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JOHN D. MILLER, Admir-.
aPZ-3ts Hermitage, Augusta Co.. Va.
YINHOkOUGH BRED HORSES ANK
JACK.!The following Thorough Bred
season at the Baldwin Augusta Fair Grounds.
size and action. - W AA -
form and action. siA0,
Jack, of fine size and form ~ -isA
For further particulars see hand biI,s or I'D
qress H. NJ. POWERS
Agent for the owners
tnaIlSEInlr Staunton, Va.
NENIENT! GEM 10 rHi
Inc Hound Top Cement Works, having been
seriously damaged last Fall, by freshetehaVe
lately resumed, and now we offer the LIST lof "a
Fresh Ground r. T. Cement wv
In this market. Be sure to call before Won hp,,
elsewhere. S'@ SQT
apr BAKER BROS.
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XEYY KEnI9E, 1a1cfaxlERTX EOR 8 q

NKOOn's Administrators VS.. Moons
IN Widow. tEc.-In pursuance of a de-
cree of the Circuit Court for Augusta county,
entered in this cause July LIST, 1852 April End,
1877, and April 3rd, 1878, shall proceed at my
office in Stanton on
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-16

IuV"e.SOy, 1hUy udt, 1910,
to take, state and settle an account of the acts
and doings of David s. Sheets as Administrators
of Simon p. Sheets, decd, showing the assets Of
said estate; what debts have been paid by said
Administrator, and what are still Outstanding.
apr94t JOS. A. WADDELL COm'r
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07

in early spring. The direction of the
wind during dustfalls was from the east
quadrant, and most frequently north
northeast to northeast. The dustfalls
observed are very irregularly distrib-
uted over the year in question. OF six
ty-three, taken at random, there were
eight falls of sand, and three of sand or
dust. Sometimes sand and dust stimuli
taneously. The dustfalls with great
extent east and west are denser the
nearer the African coast. In forty out
of sixty-tive instances the color of the
dust was red. Sometimes there is no
celebration. The dry mist of the Dark
Sea is in casual connection with the
dustfalls. Herr Hellmann concludes
from the facts that the dust material
comes principally from Africa and from
the Western Sahara. The possibility
of occasional mixture of particles from
South America is not excluded. The
distribution of the dustfalls, both in
space and in time (they follow the
movements of the trade winds), sup
ports the hypothesis, as also does the
fact that the falling material is coarser
in the East than in the West.-London
Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
Simple Lessons in Science.

FORCE is that which sets a body in
motion, as, for instance, the police
force, which makes body move on.
A liquid violently resists all attempts
to force it into close confinement,
spreading itself out so as to make its
surface level; and many liquids COM
municate these little peculiarities of
theirs to those who imbibe them.
When anything is weighed in water
it suffers loss of weight. This is es-
pecially true in the case of salt.
A pound avoirdupois is exactly equal
to 1000 grains. Take pound of sand
and count.
When bodies become heated, move
ments little backward and forward
take place, as you must have seen for
yourself in the case of street fight.
Heat causes a copper rod to be ex-
tended, and it has the same effect on a
policeman's staff.
1t is erroneous to suppose that the
barometer is used as yard measure in
ascertaining the height of mountain.
Most physicists teach that noise is
the result of single blow given to the
ear; music, of series of blows. In our
own experience; however, we have OBJ
served that noise was the result in both
cases; in the latter more unmusical even
than in the former Erperimentum fiat
IN corpore UiLi. Box small boy ears,
first singly and afterward repeatedly,
and you will soon see or rather hear.
Attraction and affinity are synony-
nous in chemistry, but in life we often
find that the greater the affinity the less
the attraction.
Some precious stones are called cat S.
eyes; diamonds surely might be called
cats claws, since they scratch every
body.
Electricians neatly divide all bodies
into conductors and non-conductors,
but in the world there are bodies who,
although they never collected fares on
street-car, nevertheless are cads.
TINE locks-Gray hairs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07

ering all the facts, that hanging is
pleasant way of dying. His words are:
" In suicide, at the moment of the an
plication of the cord, or few moments
after, feeling of pleasure manifests
itself; then supervenes disordered
vision; blush flames appear before the
eyes, and the loss OF consciousness soon
follows"
All the evidence goes to show that
death by hanging is painless, and there
is positively no fact or well-founded
opinion to the contrary. If this be the
case, then, what is the explanation of
it, Simply this: That in every form of
strangulation the blood vessels of the
neck are compressed, as well as the air
passages. A large part of the blood is
returned from the head by the external
jugular veins, which are very near the
surface, and in which the current can
be checked by slight pressure. Most of
the blood from the brain itself comes
back through the internal jugulars,
which lie near, but little outside of,
the carotid arteries. The walls of
veins are lax and yielding, so as to be
easily compressed, while those of the
arteries are firm and elastic, and it re-
quires considerable force to approx
mate them. Pressure, then, which is
sufficient to close the jugular veins only
crowds the carotids little further in
ward, and the blood is still poured
through them into the brain, whence it
cannot escape. When this pumping
process is going on at the rate of seven
ty strokes a minute, it is easy to under
stand how the engagement of the YES
sells of the brain, in very brief time,
reaches degree which causes insensi-
bility.
Both drowning and hanging are pain
less modes of dying, because the as
phyxia which causes death is compli-
Gated by other circumstances which
render the dying man so soon uncon-
scious that the pangs of suffocation are
unfelt. And the insensibility which re-
suits from hanging is so insidious and
painless in its approach, that expert
ments on the subject are very danger
GUS for any one to make alone. 1t is
probable that many persons, who are
supposed to have committed suicide in
this way, had really no intention of
bringing about their own death. Some
have been led to try the experiment out
of curiosity. Others may have done it
out of pique. 1t is not impossible, nor
perhaps improbable, that high-spirited
boys or girls, after degrading punish
ment, should rush off, as we read of
their doing, and hang themselves. The
child puts q cord around his neck and
steps off from chair, expecting to be
followed, found choking, and released
by the anxious parents. If he is not
followed and his absence not noticed,
nothing can be easier for him than to
step up on the chair again, loosen the
rope, and no one will ever know of his
folly. In the first case he would obtain
his childish revenge for the wrong he
had received, and in the second case he
would lose nothing, for he is his only
accomplish. Utterly ignorant of his
danger, and intending only a prank of
childish folly, he steps from his chair
into eternity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
Dust on the Atlantic.

About the latitude of the Cape Verde
Islands on the Atlantic is frequent ex-
perience of voyagers to observe falls of
red dust and dry kind of mist. The
material of the dust mass was exam
ined microscopically many years ago
by Ehrenberg, and his opinion was that
small particles carried aloft from all
countries here formed transparent
dust zone from which they sometimes
sank down, and in whirling movement
came to the earth's surface. The ma
terial of observation open to Gutenberg
was somewhat sandy. The phenome-
non has been lately studied anew,
and in more thorough way, by
Herr Hellmann, who examined the log
books of 1,196 ships that had passed
through the region in question during
the years 1854 to 1871. He deals with
the case chiefly from a meteorological
point of view, and the following are
some of the facts elected: Most of the
dustfalls occur in the zone of the Allan
tic, between 9 deg. and 16 deg. north.
South of 6 deg. north they are extreme
ly rare, and the furthest south hitherto
was in 2 deg. Sc min. north, 26 deg.
west. The two furthest west were both
in 3S deg, min. west, both about 300
miles from Cape Verde. Dustfalls oft
en- occur simultaneously at very differ
ent points of the "Dunkle Meer," or
Dark Sea, as Gutenberg called it; in
one case they were $50 miles apart.
They also often last for several days,
e. g. ten april 1850. Surfaces of
very different size, up to 100000 square
miles, may receive dustfalls. There is
yearly period in the frequency of the
falls. 1t seems that near the African
coast most occur in winter; further west,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
THE CRICKET.

BLITHE minstrel of the fading year!
love thy song of coy cheer,
And though my cell be rude and bare
With thee my lonely hearth | share,
Nor would thy thin pipe forego
For sweetest reeds that man may blow.
Without, November's tempests roar;
The maniac wind assaults the door.
And shrlll through mountain gorges bleak
The wrlthen hemlocks sigh and shrek;
But what care L how wild it be
So Fate sends comrade such as thee?
Estranged, unvisited, forlorn,
/ give the false world scorn for scornl
Remote from man to hear at night
Thy fautless treble's crisp delight,
And warm my old bones by the fire,
Are the sole comforts l desire.
When on my ruined past brood,
And maddenlng memories intrude,
Then, welcome guest! thy cheerful strain
Dlverts and solaces my pain,
And makes me for an hour forget
All, save thy tiny clarlonet!
When sleeps soft fingers close my eyes,
And childhood's fairy pictures rise,
Thou art my sleepless sentinel,
Whose watchword tells me all is we'll
Whose sudden silence warns my ear
If aught of evil wanders near.
Thou art the hermit's closest friend;
And when my mortal day shall end,
And my cold hand at last shall tire
To light at eve the fagot-fre-
Though none are left tosweep for me,
Thy song my requiem shall be!
Henry q. C0rRiUeLt, in ScTi0neT tor Dece HlbeT
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
A Brave Boys Sad Death.

BUT the saddest of our story is yet to
come. The next day, Sunday forenoon,
another fire was set short distance
from where the one the day before orig
mated, and, the wind being in the
same direction. and blowing a great
deal harder, the fire was driven parallel
with the other. About one o'clock it
had reached Grant Township, and was
coming at furious speed towards the
premises of Mr.. B. f. Aiken. Mr..
Aiken's oldest child, a lad of fifteen
summers, saw the fire storm approach
ing, and Immediately mounted horse
and galloped out into the field to
try and save his fathers hay,
which was in imminent danger. The
boy let the horse 90, and took the
blanket upon which he rode and
wet it in the creek and thought to put
the fire out while it was crossing. When
the fire neared him it was so hot that
he could not stand it, and started to
run at one side with hope of getting
out of the way of the main head fire,
but he soon saw that he could not get
out of the way, and knew that he must
face the worst. With great presence
VI llllu, JilC vi ave lltIlc lcllOW WIdppGu
the wet blanket abound his head and
shoulders and turned and ran with all
his might through the fire. 1t was but
the work of a moment and his doom
was sealed. When he reached the
burning region the blanket dropped
from him in pieces, and, with his nail
| less and almost fingerless hands, he
tore the remainder of the burning
clothing from his body, except his
shoes, which were crisp tight to his
feet; and there he stood, naked and
scorched from head to foot, suffering
untold agonies. His father, who was
coming at short distance, saw the
fire as it passed over his son. He ran
his horse through the side fire and was
soon at the boys side. Frank, are
you badly burnedp" asked Mr.. Aiken.
No, father; but let's hurry home,n
was the reply. Mr.. Aiken lifted the
poor fellow upon the horse and started
to lead it home, and holding on to the
boy with one hand lest he might fall.
They proceeded in this manner but
a few steps, when the suffering boy
said: go, father, let me have the reins
i can't stand it to go so slow" The
| ldlutI ODc1Gu, anu L ain ldu OIC uOiSC
at full speed to the house, and went in
to the house without assistance. A
neighbor Immediately came to town for
Drs. Robinson and Walker, and, dur
| ing the meantime, the almost distracted
parents were bathing him with tallow,
which seemed the only thing to afford
ease. The doctors did all in their
power to restore the suffering boy, but
all was in vain. He died without
struggle at two the next morning. His
limbs, up to his knees and elbows, We're
so badly burned that the blood had
ceased to circulate in them, and they
were cold and dead long before the pa
tent ceased to breathe. His father,
who stood by his bedside until life had
fled, frequently asked him to have
courage, and the brave little fellow
would reply: "Yes, father, I've got
courage, and think | will stand it all
right. Ida County (Io1oa) Pioneer.
ONE of the incest fish we know of foY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07

ONE of the incest fish we know of for
breakfast is the Centrachus Haxacan-
thus, otherwise known as the Pomoxis
Annularis. Ask for bass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07
The Republican.
JAS, A. HAYDEN, Publisher.

OAKLAND. GARRETT CO., MD.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-07

TIME locks-Gray hairs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19
That Report.

The San Francisco Iea Of the 10th In
slant says: again we must make our
regular weekly appeal to the Justice In
vc.tigating and Reform COMMITTEES 10
come forward with that report They
have delayed the matter % long that
George schultz, the party arraigned BY
the new management OF the mine, u actu-
ally growing inpatient. and states that u
the report Is not soon forthcoming he will
offer his services as an investigator In or
der 10 bring the document 10 speedy
completion. We don't know how many
reams Of paper have been used up In the
literary attempt Of Nessr. Baldwin and
Hill. but We do know that they have been
lonl enough at the business for Bancroft
10 have complied comprehensive history
of the Justice mine and the men Who are
now investigating It," The people Of this
community. many Of whom are directly
interested in Justice Affairs. are becoming
anxious 70 know just how much they have
lost BY the alleged false management
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19
Valuable Bslie.

The Carson Appeal Of this morning says
that Sam Baker. the old pioneer. received
yesterday from . friend In tho East one
Of the most valuable relics Of the nations
past which has reached Carson for many .
day. II IL an autograph letter Of the noble
statesman. Henry Clay. II ID written on
the old.fashioned letter paper md folded
and sealed In the old style OF q remote
boyhood, when sealing wax was In the
ascendant and envelopes had not been dis
covered. Tho letter Is simply. . busines.
one, hence . copy Of II would hardly DO OF
intsrcst 10 our constant reader. II was
written from "Ashland. 9Th Of July.
1884," TO General James Taylor, on . mat
Ter Of business concerning . debt. Tho
BODY OF the letter and the signature mark
II Of the greatest value. Sam has II In
charge, TO DO placed In tho cabinet Of the
Society Of Pioneers.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19
s,s.. fre.. oar d

Our old.tims friend. John Montgom-
cry left Gold Hill for Cornuoopia last
evening. He goes 10 take charge ~ fore
man Of the Hussey mine. under tho super.
intsndency Of Hon. John Yule. another old
Gold Hitler. Mr.. Montgomery has lately
been acting - manager for A. d. Ballard
ct the vessy House. lie Ia an old forty
miner. and probably no man In town has
more friends than he. Aperfect army was
at the depot to SEQ him Of and wish him
God-speed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19
Bssias.s.

The following business has recently been
transacted before E. strother. Register In
Bankruptcy. In Virginia City:
Henry ward-Pehtion filed December
81; frsi meeting OF creditors set for Feb
ruary II.
Henry Moussr-Psttion filed December
81 ; first meeting Of creditors set for Feb
ruAry 10.
James Singleton Petition fled January
10; frst meeting Of creditors set for Feb
ruary Is. -.
Charles Victor Boisot = Petition filed
January II; first meeting OF creditors SGT
for February Is.
Jerome STANDARDIZATION filed January
II; first meeting Of creditors sci tor Feb
ruary 10.
Charles y. Chotter-Firt meeting Of
creditors held January Is no creditors
present; ID. L. Folsom, OF Gold Hill. sp-
pointed assignee.
James Med. sweetman-Firt Meeting
Of creditors held January iG; q creditor
present. claim. $52 IS; David Crosby
elected assignee.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19

IL Il A.
EXCEPTIONAL ne'' "" wv
issn aAy u ~ 's
100 anu NO "n WIZ mss.
~ W SURF NAV"
snow squalls. but nothing aier tne good
Old style. The sun u shining to-aAy, hs
streeu are crowaed WIN men. woM ,
mi on sprinsliIo appearance. The
doors Of the business houses are all open,
and loo is taken In thu whisky toddies OF
those who have not assumed tho blue
''oo'n'
oFFicEhs mseuhs "'
North Wealth Silver mining company
held IN virginia iAst Inuisaay e'p Jul
S.ut n Rssbna Tre.surer. W. L. RON;
Socrctary, #. M. Ball; Superintendent, A.
Petagna; Trustses-W. L. Roza' Thomas
ho'me' anu '
BUT AGAINST n CHoLiAh-Porosi.-
The complaint In Inc sun prough' Against
tho Chollar. Potosi company for back bull.
Q ts1es wa hlss . n,.;a.
.nir.y..ou, ~ s. ans %, ~
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19
R.i,x,.... service. r.-msrrsw.

METHODIST EpiscorAL cHuRcH, ooLD HUI
There will be divine s-rvice In the Methodist
Episcopal Church tomorrow Csundayl. At II
4. .. aud Z y. NJ, tev. W. Minis ofaciatins.
sundsy-sehsol 81 - y. Z.
ut. JsaS'. c,u'Rcu. Com ~IinL--There viii
be divine services ii ~. Johns Church to-mor'
row at n a. y. and : y. y. R.v. X. =. Eastman
will onieists In the morning AID bishop
Whitaker In the evening. Sunday sehooi 81
f:o n.
sr. PArL'- CurRcn. N~rRafSiA.-rhere viii
he divine service In NJ. pAuls Church. virginia,
Tomorrow st n o'eloek A. =. and ! '. n.
bishop whitsker viii ofieiats In the morning
and R,v. X. =. Eastman In tbs evening.
TtuIx will BE- divine service ct Grsee
Church, silver CITY. tomorrow evening al
2 O'Clock. Iiev. W. u. Jehvcy officiating.
TuEMk will ID divine service Of Dayton to-
morrow ct n A. ~. Rev. W. X. JenSey ofneia'
Nlna
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19
n FATAL BLAST.
s,..ss or che Death OF Patrick n.
McDouald.

An INQUEST Was held In Virginia City
Last evening for tho purpose Of ascertain.
ing the cause OF the blasting accident In
the Consolidated Virginia mins last Tues
day, which resulted In the death Of Pat
rick II. Mcdonald. II appeared from tho
evidence taken that the explosion VA not
caused BY Mcdonald and partner drilling
into an old unared giant powder cartridge.
a wa d fnt supposed. From the testi-
mony Of some Of the Witnesses. 10 IL shown
that the fatal shot came from the opposite
side Of the body Of ore In which Nc
Donald was working.
The miners lad worked toward each
other till there was but about three feet OF
sound ground between them In the stope.
A party Of miners were working on the
opposite side Of the wall Of ore from Nc
Donald, and one door below. They put
In Q shot. high up In their stope and when
II Vas discharged Il blew out on the side
whore Mcdonald was 1t work Just above
the floor on which be was standing. tear
ing out o considerable hole and blacken-
ing . corner post that stood near. No
Douald's partner. who had been striking
the drill, had ceased work and stepped
asids Of the moment the explosion 90
CURED. and thus escaped with but slight
injury. This partner says that be has
since examined tho hole In which he and
Mcdonald were 81 work. and found u Just
a. they left u. there being no sign Of .
cartridge having been exploded at Its bot
tom.
The verdict Of the jury was that do
ceased came 10 his death .'from injuries
received by . blast In the Consolidated
Virginia mine. on the 18th day Of this
month and va further think that u was
through tho neglect Of the officers In
charge Of the shifts In not notifying the
men at work In tho Slopes OF the near ap-
prosch 10 each other"
While the shift bosses may DO In . meas
ure blamable, 10 IL considered strange that
the men themselves did not know OF their
near approach to each other. II generally
happens that the men hurt by mining 60
cidents arc old hands ct the business.
They become Q o accustomed 10 tho danger
that thoy grow careless. and the nrst
thing that Is known they meet with an &C.
cidont which causes their death. In this
case the mans own negligence WA IN.
doubtcdly the direct cause OF tho injury.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19
Insprevsd Ned Msn.

At tho wigwam In Gold Hill last even.
Ing tho chiefs Of Apache Tribe No. Q were
raised up, Past Great sachsm T. II. Al.
chorn acting - installing officer In
the absence OF T. Dumars. Great Bachem
for the State Of Nevada. The chiefs :
Sachem, absent; Senior Sycamore. Fred.
d. Nichol; Junior Sycamore. T.. ]. Hicks
Chief Of Records, William Edmonds
Keeper Of wampum, Samuel North. At
the sams time the chiefs Of Pocahontaa
Tribe No. 2 Of Virginia were raised up.
They were: Sachem. j. T. Riorden
Senior Sycamore. Joseph Beer; Junior
Sycamore, absent; Chief OF Records, 10.
Fsrrington; Ksspsrof wampum. Thomas
OrAcey.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19
DO IT AT ONCE

II . 1.-THE Of the testimonials nov on hand OF
the value Of Dr.. wistar's Baisam Of VIVA Cherry
shouid he pubiished. no oas would stop 70 read
the bulky volume. Akk any druggtst and he
will tell you that this Bslsam 10 . real blessing
4, An 4. s,u sssS', ss, ,ssS :a' iss,s q la'S S. Sasasss:
Bore Throat. Group. H-oarssness. Pains In the
Chest and Bleeding Of the Lunss yield 70 10.
wonderful power. We advise any ons ursd OF
sxpsrfmentina with physicians' preserpaon:
or quaek medicines 70 drop them o. once nd
uss this BALKAN Of wild ohsry. Sold y Al
duuists. JAIN
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19

A shipment Of bullion. valued st $685..
7s2 90. was made from Virginia City last
Wednesday evening. OF this amount
sais,ii5 OF worth was California. and
Sil7,6S worth Con. Virginia bullion.
The shipments on California account
during tho current fiscal month amount
70 Ii3s,97s 81. and those on the Con. Viz
ginia account amount 10 $3si .797 IS. An.
other shipment. worth about 100000, will
b made this evening.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-19
Goverssr ssd Gevsrssss.

The following Item from the C~orsicana
(TeIas) bier Of January 10th best eK'
plains itself: "Coricana will on next We'd
nesday lose one OF her fAirest and most 80
complishsd daughters, Miss Emma Leo.
the daughter Of Colonel U. II. Lee, q OF
our leading merchants, who will DO mar
ried Of 81. Johns lEpiscopal) Church. at
8 o'clock. 10 Lieutenant Governor j. W.
Adams, OF Nevada. CorsicanA's loss will
DO the Governors and NevslA's GAIN"