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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-30
CleOpatra's Needle.

The text, prepared by the co-opera-
ton of such scholars as DR.. Birch and
Dean Stanley, and approved by Her
Majesty, having been brought before
that body at its first meeting after the
autumnal recess, was referred to a
committee of that body, upon whose
report action will be taken in due
course.
Facing the roadway the inscription
reads thus:
This obelisk
was quaried at Syene, and erected at On
lHeiopolis) by Thothmes Ill :. about 1,5OO b. C.
Further inscriptions We're added two centuries
later by Rameses III. (Sesostris.)
Removed to Alexandria, the royal city of
Cleopatra,
ltwaS erected there in the seventh wear of
Augustus Caesar. b. G. %.
Transported to England and erected on this
spot in the forty-second year of
Queen Victoria ,
Erasmus Wilson, FRS. John Dixon. C. E.
In the course of masonry next below
this pedal (the third or middle course,
which is much broader than the others)
it is proposed to engrave very deeply
in the granite. and in very large
figures, the date 1873.
For the panel of the top step on the
same side the inscription reads:
The Work was further Aided by
H: II: lshmael Pasha, Yiceroy of Egypt.
Gen. Sir J. L. Alexander, John Fowler. c. f..
3. P. Stephenson, G. f., Benjamin Baker {. f..
y Ma AMMAN b Dixon 9. E. hon G. T. Vivian,
$. Birch, LII. D..
George Double, Manager of Works,
Facing the river, the principal in
scriptiOn reads:
This Obelisk
Having fallen postrate in the sand at Alexandria,
was, in grateful remembrance of
Nelson and Abercromby,
presented to the British nation A. d. 1919
by Mohammed Ali, Viceroy of Egypt.
Encased III an iron cylinder it was rolled into
the sea,
Aug. 20, 1877.
Abandoned in a storm in the Bay of Biscav.
1t was recovered and taken into Ferrol Harbor
whence, in charge of Capt. Carter it reached
the Thames JAN %, 1878.
The inscription for the panel of the
top step on the same side is:
William Askin, Michael Burns.
James Gardiner. William Donald
Joseph BenbOw William Patan
Perlshed i'll brave attempt to succor the or ew of
the obelisk ship Cleopatra during the
storm, Oct A. 1877.
1t is expected that on the panels on the
east and west sides of the pedestal will
be placed bronze plates representing
respectively the obelisk ship Cleopatra
and the elevation of the monolith.
Prof Erasmus Wilson, F. R. S., has
handed to Mr.. John Dixon, c.. E., a
check for 100000, in redemption of his
munificent pledge to pay him that sum
on the erection of Cleopatra's needle
on the banks of the Thames. London
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-30
0nr pomrg 9aMs.
IF ONLY MOTHERS KNEW,

1t only mothers knew, she said.
How hungry children are for love.
Above each little virgin bed
A mother lips would prove
How sweet are kisses that are given
Between rosy mouth and heaven.
Ii only my mamma would kneel.
As your dear mother, every night.
Beside her little girl, to feel
IT all the wraps are folded tight,
And hold my hands, her elbow fair
Between my cheek and her soft hair.
And looking in my dreaming eyes
As II she saw some lovely thing.
And smiling in such fond surprise
On all my hopes of life that spriAg
Like flowers beneath her tender gaze,
could not stray in evil ways.
l would not wound the gentle breast
That held me warm within its fold:
My mothers love would still be best.
However sad, or plain, or old;
And, even though the world forsake.
I'd love her for her loves dear sake.
Helen Ric
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-30

THE Supreme Court of Indiana has
decided that smoking by attorneys in
court, under the permission of the
judge, is not good ground for granting
a new trial; and that when Judge
closes his eyes during the progress of
the cause the presumption is not that
he is asleep, but that he is concentrat-
ing his thoughts upon the argument
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-30

A CORRESPONDENT wants to know
"What is the singular of measlesp"
The spots, woman, the spots; there's
nothing else singular about measles
that we ever heard of. And come to
think of it, the spots are generally
plural, too. 1t would be apoor, feeble
measle that couldn't raise more than
one spot. -HGtCb- Eqe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-30

"No QUARTER, exclaims the Bos-
ton Globe, "a twenty-cent piece
Wore to the knife; a MILESTONE
HasOk-Eye.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-30

The toot asSembie-A bugle call.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
rba Enrth not q True eLoba.

Our planet is not true globe, because
of its former plastic condition before the
formation and cooling Of the surface.
When the globe was soft it was more or
less Welding, and then the rotation of
the earth to which I have referred,
tended to drive off, as it were, the matter
in the equatorial regions so that the dis
lance through the center of the earth
between the two surfaces as far as pos
sible removed from the pole Of rotation,
or those parts of the earth which the
imaginary axis comes through, is rather
areater than the distance between the
two points where the two axis comes to
the surface. The reason Of that fact,
and that it must have been so, has been
beautifully established by several expert
ments. That the earth was once hotter
than it IS now is therefore proved, both
by the Irregularities of its surface, and
by its shape as a whole. We must not
imagine, however, there has been but
one change, The minor Irregularities
are all gradually changing by inner en-.
ergies and the action Of air and water,
and it may be that even the largest ones
are young compared with the age of the
planets surface. Nor does the change
end here; the equatorial protuberence
itself may but after all mark a point in a
great cycle of change, which has com
PEELED the earth to rotate now about one
axis and now about another. Mathemla-
ticians consider it highly probable that
the axis of the earth may have oeen IN
ancient times very differently situated
to what It is at present, and, indeed,
that ait might have gradually shifted to
i0 20, so, 40 or more degrees, without at
any time any pef6eptibla disturbance of
either land or water.' Thus It appears
that nature prevents oatastrophes, by
the very hugeness Of the scale on which
she works.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
ROwsr of tho Human Eye.

Some years ago an officer of high
rank, Colonel in the Blues, was visit
ing his friend, Colonel - of the
Guards, who resided in Buckingham-
shire: This gentleman had very fine
bloodhound, which he kept fastened in
the yard. One morning after the arrival
of his visitor, Col. - was much sur
prised at not seeing his friend as usual
at the breakfast table, and he sent a
servant to his room to ascertain what
had become of him. The servant found
the bedroom door ajar, and knocking,
the gentleman cried, Come IN and re-
move thisbeast out Of my reOm," where
upon the servant entered and was as
tonished to find the masters blood
hound in the bedroom, very large and
fierce dog, who had broken his chain
and escaped from the yard, and having
scented a stranger in the house, had
slipped into the bedroom, as the door
had been left unclosed by servant who
had called the visitor in the morning.
The dog was on his hind legs at the foot
of the bed with his fofefeet resting on
Ri. liking his eyes intently and fero-
ciously on the unfortunate gentleman,
apparently waiting for an opportunity to
spring upon him, from which he was
only restrained by his eyes steadily
fixed upon the animal, and the Colonel
was detained in this most unenviable
condition for more than half an hour.
Tie dog pust haYe beer. very cunning
as he made his way upstairs uhObserFed
bv the servants. This story IAN authen-
ticated one) reminds one of well-known
accounts Of lions, which have in a SINH
lar way been kept from making the
final spring bya resolute and determined
ya gaze. carried on to even utter prostra-
ton of mind and body. There is one
remarkable anecdote of this nature,
where a man was obliged to prOtract
this mode of self-defense for such a
length of time that he was disabled by
the blistering of the feet on scorching
rock. where he was first assalled.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
Lora-MnEfnn in MEXICO.

A traveller in Mexico writes as follows:
rTn their love-making Mexicans are
equally innocent of any suspicion Of the
improperly of public demonstration.
You see couples walking through the
crowded plaZas with their arms about
each others necks, totally oblvious of
their surroundings. Except among for
eigners such exhibitions excite no com
ment. Driving along the Guadalupe
road one afternoon we came upon q
strapping fellow seated by the roadside,
with a young girl lying beside him, her
head resting in his lap. As we passed
she turned her face up to his, reached
upward, and with shapely hand patted
the impassive brute on his lantern jaw
he all the time gazing stoGdly at the
passing carriage. "You dogP roared
the exasperated colonel. The dog main
tanned his equanimity all the same.
At another time while riding out to the
iron baths on a street car, we encountered
a young couple bedecked in gay holiday
ribbons and clean clothes, walking down
the broad roadway With their arms low
ingly clasped about each others necks.
She was young and quite handsome,
and he was young and carried IN his
unOecupied hand pitcher OF pulque,
stray drops of which were sprinkled
along the road. Evidently a couple of
loveFs returning from a pilgrimage to
the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
slightly the worse for their potations.
Their arms tWined ABOUT each others
necks for mutual support, as well as to
demonstrate their affection. They walked
pretty steadily, however, though with
that obliviousness of demeanor which
We see in more civilized drunkards
when they try to play it on the people
and think they are succeeding. We
watched our two lovers from the roof of
the car, and saw their steps grow grad
ually unsteady until they began TO totter
and wave. After drinking half dozen
glasses of the efferveseent water fresh
from the bubbling spring, we took
another street car for the city. We had
forgotten all about our two lovers until
we came upon them again, lying prone
upon the ground by the roadside, their
arms still lovingly intertwined and their
cheeks together, the pitcher broken at
the fountain, and tortuous streak of
moist earth showing where the pulque
had meapdered away.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
Cookery for the Sick.

TdpiocQ.-This is also very harmless
Soak In cold water for twoor three hours
cook slowly; serve with cream, sugar
and favoring.
Raag CGstdrd.- For diseases of the
stomach. when very delicate food is re-
qured, this custard is excellent. Beat
up an egg with sugar to taste; add q cup
of milk and whatever aavoring liked.
Hater Gr1seL-lnto quart of boiling
water stir two tablespoonfuls of Indian
meal, previously wet with a little cold
water; add salt and boil at least one
half hour. When served, poHr a spoon
full Of thick, sweet cream over each
saucerful, but do not stir into the Cruel.
Egg S0up.-Beatup an egg in a teacup,
add salt pepper, and pour over it boil
ing water to cook it little; butter may
be added if desired. also toasted bread
or crackers. A variety of harmless
dishes to suit the capricious appetite Of
an invalid is sometimes difficult to Ot
tain.
Rice Grllel.-Into one pint and a half
of water put large spoonful Of un-
ground rice and let boil until soft; strain;
add one pint of new milk, and boil
again for few minutes. If ground rice
is used, mix spoonful of it with lit
tie cold water and stir into the water
boil for five or six minutes, stirring con-
stantly; season with salt, and if the
patient can bear it. a piece of butter the
size of walnut; some season with sugar
and nutmeg.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
Geo. D. Pre1tics

When George D. Prentice arrived in
Louisville, it was not as brilliant young
journalist, looking for a position in
which to shine, but as drunken loafer,
utterly uncertain about place in which
to sleep. In this condition he met
and made friends with a fellow who
was as near a tramp as any that
existed in that day, and who was known
as a "strolling tinker" or travelling
mender of tin pots. They made a day
of it, to the extent of the funds they
both had, and such credit as they could
get, at the risk of boots applied to their
coat-tai6. Night came on, and George
D. Prentice beWailed his lavish and open
drinking which left him without the
means to get a bed. The tinker said,
with the lordly hospitality Of a very
tipsy man: "You shall go home with
me.p
George assented to his "comerlong-
erme," and arm III arm they started for
their home" The man seemed to
know where he was going, and soon
reached an obscure street, not far from
the Ohio river. He paused at shed,
let down a bar, and again mumbled out
his word, which could be divided in
"come! !erlong'er-me." Then he at once
rolled over the bar, and fell into some
straw, and Prentice following. There
was some small squeals and some loud
and angry grunts, as of disturbed swine.
Prentice shook his friend, who was
already asleep, and said. "See here, is
this your homer
eyes, sir-ee," said the sleepy tinker.
TT sounds and smells like a hog-pen,"
said the half-sobered Prentice.
"What-er that-they'n have to stand
it." said the fellow, who then went to
sleep.
Prentice was still too drunk to know
how to get out again, but he lay and
thought. His thoughts were: 'Here
am I, man of good education and of
good parents, and well brought up. [
have been enjoying myself and living
high, and having a good time. Let's see
how high 1 have got. 1 am out of
clothes, out of money, out of character
that's three outs; and have arisen to
be the companion of travelling tinker.
That's my outing and elevation. Now
what have I got into-let me see2 Oh, l
see or rather smell-into hog-pen. If
I ever get out I'll quit, and serve God
for better wages" He did quit, and be-
came the first journalist and wit of the
Southwest.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
Words of Wisdom.

Faith is the best elbow for heavy
soul to lean upon
Dangers should be feared when distant
and braved when present.
Charity loses its benign influence when
hearalded by ostentatiOn.
No man respects a girl who firts
though he may firt with her.
1t is better to plant virtue to be imi-
tated than vice to be Stunned.
Good temper is like 8 sunny day; it
sheds its brightness on everything.
The foundation of our public morality
must he laid deep in the public intelli-
gence and virtue.
A man living amid the advantages
and activities of the nineteenth century
is a condensed Methusaleh.
The great business of morality lies in
restraining the undue pursuit of pleas
ure and the undue aversion to pain
If a man has not such control of his
feelings as TO make his feelings control
his will, then he is but half educated.
Ifyou hate your enemies you will con-
tract snch a vicious habit of mind as by
degrees will break out upon those who
dlO , Jul 444C4AO6s VI AAlO5C wiz dIC l1u11-
ferent.
1t is with the warning voices of our
souls as with the tones of nature around
US; often inaudible in the glare of the
day, they are heard distinctly in the
! darkness.
By what strange law of mind is it that
one idea long overlooked and trodden
under foot as a useless stone, suddenly
sparkIes out in a new light as a discov-
cred diamond2
Prudence, through the ground of mis-
cry, cuts a river of patience, where the
mind swims in boats of tranquility along
the stream of life, until she arrives at
the haven of death, where all streams
meet.
A proper and jHdicious system of read
ing is Of the highest importance. Two
things are necessary in pursuing the
mental labOrs of Others, namely: not to
read too much, and to pay attention to
the nature of what you do read.
Old age has been obtained in all eli
mates, and under all circumstances.
Man fourishes alike in the hot, the tenn
perate, and the cold, and under every
form of diet; and where medical knoWl-
CAesO - NSeAol1 AO O4sCA AAAAANS1 4AA~eoss
The condition and characteristics of
vulgar person are that he never looks
for either help or harm from himself,
but only from externals. The condition
and characteristics of a philopher are
that he looks 20 himself for all help or
harm.
The dishonest advocate in courts of
law makes himself the ruthless spoliator
of all peaceful protection; he profsnes
a sacredness of justice under the shadow
of her sanctuary; he breaches the
ghastly doctrines of anarchy in the very
temple of civilization.
Nothing is more pleasant than to
have mind stored with knowledge on
almost every subject, on which we can
draw at any moment, and the response
is prompt and correct. Such wealth can
not be inherited, it must be acquired by
constant study and reflection.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
Eortuna-TaNar's Almanac

To dream of having a great number of
servants is-madneSs.
To dream of bear foretokens mis-
chief, which your vision shows you is a
Bruin.
When fashionable young lady dreams
of ilbert, it is sign that her thoughts
are running upon a Colonel.
To dream that your nose is red at the
tip is an intimation that you had better
leave off brandy and water.
To dream of milestone about your
neck is sign of what you may expect
if you marry an extravagant wife.
If you dream of cloths, it is a warn
ing not to go to law; for, by the rule of
contraries, you will be sure of a nonsuit.
To dream of a fire is a sign that if you
are wise you will see that all the lights
in your house are out before you 60 to
bed.
It is very lucky to dream that you pay
for a thing twice over; since, afterward
you will probably take care to have all
your bills receipted.
For a person in unembarrassed cir
cumstances to dream that he is arrested
is very fortunate; for it is a warning to
him on no account to accept bill.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
Josh Billings on the Peach.

Peaches and kream will convert emmy
man who is worth saving. The peach
has adoHa like that on a maiden's cheek,
bat it amt half SO pleazant to get onto
the lips. Peach brandy Is made out ov
the peach this ticker has been called
mello, but like all other Ticker that
have tried, it will lay out a saint, Just as
Eat as it will sinner. The fakt OF It IL,
thare amt no kind ov ardent rum,
don't kare how artless and gentle the
name of it IL, or how rich and mello
you may call it, but what will throw him
who wrassels with it, be he phool, or be
he philosopher. Thare IL only one
piece of humanity that kan stand
ardent spirits, and he is an injun, and
be kqpt stand 1t only just long enuf to
get civilized, When peach brandy IL
fust made it Il Rs hot az streak oy
lghtning, and just about az sudden. l
once drank a teaspoonful on It WagE9
from the still, and it was 20 minutes
before ! could draw long breath. I was
as hot inside as q chimney on fire. I
thought it would break out and blaze
sumwhere but it didn't happen to.
went at once and Joined the Murphys,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
A Quaker Wsddlno.

The Westinghouse was comfortably
filed long before 5 o'clock, thee houl
appointed. There were few persons
there in the familiar drab costume of
the society, but those worn were of the
subdHed tints and handsome. Within a
few minutes after the appointed time
the bridal party entered the church. II
consisted of MF. William Butler, Of Bell
fontaine: DR.. william" ,Juidkins, M. J
W. Malone and Mr.. Murray shipleyy.. Of
this city, ushers; the parents and family
of the bride, the bride and groom. The
bride was attired in rich, cream-colored
Watered silk, with long white veil and
wreath, The ushers and bride and groom
seated themselves on the seat fronting
the platform, and they and the congre-
cation engaged for Q few moments in
silent, solemn prayer.
Mr.. Murray Shipley, elder Of the con.
gF8gation, read a number of texts appro-
pirate TO marriage, from the writings of
St. Paul, and then offered brief prayer
for Gods blessing on the step about to
be taken by the young people, and
solemnlY dedicated them and their mar.
ried lives to the service of Christ. A
brief pause followed, and the bride and
groom arose facing the congregation and
the attendants facing them. In clear
voice the groom said:
Friends: In the presence of the LORD
and before this assembly, take Mary
Ella Bailey to be my wife, promising
With divine assistance, to be unto her
loving and faithful husband until death
shall separate us,"
The bride reneatad the declaration
with the necessary change Of form; and
both then took their seats, The ceTtif.
cate of marriage, written on parchment
was then placed on the table before the
new made bride and groom, who signed
it, and DIR. Judkins and Mr.. Murray
Shipley signed as witnesses. The Ger
tifcate was then read aloud by DR.. w
H, Taylor, prayer offered by Elder Ship
ley and the beautiful ceremony closed
After brief pause the wedding party
returned to their carriages and drove tc
their Cincinnati GGsftte.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08

Notwithstanding the Eastern markets,
still selling Brown and Bleached
Daily Republican., 1878-12-24
The Florida EIectivu,

A despatch from Jacksonville, Fla,
Dec. "A say: The STATE Canvasinl
Board at Tallahassee yesterday com
pleted the canvass and gave acertIicatt
to Hull (Dem.,) his majority being l3
The result was arrived at by throwing
out Brevard County, which gave a
Democratic majority, on the ground
that the returns were fraudulent and
Madison County, which gave Repub.
licah majority, on the ground that
returns from that county. The Brevard
County Canvasing Board has been in
dirted by the Grand Jury for making a
fraudulent return, and its members are
in Jail here in default of $4,000 bail
each.