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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
LAMB LOVED THE CITY.
in London Rather Than in
the Country.

Lovers of Charles Lamb, who are
probably more numerous in America
than in England, however our British
cousins may try to persuade them
selves to the contrary, may like to be
be reminded, for we opine that the
more studious among them already
know, that a find" of old letters adj
dressed to the members of one family
was lighted upon in the earlier part
of the year 1898, and has just been
published under the title of Charles
Lamb and the Lloyds." Who the Lloyds
were they need not be told, if they re-
member the earlier recolIections of
Lambs correspondence, or, not remem-
bering these accurately, are familiar
with the biographies of his good
friends, Cooleridge and Southey, where
in two of the Lloyds figure. What
most concerns them is that there are
% of these letters, none of which has
been in print before, and they have
the touch and the flavor of Ella, as
may be inferred from the abstract from
one of the number, addressed to Rob
ert Lloyd, in praise of London life, of
which he knew nothing, and Lamb SO
much, Thorough cockney that he was:
Let them talk of lakes and noun
tains and romantic dales-all that fam
tastic stuff; give me a ramble by night
in the winter nights of London-the
lamps lit-the pavements of the motley
Strand crowded with to and from pas
sengers-its shops all brilliant and
stuffed with obliging customers and
obliging tradesmen-give me the old
bookstalls of London-a walk in the
light piazzas, Covent garden. l defy
a man to be dull in such places, per-
feet Mohammedan paradises upon
earth. 1 have lent out my heart with
usury to such scenes from my child
hood up and have cried with fullness
of JOY at the multitudinous scenes of
London.
Il wish you could fix here. / don't
know if you quite comprehend my low
urban taste; but depend upon it that
man of any feeling will have given his
heart and his love in childhood and in
boyhood to any scenes to which he has
been bred; as well as to dirty streets
land smoky walls as they are called)
as to the green lawns where live nib
bling sheep, and to the everlasting hills
and lakes and dales. A mob of men
is better than flock of sheep, and a
crowd of happy faces jostling into the
playhouse at the hour of six is a more
beautiful spectacle to man than a shep-
herd driving his silly sheep to the
fold. Come to London and learn to
sympathize with my natural emotions
N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
DUAL LIFE OF OAKLEY HALL.
For Months He Had an Existence of
Which He Was Wholly I'm
conscious.

Oakley Hall was once connected with
an American paper IL London. His airi
here was to achieve a high name at thu
English bar. He was the son of an Eng.
lishman and therefore he was in Eng
fish law an Englishman whenever he
chose to declare himself. He made no
success because he lived wholly in the
past and his mental inc!inations were
solely reminiscent.
From the day of his mysterious dis
appearance from New York he lost the
power to utilize his brain in any way
that could earn him a living. When he
returned from Europe after that disap-
pearance he and l were closeted for
months together in the office of Mr..
Hulbert's New York World. Then it
was that he told me the truth about his
disappearance, and without knowing
whether or not it has been published in
America, | will repeat it briefly.
He said that one morning he woke up
in a hall bedroom in Mayfair, in the
heart of London, and as he lay in bed
looking with wonder at his surround
ings woman knocked and entered the
room. She asked him if he would have
his usual breakfast. He inquired what
his usual breakfast was, and she, as
tonished in her turn, told him that he
always had pennyworth of tea, pen
ny roll, penny pot of butter, and an
egg which cost penny.
He asked her to sit down and then, by
cross-eXamining her, he found that he
had lived a whole season in that house
under a name he never knew; that he
appeared to be city man" English
for man in business); that he went
out every morning, came back every
evening, went very frequently to the
theater and was the quietest, most ire
p"oachable of all her dodgers. ''Ip a
word" he said, 81 had lived the life of
another man for months, unconscious
of my own identity, unrecognized by
any one, and fulfilling the well-rounded
half of dual existence. London Cor.
Providence Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

| special emergencies, were other gal
leys, each of which, as our plotting cap
tive had discovered while clambering
innocently about the place, contained
oars; these might come into play. And
here it should be added that the eight
| Americans engaged in the plot were all
familiar with boats and rowing.
All things having been carefully
considered, Beman awaited favorable
occasion to undertake the perilous ad-
venture.
The chance did not come until one
| rainy and dismal day late in October.
| Fog rendered objects few rods distant
quite invisible. The boat from head
| quarters, delayed by the fog and an I'M
usually strong tide, was late in reach
ing the Whitby, and arrived just as the
guards were changing. The circum-
stances were favorable-a fact for
| which Abel Beman had been inwardly
praying all day.
When the boat touched the ship the
officer sprang up the side, bearing writ
| ten orders in his hand. Shouting back
to an oarsman to follow him with a
basket brought from the city, he hur-
| ried to the cabin.
Just then the day guard was being
called away and the night guard told
off in their places. To add to the haste
and confusion of the scene the pris-
oners were purposely restless and
noisy, surging about the deck as if to
keep warm, and shouting in the most
| boisterous manner.
Whispering to one of his seven COM
panions, very tall man, to reach up
and get pair of oars from a galley
| overhead, Beman, with boyish, good
natured smile and a remark to the re
naming oarsman, sprang over the side
into the boat Keeling as if about to
fall, he exclaimed, childishly: Here,
catch hold of my hand!"
The boatman, evidently plying him,
! sprang forward, seized his hand and
gently drew him toward a seat in the
| stern. But this was a fatal mistake
for the oarsman, for like a flash the
little American captain grappled the
| bulky Britisher overturned him, head
downward, as if he had been a stick,
and plunged him into the river.
| At the same second the guard posted
at the gangway came down head first
also, gun and all, hurled by the pris-
oners on deck into the water. Then.
gliding down like so many swift shad-
ows, came the seven grim followers of
the daring dwarf, and all except those
who were TO WELD the oars squatted in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

the bottom of the galley. Beman stood
in the sterh. as steersman to direct their
course.
With the utmost force and order they
pulled away with the tide northward
into the dense fog. Just as they were
vanishing from sight enc of the guards
on deck discovered them, and with q
cry of Halt, there! Halt" discharged
his musket at them. The next moment
several guards fired, but with such I'M
certainty on account of the fog that the
fugitiyes were untouched, although
shots pierced their clothing.
Now they were concealed in the mist
and all was uproar behind them. Every
guard was bawling: "Rebels escaped
Rebels escaped" The officers were
rushing about, shouting hoarse com
mands to fire, to let down the Whitby's
boats and pursue, and to do any num-
Der of other absurd things. The two
men in the water were calling loudly
for help, with nobody to heed them.
Theprisonersw were cheering with might
and main. And as soon as word reached
the nearest frigate her guns began to
thunder as she swept with grapeshot
the surface of river and shore in the
direction in which the fugitives had
fed.
But the Americans were too shrewd
to continue their flight in the track o.
th-se deadly missiles They knew well
that they would be not only fired upon,
but pursued as soon as the British
could man their boats. So, when the
fugitives were fully out of sight in the
fog, Beman steered the galley directly
across East river to its western shore;
and as it was night by this time they
turned their course in the opposite di-
! rection from what their pursuers would
take, and silently skirting Manhattan
island southwark rowed completely
around the little city of New York
This was an extremely hazardous
thing to do, for the course carried them
close along the front of the Battery
and under the very guns of several big
frigates. Now and then they were
hailed by sentinels from land or ship,
but Beman, having prepared himself to
answer by questioning guards and Of
ficers on the Whitby, replied in such a
way as to avert all suspicion.
Within an hour or so the galley Etruck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

stood at each end of the ship, and a row
of them lined the rail on either side.
Around the shores of the bay stretched
a Gordon of pickets, while several frig-
ates were moored in the river, and bris-
tied with shotted cannon ready to bel
low away at any moment But for the
vast magnitude of these difficulties he
would have liberated all the prisoners
on the Whitby, over a thousand in num-
Der. Indeed, one magnificent attemps
was made, but failed.
On a dark night the guards were
overcome and confined below decks
without a shot or an cutlery; then the
anchors were lifted and the ship was al
lowed to drift, in the hope that she
would run ashore somewhere and af-
ford an opportunity for the Americans
to escape. But the rafting of chain
in raising the anchors reached the ears
of the night officer on one of the frig-
ates, and before the Whitby had fairly
begun to move a yawl filled with ma
rines came alongside, and the under
taking was frustrated.
But so enfeebled by rigid confne-
ment and low diet were most of the
prisoners that probably many of them
would have persisted even had they es
capped. They had not endurance to
march across the country to their
friends. Thus was plain that any
attempt at a general escape would de-
feat itself.
Finally Beman decided to include a
few only of his harbor comrades, and
hoped by quietness and swiftness to
get off without awaking much oppo.
sition. To this end he selected the
seven of his companions best fitted for
the attempt, and, rehearsing his plans
to them, obtained their hearty support
He had observed that every evening
just before the change of guards gal.
ley came over from British headquar-
tiers in New York, bringing lieutenant
with orders for the night and sometimes
letters or wines and delicacies for the
officers Of the ship. This galley was
manned by only two oarsmen, who gen
orally, while waiting for the lieuten-
ant, came on deck to chat with the
guards and prisoners, and left their
oars in the small boat
Swung above mems heads over the
deck of the Whitby, and designed for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

into North river, and here the tide was
running in their favor, for it set north
ward I'M mighty current. Before morn
ing they were beyond danger, and
within a few days had arrived, some az
Washington's headquarters and others
at their homes. While their pursuers
were searching the stretches of East
river and the shores Of the Sound for
them, these Yankee rebels were march,
ing triumphantly onward to enlist
again in the struggle for liberty.-La-
mar Beaumont. in Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

Parent-Of course, as my daughter
is of age she can suit herself as to mar
rying you, but the day she does, l will
cut her off without a penny.
Suitor (after pause)-Well, under
those circumstances, sir, we will break
our engagement. l could not think of
depriving young lady of her inner
itance.-Harlem Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

Kitty-O, pa! how much beer would
1t take to dye all my dollies' frocks red I?
Pa-Beer? Why, you can't dye things
with beer, child!
Kitty-O, but I'm sure I heard ma
say it was beer that made your nose so
red, pa!-Fun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
Rough on the Doctor.

Mrs. Bright-Johnny, did the doctor
come while was out?
Johnny (suspending his play)-Yes,
ma. He felt my pulse, looked at my
tongue and shook his head, and said it
was a serious case, and he left pre-
scription and said he'd call again in
the evening
Mrs. Bright-Gracious me! It wasn't
you l sent him to see; il was the baby.
Ally Sloper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
A Way widows Have,

81 always look out for number one
said the selfish man; don't you?"
"Well, hardly" said the person ad'
dressed, who happened to be widow
Il am looking out for number two
Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

There's many day of trouble and dcnS
For the man who is trying to rise;
There's many a baleful wind blows out
OF the clouds that obscure the skiee>
And many a heartache, many tear
He forces aside with a laugh
Until finally people begin to appear b.,
With requests for his autograph. !.
cleveland Leader. !
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
Il7lyVHHSK7Y(;ARslI44[Sl'SSa
LIBEL on a First-CIass Hotel.

A Caribou man lately wandered Tito
remote hotel that doesn't keep a die
tionary, and on coming down in the
morning was asked by the landlord how
he rested. 49," replied the gentleman,
Il suffered nearly all night from in
somnia." The landlord was mad in a
minute and roared: "I'll bet you two
dollars there amt one in my house. >
kenne bee journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
The Worm Turns.

"Jove," cried Henpeck, "let me hide.
whats the matter now?" asked
Mrs. H.
There's a policeman out there, and
l am afraid he'll have me up for polyg-
amy seem to have married you and
your mother and all the rest of your
family. Harlem Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
Told the Truth.

Willie Littleboy-I wish had been
George Washington.
Papa-Why, my son?
Willie-Why, papa, he couldn't tell
lie, and so when he was visiting and
was asked if he would like another
piece of cake, instead of saying NO"
just for the sake of being polite, he
told the truth and said Eyes. LON
don Punch
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
Disposed to Exaggerate.

81 know a woman who pretends to be
older than she really is"
'Impossible!"
Fact. She is only o2, but she says
she is 1O5, ans that she danced with
George Washington. IN. Y. Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
Not Saving Much for Her,

Misunderstanding that Boobley
is henpecked, I'm surprised that his
wife boasts of it.
Babway-Does she, indeed?
Blabmore-Yes-sh been frequent
ly heard to say that she's made him
what he is to-day. -RoXbury Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

Little Edgar-Papa, who was the
greatest hero of the war?
Papa-Capt. Bibbleson, l guess. His
magazine story is three pages longer
than any of the rest of them has writ
ten.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

81 say, Jimmie, dyer ma beat yer
when yer got in last night?'
''No; you bet she didn't"
my, you got off easy
Yes; you see, she was 'fraid I'd yell
SO loud I'd wake the baby."-Illustrated
American
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
More to the PurDOse.

"Have you no fears for the future?"
"None," answered the new theatrical
star, her eyes flaming. 81 have past!"
And it was ever present with her.
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

JOSH never could see that them as
tronomers were much use anyway.
Hiram-Why not?
Josh-Well, here they're telling us
there's comet comm fyin' towards
the earth, and not one of them is doin'
anything to prevent it.-Illustrated
American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

"WhSt are those roses worth ?"
"Those are $3.50 a Dozen"
SIS that your regular figure, or have
yes marked them up because I'm
plumber ?"-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

what will happen to you if you are
good, little boy?" asked the kindly old
lady.
III get stick of candy for being
good"
"And what will happen to you if you
are bad?"
I'll get two sticks of candy for prom
Using to try to be good. Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
How He PrOpOsed.

do you believe in expansion, Mr..
Noodle?"
Noodle-No; quite the contrary. l
believe in making two one.-Brooklyn
Life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

"Prof. Suffer always discourses on
the evils of gluttony before dinner"
"Why?"
because after dinner he is not able
to discourse. Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
They're Living in Town Now.

When you and | were young, lass,
l roamed the fields with you;
In rustic swings we swung, lass,
And the sky above was blue:
But years have filtered by, lass,
Since you and l roamed there
Now we seldom see the sky lass,
Through the smoke that fills the air
Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

Dauber-I confess that have no ul-
terror interests live for my art.
Friend-You'd find it much less
agreeable to live by it-Town Topics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
The Untutored Savage.

Moneys the root of all evil
AS the civilized person agrees;
1t is only the savage who thinks he
May find the stuff growing on trees.
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
Prejudiced.

They say she was embodied grace
AS on the chair she sat;
But IL failed to see it; she
Was sitting on my hat.
N. Y. World
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

Creston-Barnes doesn't look like an
actor, does he?
Clarke-No, doesn't act like one,
sither.-Town Topics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
The Pen and the Sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword,
And longer fingers on the scene;
For when the sword has finished up
The pen takes to the magazine.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

The Sweet Young Thing-But why
should not wcmen enter politics?
The Savage Bachelor-Too many
bosses there now.-Indianapolis Jour
nal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
Outsfde the Risk.

Life is not all a merry skate
Don't be a reckless crank;
Where ice Is thin, and crowds are great
Just stay right on the bank.
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

Mrs. Lion-Mind you that you don't
let your tail hang through the cage bars
to-day, Leo; this is Washington birth
day, and you're very sure to get it
twisted.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
Nothing Escapes Her.

She's such a desperate little fiirt
That / believe she'd try
To get up a Irritation with
A rain-h eau in the sky.
Iu1pa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23
Very Much Heated.

The Circassian-What's the matter
with the two Fire Eaters?
The Wild Man-Oh, some hot words
passed between them.-N. Y. journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

Along the COOL sequestered vale of life
He keeps the noiseless tenor of his way"
He also keeps, afar from worldly strife,
The tenner that l lent him tother day"
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-23

l told her she would take the cake,
My bashful shyness shedding;
And then she archly looked at me,
"What kind" she Queried, "wedding7"
Brooklyn Life
Arizona republican., 1899-11-12
OUR SUNDAY SERMON
Mans GreatnG SIS and His LiiiIeHe IS.
By james Brand, D. D.

when I consider tiny heavens, the
work of thy fingers. the moon and the
stars which thou hast ordained;
What is man that thou art mindful
of him. and the son of man that thou
visited him?
FOR thou has made him 4 little low
er than the angels, and hast crowned
him with glory and honor.'-Psalrns
viii: 3-5.
There are times in every mans Hfa
when his greatness and his littlenes5
are brought face 20 face, when he is
humbled and chastened by the one and
exalted and cnnobled by the other.
What, then, shall be the correct ssd-
mate Of his worth?
1. The estimate we make Of mans
place in Gods universe d ependE upon
the criterion by which we juGge.
There is Il sense in which, viewed as
q physical force in the world of matter
man is as nothing. COmplred with the
stupendous forces Of nature or viewed
from the standpoint of duration, or st
in opposition to the omnipotence OF
Cod, the physical man is insignifcance
itself.
When we consider how dependent ne
IS upon constant supplies OF nourish-
ment and sleep, how easily he, is laid
low by sickness. weakened by Suffering
or excuses, unnerved by calamity. or
overcome by shock or stroke Of acct
dent-how easily comes death itself. in
slant or lingering-we are appalled, by
the frailty Of these human temples
wherein We dwell.
II. It becomes necessary, therefore,
TO measure mans place and Importance
in the universe by altogether other
standards.
/. II we contemplate man simply as a
being OF intelligence. the scale begins
TO turn. The fact of d thinking mind
in@man puts him above sun, moon and
stars. Mind is above matter. intelli
gence above force. If the earth were
burned up today it would be a matter
Of importance chiefly because Of its
connection with and its effect upon
intelligent minds.
,. But it is when we advance from
the mental to the moral that the i'm
portance Of man in the universe is
greatly heightened.
Two objects" said Kant, I'LL my
Arizona republican., 1899-11-12
lyman AND BOERS
Continued From First Page.)

ings. He ended with the remark:
When America had her fight with
Spain the English press kept pounding
away al the same old line. that we
were not prepared. Look al Engiand's
Preparations for this war. She mas
been preparing for it for months and
months. Yet her reinforcements have
not arrived. Here is d country always
talkirg war always preparing for
STRIFE. always seeking bloodshed. anc
yet she is not ready fo= the call TO
arms when she herself makes the. call.
They say it is war. say it is muir
der, and the war Office of England
knows it to be murder at that. But,
then, England is TO new hand at muir
der It is part OF her stock in trada."
Arizona republican., 1899-11-12
INDIAN BAND CONCERT.

The Indian school band Games De-
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programme this afternoon at $50
o'clock:
March. Fortuna CStromberg.)
airline" grand selection bohemian
Girl Dalfe.)
Grand sacred selection, JOY to the
World" CBarnhouse)
Fantasia, My Old Kentucky Home"
Oalby)
The Song That Reached My Heart
(Jordan.)
Overture. "A Good Thing" CBeyer)
'Whistling Rufus" CMills)
EXCURSION RATES FOR THANKS
GIVING
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all points on the S. F. P. & p. tickets
good going November % and 80, and
good returning until December 1. in
elusive. Get full particulars of agent.
Z. w. GILLETT.
General Agent, Phoenix.