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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
THE SICK MANS DREAM.

And there before me flashed morning CLEAN
ct was not like a dreamy,
A dazzle of light that overfowed the sky
And filed the sea- and l,
city toiler fallen in the strife
That could wage no more,
seemed the wreck and remnant Nf life
The sea had cast ashore
On! but to lie upon those sun-kissed sands
With idle, restful hands,
To feel the freshening wind, to hear the seq
Whisper and call to me,
Was as tho Heaven had do %ned on earth at
last,
Or to Heaven we're rought;
The city here my life of all the past
Dwindled to but thought
There in the streets, thought, the dull day
long
The busy workers throng,
While The waves broke nearer and
more near,
And still had no fear;
yearned to feel the cool, bright waters
sweep
Above me, hushed and high;
For, when gazed saw in all the deep
Only another sky.
Then something stirred; or was it you that
spoke?
started and awoke,
And 10! my hands lay white and wasted yet
On the white coverlet;
And here, about me, still this silent room,
The shaded lamp, the red
Quick fre-fame darting lightnings thro' the
gloom
And you beside my bed
As stars at dawn, the dreams that fill the dark
Wane when we waken. Hark!
Is it wind among the Garden trees,
That voice so like the seas
Listen Ihave not dreamed Oh, rest
full bliss!
The great sea calls me now.
These are the winds that cool my lips, and this
Its spray upon my brow.
"A St John Adcock in Chambers Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07

the strings. 1t was a winding, lone
some and dangerous highway even to
grown folks, and doubly dangerous to
fve-year-old Peggy Primrose.
1t was autumn and the sun was about
to retire behind the pine-clad mountain
tops. Deep shadows had already com
menced their evening task of toning
down the rugged and time-seamed fea-
lures of Mother Earth. The wild ami
mails which infested the surrounding
dense forest in great numbers were
awakening from their slumbers and
coming out here and there in q search of
in supple beauty near the highway
stretched its sinewy limbs catlike and
gaped, showing some of natures SPLEEN
did work in the perfect teeth displayed.
The piping voice of Peggy foated up
the mountain side to that lair as she
went on repeating: Use dom ter
drammas." The panther pricked up it's
ears at the sound and then stole noise
lessly from it's place of concealment
Again the childish voice foated upward
on the leaf-laden air. By this time the
panther was all alertness. 1t looked
cautiously about, licking its tongue
from side to side in hungry anticipa-
ton. Then it sent forth shrill, long
drawn, human-lite scream that sent a
myriad of echoes bounding from rocky
slope to wooded vale, gradually losing
their shrillness at each rebound.
Peggy heard that marrow-chilling
call to the panther's mate, but mistook
it for human voice. somebody is
tallin' me-" she said; 81 mus hurry.
dess it's dramma." At that she quick
ened her pace, although her brown
bare feet and pudgy limbs were aching
with WEAKNESS. Il mus dit ter lram-
mas fore dark, 'tause l might dit los"
she prattled.
She battered out of the dust on to
high swinging bridge common in many
mountain districts. These bridges are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
Indian Walkers.

All travellers in South America are
impressed by the wonderful endurance
Of the Indian couriers of Peru aud
Bolivia. A Frenchman declares that
they filled him with admiration. The
manner in which they journey over the
Cordilleras on foot he pronounces as
tonishing. They climb and descend at
the same pace. They speak rarely,
scarcely ever complain, and never stop.
If the traveller hats for moment to
light cigar, they are at once some
hundreds of feet in advance. The gait
is slow, but without relaxation. That
is what makes them such incompara-
BILE couriers Often when a man has a
journey of several days to make he
takes his wife along; she bears her
baby upon her back, and the dog fol-
lows. The husband carries the pro-
visions. And this is how they travel:
The Indian chews coca and spins cot
ton. The wife sings to the baby,
and spins also. They eat without halt
ing, and make but the shortest stop to
drink. Toward night, "to comfort
themselves" they Chew some roasted
beans" was escorted by an Indian
and his family who Travelled after this
sashion.-Youth's Companion.
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the largest ever slain in that locality.
Tommy was hero.
Peggy is a woman now and does MT
live in the mountains. Her cheerful
sitting-room is adorned with fine
panther skin rug, and she often tells
her own little Polly the story connect
ed with the rug, and how crude tee-
phone helped to save her from the
sharp claws of the former owner of that
glossy coat, before even the wizard Ed
sou thought of sending various sounds
from place to place over a wire. 1t S
very evident that Peggy would nevT
have told this story if the panther had
not been frightened by the strange
noise borne to it by the bridge cables
The crude old suspension bridesesti "
ltenSo orcf EJUony CIccK, anu last sum
mer when Peggy and little Polly visited
the scenes of the mothers youth the
romantic structure was photographed
and the picture is the most priced on
the walls of that city parlor.-Pomeroy
(La.) Tribune-Telegraph.
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DEEPLY GRIEVED.
But Strange and Sudden Change Carcs
Over Her Spirits.

Mrs. Swayback sighed when her
daughter told her that Mr.. Trivvet had
asked her to be his wife and that she
had become engaged.
Il suppose | ought not to feel badly
about it." Mrs. Swayback added, wip-
ing away tear with the corner of her
apron. 1T is woman's duty to be mar
ried. l left the home of my happy girl
hood to become Mrs. Sway back. and
now you must leave to become Mrs.
Trivvet. Still, | cannot help feeling my
loss very deeply. A mother can never
lose her daughter with Indifference;
she can never give her up-not even to
the best man in the world-without re-
luctance."
BY this time Mrs. Swaybacll was Sob
bing violently and her daughter was
trying to comfort her.
Il shall come to see you often, mother,
darling" she said.
''Of course you will, but it is great
trial to part with you, my child. You
must not mind your fond mothers cry
ing a bit over it
Dry your eyes. mother. I'm sure
you couldn't get finer young man
than Mr.. Trivvet for a son-in-law, and
of course you expected me to get mar
ried sometime"
Mrs. Swayback's sobs broke out
afresh, and for some time she refused
to be comforted. Then she applied a
handkerchief vigorously to her eyes
and asked:
when is the wedding to be?'
I'm about six months, mamma, dear "
''Six months exclaimed Mrs. Sway
back. What on earth does the pro-
crastirator mean by putting it off that
long? Mary Ann, don't believe he in
tends to marry you at all, so l don'tl
If he did he'd insist on having the we'd
ding come off inside six weeks at the
fartheSt. Judge.
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bridge and looked longingly toward the
sleeping Peggy.
At that moment Tommy came noise
lessly around turn in the road and
saw the panther, which was intently
gazing toward the middle of the bridge.
Naturally his eyes follo~ed the course
in which the panther was looking, and
he peheld Peggy. The gathering gloom
was so thick that he was unable to tell
whether or not she was alive, but his
only thought was to secure her. He
dropped on one knee, and just as the
panther again started onto the bridge,
there was flash, a deafening roar and
piercing scream from the panther, as
it leaped into the air and disappeared
over the side of the bridge into the
gorge below.
Peggy awolle with start and lisped:
Use dom ter dramma's now" A mo-
| ment later she was clasped in the arms
OF her thankful and brave-hearted
brother, who FASTENED home with her
to the great relief of the aunt who was
almost beside herself with grief. After
supper when Peggy was put in her little
trundle bed, she whispered: "Peggy's
so sleepy, but she's doin' ter dramma's."
The next day the body of the panther
was drawn up to the bridge by means
of ropes in the hands of the neighbour
ing mountainous, when it was found
that Tommy's bullet had not touched a
vital spot, but that the wound and the
great fall to the rocky river bed had to-
| gether killed the beast. 1t was among
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07

suspended on heavy wire cables, and ip
this particular instance the structure
spans a deep gorge. Down in the
depths of that gorge flowed swift
stream of crystalline water, which
tumbled and roared on in its tortuous
course to the sea.
This frail bridge swayed back and
forth at the slightest breeze. Peggy
moved forward over the rough planlls.
BY the time she had reached the middle
of the bridge she was overcome by dir
illness, caused, no doubt, by the motion
of the structure and the great height
at which it spanned the stream. She
sat down on the rough floor and rested
her head against brace, while one
plump arm hung Imply through -
crack in the siding. She was tired and
dizzy and her eyes were heavy. In a
moment her head toppled over, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
BRONCHO AND BUFFALO.
The Cunning Horse Keeps the Big Animal
Down Even When Left Alone.

a number of delighted passengers on
the Kansas Pacific railway passed by
a Mexican vaquero, who had been sent
out from Kansas City to rope buffalo
as an advertisement for the stock yards.
The train stopped to take look at the
solitary horseman fast to a buffalo in
the midst of the plains, says Harpers
Magazine.
Jose, who had his bull safely ropesl,
shouted to ask if they had water on the
train. well bring you some," said
they. ooh, l come get" said he, and
jumping off he left his accomplished
pony in sole charge of the buffalo.
Whenever the huge beast struggled for
freedom, the clever pony stitfened his
legs and leaned back as i'll a tug-of-war,
by jumps and lodges so anticipating
each move of the enemy that escape was
entirely hopeless. The boy got his
dunk and his employer sent out car
for the buffalo, which was taken in tri-
ulnph into Kansas City behind the pas,
senger train. The Mexican narrated
the exploit to his employer thus:
"Oh, Shirley, when the train start
they all give three greata big cheers
Cor me, and then they give three muclIa
bigger cheers for the little gray hoss."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07

Excuse me, Nap" remarked Gen.
Jackson, "but why do you persist in
wearing your right hand inside your
vest? Have you sore thumb?"
The great Corsican looked at the
crude American in scorn for what
would have been q moment on earth,
where there is such thing as time, and
answered: That, sir, is my vested
right!"-Indianapolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07

An exquisite new style of vase is of
the most delicate glass. 1t is in the
shape of a flower, on some weed, as a
poppy or a thistle. The stem has tiny
buds and leaves falling away from
it, and expands in the open flower,
which is, of course, intended for the re-
ception of other blossoms. They are
most beautiful when not colored to fol-
low nature, as then they destroy with
the tint the contents which they bear.
Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07

SoFTIY-"Your trip to the mountains
seems to have benefited you" Bilkins---
sit has made different man of me-" Soft
ly-'Is that sol Then what has become Of
the man l loaned ten dollars to when you
left the city9'
"WHAT is that place down theref asked
she of one of the officers. "Why, that IS
the Storage" answered he. "And does it
take all those people to make the boat go
straight !"-TitBit
CIVILITY costs nothing, but buys every
thinp.-Lady NJ W. Montague.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07

Madge-I remember few years ago
that she was seeking hero.
Marjorie-She's got bravely over that
She's now on the lookout for fool with
plenty of money.-Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-07
PEGGY'S PROTECTION.
BY CHARLES a. HARTLEY.

Sc dom ter dram
mas; Ise dom ter
dramma's," chant
ed a dust-stained
little figure, as she
trudged along a
West V ir g i n i a
III o II n t a i n road,
swinging her little
pink sunbonnet by
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-11
yonunion Painters at Work In the
Interior of the Structure Attacked
by q Body Of Unfonists.
FOUR SERIOUSLY INJURED
AND ALL AT ONCE DISCHARGED
BY THE FRIGHTENED FOREMAN.
Debs and Other A. II. U. Leaders Or
dered Back to JafI-OperRtors' Scale
Accepted by Ohio Miners.

CHICAGO, June 10-Blood has stained
the beautiful marble entrance to the 81, ,OO0,-
coo mansion now being erected by z. ID.
Armour. jr., at the southwest corner of
Thirty-seventh street and Michigan ave-
nue. handful of nonunion painters, who
have been at work on the interior of the
building, were attacked this afternoon by
a party of union men and a desperate con-
fiict ragged for fully five minutes. Finally,
when peace was restored, four nonunion
men were led away to a neighboring drug
store to have their broken heads patched
up. One of them. Adam Boyer, was too
weak from loss of blood, and he could hard
Iy walk. The injured are:
ADAM BEYER. cut on top Of the head
and right eye half gouSed out.
WILLIAM BLISS, struck on left temple
with an iron tool. making severe cash.
Two other men were thrown down flight
of stairs and both received severe cuts and
bruises. The police were not called to the
scene of the fracus and arrests were
made
The trouble arose because ten painters
not indorsed by the Building Trades Coun-
Gil were working on the building. For
some time the matter has been debated be-
tween the trades council and William jail
lies, foreman of the New York firm of Her
ger Bros, who have the contract for the
painting on Mr.. Armour's new home and
who employed the Objectionable workmen.
Saturday, Alex L. Mcdonald, President of
the Painters District Council, went to Mr..
Jallies and told him that Il the nonunion
painters were not off the job to-day a
strike would be declared on the work of
all the other trades employed on the resi-
dence. The nonunion painters were not dis
charged and when the strike came, fight
ing quickly ensued. The union men out
numbered their opponents and had all the
best of the encounter. A terrible fight was
waged for five minutes before the foreman
and others could induce the participants
to cease. Hammers, wrenches and all sorts
of tools were used in the combat, and one
after another of the men were felled by
the blows only 10 bob up again and renew
the onslaught. The union men were re-
markably fortunate in escaping injury,
probably because they had laid perfect
plans for the attack 1t was only when
foreman Jallies came running up and waved
the white flag that the attack of the union
men ceased. He signed the agreement pre-
sented by the Trades Council and imme
diately afterward discharged the objection.
able men, ten in ntmber. They went away
those of them who could walk-but de-
| cared they would prosecute both the con
tractors who had discharged them and the
| union men who had assaulted them.
| The residence young Mr.. Armour is erect
| ing is being built exceedingly grand
| SCALE The exterior is almost complete ant
| the men employed on the building now ar
| all inside workers. The residence is
| large square structure Of brown stone, fou
| stories and basement.
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OHIO MINERS WILL WORK.
They Have Accepted the Operators
Proposition of 81 Cents.

COLUMBUS, o., June 10.-The vote of the
Ohio miners as TO whether they would ac-
cept or reject the proposition of the opera
tors to pay 81 cents for screened coal per
ton for mining resulted For acceptance,
5,O91; against, 4,351 majority, 740
The State miners officials say in their cir
cular to-day to the miners of Ohio: You
will thus see that the provisional agreement,
made between the operators and your dele
gates on June l, 1895. has been ratified and
accepted by the popular vote OF the district
This makes the agreement valid Locals
will govern themselves accordingly, and will
resume work under the provisions of said
agreement. 1t must be borne in mind that
distasteful as the terms of this agreement
are, We have hopes of its being only tempo
rary. 1t is only binding in so far as the
circumstances continue which forced its ac-
ceptance If those circumstances change,
which we are in hope of, we expect that
better terms will be within our pr0babili-
ties ere long"
Secretary Mcbride of the National Asso-
citation, says the Ohio miners acted wisely
in accepting the offers of the operators, and
If the Pittsburg miners will do 40 well they
will be in position to take an advanced step
by the time the fall trade opens.
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GOLD IN OKLAHOMA.
Rich Fields Reported To Have Been
Discovered on doggy Creek.

GUTHRIE, o. T., June 10.-For several
days rumors have been current that gold
had been discovered in paying quantities
on Boggy creek, fourteen miles southwest
from Arapahoe c. county. Several parties
were Immediately equipped and on the road
to the field. Lee Wells and Alex Hanshaw
returned to-day and reported very rich
fields, and that hundreds of men were on
the ground stalking off claims. They assert
that vein running from Cobb creek IN
the Caddo country TO the head of Boggy
creek, a distance of forty miles, and rang
ing from three to eleven miles wide. has
been discovered. Specimens of the ore,
which have been tested by an experienced
miner and aSsayist shows them to be rich
with precious metal. Several mining COM
panies are now In process OF organization
and a mining town has been laid cut and
plated under the town site laws. Reports
say that people are coming in and stalking
out mining claims at the rate Of hundred
day. Late this evening three other pros
pectors returned and brought back several
sacks of the ore. They report fabulous finds
and that the people are confident they have
found one OF the richest gold fields ever
found
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q tangible fortune. and his career on the
stage may yet be extended for several
years without his having to fight again, in
Dallas will retire him at once No one
VIII take any interest in Corbett after he
loses the championship. as they did in
Won the popular heart, owing to his de-
cided disinclination 10 fighting. Fitzsim-
ois ans cs@ on the 5hss Other hs hand is r
prestige. Therein he has the better OF the
California fighter.
:. 'As to the fight itself while do not be-
lieve that Fitzsimmons stands SO good a
chance of winning, / do believe that the
friends of Corbett will refuse TO give
greater odds than 100 to 50, IL even these
odds are given. A Texas man who was in
our party in New York and who makes
business of betting on big events of this
sort, said that he would not think or CIV
ing greater ODDS than these, and that the
statements that three to one on Corbett
would be given are ridiculous. In my opin-
ion FitZsimmons will be dangerous TO Cor
bett on account of his shrewd cunning.
vicious qualities and his fearlessness. He
has that lack OF fear that Is a concomtant
OF low intellects. With nothing to lose in
the battle but his stake he will go into
that fight depending upon the chance to
place somewhere one Of those quick devil devil,
famous. In case he reaches C0rbett the
latter's superior weight will count for but
little. Weight in this fight will not count
for. much, anyhow, as Corbett, in order TO
best combat the tactics of the lanky man
from Kangarooland. will train down to
1SO He will be lighter than he has ever
been since he has fought a professional
fight, which is an indication of his inten-
ton TO let no chance slip to better his
chances of winning. Fitzsimmons is sus-
picious of every one these days, and has
all his food prepared by his wife. who, only
a year ago, was almost famous as
Fitz himself as shapely Rose Julian OF the
Julian athletic team. He Will take his
food and drink only from her and will not
touch anything from any one else. He is
looking forward to this as the great battle
and the great chance of his life"
Colonel Sterrett is also convinced that
there will be no trouble about bringing of
the fight at Dallas. Daniel Stuart. the
manager of the affair, ne says, is not In
the game as a speculator. but can command
the money at any time to place every cent
that is called for in the articles. so that
there will be ncne of the delays that have
heretofore characterized fights of this sort.
1t will be business arrangement from
start TO finish.
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MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June 10.-Delegates
to arrive this afternoon, and by tomorrow
il is expected that nearly a full quota OF
them will be in the city The convention
will open on Wednesday. IL is a foregone
conclusion that the association will take
further action in regard to the proposed in
crease in the government tax on
beer President Oberman said that il
had. not been decided just what action
would be taken. but in all probability the
government would be reminded that IL
would be hardly fair to shift all of its
burden upon cne industry. Mr.. Oberman
roughly estimated the value Of the property
controlled by the association at 800. do9 050.
and he added that il the wealthiest
Industrial organization in the wcrld.
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The stanford E.ta- Case.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 1t the United
States Court. to-day, ex-Ju John Gar
Der concluded his argument vor of the
demurrer Of Mrs. Stanford az. lst the suit
of the government 10 recover 5000 COO from
the estate of the late Senator Leland
Stanford. He contended that under the acts
of 1862 and 1854 there was no provision that
the stockholders OF the Central Pacific
should be personally liable for the payment
of the United States bonds: that those
bonds should be paid, he contended. was
only a condition OF the bill. IL was not a
contract-only a condition decision is
expected In about fortnight.
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Missionaries Buildings at ChcnG-Tu,
KiatinE and Yoachohu Raced
and Others Threatened.
vICEROY LIN RESPONSIBLE
NO PROTECTION AFFORDED FOR
EIGNERs BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.
Scene Of the Disturbances Remote
from Seaports-MRtter Discussed by
Diplomates at Washinston.

SHANGHAI. June 1O-The report of the
total destruction OF the missions
at Cheag-Tu. Kiating and loa-
chohu has been confirmed. The local OIL
cials refused protection TO the mission
aries until the mob had completed the work
OF demolishing the buildings. The mission
stations at other places have been threat
ened. About twenty adults. besides a num-
Der OF children, have taken refuge at
Cheng-Tu and Yamen. Viceroy Lin is
blamed for the affair
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Iron MoIderx' Convention.

CLEVELAND. o.. June 1o.-It was OFF,
cially announced to-day that the interna-
tional convention of the Iron Molders'
Union will be held in this city, commenc-
ing July 10. 1t was originally voted TO
hold the meeting in Chicago, but for vari-
Gus reasons il has been decided 10 make
the change. as stated above. Vice Presi-
dent Valentine intimated to-day that the
big molders strike which was expected to
take place here this week had been post
poned until after the convention.