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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

A London druggist has hit the pop
ular taste for good bargains. In his
window he displays card which says:
" Come in and get twelve emetics for
one shilling"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE is unriyalled for its
speedy healing qualities. Price Csc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

Al HORSE laugh may be-" Hay hay.n-Ronie
Sentinel. Neigh, Neigh.-New Hage,. Register.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

OF course you always get the best butter
milk from goats Cincinnati Commercial
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

WILHoFT's Fever and Ague Tonic the
old reliable remedy, now sells at one dollar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

Happiness consists in being happy
there is no particular rule for it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

TAKE Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30
Exports Of Butter versus Oleomargarine.

A communication was recently adj
dressed to Secretary Sherman by the
President of the New York Produce Ex-
change, at the request of merchants in
the butter trade, asking that clearances
of oleomargarine should be distinguished
in Custom House returns from those of
butter. The following reply has been
received. tls
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-30

VOUNG MEN learn relegraphy and earn $40 70 500
Il month. Every graduate guaranteed paying sit
uaton. Address r Valentine Manager. GAINESVILLE via
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influence Of Light ON Vegetation.

Among the more recent discoveries ~,
science Is the fact that it is not merely
light, but the different kinds of Eght.
that have particular influences on veoe.
tation. DR.. Schuheler, the DISTINGUISHED
botanist of Christiana, in Norway bo.
shown that the seed of wheat brouoht
from the most extreme point that wheat
vii! ripen produces plants which ripen
their seed more quickly than more south
ern seed grown at the same place. and
the plants from northern seed are richer
in carbohydrates. The brightness Of
color, also, both in leaves and flowers
increases with the altitude, or the an.
proach to the Pole, and this seems to re-
suit from the peculiar light of these re-
gions. At Christiana the sun du,;no a ths
summer solstice, remains below the ho-
rizon only about five hours. At Rodo
in Nordland, it does not fall at all helos,
the horizon from the I'd of June till the
18th OF July. At Hamerfest it is above
the horizon from the 18th of Nav to the
18th of July. So that in these parts of
the world the plants have a sort If
morning sun" to grow under continn-
ously for nearly two months. This no
culiar light seems more favorable to car.
tain chemical elements in plants. The
common caraway seed is found tn ho
richer in the volatile oil which gives +
the well-known aroma when grown at
Christiana than further south. On the
other hand. the brighter light of mora
southern latitudes favors the saccharine
products of plants.-N. Y. Independent.
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tanned within caused The walls OF tn,
cells to become stiff. There were othe
ways, too, in which this stiffness wa.
obtained. the water getting into the text
ure Of the woody stuff and stifening i
as water stiffened sailcloth. This state Of
things existed also in the pith, and each
cell, being over-filled with water, wa:
forever trying to lengthen itself. Some
OF the results of these conditions in
the plant We're then explained by
the use OF two pieces of spiral spring,
and for more familiar example
the audience were referred to the
effect of splitting a dandelon stem.
Each half curled over outward because
the more elastic pith, trying to lengthen
itself, was prevented from expanding OF,
one side by the less elastic bark. With
two pieces of spiral spring in linen tube
1T was next explained how, when the
pressure OF water in the cells in the two
halves OF the pith was not equal, the stem
did not grow straight Not that plants
bent accidentally or in purposeless man
ner. On the contrary, when the plant
bent 1t was with some distinct and useful
object. To the explanation of this point,
the rest of the lecture was directed. The
direction and forms which the root and
stem OF a young growing plant might
take were happily illustrated with piece
OF whitened lead pipe of small bore put
through cork, which did duty for the
bean. A great many theories had been
offered to account for the fact that tbs
root always tried to grow toward, and
the stem away from the center of earth.
Having related Andrew Knight ineea-
lous experiment with revolving wheel.
by which, with centrifugal force, as
a substitute for gravity, the plant was
deceived and the direction of growth in
seedlings was changed, the lecturer next
dealt with the influence of light and damn
on the growth of plant. The stem was
invariably shot out or bent aside in ord er
to get at the light, and the root, with
equal persistency and certainty, was sent
to find moisture. 1t would have been
noticed, Mr.. Darwin said in conclusion.
that he had, throughout, spoken of plants
perceiving the light, and knowing where
the center OF the, earth was, and had
used other expressions of similar kind,
usually only applied to animals He had
done SO with no idea of being paradox
zeal, but because he thought that by
OF plants in this way we We're
more likely to learn what was going On
within them. If we would understand
the actions of an animal, we must know
what was useful or not useful for that
life, and it was quite as necessary to con-
slider in the life of plant of what use its
actions were, and, in a certain sense.
Why it acted in particular way.
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Wonderful Miracles Performed by an
Unassuming Man in Virginia.

A special to the St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat from Wytheville, Va, April Is,
tells the following remarkable story:
For some weeks past the people of
Scott County have been terribly excited
over the miracles which have been per-
formed by Richard Miller, of that coun-
ty. His fame has extended all over that
section OF the State. and hundreds of the
afflicted are daily visiting him. Miller
is middle-aged man, employed as the
keeper of McMullin's mill, near Estill-
vile. He is deeply religious, and claims
to have had dream, month ago. in
which the idea was impressed on him
that. with Gods help, he could perform
wonderful cures, simply through faith.
de states that the next day after fery-
ent prayer he healed a sick man by
touching him. The intelligence of the
miracle went all over the country. and
the afflicted of all kinds came to him and
were healed, simply by the touch of his
hand. Yesterday G. R. Wertz, photog-
rapher at Abingdon, visited Miller In
company with a paralytic uncle, the seat
OF the paralysis being in the mouth.
which deprived him both of the powers
OF speech and hearing. Miller looked
at the afflicted man, and after a short
prayer touched him and told him that
before he reached home he would be
well. Last night, as Mr.. Wertz entered
the door of his house on his return. his
hearing and speech came back to him.
and to-day he is apparently hale and
hearty. Miss Irene Newton, a beautiful
young lady of Bristol, Tenn, helpless
from rheumatism, was brought to Miller
last week and when an attempt was
made to lift her into the carriage she
rose from sedan chair and said she was
entirely well. One of the most wonder
iul miracles of Miller was the cure Of
Mr.. Peter Whitesell, who has been for
some years afflicted with cancer. The
cancer was touched, and in three dave
had disappeared. The miracle-worker is
IN exceeding modest man, and ALWAYS |
Indignantly declines any compensation
.or his services, alleging that he is but |
he humble instrument Of God. He takes
10 credit to himself for the performance
u these miracles. All the people in his
section believes firmly in his miraculous
powers.
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DrOnes in the Human Hives.

Emphatically the man who does moth
ing, either by his hands OF his brain. +,
improve the condition of mankind. anf
who tries only to crafty selfish purposes
mas lived to but little purpose. The
humblest laborer that digs in the dir
and breaks the stone is more to be hon.
ored than such man. A man of wealth
who uses that wealth to improve his
country, to reward labor and to benefit
his fellow-man is worthy of all praise,
ana deserves our warmest thanks; but
ne who lives on the interest of his money.
though it be counted by millions, and
contributes nothing to the general well
rare through earnest effort, is mere
drone In the human hive, and will, when
he passes away, leave behind him the
most valuable part-his money. Such a
person never realizes the immense accu-
mutation of effort, of skill and money
necessary in carrying out successfully
any manufacturing or business enterprise
which, when properly consummated,
will produce such far-reaching benefits
In any community. The radical WRONG
In this illustration is too far back to be Of
any use to hint at reform, but for the
principles which we wish to elucidate it
has served our purpose. The difference
between the man whose interest alone
supports him and the man who labors
early and late on the farm, in the man.
utactory, at the desk, in mercantile pur-
suits, professions or in following the lead
OF inventive genius cannot at all be
estimated by comparing one with the
other. While the first has been aptly
compared to the drone, the latter. in
GLIDING all producing industries, should
be styled the Nations benefactors. What
creates wealth? Who build splendid
mansions for the abode of wealth and
culture? Who build our magnificent
floating palaces? Who produce the rich
fruits with which they are ladenp The
men who till the soil, who work the
mines, who run the furnaces, who toll
in the shops, to gain the support they so
honestly earn. When financial disaster
comes, who suffers the mostp Is it the
man with his millions? By no means
put the working, toiling millions, that
Ire victims to this unequal distribution
II money. Every manufacture can af-
ord to pay good wages when he can sell
what his laborers produce at remunera-
I've prices; so also, should capital nav
OF its Injuries and extravagances in an
'qual ratio. No capital should remain
n an unemployed condition when a
country Astounding in mineral wealth, as
loes ours, offers such inducements. Let
'apital seek out locations for manufac-
cries, open our mines, construct our
instead of being boarded and
ubject to locality prejudices, and en-
hoy the thousands who now suffer
through the Encouragement of the very |
nen whose Golfers they have helped to |
well. Our country is rich in resources, |
nd to assist their development is the |
uty of her citizens. How different |
7ould be the condition of the laborine
len in this State if the money within its
orders was put to use, and those desir-
1g to work were given employment at
prices.-Sars Francisco
hronicle.
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! Growth Of Plants.

A recent free evening lecture at the
Working Mems College, Great Ormond
street London, was given by Mr.. Fran
CTS Darwin, ~, D., a son Of the well
known naturalist. The growth of a
plant the lecturer said might be likened
70 the growth of a SNOWFALL set rolling
ooWn . snow-covered hillside. Both
pant and SNOWFALL grew in size by the
aaaiuon OF matter; but while, if the bulb
Oh nyaclnth We're placed in water and
kept n the dark, it would grow in the
ORDINARY sense of the word in reality
the plant would merely have taken stuff
Gus OF the bulb and arranged it i'll a DIFF
1erent way, whereas in the growth of an
oak tree from an acorn a quantity of new
stun was formed. These instances of
growth suggested the .onestions first
now pub or bean rearranged its mat
Ter IN forming a.plant, and, secondly,
now all the new material was obtained
that went to form tree? He intended
on that occasion to speak of only one
nall OF the questions: How the plant in
growing arranged its materialp First,
IL was necessary to know what plant
was made OF. If one hundred pounds
weight OF some growing plant were
TAKEN, say turnips, and the water driven
OH by drying, it will be found that the
weight would have decreased by ninety
pounds. and that the solid, woody
part remaining, about ten pounds in
weight, would nearly all burn away.
Leaving but few ashes. In order to
give some idea of the way in which
this large quantity of water was
held in the plant, DR.. Darwin COM
pared the effect of water on dead matter,
such as tea leaves or leather, with the |
eneet OF giving water to a growing plant |
the stiff, dry leaves became limp and |
soft, while the dropping, fiaccid stem of
a living plant, when watered, became
stiff and elastic. How could the plant
build up strong, ffstem with so much
OF so unstable material as water. and
how did the water become a source of
strength to the plantp To understand
this they must know how the water was
in the plant. The solid ma
.erial was formed into little cavities. and
.hese-an infinite number of little boxes.
as it might be-were filed with water,
The way in which the water might be-
'ome source of strength could be seen
" forcing water into a flexible tube or
bladder, or by blowing air into an empty
,love, The pressure of the water con-
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brighter sunshine, and that if, is seem.
highly probable, she is inhabited, the In
habitants are very like ourselves.
Mercury, which is yet nearer the SUI
than Venus is, on that account, difficul
to find except at certain favorable periods
He shows the same phases as Venus or
q smaller scale. Very high mountains
1t Is believed, have also been seen in
Mercury. If he has inhabitants 1t has
been eonjectured that, ON account Of
their proximity to the sun, they must
possess the heat-enduring powers al
salamanders.
Mars, which is the next planet outside
the earth, is, in some respects, the most
Interesting of all. It does not require q
very large telescope to show the CONT
nents and oceans that fariegate his sur
face and the patches of snow about his
poles which wax and wane with the sea:
sons. With the aid of a map of Mars the
possessor of good telescope may spend
many hours in the delightful task of
locating the lands and seas of this dis
tant planet, which it does not require a
great stretch of the Imagination to pict-
ure dotted with cities and fleets. 1t
should be said that some astronomers,
arguing from Mars planetary age, say
that his inhabitants, If any are left, must
be beings inferior to ourselves. A power
OF one hundred and fifty on three-inch
telescope will show Mars's polar snow
caps. With q power of two hundred
eand fifty or three hundred, the principal
lands and seas may be identified in good
weather, and when the planet is favora-
bly, situated in his orbit. Vast masses
OF clouds are sometimes seen obscuring
the details of the disk, and hiding whole
continents. as the continents of the earth
would be hidden, during long-continued
and widespread rains, from an observer
on Mars. The remarkable rudy color
OF Mars has been referred by some to
the color Of his soil, as if it were like the
red sand of northern New Jersey. Others
have thought that Martial vegetation
may be red instead of green. Still others
have supposed the color to be due to
the density of the planets atmosphere.
The asteroids, or small planets, of
which over two hundred have been dis
covered, are too minute to be of much
interest to the amateur telescopist, some
OF them being only a few miles in
diameter. The huge planets Uranus
and Neptune, which stand like sentinels
on the frontiers of the solar system, and
require more than a mans lifetime to
make single revolution around the
sun, are SO far away that the most
powerful telescopes in existence have
not served to clearly reveal their giant
features, and the glasses of amateurs
can do no more than barely distinguish
them from fixed stars.-N. Y. Sun.
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in Spain, a man of wide sympathkl
is generally called "a man with ~
hearts," But it by no means follow
that man with two hearts is . man d
wide sympathies. A Spanish peasant
living in the vicinity Of Madrid, \
petty quarrel, killed an aged woms1
and would have murdered her daagh
ter, also, had not the latter succeeded
in making her escape. Thinking hlE
self robbed of great pleasure By "
girls escape, he revenged himself y
repeatedly stabbing the corpse Of Y
mother. Singularly enough, renom
preyed 30 quickly upon his mind thshs
Immediately hanged himself. But 70
rope broke, and he would. in al prot
ability, have survived his attempt Z
suicide had he not broken his skull
the fall. On post morton exanlns
tion the man was found to have ~
hearts instead of one, both benz
regular size and presenting no pee*
iarity of anJ kind.
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A Day Of Dupes.

AN advertisement printed Yesterday
oy New York City journal is a pecnlia,
ana forcible illustration of the femme,
OF the time. The RIGHTEOUSNESS of mar
KIND has been laughed at from the ear.
nest ages, yet men go on believing the
most Incredible things; and especially
II me nalt be money the supply of fools
VINO make for the trap is never exhaust.
ed. Bacon calls riches the baggage of
virtue; and the undue desire for them
Is as truly the blunter of wisdom T.
Is noteworthy, however, that the nuhl;c
mind does not become gullible a}l Of :
sudden, but by graduated processes Tn
perspective the intervals between c;ven
points may seem short, while in frnth
they are long. We may be snre fo-
example, that such epochs Of ;nsana
lever as those OF the tulip mania in Hol-
land ana the South Sea Bubble in En-
gland were not abruptly ushered in. bnt
y. were leo up to by predatory alterations
mat initiated the madness to come
Inc advertisement named runs as
1olows: 81 have an invention hv
means OF which l can propel a loaded
car safely one thousand miles AN hour
1 desire to form stock comnany WITH
soo'oOO or 100000, to pay for taking
OUT patents and putting the invention
Ia operation. Persons DESTROYS to in
vest IN the stock may address," etc.
cue. we have spoken of this curious
as an illustration Of tho
temper OF the time; and it will he
a1eeu tnat such a thing seems more
.hau OF less out of place, to-day.
.nan l. would have seemed some wears
Ago. ihere have appeared, in rapid
number of really surpris-
ing inventions. Things have been done
mat the vast majority of mankind nre.
y believed to be impossible. At
me same time, long period of de-
preston in business affairs has been in
corrupted by a sharp change for the
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The fifteen great American inven-
tons OF worldwide adoption are: l. The
cotton gin. 2. The planning machine.
3. The grass mower and reaper. 4. The
rotary printing press. 5. Navigation by
steam. 6. The hot air engine. 7. The
sewing machine 8. The India rubber
industry. 9. The machine manufacture
of horseshoes. 10. The sand blast for
carving IL. The gauge lathe. II. The
grain elevator 13. Artificial ice making
on large scale. IA. The electric mag,
net and its practical application. Is.
The composing machine for printers. 4
must be added--the telephone
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A FARMER in Williamstown, W, enS
the brine from some pork barrels y ~ ~ Y
OF maple tree near his house, some 49, ~
fall. Early in March, with the nl -, n
sap, this tree was tapped, and some y ws|
made from the sap. The sugar tn, ~ ~ ~
be 80 thoroughly impregnated VIZ ~ 81
It could not be eaten. After w. H. "a II
there was less Of the salt percepto's'
soon lost the flavor of salt entirety
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FROM paltry seventy-fve cents NJ n
iron ore may be developed $3.50 xonn Ivy. "
iron, $40 worth Of horse shoes, $lU ~ a,
table knives, 81, 800 worth Of fine neeals .,sSd
$50 worth of shirt buttons, $9OQMg 49, .s.,ra
watch springs, $500, 600 worth Of nalf 5ss5 {
or s., SOC, 600 worth Of pallet aroon u
Katchasl ~. Wa.
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A RAILROAD train met with w. ~
have been called q shipwreck on tpe ~, ~
Lake Erie. A storm raised the ~ ~
the tracks and put out the fire ~ tas ~ 81
tive; heavy sea dashed againm - Sofo
breaking their sides, and noatlps ID
carried away the cab OF the engine y 4 -
ion; and, finally, the passenger ~ 40
to the shore on raft made OF ties sbs
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THE season for greens" IL coming y
With sasses and vegetable truck;
The festive cucumber viii bid US ta'iA
And to his spring work viii BUCK
The lively small boy will keep an eysm
The place summer mischief TO nasCN
Biding his time the war paint 70 don
To sicken the mushmeIOn patcn.
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"A man in Naugatuck. Conn, =
invented new india-rubber 49,
called the Zephyr" which Weighs
than two ounces, and can be carried
a lady's pocket.
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NEVER throw away your old bootsuneisIs'r
new ones are well broken in.-H1
Picduune, 7
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IT is obscurely limited by the TfcZ IN
that certain puzzle amounts IN ifs ens's'
gem-iams.
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OSWALD PUcKERIDaE, a retired puVgm 4
Minister, Eng, has been sentenca sssh ~
weeks hard labor for causing tne us Al .!
valuable dog. The prisoner pain.ea srssa
all over with the Liberal and thrs
colors, and the animal was poisoDsa - y
licking the paint off. The prisonH
tice of appeal.
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Heavens gates are wide enough to
admit every sinner III the universe wne
is penitent.
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According to statistics, hify+.e
newspapers and magazines in thls CON-
try are edited by colored men.
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Cars have nine lives, and some @
very uneven.
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