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The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

The situation of light keeper is not al
together sinecure, as will be seen by the
following from the Portsmouth Times of
Saturday, 10th:
Mr.. Leander White, of New Castle, an
assistant light keeper at Boon Island, left
the island last Wednesday, at noon, in a
small open boat, to rep,enish the exhaust
ed winter stock of provisions and fuel, for
himself and companions. For time the
WIND was favorable and he had every pros
Pect OF getting to the mainland before
dark, but the wind went down and left his
boat becalmed until late in the evening
when it breezed up and blowed verv hard
so that he had to put off to sea again. alone
III the storm and darkness. He had a tedi-
Gus time Of it without fire or light. in a
rough sea which often shifted the shinole
ballast, and made his frail craft almost
unmanagable and liable to swamp any
moment. In these trying circumstances,
the signal light of large vessel threw its
warning rays through the thick darkness,
and he knew the stranger was bearing
down directly upon him. The helm and
sheets of his own craft demanded his un-
divided attention, and taxed his strength
to the utmost. All he could do was to re-
peatedly shout his alarm at the top of his
voice, and just as destruction seemed in
evltable, an answering shout told him that
ne was heard. The next moment the ves-
sci veered and ploughed in headlong ca
reer' SO near the helpless sailor that the
spray from her bow drenched him to the
skin. When morning dawned at last. the
lone navigator found himself in the mid
die OF Ipswich bay. At noon on Fast day
ne reached this city, wet, hungry and tired,
but not at all discouraged. OF such ma
terial are light-keepers made.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29
The Last Waltz.
and fell in the dusky ro,

1t rose and fell i'll the dusky room,
And died on the purple night outside,
Like the tremulous swell of the oceans calm
And the steady sweep of the coming tide.
And we stood there together, hand in hand,
With faces a-smile but with hearts a-quiver
With love that rebelled at masters law,
AS we moved to the strains Of 6 The Beauti
full River"
What if for once your cheek touched mine,
And felt the play of your breath on my face
Love cannot always be fettered down,
Nor rise to sin in last embrace.
For ! held you then but as others may
But held you to wake with terrible shiyer-
And the air grew faint and the world grew dim
AS we foated along The Beautiful River
On the swelling flow of its fervid tide
We buried the past with bitter pleasure;
Forgetting the tuture-a hopeless love
And life burned out to its golden measure.
A touch of the hand and a look of the eye,
One burning word, and we parted forever;
Parted to sight. but still heart to heart
In passionate clasp which naught can sever.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

IIIE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW. We
at length reached the hotel again, and |
proposed glass of brandy and water My
friend looked at me and then at the land
lord and the landlord looked at my friend
and then at me. Perplexity overspread
the countenances OF both ''Such thing
as drop Of liquor is not to be had in the
place" said the landlord.
"Bought,you mean." retorted my friend
Bought, | mean," was the answer
Then both eyed me significantly.
"Does anybody give it away?" | in-
quired, greatly puzzled by the mystery
that appeared on both their coantenances.
Mot exactly. You see, the State con
stables would be after me in no time if
sold liquor" explained the landlord. "Do
you want some very badly?"
could not explain how badly wanted
it, and could only vent my feelings in q
sigh.
Without word, the landlord disap-
peared within the recesses Of the snail
room behind the office desk, and present
ly came forth with two empty tumblers in
his hand. These he placed upon the desk
"But where is the liquor?" [ inquired
1.-The law forbids me to sell it," he said,
and | dare not dlsobey the law If you
can find any here you are welcome to it;
saying which he accidentally turned back
the breast of his coat. The neck of bot
tie peeped forth from the inside pocket
He winked his eye at me, and | winked
my eye at him, after which drew forth
the bottle. He family struggled with me
to prevent the daring robbery upon which
/ was bent, but proved inexorable
"My private bottle. kept tor medicinal
purposes. and not for SALE" he moaned
as poured out the liquor for myself and
the worthy chairman of the parish COM
mittee
"Have some water, gentlemen?" he ad-
ded with alacrity
We drank, and replaced the bottle in
the repository whence had taken it, Then
put dollar in his hands
'What is this for :" he asked, as he de-
posted it in his waistcoat pocket, and
gave me half-dollar in change
For bushel of oats" answered, ''keep
that till | send for them''
"Ah, sir" said the landlord, with an air
of virtuous resignation. "the prohibitory
law has done world of good in stopping
the sale of liquors. It's a severe law on us
but it's good one" [Boston Gazette
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29
Heat and Contraction,

Professor p NJ. Duncan, T r. S.. recent
ly delivered at the Royal institution Il
course Of lectures upon The Grander
Phenomena OF Physical Geography.' He
pointed out that there is strong evidence
that the earth is a solid body now cooling,
because the deeper man can get in mines
or in borings the hotter is the temperature,
and if the temperature continues to in
crease at depths to which men can not
reach, in the same ratio that it does at
depths which he can reach, Il temperature
of $3.50 degrees would be found at depth
of forty-five miles. At this temperature
GRANTEES and lavas fuse. Assuming, then,
the earth to be hot body now cooling, as
it cools the rocks must contract; more
over, those rocks which are rich in silica
will not contract so rapidly on cooling as
others, consequently herein source Of
change of shape TO the earth. 1t is well
Known that surface changes are going on,
that some large areas of land are in course
of slow upheaval, while others are slowly
sinking, and that at one geological period
there was great upheaval Of the larger
portion of the continent OF North America.
The globe. therefore. is cooling unequally
The radiation from some parts is greater
than at others, so in this there is further
source of ofdisturbance. Sir William Thomp-
son has calculated that every year 80 horse
power of work for heat means works.
got rid of from every 247 acres of the sur
face of the globe. The dissipation Of en-
ergy and the contraction of rocks not be-
| ing uniform, the effect of these disturbing
causes is to produce horizontal thrusts,
which form mountain ranges by crumpling
up the earth, for mountains are formed by
this crumpling action, and not usually by
direct volcanic or other upheaval The
changes produced by the contraction are
slow, and there is every reason to believe
that our present sea floors and our present
continents are extremely old, geographic
ally speaking, SO far as their present forms
are concerned. He said that the upper
part of Snowdon consists of sea sand, tos-
sill sea fishes and volcanic ashes, all mixed
together; in fact, it appears to have been
at one time in the same condition that the
Bay OF Naples is in at present-that is to
say, volcanic ashes fell into it and some
times buried hsh. The lower part of Snow
don consists of vast streams of old lava
At some geological period the crumpling
| action already mentioned look place be-
| low the Bay of Snowdon; consequently
the bottom of the bay was elevated and
became the top of the highest mountain
in Wales. Rain, and rivers. and atmos-
pheric changes then played upon it during
the course of long ages, sculpturing out the
beautiful mountain scenery which char
| acterizes the SnoWdon range.
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to alarm the people when it is made plain

| to alarm the people when it is made plain
to them. On this platform, then, with its
four cardinal points OF honesty, concord,
the protection of all citizens in all their
legal rights and constitutional republic,
l think we should 'enter the campaign"
Reporter Do you think that straight
Democrat can be elected on this plat
| form?
General Gordon. ! certainly do. | be-
lleve that any man who has the confidence
OF the people, standing upon this plat
form and pledged to its support would
carry at least two-thirds OF the loval vot-
ers of this country. | believe that two
thirds of the people of America are oppos-
| ed openly and squarely to the administra-
tion. There is hardly a point in this plat
form to which the Radical party is not OPP
posed 1t is opposed to honesty in the
government, as witness its shameless
support of the carpet-bag rascals and
its defended record of crime and incom-
potency. 1t is opposed to reconciliation, be-
cause it lives on passion and prejudice
and because an inquiry into its policy,
conducted quietly and peacefully, would
overwhelm it. 1t is opposed to cOnstitu
tlonal liberty; its avo wed purpose and its
ultimate object being to centralize all
power and rob the states of their rights.
Any good man in the North or West can
be easily elected on this platform. The
Republicans are hopelessly diyided.
do not thing exaggerate the importance
Of this division when | say that fully halt
OF the present Republican party are to-day
ready to follow Schurz, Fenton, Bryant,
Evarts Ferry or whosoever is irrevOcably
opposed to tIird term and to the admin
istration wing of the party, which is con
trolled by Butler, Morton, Conkliug, Lo-
gan and Edmunds
Reporter--You have said nothing on
the financial question in your remarks
Do you think that issue should be ignor-
ed
General Gordon-I do. do not think
we should let any collateral issue inter
tere with the success OF the tour essential
principles | have laid down above
should favor treating the financial qucs-
ton at our national convention iu,t a.
the tariff issue was treated at Cincinnati
Let it be left to the Congress to settle il
1t need not be made Presidential issue
at all
eporter-General Gordon. l have seen
your name mentioned daily almost for the
past six months in connection with the
Vice Presidency. VIII you allow the U.s.
Of your name in that connection
General Gordon-I will not, under ANY
set of circumstances. Even if | were
nominated | should Withdraw my namc
My reasons for this statement, to-day
made public tor the first time, are that
believe that a southern man on the ticket
would weaken it, And as much as PER
sonal ambition might tempt me tD Yield
to the partial suggestions of my friends
| would not for all the honors in the gjij
of the American people feel that 1 hau
been the means of driving one man tru,u
the support of that ticket on whose ~u,
cess depends the future peace and pros
perity of my country, | have but one OBJ
ject-that is the establishment OF har-
mony OF good will and of good govern
ment To this end all things also shall
be secondary.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

tie, swine and sheep. 1t is mixed with
some other kind of grain. as wheat is be-
lieved to be too hearty to feed alone 1t
is, however, valuable feed for all kinds
of stock when fed judiciously, and the
only reason it has not been fed more than
it has is because of its usual high cost
Air-dried wheat and corn each contain
about the same amount Of water, and they
vary very slightly IN the proportion Of
organic matter and ash, but OF albumin
oids, wheat contains thirteen parts against
ten in corn. OF crude fibre. wheat has
but three parts against five and one-half
in corn, while in fatty substances, corn
exceeds wheat in the proportion of seven
to one and five-tenths. For feeding any
kind of stock, it would undoubtedly be
better to mix several varieties of grain
than to teed either one Of them alone.
IN. f. Farmer.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

'Augustus DEAR said she tenderly, pushing
him from her, as the moonlight flooded the bay-
window where they were standing, Il think
YOU had better try some other hair-dye-your
moustache tastes like turpentne.''
A Nevada bride up and kicked the fellow who
stepped on her train. 1t was soft kid slipper,
though, and he didn't feel it.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

10 MEASURE Corn IN THE EAR A
farmer asks how to measure corn in the
ear, or in the crib or bin There are sew
eral rules for this. but the most common
is what is called the 2S-inch rlle-that is,
upon the presumption that a box l foot
square and % inches deep will hold one
bushel when shelled This rule applies
only to the dent or gourdseed variety of
corn. The cubical contents in feet are
first ascertained, and this multiplied by
three and divided by seven, which will
give the bushels OF shelled corn of fifty
six pounds. Thus a crib that is thirty-two
feet long, eight feet wide and thirteen
feet high in the average, Will hold ,425
bushels, and two OF them 1850 bushels
A common wagon box, eleven feet long
and two feet high, would hold IS bushels
corn in the ear. Another rule for farmers
boy is to reduce the contents to cubic
inches and divide by l,o32, which will
give him the bushels.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

SIZE OF BARRELS. A President of an
agricultural society calls attention to the
fact that there are in a standard legal bar
rel only 100 quarts, while the ordinary
flour barrel, most in use among farmers
in the sale Of potatoes and apples, con-
sell their produce in flour barrels, and
merchants transfer the same to standard
barrels, making profit on quantity, as
well as on price. In the sale of 800 bar
rels of potatoes from a farm, the prophet
or looses 100 barrels, worth $3.50, for
which he might as well be paid The
middle-man, not the consumer, profits by
this. Farmers, see to it that you employ
the one hundred-quart barrels hereafter
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

The Scoharie On. " Republican says
a mouse found its way into the hive Of
one Of our amateur bee men not long
since, and the intruder was found dead
and completely imbcdded in wax. The
mouse, having sweet tooth, crept into
the hive to steal honey, but, unfortunate
ly, aroused the inmates, and before he
could find his way out again was stung
to death. By-and-by decomposition set
in, and Nh. Mousey began to disseminate
bad smell, which bees can not tolerate
but finding it impossible TO hustle him
over the ramparts, rs they do other nui-
sances, they went energetically to work,
and sealed him up in wax, hermetricalIy
sealed him, in fact, so that not the slight
est odor escaped to make the hive unpleas-
ant for the high-toned, extremely neat
and cleanly inhabitants
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

Sorrows sober lis and make the mind
genial And in sorrow we love and trust
our friends more tenderly. and the dead
becomes dearer to us. And Just as the
stars shine out in the night SO there are
blessed faces that look at us in our grief,
though before their features were fading
from our recollection.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

FLETCHER WILLIAMS Gun. Recently
it occurred to Mr. Fletcher Williams, Of
st. Paul, that it would be good thing D.
90 out and see il he couldn't shoot a rah-
bit or two. He always kept his gun load
ed and ready in the corner OF the room.
so he merely shouldered it and went out
After while he saw a rabbit. and. tax
ing aim, he pulled the trigger. The guu
tailed to 90 Off Then he pulled the other
trigger, and the cap snapped again Mr.
Williams used some extreme language.
and then, taking a pin, he picked the nip
piles OF the gun, primed them with littlr
powder and started again. Presently he
saw another rabbit, but both caps snapped
again. The rabbit did not see Williams.
so he put on more caps, and they snapped.
too. Then Williams cleaned out the nip
pies again, primed them, and fired the
gun OFT at fence Then the caps snap
ped again Then Fletcher became turt
Gus, and in his rage he expended forty
seven caps in au effort to make that gun
60 off. When the forty seventh cap missed
also, Fletcher thought that there might,
perhaps be something the matter with the
inside of the gun, SO he tried the barrel,
with the ramrod. To his bitter disgust he
discovered that both barrels We're empty
Mrs Williams, who is nervous about fire
arms, had drawn the loads without telling
Williams, for fear Of making him angry
If there had been a welkin any-were about
it would probably have been made to ring
with Mr. Williams excited denuuciatiou~
OF his misfortunes as Il hunter Finally.
however, he became cooler, AMI. loading
both barrels, he started again after rab-
bits He saw one in few moments. aud
was about to fire, when he noticed th.u
there were no caps on his gun, He felt for
one, and to lis dismay found that hc haI
snapped the last one off Then he grouud
his teeth and walked home On Bis w;tN
there he saw at least six hundred rabbit,
He has been out hunting every day since.
however, with his gun in lirst-rate order,
and he has never laid eyes on a solitary
rabbit. Williams is beginning To think
something is wrong in the government ot
the universe
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

ESSENCE OF THE LATEST FASHION Ir
mems trousers are swelling and the Wo-
mems skirts are shrinking It's Just like
having both legs in one pantaloon t. wear
the present fashion for ladies. Ii Till,
thing continues the women will be wear
ing the breeches in good earnest, aud the
despised petticoat will adorn the neither
limbs of recreant, hitherto arrogant man
In the year 1886, and a lowered white
silk hat, my mother was married. and
with the discretion belonging to those
days She ripped up that hat and laid fl
away tor future reference Nearly forty
years have flown, but that brocaded sin
is the rage to-day, and some huge bows
that adorned that wondrous hat are of
the damask ribbon for which New York l.
going wild Just now The wedding lres-
that accompanies this bonnet had more
silk in the sleeves than the skirt, was quite
short, and spOrted a small knob OH the
breast like q dwarf pincushion, stuffed
with a COB Of cotton, with folds of silk
radiating from it, like the rsng-sun sort
of business you see on haud organs and
old-tashioned cottage pianos. This wa
the then popular ''buttertly waist" We
haven't got to that yet, but damask ribbon
and lowered silk and skinny skirts and
st"ange and uncouth shapes in bonnets are
Ia . on the spot AS tar as can see we
are reviving the days Of 1886, and going
back to first principles New York Cor
St Louis Republican.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29
A chunk of boy was seen studying free

A chunk of boy was seen studying free
weather report charts hanging in the post
office yesterday. and wondering at the
lads interest, a gentleman approached him
and asked: "Well, my son, what do you
wish to find ?'' Pm looking to see how
the old thermom stands at Duluth." said
the boy; eff she's ten below I've got to
dust tor home and split more wood; if
she's at zero, can go off with Bill Jackson
to see his dog fight tame coon!
The Republican journal., 1875-04-29

The story about the King OF Burmah,
which has for some time past been going
the rounds of the papers, is an old one re
turbished His Majesty, so it is said in
tends shortly to publish a newspaper and
those of his subjects who decline to sub
scribe to it are to be beheaded The real
facts OF the case, as we understand them.
are comical enough. About four years
ago the King of Burmah wished to start a
weekly newspaper, in the vernacular and
in English, and forthw ith consulted an
eminent British official then in Burmah
about the matter His Majesty said there
need be no trouble about minor details. he
would see to them himself; what he want
ed was competent English editor. with
Anglo-Indian experience OF journalism, to
whom thousand rupees a month would
be paid. His Majesty added that he would
only make one tipulation-namely that
the editor should pledge himself to follow
with constant approval the line of policy
adopted by the court. that nothing dis
pleasing to His Majesty should ever ap-
pear in the journal, and that in case Of
these rules being infringcd the editor
should beforehand sanction his liability to
receive Immediately 500 strokes on the
sole of his foot with the "sluckak wukk",
whatever that may mean! The capital OF
the Burmese empire is still in want of Il
newspaper. Pail Mall Gazette.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-07
&ftaItitratioAs.
ANrI.m0NOPOLY

Love is cooperative. Marrying coo. 4 i
rates the sexes, and equal rights makes ~ = :
happy. Woman's ballosMh ha eau1 49,; MU
Death. death to monopoly !-Granse Ad.
vGnce.
We are more than ever confirmed in
our anti-monopoly principles by the
foregoing. Ard so it seems that Nor
monism is really a monopoly--ofwomen.
Down with Brigham Young! "Death
to monopoly Any man who will
take more than one wife when there
arn't enough to 60 round, ought to be
hanged, drawn and quartered. Death
to monopoly say we too!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-07
How Donnelly Was Endorsed.
From the Mankato Record.l

From the Mankato Record.
The passage of the first of these resolu-
tons after Donnelly had repeated his Cham
Der of Commerce speech, ridiculed and
blackguarded Grand Master ParsOLs and
Abernethy OF the Farmers Union, to his
hearts content, must have been bitter pill
to Ignatius, and then that the Grange should
neglect to or refuAe to give him rouslng
endorsement for United States Senator, was
almost adding inst to injury. No wonder
he left for home in low spirits.
Changers who were present at the
Mankato meeting Of the State Grange
will be abused to read the foregoing.
We quote it to illustrate how certain
postofice organs are given to lying
We did not BLACKBOARD Parsons OF
Abcrnethy in our speech; we made
few Jokes at their expense, but we did
not abuse either Of them. And we
made no allusion to the United States
Senatorship in any manner. And We
went home very proud of the exceed
ingly kind and more than cordial re
ception we had met with from the Stats
Grange and every member of it. AND
yet this postofice organ, published II
the very city where the State Grang'
met, perverts and distorts the trutl
after the foregoing fashion.
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The De0ocFass OrgaDiDe Dosh
Bsnnehes - the LeEisaat1re~Rtrs
In C1fnto0.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-The Journals
Springfield special says + n. Haines
Democnt Was elected Speaker Of the
House which adjourned till tomorrow.
In the Senate A. A. Gleem WAS elected
President. This gives Democratic
temporary organization IN both Houses
A Post and Mil special says firs
IN Clinton, near Bloomington, last
night, Destroyed O'Gorman : Cos gro.
CRY store. Cockney's billiard hall ant
other buiidings- Loss So 600.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-07

the purchaser under : = a.sl .n :e,
allowed to go into possessi. ~ 49,.
ment Of them, or to remove -.
lures erected by the former 0. =
The land on his ejectnent, woul, :,
vert, with, of course, all the fxtu- :
thereon. and any attempt to remov.
them or to remain in possession, even
under tax deed, would be trespass
against the United States, and subject
the party trespassing to heavy penal
ties therefor.
The tax deed would convey no title
nor give any protection as against the
United States, who owns the land and
all appurtenances thereto. Very truly
yours, E. F. LANE.