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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10
The Marble Rocks of Central India.

A few miles off the road down the
open and well-cultivated valley of the
Narbada, in Central India, is mighty
river pent up into third of its width.
and for more than two miles boiling
along between two sheer walls of pure
white marble, hundred feet in height,
with here and there seam of dark
green or black volcanic rock, which en-
hances the purity of the marble like a
setting of jet. What must be the charm.
in dusty Oriental land, of the GOODNESS
and quiet of those pure, cold rocks, and
OF the deep, blue, pellucid water. "The
eye," says the traveller, "never wearies
of the infinite variety of effect produced
by the broken and reflected sunlight,
now glancing from a pinnacle of snow
white marble reared against the deep
blue OF the sky, as from point of sill
yer, touching here and there with bright
lights the prominence of the middle
heights, and again losing itself in the
soft blush gray of their recesses. Still
lower down the bases of the cliffs are
almost lost in the hazy shadow, so that
it is hard to tell at what point the rocks
WIZ AhOAtOu iiUO 1llC WdlcT, IIOEl whose
depths the same lights, in inverse order,
are reflected as clear as above, but
broken into thousand quivering frag-
ments in the swirl of the pool" This
beautiful spot is infested with bees,
which, if disturbed, many travellers
have found very dangerous, and, indeed,
on one occasion, they stung an intruder
to death.
The Marble Rocks, like almost every
object of great natural beauty, have
been sanctifed by the Brahmins, and
many of the commonest legends trans
ported hither. Across the chasm the
monkey legions of Hanuman leaped on
their way to Ceylon; the celestial ele-
plant of India left his mighty footprint
here in the white rock. Temples to the
silva crown the right bank of the cliff,
and by the rivers edge is afavorite ghai
for the launching of the bodies of de.
vout Hindoos into the waters of Mother
Narbada, which are consequently pol
luted by the ghoul-like turtles, mon
strous fishes, and repulsive crocodiles,
that fatten on the CHASTITY provender
thus provided for them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10
A Pretty Story.

The pigeons in the Piazza of st.
Marks, Venice, are said to be particu-
larry fond of the pretty English girls
who, with their gentle ways and sunny
hair, contrast so strangely with the
dark-eyed and languid Venetians. The
birds will do very much for Indian corn
when they are hungry, yet they only ap-
proach within half foot of a man; but,
dove-like as they are, they perch for
consolation and Indian corn upon a
woman. Early one morning an inno-
cent fresh English girl came unsuspi-
ciously to feed the pigeons. She had
bought her present from one of the
bright-eyed shoeless Bohemians who
live in the sunshine; but scarcely had
she opened her little packet before
cloud of birds environed her. They
settled on her shoulder on her hat and
on her accommodating hand. They fed
in couples and triplets out of her palm;
they would have taken their breakfast
from her mouth had she desired it, and
perhaps no one was more astonished at
her own powers of fascination than the
fair-haired maid herself.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10
A Physician on the Profession.

In the mushroom Republic of France,
and in the effete monarchies of Eng
gland, Austria and Germany, it takes
four or five years to make doctor, and
then man has to be an educated gen
tleman, graduate in Arts or Sciences,
before they begin to teach him medicine
and surgery; while here, in the " best
Government" et ceterG, we take plow-
hand, who hasn't wasted his youth in
the unnecessary preliminaries of a col
lege life, and convert him into full
fledged practising physician after ten
months of supposed study, and at the
smallest possible expenditure of money
and brains. We have a great deal more
to be proud of; a great deal more to be
thankful for than other nations. We
not only have more railroads, more In
dian difficulties, more telegraph poles,
and more civil-service reforms than any
other country, but we have more medi-
cal schools than all the rest of the world
put together, and they are all worked
to their fullest capacity. 1t has been
said of them that they not only supply a
demand but demand a supply, and they
get it. In New York City alone, five
hundred young doctors are annually
turned loose upon an unsuspectino
world, and each accession to that in.
Vulnerable caravan, which is marching
on, is followed by an increased activity in
Observation-Disclosures of business. TMuch
laughter. Germany can only afford one
physician to every 5000 inhabitants;
Austria, one to every 900; and France
only one to every 1000; while in New
York City there is one doctor and half
to every individual who pays a per-
sonal tax. Laughter. This is no ex-
aggeration, and you will pardon the
pride | feel in being such an important
factor of my country's prosperity. DE
risivs applause
And still, for all this, we are not ap-
preciated. We are tolerated as band
of social Ishmaelites; every mans hand
is against us, and the only consolation
is that occasionally we get cur hands on
the other fellow, and then we try to
make it lively for him. Even sacred
history is not without laugh at our ex-
cuse. The dignifed editor of Chroni-
Giles, in writing of the last days of one
OF the kings, says ''And Asa, the king.
in the thirty and ninth year of his reign,
was diseased in his feet, until his disease
was exceeding great. And Asa sought
not the Lord in his sickness, but the
physicians. And Asa slept with the
fathers and was buried. Much laugh
ter. I'll venture to say that the man
who wrote that sarcasm was in the best
of health at the time, or he never would
have dared to do it; and when he did
get old and had the dropsy in his feet,
or the cramps, he sent for the nearest
doctor just about as soon as he called on
the Lord. From DR.. r. a. Wyeth's
Speech at the "Bu1mS' Dinner"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10

same class (the very largesO was soon
to ascend the plant, and, liking his b;u oa
legs firmly to the leaf, reach forth b;S
forelegs, open wide his jaws and grasn
his companion above, thus compietinp
the most curious ladder in the worIf
upon which others were constantly az
cending and descending, and hoidinn
free and ready communication with tbse
upper and lower portions of the mass ),
When the Drivers are TRAVELLING IL
they come to a large stream of water
they go in another direction, but if Il
Is small, they construct a bridge Of
their own bodies, in the same manner
as the festoons or arches are built. over
which the main body passes in safety
These little insects have curious wsv
of preserving themselves from beinS
drowned during the foundations which
sometimes cover up their homes durino
the ''rainy season. for days together
At such times they come out of their
hiding-places, throw themselves into n
rounded ball, with the children, weak
er ones, etc., in the center, and float
about on the water till it subsidies. But
the Drivers can stand good deal of
drowning. They have been known to
come to life again, with as much vital
lty and ferocity as ever, after being an
parently drowned and kept under water
six or even twelve hours. II seems al.
most impossible to kill them. The
head Gf one of the largest class was cut
OFT and kept twenty-six and a half
hours, after which it opened its mouth,
grasped a piece Of 'narasaasaal. aiad-ls hit
the hand of the gentleman who de-
scribed it, so powerfully as to meet its
teeth under the skin, and continued for
some time to wound and cut deeper
and deeper, blood flowing from the
wound at each thrust, while the body
to which this wonderful head belonged
continued to live for forty eight hours
longer.
There is no more ferocious insect
known than the Drivers. They will at
tack anything that comes in their way.
even biting into live Goals and holding
on till released by death. Every living
thing in the country is afraid of them:
dogs will jump over fences, and donkeys
turn round so suddenly as to throw
their masters, if they get sight of
column in the road, and the natives be-
Eeve a large serpent, when he has
stranglcd his prey, will hunt round for
a nest of Drivers and offer them large
portion, in order to be left to gorge
himself with the remainder in peace.
And yet these strange, ferocious ants
cannot see; they have absolutely no
eyes at all and seem to have very little
sense of smell, while they hear with
great acuteness; so, to secure their
prey, they are forced to keep their
scouts constantly wandering about,
poking their long antenne into rubbish
heaps and corners, listening in all sorts
of places and running to and fro to tell
their companions of the discoveries they
have made.-M. E. WinslOW, IN N. Y
Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10
The Ostrich's Digestive Powers.

OSTRICHES have so frequently given
extraordinary proof of their immunity
from indigestion that men have ceased
to be surprised at the museums which
are periodically removed from the
stomachs of dead specimens. There is
still, however, room for good deal of
astonishment and some reflection. In
their anxiety to secure as much meat as
they can in as short a time as possible,
they swallow their food, and any for
eign matter that may be adhering to it,
precipitately, and are consequently very
uncomfortable and melancholy. Birds
are liable to the same a1fiiction, and
there is no installing the inconvenience,
tending to low spirits, which our Gagged
pets undergo when they have been over
INDUCING in the pleasures of the table.
The "sparrow- camel" however, hard
ly deserves to be called a bird, and it
certainly is not beast, so that analogies
drawn from either order are scarcely
applicable.
At the first settlement of the world,
according to Oriental tradition, all the
creatures upon it were called up by AL
lah to be taught their several habits of
life and to have their places on the earth
allotted to them. The birds appeared,
IS the total kinds of birds, in orderly ar
rays" but the ostrich, seeing all the lit
tie feathered things go flying by, seorned
to join them, and came to the conclu-
sion that he could not be bird In his
pride>he disregarded the summons, say
ing to himself, 81 suspect l am
beast" 1t was, however, the turn of
the beasts next, and to the dismay of
the ostrich he found that they had all of
them four legs apiece; but, remarking
that they had no plumes, he recovered
his self-complacency. cit is evident
now," said he, "that am not beast :;
so it is probable that l am an angel. !"
When the beasts had dispersed, the os-
7trich found himself alone with the bat !;
and Allah, looking out upon the great
parade-ground, saw these two standing
together in expectation of special
summons; but he put a public affront
upon them by pretending not to notice
them, and retired without assigning
either of them any fixed place in crea-
ton. The bat has been so ashamed of
himself ever since that he only goes
abroad whenever it is getting dark, and
the ostrich withdrew into the solitude OF
the desert. There it behaves as it likes,
and regardless of the proprieties.
Though bird, it has never tried to
make nest; and though not beast il
lows and roars like one. 1t lays eggs
like fowl, but crops the heritage like
cattle, wears hair on its back though il
has only two legs; and is altogether al
irregular and self-opinionated person
That such a creature should go picnic
ing off an ironmonger's stock-in-tradC
is, therefore, no more than might be ex
pected from its eccentric habits; ant
the pretence that it eats tenpenny nail
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10
Our Young Folks.
FROM THE CRADLE.

THEY tell me was born long
Three months ago,
But whether they are right or wrong
l hardly know.
sleep, smile, cannot crawl,
But can cry
at present L am rather small
A babe am L.
The changing lights of sun and shade
Are baby toys:
The flowers and birds are not afraid
OF baby-boys.
Some day I'll wish that could be
A bird and fly;
AT present | can't wish-you see
A babe am |.
Frederick Locker, in COl1lhM Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10

The endeavors to explain why the
Semitic nations wrote from right to left
has led to many curious speculations.
Erlenmayer, for instance, accounts for
their mode of writing by assuming that
they were left-handed. But this is a
hypothesis contrary to known fact.
One OF the most ancient of the books of
the Bible mentions left-handedness as .
physical popularity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10

DIR. S. M. PRoTHERo, of Tennessee,
says that there are but two active agents
that produce decay of the teeth. They
are acids and vegetable parasite, the
Leptothrix buccatis.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10

1T is an indictable crime to kill a
turkey buzzard or carrion crow in Ten
nessee.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-02
COMMERCIAL,
Eastorn and European Markets

NEW York, Oct. 1.-Money easy ut 2@S
per cent. Prime mercantile paper 41S@51S
per cent. Sterling exchange, bankers bills
steady at $4.Sl. Sight exchange on New York
$4.S3L.
Dry goods imports for the week, $l.775,000.
Governments weak at & to g per cent. low
er. Railroad bonds active and in the main
strong. A feature of the market was the large
business and 5uoyancy in Missouri, Kansas &
Texas seconds, which rose AS per cent,
State securities dull.
Stooks-The stock market opened strong but
subsequently declined fraction. The depres-
sion was, however, of brief duration, and un-
der brisk purchases, entire list advanced steady
and almost uninIerruptedly to the close of bus
mess. The highest prices of the day were cur
rent in final dealin IS and the market closed
strong at an advance of Il to ~ per cent.
in the general list. Louisville IL Nashville
was exceptionally weak and declined d per
cent.
The transactions aggregated 217,OO0 sbarts, OF
which 1900 were Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy
5000 Chicago, Columbus & Indiana Central &c, 600
Delaware Lackswanns & Western; $4,000 Erie I:
$500 Hannibal st. Joe: 1880 st. Louis Il Iron
Mountain; 70, 000 Missouri, Kansas Texas; 1900
Lake Shore; 100 Iske Erie Il Western 5,lOO Mich
igan Central; 900 Chicago & Northwestern: 10000
New Jersey Central; q 100 Northern Pacific; 5000
Ohio L. Mississippi; hoo Pacific Mail; IA 900 Phil
adelphia &. Reading; 1900 Chicago Milwaukee &
fc; 1880 Wabash. St. Louis & Pacific and 10000
Western Union.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-02

OTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY,
y SIS. In Probate Court, Special Term, Septem.
Der, 9, 1880.
In the matter Of the estate of Daniel Chamberlin,
deceased:
Whereas, en- instrument In writing, purportiDg to
be an authenticated copy of the last VII and testa-
ment of Daniel Chamberlain, deceased. and of the
probate thereof in the county of Suffolk, in the Stale
of Massachusetts, has been delivered In this courts
And Whereas, Ira l.. Moore has filed Herewith his
petition, representing smoHg other things that the
said Daniel Chamberlfn died testate In the city OF
Boston, in said county Of Suffolk, State OF Massa-
chusetts and that said petitioner and Henry Emery
and Charles Rollins the executors named in said
last will and testament and praying that said instru
ment may be admitted to probate, and that letters
testamenfary be to him End the said Henry Emery
and Charles Rollins issued thereon:
1t is ordered, that the proofs of said instrument
and the said petition be heard before this Court at
the Probate ocein said county of Ramsey the 18th
day ofOctobor A. D. 1880, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon, when all concerned may appear and contest
the probate Of said instrument
And it is further ordered, that public notice Of the
time and place of said hearing be given to all persons
interested by publication OF thege orders for three
weeks successfully previous to said day of hearing,
in the DAILY GLOBE, q newspaper printed and pub.
lished at Saint Paul, in said county.
By the court, HENRY O'GORMAN,
H. ST. Judge Of Probate.
Attest: Frank Robert, Jr., Clerk. sepl1-4w-sat
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-02
1000 bushels wheat; $4,000 bushels corn; $1,000
ushels oats; 1900 bushels rye; $4,000 bushels

.,.o, =, ,oo
bushels oats; 5000 bushels rye; $4,000 bushels
DI ns Y, m ooo l.,
Ing Dioser oeo scue ,sPoi.o os Iecetpss Ao,o
wean SLOW anu az
sers A'oWD4, common 70 caolce mixea 4.ooQD9 w
hgnt vOaDo.Oo, onoice heaVy o.IoCo.aU' closed
weak soi nne uusuu. Cat.e, receP.s o,ovoi snip
mopas a9vo nsuge Oh cnI,cs 70 s5.1a nasves puy
ers nang nre an graaes weaker lOtD 100 iower rev
saesi expoIts ooO4go.soi many premium io.s heid
aooVe markes Iar 70 Sooa sn.PPing a'AoSea.Io' COM
n m 70 meaium o,ooeD4.ou; Wraks na.iyes o.So'
texans 21oDs.l0. sheep, receipts sOo dun weak
OF, common 70 meoium o'ouDS 'o' gooo 10 cnoice
4.s%0g4.b0; Texans s.12M. .,u. ,uu,Do
,,o NEW YORK, Oct; l.MUotton 70 arrive Iully &c
siouI du receipts n, 400 barrels shipments i4,Ooo
barrels super state and western sS bog14oO; COM
OK 70 COCO saa ~ COCO 20 cno1ce A;oe S
go g. wnite wheat extra 10000; extra OHIO SO
81; LOUIS 2oele.6; Minnesota patent process o;Oo
Gge.2o. wheat steady; receipts 22l 600 bushels;
shipments zo,oa9 bushels; No spriog lO5g PIX
ungraded red l.NS1l. "a No. do l.070l 07A;
steamer DO l.Oi No; 2 do l0Sh0l0S$; steamer
90 :SeA No. red lis9l.lz ungraded white 06
o ooo ixs; NO DO oI1s NO. DO, sales Zt-
OU0 bushels at 1.O9AO1lO; No. 2red Oct.ber, sales
S3S,o00 bushels ct lO8h 01 .0sA; November, sales
SS',o0o bushels at l.09M@l.l0; December sales
10y, goo bushels at I.1lOl IFS. Corn, strong; re-
ungraded 1052no; No 61AQl62c; No. Octo-
Der oi9sGgoi1c; November e2BDo3c. Oats dull;
receipts $1,000 bushels mixed western a8N 04ahc;
white western 43l4 QD42&o. hay IN fa1r demand at
Syc Hops quiet but steady Coffee dull and lower;
hio cargoes quoted l2AG9ioNc; JOB lots lSQ1l7c.
s Snesr quiet; TAR 70 good refining quoted at ISsV
ISc Moiasaes dull and unchanged. Rice steady.
Petroleum quiet and unchanged Tailow hrm and
unchanged Rosin dull and unchanged. Turpen-
tine steady at Sl.so. Eggs firm at 2lT22c. Pork
stronger but iess active mess spot quoted nominal
" Si8.oV; October Is 2ogls2S Beef. steady and
IN Iair demand. Gus meats dun and easer; long
Gear niddes Ssie; short cisar nilaies D 10. LARD
and easier at l60soc. Cheese, demand active at
1Veo!&7sc' WHISKY. Vnere LAS "een no ueahnSs IL
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-02
BELLTOWN.
building EGiirOGd Through the Bad
Laads.---I County Destined 10 Become


Building a EGiirOGd Through the Sad
Laads. County Destined 10 Become
PrOGWctjUo.
To the Editor of the Globe.
BAD LANDS, DAKOTA, Sept.27, 1851 be-
lieve the present fashionable name of this
region is Pyramid Park. Both names are
equally appropriate. General Sully's 'Hell
with the fire out" is not by any means ag.
urative spaech, when applied to this coun-
try, and the small tent town just beyond
the END OF the track, locally known as ''Heil-
town." is fully up to the internal standpoint.
1 am puzzelled in the attempt to describe
this region. The topography is terror. It
is a confused, chaotic, indescribsble mixed
up lot of bluffs, pyramids, buttes, guIches,
ravines, burnt out coal beds, burnt clay. bare
ground, and fertile grassy wales.
Approaching this region from the
east, at a point some two miles
to the right of the railroad as you
enter tbs Bad Lands, the scene is bewild5r-
ing in the extreme, giving one the impress
sion that rs IS standing On the brink Of q
wrecked and ruined world, Fire and water
are undoubtedly the active agencies in pro-
ducing tho result. Burned out, and drown
ed out, is stamped in legible characters over
the whole region. And yet the Bad Lands
have some practically good and useful
features. While the bluffs and buttes are
mostly destitute of any vegetation, the inter-
vening valleys produce good pasturage, and
for stock range for q fellow who don't
want to be bothered By too many neighbors,
it would do admirably.
Then, again, while nearly all the timber
was either burned up in tie conhagration,
or changed into rock, some of tia coal beds
escaped, and he could back up his wagon
against the side of the butte and shovel in
pretty fair article Of fuel of q very irihiDe ont
lay of labor. Millions OF tons of Ignite can
so be had. It burns freely and fully answers
all household requirements. The water is
not generally considered as good as Milwau-
kee lager beer. 1t is sometime used for ab-
luton, but the common beverage is Schlitz,
one dealer hero having sold over
six thousand cases within the last three
months.
This region will soon attract crowds of
tourists and curiosity seekers, and a good
hotel or boarding house in connection with
a good stock ranch, would pay first rate.
Sage brush and cactus abound; also the
rattiesnake. There are also lovely holes in
the ground SO nearly covered with brush
that the wayfaripg man though even if he
is not much of fool can drop in to depth
of from ten to hundred feet without an
effort. In haste, yours truly.
l.. B. HODGES.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-02
Camp HueSt0H, d. 4.
To the Editor of the Globe.

To the Editor of the Globe.
SEPTEMBER %, 1880. - Returning from
the Bad Lands, 1 lay over day at this
point, military and railroad canvass town
of over one hundred tents. Some three
hundred soldiers and as many or more rail-
readers comprise the population.
Camp Hueston is delightfully."- loca ted on
the N. p. railroad, where it intersects the
north fork of Heart river. The topography
is good; soil good, and good town site. Ten
miles west is the headquarters camp of the
Winston brothers, contractors for the track
laying, and to whom 1 am under many obli-
cations for their kindness and hospitality.
They are pushing their part of
the work with great energy, and it hustles
the graders to keep out of their way. At
Camp Hueston 1 found Mr.. Mead, formerly
of the Winona G. st. Peter road, in charge
of the post traders store. and am also under
obligations to him for courtesies and hospit-
able treatment.
At the invitation of Lieut.. Barnes, I called
on Col Merrill, and spent pleasant even
ing in his hospitable camp. The Colonel
showed me sample of oats grown this sea-
son near him. think they were the largest
stalks l ever saw, well headed and flied, with
from 100 to 115 kernels of oats to each head.
| Strange as it may seem this fine specimen
grew on the unbroken prairie, the seed being
scattered from the feed boxes of the wagons
as the horses were fed.
The soil OF this whole region is rich, and,
with reasonable supply of rain, will pro-
duce enormous crops. I here refer to the
country between Mandan and the Bad
Lands. fair specimen of Gen. Hszen's des-
ert. That it will some day be well settled
and productive region I do not doubt.
Yours truly, LIB.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-02
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

1t seems strange that anyone will suffer from
the many arrangements brought on by an i'm
pure state Of the blood, when ScoyiD's BLOOD
and Liver Syrup will restore perfect health and
physical organization. 1t is indeed a strength
ening syrup, pleasant to take, and has proven
itself to be the best blood purifier ever dis
covered, effectnally curing Serofula, Syphihtic
disorders, Weakness of the Kidneys, all Nervous
disorders and Debility. It ccfrects indigestion.
1t makes the old feel young, the young feel
gay, and will invariably drive cut of the sys-
tenn the many ills that human flesh and blood
are heir to. Price of large bottle with full di-
rections. 81. A single bottle will prove to you
It's merits as health remover, for it acts like
charm, especially when the complaint is of an
exhaustive nature, having tendency to lessen
the natural vigor of the brain and nervous
system.
Remember we keep this excellent Blood and
Liver Syrup for sale at our drug store in ST.
Paul, and do most cordially recommend it to
our customers and all good people. MOVES
BRos. & CUTLER, agents.