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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

desired to marry, but the uncles would
not give their consent, and she would
lose her fortune by disregarding them.
A message arrived by telegraph from
London for the lover one day, saying
that he had fallen heir to great wealth.
The news soon reached the uncles, and
they did not learn until the wedding
had taken place, with their consent,
that the young folks had deceived them
with false report.
Queen Victoria has just presented
$3.50 to Private George Dodd, of the
British army, in recognition of his gal
lantry in saving child from death I'M
der the wheels of tram-car in Dub
lin. The car was going down steep
incline, and could not be stopped. Dodd
sprang forward to snatch the child,
and would have paid for his bravery
with his life had not the pole struck
him and knocked him, with the little
one in his arms, clear of the rail.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
@nr ponng folks.
LYING.

Not all of living lies
In the swift ebb and flow that men call breath
death,
And scale immortal skies.
Most truly do those live
" nose deeds above the clinging msts of time,
Shine like star from cloudless heights sublime,
And such deep yearnings give,
That the pulse throbs and thrills.
10 gain the submits whence the radiance
streams.
A nobler strain has echoed through our dreams,
And all our being fills.
We list with eager ears,
We trace the path which scales the mountain
steep,
We know they fingered not for rest or sleep,
Those men whose hopes and fears
Still pointed upward, where
Truths mountain stream CLEANS white beneath
the sky:
They could not slake their thirst in founts that
lie
Beneath that upper air.
For them there is no death
immortal grew they in immortal quest,
And to their goal, noble band abreast.
Strive on with bated breath.
Nay, living is not Life;
You cannot win 1T in a selfish dream,
In sheltered wales beside lotus stream;
But in a ceaseless strife
strife like his of yore
Who to save others dared the dragons fold!
And still the ravening wrong, though strong and
bold,
Men conquer as before.
III. u. WttttGnas, IN Youths Companion.
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live. When at length the traveller
stops to rest, he must take care to ex-
anime the camping ground to see that
neither centipede nor scorpion is there.
Frequently both centipedes and scor-
pions are found on the steamers, intro
duced, no doubt, in the wood used for
fuel. One day, while the writer was
watching the hands taking wood from
canoes alongside, from one of the logs
pitched on board was dislodged scor-
pion, which fell on the naked left arm
of a man keeping tally at the gangway.
Astonished by his sudden flight through
the air. the animal remained perfectly
still. The man never moved muscle,
and quietly raising his right hand,
tipped it away with his fingers and
thumb. 1t was very neatly and coolly
done; and he thus escaped sting,
which he no doubt would have received
had he tried TO brush it hastily away
Harper's Young Folks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
A Singular Story Of a Dwarf.

When Christina of Spain was in
Rome, about twenty years ago, dwarf
named Georgia Lelli was presented to
her. He was full of wit and intelli-
gence, and pleased the Queen so much
that she attached him to her service.
Thanks to her liberality, the dwarf was
able to accumulate small fortune,
which he left when he died, recently, to
two sisters married and living in
Aquila. The heirs sent two persons to
Paris to receive the gold pieces and
bank bills which this iliputian relative
had left them, and these innocent coun-
trymen on their return to Rome were
fellow-travelers with three persons who
became very friendly with them. The
feigned travellers were going, they said,
to Alexandria, for business of the great
est Importance, and were delighted to
have found such agreeable companions.
When the men of Aquila told them that
they carried the heritage of $4,000 in
a small valise, one of them said they
also had large sum of money with
them, and proposed putting it all to-
gether. The countrymen agreed to
this novel arrangement, and one of the
three travellers took charge of their
united treasure until arriving at Turin.
There the pretended friends left the
train, giving the precious valise into
the hands of the Aquilinesi, and prom
Using soon to return. But they never
did, and the deluded countrymen
found, on examining their valise, that
the treasure had been replaced by some
Jumps of lead. When they related
their adventure to the police in Rome,
it seemed so improbable that they
themselves were held in custody until
the truth of their story was proved,
and some trace of the real eulprits dis
covered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
Small Dividends on Crime.

The income of a thieving life is so
small and precarious compared with
the pains taken to secure it, that one
wonders thieves do not abandon the oc-
cupation in Encouragement. One of
them recently arrested in New York,
described in minute detail to reporter
the whole process of his stealing "a, 900
worth of diamonds from Fifth avenue
boarding house, and the balance which
it left him. He was stopping at dis
reputable downtown hotel when he
saw the rooms advertised, and made
up his mind to go and see what stroke
of business he could accomplish there.
With piece of thin wire he arched his
nose and widened his nostrils; he
bulged out his cheeks; deepened the
sockets of his eyes with burnt cork;
Redeemed his complexion with vermil-
lion; painted wrinkles on his forehead,
and added full, tight-fitting beard
and wig with bald crown. When
his toilet was complete he looked like a
Wall street broker, or an American
statesman. Putting on a handsome,
well-made suit of clothes, and buying a
pair of kid gloves and a walking cane.
he hired a cab for =" the round trip" at
three dollars, and drove to the house.
Being left alone in the parlor he sat
down and strummed the "Anvil
Chorus on the piano, apologizing to
the landlady on entering for doing it.
He told her he was wealthy English
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Why He Wouldn't Trust Him.

A PRINTER recently walked into a
certain business house on his rounds to
learn who desired anything in the way
OF advertisements, and noticed that a
drummer stood by the counter with his
sample valises ready to open. "Any-
thing you want to say in the paper this
week." queried the printer of the man
behind the counter. "No," said the
business (P) man, 81 don't believe in
advertising; wouldn't give cent for
all the advertising! The drummer
waited until the printer was half way
to the door, and then slowly taking up
his sample valises, remarked: "Well,
that lets me out. do not care to sell
on time to any man who in this age
does not believe in advertising. Ipre-
fer to deal with live men. When |
want to strike up trade with a dead
man, | will go to the graveyard and
swap tombstones. Good day, sir" y
Schenectady Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
The War.Ship OF the Future.

The acute German mind has already
perceived the folly of building impreg-
nable ships. The learned Professor
Loewenthal has become convinced that
instead of building ships which cannot
be pierced by the guns now in use, we
should build ships which would offer
the least possible resistance to cannon
balls. He claims that the frigate of
the future will be so constructed that the
balls of the enemy will pass directly
through her without inflicting any
damage, and that she will attack her
enemy, not with guns, but with torpe-
does.
Herr Loewenthal selects for the ma
terial of his newly-invented war vessel
India rubber of one foot in thickness.
The whole hull to be be made of India
rubber, strengthened below the water
line with light steel frame. The ves-
sci will be driven by an ordinary steam
engine, and will have no masts. At
the bow will be projecting spar, to
which the torpedo will be affixed, and
the entire crew, including the helms
man, will be on the lower deck out of
the range of shot. When a cannon ball
strikes the India rubber ship, it will pass
directly through it above the heads of
the crew, and the hole made by it will
instantly close. Paying no attention
to such futile attacks, the india-rubber
vessel will steam toward her adversary
and explode her torpedo. The doomed
vessel will instantly sink, while her
elastic destroyer will be driven hundreds
of yards backward by the recoil follow
ing the explosion. Such vessel, says
the inventor, could easily destroy all
the navies of the world, and after her
work was done she could be made as
strong as ever with the aid of two or
three bottles of cement. -New York
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

the table, upon which thes tops were
yet spinning. After a few moments,
during which we silently watched the
door OF the house, the top that had been
ringing the bells came quickly out of
the entrance, ran down the draw bridge
and dropped motionless at the feet of
the Japanese. That same moment the
tops on the table stopped and dropped
over on their sides.
You may fancy how we applauded,
and what puzzle this wonderful top
spinning was to me. l only hope that
you may be more successful than was
in trying to unravel the mystery of it.
u. Reed SeVer, IN st. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

A BEAUTIFUL young Virginia girl has
been arrested for stealing a horse,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13
Tunnel Under the English Channel.

The preliminary excavations for this
enterprise are being actively put for
ward at Sangatte, neal Calais at a spot
where the ellis have an altitude OF
seventy feet above the level of the sea
at high-water. A point has been
chosen where the rocks OF gray chalk
which have TO be travcrsed by the
tunnel come TO show their heads at
the surface of the soil. Ga the oppo-
site shore similar borings have been
begun, so that the works are proceed
ing simultaneously. The soundings
that have been made during The past
few years demonstrate that the base OF
the channel consists of compact mass
of chalk, resting on banks of slate
This mass, which is easy enough to
pierce. is said at the same time 10 re-
sist filtration sufficiently. 1t would,
therefore, presenta substancecXcelIent-
ly adapted for perforation. But what
yet remains to be proved is whether
the succession of these chalk layers
will not disclose some irregularities or
ruptares which would render The en-
terprise impossible.
The shaft at Sangatte has now
reached depth of nearly 2OV feet, OF
about 1870 feet below the level of high
water. 1t has width Of ten feet, and
is lined with oak, SO that the water
cannot penetrate very freely, not more
than seventeen gallons q minute
This wa ter isnot salt, which is thought
to prove that the layers hitherto tray
ersed have their point of contact suf-
ficiently far from the shore to prevent
the sea from ascending the Shaft. IT
is intended to sink TO a depth Of 800
feet, and then q gallery will be exca-
waited in the direction of England
Up to the present the engineers are
highly satisfied with the results OBJ
famed
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LAY IN A STOCK OF VIGOR.

Bodily decay is greatly fastened by cauS.
es scarcely percephble in the beginning,
but which prey upon and undermine the
constitution proportionately to the degree
Of neglect with which they are disregarded.
A diminution of vital energy, the proximate
cause Of which is failingof digestive pow
er, is dangerous subversive Of regularity in
every function of the body. TO lay in a
stock of vigor is only phlosophic way to re-
store health on permanent basis. The
nations favorite tonic, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, is specially adopted to the use of
dcbilitated invalids, whose stomachs fail in
duty, or whose liver or bowels are inactive.
A steadily pursued course of this rcguat-
ing invigorant, protects those wise enough
TO adopt it from the consequences sure to
ensue from disregard Of the causes of fall.
ing strength. The bitters moreover, not
only enriches the blood, but purifes it,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13

in short, shc owes little or nothing to
personal attraction, but, given her
charm OF expression, anu she is the
prettiest homcly woman l ever saw.
Chaumont is immensely successful in
her songs. Two OF the most popular
are "La Premiere Feuille" and LA
Bonnie AIMEE" ia Premiere Feu-
lille" was sung In New York by Mrs.
Harold Power, and have heard Lot
Ia sing il in private; but, needless TO
say, Nine. Chaumont brings out its
meaning better than those who have
emulated her. Nothing could be more
exquisite than her rendering OF this
expressive song, with its refrain of
"Bon jour bon louri
Je Suis la premiere feuillel"
She has trick of ending the refrain
with little chlrp and grimace, for
which / can find 10 description so
good as the word cunning" LA
Bonne aimee" is descriptive of New
Years Day and It's observances, aud
there is one verse that is decidedly
risky; in fact, it could scarcely be
more so but Nine. Chaumont has q
delightful way Of doing the most
eauivocal or rather unequlvocal things
in the most ingenious manner, and
to the pure all things are pure. An
other of the verses, however, con be
enoyed without an df71ere peaSee;
this describes the smoulderiiG indlg-
nation of caller who finds person
whom he had hoped to hear was not
"at home" The way Mime. Chaumont
makes him shake hands and calculate
'IIappy New Year? in anything but
a cordial tone, is worth a journey to
sec and hear.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13
LassOing o Bear.
Atilona Miner.

Arizona Miner
The following account Of the lasso.
ing of q 400-pound cinnamon bear by
two well-known citizens of this coun-
ty has been sent us for publication,
and knowing the parties and their
high standing for truth and veracity,
we give it space in our paper Geo.
Cornell and Gus Richardson were a
short time since engaged in driving
band of cattle from Camp Wood, in
Yavapai county, to Mineral Park, Mo-
have county, and when reaching the
Muddy, a little north Of Anvil Rock,
they discovered q short distance ahead,
crossing the road, large cinnamon
bear. Gus suggested to his compan-
ion that they amuse themselves with
his lordslip, bruin, No sooner sug-
gested than adopted. The boys drop
ped the cattle and prepared their ria
tas for sport. They made charge
upon bruin, who seemed little inde-
pendent and oblivious of their pres
ence. Cornell soon had hitch around
the neck of his bearship, when COM
menced tustle for mastery and liber-
ty. Bruin caught the RATA in his
teeth and made an effort 10 sever the
strands, when Gus took in the situa-
ton and slipped the rope around the
hind legs OF the animal, stretching
him out rs long as fence-rail. The
horses which these gentlemen were
riding being well trained to the work
of vaqueros, assisted to hold bruin safe
and sure. Their riatas were now do
ing good service, and the ncXtqucstion
arising was how to get them off from
the old fellow, who was groaning in
pain and rage, they having left their
firearms at home. A thought struck
Gus. lie backed his horse up, fasten-
ed the RATA around the horn OF his
saddle commanded him TO stand firm
while he dismountcl, and commenced
iusiladc with rocks. The head OF
the bear was pretty severely bruised,
the blood running protusely from his
nostrils, when George rccolcctcd that
he had a pockct-knlic. Quicker than
thought he was upon The ground, and
scientifically approached the strug-
Cling bear; fetched him ticker IN.
der the short ribs, which ended the
struggle, with victory for two Of the
best vaqueros in Arizona. Gus says
the bear died game, giving cross
eyed glance while breathing his last
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13
GRIEF.

E&CESSlVE ANXIETY, or PROLONGED
II STUDY, will produce inhrmity In the Merry.
Gus System, in proportion Ms the strength Of the
system Is expended upon the mind In troubled
thought, 80 are the organs ri digestion, assimuls
ton snd nutrition rendered inactive and sluggish
IN proportion as the system becomes in1rm. Ey. ry
individual has some one organ that Is weaker than
the rest and this Is always the drst 10 suffer during
nervous prostration; for example, affecting newr
sometimes causes total suspension of the muscu.
lar action Of the heart, when the patient j. dcb-
itatsd, producing sudden hemorrAsge and death
No doubt any longer remains OF the practibility of
restoring the nervous system ard tarOugh the
nerves the muscles of the impaired organ. FILL
LOWS COMPOUND SYRUP or HIPOPllOS.
EHITES has been proved TO possess such power
iunumrrous instances. l. will inpart strength 70
overcome AL g,iOu. Persons gh 10 are accustomed
90 look upon tie dark eide. and who see no pleas
TIRE In living. or using this Syrup room learn to
v. lGC and enjoy life, and those who stCdy deeply
daring long hours. will ird in the Syrup pro.
mO,5r Of the power OF endurance in the bTain.
Thcra IS no aDsurdty IN the fact that On impair
ed Nervous system causes Consumption, Neural
gis, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Asthma, Rpilepiic Fits
Who ping c ugh, Heart Disease. and hort OF
others, then Why Is II absurd that Fellows lIypo
phosphites, which e1ectuallY cures Nervous Deb.
ity, -ho1ld cure there diseases also, Remove the
cause and the complaint vii cossc
tS1 Look ont for the name and address. j l.
FELLOWS, St John y. B., on the wrapper in
wster mark which is seen by holding the paper be
fore the light.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13
Ch0umOnt, the Partisan Lolita.

The reigning favorite in London is
the Chaum0nt, the acknowledged
queen of the Palais Royal. If, says an
entertaining correspondent, u compar.
ison had to be made, should SAY that
she were Lolita who had been
brought up in Paris, installed with
the spirit of pure cusscdness" that
runs riot through cafes chantants,
nodded into artistic shape by the in
gcnious authors and stage managers Of
this gay capital, and then lot loose be.
fore the footlghts to work her own
sweet will in the most refined chan
nels of grossness. Chatmont does
not proceed altogether upon impulses
like the crmtic Lot,a. She is q con.
summate artistic in her province, MS
great in her small way as Ristori in
her large ono. She has an ugly little
face, figure which would be called
dumpy were it not for the manner In
which IL is fitted by her modistc, and,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13

GRANT, according to Washington dis
patch, is to have his choice of positions I'M
der the administration. If he should so
decide, Logan is to be made secretary of
war, and Grant put in his seat in the senate,
or if it should suit Grants taste, Logan is
to remain where he is and the silent man
be made secretary of war. The general
belief is that Grant will prefer the war.
Garfeld's wishes are not consulted IN the
matter, for they are of little significance.
The stalwarts are debating the terms and
distributing the spolls
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13
An Ilniinnressihle Woman.

A colOred Adonis in Virginia CITY
. in love with buxom German wo-
nan who keeps a saloon in the north
crn part of the town, and has been
using every art and rule laid down in
.'Self-iIelps to Courtship" to induce
her TO reciprocate his affection. But
she is obduratc and refuses to receive
his attentions, and he is therefore
bowed down with woe. Plan after
plan failed scheme after scheme were
attempted with unglorious results.
His Gretchen was not willing and all
the willingness and attentions of this
new "Barkis" went for naught. 1t
was tantalizing, demoralizing, and
unbealable any longer. On late
night he determined TO resort to des-
peratc means TO arouse pity in the fair
ones breast. and posting himself in a
vacant lot adjoining her residence,
awaited her appearance at the window.
The Teut0nic beauty soon appeared,
and the colorcd Romeo raised his pis-
tol, fired, and dropped heavily to the
ground. "Mcin Colt! That fool has
shot himself" screamed the object of
his affections, and II crowd soon gath
cred at the spot. They caught hold
OF the inanimate form and dragged it
over the oyster cans, bricks and other
esuscitating debris toward the house.
"Don't bring dot thing in here. Take
him to the oondcrtskcr," screamed tho
hard hearted one, whereupon the dis
gusted remains got up and fled, lcav.
Ing an astonishcd crowd.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13

VIZ thought the electric lamp had flick
cred out long since, but it seems We were
resting under delusion. Edison has been
telling the Indianapolis Journal all about
the completion OF his new electric lamps
II am going to have sixteen candles of
effective light TO the burner, which is about
two candles more than the ordinary gas
jet. | am testing these lamps to see
which break quickest All the lamps are
numbered you see, corresponding to
the numbers in this book, where is re-
corded history Of each lamp. ! raise
the lamp 10 seventy candle power, about
four times the strain they will ordinarily
bear, and then | watch to see where they
break. | have already tried the experiment
twice, and found that thirty per cent of
them broke exactly in the same place. |
have strengthened that spot and am now
after other weaknesses. These lamps must
be produced by machinery in large quaint
ties, and went them exactly right. In
stead Of being loop OF cardboard carbon
lied, the form Of horse shoe or
inverted ox-bow, as last spring,
the present incaudescent part is
flament of bamboo just the
shape and about the thickness of the in.
visible HAIR pin" with which ladies fasten
their bewitching frizzes Edison has just
started man to Cuba to select and for
ward fine-texture bamboo The United
States electric company (Maxim) Of this
city now announces the first competitive
light OF incandescence--all the former
electric lights having been Examinations
by the old Voltaic area spark thrown
across between two joints Of carbon,
"There can and will be no compromise in
electric lighting" said Mr. Edison, "for in
my contract it is expressly stipulated
that money shall be spent in lighting in
fingers, instead Of dividing with them. "
The form of the United States company's
lamp is that of Greek cross. ave snail
give away our lamps said the inventor,
"or rather hire them out, taking money
only for the use of them. Payment will be
made by the candle power, instead Of by
foot, and simple method Of measurement,
will enable every consumer to tell at any
moment how much has been used" Sixty
men are now working steadily by Menlo
Park, and eight hundred lamp posts arc up
ready for the lamps,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13

COLONEL JAMES G. FAIR, who is to be
United States senator from Nevada, is Of
Irish birth, and is 40 years old. While q
boy he lived in Illinois, and al eighteen
went to California, and in time became a
superintendent Of mines. In addition to
his fortune made from the Big Bonanza
mines, he owns nearly hundred acres in
various parts of San Francisco. He is of
medium height, and heavy, with a large
beard streaked with gray.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-13

THIRTY YEAR' EXPERIENCE or AN OLD
NuRsE-Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is
the prescription of one'of the best female
physicians and nurses in the United States
and has been used tor thirty years with
never failing safety and success by millions
of mothers and children, from the feeble
infant OF one week old to the adult 1t
corrects acidity Of the stomach, relieves
wind collie, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest health and comfort to mother and
child. We believe il the best and surest
remedy in the world, in all cases of olsen
terry and diarrhGa in children, whether il
arises from teethng or from any other
cause. Full directions for using will ac-
company each bottle. None genuine un-
less the fac smile OF Curtis & Perkins is on
the outside wrapper. Sold by all medicine
dealers. Twenty-Five cents bottle. 60