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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20
Gold in Georgia.

THE gradual development of the min
eral belt extending through Northern
Georgia proves that, when a sufficient
amount of capital shall have been in
vested, the mines will yield an amount
of the precious metals commensurate
with the outlay. Within the past forty
years these mines have been worked by
the natives, from time to time, in the
most superficial manner, with the rudest
appliances.
The history of early mining in Geor-
gia is replete with incidents. Large
amounts were taken from the surface,
and from shallow pits, near Dahlonega.
From the Passmore vein over $4,000
in gold was taken out in twenty DAYS
from the soft slate. On the John C. Cal
hOun property, situated on the banks of
the Chestatee River, upon coming to
the gravel of the former river bed a
rich deposit of wash gold was found,
and in twenty-three days, from one pit,
$4,000 was derived.
A remarkable gold vein, known as
the Boly Fields mine, was opened in the
bed of the Chestatee River. The vein
was discovered by following up the gold
deposits on the river. The vein was
narrow, but very rich, and bearing in
places as much as half its bulk in gold,
in ragged, irregular masses. When
this vein was found, the gold was visi-
BILE for foot or two only; but as the ex-
cavation progressed il was found to ex-
tend for several feet, and could be dis
tinctly seen by persons standing on the
bank. The most magnificent uncrys-
tallized specimens ever seen were tax
EN- out of this deposit before the depth
of fifteen feet was reached. Their
beauty was greatly enhanced by theper-
feet preservation of the rock, not par
ticle of rust or decomposition being APP
parent. In blasting the compact rock
of which the vein is composed, $4,000
worth of gold was thrown out ats single
blast. Many of the rocks which could
easily be lifted in one hand were valued
at hundreds of dollars.
AT the time these discoveries were
made the mines were being worked in
the most primitive manner, with no
means of controlling the vast amount
of water which accumulated in the
shafts which were sunk on the lots, on
the banks of the Chestatee River
Hence, after the shafts were extended
below the water level and became
flooded, they were deserted, and remain
as an evidence of the inutiEty of work
ing mines without capital without a
knowledge of mining, and without the
proper appliances.
All along the banks of the Chestatee,
Chattahoochee and Etowah Rivers, in
Georgia, where the slate bedrock
pitches into the rivers, evidences of
rich gold mines are apparent to the in
formed miner. Even the clayey slime
which accumulates on the banks of
these rivers contains what is known as
flour gold, and it is the general impress
sion that when the river beds are prop
erly worked they will be found to CON
tain an abundance of gold. Recent de-
velopments prove that the gold mines
of Georgia will compare favorably with
those of California and the Territories.
Gainesville (G0 Edqie.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20
The Old Way Of Doing it.

AS a mowing-machine, we do not
claim to be a success. There isn't any
use in a man becoming 50 pulled up as
to imagine he can just slam any
thing that comes along, because that
style of pride is sure to have Il fall. To
be sure, moving is a thing we felt sure
we could do as neat as a pin--that
proved to be an error in our Judgment,
however
The grass was getting frightfully
high around our dOmicile, and the COW
was out of meat, as it were, and SO we
bought a scythe; a lawn-mower is too
new a continuance to be recognized yet,
by anyone of old-fashioned tastes, and
so we simply went for the good old tool
of our daddies. We never had inter-
viewed a scythe before, and at the
present writing we never want to get
mixed in with scythe in the future.
A scythe seems to be made of crooked
ness and cussedness mixed in about
equal parts; and how man is expected
to 90 straight at his work, behind one
of them, is little in advance of any
mathematical calculation we have on
hand. We cannot imagine that any
man living can manipulate one of them,
successfully, except he be cross-eyed
man; real cross-eyed man might be
able to get in his work where it was
wanted; but if all scythe-handles are
as crooked as the one we have-and
which we now want to give away-we
have shekels that says no straight
looking person can cut down the grass
he wants to cut, unless he strikes at
something in the next lot, or else
throws it around the corner of the
house and then runs the other way.
You might as well try to drive a tack
with rams horn-it isn't in it.
What made our defeat too humili-
ating for anything was, we had been
lecturing our young descendants,
during the breakfast hour, upon the
wickedness of running after every new
thing that came out to lessen the labors
performed by our forefathers; that we
used a scythe instead of alawn-mower,
as a matter of principle, and after
breakfast we'd show them how their
lamented grandfather moved his hay,
and how their Maker intended hay
should be mown-and didn't want they
should ever become so averse to labor,
or so filled with pride, as to counte-
nance the use of a horsepower ma
chine, or a sacriligious lawn-mower, in
the performance of this ancient and
honorable branch of labor.
After the frugal breakfast we adj
justed our hat, and followed by the
family procession, went out to where
the tool was suspended in a plum tree,
whistling our favOrite opera, 1.-The
Conquering Hero Comes" 1t took us
some time to get it down, but finally it
commenced coming, and we ran out
from under and let it fall just as it had
mind to; the boys laughed little;
pretty soon it quit Hopping about, and
we advanced cautiously and gotit by
the tail, and one of the handles, and
lifted it off the ground; it sort of swung
round and came near cutting our leg,
pretty high up; told the boys they'd
better climb up on the fence till we
were under way, and got the "hang''
of it little. We finally secured it by
both the handles, carried it up to the
edge of the grass, nerved our muscle
and gave it tremendous swing; it went
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20

The short walking dress is already a
success.
Corsets have been very much i'm
proved lately.
The Charlotte Corday is a fashona-
BILE cap now.
Queen Anne and japanese styles of
furniture predominant
Polonaises of colored goods are no
longer worn over black skirts.
Ostrich tips are in great demand, and
will be worn all the season through.
Summer suits of small checked or
striped silk are very pretty for young
girls.
Loose covers for protecting furniture
are made of the striped jacquard linens
in gay colors.
The tlower-bonnet, which it was
thought would become popular, has
been abandoned.
A very pretty cap for morning dress
is of white muslin, trimmed with Val
enciennes lace and Sultan ribbon bows.
The most economical hat that can be
worn is the village hat, as it is easily
turned, and at the same time is stylish
Striped silk vests are considered es-
pecially elegant in black cream, or
beige brown, with satin stripes of the
same shade.
Grape cloth is n favorite material for
evening wear in white and all the deli
cate hues, which just now are consid-
cred stylish.
Swiss curtains are trimmed with lace
in sections across the top and bottom
of the curtain, instead of running
lengthwise, as formerly.
A beautiful home dress is of gray
beige, trimmed with narrow band of
silk; cuffs of the same material, trimmed
with killing of silk.
A fashionable new material for la
dies summer dresses is called gasoline.
Young ladies wearing it, however, are
cautioned to beware of sparks.
Bunting costumes are in great de-
mand, as they are very good for ordi-
nary occasions; also light varities of
camel s-hair cloth, serges, de beiges and
such materials.
A novelty in white torchon lace is
called double-meshed torchon, and is
without a fancy design, resembling
merely eyelet-holes, with scallop to
finish the edge.
This year the demand is for fine flow
ers-that is, small piquets, blossoms,
buds, with natural foliage, equally,
delicate in light, blue, gray and drab
hues, cardinal and red shades.
For travelling and walking dresses,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20
Drinking Ice Water.

There is no more doubt that drinking
ice water arrests digestion than there
IS that refrigerator would arrest per-
spiration. 1t drives from the stomach
its natural heat, suspends the flow of
gastric juice, and shocks and weakens
the delicate organs with which it comes
in contact. An able writer on human
diseases says: " Habitual ice water
drinkers are usually very fabby about
the region of the stomach. They COM
plain that their food lies heavy on that
patient organ. They taste their dinner
for hours after it is bolted. They Gull
tivate the use of stimuants to aid di-
gestion. If they are intelligent they
read up on food and what the physioi-
ogist has to say about it-how long it
takes cabbage and pork and beef and
potatoes and other meats and esculents
to go through the process of assimila-
ton. They roar at new bread, hot
cakes, fried meat, imagining these to
have been the cause of their maladies.
But the ice-water goes down all the
same, and finally friends are called in
to take farewell look at one whom a
mysterious Providence has called to a
cline where, as far as is known. ice
water is not used. The number of i'm
mortal beings who 60 hence, to return
no more, on account of an iniudicious
use of ice-water, can hardly be esti-
mated. Baltimore SIN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20

skylarking through the trackless air
above the tall grass, and cut off a fine
plum-tree around behind us; and if
we had not let go all holds and
lodged out through one of the
crooks and made the top of the fence
Just ahead of it, no doubt we should
now have been running about without
head. The boys laughed and Uttered
good deal, but we reproved them Sc
verely for making light of so serious a
toll. After the establishment had
quoted down again, we advanced on
the crookedest side, and, grasping it
simultaneously by both handles, we
held it out at arms length to find its
chief center of gravity; soon we thought
we had 1t, and made another pass at
the luxuriant pasture; this time the
point of the scythe went into the ground
half way to the handle, and the tail
end kicked us on the left ear and one of
the handles vibrated against our stom-
ach and we sat down to hold it where
it ached the worst; the boys laughed so
immoderately that they fell off the
fence, and our ear swelled up like a
DllSHIeu plum. W. ludue JuSu one
more effort to conquer or die" the
scythe skipped around, cut little row
of grass, Tipped off to the left, cutting
a favorite rosebud of close, then took a
circle around overhead and brought up
with terrific crash and buried itself in
fente-board, while we sprang out
through the twist" ran into the
house and locked the door. If anybody
'Yants one of the grass-tools of our dad
dies we hope they'll come around and
get that thing out of our lot before it
completely wipes the Tribe of Dudley
from the face of the earth. 1t will be
found to be a capital thing to set in the
front yard for tramps; if a tramp ever
comes into the yard, all you would have
to do would be to take basket and 90
out and gather up the pieces and give
them decent burial.
UNCLE DUDLEY.
p. S.-Wanted.-A lawn mower
Lake city (Minn.J Lcader,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20

making fast time, but when | was
young and my fingers were nimble and
my elbows timber | used to be called a
pretty good compositor. l remember
one night in particular when | set
5000 ems an hour out of bag by
moonlight and had to take every letter
to the window to see what it was"
"A Greek youth who was engaged
to Greek maiden of eighteen has been
drawn into the army. The lover sends
to his love letter saying that he may
be gone long, perhaps forever, and
that the bearer of the letter is a good
boy, worthy of being her husband
Being asked if she likes this one, she
says: "Well, you see the other one is
away, and may never return. cried
for a week; then this one came; he is
now here and my trousseau is ready.
If l wait much longer | shall soon be
too old, for in another two years | shall
be twenty"
1t has been asserted that a book
agent can be won by kindness. One
day last week West Hill man tried it
on one of them. He beat him with a
bludgeon and broke his arm, poured
Kerosene over his clothes, and set fire
to it, shot him through the lungs and
finally locked him up in room with a
mad dog, and the agent, deeply affected,
whispered through the key hole that as
soon as the dog got through with him,
he'd let him have a copy Of Moody S
Anecdotes for 90 cents, which was 80
per cent. off.-Ha0heye.
-"Miss Green is a regular blue,
Miss Scarlet looks pale as lily,
Miss Violet meier shrinks from view,
And Miss Wiseman thinks all the men silly Z:
Miss Wright she is constantly wrong,
Miss Tickle, alas is not funny,
Miss Singer meier warbled a song,
And in truth poor Miss Cash has no money
Miss Knight is now changed into Day,
And Miss Day will soon marry a knight,
Miss Prudence has just run away,
And Miss Steady assisted her flight,
But success to the fair, one and all,
No miss-apprehensiOn be making
Through wrong the dear sex to miss-call,
There's no harm, let us hope, in mis-taS-
inG.n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20
The Ups and Downs OF Life.

A CHICAGO husband came home the
other evening, dancing with glee. He
kissed his wife, he kissed his children,
and looked the picture of happiness as
he sat down to the supper-table and
joyously remarked to his better half:
al cleared $3.50 on trade to-day"
But the very next night that husband
and father came into the house like a
bear. He growled ut his wife, ne
growled at his children, and it was only
with the greatest difficulty that his wor-
thy spouse got from him the gloomy ex-
PLANTATION;
al only made $50 to-day"
1t is such ups and downs in life as
this that drive our citizens into untime-
" graves. 49, Chicago journal.
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A Voice OF Long Ago.

"JUST give me chance to pour my
voice into that machine, will you?''
said red-nosed man, stepping to the
front at a phonograph matinee, the
other day.
Certainly said Mr. Gilliland.
Put your mouth down close, without
pressing, speak distinctly, and the in
strument will repeat every word exact
ly as you say it,
Amt you joking now! Will it really
say the same thing | say, without any
mixing up and changing around, to
turn the joker"
You will get back your own words
nothing more nor less" said the pro-
prietor.
Hold my hat then, and pull open
all the Valves said the man, as he ner-
vously brought his mouth to the proper
position. STEADY now, I'm about to
MARBLE"
"Come-up-boys--every--body-
and-drink- with-the -landlordn'
Was what the man said, with an en-
phasis on every word, and the same was
what the marvellous little wonder
shrieked back
That's the sweetest music I've
heard for about ten years." said the
man." with moist palate and glow
ing eye, "and | reckon it's about that
long since I've heard that good old
tune ground out. | don't s'pose I'll
ever get another chance to hear it
again, and if it amt too much trouble,
please run her back and shoot it out
once or twice more. It's good for the
rheumatic, that is. My! what head
that man has! If he could only get up
a ugnow that could never be emptiedn'
and the man walked out with sad look
and an unsteady step.-BreaktaSt Ia
bLe
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A CoLoRED tramp, who was hanging
about the depot day or two since, was
observed to disappear around the cor
ner whenever passenger train drew
up, reappearing only as it departed 1t
looked suspicious, and special police
man pounced upon him as he returned
from one of those semi-occasional eX-
cursions, and demanded what he was
up to-" care you keeping shady
from a constable, or don't you want to
go till freight train comes along?"
he asked. The wanderer proceeded to
elucidate. eyer see, boss" said he,
taking another reef in his trowsers
waistband, 81 hain't had muffin to eat
WORT meshunin since las night; and
cherry time dat the cars pulls in de boy
at de hotel ODER dar by de pervilyerum
he trots out and beats de gong for
dinner, and | tells you, boss, it makes
me feel jes like | was goin' to cave in,
an | can't stan dc pressure, nohow."
He let him go.-Binghampton Times.
The holiday troops fought nobility.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20

LONDON papers say that the murder
of Lord Leitrim was concocted in
America, and Berlin journals affirm
that the assassination of the Emperor
was determined upon in New York.
This being the case the Norristown
Herald fears that it will not be long be-
fore the startling discovery is made
that the young man who attempted to
fire the Ephesian dome was resident
of Chicago, and Robin Hood was the
editor of st. Louis daily paper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20

LAWN tennis has become the fashion
able game in England Young men
who have been thrown into brain fever
by the severe mental effort required to
excel in croquet can play lawn tennis
without fear of injury.-Ncw Haven
Register.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-20

The holiday troops fought nobility.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-20

n.
oTanasy Dc Net receipts 4ss bales Exports coast.
Cotton strong. sales at 1c higher: mldding iossc.:
eipt. bales: srSs es5 Sales 800 Stock ioi 47a
MOBILE, May 10, 1878. ;.
TO sales, 200 stock, i4.osi.
Cotton FIRM mddng low @aa%s my o. Il good
s s.es so ssoss Ss gross 100 Exports
CHARLESTON. May IL. 1878.
bales Sales. 100 Stock. 4.sss3.
Spirits OF turpenne quiet Mt 27c Hon quiet Mt 81 Tx
ar IS fellow vsae a1psas1 steady q 81 tor hard
:. Fspf ss,.
Milwaukee club. I'll rs Corn lower; sales 900 bushels
Corn a @ o
per gn M,sed lower; shorts aud ,hpsa ss sIc
sepss whes 1907 ~, ,nshsl, u@oer $4,000 feet
2l4.ooo ioet. ''''
go :. -, pu,rAIo May IS. 1873
prices Wheat dull sales 1000 bushels No hard
S,' & &C.
5 sss {. 's' .s 4 srs o' inactive.
Mye in 81, demaad sales 1900 Su.aoi. Western At
.s%i.a Ea.ssS sisn': Gss. i1sss'.
o" 1850 s sSI1 Meat G't u corn ':e:s oo
% os,. r 400 90 barley 500 40 200 Laso
do Railroad shipments Flour 1850 6Sis wheat IS IA
5000 rye 800 Canal shipments tia. water
Wheat i25.252 bushels i5s5sU do " 26i do
rye 1900 lanai shipments TO intermediate points,
Corn, $40 bushels.
DxrroIr, May IL. 1879.
wSe "F s and w Hr s. Ss doing
" 24ii Corn dnk aud scsrcs; sales OF yellow 4tlsc
srs: a5 ss ';Hs sss Ssf' mo Ss.s %
sc S 90 s Ms so bushels s sc,
wheat. 5000 onshols; corn 1000 do, OATS 400 Co.
1oLEpo. May IL, 1879.
Wheat dull; spo: 81 2ia; seller June. q 22A; No
Corn dull; high mixed 4ssc No . spot. &c. seiler
Jnne i2lsc astcd i24c offered rejected 4ic damaged.
Eec spt,- 500 bushels wheat. isoJp do corn ship.
meats 10000 bushels wheat. $4,000 do. corn, 900 do
oats.
Flour Grm, unchanged Wheat scarce aud nrm. red
changed. Pork inactive. nominsiy - 90 Lard easier;
fair demand at 50 so - 80 81 and ~ Tor
snonidcrs, clear rib and clear sides Bacon quiet.
changed. sugar steady. unchanged. Hogs steaay com
~ 90 81 io light. IS - IS 3o packing 80 20
g. 81 butchers. s3 80 80 40; receipts. 1918; ship
CHICAGO. NAV IL, 1878.
roqr sa and sss.ss si s wsqs and
~ o5A 81 o5's. june 81 oi,s July. No. s do. $40.
81 rejected. s,11c. Corn dull and lower 3e4c cash;
oats dull weak SC. nne 2J1sc
July Rye easier At 5sc Barley easier =. Ole Pork u
ana June. - 7aJs. July 81 7f. august Buik meats
elea , aas IKE Alcohol se Sa M asker wsssss s"ay
aud unchangsa freghts-torn 60 Buffalo 40. Re.
$4,000 do. 2s.ooo do; rye. 24jo barley 400
do shipmcnts-fiour. 200 bb.'; wheat. 1900 bnshc
corn 2osSoo do oats. 5000 do; rye $500 do barley
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-20
LEE AVENUE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

The Sunday school OF Old Lee Avouuo Congregation.
al Church. row tho Church Of the Christian Endeavo
Winamsb burg, celebrated tho twcntynith anniversary
OF its foundation yesterday afternoon. The school
room appropriately, though not deliberately,
decorated wiin the naiiona coors ana tho
banners OF the sunday school, white over the organ
suspended largo oil tanning OF tho cottage
which occupied the Same site and In which tho school
was organzed-Aay IS, 1862 The anniversary was
celebrated with singing by the school ana az
dresses by the Ola members end othors
Tho Rev. Edward Eggcston, pastor and
perintendcnt, presiding Tho speakers all re-
vericd 10 the progress o! the school, which
IN It's time the largest In the United States, and
has average attendance of L. 100 schoiArA
The opening prayer was by Rev. AImon Gunnison, of
the Universalist Church, WINE Rev. y. j. Porter,
ID. d, OF the Reformed Church, aud Rev. j.
Hyatt Smith, OF Lee Avenue Baptist Church,
spoke congratu!atory addresses 10 the ch
drcn OF their older sister, as they called
the Church Of tho Christian Endeavor. The othor
addresses were ny Mr.. " stsarns tho original super
iDtendent; Mr.. n. II. Lummss, one OF MS success
sors; MIR. Shoes, one OF thealrst teachers; Mr.. X
Maurice, county superintendent OF sunday schools,
and Mr.. II. II. Hall, superintendent Of New England
GourreQafionai Church.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-20
FLOATING WITH THE TIDE.


Tho body OF an unknown woman. apparently about
thirty-Gvc years OF age, was found floating IN tho
North River yesterday afternoon by q boy named
David w. Rose, OF NO @. Leroy street. who ous
boating at the tino lie lowed tho body TO tho pier
at the foot Of Bank street, where It was made fast
until the dead wagon which was telegraphcd for ar
rived and took it to the Morgnc, to await Identifies.
ton. Tho body IS badly decomposed and has evl-
IDENTIFY beea in tho water tor time,
and the TEXTURES arc unacceptable. Al
the Morgue tho following description OF tho
dead woman was rccorded:-"Unknown woman about
thirty FIVE years old dark mple xon. dressed IN
black dress, dark stockings, buttoned CATERS
haLn The list OF missing persons Kept At tho dead
house was searched but no woman had been reported
as missing whose description corresponded with that
OF tho dead The pockets In tho dress OF the browne
woman were searched, but were found to be empty.
Two gold rings wcro on hcr fingers; one was plain
one ana tho other had blue stone In 1t. gold
breastpin ana earring with glass drop also
found Her dress was OF black alpaca