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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
@ Help-n-nr1 he shonted

- don't know about helping Won
gruff old grandsir,'' thought Kone. In .
moment more, he said, II will do "a
Grandpa Sin Mu says, and lend helm
ing hand. Let me pull in my kite. ;, r
Alas, in drawing the dragon home tbat
creature must have resisted, for the strin@
broke. Away went the dragon, bobbinSS
up and down, executing all sorts of 60,
pers in the air as if it had met with an
enemy and were rolling over and over
with it in a death-grapp1e.
"Therep' said Kon, pettishlv: $50
much for lending a helping hand,
But the next moment the bows oenar-
Gus impulses prevailed, and away he ran.
Here | anti he shouted Whats
the matter?"
30, thank you, boy. sprained nv
foot when l slipped down here, and I
can't well get back unless some one win
reach down and take this pot up to a
safe place. You see can't set it any
where"
ltsi held up the pot, and Kon reached
down his chubby hands and grasped It
What's this?a thought Kon, NOTICING
words on the wrapper Of the pot: For
my 6elOUed Hon. -
where did you get this?''
- will tell you, boy, in moment"
Old lists hands were free, and he
gradually worked himself up into a safe
place.
"Sin Mu sent that to his grandson,
Kon, living in house on the big village
street. must hunt him up, somehow.
wherever he is. 1t is dwarf plum that
is very valuable And Itsi held out ms
hands for the tree
"Why, my name is on it, sir! That's
a surprise"
"You are Kon, then? Well, Young
friend, you have saved your own prop
erty by your Kindness
But where was the dragon? That
went tumbling down, fighting and Crap
ping all sorts of invisible enemies, Whirl-
ing in every direction. At last it came
tumbling toward Grandpa Sin MUS gar
den, where he was walking 1t has been
already said that his head was bald. In
Grecian history it is told that an eagle,
mistaking Eschylus' bald head for a
stone, let tortoise fall upon it in order
to break the shell. Poor Eschylus! for
he did not recover from it. Poor tor
toise! one might also say. Whether the
dragon in this story had like intent
when it saw Grandpa Sin MUS shining
head is not known, but as he looked up
he saw the dragon coming. Horrors!
With mouth open, wings extended,
claws thrust forward, the dragon came
right upon grandpa's head! 1t did not
specially hurt grandpa, but it was too
much for the dragon, and the jar shook
off the dragons tail.
"What is Mis?'' asked Sin Mu. "a
kite? And what's the name on it?
K-O-N. 1t belongs to my grandson.
will take it to him at once"
He carried the fragments to Kon's
mother, and she told him about Itsi.
SIS that so? Kon shall have new
kite: will put something ON it also.
When Kon went into the barn he
found another dragon in the 8" stall, :"
and on it were these words: "Given to
the boy who was willing to lend help
ing hand. Rec. E. A. Rand, IN Chris
ton Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17

g that it is proper evidence. Here have
been practicing at the bar for forty years,
and now want to know if / am fool?''
THAT" quietly replied the court, sis a
question of fact and not of law, and so
shall not pass upon it, but let the jury
decide -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17

IT IS now the fashion in high circles in
Chicago to forget names. A lady who
has been to Niagara Falls must try and
try to remember where it was that she
saw water pouring down an island with
a goat on it.-DetroH Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17

Mr.. Tom Scott was once a station
agent, but is now railway king. This
is rough on the adage that the wise man
will not try to be above his station
Cincinnati Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17

SMYTHE, who has been dining with a
few "choice spirits" returns home rath-
er later than he feels his wife would APP
prove, so he draws off his boots and steals
noiselessly into his room; but, alas, his
better half awakens. Quick as thought
he creeps to his first-born's cradle and
begins to rock it softly humming a lula
by. A voice is heard: "Charles, what
are you doing therep' "Why, dear, l
have been trying to get this boy off to
sleep for the last half hourr' "But he
is here in bed with mer' Tableau!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17

THE Chinese Government has deter
mined to establish consulates in Boston,
Philadelphia and New York for the bet
ter protection of its subjects.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17

SMoTHERED CHICKENS. -Prepare the
fowls as for roasting, and put them in
pot OF boiling water until tender. When
within about twenty minutes of being
done add teacupful of rice, which will
cook in the gravy. Add parsley, pepper
and salt, and serve the fowl on dish
with the rice around il.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
The Destruction Of Pompeii.

\ In 174S the spade of Spanish engi-
neer first struck upon the buried ruins
OF the city. The city was buried at q
depth of from twenty-three to twenty
six feet in ashes and volcanic mud.
The lower half of the deposit con-
sisted of dry ashes and small
stones or scorim. Then comes
about ten feet of volcanic mud.
This was caused by the heavy vapor of
steam in the atmosphere, which con-
verified the showers of ashes as they
fell into plastic mass. Above this
mud are the scorim and ashes of later
eruptions, and the soil which has &C.
cumulated upon the surface.
Nothing, or very little, was burned in
Pompeii. The heat was not sufficient
to change the colors of the frescoes on
the walls, and the woodwork was car
bonised by it's long intombment in
such q soil. Discoveries defend the
city against the charge so commonly
made that it was an immoral and
vicious city. It was q city of art and
culture, and was inhabited by men of
wealth and rare taste. If our modern
cities were to be blotted out as Pom
pefi was blotted out, the future discov-
erer would find beneath their ruins
evidences of vice and RIGHTEOUSNESS to
which Pompeii can give but little COM
parison.
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Was President johnson Impeached :

"Was Andrew johnson ever i'm.
peached?" is question that is often
submitted to public journals for deci-
sion. It has been many times answered,
but it comes back to the editorial sane
tum as regularly as chills and fever in
the fall or sluggish liver in the spring.
President johnson was impeached but
not convicted, just as man may be in
dicted in criminal court and be &C.
quilted on trial. The House of Repre-.
sentatives is the grand inquest of the
nation to impeach public officer, just
as a grand jury indicts citizen, and
the Senate is the jury to try the i'm
peached officer, with the Chief Justice
presiding, just as traverse jury tries
an indicted citizen with Judge pre-.
siding. As the constitution requires
two-thirds of the Senators voting to
vote for conviction to make verdict OF
that kind, President johnson escaped
by one vote less than two-thirds being
cast against him. he was, therefore
impeached by the House and legally
acquitted by the Senate. -P hiladelp hi0
Times.
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Why We Butter Our Bread,

The layers of the wheat berry, as we
proceed toward the center, become
more and more completely starchy, and
at the center but little else is found,
and this portion makes our finest flour.
The finer the -four the less fit it is for
nutrition. In it's natural state the
wheat, with all its components present,
is not fit for perfect human develop
ment. There is deficiency in the po-
tential heat-producing materials, es-
pecially for cooler climates, there being
only per cent. of fat in wheat. We
instinctively supply this deficiency by
the addition of fatty bodies. Wespread
butter upon bread, we mingle lard or
butter with our biscuit or cake, and the
fat meat and bread are taken alterna-
lively or coincidentally. The starch,
being carbon hydrate, can afford, COM
paratively, but little heat in consump-
ton, and the fats are demanded by the
wants of the system. United States
Miller.
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A Long Sore Throat.

Give me three feet of mustard plas-
ter; and give it to me right away!"
The apothecary, with overwhelming
brows," looked up from amidst his
"green earthen pots, bladders, and mus
ty seeds and said in dazed sort of a
way 60, .s
In this single word was expressed
both interrogation and surprise.
II say" replied DR.. Chapman, I
want three yards of mustard plaster,
and I want it just as quick as you can
make it. Patient is in imminent dan
ger. Delay may mean DEATH"
Three feet of mustard plaster !?
Good heavens, doctor, what are"
I said three CARDS, not three feet;
at least, when said three feet I meant
to say three yards, and I Immediately
corrected myself. And I think that
mentioned the fact that this was case
in which there was no time to be lost. "
The doctor was growing testy.
But three yards of mustard plaster !;
why, bless my soull You wouldn't
want that much if your patient was a
hippopotamus with the stomach-ache.
Surely, doctor, you don't mean to say
yards; you must mean inches"
DR.. Chapman assumed an air of Sc
verify becoming his professional dig
nifty and municipal office. He seemed
on the verge of suppressing forcible
opinion forcibly. There was signif-
cant pause. Then his severity faded
away, his dignity relaxed and he
chuckled:
The fact OF the matter is" he said,
zone of the giraffes out at the Zoo has
an acute attack of bronchitis. His
throat's sore all the way down. That's
what the plasters for. Now, then, let's
have t."-Philadelphia Press.
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Could He Play RiIliards 2

He was a quiet-looking old man, and
he walked quietly into a Main street
billiard-room, just ito while away a few
moments" as he afterward remarked.
Seating himself near table where
several young gentlemen were amusing
themselves, he ventured one or two sug.
gestions about the shots, ana wagered
and lost 30 cents on the result of diff
fcult point.
"Could he play billiards?" aWell,
no, not very well; still he used to han.
die cue pretty we'll"
would he play q geme?" swell,
yes; just for fun, you know, and to
pass the time"
He played and lost, paying for tie
drinks and giving his opponent the
dollar which had been wagered on tho
result.
Would he play another game?"
"He didn't care" "Would he wager
$3P" didn't like to, but would, Just
for the fun of the thing"
He had been beaten easily before.
The young men thought him an old
gentleman with money to spare, who was
out seeing life.
Would he wager with others?" "Ha
didn't care"
Thirty dollars in small bets were
finally wagered. The elderly man
quietly remarked, with quaint smile,
that he thought he should have to do
better this time. II should smile" an
swered his jaunty opponent, as he made
the first shot and lost it. The elderly
man quietly handled his cue until he
got the balls into corner, and then ran
the game out. Buttoning up his coat
and pocketing his gains, he was about
to depart, when the young gentleman
insisted that he was fraud, and wanted
his money back. The old gentleman
quietly said there was mistake he
had only come in to see them play, and
then walked out.-Rochester Demo-
crGt. 'as5
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
Floods Luck.

Mr.. Floods story of his lucky stroke
is this: I was on Montgomery street
one day, and friend said Treat me,
to which I replied, I have no money
Buy Consolidated Virginia and you
will be rich; you know my judgment il
good was his reply. Something told
me there was inspiration in his advice,
and I said: Well, go and buy me
1000 shares The mine was an old
one, and supposed to be exhausted, and
my order was filed at Sc a share. When
1 once go at thing go in deep, and
SO I continued to buy until I got con-
troll of the mine, which was about 5000
shares, and which cost me about
100000. Ny friends all came to see
me, like the comforters of old Job, and
said: Flood, you're cracked but
thought I had good mine. They
didn't see how I was going to get at the
ore, if there was any there, without
sinking the shaft, which would cost a
heap OF money; but / did. A little
bird has sung to me several tunes in
the course of my life when there was a
crisis in my affairs. Some call it in
stinct or foresight, I call it providence.
/ ran secret drift through the neigh
boring mines, and struck rich body of
ore. We got 500, 100000 in dividends
out of that hole in ten years" Ne,u
York Herald.
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grace; II think he follows it as man
does horse in a gig. He drives it.
Wonderful Calculating Bow.

When Bidder was 10 years old he an
swered in two minutes the following
question: What is the interest of
4,444 for 4,444 days at Al per cent. per
annum? The answer is e2,434 los Sid.
A few months later, when he was not
IL years old, he was asked, how long
would cistern mile cube be filing
IT receiving from river 100 gallons per
minute without intermission? La two
minutes he gave the correct answer,
l4,3OO years, 285 days, - hours, and 46
minutes. A year later he divided cor
rectly, in less than minute, 1863, 5O2,-
413,563 by 6,076. This has been tried
with pen and paper, and, after getting
an incorrect result in one and q quarter
minutes, the mathematician went
through the sum again, with correct re-
suit (51 ,629,838 and 5,875 over), in
about the same time. At II years of
age he answered, in less than a minute,
the question, If distance of 81 inches
is passed over in l second of time. how
many inches will be passed over in 365
days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, IS seconds?
Much more surprising, however, was
ms success, when 13 years old, in solv-
ing the question, What is the cube root
of S97, 1893, 273, 974 ,OO2, 1853? He obtained
the answer in two and one-half minutes,
VIZ, 964,537. It is thought that not
one arithmetician in a thousand would
get out this answer correctly, at first
trial, in less than quarter of an hour.
No date is given to the following case:
1.-The question was put by Sir William
Herschel, at Slough, near Windsor, to
Master Bidder, and answered in one
minute: Light travels from the sun to
the earth in 8 minutes, and, the sun be-
ing 100000 of miles off (of course
this is quite wrong, but sixty years ago
it was near enough to the accepted
7alue), if light would take years and
months, travelling at the same rate, from
the nearest fixed star, how far is that
star from the earth, reckoning 365 DAYS
and 6 hours to each year, and % days to
each month ?" The correct answer was
quickly given to this pleasing question,
viz, 40,633, 74O,000,000 miles. On one
occasion, we learn, the proposer of q
question was not satisfied with Bidders
answer. The boy said the answer was
correct, and requested the proposer to
work his sum over again. During the
operation Bidder said he felt certain he
was right, for he lad worked the ques-
ton in another way, and before the pro-
poser found that he was wrong and Bid
der right the boy told the company
that he had calculated the question by a
third method.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
How Bic Is ManY

Somehow, when mans mind be-
comes really enlarged = say, like that of
Baron Humboldt, and he is able to place
in focus more and more of the cosmos
OF which he forms part, the things
he at the outset of his life regards as
the largest get smaller and smaller, till
at last that tirstimmense and overwhelm-
lngly important thing, himself, be-
comes so insignificant that it is only
through process of mental microscopy
he can discern his little float swim, or
wriggle, across the field of view. How
big is a man, anyway? Well, he is small
er than an elephant, and an elephant is
smaller than mountain, and mount
ain is smaller than the world, and the
world is mustard seed compared with
the sun, and the sun itself is mere
mote in the dust cloud of spheres that
stretches out through the universe be-
You'd the reach of thought. Suppose
we could make an exact model OF the
earth eighty feet in diameter. Eighty
feet in diameter would be pretty large
ball as balls go on the face of this planet.
Assume, for the sake of easy calculation.
the diameter of the earth to be exactly
5000 miles, and let us proceed to build
our model to scale. A mountain 5
miles high should represent on our
model SIC, O00th of 80 feet, or 6-1O of an
inch. An elephant built in proportion
should be Ia, 40Oth of an inch in height,
and an average man 7.52,9OOth of an
inch tall. An army of 26, 400 such men
standing shoulder to shoulder in single
straight rank would require their Gen
eral to gallop over the space Of one
inch to pass them all under revield
With a smart horse of proportionaw.
size, ridden at brisk gallop, he coute
accomplish this distance in about an
hour. Viewed in this way man is
mere mite crawling over the face of the
globe, yet he has had the arrogance to
think the universe was formed for him
more than for other insects, and that
the Ruling Intelligence had HIM pre-em-
inently in view in bringing orde1out of
chaos.-Scie,atifc NeaOs.
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A Romance Of Illinois.
It was night.

IL was night. ....
And such night
The wind came in savage gusts from
the lurking places on the broad prairies
that stretched away to the westward,
and howled in mournful cadence the
requiem of the dying year.
Yes, the old year was dying. It
would soon be deader than smelt, and
she demise of that young fish meant
business.
A young man with flashing eye and
clear.cut lips, around which lowered
the remnants of cold, cruel smile,
nervously strobe across the floor of
richly-furnished room in one of Chi
cago's most elegant mansions. For
more than an hour he paced the apart
ment, never once striking trot. This
showed that he was natural PAGER. In
his right hand he held tiny piece of
paper, which futtered in the breeze
created by the clip he was going. That
piece of paper was from Penelope Nc
CURE, a proud and naughty beauty,
the only daughter of man whose de-
mesne was one of the most extensive on
Aberdeen street.
Perhaps she had been giving the
young man the breeze in which the
note futtered.
But, apparently, she hadn't.
No, no. The missive told him of her
undying love, and how his image was
never absent from her maiden fancy.
This looked as if you could bet on the
girl, but who can tell the workings of a
woman's heart?
This is what bothered the young man
and had set him to pacing. He had
wooed the maid with all the ardent ma
ture of his soul and innumerable boxes
of candy.
Was this saccharine margin to be
swept away by q sudden decline of he1
love for him.
Not if he knew it.
Twas but yester Gen." he said,
that I saw her boarding car as the
clocks were striking 8, and vet the
false creature thinks to explain away
her action by saying she was going to
see q sick friend. She little knows that
saw her bangs, and know full we'll
that no woman wears them unless she
is going where she can be seen. But
she shall trife with me no longer; I
will scorn her profered love" and he
seated himself at an inlaid ebony writ
ing desk.
The next days mail bore to Penelope
the following missive:
Nobuddy can pla me for sucker. Awa falls
woman and practis your wiles on anuther.
GEORGE
aDo we need compulsory education?"
ask our public men.
Well, I should remark. - Chicago
Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
Chewing Gum.

We have it upon common report that
chewing gum is a substance well known
TO the youthful part of the community.
The qualities which it possesses at the
time that it comes from the CONNECTION
or are all familiar to the youngest of
u.s.. 1t certainly seems very attractive
edible. The reason for this is not go
hard to find. Think how much eatino
there is in it in proportion to actual
weight and cash value. But there is
more in chewing gum than is dreamed
OF in juvenile philosophy. One can
easily comprehend the main ingredi.
ents of candy, but who, without being
told, would suspect that chewing gum is
often only refined product of petro-
!eum? The time was when the
fragrant spruce furnished the most
common material. But this is no
longer the case. The reader, familiar
with the processes of refining coal oil, is
aware that the thick, brown liquid which
comes from the earth, at one stage of
It's manufacture, is strained through
heavy linen cloths. The residuum left
after this operation is dirty, brownish
yellow wax that smells abominably.
That unpromising substance, melted,
bleached, deodorized and prepared for
commerce, appears in masses that weigh
about 100 pounds, resembling oblong
blocks of clouded ice. It has no odor
and no taste except what belongs to any
wax IN it's purest state. It may be used
for many purposes, but it is not neces-
sary to describe them now. The man
ufacturer of chewing gum purchases
these blocks ready made to his hand,
and at once melts them down. To 200
pounds of wax he adds about thirty
pounds of sugar, and gives the mixture
a flavor by the use of some essential
oil, as lemon or vanilla, and perhaps
adds some coloring matter. The melt
ed mass is poured out upon a clean
marble slab and cut in the various
shapes known to masticators.
The youthful epicure rarely becomes
so luxurious as to demand balsam of to.
lu; but if he does the manufacturer is
ready for him. This resin, which is oh.
tanned from South America, is, at first,
in an almost-fuid condition. It is the
product of tree known as-now hold
your jaw, for the name is worse than a
whole box of chewing gum-myrasper-
mum tolulferum. This balsam is boiled
by the manufacturer until finally it is
brought to such consistency that it can
be run through rollers. It comes out
in the shape of little slender rod, of a
brownish-yellow color, which is cut into
pieces, each about two or two and a halt
inches long. The balsam may some
times be mixed with less costly wax,
since its flavor is very marked.
The balsam from the "chicle" tree.
from Central America, is used in MAX
ing what is known as swapping gum, It
is very ductile when worked and moist
ened, and the process of making is SIM
liar to that of pulling taffy. The orig
inal gum exudes from the tree, and
forms in a mass sometimes several
pounds in weight. Even in this natural
Ctate it would be q very satisfactory
substance to keep the teeth at work. It
cannot be worn OUT Cincinnati CON-
cSGl.
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SONG.
olden dreaml that spans the skies.

Oh, golden dream that spans the skies.
Whose tender blue is like the eyes
That haunt my sacred memory,
Fade not away in houndless heaven,
Like closing gates Of yon bright even
Before nights spell of glamoury.
Oh. feeting bliss that mocks our haste,
Like mirages in desert waste,
So passing fair in distant scene;
Approached unto the vision fades;
We stand within the realms of shades,
Before their sphynx of horrid mein.
Though withered is thy garland now,
Though death hath Gained thy tortured brow
And hushed the voice that sang rare glees,
I'm glad to know life's richest wine
We pledged each other-mine and thine
Yet, thus, more bitter are the lees.
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Where Our Presidents Have Come From.

Where Our Presidents Have Come From.
Virginia furnished Washington two
terms, Thomas Jefferson two terms,
James Madison two terms, James Mon
roe two terms, John Tyler, who, as Vice
President, succeeded Harrison, one
term.
New England gave us John Adams.
John Quincy Adams and Franklin
Pierce.
Tennessee furnished Andrew Jack
son, James K. Polk, apd, by the death
of Lincoln, Andrew Johnson.
Illinois provided for us Abraham Lin
coin four years, who was second time
elected, and Gen. Grant for eight
years.
Ohio gave us Harrison and Hayes.
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claim. The stars twinkled overhead:
the night was voiceless, moonless; the
pines looked ghostly in the glare Of our
torch. As Ben posted our notice of To-
cation, L held his nose with my right
hand. mine with nv left,