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The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
Spiders that Kill Birds.

Everybody knows that spiders catch flies and other insects; but that some of thsR thfs kn6Mh ttle hds raTsief ay % in ha Brazil
 tells us that he caught one of them in the very act while going through a forest in the Amazons. The spider was a hairy fellow, with body two inches long, and eight legs measuring seven inches each, from end to end. The writer describing the incident, says: l was attracted by q movement of the monster on a tree trunk; it was close beneath deep crevice in the tree, across which was stretched dense white web. The lower part of the web was broken, and two small birds, fnches, were entangled in the pieces. One of them was quite dead. and the other nearly so. drove away the mon- ster, and took the birds, but the second one soon died. The fact of species of mygale, to which genus this spider be- longs, sallying forth at night, mountin z trees, and sucking the eggs and young of humming birds, has been recorded long ago by Madam Merriam and PaEsot de Beauvois; but, in the absence of any confirmation, it has come to be dis credited. From the way the fact has been related 1t would appear that it had been merely derived from the report of natives, and had not been witnessed by the narrators. The mygales are quite common insects; some species make their cells under stones, others form artistical tunnels in the earth, and some build their dens in the thatch of houses. The natives call them Aranhas caran- gueijeiras, or crab-spiders. The hairs with which they are clothed come off when touched, and cause 8 peculiar and almost maddeni1g 2 irritation. The first specimen that l killed was handled in- cautiously, and I suffered terribly for three days afterward. I think this is not owing to any poisonous quality re- siding in the hairs, but to their being short and hard and thus getting into the fine creases of the skin. Some my gales are of immense size. One day I saw the children belonging to an Indian family with one of these monsters se- cured by cord round it's waist, by which they were leading it about the house as they would a dog.
The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
The Mammoth Cave.

A writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer says of kentucky's great natural wonder :: Mammoth cave cannot be described, even by the aid of illustrations, much less by words alone. Its magnitude and grandeur, its absolute darkness and op- pressive stiffness must be seen and felt i; its long, solitary ard tortuous passages must be traversed and seen by the dim light of the lard oil lamp and by the glare of the Bengal light: one's utter loneliness and heIplessness with lights extinguished, must be experienced or at least imagined there to be appreciated. The cave consists of miles upon miles of intricate passages, winding about in every direction, 270 in number, of all possible sizes, from the grand avenues and chambers, through which trains of cars could pass with ease, to those so small that a man can only crawl through them for long and wearisome distances lying flat on his face, and others still so small that even a child could not get through them. And these passages twist and wind about in many places totally unsuspected by the traveller in the cave, along by his side, over his head, and under his feet, forming a maze of branching passages-a real laby- rinth-that the visitor along the ordin- ary routes knows nothing about. Not mucn wonder I1aC tue man WHO, q lew years ago, got lost from his party, be- came a maniac as he wandered about in the dark long before he was found
 twenty-siX hours afterward. hiding and trying in terror to escape from the anX- ious friends and guides who found him.
 These ordinary routes are known as the "Long Route" and the "Short Route," the former about eighteen miles in it's total length, the latter about seven or eight miles Both of these along their entire length, with the insignificant eX- ception of the '' Fat Mans Misery" and "The Corkscrew," are through large avenuesand magnificent chambers, from whose floors the loose reck that has fallen from the roof has been removed or piled up along the sides in such way as to make good, smooth foot path. The journey through there is easy, pleasant and invigorating, requires no change of costume, and brings to view the finest parts. of the cave In taking the long route, it is necessary to cross in boat the river in the cave, which rises and falls with Green river outside, some miles away; and as the roof over this river is low, when the water rises it soon reaches this roof, making the passage of this river impos- sible, and of course shutting off that part of the cave beyond it.
The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
How Big is Man '?

How big IS 8 man, anyway? We'll, he IS smaller than an elephant, and an elephant is smaller tran 8 mountain and a mountain is smaller than the world, and the world is mustard seed compared with the sun, and the.sun it. self is mere mote in the dust cloud of spheres that stretches out through the universe beyond the reach of thought Suppose we could make an exact model of the earth eighty feet in diameter. Eighty feet in diameter would be 9 pretty large ball as balls go on the face of this planet. Assume, for. the sake of easy calculation, the diam eter of the earth to be exactly 5000 miles, and let us proceed to build our model to scale. A mountain five miles high should represent on our model 5-60, booth of eighty feet or 6-l0 of an inch. An elephant built in proportion should be IA, Tooth of an inch in height, and an average man I-52 8o0th of an inch tall. An army of 26, 400 such men standing shoulder to shoulder in single straight rank would require their gen. eral to gallop over space of one inch to pass them all under review. With a smart horse of proportionate size, rid den at a brisk gallop, he could accom- pllsh this distance in about an hour. Viewed in this way Il man is a mere mite crawling over the f;,ce of the globe, yet he has had the arrogance to think the universe was formed for him more than for other insects, and that the Ruling Intelligence had him pre- emi- nently in view in bringing order out of chaos. .--sScientifc NesUs.
The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
Story of an Adventures.

The New York correspondent of the Boston Herald tells this story of the meteoric flight and sudden collapse of an adventures who recently gained en- trance into the fashionable circles of Gotham: The season of balls, now closed by Lent, lad no more conspicu- ous figure than that of 8 woman who said she was bonanza queen from Cali torHia, with millions in her money-box, and notion in her head that she wanted to see New York life. Nobody kne V her, but everybody could see that she was handsome, almost young, elegantly dressed and disposed to be frisky. She vent to the charity and other fashion able balls at the academy of music, and was received as a visitor ill several wealthy families. Exactly how she put herself on this social footing cannot easily be learned. Whenever she ap- peared in pul,Ec gathering, well-known men tangled in her train. Her costumes were fully described in the newspaper reports, real or paste diamonds were sprinkled over her person, sine boarded at the Hoffman house, and, altogether, was this winters most conspicuous woman in New York. Her conduct in public was decorous, but there caire an occasion when indiscretion terminated this phase Of her metropolitan career. After a bail she W ent with four gentle men to an Astor place restaurant for an elaborate supper All got drunk. The woman said she had loSAa diamond. and
 harged one of her companions with stealing it. Tue accused was q mem- ber ot the high and mighty family of Livingston. She would not he quieted, but called io a policeman and had him arrested. The whole party went to a police station, where she was so noisy and immodest that her charge was dis credited. That finished her as social goddess. It is said that she afterward found the jewel in her pocket. She has been turned out of the hotel. her ante cedents have been disclosed, and society is once more compelled to confess hay ing been completely taken in.
The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
A Sharper's Trick,

One of the latest tricks play d upon shopkeepers was successfully rformed at a Cincinnati grocery. A woman en- tered and ordered a pound of the best coffee. She carried a jar under her arm, and when the groceryman was about 10 pour the coffee into paper bag the customer told him to dump it into the jar instead. The man did so, the female leaning over tl1 counter and still holding the far under her arm, with the bottom ot the jar concealed. When she had received the coffee the female put her hand i'll her pocket and with q well-feigned exp1 ession of an noyance cried !" do declare, have left my purse at home! I'll just set the jar of coffee down on the counter here while run in home and get the money" She placed the jar on the counter and went out, but she failed to return, and when the storekeeper picked up the jar he was surprised to find that it did not contain any coffee, and that the bottom had been knocked out. It then flashed upon his mind that when he poured the coffee in the jar it ran through into a bag concealed by the female sharper.
The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
B Oth
.-,aishea Every wednesiay

She was the laziest little woman That ever set mortal crazy; 9+::was marvellous how my erring spirit Could be subdued by one so lazy. To monosyllables addicted,
 To use all else exceeding loath, Asked which of two things she preferred, She only murmured, "both !' It is no paradox to say so
 Her every movement was reposei As on Q summer day the ocean
 Slumbers, the while it ebbs and flows. Yet was there latent fire; her nature That of the panther, not the sloth. I asked her once which she resembled, She only murmured, "both !" Her person-well, twas simply perfect, Matching the graces of her mind; To perfect face and form she added
 keen perception, taste refined. But when I challenged her to tell me, What I knew not myself in troth, Whether her wit or beauty charmed me, She only murmured, "toth {" Provoked at last at never hlttlng
 This lazy little woman's point, Is canned her armor, and discovered
 Haply therein one open joint. In careless tone asked her, knowing
 Her word was binding as an oath, Shall love or friendship be between us" She smiled, and murmured, |" both !" = H'iHiam Young, in .Appieton'S Journal.
The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
Planting and Gathering.

The sower scatterefh OCT the wold In tLe winter harsh and colds But ere summer days ere old He shall gather sheaves oi gold. The gardener in the garden fair Bulbs and cuttings here and there Planteth, and the summer glare Shall marvel at the flowers rare. And we-what is that we SOW, Or do we plant at all or nor Shall one golden wheat ear grow, Shall one little blossom blowl
 -Heary Lorndst.
The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10

Since the agitation ot the subject of lighting by electricity and the partial success of some of the schemes, nnprin- cipled patent-righls men are infesting the large towns in the United States and inducing prominent men to invest in plausible inventions under pretence of forming stock companies. They col. lecf money to carry on experiments un- til their victims are tired, and then de- part to carry on the same game under other names in other places A man who Ias a possibly practical plan for electric lights does not need to go either to Dan or Beersheba for moneH to start it.
The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10

Five counties in California conrnn quicksilver mines
The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10

Mummy cloth. much improved. will be auong the fashionable spring goods.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
The African Honey Bird.

The honey bird is about as large as
a gray hooking bird and similar in
color. 1t endeavors to attract the at
tention of travellers and to induce them
to follow it. When it succeeds thus
far, it almost invariably leads the per-
son who follows to a nest of wild bees.
While on the route it keeps up an in
cessant twittering, as if to assure it's
follower of success, and often alights
On the ground or bush and looks back
to see if the person is still in pursuit
The native Africans, when conducted
by the bird, frequently answers its
twittering with a whistle as they pro-
coed, for the purpose of signifying their
conductor that they are still following.
When the bird arrives at the hollow
tree or other place where the honey is
deposited, it hovers over the spot,
points to the deposit with its bill and
perches on neighboring bush or tree
to await its share of the plumber. This
is the usual terminate of the adven-
ture. But sometimes the honey bird
seems to be actuated by love of mis-
chief, and then instead of leading the
traveller to bees nest it conducts him
to the lair of some wild beast, and then
flies away with a twittering which
sounds a good deal like laughter.
Gordon Cumming, " the lion killer"
once followed honey bird which con-
Quoted him to the retreat of huge
crocodile, and having introduced the
traveller to his august presence, the lit
tie feathered joker took hasty leave,
evidently much delighted with the sue
cess of his trick.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
Bible Work.

Earliest in the field was the Society
for Promoting Christian knowledge,
which began its honored career as far
back as 1898. Next to it was the Can
stein Institution, founded at Halle in
1712, which has acted as feeder to the
German Bible Societies of more recent
date. The Naval and Military Bible
Society has carried on operations in it's
special sphere since 1880. The British
and Foreign Bible Society was estab-
lished, as is we'll known, in the year
1904; and the example thus set was fol-
lowed by the formation of numerous off
shoots which have since become indie
pendent. Of these the chief were the
Basic Bible Society, founded in the same
year. and the Prussian a few months
later; the Swedish and Russian Socie-
ties in 1909 and 1912 respectively; and
the American Bible Society, which CON-
bined several smaller institutions, in
1916. The parent tree, for all it has
lost, can still boast of 5000 branches at
home and in the Colonies, and has ex-
pended 1888, 489 in the spread of the
Divine Work; the American Bible So
ciety comes second, with {, 900 branches,
and an expenditure of E3, 632, 547; the
National Bible Society of Scotland third,
with 227 branches, and an outlay since
1862 of E13S, 1873
At the beginning of the present CEN
tury there existed number of versions
which formed a stock for the newly
established societies to commence upon
There were translations into nearly all
the languages of Europe, into few
spoken in the adjacent parts of Asia
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

hand, the Bible Societies, though well
aware of the results of Biblical criti-
cism, obviously cannot permit each
translator to wander at will among the
manuscripts. Some standard is essen
tial; and hitherto the only safe one has
been held to be the Textus Receptus.
No one slips his mornings, until he sees
his way to better berth, and it must
not be wondered at if the Bible Socie-
ties decline to give up the received text
until another is accredited as superior.
Meanwhile it way be wise to allow
translators, in few passages about
which there is no reasonable doubt, to
append the better reading in brackets.
from Paper By the Req. e. B. Reed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
Mrs. Davis Mistake.

Mrs. Davis was, as usual, sitting in
her bedroom, says the New York Times,
and waiting for her wretched husband.
1t was nearly eleven o'clock. The night
was cold, and the candle was almost
burned out. In the corner stood the
baseball club ready to be used in case
of necessity, and on the mantel-piece
the eight day clock drowsily licked
away the waning hours. Tired Mrs.
Davis herself, grew drowsy, and when
loud ring at the front-door bell arous-
ed her, she found that she had fallen
asleep and that the candle was out.
Without waiting to light another
candle, the faithful wife felt her way
down stairs, opened the door, and adj
mitted the drunkard. He was even
more drunk than usual, for he could
not articulate a single word. Mrs.
Davis had immense difficulty in assist
ing him up stairs for he insisted upon
sitting down on every separate step
and falling asleep. There were twen-
ty-two steps in all, and it took three.
quarters of an hour to get him up to
the top of the stairs, down which he
promptly fell again. Nothing, how
ever, can exhaust the patience of good
woman, and about 1880 Mrs. Davis
succeeded in bringing her charge into
the bedroom and placing him on the
sofa, where he instantly and perma-
nently went to sleep.
In the circumstances, she resolved to
let him lie there, and thus avoid the
trouble of lighting candle. So she
loosed his collar, drew off his boots,
placed stick of wood under his head,
and inserted a piece of soap in his
mouth as hint to him to stop snoring.
Having thus made him comfortable for
the night, she was about to prepare
herself for bed, when the front door
was opened with latch-key, and a
man sprang hastily up stairs and rushed
into the room. Mrs. Davis, being a
woman of much presence of mind,
screamed "frer' and hastily Lit the
candle, so that she could see how to
begin operations with the club on the
supposed burglar. To her unspeaka-
BILE horror the newcomer was her hus-
band, in a state of complete sobriety.
He had not been so hopelessly and ag-
gressively sober in ten years, and as he
looked at the drunkard on the sofa,
recognized him as certain dissolute
neighbor, and then in sepulchral tones
said: Mary, is this my reward for
signing the pledgeP" Mrs. Davis felt
that her cup was full. In the darkness
of the night, and trusting implicitly to
the habitual drunkenness of her hus-
band, she had innocently taken the
wrong drunkard to her room, and now
her cruel husband had betrayed her
confidence by actually venturing to
come home sober at the most inoppor-
tune moment possible.
The probability is that the poor
woman will be sent home in disgrace
to her mother. Mr.. Davis assumes to
regard himself in the light of a be-
trayed and wronged husband, and re-
fuses to accept Mrs. Davis explanation.
She now feels that the browning cru
city of his life was his unexpected So
briefly. That after all the years of his
constant drunkenness he should sud.
denly, and without any warning, come
home sober, was indeed refinement Of
cruelty of which only the most hardened
of men could be guilty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.


mCofn and Tomatoes.-A pleasing
ttIIriety for the table may be made bv
OaAlng OF corn and tomatoes each one
San' place together in saucepan, sea-
eon' and allow to stew just long enough
" oe well cooked-do not add water.
10 Cure Ring-Worm in Cattle
tDy means of a sponge, moisten the af-
iecceo parts, once daily, with solution
oi nve ounces of bisulphite of soda to
o ~, gallon of soft water. Attend to
oieanllness and general comfort of the
ANIMALS, and feed literally.
10 Clean Brass.-Finely powdered
sal ammoniac, water, to moisten, roche
LUZ one part; water, sixteen parts;
NIX. The articles to be cleaned must be
warmed, then rubbed with either of the
ABOVE mixtures and finished with fine
srlpoi. This process will give them the
Orllliancy of gold.
,-Caulif1ower. - Cauliflower seeds
should be sown in hot beds early in
reoruary. Transfer the young plants
" cold frame as soon as they are
large enough. They should be ready
lor planting in the open air by the 1st
OF April, but must be protected at night
Il there comes cold snap.
TO Prevent Iron from Rushing
Warm the iron until you cannot bear
your hand on it without burning YOUR
SELF Then rub it with new and clean
white wax. Put it again to the fire till
IL has soaked in the wax. When done
rub 1t over with a piece of SERGE. This
prevents the iron from rusting after.
ward.
The Fruit Recorder says: "Save
your cabbages from grubs by winding
a little strip of paper loosely around the
stem from roots to leaves when set out.
We set large number of cabbages last
year, and not one that we wound the
paper around did we loose by grubs.
To destroy cabbage worms sprinkle
them with hot water
Delicious Risotto, as made in
Russia.-Take one-half pound of rice,
wash and pick it; put it in stew
pan with three ounces of but
ter; when melted add a half pint of
good gravy or stock; simmer gently
until the rice is tender; then stir in
three ounces cheese (grated) and one
ounce of butter; serve either alone as
an entree or with chicken or other white
meat. Half the quantity makes good
sized dish.
Cracked and Sore Teats.-The ap-
plication, once daily, of portion of an
ointment made of one part of white
lead and eight parts of hogs lard, or,
the application, morning and evening,
of portion of veterinary cosmoline,
generally answers the purpose. OF
course, the teats and bag should be
washed with soap and water before each
milking; and the milking should be eff
fected as gently as possible, as friction
and pulling on the teats retard, if they
do not prevent, healing.
-Mucilage.-Dissolve teaspoonful
of alum in quart of water; when cold,
stir in as much flour as will give it the
consistency of cream, being particular
to beat up all the Jumps; stir in as much
powdered resin as will lay on a dime
also, six cloves; put in another vessel a
teacupful of boiling water; set over the
fire; pour the flour mixture into it, stir.
ring well all the time; it will soon bt
like mush; when cool lay cover on it
keep it cool. For use, soften it with
warm water. II will keep twelve
months, and will not color the paper
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
From a Distinguished Physician.

PROF. GREEN, distinguished allopathic
physician, wrote to the Medical Record, of
Atlanta, Ga, to the effect that after all other
means had failed, he sent for the Kidney
Cure, (Safe Kidney and Liver Cure), and to
his astonishment cured a serious case of
Bright's Disease by administering it, and
afterwards found it equally beneficial in other
cases. He advised his brother physicians to
use it in preference to anything else for Kid
new disorders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
DISTANCE all Councillors.

THE dairyman who uses Gilt-Edge Butter
Maker will increase his product 6 per cent,
improve its quality 20 per cent. and distance
all competitors who do not use it. 25 cents
worth of the powder will increase product and
market value of same $500. Can you make
a better investment! Sold by grocers, drug
gists and general storekeepers. Send stamp
for "Hints to Butter-Makers." Address,
Butter Improvement Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

-Andaman Island widows wear the
skulls of their deceased husbands on
their shoulders. At recent lecture on
ethnology at the Royal College of Sur
geons in London, Professor Flower
showed the skull of an Andamanese, to
which was attached an elegant webbed
slinged by which it had been suspended
to the widows neck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

The Shah is said to be writing play
and nobody will dare to condemn it.
For His Majesty once painted picture
in which camel in the background
was higher than tree in the fore
ground, and an unlucky critic, who
limited that the work lacked feeling, in
few hours lacked head. London
(Eng.) Sporting Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

vEGET1NE has never failed to effect cure,
giving tone and strength to the system debil-
itated by disease.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

LIGHT CoLoRED or yellow Axle Grease soon
wears OF. Get the genuine Frazer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE is an invaluable
dressing for inhamed and sore Joints. Price 25c
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28

The mother ofyinegar is very sharp
old lady.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-28
Golden Medical ] cry


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Neck, arge Glands
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