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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-09
Wonders Of Greenland.

Mr. Clements Markham last night,
at the London Institution, gave a lect-
ure on Greenland. His history of the
early discoveries included the voyage of
Eric the Red and a curious expedition
of clergymen in the thirteenth century
from the bishopric of Gardar, in the
south of Greenland, toward the I'M
known north. The Norsemen built
churches and villages on the rare green
strips up the fiords, but the savages de-
stroyed them; and for three centuries
Greenland was closed. Hall was the
first Englishman who laid his bones on
the shore of Greenland. In 1921 Hans
Egede, the apostle of the Esquimaux,
landedm Greenland. 1t has been found
impossible to penetrate for any distance
into the vast interior. The natives be.
lieve it to be inhabited by enormous
and malignant beings. 1t is $4,000
square miles in extent, the whole being
a mass of ice. A Danish professor in
1920 made his way for thirty miles in
land, and described the scene he saw,
There is nothing but white world sup
porting blue vault. From far below
ones feet there comes up n moaning
noise, the voice of rivers flowing far
beneath. Occasionally there are loud
reports from the opening of a cleft, a
vast mass of water piercing its way in
the ice down to the underlying granite
itself, for thousands of feet. At thirty
miles from the coast the height above
the sea was 1920 feet, and the ice was
still rising. A wonderful sight is that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-09

unused bamboos, began to walk away
What" | asked, sis the execution
endedP Are they going to leave the
man in that fearful agony?" "Oyes,"
l was told, "all is over. The criminal
is finished with. He will die presently
in an hour, two hours, or, as he
seems very strong, perhaps not till
nightfall; but nobody will touch him
any more. The bamboos will be left
in him, and when he is quite exhausted
he will expire" 1 could bear no more.
1 was powerless to interfere, but,
sick at heart, l turned on my heel,
loathing the barbarous cruelty l had
just witnessed, and cursing the civ
ilization that permitted it. l learned
afterward that the unfortunate wretch
had fingered ten long hours before
death (Which in Japan would seem as
brutal as justice) remembered and re-
leased him.
His slow death is accounted for by the
fact that Japanese executioner is
carefully taught to avoid the vital or
gans of the criminal he has to impale
The more slowly the victim expires the
greater the reputation of his butcher
Hornet annual.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-09
A Georgia Girl's Appetite.

A party of merry girls and boys got
on the train at some station between
Atlanta and Macon, bound for home to
spend the holidays. They were laden
with packages containing oranges, APP
Piles, and other good things, and in evil
dent disposition to have a pleasant
time. Shortly after the train was in
motion the packages were opened. The
girls were bright, rosy-cheeked, spark
ling-eyed maidens, and ranging in ages
between sixteen and eighteen years.
Their escorts were courteous, manly
youths, and, having secured seats con-
venient for the group, proceeded to en-
Joy themselves, utterly oblivious to the
other passengers. One of the young
ladies ate four large apples, and, COM
mencing on paper of oranges, in a
few minutes diminished the number by
five, after which she disposed of fully a
pound of sponge cake, when, her appe-
tite becoming satiated, she settled back
in her seat and very gracefully gave
her attention to munching COOLERS,
ceasing operations when about pint
of the fragrant peas had disappeared.
Her friends were successful in demolish-
ing what remained, but, in the opinion
of the passengers, this blue-eyed, laugh
ing maiden was entitled to the cham
pion ribbon as healthy Georgia girl.
--SGUa1aah (Gd. NeDS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-09
Simple Method for Tanning Lamb Skin
with the Wool On.

Make a strong soap-suds, using hot
water; when it is cold, wash the skin in
it, carefully squeezing it between the
hands to get the dirt out of the wool;
then wash the soap out with clean cold
water; next, dissolve alum and salt, of
each half pound, in little hot water,
which put into tub of cold water suf-
ticient to cover the skin, and let it soak
in it over night, or twelve hours; now
hang the skin over a pole to drain;
when well drained spread or stretch
carefully on a board to dry. 1t need
not be tackled if drawn out several times
with the hand while drying. When yet
little damp sprinkle pulverized salt
peter and alum Gan ounce each mixed
together) on the flesh side, rubbing it
in well. 1t is now to hang in the shade
for two or three days, the flesh side in,
until perfectly dry. When entirely dry
scrape the flesh side with blunt knife
to remove any scraps of flesh. Trim
off all projecting points, and rub the
flesh side with pumice or rotten stone,
and with the hands. Prepared in this
way it is white and beautiful, suitable
for a door-mat, and also nice for the
feet in a sleigh or wagon in cold
weather.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-09
Married at Short Notice.

A WEDDING as abrupt, if not as fan
tastic, as Mr.. Wemmick's took place on
New Years night at Marlboro on the
Hudson. During the afternoon a we'll
known resident of the village called on
the Rev. DIR. Osborn and invited him to
dinner at six o'clock. Bring a mar
riage certificate with you," said the
host; eve may have a wedding there
tonight" The doctor is a discreet
man, and did as he was told. At his
friends house he met large company,
and after dinner was announced took
his seat at the well-appointed table.
The host undertook to carve the turkey,
but made such bungling work of his
duties that one of the guests was con-
strained to remark to him: "You should
get married; then your wife would
teach you the proper way to do these
things.n The host did not deny the
soft impeachment, but told what man.
ner of woman he should like for wife,
ending by saying: "Now, before we
proceed further, 'spose we take a vote
as to who l shall marry" The COM
pany'entered into the canvass with great
hilarity, and after the vote was taken
it was declared that the host was in
duty bound to marry his housekeeper,
young and well-educated lady who
had presided over the establishment for
more than year. The young lady had
stepped into the kitchen to give some
final directions to the cook, and when
she returned she was informed of the
views of the company. She was COM
pletely taken aback, but after the la
dies had coaxed her to give her con-
sent, she placed herself in the hands of
her friends. "Halloo! let's get mar
ried now," exclaimed the host, with
the imperturbable Wemmick's self-pos-
session. The dinner was suspended
indeed, it had scarcely begun-the
bride took off her white apron; the
bridegroom dropped his napkin; the
two were made one; the marriage certif-
icate was signed; and the company
kissed the bride and then sat down to
dinner with first-rate appetite. The
next day spinster in the neighbor-
hood, hearing what had happened,
raised her hands toward heaven and eX-
claimed, in spirit of true devoutness:
Lord! how sudden; there's no tellin'
whose turn'll come next"
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of the colossal rivers, deep and broad,
which flow between tall blue banks,
and pour at the end of their course
down cleft with a mighty cascade,
which is conspicuous from a distance
by the cloud of mist which always hangs
above it. On the strips of the land
near the coast the Greenland flora,
though scanty, is very pleasant to the
eye. Vegetation covers the ground in
thick masses, forming turf in the level
places, while it fills the chinks and
crannies of the rocks and creeps over the
surface of the stone, giving a bright APP
pearance to the land in summer. The
prettiest thing of all is the club moss,
with its graceful little white bell flowers
like miniature lilies of the valley. With
it are generally the dwarf willow and
birch and the whortleberry, with its red
berry and glossy little leaves. AS far
as Disco, but not farther north, there
are beds of lady's mantle and angelica
and masses of holly fern, the erect red
blossom of the pedicularis, bright little
red and white saxifrages, the dandelion
potentillas and ranunculus, the Arctic
poppy, the understanding ledum pal
ustre, and the snowy, purple blossoms
of the epilobium alpinum. The study
of Greenland botany, interesting in it
self, derives special Importance from the
hypothesis to which its remarkable
character has given rise. Sir j. Hook
er suggests that the Scandinavian flora,
which is one of the oldest in the globe,
extended during the warm period pre-
fceding the glacial over the whole Polar
regions, including Greenland and Arc
tic America. On the arrival of the gla-
cial period this flora was driven slowly
southwark to the extremity of the Green
land peninsula in its longitudes, and to
latitudes of the Allegheny and White
Mountains in their longitudes. The
effect in Greenland would be to leave
there only the more Arctic forms of
vegetation, the rest being, as it were,
driven into the sea. On the decline of
the glacial period Greenland could be
repeopled with plants only by the
nsrthward migration of the Scandina-
Wan species. In America the Scandi-
navian plants would ascend the Alleghe-
MES, and many plants which had been
.ui'eH ouo Vi Ureenldnu, put preserved
in southern latitudes of North America,
would reappear in Parry Islands and
Labrador. Mr.. Markham dwelt upon
speculations like these, and upon facts
connected with the mineralogy, meteor
ology, ethnology, ETC., OF Greenland, to
show the value of Arctic exploration for
its contributions to science, as well as
for the encouragement Of that maritime
enterprise to which our country owes
so much of its greatness and renown.-
London Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-09

put his head out and said she was in
bed with cold, with mustard draft
on her chest, bottle of hot water at
her feet, and done up in blankets till
she couldn't be seen. The young man
softly faded away.-RockIand Courier.
EVERY time one of my darlings
died or any of the neighbors' children
were buried, l just wrote poem on
their death. That's the way | got
started" says the Sweet Singer of
Michigan. q am now writing a poem
on the Beautiful Snow which is just
splendid. 1t is like this:
"Oh, well do 1 remember,
Fifteen years ago,
A sleigh-riding l did go
Upon the beautiful snow"
"A malicious correspondent states
that Phoebe Cozzens represents the
silken dilettantism'' of the woman-suf-
frage movement. ''She is pretty when
seen from the opposite side of ten
acre field, and this is oppressive to the
homelier majority. When she holds
up her jeweled hands and appeals to
gallant manhood to take the manacles
of centuries from her arms, he is ready
to do it and to spend century at the
task"
THE CHILD's GOOD BY.
Kiss me quickly, darling mother,
Let me feel thy lips once more,
Ere cross the darksome river,
Ere | reach the golden shore.
Put your arms around me, mother,
Let me whisper in your ear.
Hank | hear the angels singing.
Listen, mother, don't you hear!
Let me kiss my baby-brother,
Let me hold him to my heart;
Good-by, mother don't be weeping
We shall meet, no more to part.
Good-byl friends, around my bedside,
must bid you all good-by!
am going, dear companions,
Where the children never die.
But my breath is growing weaker,
And / have SO much to tell;
When I'm gone, oh ! don't be weeping
Mother! here's my last farewell.
"A Yankee wooing, in which the
sweetness was long drawn out, has
ended in lawsuit for room rent and
lights. A long time ago a shoemaker
in Huron, N. H., began to pay atten-
tions to young lady, who smiled and
sighed for him to speak out. The days
passed, the weeks ratified on, the
months swept by, the years marched
on with stately tread, the terrestrial
ball rolled on in the roomy universe,
and the shoemaker was still wooing.
Four years after the courtship opened
the step-father of the maid lost pa
tience, and forbade the deliberate lover
to come again to the cosy little parlor.
Then he brought suit against the fellow
for room rent, fuel and lights, estimat-
ing his damages at $500. Tardy sutton,
take warning! Loafing is not loving.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-09

An atmosphere surcharged with
particles of fine flour is certainly highly
infiammable, if not explosive. A few
days ago the workmen employed in one
of the largest flour mills in Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, saw volume of flame cours-
ing through what is known as the blast
box, conductor used in carrying fine
dust from the burrs to the open air.
The workmen seized a number of fire.
extinguishers, and without excitement
or confusion brought the flames under
control, but not until the woodwork of
the long box had been charred from
end to end. The explanation of the
origin of this fire is quite simple. The
foreman conjectures that one of the
burrs was revolving without feed, and,
while the upper stone was raised as
usual, nail or fragment of lime
emitted a spark which was enough to
ignite the fine dust which was carried
through the blast-boX. 1t will not be
forgotten that the destruction of the
candy factory in New York has been
ascribed to the explosive vapors gener-
ated in the process of manufacture of
gum drops, and, moreover, that two of
the workmen have stated that lamp
was upset on one of the upper floors
where powdered starch was stored.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-09

The Buffalo Express comes out with
its columns almost as wide as book.
1t has a pleasing appearance to the
type-setter, as one Of those long lines
with only "ty" or " tom in it is as fat
as the most grasping compositor could
desire. The man who sets type takes
more interest in blank line than in the
most polished editorial that can be pro-
duced -CourieT-Jour1al.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-09

ONETHoUsAND polygamous marriages
took place in Utah in 1877.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06
The

Mrs. Brandt brought them into the
house, urging the stranger to rest a bit
and get her breath.
THANK you ma'am; Id like to be
movin' on. Do you know eff he's we'll
the man Brice? We're his wife an boy
The woman told her story presently,
when Mrs. Brandt had induced her to
wait unit. the men came home-told it
with no unnecessary words, as her listen
er made no comment.
MY brother came a week afore we
was leavin' an he helped us off an
came as far as Omaha. He'd done we'll
out in Nebrasky, an he gave me right
smart of money when he left. I was
took sick on the road disremember
just where-and they left me at a town
with a named Dixon. She took
care of me; l was out Of my head a long
time, an when / come to l told 'em to
write to Brice, an they writ, an l
reckon they took the name of the place
from the ticket. I was weak like fur a
long spell, an they KEEP a writin' an nc
word come, and then | recollected about
the town it was Los Angeles on the
ticket. and then l couldnt think of the
place, I'd sent the letters to before, an
thinkin' worried me. and the doctor said
I mustn't try. So l just waited, an when
l got to Los Angeles l kept a askin' for
a man named Brandt, till one day some
body said Brandt, Brandt, pears to me
there's a Brandt way over beyond the
Mission An / went there an they
showed me your house. Then a man
give US a lift on. his team a part O. the
way, an we walked the rest. 1t didn't
look very fur, but they say mountains is
deceivin.' There's somethin' kind OF
grand about 'em, I reckon, it makes
everything pear sort o small"
Mrs. Brandt told Joel about it that
evening.
Il just took the two of them up to the
shanty, and opened the door, and you'd a
cried to see how pleased she was with
everything. And told her to kindle q
fire and I'd fetch up a bit O. supper.
And when I carried it up ana left it, l
Just come back and stood on the step till
saw Brice comm home. He was walk
in slow as if his feet We're a weight, and
when he took hold of the door he stop
ped a minute, looking over the valley
kind Of wlstiul and hopeless. l cues she
heard him come for she opened the door,
and l turnd around and come in. Barbara
Brandt. says l, you've seen your see. Ii
God wants to look at that l suppose he
has a right to; nobody else has that's
certain"
Senator Lamar sent this sentiment to
Augusta, Ga "The typical Irishman !:
His homc-Is the world. His friends all
the peoples. His faith--his own. No
cline TO him So cold as will not produce
a shamrock: no soil so barren as will no,
grow a shillalah. Foremost at q fight, a
frolic, or a funeral, his generous nature
finds a blow tor the bad, a smile for the
glad, or q tear for the sad"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

from without; there is no spot in the
United States where it is indigenous.
Its birthplaces are the west Indies,
the South American coast, and, pos
slbly, Vera Cruz in Mexico. From
these neighboring countries it invades
almost every summer. Il Sea-bOard
cities, and occasionally produces a
desOlatiOn such as words fail to de-
scribe. This disease made its first APP
pearance in this country in 1868; and
from that time down to 1877 it had
visited us seven hundred and forty
one times, spreading it's ravages to
two hundred and tw~enty-eight cities
and towns, and extended to twenty
eight States of the Union, causing 65,-
3ll deaths counted-besides the in
Vulnerable deaths of which no record
was made. OF all these numerous ap-
pearances of the disease among us,
40. per cent are directly traceable to
foreign origin.
In a commercial point of view, like
wise, have the losses to the country
been i~ncalculable. In a memorial
accompanying this bill from a con
ventlon OF representatives Of the
southern seaport towns, held at
Jacksonville, it is asserted that the
losses produced by the epidemic which
ragged in the city of Savannah in 1876
amount to SIS, SOC, 900, or nearly one
half the present value of the whole
taxable real estate of the city. Multi
plying this particular loss by the many
similar ones occurring annually in our
cotton ports, the result will be found
to be startling indeed.
Since, then, the fact is so we'll estab-
lished that these two fearful diseases
which carry such destruction to life
and property in their trail are entire
ly OF foreign origin; that they must
cross oceans before they can obtain
a Judgement on our shores; that they
must be brought in ships. hidden with
clothing, bedding or personal luggage,
or actively at work on the systems of
passengers, and they thus become Il
part and parcel Of our commercial in
tercourSe with other nations, surely
c0ngl s-which has authority to reg
ulate this cOmmerce-can, and proba-
bly, will, with the earnest cooperation
OF local authorities, aided by the pro-
visions Of this bill, control the visits
OF these terrible concomitants of our
foreign trade.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06
LITERARY
BRiCE.

He came up the mountain road at
nighfall, urging his lean mustang for
ward YEARLY. and coughing o. and
then a heavy, hollow cough that told its
own story.
There were only two houses on the
mesa stretching shaggy and somber
with grease-wood from the base of the
mountains to the valley below-two un-
painted redwsod dwellings, with their
clumps of trailing pepper trees and tat
tered bananas, mere specks of civiliza-
zion against q stern background of noun
tain side. The traveller halted before
one of them, bowling ~awkwardly as the
master IT the house came out.
"Mr. Brandt. l reckonY"
Joel Brandt locked keenly into the
strangers face. Not a bad face certain
"; sallow and drawn with suffering,
one of those hopelessly pathetic faces,
barely saved from the grotesque by a
pair of dull, wistful eyes.
Not that Joel Brandt saw anything
g~rotesque or pathetic about the man.
Another sickly-looking stranger out
side, Barbara, wants to try the air up
here. Can you keep him2 Or may be
the Fox's i'll give him 3 berth"
Mrs. Brandt shook her head in house
wifely. meditation.
mo, Mrs. Fox can't, that's certain.
She has an asthma and two ~bronchitises
there now. What is the matter with
him. Joel2'
The strangers harsh, esona cough
answered.
keep him9 to be sure. You might
know Id keep him, Joel: the night airs
no place for y man with a cough like
that. Bring him into the kitchen right
away"
The newcomer spread his bony hands
over Mrs. Brsndts CHEEKY fire, and the
soft, dull eyes followed her movements
wis,fullv.
THE fire feels kind o honey, ma'am
Californy amt much of 3 place for fires,
it pears" :,
"Been long on the coast, strangerF'
Joel squsred himself intorrogatively.
Bout a week. I'm from Indianny.
B,ice's my ~name-Pcsey Brice the boys
in the glass mill called me. l was blow,
ed up in a glass once" The speaker turn
ed to show al ugly scar on his neck.
..Didnt know where l WAS for six weeks
thought l haunt lit When l come to
there was Loisy potterin' over me; but !
amt been Rugged since
'.Msrriedf"
The mans answer broke through the
patient homeliness of his face at nee. He
fumbled in his pocket silently like one
who had no common disclosure to make
what dye think o them, strangerT"
Joel took the little black case in his
Aand revere6tsy. A woaaas face-noa
G1and q fair evon-sn0o bifs a tGudEy
1nssy naking II pnna0 p1nin3-ma
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06
POETRY
MARC ANTHONY'S GRAFTON OVER
GEAR.

The Text from which Shakespeare wrote
Friends, Romans, countrymen! Lend me
your ears;
Twill return them next Saturday. leone
To bury CaZar, because the times are hard,
And his folks can't afford to hire an under
taker,
The evil that men do lives after them,
In the shape OF progeny, who reap the
Benefit OF their life Insurance.
So let it be with the deceased.
Brutus has told you C8Zar vas ambitious,
What does Brutus know about it!
1t is none OF his funeral. Would that it We're
Here under leave OF you | come to
Make a speech at Cazar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me;
He loaned me So once when | was in q pinch
And signed my petition for a postotice.
But Brutus says he was ambitious,
Brutus should wipe off his chin,
CeZar hath brought many captives home tt
Rome
Did the general Golfers fill.
When that the poor hath cried, Cazar hath
Wept,
Because it didn't cost anything and
Made him solid with the masses. Cheers.
Ambition should be made ofsterner stuff,
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,
I)IutuS u u lldl dAd L q NlONC ~
You all did see that on the Lupercal
l thrice presented him a kingly crown
Which he did thrice refuse because it did not
fit him quite.
Brutus is not only the biggest liar in the
But he ' is a , hyise-thief of the deepest dye.
If you have tears prepare to shed them now
Laughter.
You all do know this ulster,
/ remember the first time that ever C8Zar put
it on,
1t was on a summers evening in his tent.
With the the1 mometer registering 81 in the
shade;
But it was an ulster to be proud of,
And cost him - at Marcaius S~wartzmeyer's
Corner of Broad and Ferry streets, sign OF the
Bed flag
Old Swartz wanted $40 for it,
But finally came down to 81, because it was
Was this ambitious' If Brutus says it was
He is even a greater liar than Mrs. Tilton
Look? i'll this place ran Cassius' dagger
through
Through tins the sun of q gun OF q Brutus
And hen he plucked his cursed steel away,
Marc Anthony, how the blood OF Caezar toll
low ed 1t
lCheers and cries OF "Give us some
thiugon the silver bill ="
come not, friends, to steal way your hearts,
am no thlei AS Brutusis.
Brutus has a monopoly in all that business,
And if he had his deserts he would be
In the renitentiary, and don't you forget it.
Kind fri, ndS sweet friends, | do not wish to
stir you up
TO such II sudden flood OF mutIny,
And as it looks like rain,
The pall-learers will please place the coffin IN
the hearse,
And will pro eed to bury C1zar,
Not to praise him.