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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
ShingIing Churches with Gold.

The Russian Government wastes mil
lions of gold by spreading it on build
ings, not only by the square yard, but
by the square mile; and only lately it
has been trying to borrow more money.
This extravaganza is noticed in some
comments by a contemporary:
The report of Russia's wish TO nego-
tate new loan, and the undoubted
fact of her paper ruble being now worth
only fifty cents instead of seventy-iive,
suggests some curious ideas in connec-
ton with the magnificent church now
being completed in Moscow, with thick
plating of gold on its dome and cross.
This fashion of gliding church towers is
universal in Russia, and it has been cal
culated that enough gold is thus lying
idle to pay off the national debt. The
Isaac Cathedral, in st. Petersburg, has
plating of gold three-quarters of an
inch thick over the whole of a dome us
large as that of st. Paul's, in London.
The church of Our Lady of Kozen has a
massive altar furniture of solid silver.
During the great fire of Moscow, in 1912,
the molten gold and silver were seen
flowing like water from the burning
churches and the new addition to them
which is about to be consecrated repre-
sents an outlay of fully fifteen million
dollars.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
A Quaint French Town.

Dion is celebrated for three manu-
factures-its pills, its mustard and its
gingerbread; and the history of each is
curious in the extreme. We will take
the pills first. Without doubt the peo-
pie who take most pills will be the first
to make them wholesale, and the con-
sumptionof machine-made pills through
out the length and breadth of France is
enormous. 1t was happy thought of
successful French pill-maker, who,
with the best intentions in the world,
could hardly satisfy his customers, to
have recourse to machinery. 1t must
have flashed upon him like lightning
that the clumsiest machine might turn
off three times as many pills in day as
the most dexterous fingers, and now the
process is so exact that some hundreds
of thousands of pills are fabricated daily
on the premises of the original inventor.
This gentleman, Thevenot, chemist of
Dion, gained large fortune by his
mandatory, and it is satisfactory to
learn that his descendants are doing as
prosperous a trade as himself. The
hardness of the times in no degree af-
fects the sale of pills. People will have
their pet luxury at any cost, and so
while they are ready to give up their
horses and carriages and toilets, they
retain their pill. had the opportunity
of conversing with several manufacture
ers in different branches of trade whilst
at Dion, and all complained of the
slackness in trade. Only the fortunate
fabricator of pills showed a cheerful
countenance. Tar, chloroform, cam
phor, castor oil, oil of eucalyptus, are
amongst the favorite ingredients. The
process of pill-making by machiaery is
extremely rapid and neat. Thin layers,
composed of gum, sugar and gelatine,
are spread out in small pieces the de-
sired oil is then spread on the under
layer, just as we put jam in layer of
paste; a second put on, the whole ad-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

to hold dear, and to try to justify the
GOODNESS and selfishness of their own
unbelief by any lack of warmth or posi-
tiveness in our own expressions con-
corning the highest themes and the
noblest duties. If by our daily speech
we seem to express the conclusion that
religion is a trivial and unimportant
matter, that it's creeds are outworn, its
ministry an excrescence of bygone
superstition, and it's membership hypo-
critical and hollow hearted, how is any.
body to know that in our heart of hearts
we hold any higher view? If the world
finds us willing to accept its standards
and its utterances when we are on the
street, what right have we to ask that it
give us credit for any firmer faith or
any devouter spiritual frame in our
closets? We are measured, and we
ought to be measured, by what we say,
and by the manner in which our words
are spoken. Ii our language in weaker
hours, when consorting with the
worldly minded and unsprtual, be-
trays our higher purpose and our more
trustful faith, we have no right to COM
plain if we are ranked with unbeliev-
CTS anu WIFI eu6IDleS OF Ile cause
which we pretend to follow. He
who is not with me is against me; and
he that gathereth not with me scatter
eth abroad" There is altogether too
much scattering abroad by means Of
the worldly words which we seek to
embody in Christian speech.
In order to refuse thus to adopt
lower scale of speech and action than
that which we are bounden to hold, it
is by no means necessary to adopt a
strait-laced " mode of conduct, or to
fall into Pharisaic or monastic habits
of seclusion, or to become morbidly
sensitive concerning the relations be-
tween "the church and the world.n
Not by such means shall we rise toward
the ideal Christian life, but by testing
our thoughts, words and deeds by the
simple question whether their true
source is a constant e5ire to think,
speak and act as in Christ's name, OF
whether they spring from no nobler
purpose than a shifting desire to get
along as easily as may be, Icy following
the general current. S. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
Wise Sayings.

HEAVEN will pay for any loss we may
suffer to gain it; but nothing can pay
for the loss of Heaven. R. Batter.
If in dark business we perceive
God to guide us by the lantern of His
providence, it is good to follow the
light close lest we lose it by tagging
behind.
We do not need to see wickedness
around us to know that we are sinners.
A mans conscience tells him that; and
if everybody else were good, the man
would feel his sins all the more. Golden
Rule.
WE utterly mistake in our culture
wsen we make our religion unamiable
or our unamiableness undevout. The
majestic and the lowly, the solemn and
the gay, are to meet in humanity-to
meet and mutually to relieve, soften,
and to exalt each other. -DeWey.
THE readiest way for mediocre man
to gain notoriety is for him to proclaim
himself an infidel and attack the Bible.
His blows may be as feeble as a hen S
pecking. but they are sure to attract
notice, because of the holy and tender
regard in which what he assails is held
by the noblest part of the race.-M Y.
Tribune.
SELF-LovE leads US to do certain
things because we choose them for our
selves, although we would not do them
at another's bidding, or from mere
obedience. If things are our own
originating we like them, but not when
they come through other people. Self
is forever seeking self, self-will and
self-love; but if we were perfect in the
love of God we should prefer to obey,
because in obedience there is more of
God and less of self.--St. Francis de
CoIoo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
Religious.
At MOTHER S KNEE.

SAFE to the fold the Shepherd leads
His little lambs at close of day.
And thus my darlingS come to me,
At last grown tired of their play;
And while the twilight shadows fall
Ger hill and meadow from above,
draw my little lambkins safe
Within the fold of home and love.
o drowsy eyes of blue and brown!
nodding heads! l understand;
TITS time two little travellers start, :,
With mothers aid, for "slumber-land,
So fold the dresses snug away,
And free the restless dainty feet
From shoe and stocking. Thus at last,
My little lambs, refreshed and sweet,
And robed in white, before me kneel
With folded hands. o Father, Thou
Who art the Shephred of Thy flock,
Bow down Thine ear and listen now
To each low, childish prayer that these,
My children, offer up to Thee.
Hallow the twilight hour, q Lord,
That brings them thus before my knee.
And so through all the silent hours
Which lie between the night and day,
They shall not fear since from the fold
Thy love will drive all foes away.
Sleep, little ones, Oh, sWeetly sleep,
Till morning sunbeams gather taSt;
And safe from slumber-land you come
Back to your mothers knee at last.
Illustrated Christian WecSty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
ONLY A GIRL BABY.

A LITTLE pink baby came with the dawn
And opened her eyes and cried:
"Oh dear! oh, dear! what will do
In this great world SO wide?
al see around me giants tail,
That take me against my will,
And say with scorn: ''Tis only girl,
There, there, my dear, be STILL
Be still? won't! I've right to cry
At a welcome here like this
TITS shame to treat Il baby So
baby you ought to kiss.
II am tired, so tired, I want to rest;
Come, giants hush your noise;
begin to feel, in my mothers arms,
I've as good right as boys.
And all outside let wild winds blow,
Through the clouds l see the skies;
The light of hope has come to my heart,
Through the blue of my mothers eyes,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

The Indestructibility OF Matter.

This is capable of ready demonstra-
ton by preparing couple of glass tubes
of equal weight, each being filled with
pure oxygen. and containing few par
ticles of carbon, free from appreciable
amount of ash; that prepared from the
fine loaf sugar gives very good results.
The tubes are of precisely equal weight,
and are hermeticall sealedy. By heat
ing one of them the charcoal is caused
to burn, and ultimately to disappears
the tube and contents, however, is Of
course found still to balance the other
tube (Which has not been heated) being
OF precisely the same weight as it was
at first. Scientific american.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
Sunday-SchOOl Lessons.

THIRD QUARTER.
July 25-The Covenant with
Noah. Gen. Q: S-19
Aug. 1.-The Call of Abram Gen. IL 81, 32;12
lilo
Aug. 8-Abram aud Lot. Gen. ID: lis
Aug. 15-Abram and Melchize-
dek. Gen. IA: IL "a
Aug 22-The Covenant with
Abram. ....... .......... Gen. 15:-1S
Aug. 29-Abraham's lnterces-
sion. Zen. IS: 6-33
Sept. slots Escape from
Sodom Gen. 10: 1926
Sept. 12-Trial of Abraham's
Faith Gen. %: ia
Sept. 19-Review of the Lessons.
Sept. 25-Lesson selected by the School
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

FLIRTING fans is the new name given
to fans shaped like a flower petal, and
decorated with a group of flowers, or
in the form of heart with a blossom
painted on them. A Spanish girl with
a plain black fan will do more execu-
ton in five minutes than an American
in five hours with one of these aids to
Irritation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

There are unhappy people who feel
continually as If something is about to
happen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
The Christianity Of Everyday Speech.

-AWguSta B. Garrett, IN Churchnaan.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-06-04

The board of education--The school
masters shingle.
Americans never sleep with nightcaps
on. They generally take them on the in
side.
There is nothing like having good
quantity of bedding for all animals. It
makes their repose more comfortable and
serves an excellent purpose of absorbing
the liquid excrements.
Laying hens need great deal of
lime, in order that their eggs may have
the proper thickness of shell. Nothing
better can be given than raw bones
crushed fine. They are of special value
on account Of the fatty matter contained
in their cells.
Parsnip Fritters: Scrape and halve
the parsnips, boil tender in hot, salted
water, mash smooth, picking out the
woody bits; add beaten egg to every
four parsnips, a teaspoonful of flour,
pepper and salt at your discretion, and
enough milk to make into thick batter;
drop by the spoonful into hot lard and
fry brown. Drain into hot colander,
and dish.
French poultry fanciers who make .
specially of raising fowls for the market
are now feeding their poultry with bar
ley and steamed carrots. Their rapid
fattening qualities are something won
derful, and it is said that the roots also
impart peculiar favor to the flesh that
suits the taste of the French epicure ex-
actly. The long yellow carrots are con-
sidered the best for this purpose.
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her hands, and bring them to my poor,
sick wife, and tell us not to tell, because
Miss Josephine would kill her And
now-she's going to die =
And as he spoke, Hugh, who had lis
tened to the man in dumb horror, heard
the slow, steady tramp of feet. on the
stairs, and again the door opened, and
carried her in, and placed her tenderly
on the sofa, and Hugh, with stilled heart,
looked down at the white, sweet face that
had blushed last night under his gaze.
Poor Charley dear little Charley !!
ALI her sauciness and coquetry were
gone
.sIs she dead ?" asked Hugh with cold
lips.
And the doctor only shook his head
gravely, and sent them all out of the
room. Hugh waited at the head of the
stairs, with the farm laborers who had
carried there, and oh, how bitterly he re-
preached himself as he heard them tel
ling of all her good and kind deeds
among the poor and sick. He had never
dreamed of this, and now, oh, If she
should die
At last the doctor appeared, and taking
Hugh by the arm, led him into the room.
then went out again, closing the door.
"Charley," said Hugh, kneeling be-
side her, and taking her in his arms.
"Oh, my darling, I thought you were
dead p
Charley opened her eyes, and smile
flashed over her face.
81 wanted to die, Hugh she said
family, "because-because Josie said
you hated me r.
"Hate you? Oh, Charley, I loue you
and have just found it out?"
"But Hugh" whispered Charley, with
faint flash of her old sauciness, as he
pressed his lips to hers, "do you love
girl who wears bangs p and and
Hugh, from the depths of your heart,
pity the man who marries me? There,
you dear old fellow, kiss me, and won't
tease any more p
And Charley did not die, but lived to
make the light and Joy and happiness OF
Hugh's life but she still banged her
hair and wore her hat on one side.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-06-04
rHz couvrRYe1R1,s LETTER.


DEAR SIs-Here am In the city;
Cousin Minnie is kind as can be.
Uncle John calls me "dear little daughter;
And yet, Sis, between you and me,
am awful!y hom esick this morning
The world seems so wide yound about me,
Such a wee little corner NIL.
Cousin Minnie has beautiful garments
Awaiting her wearing. Don't say
ANYTHING to our dear little mother
My cashmere is made the wrong way;
AHe Because e % It DON'T set as il ought;
And the cut-away bitches in wearing
Don't set like the one Minnie bought.
But don't breathe whisper to mother,
Who thinks am 81 ylishly dressed;
I'll try not TO care about fashion,
Or Whispers: "She came from out West"
Mr.. Austin comes here to see Minnie,
think he's her lover. All. me,
If he really faHcies, and loves her,
How happy that girl ought to be!
Pm afraid of his eyes. blue and steady,
He thinks am awkward, know.
That's the reason he stares at me, often,
And makes my hot cheeks redden SO.
Well-his is not my world forever,
What matters 1t any way. then?
But want to come home little sister,
And never leave Willow again.
POSTSCRIPT.
Idcn't know. Pm sure, how to tell you,
Pm dazed, and 1t will not seem true,
But he loved me instead of fair Minniei
He talks about roses with dew
On their freshness. He seems not to care
In the least about beautiful clothes;
He's going to father tomorrow
To ask for q wild country Rose.
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Heine at Home,

=
soon found the house, which was on
the corner of a little narrow street that
bends off the rue du Faubourg Poisson
| Mere. It bore the number of 46. I
mounted three flights of narrow, danger
ously polished stairs, and stopped before
small brown door, by which there was
a green silk bell pull. I rang, and a
| corpulent, rather youngish lady opened
the door, cast sharp look at my father
land coat, and said that ssM. Eene" was
out II am sorry said in French,
with real ehagrin, 'snot to find M. Heine.
I come from Leipsic and bring him a
letter from M. Laube. When, madame,
can have the pleasure?"
"He is not out! He is not out!'' cried
very thin voice from within, and a
small man neither old nor young, with
his head bent forward, appeared at the
door in dressing gown that tapped
about his naked legs. It was Heinrich
Heine, and q pressure of his soft
hand greeted me. "Entrez toujours!
Entrez toujours! have just come home
must change my clothes because I am
bathed in sweat" said he, coughing, but
as loud as if he were talking to half
deaf person. 'Yes, my dear, this is a
friend from Germany, who brings me a
letter from Laube," he explained to his
wife. Mime. Heine will not permit Ger
mans to see me. She knows them at a
glance" and he rushed back into the
next room.
"Ja, mein err" said madame, smiling,
81 recognized monsieur as German at
once" "By what?" I asked. sob, mon
Dieu, by your clothes and your shoes. y
l cast glance ut my coat and shoes
Dresden make-and I couldn't see any.
thing remarkable about them, still they
must have lacked something of style. To
tell me so was not polite, however. Sand
why" I asked, ''are the Germans SO
treated by you? Yet I can we'll imagine
that your husband is overburdened with
visitors
Il cannot deny it" said Heine, who in
the meanwhile had appeared in more
respectable toilet. ''There seldom comes
anything agreeable to me from the Faith
erland. The Germans who present them
selves here are often of doubtful ma
ture. But if worthy fellow-country-
| man, whose name is known to me, does
| me the honor to pay me a visit he can be
sure of a friendly reception. But come,
come into my room; we must have long
| chat
| Now I had closer look at Heine. He
| was still far from being the sick man OF
whom we are accustomed to think. True,
the right eye-lid had fallen and nearly
concealed the eye. but no other trace of
the coming apoplexy was visible in his
face. The face was of singular beauty.
The forehead was high and broad, the
nose finely and nobly modelled. A red
dish-brown beard shaded well-formed
| mouth and concealed the chin. The
dark brown hair of the head, which hung
down upon the neck, betrayed no trace
of age. The general expression of
Heine's face was one of dreams melan-
choly, but when he spoke or moved an
| unexpected look of energy appeared,
and an astonishing and almost demoniac
smile. He was then in his 48th year.
The disease which later made such
frightful ravages had only begun to
show slight, almost unnoticeable marks
of its presence.-[ Alfred Meissner.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-06-04
Carlyle's Advice to Literary Amateur.

In collection of Covenanter ballads
lately published at Edinburgh there are
few characteristic letters by Carlyle.
One of them is addressed to friend who
had endeavored to interest Carlyle in a
cousin whose ambition it was to win a
place among writer's for periodical litera-
ture. It sets forth in such vigorous
fashion the hardships and uncertainties
of the literary career that it is worth
quoting for the benefit of young writer's
in general. who are apt to be SO dazzled
by the brilliant career of the few who
succeed that they do not rightly estimate
the wretchedness of the many who fail.
Carlyle writes: eThere is no madder
section of human business now welter-
ing under the sun than that of periodi
cal literature in England at this present
day. The meagrest bread-and-water
wages-a any honest, steady occupation, I
should say, are preferable for young
were not wise to stick steadfastly by his
studying, of course, in all ways to per-
feet and cultivate himself, but leaving
literary glory, etc., to lie in the distance,
an obscure possibility of the future,
which he might attain, perhaps, but also
could do very well without attaining. In
another year, it seems, his official salary
may be expected to increase into some
thing toIerable. He has his mother and
loved ones within reach; he has, or by
diligence can borrow and have, some
books worth reading; his own free heart
is within him, to shape into humble
wisdom or mar into violent madness;
Gods great sky is over him, Gods green,
peaceable earth around him. I really
know not that he ought to be in haste to
quit. such arrangements. Nevertheless,
if he persists in purpose to write, which
in my ignorance of the details of his
situation I know not that he should alb
solutely avoid doing, let him by all
means try it. If he turn out to have the
fit talent he will decidedly find an editor;
if not. it is better in all ways that he do
not find one. They, the
editors, will make short work of the
business and answer truly, 'That is all
they will answer. In conclusion,
should say that your cousin ought de-
cidedly to try for some other subject to
start with than criticism on Shakespeare.
Doubtless he must know best what he
has the call to write upon, if we have
really an inward call. But the thing he
will have the chance to write entertain
ingly upon will be something he
specially himself has seen, not probably
Shakespeare, I should say, which all the
world these two centuries has been doing
its best to see. Excuse this abruptness.
Heaven knows would gladly help your
cousin if could"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-06-04
"REMINISCENCES OF Early Railroading.

J. 81. Jackman in recent letter
shows that in the matter of speed,
locomotive engines of to-day are not
greatly superior to those of earlier
times. He says: Gin 1849 Ross
Winans, of Baltimore, built a locomo-
tive for the Boston & Worcester
Railroad. 1t had seyen-foot driv-
ing wheel, and was intended for very
high speed. 1t had steam springs to
support the weight, and was fitted
with many new devices. / was sent
to Baltimore to look after the con-
struction and delivery of this loco
motive. and also to study the matter
of coal burning, which was a new
thing on roads in New England at
that time. ran the engine for
about six weeks, and should have
run her longer but from the fact of
her driving wheels breaking. They
were made entirely of cast iron, with
chilled faces. These broken drivers
were replaced with imported
wrought iron wheels, the first of the
kind ever imported. The locomotive
was named the Carroll of Carrollton.
It's speed, under favorable circum-
stances, was one mile in sixty sec
onds, the fastest ever ran it. The
trial was not accurately noted, [
having enough to do to attend to the
machine, and those with me were
too much fiustered with the excite
ment to accurately note anything. I
have travelled many thousand miles
on locomotives since that day in
order to test speed, and while [ have
seen some high speed made, still l
have never seen the locomotive that
could lay right down to it and out
run the Carroll of Carrollton.' In
those days we had no power brakes,
and TO run at such high rates of
speed sometimes became dangerous.
l remember one instance in the night
time of rounding curve at about
sixty miles an ho1r, when a danger
signal met my view. shut off steam
and whistled down brakes, but they
did not seem to check me. whistled
again. Still the speed kept up. I
gave the third signal for brakes, and
IHoH ioNoISeu my ouSiue, 3D. iuS W
her: DO your duty, my beauty, or
in twenty seconds it is goodbye to
railroading.' We came to a stand
still eighty rods from train on the
main track, having run one mile and
quarter from the place where I
first discovered the red light"
A Touch Children are
often puzzled by questions which are
not understood by their elders. During
the late Franco -Prussian war Sunday
school scholar read about the prayers
which the Germans and French were pc
titioning Heaven for success to their
arms. Mother asked little girl of
her parent, "I don't see what the Lord
can do under the circumstances, do you?
He can't give the victory to both of them,
and it seems to me like a terrible
dilemma to be placed in" Her mother,
who was not entirely satisfied with the
role which Great Britain played in the
affair, remarked, "Well, my dear child,
perhaps he will do as the English do,
and remain neutral