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MIDLAND I1NT.

A meeting Ut tho representatives of TIM New
York Central, Like Shore, Lako Eric Western,
anu Chicago i Alton wag held yesterday at tho
urnud Pacti'o Hotel for tho purpose Of putting
INTO operation tho new fnst freight line which s
to run between Euw York, st. Louis, and Kan.
eaa CITY over tic Abovo roads. This limo will bo
known US tho Midland I.lno. n wns teoided
ut yoatortlaya meeting 10 put tho line In opera
ton Aprll ]. EAch Ut thu four ronds interested
III thlsli will furnish certain number OK cars
Mr. ". s. Weed, General Freight Agent Of tho
Lake Eric & Western ltnllr0atl, was ap-
pointed Gcterht Mannger of tho Midland Line.
Tho Wnbnsh ls Us rlnd ns u hornet On account
Of tho formation of tha new linn, anil Threatens
rnvenge nEltnst tho Lake Shore and New York
EGntitl: With which 1t hltB Il trntlIo Arrangement
Vanderbilt scomcd to bo n little staggered at
1srst ni1 neeOurt OF tho attitude Of tho Wabash,
anu tlits cnl1sesl tho. dclly III tho formntIoa Of
s ns tc m o 1at }@nSnE X yestor&ys n.a9a 5 as
now let tho Wabash howl nB much aa 1t pteasea
SELMA, ROME Il DALTON.
NEW foNK, hfarcl, 18.-A olreulnr has been pro.
pnrcd Tor transmission to tho stock and bond
hultlcrs ot tho Selma, Ro,ne l. Dalton liailroad
submitting for their approval a plan Of rcorsan.
lzAtio'f OF which tho following Ia tho allbstanoe,
Tho first-mortgngo bonds tn 10 exchanged for
now flrst-mortEago bonds at 20 POT cent Of The
principal and unpaid coupons: tho seco,,d,Elost-
gasa bonds to be exchanged for new second.
lllorts,!4o lhndsnn s[tniar terms; hollcrs Of In
COMMON anl preferred stock, Without intorest;
1le common atoEk to 10 relinQuiahcd fur Is per
cent pr tno nuW common sioux; ali Hens Ju'
le!ally decided prior to tho t-1nortgago bonds
With tho trst-m0rtYa4e bonds; nil obligations IL
pe hasesstu pro rAtu tor the nccee8ary Expenses
, 1880-03-19
RESIGNATION OF CYRUS ". Frrrn
Special Dtspatea to Tas Chicago 7+tbunt.

RESIGNATION OF CYRUS ", Frr,n
Special Dnpateh to TIA Chicago 7ttbun,. -
NEW YoltK, March 1e.-1t leaked out to,5,,
tlospito strong efforts Of tho Company 10 tssa
It 1u'ct, that Cyrus W, Ftold rostrne, ny
Presidency Of tho Wabnsh, st. Louis 1: paniSs
Co'upany two davs ngo, and pcrcmptor,ly ~.
fused to rcconsidcr his determination. M
FIa!i, on being nskct for bis reasons, sald urc,,.
ing duties III otlor directions nnc 1t itupossib1.
for him to continue to hear tho responslbtv ~
tilo position my longor. IIo called attcutIon IN
ms original reluctance to acccpt the o,ce. AMI
declaration ut tho t!Mo TINT he would only ron.
Rent to net temporarily. nt1d asserted that 81.
prcscnt notion WIS entirely In pursuance Of M
cottrse then. -
Tho Wabusl Directors were In secret scs,oo
to-t'hy Oh tho matter. No decisive action yas
taken. but 1t was 1unr1,cl muloslty were in
favor OF promoting Viee- President A, L, linn.
kns to tho rncRney: IN this cMsc Mr. 1Iopkin,
MnnnKcr. MD tho Vico- presdnsy viii 6e n1ada
s2rt Of hungary oi!Ice and otlornd to SiIpef
Dlllnn, President OF tho Union pnaific, 's
1t WINS suggested on Wall Street tbat ths
necessity. OF si9uing tho &C, ,0oQ, ,0W prunosoJ
tiew blMnket saortRnHb bonds was tho DREAMED
tnNt iltd something 10 do with frightening Mr.
fleht into resiHntng. Others, rccnlicctInS iha
sil4lircs or the WnUnsh stock during Mr. F1eid's
seeming hesitation abbi,t accepting tho Pret.
ihonrS. werp disposed to look for n 1,Uw sfocf.
1dnnl1sg movement nB tho result Of his present
netlon. " f'~ssa'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
He Drove a Sharp Bargain.

A nice young man employed in a cigar
store on King street, Toronto, resolved
the other day to present his intended
with a nice pair of boots. He according
ly procured her measure, and went into
one of the fashionable stores on King
street and purchased a 81 pair of boots
In order to make the present more val
liable he marked SIS (the amount of his
weeks wages, we think upon the soles
of the boots, and at his request the clerk
put receipt for S. into one of the boots.
The presentation was made and the low
ers were happy, as lovers should be. But
mark the sequel. The girl examined the
boots in the daylight, and was not salts
fed She was convinced that her lover
had been cheated in the purchase of such
a pair of boots at that price. She decid-
ed to go and change them and obtain a
better bargain. The next day she ap-
peared in the store and solicited pair
of boots, price 81, and politely returned
the boots for which she said her husband
had paid S.. The receipted bill was
produced, and the bootman found it was
impossible to 90 ''behind the returns. -
The smart girl took her 81 pair of boots
and obtained 81 in money, and went
home happy and satisfied. The boot
seller sent bill for So to the young man,
who promptly paid the difference, but he
thinks that girl knows more than he
thought, although he has been going
with her so long.-TOrOntO Grdphic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
Rules Of the United States Patent Of
flee

A REVISED set of rules for the United
States Patent Office went into force
January l, from which we make the
following brief extracts:
All business with the office must be
transacted by writing, and all letters adj
dressed to the Commissioner of Pat
ents," Washington, d. c. All matter
sent to the office whether by mail or ex-
press must be prepaid, otherwise it will
not be received A fee of fifteen dollars
must be paid on filing an application for
a patent on an invention or discovery,
and an additional twenty dollars on the
issue OF the patent. A copy of the specif-
cations and drawings of any patent
which is in print Gncluding all for several
years past) will be mailed to any address
in the United States for twenty five cents,
twenty or more at ten cents each. No
patent granted since March 2, 1861, can
be extended except by act of Congress.
A patent may be obtained by any per-
son who has invented or discovered any
new and useful art, machine, manufacture,
or composition of matter, or any new
and useful improvement thereof, not
known or used by others in this country.
and not patented nor described in any
printed publication in this or any foreign
country before his invention or discovery
thereof, and not in public use or on sale
for more than two years prior to his APP
plication, unless the same is proved to
have been Abandoned; and by any per-
son who, by his own industry, genius,
efforts and expense has invented and
produced any new and original design
for a manufacture, bust, Statue, alto
relieve, or bas-relief, any new and origi-
nal design for the printing of wooden,
silk, cotton or other fabrics; any new and
original impression, ornament, pattern,
print or picture to be printed, painted,
cast or otherwise placed on or worked
into any article of manufacture; or any
new, useful and original shape or con-
figuration of any article of manufacture,
the same not having been known or used
by others, before his invention or pro-
duction thereof, nor patented nor de-
scribed in any printed publication, upon
payment of the fees required by law and
other due proceedings had.
If it appear that the inventor, at the
time of making his application, believed
himself to be the first inventor or dis
coverer, patent will not be refused on
account of the invention or discovery. or
any part thereof, having been known or
used in any foreign country before his
invention or discovery thereof if it had
not been before patented or described in
any printed publication.
The specification is written descrip-
ton of the invention or discovery, and Of
the manner and process of making, con-
structing,, compromising and using the
same, and is required to be in such full,
clear, concise and exact terms as to ena-
BILE any person skilled in the art or sci
ence to which it appertains, or with
which it is most nearly connected. to
make, construct, compound and use the
same. 1t must conclude with specific
and distinct claim or claims of the part,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17

improvement or combination which the
applicant regards as his invention or
discovery.
The following order of arrangement
should be observed when convenient in
framing the specification, such portions
as refer to drawings being omitted when
the invention does not admit of repre-
sentation by drawings:
1. Preamble giving the name and resi-
dence of the applicant, the title of the
invention, and the statement required
by the last clause of Rule 80;
2. General statement of the object and
nature of the invention;
3. Brief description of the drawings
showing what each view represents;
4. Detailed description, explaining
fully the alleged invention, and the man
ner of constructing, practicing, operating
and using it;
5. Claim or claims;
6. Signature of inventor;
z. Signature of two witnesses.
The applicant, if the inventor, must
make oath or affirmation that he does
verify believe himself to be the original
and first inventor or discoverer of the
art, machine, manufacture, composition,
or improvement for which he solicits a
patent, and that he does not know and
does not believe that the same was ever
before, known or used; and shall state
of what country he is citizen, and where
he resides.-N y Mercantile Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
A Strange BedfellOM.

APRoPos of hunting and fishing, did
you ever hear of a wild-cat taking pos
session of spare bed in an inhabited
cabin. Such case really occurred this
winter in this vicinity, at the herd-house
of Overholt & Grouse. A Mr.. Burns had
been left in charge, and for several
nights, after he had retired, was dis
turbed by scrambling noise in the
chimney, followed by the sight of two
glazing, fiery eye-balls in the opposite
bed, and when he Burns)moved or made
a noise the low, fierce growl of some wild
animal was heard. This kind of thing
occurring for several nights in success
sion, so discomposed Burns that he final
ly vamoosed the ranch, and for some
time the intruder had things his own
way. With plenty of fat beef and veni-
son in store he must have come to the
conclusion that he had struck comforta-
BILE quarters. John Garrison, a miner,
hearing of the circumstance, made his
way to the herd-house, determined to in
terview the beast that had taken posses
sion. When he arrived at the ranch,
about four o'clock p. M, he was some
NHd1 sui pIlScu W llllu lle dnlIlldl III
bed and disposed to fight for the
establishment, but at sight of the
gun the miner carried he flew up the
chimney and into the brush Garrison
hung around until dark, then went to
bed, placing his gun where he could
reach it, and quietly waited for Mr.. Cat.
About ten o'clock he heard a scrambling
in the monstrous chimney, followed by
the sound of stealthy footsteps across the
floor and the sight of the flaming eyes
peering out at him from the spare bed.
John carefully raised his rifle, took as
good aim as he could in the gloom and
darkness at the shining orbs and fired.
The report of the rifle was followed by a
short scream of agony, then the sound of
struggling in the opposite bunk. The
intrepid hunter struck light and there,
sure enough, was his cat, fully five feet
in length, lying in the bed, its life
blood slowly oozing through bullet
hole in its breast and bedabbling with its
crimson stream the blankets on which it
had sought repose.-SaH Lake City Her.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
A WOman's Wickedness.

Few women would have the enter
prise and audacity, not to speak of the
wickedness, to wreck railway train in
order to get rid of an Objectionable hus-
band, and then sue the company fol-
damages. But such woman has been
found at the town of Evart, Mich, and
has been arrested, together with her
brothers, for committing the crime as
long ago as last November. Her name
is Mrs. Nevins, and her brothers are
Frank and William ReXford. Having
INSTRUCTED the track of the Evart 4
Osceola Road they threw the engine into
a ditch, fatally injuring the engineer,
John Nevins, the fireman, Peter Ross,
and a passenger, Charles Delude. The
first two died in three hours and the
third in twenty-eight hours. Mrs.
Nevins having been on very bad terms
with her husband, and having been
heard to make threats against him, had
been suspected, but nothing could be
proved against her. Finally detective
sought her out, pretending he wanted to
marry her, and so gained her confidence.
He proposed at first to aid her in her
plan for obtaining damages from the
railway for the death of her husband,
and next to marry her. Then he would
get his life insured for some $50, 900;
cut a hole in the ice on the lake; suborn
witnesses who would swear they had
seen him drown; and after securing the
insurance money, they would enjoy
themselves abroad. She was delighted
with the scheme, saying that he was
just the man she had been looking for
She suggested her brothers as witnesses,
who for liberal sum would make oath
as to his drowning. As the detective
expressed some fear that they might
lack the courage to commit perjury, She
told him as a proof of their nerve, that
they had put the log on the railway
which had caused the supposed accident
He assumed to be satisfied. They were
to journey to Muskegon to get married,
as he pretended; but he telegraphed the
police to arrest them when they should
arrive there. The detective, John
Malutte, having induced her on arrival
to tell the whole story in room where
witnesses were concealed, she was
promptly taken into custody, and her
brothers soon after. 1t might be pru-
dent for persons intending to travel by
rail in Michigan to inquire beforehand
how the engineers a the trains they take
are regarded by their wives. Mrs. Nevins
must be an agreeable woman to set up
cooperative hOuSe-k keeping with.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
Packing Eggs for Transportation.

PACKING eggs to preserve them dur.
ing winter for home market or consump-
ton is a very different matter from pack
ing them so that they can be safely trans
ported long distances. Produce commits
sion merchants, who are equally inter-
ested with the farmers in having the
packages pass through the perils of rough
handling and many changes uninjured,
issue each year in circulars to their pa
irons directions for packing this very
frail commodity. With one accord the
rules laid down in the various circulars
referred to discourage the employment
Of chatf as a packing material, and rec
ommend, among the more available sub
stances, dry sweet straw or hay finely
cut. Clean oats are admirably suited to
the purpose and are advised when the
quantity of eggs to be packedis not very
large, otherwise this material is some
what costly. Whatever material is used
it is imperative that the packing be sweet
and dry.
Either boxes or well-hooped barrels
may be used. Place three inches of fine
cut straw, hay or oats, as the case may
be, at the bottom of the package; follow
this with layer of eggs removed an inch
or more from the sides of the barrel or
box, and not touching each other; over
these place several inches of the packing
material, and press it down gently but
surely, so as to fill all interstices between
the eggs, and cover them about one inch
in depth; then put in another layer of
eggs, taking care that the packing is
pressed between the ends of the eggs
and the side of the package, and so con-
tinue the alternate layers of eggs and
packing material until within three or
four inches of the top of the package.
Finish off with at least two inches Of
packing and an inch or so of hay Press
the cover of the package down closely
and secure it firmly. With care the eggs
can be thus packed so they will remain
in the places they are put, and not move
about to crush one another.
In placing the eggs class of farmers
hold to the old rule of setting them little
ends down. A commission house in Bos-
ton advises this season that they be
placed with the end toward the side of
the package. Either way, if so packed
as to keep the eggs from coming in con-
tact, will, with ordinary care in handling
the package during its transit, insure
their safety long distance. y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
Mad Over the Puzzle.

Daniel Conroy, of Erie, highly re-
spectacle citizen, has gone raving mad
ovcrthe solution of 50 the fifteen puzzle. -
He is a strictly temperate man, a de-
voted husband and Kind father. For
several days he had neglected his bust
ness and applied himself constantly to
the game, until his brain gave way I'M
der the attempt to master the Is, Is, IA.
On Monday last he grew violent, seized
his infant child and was putting it on a
hot stove when the neighbors rushed in.
He was overpowered, and a body of po-
lice carried him to jail, when he was
found to be raving maniac. A re-
porter visited him and saw him crouched
in the cell scratching out the game on
the wall. Although handcuffed he had
torn off all his clothes, and was flinging
himself against the iron, yelling 4" Fif-
teen, thirteen, fourteen The Jail ply
stefan has ordered him to the county
asylum. The greatest sympathy is felt
for the man and his family.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
Some Of Dickens Originals.

Dickens to large extent used the re-
membrance of the scenes amidst which
his early years were passed as literary
material, both in his earlier and later
writings. He was not indeed man of
was removed with his fathers family to
Chatham. The delicate little lad was
unable to join in the ordinary sports of
boys, but was studious and OBJ
servant child. References to Roches-
ter and the neighborhood either
by name or recognizable descrip-
ton, were cited from the "Sketches by
Boz Pickwick,' "David Copper
field" "Seven Poor Travellers" and
the "Uncommercial Traveller" where
it figures as Dullborough. In one of the
last-named papers Dickens describes a
funeral of child he had seen at Chat
ham. In "Great Expectations the
opening scene is at Coaling, near Roches-
ter, beyond which lies a large tract of
marsh country extending from the Med
way to the estuary of the Thames, which
is described by Pip when narrating his
encounter with the escaped convict. 1t
is not unlikely that the account given by
Pip of his return to Rochester after he
had for time realized his 'sGreat Ex-
pectations" represented an experience of
the author
In edwin Brood Rochester figures
as Cloisterham, and Dickens spent much
time in the Cathedral. The appariton
who figures as "Mr. Tops" in the tale
often observed the novelist about the
church during the last few months of his
life, but took no particular note, not
knowing at first who the visitor was
GGLgnanSs Messenger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
Changes i'm the Sandwich Islands.

King Kalakana has had a $4,000
palace voted him by the Hawaiian Leg
islature. The cornerstone was laid at
Honolulu on December 81, with Masonic
ceremonies. His Excellency John M.
Kapena delivered historical address.
In speaking of the changes of the last
few years in the Sandwich Islands, he
said: In the year 1858 the total value
of all our exports amounted to the sum
of $148, 685, rs; and in the year 1873 the
value of our exports reached the sum of
1924, 879.4 40. Not only this, but we
must consider the wages earned by the
people. Formerly, twenty-five cents per
diem was considered high wages for a
laborer, but now he demands as high as
80 for single days work. 1t is not,
however, in this city alone that we find
evidences of the changed condition of
the people and the country. Let us turn
our eyes to the Windward Islands and
examine their condition. A hundred
years ago those islands were noted as
being the theaters of war for their fear
less braves, with their spears and iave-
Inns, where, apparently, the only use of
the common people was to help their
chiefs in their warlike pursuits, to I'M
plicitly obey, to trust to and love their
chiefs. But in these days, on those
plains where once the flying spear and
swift javelin were familiar objects, a
great war of different character is
going forward in most of the fertile por-
tons OF the country. In the far distant
past it was the fierce tread of armed men
on their marches and in their combats
that filed the air with the dust of their
movements; but in these days it is the
untiring point of the pillow that indus
triously stirs up the dry soil which has
so long lain fallow-the steam whistle
echoes far and near, arousing the idle to
join hands with the industrious, that both
may work together for progress
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-17
Qur pnnrg eGaHs.
CHLLDHOOD'S GOLD.

They need not go SO far away,
through heat and cold, to hunt for gold;
They might beside us sit or stray
Our hands are full as they can hold.
Gold? Gold is poured out of the sky
From rise of sun till day is done;
With falling leaves it flashes by;
In liquid gold the rivers rum
II was scattered all the way from school,
In stars and bells adoWn the dells:
We children gathered aprons full.
Where little Dandelion dwells.
And yellow Cowslip to our feet .f
Came. like king, his hoard to bring;
And Columb ine, with nod so sweet,
Shook gold upon our path,--gay thing!
What goblet glistens with such wine
AS the bee sups from buttercups?
what gold beads on the wet grass shine
Sparkling to breezy downs and upsI
Our homes are sweet upon the hills,
Where love is sure, and life is pure,
And sunshine every season fills;
How can country child be poor?
No robber scares our midnight hours;
No Golfers cold our treasures hold;
Dewdrops and sunbeams. stars and flowers
Gold! Gold! Who shares our childhood
gold?"
Lucy Larcons. in 81. Nicholas for April.