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There is a curious case of flial dew

:
There is curious case fflial devo-
ton in, Kansas, And old, Topeka grocer
vas murdered i, 1874, and q fast young
man named Fred. Olds was suspected
and arrested. He pleaded guilty, was
convicted of murder in the first degree,
and; was 'seuteuced3 to imprisonment for
life, as, tie law never hangs "a man in
Kansas: Ever since then Oils has been
faithfully serving in prison with exem-
plary behariof! HIS: father recently
committed suicide, nobody knew why,
and now Old publishes statement say
ing that his father was the real murderer,
and + averring his own innocence. The
confession gives the minutest. particulars
of the murder, many minor points agree
Ing with. the facts developed-:in~ the cyl
dence at the trial. He says his father
did the murder while drunk, and that he
convicted himself to shield his parent.
He says biz. father said: "If wa stood
trial, both would be found guilty and
sent to the penitcntiary for life" He
then said if / would plead guilty and
swear that killed the manSin q quarrel,
and then no one knew anything about it,
that it would clear him, and that he
could get me out of prison in two or three
years on account of my age. My mother
afterward made efforts to secure q pardon
for me, aud when 1 wrote to my father
of her failure. he committed suicide in
one month from that time. The state
ment explains many discrepancies tina,
were withou: weight at the trial because
of the plea ofguiIty, and it is generally
believed to be true. The Governor o.
Kansas is considering what he can do for
Olds.
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: There was appropriated for the pay

- There was appropriated for the pay
msnt of pensions for the current fiscal
year over s56,OO0,OOO, of which large
sum nearly $27, ,000.0 600, being about one
half of the amount ofappropriation,i was
onsaecednt of the argearage act.s ItInow
appears sthat The ex tra6rdinary ssum
above named is not Sufficient to meet the
requirements for pensions for the current
fiscal year, and that at least Sis, 100000
or $40, 100000 additional will have 10 be
appropriated at the present session OF
Congress to meet tile anticipated def.
cheney. The Commissioner Of Pensions
has receully Settled sand allowed claims
for Pensions aggregating $3,O0O,060, and
checks for that amount have been mailed
from thestrhasury. The disbursement of
this sum will nearly exhaust the entire
amount appropriatedsfor pensions for the
current, fiscal year, and make necessary
deficiency appropriation in order to pro.
vide for the quarterly payment due in
March next, yfhe large reduction of the
annual expenditures secured in the in
terest account by reason Of refunding the
public debt into per cent. bonds, will
be more than counterbalancsd by the
ENORMOUS increase. accustomed hyHSthe
arrearage pension act; and,,largesras this
increase is on this account, 1t has not yet
reached the maximum. @u -=g
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The Dublin correspondent Of IL

The Dublin correspondent Of the
London Times says; "a more repulsive
and terrible year has never come upon
the country. Its history may be written
in two words--'Distress and Disturbance
It came in with the begging-box, and has
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accomplished in the present generation"
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sir" said the old clergyman's coachman,
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which offered him the most subatan antiai
tsiGrN
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A Berlin dispatch saws: "On the

morning of New Years Day large crowds,
mostly composed of students, made a
demonstration before a cafe, much fire.
quented by Jews. They smashed the
windows and mobbed all the Jews they
met. The police were comparatively
helpless. Large and stormy meetings
continue to be held, and the crusade
seems to be gaining force, the fist now
beirz suteGtlsed fr tho tengue."
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MARBLE YARD.
SAMUEL MURPHY,
Anderson, s. c.,

DEALER and Manufacturer of Mon9-
~ InentS. Monumental Head.
stones, TOlnbs, Vases, Etc. AS l
am practical workman, and do work my
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LUMBER! LUMBER !

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Dew

In late article, we explained some of
the functions ofthe aqueous vapor ofthe
atmosphere. We explained its office in
checking evaporation from animal and
vegetable organisms; in forming rain.
the food. and the vehicle of.the food, of
plants; in forming snow. natures blank
ct forsthe' protection of winter vegeta-'
ton; and we showed also how water
freezing in the soil prevents compactness
and agglutination ofthe soil, and so rem
ders the;land light, friable, and mellow,
when stirred by the plowih spring. .I{
We notice (5) the function Of aqueous
yapor in the formation of dew. In dis.
cussing this subject, We, must:strip it Of
its poetical features. We are moi. to con.
slider the dew.drops as the Aeeting dia.
monds with which nature bedecks even
the grass Of the fields, nor as the tears
which pityipg. angels shed upon.tha sot.
rowing earth. The subject may be so
treated, however, that it will gain IN true
dignity and importance. scs '4.s
{ Anybody ] can Makedew at pleasure,
and ;siustas nature makes it. When we
put ice and water into pitcher, the
outer surface of the vessels j, covered at
once with drops of water, or dew. There
is always aqueous vapor ID the atmos-
phere, and aqueous vapor is water with
q certain amount of, latent heat in it,
When this heat is taken away, the vspor
becomes water again. The chilled sur
facesofthe pitcher robbing the aqueous
yapor of its latent heat, converts the'va
por into water. Now, the earth and all
objects on its surface areaiway ysfadiating-
or throwing off, heat into free space.
During the day the heat received from
the sun IS sJgreater thah} the amount: lost
by radiation. Hence, there is no reduc-
tion, but rather an elevation, Of tempera'
ture, Butwhen' the SUN sets; !; the earth
continues to lose heat, and receives none.
It's temperature, therefore, is reduced,
aud the aqueous yapor of the atmosphere,
coming in contact with the chilled earth,
loses its:heat, land is condensed and de-
posted as dew.
Let usnotice some of the circumstances
that modify the deposit OF deY. rfT
~ The greater the amount Of aqueous
) vapor in the atmosphere, the cgrfater,
other things being equal, will be the de.
posit.. When the atmosph is absolute
.iy saturated with aqueous. Vapor, that is,
holdsas much as.possible for its temper
ature, the slightest reduction of tempera.
ture is attended with the formation OF
dew, aud if. the reduction is. considerable,
tllesdeposit Of dew il correspondingly CO.
pious. Hence, not unfrequently, the
grass becomes wet even before thes:su
has set. Hence, also, We find the grass
in the morning, when the atmosphere is
moist, perfectly drenched with dew, pro-
yided the preceding night has been
clear and still. On the other hand, j. in
drought. the rrass is.fredAentlY 80 drvin
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-07-06

DR.. Felix L. Oswold says says man
ought to follow nature and initiate his
brother animals in taking MONDAY nap
as Summer comes on. Under burning
sun all Vegetation seems to take rest,
and mammalian animals with no excep-
ton, unless it be SO insignificant a one
as the squirrel, always become semi-noc-
turnal in the Summer Only man, stu
pid man, tries to make no variation in
his regular hours. DR.. Oswold says the
noon recess in schools ought to be length
ened to at least three hours, in hot
weather and children given chance to
take nap. 1t certainly is the expe-
rience of pupils and teachers, that they
are drowsy on Summer afternoons,
especially after they have eaten hearty
dinner. IF you must go to work at or
2 o'clock, DR.. Oswold says to postpone
the hearty meal till night.
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The MEAT MINES OF SIDERABLE has
often been stated that the inhabitants of
Polar Siberia feed their dogs on mammoth
meat, preserved in Natures ice house,
and sliced off at the convenience of the
dogs. How these tropical animals came
to be so near the pole is an unsolved
problem of the earth's history. There
are various theories intended to explain
the conditions, but none of them are
convincing. The most reasonable one is
that countless ages ago there must have
been asudden change of temperature at
the poles from torrid to frigid. The ami
mails were caught out Of their latitude,
frozen and buried in ice. A recent ira
Weller in Siberia relates that, happening
to drive in a sledge along the base of one
of the monsterous ice-clifs that overhang
the estuary Of the Rivea Lena, he came
upon pack of wolves deyouring the fro
zen flesh of q mammoth, and at the
hands of nature the wolves were helping
themselves So nature brings recon-
pense for her freaks and takes care of her
own. The meat mines of Siberia have
not been developed, and no one knows
what riches they may contain or how
they may yet be utalized in the economy
of the world. The search may discover
the delicacy to .flet de mammoth war
ranted fresh from Siberia.
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lThe RepnbHrar,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1881,
THE PRESIDENT SHOT.

The country was shocked last Saturday
forenoon by the startling announcement
that Gen. Garfield, President of the Uni-
ted States, had been assassinated in the
Baltimore and Potomac Depot at Wash
ington, while waiting for train. The
intelligence was so sudden and terrible
in its character that further information
was looked for with feverish interest.
The sad news was soon confirmed,
but with the particulars of the assault
came the discouraging report that the
President would not survive his injuries.
The President had just arrived at the
deport with the intention Of taking trip
into New England. While walking
through the ladies room he was approach
ed by a man named Charles }. Guiteau,
who when within two feet of the Presi-
dent fired two shot at him, one of which
took effect in the arm and the other just
above the hip, the ball entering the liver.
The assassin is an insane man Of French
decent, who is known in many parts OF
the country as religious fanatic and a
constant seeker after notoriety. Guiteau
was Immediately caught and placed in
confinement, and although undoubtedly
irresponsible for his ;ctions to some ex-
tent it is hoped that he may be summari-
Iy punished for the terrible deed. The
wounded President was at once taken to
the White House where he has fingered
between life and death ever since.
AS regards the motive of the assault
on the President there appears to be but
one opinion. All seem to agree that it
was the freak of mad man seeking 40
toriety, and that it has no political signiti-
canoe whatever. Although itappears that
Guiteau had meditated shooting Garfield
for several weeks it is highly probable
that no one but himself knew of his hor-
rible intentions, which precludes all
thought of a conspiracy. The political
complications in New York also had lit
tie to do with the assault, except perhaps
to infame All already disordered mind,
and those who are at political variance
with the President are scarcely if ever
mentioned in connection with the sad
affair.
In the death of President Garfield,
Chester a. Arthur, Vice President, be-
comes the chief executive. While Mr..
Arthur is not, perhaps, the man the
American people would select for Presi-
dent, it is neither wise or just to con-
denim him in advance as many are prone
to do. IF he is called upon to perform
the duties of president through the death
of Garfield he should be given a fair and
impartial trial, then should he prove him
self vicious and incompetent ruler there
will will be time enough to disapprove of
his official conduct In the meantime
golden silence should reign supreme so
far as Arthur is concerned.
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During the war thousands of brave boys
went down without a tear. | presume
the president was Christian and that he
will be happier in paradise than here. 1t
will be no worse for Mrs. Garfield, dear
soul, to part with her husband this way
than by natural death. He is liable to 60
at any time anyway. [ have no ill-will
toward the president. His death was a
political necessity. [ am a lawyer, a
theologian and a politician. I am stall
wart Of the stalwarts. I was with Gen.
Grant and the rest of our men in New
York during the canvass. [ have some
papers for the press which [ shall leave
with Byron Andrews and co-ournalists at
142 New York Avenue, where all report
ers can see them. | am going to Jail.
CHAS GTTTEAU
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THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT-Various
tain by direct measurement the velocity
of light. Prof. Forbes has described the
results lately reached by him and DR..
Young. of Glasgow, in modification of
Fizeau's method The beam was flashed
across from Wen yss Bay, on the Clyde,
to Innellan, and reflected back; but in
stead of totally eclipsing the ray, the ex-
perimenters. for greater accuracy, en-
ployed two mirrors, one quarter of
mile behind the other, and then careful
ly observed the speeds of the toothed
wheel which rende cred each reflected ray
of equal brightness to the other. The
time was marked by delicate electrical
chronograph, indicating to the ten thou
sandth of a second, and the light was
furnished by an electric lamp. This
method the experimenters believed to be
more accurate than Fizeau's plan. The
general result is that the velocity of the
light of an electric lamp is 1877 200 miles
per second. Cornu found the light of a
petroleum lamp to be l86,700 miles per
second, and Nicholson that of the sun to
be 1856, 500 miles per second. Prof. New
combe, of Washington, it is also under
stood, is giving attention to the same pro-
blem, and hopes to attain still higher
degree of accuracy. With the velocity Of
light certainly known, the mean distance
of the sun from the earth-the unit of
measure in all astronomical distances-is
readily determined.