
desks, rusty stove, a ''scratchy
blackboard and smoky ceiling. The
wall was decorated with maps done in
red, yellow, blue and green, and here
and there hung q writing or spelling
chart. a globe stood on its chest in
one corner and the water bucket occu-
pied Il bench beside the door. Four
bracket lamps were fastened to the
window castings, as the school-house
was used in lieu of both church and
public hall.
Nell Benson. who sat at the teach
er's desk" that September afternoon,
was the daughter of Presbyterian
minister who had but recently removed
from the pleasantly Miami valley to
the prairies of Kansas o, how home
sick she had been for the pretty Ohio
home, the old neighbors, the pleasant
village; but most of all she longed for
the familiar halls Of the seminary al
Oxford, and missed the CHEEKY faces
and merry voices of her gay classmates
there.
The expenses of the long move had
drained heavily on the minister's slen-
der purse, and the struggling little
churches to which he had come were
able to give him but small salary;
even the small sum necessary to defray
Nells expenses at the seminary was
not for moment to be thought Of. SO
with many secret sigh and tear she
had packed her disappointed hopes
with her trigonometry and moral
science in the very bottom of her trunk,
and had gone bravely out to try to earn
enough to carry her to a diploma the
next year. Next year! o, what tor
ture to think of Sue and Lill and Kate
going back this year" for their senior
year, while she was the only missing
one. But Nell was conscientious about
her work, and really enjoyed it; though
sometimes her twenty small scholars
seemed dreadfully tiresome, and Alecls
Somers, the frecltle-faced boy ON the
back seat, was often inclined to be un-
ruly.
On the afternoon OF which we look
In upon her she was very weary. Ting
children had been noisy and restless,
and Aleck had persisted in sitting side
ways in his seat and gazing idly out of
the door. 1t was not pleasant pros
pect outside, and Nell wondered why it
should be so attractive to him. The
prairie stretched away from the door,
brown, dreary and bare, till it dropped
FOR frioment in the muddy waters of
the Minnesota.
The big slough that passed within
a few rods of the school-house, and
trailed its snake-like course across to
the river, was the only break in the
dreary level. This slough was a mar
row depression in the prairie, marked
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
A Doubtful Female.

Lawyer Ito female witness) Will you
please tell this court and jury what
your age is?
Elderly Female-What's the use?
They wouldn't believe me If was to
tell them.-Texas Siftings
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

English Heircss mo, Mr.. Porker, I
can never be your wife. 1t is my wish
to remain ever near these ancestral
walls, hallowed by the memories Of
ages!
Mr.. Porker (ot the hustling West)--Is
that all? Why, Yseult, dear, I'll buy
the place, and have every stone of it re-
moved to Chicago. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
New York Ass ssments.

81 met Mr.. Knickerbockeri in shabby
coat little while ago. He has not failed,
has hep"
80, no; he only puts that coat on
when he goes to the assessors to give in
his property for assessment Texas
Siftinps
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
He Preferred the Express.

Morris Towne-I thought you said
this watch had II train movement
Jeweler-So did.
Morris Towne-Well, it stops every
ave minutes!
Jeweler-Probably it is an accommo-
iation train.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13
A BRAVE SCHOOLMA'AM.
The Little Teacher Who Was True
to Her Trust.

L WAS a little
dingy school
house facing the
west. 1t ha d
0 n C c b e e n
white, but the
sand and rain
and hail-storms
of the prairie
h a d foreclosed
their mortgage
on it's pristine
b e a u ty and
freshness a n d
So ~ Snnrrn(i
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-13

make little trails of oil from the road
yonder out across the prairie as far as
you can make it go. Be careful and
don't get drop of oil on your clothes
Jimmie, break off lot of those big
sunfower stalks. Well need them to
stop the tum ble-weeds from rolling I'M
der the house. Quick, everybody"
There was no need for the last ad-
monition. Every child flew to do her
bidding. Nell went rapidly backward
and forward from the bare playground
to the slough, pouring little trails OF oil
over the thickest punches of grass,
weeds and husks, while Aleck and JIM
mic did the same work on the south
side of the road till the lamps were
drained of oil. The fire was started in
a dozen places along the line; and
while part of the children trailed the
fire till it formed continuous lines on
two sides of the school-house, the rest
followed with wet boLnets, jackets and
aprons. beating out the tiny tongues OF
flame that crept ont on the school-house
side of the boundary. Nell was every
where along the line, setting fire here,
beating it out there, encouraging the
children, who worked with the energy
of despair.
How slowly their little black line OF
defense broadened, even though aided
by the oil, for the wind was against
them. The fire drew nearer and near
er. They could hear the roar and
crackle of the flames as they siezed
upon the dry and oily suntiowers and
clumps of tall sage grass. The wind
came to them sitting with smoke, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27
UHITS VRONG WITH The B~ENNINGTON'

THE NEW SHIP ANCHORS AT N~EW-LoNDoN BE
ING UNABLE . CONTINUE HER TRI Al TRIP.
Ncw-London. Feb. 26 SpcciaD.-Thc bennington was
uu,ble 10 continue her trial trip today, aud anchored
or this city shortly before = o'clock this afternoon.
The start va, made from City Island at 9l1 TINS
moruIng in q driving iorthcast storm. and with every
opncorance Of a racing day, witch indications were
only too well verified. At 10 O'Clock. every one be
Ing M his station in the engine and fire rooms. tho
,bIpttlcs were thrown wide open and the blowers
tnrned at full speed. THO steam pressure was 100
mounds. the vacuum twenty three inches and the rcvo-
lrtlons 1889. During the first hour the conditions were
extremely satisfactory as steam was blowing OH
,ully and everything tended toward a favorable show
ing and "A record in excess OF the Concord's performance.
I'm snitc of the pclting rain eycrybOdy's spirits roso
with the increasing revolutions and Mr.. Palmer, the
contractor. was heartily congratulated on every side.
uut alas! disappointment was soon to follow. as for
.omc mysterious, reason the steam dropped and the
,our, pcr,i,t,d In working the "loag WY. IL was
decided. however, to continue u while longer In tho
hone that something better would result, 81 tlat the
,yerope of 3.IOO hOr>cpOwe" per hour could he oh
t,iurd, Two hours more of the trial were continued,
Nut uothiug better showing, II was decided Ia iTn for
ill., mace. haul the fires and investigate the nature
~ inc trouble. Accordingly the course WAS changed
and The ship headed for TN, port, where she Will re-
main until saturday - repair tho damage and then
prOcccd on the trial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27
NO QUORUM At SPRINGFIELD.

Springfield. ILL.,. Feb. 2j.-rhree Republicans were
stIl absent from the Joint assembly today on account
OF illness. 80 the mcnbcrs Of that party and The !. VI
T.. A.. men refraincd from voting on the ballot iOI
United States senator, breaking the quorum. The
democrats cast iOi votes for Palmer in three bal
lot,, when the Assembly, adjourned.
Mrs. Genera! John A. Logan las taken a hand
in the senatorial tight. senator Crawford has re-
ceiycd the following telegram from her from Wash
lugtpn:
Better he defeated by an organized honorable oppo
eitInn than t0 be demoraliZcd and disorgdnized by
an lgnoblc surrender Of principle. stand firmly to
cctller and command the confidence and respect OF
iutclugcut people. even though You might be TEN
uor,rllv unsuccessful. II f. against reason, sense
and ali usage thht a minority ST. small should dictate
To a great majority of recognized honorable repIescn-
tatiycs Of honest principles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27
SHE MlRRrrD A c0LoRED c0AcHIAy.

Wmiausbridge is just now agitatcd over the secret
marriage OF a young white girl TO . negro goodman.
Thomas Hyde. y well.known resident. some timc ago In.
yitcd lame, Randolph. q colortd coachnsn. to come Ia his
house To hINc a game Of cards. The cologed cOaciman
went frequently, and In time began to play vita Miss
Ella lice. the stcpdaught'r Of Mr.. Hyde. The pair often
walked 10 and from church together. Mr.. Hyde az last
iorcibly and rudcly expelled the colchnan from the house
one evening and caused Ella TO retire 10 her room in t,ars.
On Wednesday evening MIs' Tee left her home after a
hot argument with her parents, yOwing she would 20 to
Fordham aud live with her uncle. She started across tho
fields and met Randolph. Explanations followed and tho
couple went to the house OF Harry Sklnerton, a news.
dealer. All then went to tho home Of the Rev. +. NJ.
Lamb. the Baptist minister. who married Randolph and
Miss Tice. Somehow the village youths found 1t out, and
when the newly married pair came out OF the parsonage
some nny or more young people confronted them. and
with much noise followed them TO Sklnerton's house, where
housekeeping was started in a ten by twelve room.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27

LA n hord time fghtinr its way. Between Little Falls
and Fonda the water was at many points up to the
noor ~ the cars. The train advanced Slowly haitlhs
every few minutes and feeling It's way. III was U"o
bours late when it reached Albany. Aiter ieaVIhe
Albany on the Hudson Division new dinlcuiues were
met. The Hudson River had been rising rdpiuS' snu
washed great quantities Of ice upon the shores. Tic
- -, s,oulv southwark. In many places the water
mm. .vor The railroad tracks. Between Stuyvesant and
cohot,.k creat masses of ice had been cast up by the
civsr and the road was completely blocked. so that the
train could 20 no further. But the tralhhanus a''scheu
the fee with axes and crowbars, and the locomotive
gradually crushed a passage through the obstruction.
II took about two hours to get through the ice' anu
aftes that no further trouble was met.
When the Central people found that they couiu ho'
uec their tracks, they tried at once to make arrange
ments with the West Shore for the running OF thelf
trains over its tracks. But the West shore was nav
Ing trouble also, and its tracks were not at once avail
able. Both in the Mohawk Valley and near AIOanS'
IL was said, its tracks were under water for some hourS'
and no trains were run. The water finally suOslueu
enough TO permit the use Of the tracks, ana as soon
as a free track was obtained the Central road was
allowed 10 use IL. The Central also opened commune
cation with Albany over the Harlem DIVISION 10 onaV
ham, and from there to Albany over the tracks Oh 'ho
Boston and Albany road. No freight was noSou'
however, except some livestock that was likely 10
he injured II DELAYED. The water was recedlhS ias'
night at the point where the track was noodco near
stuvyessnt, and the railroad people believed that inc
hudson Division would probably be open TO-DAY. ur
The storm of YESTERDAY dld n3t appsar The Central
peoples telegraph wires were AL IN gooo r woss'n nsotrinc
a. a. the Grand Central Station. Neither the West shore
n0 the Central road reports any bridges %asncu away
and Nd NO ACCIDENTS %as Tese,v Vt wt that ta1 the n Vest Shore and Del.
ware and Hudson roads were not a6ie TO d mase in 'n tba
usual nGa 9 conn ct the az to AlDal and pass passengers were carried
from one station to the other In stages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27
AN ARIZONA TOWN DOOMED.
YUMA IN PERIL FROM TIE SWOLLEN COLORADO
NVER.

YUMA IN PERIL FROM TIE SWOLLEN COLORADO
RIVER
sar Francisco. Feb. 90 (SpeciaD.-News received
this afternoon by The Southern Pacific managers says
that Yuma, Ariz., is certainly doomed. At : O'CLOCK
The railroad operator warned the officials here that he
could stay at his key only half an hour longer, as
the water was rising so rapidly it would soon sweep
away the Office. AT that time the Colorado was up
TO thirty four feet two inches-fve feet higher than
the flood mark Of 1861, and the highest ever recorded
there. The Colorado and the ella are both raging
torrents. bringing down portions of young trees and
dead animals. The water has reached the Sill of the
so0foot railroad bridge across the Colorado River,
and Il is expected that the bridge will 90 down TO-
night. II is an ordinary Howe truss bridge, but cost
considerable money because Of its length. Yuma has
about 1000 people, mostly Mexicans or hali-breeds'
Its chief dependence Is upon the railroad and IT IS
largo Indian school. There are no buildings in the
town OF much n value, value, out frSit the an n9o @a wlli De ean orssa Sds
and whey ards planted during the last two years.
the damage is great, as extensive ~irrigating bitches
and dams will be ruined by the high water. and
Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 26.-The water at Adonde. thirty
miles east Of Yuma. is rising one foot an hour and is
higher now than ever, running into the telegraph
Office. The food Is expected 10 reach Yuma to-day.
The Relief Committee is kept busy assisting sufferers.
News from ella Valley indicates that the loss is much
greater than at first reported. Telephone messages
nom tho Government farm, elght miles east. say thai
the employees were about to abandon the place and
camp on the hillside 10 escape the water coming
down. A telegram from Texas Iill states that the
people can be seen camped on the hills on
the north side Of ella, and the houe can
yet be seen standing. A great loss Of prop
criy has surely followed the flood in the Mohawk
Valley. No communication can be had there. as the
river is too turbulent TO cross. The residents Of Aztec
In ella Valley have all moved to MoSaS, many losing
valuable live stock and comfortable houses. Last
night the sky was cloudleSs and no sign OF rain.
A close watch is being kept on the levecs. Tho
Indian reservation across Colorado River is three feet
under water. but not much property was lost. The
appeal OF the Yuma Relief Committee is meeting with
generous responses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27
RETAIL COAL MN ~ DINNER.
MEMBERS y GUESTS P~RESENT-THEY WILL
soon HAVE \ NEW CLUBHOUSE.

MEMBERS AND QUESTS GkiNl.N WILL
soon HAVE \ NEW CLUBHOUSE.
The fourth annual dinner Of the Retail ca Ex-
chang, Of the Citv IL New York was held az MOrellos
last night. over 80 members and their guests were
present. \ band played in the large dining hall
on the first floor. where the tables were spread. After
coffee and cigars had been served President Thomas
Tbedro,, made the opening address, I'm which he con
crntulated the society ON It's prosperous condition.
Judge David McAdam acted a. tJaStmaster. The
following toasts we're res ponded to: "Our Brooklyn
Friends Joseph Grcason; The Metropolis, The
Rev. DR.. r. G.. BOllc,; Cooperation In the Pro
duction and sale Of Coal Nelson J. Gates: "The
Buildinc Fund" r. =. Mizc; our Exchange j. d..
Kurtz Crook; The Press Joseph Howard. ir.; The
New Jersey Coal Exchange Mr.. Corant; "Ihc
Ladies' James King Duffy; The \. Is. C. bf tho
coal Exchange" 7. T.. saward.
The Officers Of The exchange are Thomas Ihed''ii'
president: Louis Muller and Charles +. DAVIES wee
presidents: jeremiah Paneburn. r.. SECRETARY John
II. Frank. treasurer. II was learned that the eX
change would sopn have n clnb mousse III
Thirty. i~ourthst., near Sixth ave-, ana tl''
nearly 100000, the amount required 'or
tho blild'ns. had been raised. The exchange numbers
10 mcmber.. over S}.000OOO capital invested III
the retail coal trade wa represented az the dinner a''
rixht. Among the invited guests present were; E'
Il. Holden. vic president OK the Delaware, Lacka"ahhd
and western Railroad james c. larit, treasurer Oh
IN. Delaware and Hudson Canal co.. John +. Wilson.
H.. Gulcy aud stephen b. ElSins. Among the hleno''s
,rcscpt were T.. w.. NonmanS, ". {. Burns. f.ter
he Witt r. II. Tour. James Morrison, j. {. McGlcNlh.
Ncil MrGolnigal, Colonel Robert OIvphant' itopeFt
Mickey. Henry BurSoyn", James L. BrlnicK ana lam
iicTerman. The committee OF arraIscmar,' Il n Sm
posed OF James :. SmOot, James La'IroP' H. h""'"
md Oscar NlcltllrK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27
TIE COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.

springfield. Feb. 2G.-In both house, ibis morning. a
message was received from the Governor transmitting
Joint resolutions OF the Kansas Legislature asking for
The appointment Of representatives. Of the Legislatures
Of MI states west OF the Ohio River to a Commercial
Congress 20 be held April 10 at Kansas City. The
congress Is 10 be for the benefit Of the agricultural and
mining states from the Ohio River to the Pacific ocean.
and each General Assembly IS to appoint delegations
consisting OF four senators and five representatives. the
President Of the senate and Speaker Of The House to be
cx oficlo members Of the delegation. In the lIous" the
communication was made a special order for next Tues
day 10 be considered In Committee of the Whole. In
the senate It was referred TO the Committee on Agri
culture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27
HEAVY WEATHER REpoRTED AT SEA.

An steamships that arrived in port yesterday re
ported having experienced stormy weather IN Their
VOYAGE across the Atlantic. The National Line steam
ship France met the worst OF the storm. She left
Liverpool on February Z and encountered a succession
of terrific gales during nearly the whole passage. At
6 a. m. on February IA. in a heavy soutllcrly gale, an
enormous sea boarded the vessel. The second officer,
W. {. Barnes. Of Liverpool, who had just been relieved
from watch, was walking on the port side Of The deck
| and was washed overheard and drowned. The seas
carried away the rails on the starboard sdc, smashed
the companion- WAYS. seriously damaged the bridge. and
injured four Of the sailors 50 badly that they had to be
taken 10 the ships hospital. The ffty-hvc stceTage
passengers were battened down during most Of the
voyage, and were glad TO get On shore yesterday.