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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-19

that he might find sorrow trifie more
bitter TO the taste if it was all he Lad
70 chew upon. A good loaf IN the house
did not make sorrow any heavier. A
good coat on his back did not make his
grief any more singing.
did | think money helped to Dear
sorrow?" very Indignantly.
Yes, did think So told him taat
II he went on neglecting his business
much longer, kicking good customers,
and kicking down his credit, he might
find out for himself. And after he had
ruined his business his wifc's grave
would hardly be kept as green as now,
or his children's mourning as fresh.
More than that--for | lost all patience
he need not expect to live off me
then.
took him by the shoulder one day.
told him he was just making fool OF
| himself. | would do anything to COM
fort his grief, but not another thing to
pamper his despair. He must be a man.
/ asked him il he supposed himself the
only man on earth who ever suffered
as he suffered. Not so, sir Thousands
on thousands more Better men than
you ever dreamed of being have suf-
fered deeper griefs than yours. | asked
him IL he had never thought of afllic-
tons rs the signs Of Gods love? 1T is
| written whom the Lord lovcth lie
chastencth." Are you much chastencdp
| Then the adorable Saviour must love
| you % great deal, am thinking.
uroad hi,., ~ so' rood example Of
fortitudc before his children. Every
man is fond of being considered brave,
stout-hearted and strong. especially by
his offspring. Was not he exhibiting
himself to his children as almost a pol
troon?
| forewarned him that il he lived to
the usual age of man, he had as yet but
begun to meet bereavement He who
has many friends has many to lose. BY
fifty years, at this rate, he would 60
quite mad. Did God mean us to drivel
our senses away? l reminded him that
he had often, in the exuberance Of his
youth and happy days, criticised the
'1ong faces" of 'old fogies." Well,
now, here was his chance to prove that
he was superior to the melancholy
events of advancing years.
Let us see whether he, too, would
grow long-faccd, so that young people
would be afraid Of him.
1t may be a great thing to amass
fortune; to stand at the head of ones
profession; to write n great book; to
make a great speech; to invent great
mechanism. But the greatest conquest
is to outlivc the blows of stunning
griefs, to be sweettempered despite
years of souring disappointments, to he
able to smile like happy boy at sixty
years of age, to carry song in the
heart when the outer world is full Of
meanings, to keep hope burning in all
the rain of tears, to prevent all the
gusts of doubt from blowing out the
lamp of Faith, to preserve the garden
of Love in the Sahara of this worlds
hates and ill-wills.
count him the manifest of men who
has learned how to sorrow, yet be al
ways rejoicing. The secret of all this
is with them that love God Better
than to kick is to embrace and kiss the
rod. -lIarlSley Uarller, in n Y. Weekly
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BROUSER WAS INTERESTED.
Blood-Curdling Experience of n Gentleman
While Having His Hair Cut.

blOOu-turul1nX Experience OF GentIeman
While Having His Hair Cut.
Next
| dropped the pink-colored paper,
having just finished a breezy descrip-
ton of lynching bee, and submissively
seated myself in big plush chair.
1t was far out on Milwaukee avenue.
| had been visiting one of the large
rolling mills, and on my return, seeing
a rather neat barber shop, and being
aware that my hair needed cutting,
went in and waited the pleasure of the
tonsorial artist.
Hair cut?' queried the knight of
the razor, divining my wishes, as he
reached for pair of scissors.
| answered atfirmatively, but with
some little uneasiness. for these shears
We're vast and Misunderstanding weap-
ons, which appeared as if they were
ordinarily employed in cutting sheet
iron instead of mems hair
The barber went through many prep
a-ations which gave me chance to
observe that his dog, a wiry-looking
little bull-terrier, with singular droop
in his left eye and vicious expression
about his cropped ears, was cycling me
intently from a point a little to one
side of me on the floor.
The barber at last set to work at my
back hair very deliberately. The bull
terrier still eyed me as a cat watches a
mouse, now tipping his head trife on
one side, now on the other.
stood this eager scrutiny in silence
for few minutes, but presently my
curiosity led me to speak.
Hum" said "a sharp looking dog,
that of yours
sharp" the man laughed. NO
more intelligent beast than i'm in all
Chicago to-day, sir"
Can you tell me why he is watching
me in that way?'
"Ah, there's the intelligence of i'm,
sir. Sometimes it happens. you know,
sir, as 'ow | chips little off the top of
a gents ear with the shears, sir. An
then you should see, sir, as 'ow Brouser
that's the dogs name, sir-as 'ow he
lights on that bit of car in an instant.
sirr'
This very interesting piece of infor-
nation sent a cold chill down my back
as | had seldom felt before. | did not
dare to speak and beg the man to be
careful, least my agitation should cause
him to make the unlucly stroke with
the shears.
| certainly did not dare to move. The
man took "A long time with his haircut
ting, and all that time Brouser eyed
me keenly and hungriiy from the fioo..
while the cold drops of perspration
were starting out on my forehead
Fortunately escaped mutilation but
in my dreams for weeks was haunted
by the vision of that expectant bull
terrier watching with his malevolent
eye for the tip of my ear see him in
an occasional vision still. and | never
expect to be quite rid of him. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Miss Budds heart is like volume
in a circulating library" How is
that?" Not to be kept longer than
two weeks "-Harpers Bazaar.
On Examination Day.-Physician-
"What would you do in order to throw
patient into sweat?" Student
''Send him here to be quizzed."
Ten men bit the dust" says the
sensational reporter of the west. They
must have tasted pies sold by the train
boy.-Picayune.
-Cumso-"Doctor, how long can
corpse be kept DR.. Kapsool-"Well,
Philadelphia was laid out in 1852 and
isn't buried yet. Jury.
-Jarvis-"Do you know what I'm
going to do with the first hundred dol
lars earn?" Jessup-"Pay your en-
trance fee to a home for aged men prob
ably N. Y. Herald.
-Dottie-'Why does Miss Skinfiint
address all her verses to the moon?"
D.ck-"Well, | suppose it is because the
man up there is the only one who can't
run way."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
-Ethel-'I just am almost sure that
the market reporter boards here"
Meier why do you think so?" Ethel
why, the very first thing in the re-
port is butter growing stronger" -
Inter Ocean.
Shelf you loved me as you
say you do you would not hesitate to
ask papa" He-'Darling, that is my
very reason. You are not the benetic-
ia,.v- ,pIar my, ,>rasant irSnranoa mol.
icy. N. Y. Herald.
They Were of Personal Nature
Wright-''Squib, the humorist, poor
fellow has lost all his friends" Sllrawl
why, how did it happen?" Wright
I'm moment of forgetfulness last
week he signed his name to his batch of
jokes in the Buster. Yankee Blade.
II hear there's trouble between you
and Miss De Trop." Yes; everything
is declared off" What was the mat
ter?" I'VE went into a restaurant the
other evening and ordered lemonade
for two. The stupid clerk served it in
such manner that she got hold of my
glass. Chicago News Record.
Madison" Crafteigh has the repu-
tation of being the most intelligent
man in the club, but | have never
heard him give utterance to a remark
yet which was any evidence of it."
Jackson" But have you observed the
rapt manner in which he listens to
and approves of the remarks uttered by
other members ?"-The Club.
A young man, his eye blackened,
his collar and necktie disordered, his
coat torn, his hair tossing wildly, and
wearing no hat, was rushing along one
of the streets of the Back Bay when he
encountered his best girl. "Oh! Hen
ry"' she exclaimed in an agony of dis
tress; 81 know it all. You have seen
father. Boston Post
You are going to build house,
are you? What style?' Il have not
thought of any particular style yet, but
| was counting up the number of my
friends to-day and | find have twenty
nine As soon as my intention to build
a house becomes known | shall have
twenty-nine different styles from which
to choose. N. Y. Press.
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Magic Maze of Mirrors,

The Magic maze, a maze of mirrors, is
the latest novelty at the horticultural
exhibition in London. The visitor en-
ters the maze by crooked passage,
walled entirely by mirrors, into the
central hall, toward which "a number of
seemingly endless avenues appear to
converge. Reproductions of the visitor
are presented at every imaginable point
and angle. A figure stands at the en-
trance to the hall and beckons with
uplifted hand, and the reproductions
show the figure in hundred different
places at once The bewildered visitors
walk about in cautious, half-scared
way, running into their own ref ectons
and looking with distrust on every
one who approaches, unable to tell
substance from shadow. The space oc-
cupied by the maze is only forty feet by
thirty feet, but the arrangement Of
mirrors gives it the appearance of being
acres in extent N y. Sun.
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HEMMED IN BY A PRAIRIE FIRE.
An Experience That Is Burned Into .
Westcrncr's Memory.

Westcrncr's Memory.
81 had an experience in Nebraska in
1856 that | can see yet whenever shut
my eyes said Maj Tom Stephens at
the Lindell. IL pilotcd a party of emf
grants across the plains and was re-
turning alone to the Missouri 1t was
triiic risky, but my business was
urgent, and | was so we'll mounted that
had little fear of Indians. 1t was in
the latter part of September, and as
there had been no rain for two months
the tall grass was like SO much finder.
One night camped on small tribu-
tary of the Middle Loup. 1t was a
small springfield rivulet, destitute of
timber and almost hidden by the rank
grass. had not slept long when was
awakened by the neighing of my horse,
and was Mortified to find the prairie 20
the south of me afire and a strong wind
sweeping it down upon me. | mounted
and started for the loup, some five
miles north, but before half the dis
lance was covered my horse put his
foot in hole, fell and broke leg
THE fire hemmcd me in by a semi.
circle and was coming on with terrible
rapidity. The whole heavens seemed
to be sheet of roaring flame
thought sure | was done for. l have
heard that men brought face to face
with death remember every evil deed
of their lives, but simply stood there
in the dry grass and watched the sub
lime spectacle. felt that my doom
was sealed and deliberately waited for
it. Suddenly new danger confronted
me. A vast herd Of buffalo flvinr be.
fore the fire was bearing down upon
me. | was to be trampled to death
and cremated afterwards! As the vast
mass came laundering on instructive
ly started and ran Several deer went
scurrying by me. and fancicd could
feel thc hot breath of the herd of buff
falo on the back of my neck | was sud-
denly thrown into the air and land
ed lenGthwise across the back of big
bull.
Il fastened my fingers on his shaggy
coat and managed To bcStride him, and
thus mounted was carried to the Loup
river, where ! was thrown off by the
branch OF 4 tree. managed to swing
to it, however, and thus saved myself
from being tramplcd to death The
herd plunged across the shallow river
and | took refuge from the approach
ing flames in its muddy waters Three
DAYS later was picked up, more dead
than alive, by an emigrant train.
spent, first and last, more than IF
Il
many close calls, but that midnight
ride on a buffalo's back, with the Loup
river in from and the fires Of Gchenna
roaring in the rear, was, think, as re-
markable as any Of the Inventions of
the ycllow-bacll hterati. ST. LA,is
Globe Democrat.
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Vigogne and Plaid SILK.

A second seaside ostume is of sum-
mer vigogne of a light beige shade with
the speckled Scotch plaid silk o much
used by Doucet and other Paris dress
makers for brig htening up simple
dresses. To make the corsage light
and cool, the open jacket fronts of
vigogne are unlined, the top tucked in
yoke shape. and the selvage left intact
from the neck down. These open on a
fanciful vest which has black guipure
corselet. with accordion plated white
chiffon above, and two pulled frills of
plaid silk extending from the collar to
the bust. The back is fitted coat,
with fulness held in cords down to the
belt, then fatty box plated. A soft
wide belt with bow in the middle is of
silk with ecru ground specxled with
pink and barred with blue and pink
This belt crosses the bac k and passes
under the jacket fronts and is pointed
downward below the guipure corselet.
A turned-over collar and cuffs are of
the vigogne, with silk bands forming
borders. The bell skirt with silk lining
has at the foot a bias frill of vigogne
only two inches wide after being
hemmed and gathered on a cord, and
this is headed by a band of vigogne
with four little tucks stuffed to repre-
sent thick cords.-Harper's Bazaar.
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EVENING SONG.

Xwo drDopdng lids sl,u: out the day.
Two tired eyes forget the world,
Two fitxle hands bid care away
Two aietis feet at rest are curled
Dsxfing. good night, o gently sleep
Dear stars of love thy vigils keep.
Good night, sweet one,
Sleep sweet sleep long,
Thy day is done,
Night croons her song.
Good night
Good night.
Son breathings tell me rest Is sweet
Doar srniles reflect dear visions bright,
Fond prayers for her / still repeat
While whispering TO my child good night
Darling. goodnight, dear Heaven, guard
well,
ny lDye, good night once more l tell
Good night, sweet child,
This kiss my prayer.
Sleep sweet, sleep mild,
Nor dream of care.
Good night
Good night
o. pdfl0wed wreath of tangled gold,
Dosa know the love that guards thy restS
q. htsis hfc, how were IL told
To bsttcr prove my fond request?
Darling, good night Kind angels stay
In sowing watch till beams the day.
Good night, good night,
Dear little girl
Thy dreams be bright
My precious pearl
Good night
Good night
George T.. Bowen. in Inter Ocean.
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Everything in the whole economy of
nature has its mission and its USE" re-
marked the professor. There is no in
sect, however small, and no man, how
ever insignificant, but exerts an iutiu-
ence. more or less. upon the universe
and its Inhabitants"
You say everything is of some use,
professor?" asked student
Yes"
Would You please tell us of what
particular use the dude is?"
He is useful to laugh at."-Detroit
Ernn Dress
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Proud Father-We've had twins in
our family on two occasions. You
cant beat that sir.
Little Man (who hadn't spoken be-
fore We'll, ! don't know about that.
My wife presented me the other day
with triplets, ana three of kind beat
*wo pair, don't they?--Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-19
She Could DO the Tannino..

Ethci-Why, how pale You look, my
dear. supposed you would come back
all tanned.
Maude-lIuSh. l lost my rouge. III
fix myself up all right by tomorrow
People will think | have been in the
countrya month.-TeXas Siftngs.
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Father-My son. you ought to be mar.
ried and settled by this time.
Adult Son-Weli, I'm not married,
but proposed to Miss Flirtie last night,
and she settled me.-N. y. Weekly.
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Assistant Ito employer) PLEASE,
sir, what shall mark this new lot of
new silks at?" Employer Twelve
shilItngS yard" Assistant-"But the
cost price is four shillings a yard.
Emplovcr-'I don't care what it cost.
We are selling of regardless 81 cost"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-03-18
In the House.

49TH DAY.-Mr. O'Nein reported a bill to
fix the compensation of keepers and crews
of ife-saving stations--The House then
went into Committee of the Whole (Mr.
Richardson, Of Tennessee, in the chair on
the District of Columbia Appropriation bill.
Without disposng of the bill the committee
rose. and the House adjourned.
49TH DAY.-The District of Columbia APP
preparation bill was passed-A bill was
passed constituting Newark, N. j., port
of immediate Observation-Disclosures bill to
authorize reduced railroad fares to CONNER
cial travellers was taken up and discussed
until ad jOurnment.
50TH DAY-Mr. Sayers reported the Ur-
gent Deficiency bill 1t aggregates $43s,-
413-The Pension Appropriation bill
was reported-The House then went
into Committee of the Whole
(Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, in the
chair on the private calendar. The after
noon was consumed in the consideration of
private bills--The second night session for
the consideration of private pension bills
proved no more successful than the first.
Only eighty-seven members responded to
their names, and, after roll cali, the House
adjourned.
51sT DAY-Mr. Enloe introduced resp
luton for the protection of Government en-
ployes who testify before committees of
Congress-The bill appropriating $780, 900,
from the Committee on Agriculture, for
carrying out the provisions of the Meat In
ments, gave rise to considerable discus
sion--Ihe Urgency Deficiency bill, ap-
propriating s43S, 600 for certain expendi-
lures, $500 900 of which was for public
printing, paper and binding, was passed.
SD DAY.-Mr. Catchings moved, before
the reading of the Journal that the report
from the Committee on Rules for the con-
sideration of the Silver bill on March %
be taken up, which motion the Chair
held to be in order. To this Mr..
Tracey objected. He appealed from
the decision of the Chair. The
appeal was laid on the table by a yea
and nay vote Of 2O2 to seventy The anti
silver men consumed most of the day in fill
clustering against the motion to adopt the
report of the committee, and the final vote
did not occur until o'clock, when the reso-
lvtion was passed-190 to eighty-four--,
Invalid Pension Appropriation bill was The
passed, and the House adjourned. then
SD DAY.-After a short sitting, an ad-
journment was taken out of respect to the
late Representative Kendall, of Kentucky.
The Speaker appointed the following COM
mittee to take order respecting the funeral
ceremonies: Messrs- Paynter. Mansur,
Amerman, Bailey, Owens, Wilson (Ky.), and
Belknap.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-03-18
FIFrY-sECOND CONGRESS.
In the Senate.

44TH DAY.-Consideratio of the Dubois
Claggett contest was continued-Mr. Kyle
reported bill providing for an investiga-
ton relative TO the ''slums OF great cities,
Calendar-Mr. Allison reported bill APP
propriating 5000 for the expenses OF the
typhus fever and immigration investigation
Passed-Mr. Dolph, in presenting petitions
from his State favoring Government aid for
the Nicaragua Canal, spoke In favor OF SUCH
legislation
titled to sit for Idaho by a vote of fifty-hve
to five-The Pure-Food bill was taken up
and several amendments, mostly of a verbal
character, were agreed to-Ihe senate
ratified the protocols and treaty making the
United States party to the convention or
Berne relating to the protection of patents
in all of the signatory countries.
10TH DAY.-The Vice-President presented
communication from the Secretary of the
Inter. or in relation to the Yosemite Park
The Paddock Pure Food bill was dis
cussed-Mr. Gordon offered resolution
for the payment to the estate of Alexander
H Stephens, of Georgia. of the ex-
penses incurred by him in prosecu-
ting his claim to seat III the SEN
ate lin the reconstruction period.
Referred to the Committee on Contingent
Expenses-House bill to constitute New
ark, n. j :, port of immediate transporta-
ton was passed--The District of Columbia
Appropriation bill was referred--Eulogie
W6Ic ny MSSSTS. dSSOs
Stewart, Colquitr, Butler, Dolph and Daniel
in memory of w. 81. F. Lee, late Repre-
sentative from Virginia.
41TH DAY.-The Paddock Pure Food bill
was discussed-Mr. Sawyer introduced
bill to authorize the establishment of a pos
tai telegraph service.
48TH DAY The calendar was taken up
and bills were acted on as follows: Joint
resolution to provide for an international bi-
metallic agreement. Laid aside without
action. To pay to the estate of John
Ericsson $13, $50, balance found due by the
Court OF Claims for Captain Ericsson;s ser
vices in planning the Princeton and her ma
chinery. Passed. Appropriating S275, 900
for the construction of two United States
revenue cutters for Service on the great
lakes. Passed. Fixing at SO month the
pay of enlisted men acting army nurses.
Passed. All the bills that were passed
thirty in number-were Senate bills.
The time occupied in passing
them was exactly one hour
At4:25 when message from the House an
nouncing the death of Mr.. Kendall was pre-
sented, Mr.. Blackburn offered the usual
resolutions of respect and coincidence, which
were agreed to, and the Vice-President ap-
pointed Messrs. Pasco, Hansbrough, Chill
ton, Warren and Gibson, of Maryland, to
represent the Senate at the funeral. AS
further mark of respect, the Senate at 4:30
adjourned.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-03-18
Wife Murderer Executed.

Charles Wall was executed at Tunkhan-
mock, Penn, for the murder of his wife. The
drop fell at 10 :05 in the morning.
Charles Wall murdered his wife Julia with
an axe on July IS, 1891. They lived in
Centre Moreland Township, and had been
married only two months. Wall was jealous
ana quarrelled with his wife, alleging undue
intimacy on her part with Butler Wall, his
nephew. Wall went to town. and his wife,
not expecting him home, went to a neighbor's
to pass the night.
Wall returned during the night intoxi-
Gated, and not finding his wife smashed all
the furniture and dishes in the house. He
then went to the house of John Smith, where
his wife was in bed with her sister, and at
tempted to cut her throat with knife, but
only succeeded in wounding her slightly.
Mrs. Smith and her daughter also received
slight cuts.
Mrs. Wall then went home. Wall soon
followed, securing an axe on the way. Mrs.
Wall saw him coming, and fearing he
would do her harm, ran out of the
house and started to cross a lot.
She had gone only short distance when
she fell, and Wall, who was following
her, ran up and drove the axe into her
head He struck her the second time and
left her lying dead. Wall was arrested and
confessed the crime. When he came up for
trial on November 9, he entered plea of not
guilty on account of insanity. He was
convicted, however, and sentenced to be
hanged.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-03-18
RIOT IN DANTZIC.
Systematic Distribution of Food by
the Mob to Starving WOrkmen.

Systematic Distribution of Food by
the Mob to Starving Workmen.
mass meeting Of two thousand or more
Of unemployed workmen sent deputa-
tisn to the Chief Magistrate of Dantzic,
Germany, to ask for work and food for
their starving families.
The magistrate received them kindly and
advised them to maintain the peace. He
said that arrangements had been made
to employ shout two hundred men OH
relief works near the city. This did not
satisfy the delegation, and when the steam
boat departed with the 200 who had been
promised work, the hungry mob left behind,
encouraged by Socialist and Anarchist war
riors. began to sack the dread shops and
other places where food Of any kind was for
sale or stored.
The police were overpowered by the MOB.
large piles of meat bread and groceries were
heaped in the streets and guarded by a detail
of the rioters, while the hungry workingmen,
one by one, were dealt out provisions In ac-
cordance with their needs or the size of their
families, Skirmishing parties of the rioters
meanwhile kept the police at bay. severely
iniuring several of them
Late in the day, when the rioters had OBJ
tanned all they wanted, they dispersed, sew
eral bodies being fastened homeward by the
police, who had rallied in stronger force.
About fifty arrests wsSe made.