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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31

BEEcHER AN IMPERIAL CHAPLAIN.
The RI. Rev. Henry Ward Beech.
er, Bishop of Brooklyn, whose con-
version to the Methodist Episcopal
Church was simultaneous with his
Imperial Majesty's accession to the
throne, arrived at the Palace yester-
day. His Lordship will enter on his
duties as Imperial Chaplain without
delay, and will preach before the I'm
perial family, at the NJ. E. Cathedral,
on Sunday next.
THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY DEPosED.
The old figure head of Liberty,
which surmounted the dome of the
Capital here, has been taken down,
and colossal statue Of His Imperial
Majesty, the Emperor Ulysses l., is
to replace it. The statue will be Of
bronze, and it is after a design fur
nished by Mills. The figure will be
surmounted by a crown, which at
night will be illuminated by the cleo.
trio light, and thus be visible for
nearly fifty miles.
THE IMPERIAL ARMY.
Army & Navy News,
1t has been officially decided BY
the Minister of War that the new
uniforms of the Cavalry of the Line
shall be somewhat similar to those
of the German Uhlans. The Imper-
ial Guards will DO uniformed after
the style Of the Royal Life Guard of
the British service, and the House.
hold Cavalry will retain their pres.
ent picturesque and distinctive style.
1t is understood that the strength Of
the army in time Of peace has been
decided on after a conference Of the
principal officers of rank, at which
His Imperial Majesty presided. The
effective strength of the line, includ.
ing infantry, cavalry, and artillery,
as well as the engineers, signal corps.
ETC., will be 100000 men.
BARON NATHANIEL M'KAY.
The new ironclads Ulysses l., En-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03
A Practical Russian PhiIanthropist.

Two notices, framed, glazed and
suspended upon the walls of a dram
shop on the new canal at st. Peters,
burg, close to Nine. Sassetzki's . Ref
uge for the Homeless" run as follows:
" l exhort the gentlemen who honor my
establishment with their patronage to
forego robbery and theft while within
It's precincts, not to thrash one another,
and, on the whole, not to make I'M
pleasant noises. Those who act in con-
travention to this warning will receive
punishment in my dram-shop, of sort
that they will experience no difficulty in
feeling" The second notice affords q
quaint contrast to the first, which en-
wraps hideous threat in exquisitely
courteous phrase, while the native
benevolence of the eccentric dram sell
er shines out genially in the following
kindly advertisement: GAS soon as the
cold and rainy weather shall set in, five
copecks will be here advanced to each
needy and weary man, that he may pay
for bed whereon to rest his body" 1t
appears that the author of these re-
markable notices faithfully adheres to
the text OF both. If his customers mis-
conduct themselves he laws into them
with cudgel. but any poor wretch pre-
sentlng himself after eight in the even
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03

the former, through age and defective
teeth, cannot chew them properly; the
Young horse can do so, and they are
thus properly mixed with saliva and
turned into wholesome nutriment.
There are sundry condition powders
and tonics which are often fed to horses
and produce an increase of flesh, but
they must be kept up or the horse will
run down, and in the end they will do
an injury. Regular feeding, faithful
grooming, change of diet; salt always
accessible, exercise even if it be hard
work, with sufficient rest, pure water,
pure air in the stable, and comfort with
quiet, will cause almost any horse
properly fed to lay on flesh, if not to
become fat. A writer upon this sub
ject, who appears to be well posted,
says: " Many good horses devour large
quantities of grain and hay, and still
continue thin and poor. The food
eaten is not properly assimilated. II
the usual food has been unground
grain and hay, nothing but a change
will effect desirable alteration in the
appearance of the animal. In case oil
meal cannot be obtained readily, min
gle bushel of fiaxseed with bushel
of barley one of oats and another
bushel of Indian corn, and let it be
ground into fine meal. This will be q
fair proportion for all his feed. Or,
the meal of barley, oats, and corn, in
equal quantities, may be first procured
and one-fourth part of the oil cake
mingled with it when the meal is
sprinkled on cut feed. Feed two OF
three times daily, mingled with peck
of cut hay and straw. If the horse will
eat that amount greedily, let the guam
tity be gradually increased until he
will eat four to six quarts at every
feeding three times day. So long as
the animal will eat this allowance, the
quantity may be increased little every
day. But avoid the practice of allow.
ing horse to stand at rack well
filled with hay. In order to fatten 8
horse that has run down in flesh, the
groom should be very particular to feeG
the animal no more than he will eat ur
clean and lick the manager for more. p
Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03

When the first paroxysm of delight
had subsidized, Peter, sitting on the ia
BILE, the better to gaze upon his newly
recovered friend and able champion,
looked earnestly at him, and clasping
his arm, to bespeak special attention,
pointed with his own forefinger to each
of the wounds whence the slugs had been
taken; trying at the same time, in the
nearest approach to speech, that he
could accomplish, to tell the piteous
story of his narrow escape from a vio-
lent death, at the hands of his ruthless
assailant; who never, by the way, had
the courage to further modest the sub
ject of this brief memoir. 1t is ques-
tionable if the most intellectual of hui
man beings, not gifted with the power
of speech, could have acted more pa
thetically, or indicated more wildly
what had occurred to them during the
absence of their natural protector and
dearest friend. Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03
Horse Hygiene.

SAN horses must not be fed in the
same proportion, without regard to
their ages, constitution or their work
the improperly of such q practice is
segf-evident. Yet it is constantly done,
and is the basis of disease of every kind.
Never use bad hay on account of its
cheapness, because there is no proper
nourishment in it.
Damaged corn is exceedingly injuri-
GUS, because it brings on inflammation
of che bowels and skin diseases.
Chat is better for old horses than
hay, because they can chew and digest
1t better.
Hay or grass alone will not support
Il horse under hard work, because there
is not sufficient nutritive body in either.
When horse is worked hard his food
should be chiefly oats-if not worked
hard his food should be chiefly hay,
because oats supply more nourishment
and fesh-making material than any
other food-hay not so much.
Nix chat with corn or beans, and do
not give the latter alone, because it
nIaSes the horse chew his food more
and digest it better.
For saddle or coach horse half a
peck of sound oats and eighteen pounds
of good hay are sufficient. If the hay
rs not good add quarter of peck
more oats. A horse which works harder
may have rather more of each; one that
works less should have less.
Rack feeding is wasteful. The better
,g5tan is to feed with chopped hay from
a manager, because the feed is not then
thrown about, and is more easily
,chewed and digested.
Sprinkle the hay with water that has
salt dissolved in it, because it is pleas
ing to the animals taste, and is more
easily digested. A tablespoonful of
salt in q bucket of water.
Oats should be bruised for an old
horse, but not for young one, because
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03
Unavailable Matter Detained During
One Month.

In spite of official warnings and no.
tees almost without number, people
will continue to send to the Post-office
articles which cannot be handled or de-
livered. In the New York office, with
in the past month, the Searcher De.
partment has found in the mail-bags
and held as unavailable matter the fol
lowing:
Received alive-Rattle snakes, black
snakes, copperhead snakes, moccasin
snakes, cats, grasshoppers, bees, hor-
nets, wasps, alligators, canary bird, po-
tato bugs, horned frogs, tortoise, tur-
ties.
Received dead-Mice, butterflies,
humming birds, rats, insects, squirrels,
quail, bugs, pheasant.
Cooked articles-Plum pudding,
boiled quail, ham, sandwiches, bread
and butter, cake, crackers, bread, pud-
ding, jelly, custard, cheese, sausages.
Neutrality-suspicious., loaded cart
ridges, torpedoes, medicines, glassware,
clothing, soiled undergarments, baby
clothes, hosiery, hair brushes, combs,
carpenter tools, pieces of machinery,
fence wire, gold and silver watches,
jewelry, novelties and notions of al
kinds, shrubs, roots, scions, herbs
fresh and dried; fruits and flowers, six
cases of dynamite, which were thrown
into East River to prevent serious dis
aster.
But it is not only in posting matter
which cannot be mailed that the public
is careless to a degree almost beyonC
belief. Hardly day passes that let
tiers unsealed, unaddressed, and con
tanning sums of money, checks and
other valuables, are not dropped into
the boxes. During the past six months
1853 unsealed registered letters were
received at the New York office. They
contained in cash $6,449.21, and in
checks, drafts, etc., 1924, 415. Sc, max
ing total of $2l1, 464.77 posted in un
sealed envelopes. Not long ago well
known CITY bank posted $1,500,00(
worth of United States bonds, which
were unregistered and easily negotia
BILE, in an envelope so flimsy that il
broke open before it left the stamper's
table. Similar instances of carelessness
could be repeated almost without mum.
Der. Indeed, it is hardly to be won.
dered at that the officer who related
these circumstances felt called upon to
eXclaim in conclusion: "The Post office
has to deal with great many curious
people IN. y Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03

never travels alone; if he is not accom-
panied by family, he takes so much
company with him that those who ex-
tend hospitable seines to receive him
take sometimes as many as thirty thou
sand fish at single haul.
The cod is wonderfully prolific. de-
hosting from three to seven millions of
eggs at a time. 1t not only prefers to
spawn in the winter months, but in the
coolest water it can find, and yet avoid
an lev coveriet; a temperature of thir-
tv-two degs. is the favorite, while moth
ing above forty dogs. is tolerated. The
largest spawning grounds of the cod
are in the vicinity of the Loffoden
Islands, though the American members
of the family put up with such accom-
modations as they can find near home.
The domestic arrangements of this fish
are so informal that the eggs have no
special abiding-place, nor any protec-
ton whatever. Of the millions of eggs
that are deposited by asingle female, not
more than hundred thousand, proba-
bly, not more than ten thousand, result
in full-grown fish. Like the small boy
who, if he could not whip larger boy,
could at least make faces at his sister,
the smaller fish upon which the cod
preys find delicious revenge in eating
the eggs of the latter, while the mass
of touchdown inhabitants of the
ocean are true to the instinct of low
downers everywhere to prey upon
aristocracy, particularly upon the
younger scions thereof. 1t is proba-
BILE, TOO, that many of the eggs which
escape the keen eyes of seardAefs after
delicacies do not become fertilized.-
John Habberton, srs Harpsr'S Magazine
| for ,JG71qL1r7J .if
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03
A Singular Habit OF the WOOdcOck.

Among several curious habits of the
woodcock, described by the editor of
the ZoOloqiSt, its practice of carrying
its young is perhaps the most interest
ing. The testimony of many compe-
tent witnesses is cited to corroborate
the statement. The late L. Lloyd, in
his Scandinavian Adventures, wrote;
" If, in shooting. you meet with brood
of woodcocks, and the Young ones can
not fly, the old bird takes them separ-
ately between her feet, and flies from
the dogs with moaning cry"
The same author makes a similar
statement in another work, this habit
OF the woodcock having been observed
by friend.
One of the brothers Stuart gives, in
Lays of the Deer Forest" a graphic
account of the performance. He says:
" AS the nests are laid on dry ground,
and often at distance from moisture,
IN the latter case, as soon as the young
are Matched, the old bird will some
times carry them in her claws to the
nearest spring or green stripe. In the
same manner, when in danger, she will
rescue those which she can lift; of this
we have frequent opportunities for OBJ
servation in Tarnaway. Various times
when the hounds, in beating the ground
have come upon brood, we have seen
the old bird rise with the young one in
her claws and carry it fifty or hundred
yards away, and iffollowed to the place
where she pitched, she has repeated
the transportation until too much har-
assed. In any sudden alarm she will
act in the same way" Another method
OF transportation has been observed by
Mr.. Charles St. John, and described in
his " Natural History and Sport in
Moray" He says: 81 found out that
the old woodcock carries her young even
when larger than snipe, not in her
claws, which seem quite incapable of
holding up any weight, but by clasping
the little bird tightly between her
thighs, and so holding it tightly against
her own body"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03

The Chinese in California have be-
gun to go. The steamer that sailed
from San Francisco for Hong Kong on
Oct. 10, took 901 of them to their ma
tive land. The port statistics of San
Francisco show that the arrivals of
Chinese during the year ending
November l, were 6,128, and de.
partures S,746-of whom 1929 went
to China and 2,517 to Honolulu-the
excess of departures over arrivals being
2,618. 1t is estimated there are 81, 900
Chinese on the Pacific coast, which
shows that this population is decreas-
ing instead of increasing, for when the
anti-Chinese agitation was begun few
years ago, the estimate was 100000.
The total number of Chinese arrivals
for the twenty years ending December.
1878, was 230,4S0, and the departures
and deaths 1873, 491. At this rate the
Chinese will soon cease to trouble Cali
fornia workingmen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03

ing for assistance receives the promised
five copecks, after he has exhibited his
legitimation papers and listened to a
short exhortation read aloud to him
from religious book.-Londom TeIe-
01nrb
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03

UNEASY lies the head that wears a
crown. But yesterday Prince Alexan-
dria assembled the Bulgarian throne.
To-day he informs the Gear that he is
DESTROYS of abdicating. A quarrel with
his parliament is the occasion. He
should marry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03

j. CRIME lives in Ithaca. - They call
his wife Retribution, because she fol-
lows Crime.-OsaCego Record.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
Piper's opera House.

Tonight Robert Mcwade will make
his nrst appearance Of the Opera House
o. Rip Van Wrinkle. OF course his Rip
sannot be the same as that Of Joe Jrf3sr.
son, for that gentleman has the sIolu-
sivs right to play his W Rip; but the
Rip Of MoMade 10. like that OF Jeffsr.
son, founded on COoper's famous "Ls-
Rend Of Sleepy Hollow" It has been
drawn very closely in all respects to the
original character, and 10 acting his part
Mcwads cannot DO said to be an imi-
tstor. He IL as much Q creator 90 10
jefferson. aud by many the creation Of
the former 10 considered the greater Of
the two. Bot, whether greater or less.
the Rip Van Wrinkle OF McWads is .
great creation and thoss who have been
interested iu the character as played BY
J~ffsrson-and their usme 10 legion
should see the imp%ersonation BY
Mcwade. The comparison OF the two
will renew the former as BY q review
and place beside It another pleasant re-
membrane not unworthy Of the asso-
citation. Mr.. Mcwsds brings with him
q company OF fourteen persons % sup
port. aud the play will be put on tn"
stage With fns scenery aud aooossories
Of all kinds. Reserved seats can be Sc
cured ct the box ofice.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
TRIAL OF cAaRlck.
It 10 Cssuuued Tiii romerrow-Ev.
idsuce - 10 the AmOans or his
Defslcasion-Etc.

The trial OF sx.Tressursr B. b. Car.
rick. on charge OF smbezzlsmsnt, came
on st 10 O'Clock A. N. today. The Court
stated that a telegram had been received
from w. H. Smith that 1t would be i'm.
possible for him to be. In attendance to.
day, but hs would be here tomorrow.
Plaintiff stated thai Mr.. Smith was IN
important witness. without whose testi-
mopy the State could net submit It's
case.
At the suggestion Of the Court the
hearing OF the case proceeded.
A stipulation was al.d whereby 1t
was agreed that the amount charged
himself on the Trsssursr's books BY B.
q. Carrick. defendant, was the same Is
that shown BY the Auditors books. sI.
sspt the sum OF s766 "A collected for
taxes Of 1880. which amount was on
hand and therefore did not affect the
alleged defaIcauon.
j E. Mcdonald wa recalled and tes-
tilted that hs was present with the
County Commissioners when they took
possession OF the Tressurer's ONCE and
counted the money in the Treasury; this
was October 30; the money. voucher.
etc.,, was turned over to the new Treas
urer November 6. October 80 the
amount OF money. vouchers. etc.. ON
hand was $50. 1888 Al; the vaults were
then sealed with tn, money 10 them.
This amount was turned over November
6 TO the new Treasurer.
B. F. Hszeltine. Chairman OF the
Board OF County Commissioners. testi.
ned to the same state OF Affairs; the
meuey was sealed In the vault October
3Oth; the Treasurer's Office was then put
10 charge OF the Sheriff; November 9Th
tho seals were unbrok.n; the vault bad
net been opened; the same moneys.
vouchers. etc., which were counted and
sealed were turned over to the new
Treasurer; they amounted to $50. 7S8 Al.
p. R. Plank was called. He Was In
the Treasurer's Office US expert for the
County Commissioners when the office
was turned over to the w Treasurer
saw the money counted; the money and
vouchers amountrd to $50. 1888 Al the
tax money collected on the assessment
roll for 1880 was included in this sum ;
the books showed that there should have
bssn in the vaults S5l. 962 81. besides
tho tax money collected. which was
$788 A (; total. $50. 729 80 ; actually
there. $50. 7SS Al dsislcation, SAL
$40 81.
Plaintiff asked for o continuanse on
account OF the absence Of w. Il. Smith.
Defendant objected.
Case continued till 10 A. n. tomorrow.
Defendant excepted to the oontinu.
an00.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
the MONSTER ENGINE.
That Huge Hydraulic Pumpiug
Masbiuerx for Drstsiug b q.
N. D khHft.

The San Francisco Bulletin Of Decem-
Der Goth says i: "a monster hydraulic
pumping engine. for draining the Chol-
lar. Norcross.Savsgs shaft-ths largest OF
the kind. IL Is represented, ever built
has just been completed at the Risdon
Iron Works. in this city. where 1t will be
on exhibition tonight. lighted up BY
electricity. The engine occupies .
space Of 65 feet by 20 feet. and weighs
between 200 and 800 tons. which tho un-
derground machinery will increase to
about 1000 tons In oil. The engine
sccumulstss water at 1000 pounds pres.
sure to tho square inch. 10 y reservoir at
tho surfacs, sixty feet high. from which
II will b, conducted by Q pipo 240o feet
to the bottom OF the shaft. thers to OPP
crate q pump which will raise the seep.
Q water 800 feet to the Sutro Tunnel.
into which 1t will be discharged. The
water which does the work returns to
tho surface by another pipe. The sys.
ten can be extended to 5000 feet In
depth, or take water from miuos bali .
mile away. simply extending the pipes.
The new system 10 intended to dispense
with the heavy AID cumbersome pump.
rods heretofore used. The engine 10
compound. with the Davsy di~ ffsrsntial
valve motion.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
The Csstensiai Gravel GOLD MIN
Ing Company.

BY request Of some OF tho stoekhold'
srs Of the abovs-nsmsd company we
publish the following description OF their
property:
This property Is owned principally by
gentlemen on the Csmstock leds In Ne
vada. It is located in Washington Town
ship, Nevada county. California. Be.
ginning on the east on the north fork Of
Deer creek, near the Alpha ridge. where
the bedrock shows itself quite plainly.
the line runs south over the ridge to the
South Yuba canal. thence running west
by the ditch tunnel. thence running
north across the north fork OF Deer
creek to Q point where the lava .huis
down, Deer creek having been worked
mp TO this point. where 1t makes . bend
under the lava. The BELL Clsppsr y"
diRRipRs paid well in early days. and
found copsid. rabls coarse gold near this
point OF the c~ompany's line. The whole
embraces an area Of eight hundred acres
Of we'll timb-r.d land. The ground Was
located In August. 1876. since which
time the company has expended about
twenty-five thousand dollars In running
tunnels, and. unfortunately. these tun.
n.ls have been too high above the CHAN
mel to prove Of much benefit; but in
sinking several shafts below the level Of
tunnel No. !. the company 10 satisfied
that . large channel exists, TO the east
Of said tunnel, a. valuable prospects are
found In the gravel coming from the
prospect wines. and that Il 10 only
necessary to run into the hill at . greater
depth In order TO reach this channel.
This the company propose to do at an
early day. and expect TO develop . pay.
Ing mine.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22

A largo delegation OF Gold Hill Lodge
No. 8, A.. O. U. W., visited Dayton last
evening aud assisted Deputy Supreme
Master Workman J.. W. Kinsley In in.
stitutiug River Lodge. No. O. at that
place. The following are tho officers Of
the newly-instituted Lodge: J. D. Sims.
NJ. W; J. L. Campbell. p. n. W.; j.
r. Shaw, F.; W. P. Brown. o.; Fred
winsell. Receiver; F. P. Chrisman,
Fin; T. E. Picotte. r.; W. A. Ralison,
G.; L. Vincent, /. W. G. Cobb. o. W.;
D. G. p. Briefly. Medical Examiner.
After the exercises Of the evening. con.
Rrstulatsry remarks were made by r.
III. w. David Thorburn. A. G.. Cowan
and others, after which Q lunch was
served and then the Gold Hill party.
under the guidance OF Simon Osg, were
driven back to their homes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
Goat Island Needed By the Govern.
ment.

LhCuS
WASHINGTON, December 22.-Recently
the House passed q resolution calling on
the Secretary OF War for information
regarding Yerba Buena or Goat Island.
San Francisco harbor. This informa-
ton was sought to be used In connection
with the consideration OF the pending
bill proposing to transfer the title OF the
island to San Francisco. to be disposed
OF under certain city ordinances. In
reply the Secretary Of War forwarded to
the House today q long report OF the
officers OF the Engineer Corps who were
intrusted with tho duty Of discovering
what disposition should be made OF
the island. The report. after fully de-
scribisg the location and reciting the
previous Investigations and quoting
the correspondence which passed with
the same object in view, in former years.
reitsratss the oft repeated necessity OF
retaining and properly fitting 1t as Q
foriifcation and point OF defense. being
90 such Of vast Importance to the United
States and San Francisco. It says that
even 10 the proposed Act was intended
to oeds 1t to the city Of San Francisco
for ito corporate use. which 1t does not,
II would doubtless be for the best inter.
esis OF the city for Congress to rrfuss
such c~ession. since the island occupies
precisely the point which Is necessary to
DO fortified TO prevent the ciiy's capture
or destruction by an enemy's vessel.
which In the thick weather aud foRs that
at some seasons prevail might run past
the outer batteries.