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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-12-20

Mrs. Hamilton, Cambridge, H., says;
| had the rheumatism 80 had ! could
not raise my hand to my head. Bal
lard's snow liniment has entirely cured
me. / take pleasure in informing my
ncighh0rs and friends what IT, has
done tor me. Chas. Handley. clerk
for Lay & Lyman, Kewanee, H., ad-
yises us that snow Eminent cured him
Of rheumatism. Why not try it2 1t
win surely do you good. 1t cures all
inflammation, wounds, sores, sprains,
cuts, etc. Free trial bottle at the
Eagle drug store. 4
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-12-20

was not more successful last summer.
lt will be remembered that last sum-
mer several ministers held a camp
meeting on the upper ella above Dun
can. A great many Of the sinners in
that locality we're brought into the
fold and many more might have been
had II not have been for old Bin VIII
son, who lives in the neighberhood.
He seems to have been Il stumbling
block 10 the way Of a good many. A
gentleman who was here this week
tells OF the obstacle which was in the
way Of greater success for those who
had charge OF the revival. Mr.. Pear
son and Drew Wlndham were both
deeply interested in the meetings and
had lent willing ears to the exhorta-
tons which came from the pulpit.
One day these meu met under a cot
tonwood tree near the place OF worship
when Mr.. Pearson said: "Drcw, /
feel much interested in this meeting.
I feel that l am a sinner undone, aud
that l should turn into q righteous
path, but IL I understand the terms Of
admission correctly, it is my duty to
forgive every person against whom l
may have had any cause OF grievance
in the past. l have thought over this
matter considerable and ! can figure
It out no way how l ever can forgive
old Biz Wilson" ''rhat's me-" said
Drew, chats Just what l have been
hanging Gre on for two days. Jeems
River! 1t seems bard that the Lord
would ask any man to forgive a man.
Ike old Bin Wilaon 1 figure it this
way: Wien this rule OF forgiveness
WAS made there had been no such men
known as Wilson. Another thing pye
thought Of, the preachers say that no
man is so bad but what be may be
saved ana sent to glory. Now, sup
pose you and l join the church aud
get TO heaven, and should end cd Bill
Wilson there, we'd be no better of
there than we've been here"
The deputy sheriff that was sent TO
LoT@sburg from the northern part Of
the county a few Sundays ago TO spy
On the saloan keepers who did bust
ness on riat Gay, got 10 his work on u
couple az the saloons. Tuesday Dep
uty Sheriff Hardin received warrants
Issued Us The distr.Ut'c0urJ on infor-
nation, for the arrest of IL. a. Fuller
and Charles Clair for a violation Of
the Sunday law. The officer was in-
st,Ucled 10 Except bonds in the sum
OF $50 for appearance at the May
term Of court. Mr.. Fuller gave the
required bond, There is no Charles
Clair ia this section OF the county, 50
the deputy sheriff tried t. work ia the
warrant on Is. w. Clair, hut he would
not have it.. lie said his name was
not Charles Ciair aud BE refused to
submit to arrest on give bonds under
That name. Subsequently y. w. Clair
was brought before Justice McCrath
aud plead guilty TO a violation o. the
Sunday Ian ia that he sold liquor 10
one DaiTymp.e 90 Sunday the arsJ day
Of December. As = raHn canGot be
Tried twice for the ssme oiIcuse this
stups The district court from trying
Clair for This particular violation Of
the Sunday las, and The people who
latten Oh fees Will have to send out
another spy.
Mr. L. Trsis5eret 40 Clifton drives a
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-12-20

Au6 0iilOOA NEWS reports lhdu
John BrocSman Of Silver City mas pur-
chased the Pierce mine in the Sulphur
Springs valley at a price better than
S25O, 900. The News says: 1.-THE mine
is located q miles from Wilcox, aud
was discovered about nine months
ago. We understand that the parties
who WI it viii start in the frat Of
the year and do extensive develop
ment work, and when they get the
mine sufficiently opened up will put a
big mill on the property.
There was an exciting football game
at Clifton last Sunday between the
married and the unmarried men. In
this game the Rugby rules were barred
and no one was allowed to catch or
run with the ball. Kicking only was
allowed. Several times in the excite
mert OF the game shius, bodies and
even faces were mistaken for the ball
aud received the kick intended for
the bag Of wind. but it all went. The
contest resulted 10 a tic, neither side
winning 4 point.
The troop Of the 18th cavalry which
20 yallantiy held STEMS Pass and pre-
vented tho maraudinq band Of In
diahs Chat Killed Merrill and his
daughter from reaching the Rio
Graudc valley, returned to Fort Bay
ard last Friday. After leaving Lords.
burg Che commander OF the troop kept
a close guard over the pack train, aad
the soldiers never lost another meal.
Two Of Lordsburg's old time Chinese.
residents, Fatty, the John L Sullivan
Of Chinatown, and Joe. alias Pie Face,
have gone to San Francisco, and ex-
pcct to take q trip eros the water
this winter aud visit the old folks at
home. This, of course, is providing
they do not run against 4 tan game IN
San Fraucisct AID go busted,
A band ~ cypsies was IA town the
arst OF the week, and a dirtier lot Of
people and a more persistent set Of
beggc7s never struck the town.
George ". Jenkins, editor OF the
Santa Maria Times, Cal, 10 speaking
Of the various ailments OF children,
said: "When my children have croup
there is only one patent medicine that
/ ever use, and that is Chsmberlain's
cough remedy. Itpossesse some med.
ical properties that relieve the little
suferers Immediately. It is in my
opinion the best cough medicine 10
the MARKET II this remedy is freely
given rs o q as the crOupy cough APP
pears 70 will prevent the attack. It's
also 40 ideal remedy for whOOping
cough. There is no danger in giving
10 10 children as it contains nothing in
furious. For sale at Eagle drug store.
Billiards. Snow Linimort.
~. .-Lf1s-. .H.tI .. IN .-...
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-12-20


work and slcepless nights. The machinery
Of the whole system is demomiizcd. A
business man feels that he cannot afford to
be in enough to quit work. He drugs along
day after day, makes bad deals, says the
wrong thing, and health and business coll
lapse together. There's no need Of either
disaster. Dr.. pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
q gentle, effective %renovator Of both stofn-
ach and bowels. They assist nature with
out threatening 70 tear the body piece-nieal.
There are no gripping pains, no nausea.
One is a barely p~erceptible laxative. Two
give more noticeable results, and they may
be continued until the system is t~hroughly
renovated, strengthened, and put into har-
MON nth nature. One need not tear q
habit" ~ taking the pheasant Pellets
As soon a health Is restored they may be
discarded without a return Of illness be-
cause Of their absence. Therefore, you
don't become a slave TO their use.
A GREAT BOOK FREE.
When DR.. p. V. Pierce. Of Buffalo, N. y, pub
iished the first edition Of his work, The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser, he announced
that after 10000 copies had been sold at the reg
ular price, $50 per copy, the proht on which
would repay him for the great amount Of labor
and money expended In producing K, he would
distribute the next half million J,cs. As this
number Of copies has already been sold, he is
now distributing, dbs0iufcfT nee, 10000 copies Of
this most complete, interesting and valuable
common sense medical work ever published
at the above address, twenty-one l2D cents In one
cent stniups to cover cost Of mailing ollrand the
book will be sent postpaid. 1t is a vcritapie med
ical library, complete in one volume. il contains
o~ver.Iooo pages and more than 800 illustrations.
The Free Edition Is precisely the same as those
sold at 1850 except only that the books are bound
in strong MANILA paper covers instead OF cioth.
Send NOW before all are given away.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-12-20

ID a. hereby ordered that the fororcinc rot
uce OF application for paicnt Da published
for the period OF sixty days teu Coafaclutc
weeksl tn the WrfTfHN Liberal d Wonk3
n~ewepnncr published al Lodsrbufa. Grant
county, Now Mexico,
JONI D Ruf5e
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-12-20

A band ~ cypsies was "a town the
drst OF the week, and a dirtier lot Of
people and q more persistent set Of
beggcTs never struck the town.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-01
SAVED HIS NEW HAT.
How the Late DIR. Duncan, of New York,
Outwitted the Rain.

How the Late DIR. Duncan, of New York,
Outwitted the Rain.
There is a good story told of the late
Dr. Matthews Duncan, the specialist,
when he was struggling young prac-
titioner who was just beginning to be
taken notice of by the world. He was
called in consultation with several
eminent men of the profession and, for
the occasion, he donned his best silk
hat. Being poor, he could not go in
his carriage, nor could he afford cab,
and as the day was fine he left his UNI
brella at home, for the double reason
that he did not think he should need
it and that it was particularly shabby
one, and walked. The consultation
lasted long time, and when at last it
was over, Matthews Duncan saw with
CONSERVATION that it was raining, and
remembered that his umbrella was at
home. What was to be done? A new
hat meant something considerable to
him in those days, and SO did even a
cab fare.
Suddenly a thought struck him.
Making an excuse to the effect that he
had an appointment, he left the big
medical guns, and, proceeding down
stairs, took the hat of one of them
whom he knew to have come in car
riage, leaving his own new silk hat in
it's place. Then he walked home in
the rain. When the owner of the hat
finally came down and saw the ex-
change, he congratulated himself on
his luck, and putting it on, drove home
in his carriage, and so kept it dry. His
exultation, however, was next morn
ing turned to grief, for DR.. Duncan
sent him his hat, with note full of
apologies for having made the mistake,
and asked him to give to his servant
the hat which he had taken home in
his carriage.
Of course, under the circumstances,
there was nothing for the great man
to do except to return Matthews Dun
can his new and unchanged hat, and
to receive in exchange his own, which
had been made kind of scapegoat for
it, with as much grace as the circum-
stances permitted ON. Y. Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-01
BlUFFiNG "BARkERS."
An Exchange of Unfriendly Disceurtesies
Between Steamboat Steerers.


Between Steamboat Steerers
The rivalry between the numerous
lines of steamboats, running from New
York to Coney Island has become SO
lively that bankers" are now en-
ployed to capture trade. The barker
is strange mixture of the hotel run
ner' and the clothing store "puller-
in" He solicits patronage with more
or less vigor, and when a score or more
of these fellows are at work there is
plenty Of fun except for the victims.
Three of them stood at the foot of the
81" railroad stairs Sunday and Choir
used in unison: "All aboard to Copey
Island. ladies and gents. The bee
yutiful an palatial steamboat Warden
is now strainin at her hawsers. She's
off in minute, ladies an gents. Get
your tickets right here" Iron Steam
boat company's floating palace Seefuse
at Pier l. The finest, elegantest,
SWEETEST line runnin' to the island.
Don't be deceived into takin' no other.
Buy yer tickets here. Fifty cents
round trip. Swept by o-shine breezes."
Here yarr! Here yarr! just step
to the left. Most convenient line to
Coney Island. Cheap, elegant, easy
going, safe. All the comforts of home.
Tickets right here. Here yarr Here
yarr"
little man walking between two
children came along about the middle
of the afternoon and was bounced
upon by two rival runners, each of
whom appropriated one of the chill
dren. Here's yer tickets, sir" shouted
the thin runner, thrusting package
of them under the little mans nose.
Iron Steamboat compny Just got
time to catch the boat Finest. best,
easiest goin'-" Steamboat Warden
goin' now, SIR" broke in the fat run
ner, waving his bunch of tickets
frantically in the mans face. Jaw,
git away, put in his rival. THE gent
don't wanter take them sweet kids by
that bum line of yourn." ''G'wan YER
self" shouted the other. 81 seen IN
first Right this way, gent" "Doncher
run no risks, SIR warned the Iron
Steamboat barker. Come right over
to our dock. I'll show you the way.
Them other boats is dangerous. :"
"Doncher believe him, gent. Theys
two life preservers to every passenger
on our boats" Eyes, an there's a free
fight every five minutes. You carry a
mixed ale crowd" "You don't carry
no crowd at all; they won't go near
yer boats" who says SOP" II say
So" Jaw, yer liar" "A.y, yer can't
i
can't back it." "Ahrrrrl' "Ahrrrl"
And just as things began to look ripe
for fight the object of contention
asked mildly; Gould you tell me
which is the boat to Bedloe's island9
| was going there to let the children
80 in swimming. IN. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-01
INFLUENCE OF A MOTHER.
How 1t Extended Through tho Son to His
Thoughtless Friends at the Banquet
Board.

How 1t Extended Through tho Son to His
ThouGhtless Friends at the Banquet
Board.
Boys, l can not pledge myself with
you in wine" said a young man at
banquet, when urged by his COM
panions to drink to the success of some
pet scheme; land this is my reason for
refusing: l once had an idolized
mother whose temperance principles
were of the strongest. Before she
went out into the great unknown
promised her to always abstain from
the Intoxicating cup and the promise
is as binding to-day as when first
given"
The raised glasses were set down
again, the wine untouched, for some
how that mothers influence extended
beyond her boy and all present were
touched by the words so impressively
spoken. The mothers influence, beau
tiful and strong, reached out from the
grave, and was power in that gather
ing. 1t had not only nodded the young
mans character, making him strong o;
purpose, but it set his friends to think
ing, awakening them to sense of their
duty-the result glorious victory.
Oh, these blessed influences that
loyal, loving mothers all over the land
weave around their children, strength
ening and rounding out their lives into
q noble manhood and true and tender
womanhood! How often the remark
is heard: "All that I am; all there is
good and true in me 1 owe to my
mother, who first taught me to lisp,
now lay me down to sleep" How
many of us looking back to those early
days, can thank God for patient,
Christian mother, who guided our steps
Alright and whose loving influence
shielded us from many temptation.
Some of these noble, self-sacrifcing
mothers have passed on before to the
glad rest in Christ's kingdom but their
influence is still with us-a help and
blessing, a comfort in many trying
hour.-A. A. Truesdell, in Chicago
Lever.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-01
SPIDER AT WORK.


PrOdigious Feats Performed by the Per-
tinacious Insect.
Sitting on bench under a pear
tree, saw spider drop down from a
leaf fully nine feet above the ground,
and disappear in the grass, leaving a
slender rope of web, attached at the
upper end to leaf and at the lower
to fallen pear. In few moments a
small white caterpillar, barely an inch
long, began to climb this rope. 1t
grasped the thread in its mouth and
drew up its body about sixteenth of
an inch at a time, then held tight with
the two fore feet, and, lifting it's head,
seized the rope sixteenth higher; re-
peating this operation necessarily, the
rest of the body swinging in the air.
Never pausing, without haste and with
out rest, this creature patiently worked
its way upward, as man might up a
rope. Let anyone seize a beam over
head and attempt to lift the chest up
to level with it, the expenditure of
strength is very great; even with long
practice, to swarm" up a pole or rope
to any distance is the hardest labor the
despised creeping thing" without the
slightest apparent effort, without once
pausing to take breath, reached the
leaf overhead in rather under half an
hour, having climbed a rope fully one
hundred and eight times its own length.
To equal this a man must climb six
hundred and forty-eight feet, or more
than half as high again as st. Paurs.
The insect, on reaching the top, at
once commenced feeding, and easily
bit through the hard pear leaf; how
delicately, then, must it have grasped
the slender spiders web, which touch
would destroy. The thoughts which
this feat call forth do not end here, for
there was no necessity to go up the
thread; the insect could, to all appear
ances, have travelled up the trunk of
the tree with ease, and it is not to be
supposed that its mouth and feet were
especially adapted to climb web,
thing which was to all appearances
merely the result of the accident of the
insect coming along just after the
spider had left the thread. Another
few minutes and the first puff of wind
would have carried the thread away,
as puff actually did soon afterward.
| claim wonderful amount of orig
inal intelligence-as opposed to the ILL
used term instinct-of patience and
perseverance for this creature. 1t is so
easy to imagine that, because man is
big, brain power cannot exist in tiny
organizations; but, even in man, the
seat of thought is so minute that it es-
capes discovery, and his very life may
be said to lie in the point of contact OF
two bones of the neck. Pat the mind
of man within the body of the cater
pillar-what more could have done2
accustomed to bite and eat its way
through hard leaves, why did not tko
insect snip off and destroy its roper
Longman's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-01
sand what about the Bayliss fami

And what about the BAyliss fAmf
Typ"
You can imagine the state of Mrs
Bayliss: her husband and eldest SOD
dead, seven children under sixteen to
provide for. All this wreck from one
mans drinking"
Let us see what might have been.
Jim Welles started in life with good
health, good education, good family, a
fair property, an excellent wife,
healthy bright children. What might
he have been?
81 can tell you, if Welles had lived
up to his opportunities he would have
surely been sent to congress from our
district. 1t is within the probabilities
that he might have been governor OF
the state. He stood fair, by a good use
of his popular parts, his easy oratory,
to become party idol hereabouts. In.
stead-a criminal; week from now a
convict; soon, one of the penitentiary
dead, and all from drink"
Tell me, is it true that he had two
brothers who went much the same way,
drink, quarrels, manslaughter?"
ut is true. One is now a fugitive
from justice, one died awaiting trial
1t is the curse of strong drink that has
ruined that family"
How art thou fallen!-Mrs. J. Mac
Nair Wright, in National Temperance
Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-01
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

ISN'T it strange that the man who
can drink or let it alone never does. -
Rams Horn.
The drunkard is drunkard, not from
choice, but because the devil won't let
him be anything else. -Rams Horn.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET was recently
reelected president of the British Wom-
ans Temperance association.
QUEEN VICTORIA has such a deep
rooted objection to the smell of a
cigarette or n cigar that smoking is
strictly forbidden at Windsor castle,
at Balmoral, and at Osborne.
"DEY is a mighty good temperance
sermon in a freight train" says Uncle
Nose. mo matter how much de cars
dey gets loaded, de ingine what does
de work gifts along strictly on water. "
Youths Temperance Banner.
The annual parliamentary return of
England relating to brewing shows
that over 900 breweries were closed last
year, and that the number of them has
fallen from 10000 to little over 1900
in twelve montAA
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-01
A CHILD OF SORROW.
he Was a Mark for the filings and Ar
rows of Outrageous Fortune.

He Was a Mark for the filings and Ar
rows of Outrageous Fortune.
AS l approached the place l thought
It deserted. One corner of the log hut
sunk down, no doors or windows were
to be seen, and the space around it had
grown up to weeds and bushes. | stood
looking at the scene of desolation when
bare-headed, bare-footed man came
out with a pipe in his mouth and sa-
luted:
"Howdy, stranger! Won't yo' climb
down and come IMP"
But thought the place was aban-
doned," replied.
"Yes, most folks think that way, but
it isn't. I'm still livin' yere."
You are evidently in hard luck"
Stranger" he said, as he sat down
on stump with tears filling his eyes,
II wasn't goin' to say anything about
my hard luck, but bein' you've men
toned it, l will say to yo' that few
critters hev suffered as l hev. Fur
seven straight y airs my crops failed on
me-"
What crops?" / asked, as I noticed
that the clearing did not comprise over
an acre in extent.
wall, con and Eaters and melons
and coons and woodchucks and pos
sums and roots and so on" he replied.
Luck was right agin me every time.
After the crops failed the ole woman
took sick and died"
THAT was bad"
Then the cabin sunk down as yo'
see it, and fur two vars I've had to
sleep with my feet higher'n my head.
AFTER the cabin sunk my dawg died.
Then lost my mewl on mortgage.
Then l took sick and couldn't work fur
var. tell yo I've had to hoe row
which would hev killed most men,
But you have probably reached the
end of your bad lucll?"
mo, don't think so. Look up the
side of the hill to that big rock I'm
jest expectin landslide every mint"
Then you must excuse me for NOV
ing on said. IN cross the creek to
the high ground"
And I'll go along. ! orter stay and
be killed by the landslide, reckon,
but mebbe III git back in time. Thar
hain't no use in mans livin' along
when he knows luck's agin him
Stranger, aid yo ever meet up with-?'
There was a sudden crash which
drowned his words. The big rock on
the hill had started The slide took in
strip of earth and trees about forty
rods wide, and it rushed down the
steep, swept the old cabin out of sight
and spread over that acre of ground
ten feet deep. 1t was over in a minute.
Then the man turned and looked into
my eyes and tried to gasp out some
thing. l couldn't say word to con-
sole him. We looked and looked, and
then turned away and walked on.
Luck was agin HMM. Quad, in De-
troit Free Press.