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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
THE LAND OF LONG AGO.


Sometimes, when thrushes sing, or sweet bells
chime
Far OF and faint across the silent sea,
Or south wind watts the breath OF sunny cline,
Or ring-doves coo their love by babblng rills,
Or the fair priestess Of the dawn, star-eyed,
Trails her white robe above the eastern hills;
Down dim way where stately lilies blow
j see the land-the Land OF Long Ago.
Then memory becllons. and with trembling feet
tread the ways where life was once so sweet;
See this dear face, that sleeps where marbles
shine,
And that-but oceans 'twixt us roll their brine.
Dear ones, will you not come TO me once more
And smile and kiss me as in days of yore:'
s-'Ah, foolish heart! when will you learn TO know
None eer return from the dead Long Agof'
but give me back my joy, the dreams of youth,
Hopes rosy visions, or the lamp of Truth;
Roll back Times record from the dial plate
And snatch trophy from the grasp of Fate"
Again gazed with wildly streaming eyes
ON the dread angel that so much denies
Again the still voice breathed DER fields Of
snow:
''These are the treasures OF the Long Ago.
Alas, that land! that Land of Long Ago;
No resurrection shines above its snow;
Memory may enter, but a flaming sword
Forbids with menace stern Hopes tender word
The Past is gone-the Now we grasp full fond,
And the To Be looks darby from beyond
And stll the years roll on with ceaseless flow
Into the sslance Of enc Long Ago
Oh. Land OF Long Ago.
Mary c. Francis, in Detroit Free Press.
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Some Oddities of the Calendar.

The days of the month and week are
always the same in March and Novem.
Der, in April and July, and in Septem.
Der and December; that is if March
"comes in on Monday, November
will do likewise, the same rule applying
to the other months named above. In
leap year January is with April and
July, in other months it is with Octo-
Der. February. in leap year, is with
August in other years with March and
November. The last day of February
and the 9Th day of July always occur
on the same day of the week: the same
is true of Msy day and Christmas.
Philadelphia Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07

touched the cards. The men at the
other tables were finally aroused by
the deck being dashed on the table an
groan from Rogers. He was busted.
| This was common; so the men Jest
went on with their own business. But
them tibet was watchin' saw the
oil man lean over the table as he said:
"You asked me fur my darter, the
| other day; stake me fifty against her
until | try my luck once more, an eff |
lose, she's yore'n'."
Done" An Custer laid down the
bills.
The news soon got around an the
men left their own games to watch
this one. Jem Mace among EN-.
Jest as they began playin', with a
sort of unconscious impulse, we looked
toward the door an there stood Sue.
1t wasn't no place fit fur woman,
but she had come fur her father an
there wasn't Il man but what he'd too
much material workmanship to say a
wrong word in her presence.
At first sight of her, Custer started
an then dropped his eyes on his cards
She come down the room an LAWN her
hand on her fathers shoulder called
him by name. but the game he'd begun
an he didn't notice her: she stood by
silent while they played an not one of
us he'd the heart to tell her what was
! the stakes.
The game seemed an age long; but
bimeby it was finished an OF Rogers
he'd lost. He fell back in his chair in a
faint, but revivin' in n minute, he
kinder moaned: 'Oh what hev done ?
Gambled even my dartcr away
Jem Mace stood like stone.
1t was some minutes before Sue I'M
derstood the awful truth, an she liked
to tainted She cried an rocked her
self back an forth but not a word did
she say agin her father.
Jem's eyes were fastened on the
gambler.
Custer rose an goin' to Sues side
took her hand. 'Iou're NINE" says he,
81 gambled far fur you," an slippin'
the ring from his finger he put it on
hers.
She looked at it fur a minute an thes
screamed; Take it off! Take it of
it burns me!''
Such a look of misery came into the
pore feller's eyes tibet would "a made a
dog pity him. "lou won't wear nv
ring" says he, tallin' it off, but YOU
are no less mine"
She shrunk from him an seen Jem' s
hand slide back to his gun an stop.
Clusters grip frightened on her arm, an
he said in kind o tiercely gentle way:
'Sue, you are mine as far as ever wom-
an was, but love you too much to
break yore heart"
He led her across the room an put
her hand in Jem's
Almost afore we knowed what he'd
happened, Custer he'd slipped out the
door an the boys cheers rung out. even
above them sounded Il pistol shot out
side.
We rushed out an pickin' pore Custer
no carried him into the room. A re-
volver was clinched in his hand, an a
bullet he'd gone through his brain.
PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR
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must "a turned out mighty satisfac.
tory, cause he kept goin'
In the meantime he N the OF man
he'd kinder quit playin' so regular. but
one night when they'd been talkin' to-
gether earnest like fur long time the
OF man got so excited tibet he lest
baw]ed out without thinkin': mo! |
won't try to persuade her to do nothin'
she don't want t do"
They both shut up right away. but it
looked like the gambler was irwin to
get oil Rogers to persuade Sue TO mar
ry him, an every body looked at Jem
Mace. He was perfectly cool Custer
went up to him an said: ''Ef man
kin win the girl he loves, all far an
squar', why shouldn't he?"
"Why shouldn't hep" SAYS Jem.
"Hev you any objections to bein' cut
out in an honest way?"
wall, no."
We all began to look at Jem an
wondered eff he hedn't got spliced on
the sly, but eff anything uncommon
was up he didn't show it.
AFTER tibet talk Jack Custer got more
desp'rate. He commenced drinkin'
harder an drawed the OF man back
again into the same OF ruts, drinkin'
an losin' his money. But it was all
brought to sudden hold-up one night
long toward the end of August
1t was one O. them creepy, uuiet
summer nights tibet man feels away
down an all over; there wasn't Auch
noise in the little gamblin' roor We
tavern except the hip-fap O. theVSfd0l
the occasional shuffiin' o. feet as some
man changed his position fur luck, an
now an then an oath thet told tibet
some body was busted.
OF man Rogers was all unnerved
tibet night, cause he was losin' heavy
an he'd been fur near two weeks,
while Custer set there loozin' as cool
an handsome as could be. But there
was a glitter in his eyes when he fixed
'em on the oil man, tibet made body
think of a snake charmin' bird. He
was playin' fur purpose, it showed
in his face an the eager grasp of his
long, slender white fingers as they
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
German
Syrup

William McKeekan, Druggist at
Bloomingdale, Mich. Il have had
the Asthma badly ever since came
out of the army and though I have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until
few months ago, when 1 used b.
schee's German Syrup. am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
1t has done me. lam greatly reliev-
ed during the day and at nightgo to
sleep without the least trouble" O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07

wv kinder
ceivin' critter, not that she meant to
be deceivin' but her disposition was SO
different from her looks. Her hair was
brown, and her eyes was blue an in
nerccnt lookin' as a baby's, an she he'd
little mouth tibet alters looked like it
was jest ready to curve into a cry.
She looked as timid as mouse, but
she was as brave as any woman ever
was
Hevin' almost growed up amongst us,
we all liked an respected her. which
them tibet knowed her couldn't help
doin'. We all felt kinder near to her, a
minglin' of awe an pity together. You
know how men will feel toward a
brave little woman thet's got lot of
trouble to contend with. An tibet was
Sues trouble. Her father would
gamble and drink.
There wasn't cleverer man in the
place then OF 81 Rogers He was a
good workman, an made good money.
But keep it, he couldn't He was
death on playin' poker, an when he
played he he'd to drink to steady his
nerves.
But even in his most reckless drink
in tantrums he never forgot his love
for Sue. An he hedn't ought to,
nuther, for she was as faithful an low
in TO him as eff he didn't hev fault in
the world. Tho it was sometimes
purity tryin' fur her, when things was
needed In the house, to hev the OF man
lose every cent he had in a Jackpot an
come home staggerin, stone blind
drunk. But thets what often hap
pened. When folks'ud try ter persuade
her to leave him, she Civ 'em cold en-
couragement an arter awhile they Jest
got to lookin' on in a kinder silent re-
spect an shakin' their heads when any,
thing particular bad turned up.
She never minded none O. tibet but
just went on in the same way lavishin'
her affections upon tibet OF hulk of IA
father o hers. But the young fellers,
when they seen that she was good an
faithful as well as purity, commenced
TO banker arter her more an more But
'twasn't no use, fer every body cac'lated
tibet eff Sue ever sot her affections on
any man that one would be Jim Mace,
which the same he'd kinder growed up
in her favor. Most all the fellows he'd
learned to content themselves, leavln'
the field to jim, fur none of them
thought they was man enough to cut
him out. Jim was a mighty nice fell
low, steady an easy goin' with no
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07

Misunderstanding | were ycu.
my dear, wouldn't tell my friends
had trimmed that hat myself" Mrs
1ounghuSband-"Why, love, would it
be conceited?" Notwithstanding,
superhuous. "-Life's Calendar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07

grndges agin nobody and not blamed
enemy in the world, reckon. He was
as quick to help an honest man out of
tight place as he was to help string up
boss thief; an squar', reckon he
was the squarest man tibet ever owned
shooter. None O yore quarrelsome
kind, nuther, though he did always
Gerry pretty mean looking gun. But.
then, you know, most all of us did tibet
in them days. 1t was downright neces-
sary in time when shootin' was
almost as common as eatin'.
Bout <Ris time, all the camps in
circle o seventy or eighty miles was
hevin' a good deal O. trouble with a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-07
A FORTUNE in A PUZZLE

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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22
WHAT CONSTITUTES A LADY.

Not the long and flowing hair.
Not the curls which cluster there,
A tender look a modest style,
a loving WORD, friendly smile,
Constitutes the lady.
It is not gems Of boilliant dye
Nor penciled brow to shade the eye,
1t is O meek and gentle mind.
A heart that cannot be unklnd,
Constitutes the lady,
'Tis not the face however fair,
It is not silken garments rare,
It is a heart aglow with love,
Pure and changelesE from above,
Constitutes the lady.
Not the proud or naughty nein'
Nor vet the diamonds of queen,
Nav. It's not wealth or glir'ring show,
Nor ALI the charms which these bestoW,
CONSTITUTES the lady.
Manners gentle, motives true.
Forgiving wrongs which others 90
Acts of kindness, deeds o. love
Such as heaven can approve,
Constitutes the lady.
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"17he Smallest Hair Thr01Cs q ShodO1c

object which inspires the beho.de1 |
with such awe inspirisg wonder. "nc |
revea's so gra d.y the immensely q,
the work OF The hands ofthe Create
OF the universe. One must need set
and study the great cataract IN orde'
to form any conception of rs vastnes'
or secure a proper appreciation of its
majesty.
The Niagara River, tn ;rty miles IL
length, is the channel through which
the waters Of Lake Erie and its three
eat sters fJ.r into Lake Ontario,
thence inso he st Lawrence and on
into the broad Atlantic. The total
fall of the river is three hundred and
lhlrty four feet, the grea ter pHlt OF
the decent being conined to the dis
tance Of eight nj 'es. Three |istlnc'
; Cataracts form trinity Of woEdert
| The HOrshoe ia Is. the Iarge>t i
two Thousand feet wide, with de-
ent Of one hundred and htty four
feet. The American Fail l. six hut
dred and sixt> feet wide, the Cent a
all two hundred and f''r,y three
feet wide, each hav"nL ctdenee Ci
one hundred and sixty three feet
The aggregate width OF the de-
lscend NJ wa'er is two thousand uln>
hundred feet, and the torrent Is com
putei 10 h inc the deph h below a -
the rate OF one hun lred million tons
per hour. That one may see them
salts actori!v every facility is proyld--
ID. and accommodating Tersons are
as o ~ntv as black kberr;es, who will
IN consideration IF IL fee which shon d
be definitely fixed npon in advance
guide the visit or 10 every point from
which a view NAV be Obtained.
This is hut the ba~est out lne OF q
description Of NIAGARA. O7her points
, Of interest connected with the FAILS
.r3, the cave Of the winds, the burn
ing spring, the WhIrlpo0 Rapids
notorious as the scene Of swimming
fea,s of tooIbarhy advenrurerS, 'h'
suspension bridges &c i descr ?ti"'
: Of which. with our 'rp to CaHaia
/ will appear III your next issue.
: r. J. Nit CHELL.
:, y. 3. The distances and estimate
# niagara were secured frem govern
y ment officials, at the I t on House OIL
The Canoda de.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22
NIEGARAFAlLS AM CANADA.
:'LITTIE BOB MITCHELL" TAKES IRiP ~
THESE BEAUTIFUL SIGHT-ohEiAd
POINTS
"A Brief Description Of his travel. l.--sceneS
al Buffalo, Watkins Glen, and otner
Points of Interest.

Dear Mr.. Edit ,r-Althongh un-
<nsod as I am to writing anythln5
save comie advertisement yet.
thinking your readers would ENJOY
description of one Of the grandess trips
it haa ever been my good fortune to
tnke. | will endeavor to give you an
ou'lne of few Of the MANY sights
and q description Of the beau'''ui
scenery. just as it appeared t" bob
en- route to Niagara Fails am
Can4da.
L was on the morning Of June
18th in comp ,ny wlt4 my friend hr
Al II. Dixon that we arrives st bal l.
more Che starting poinD where t""
traias, composed Of seventeen cars
each, were In whiting to convey the
,rcat order Of EIks TO Buffalo, \. \ ,
the place where the grand reunion or.
co'c3rnton Of this mi2h'y brother
hnoi wasto take place. kach OF
these trains bore an immense O]nner
or s.reaner upon which WAS write"
..TLe Virginia Delegation OF b .
P, Elks" The Maryland DeleSa-
tioo of Is. Q. P. Eiks." Zach tran
WAS provided with" rafrsshm"n' car
which was stocked with everything
in the shape Of drinks and e"tab'eS
free to everybody who hapl eneI t" he
a guest of the order (of course at
were crowded with one OF the gHer
badges AMI enj 'yed every priviIeA"'
throughout the entire trip) Afte'
swiftly gliding six hours through tbs
beautiful scenery II the States "
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania We ar
rived ut Wsliiamsr"rt p. whe''
dinner was Pre- pared for one thoosan'
at the Great Park Hotel. Nedld 10
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GOLD WATCH & 500.

That is what every Agent receives
xbo gers up d club on our 81 per
week plan.
Our I4-karat gold filled cases are
warranted tor 20 wears. Fine tlllh
or Waltham movement. tenn ":n !
and set Ladv's or Gents size.
Equsi to any so waoch. To secure
agents where We have none. we sell
one Of tn. Hunting Case wt'ches for
the Club price So and send c. O..
y. by express with privilege OF ex-
animation before paving for same
Our agent at Durham, \ c.. writes:
Our Jewelers. have confessed thev
don't kuow how you can furnish such
work for the money"
One gond reliable agent ~an'ed tor
2ch place. Wilte for par: cHi rs
EMPIRE WATCH Co..
4s and SO -aiden lane, New Iorl
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22

Glen springs sanitarium stands upon
a broad plateau nearly three hundred
feet above the lake, whose winding
course it overlooils for nearly thirty
miles. No description can overate the
attractions of this place. After spend
ing perhaps. one of the most peas
ant davs and nights of our trip, we
iourneved on to B0ffaIo, n. 7. This
city is destined to be the second largest
city in the state Of New York
Here we were Impressed with the
immense wealth which has centered
at this point. Buffalo Is noted for its
beautiful streets and handsome resid-
ences. Delaware Avenue perhaps
represents more wealth than any
other street in any American city.
This street is eleven miles in length
and on each side, is bailt the hand
soonest residences, costing from t~rty
TO two hundred thousand dollars each
It has two rows ofshade trees On each
side walk, the street and walks are
very broad and in from Of each resi-
denee, is beautiful lawn or, park
containing staturary, fountains, flow
ers, and everything that will serve to
make it, "a beauty to behold The
mo fence law" seems to prevail here
+ you do not see any sign Of a fence
not even little rail enclosure. A
= he beauty is exposed TO the passers
BY, and you can plainly see tha
each tries to excel! his neigAbOr II
having the handsomest grounds
, Here We begun to feel very hunhl'
! and poor, and our comfort in think
ing of our far off southern homes anH
hose le It behind us, was that within
their walls, happiness and harm n.
+ prevails We also Witnessed tn
6 grand parade Of the 'Elks" Dunb4r
r iog alb ut three tnoueand. Il he.
made very creditable show and en-
e ioyed dsy long to e remembers
g 1t Buffalo, Il so happened tha
+ Chauucy NJ Depew on his re'ur
rom the Republican Convent'o or
"a stopped at Buffalo and addressed IN
. oeopie and We enjoYed the inmcn&
- demonstration Of fire works &c, th'
= night. Early after dinner, we aga
ofl boarded pu mai car to visit I'll
II world renown sight
- NIAGARA FALLS.
IL To attempt a uescription Of Mag
So ara FAILS were but to essay hope e
he task. Writers whose pens were gu.(
k. ed by genius. painters whose brusht
h. have been Illuminated with tn
, ,ai.'light WHICH never was on land {
.d sea- have stru=g G ed courageous
"A with the great question. only to 81
~ in tie end that the English laHgut1
,t was too poor and the scope
-. b man skill too narrow to render Ju
tee to So sublime a theme. In d
90 the vide rangenf creation there
a no. hing which approaches it III ms
~ fl5euce OF graaduer. 4 an oth'
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22
Soon tf e gong was

sounded AMI we were all again on
board. Our next stop was at Wat
kin's Gen, n. Y. The famous
mountain scenery Of America Fully
nine.t teGths Of the multitude Of tour
lists, who make their annual Pilgrim
age to Niagara Falls, stop over. either
going or returning, at Watkins Glen
to wan Ier in exploration and Won
der through the marvellous Glen,
whose reputation for widely varied
l.eautv, has been heraldei side by
side with Americas famous natu1al
wonder Of the falls of NiAgarA, TO the
four quarters Of the globe
Majestically rearing its devided
head 70 the cIou Is, over looking the
beautiful waters of Seneca Lake, far
away at its feet, ,ogelhe with, the
clustering homes of the village OF
Watkins below, IS the summit OF
Glen Mountain. From its height Is
commanded an un Interrupted an pan
oramic view for miles over th. highly
cultivated farms Of Schuyler County
:uI beautiful lake Seneca, with II:
many tinted and rejecting colors
presenting a miniature venetian scen*
dotted as it is with pleasure craft
ard steamers. From the crown 10 n
fgurative soles Of this mountain tee
is q wide, rugged cleft, caused b.
nature in one OF he1 un2countabl
. freaks, Which S, often produce mar
ve!ously picturesque results, With
in this chasn is u series Of gems
: raised one above the other, torm!n
= arcades, galleries and "ierd caves. an
:, holding views OF the widest beauty
ikened only to some fairy picture
the i'm tginauon.
1t is undoub edlg one of the mos
X famous glens III the United State
Quilt upon q prodigious grandsu
: neing over three miles long, and rails
" lag ,ue eight hundred feet above Il
evel ofthe va!ly. Within its iimi
1e are natura! curiosi.ies IA some b.
} of extraordinary wiIdness.
. The great attrartl.n to most peop
who visit Watkins O zen is It's coude
% sation. Mindful Of tie treasure
. possesses, the ownar Of this proper
y has not only employed the skill
= competent engineers 20 straighten az
" smooth the WAYS OF the glen, so tn
y" sito-s may inspect IT'S beauties vi
'' comfort an1 satisfaction, bat becau
~ the pure mountain air has made /
- Glen a foverite resort for hea tn see
wv els. lie has erected, am"ng t
teaIthciv;ng pines aud hem ocks, t
7H' Glen Moun'ain House. three hunir
&c feet above The village Of Watkins a
:" across the deep ravine hcaut''
"S rustic bridge. which leads t" ne qnaI
VI swiss diuine-Aail and amuseme
buildings.
''s Guests who have roems : this hot
Il" JOY the freedom Of the Con.
'o' + ivHedgc not accorded those reg ST
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-07-22

English SPAWN Linimrrt rem"v-- al
Hard. Soft or alloused LuIuts ~ Il
Dlemishes frOra horses. Blood Sl.avIH.,
urbs, Splints Sweeney. Rim. bon :,
Stiles. SpraiBs. all Swollen Th'na
Coughs, &C. Save $50 by use q:
hottie Warranted the most n oaferfuI
Flemish cure ever known. ''oid by
W. ] IIAnry, Druggist & nt0L.
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Y. B. The distances and estimates
# niagara were secured freu govern
ment officials, at the If on t1ouse on
The Can"da de.