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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A new museum is to be built for the
University of Michigan at a cost of
800, 900. ..a
Bishop Perry will be editor-in-chief
of History of the American Epis-
copal Church." with Bishops Williams.
Potter and Stevens for associate edit
Ors.
The English Congregational Jubi-
lee fund, just started, amounts to $3.50. :
900, much of which was pledged at the
jubilee meeting in Manchester DR..
Hannay is custodian and general agent
of the fund.
Harvard College has the largest
freshman class in its history, number
ing $50. Amherst has 81, Williams IS.
Yale 255. Brown 20, Tufts 80, Dart
mouth 45, which including specials, is
much the smallest class for many years.
The three religions of China are
Confucianism. Buddhism and Tdouism.
A missionary testifies that Though
mutually conflictive and repupnant.
these three systems live together in
perfect harmony. The people believe
in them all and they belong to them all. :"
"A movement is on foot among some
of the more important Sunday-schools
in favor of abolishing the old custom of
bestowing Christmas presents on the
children of the school, and substituting
the practice of bringing presents BY
these children, to be donated to the less
favored children of poor and distant
mission fields.
Superintendent Cole. of Albany,
N. T., suggests that the Board of Edu-
cation provide twenty-five copies of
some good juvenile magazine for tie
use of the reading classes in the lower
grades of the public schools. The AL
bany teachers nave begun systemati-
cally to furnish lists of books for home
reading suited to the age and mental
progress of their pupils.
The work of revising the standard
translation of the Bible has been going
on in Germany for some time. The re-
visors, who are mostly University pro-
fessors. hold their meetings every spring
and autumn, in various towns of Cen
trail Germany. About ten years ago
they terminated the revision of the New
Testament, and they are now occupied
at Halle upon their final consideration
of the Old Testament.
Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, presi-
ding Bishop OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States, is now the
oldest Bishop of the English-speaking
churches. He was consecrated forty
nine years ago October 81, 1882.
Bishop Hopkins, McIlvaine and Doane
were consecrated on the same day in
st. Paurs Chapel, New York City.
Bishop Smith is the only remaining
Bishop who was consecrated by Bishop
White, and also the only one on the list
of American Bishops who has exceeded
Bishop White in the number of years of
his episcopate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
The Penalty OF Civilization.

An Indian girl, who, before she went
to Hampton College, thought her faith
er's log hut a palatial mansion COM
pared with the surrounding tepees, and
kept up the illusion, looking forward
with pleasure to the grand reception
her father would give on her return,
burst into tears as she walked into the
rude hut and realized, how completely
her education had isolated her from all
that had been so romantic in her former
surroundings. On the other hand when
her sister saw her polonaise, her jaunty
hat and her high-heeled Fren h shoes
she cried her eyes out because she
couldn't be civilized, too. When the
daughter began to ''clean up" and ''set
things to rights in the old hut her
father began to think seriously about
sending her back East He couldn't
stand any such nonsense as that.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
A Corner in AnnIeS.

From leading member of the Yer.
mont apple syndicate it has been
learned, in reference to the "corner''
in Vermont grown apples, that the syn
dictate is composed of the following
well known Boston firms: Curtis & Co.,
Hiland, Chessman & Co., Winn, Kicker
q Co. and Isaac Locke & Go. These
four firms learned through their East
ern and Western correspondents that
there would be scarcity of apples in
all but a portion of Vermont, known as
the Champlain Valley, very fertile
tract OF country lying between Lake
Champlain and the Adirondack range
on the west and the Green Mountains
on the east. Here the apple crop was
remarkable, both in quality and produce
ton, and a combination was immedi-
ately formed to purchase and control
this fruit, which is famous for its keep
ing qualities as we'll as fine flavor.
Agents were quietly sent to all points
along the lines of railway and contracts
made with all the leading producers of
apples, at various prices, ranging from
two dollars to two dollars and seventy
FIVE cents and three dollars per bar
rel, few extra lots costing as
high as three dollars and a-half per bar
rel. In the town of Shelburne, Chit
tenden County, several extensive
orchards were purchased, one produc-
ing nearly 5000 barrels, and several
1,500 to 1000 each, while in Addison
and Grand Isle Counties orchards are
nunlnrnnc which ,~rndrna
600 barrels of No. fruit annually. The
syndicate is now busily engaged in Sc
curing the small lots of twenty-five to
100 barrels over this section, and in for
warding the fruit contracted to market.
1t has purchased to this date over 81
900 barrels of No. graft apples. Of
these 5000 barrels are sent to New
York for storage in coolers" where
the fruit is guaranteed to be constantly
kept at temperature of forty degrees,
which prevents decay and admits OF
sales late in the season, when the mar.
kets are cleaned out of choice fruit.
The remainder of its extensive pur.
chase will be sent to Boston for storage
and sale. The two leading members OF
the syndicate have both been spending
their time in Vermont, giving their per.
sonal attention to the packing and ship
ping of the fruit, and they express
themselves well satisfied with the SUI
perior quality of their purchases. They
say in all their experience they have
never seen or purchased finer lot O.
apples. and express their surprise at the
uniform beauty and fair fruit on the
trees. -Vergenaes W. Cor. Boston Her
add
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
New Jersey Writings.

One of the most cunning and polite
little fellows in the State of New Jerse V
spent the day at a kind neighbor' s
house recently while his mamma was
away on a visit. His lunch hour at home
was eleven, and at the usual time he be-
gan to feel very hungry. But the family
did not lunch till noon, and as there
were no signs of preparations, Harry
1--WE will call him) was filled with the
gravest apprehensions. What to do he
didn't know. Good manners forbade
that he should ask for anything, and yet
he couldn't wait another minute. FL
nally nature asserted her superiority to
all mere conventionalities, and he
yielded. How CONSIDERABLY he did it
will appear.
"Mrs. Thompson said he, very
earnestly but very tenderly, sif you
please-will you be so very kind-as to
give me something to eatp mean il
it isn't too much trouble
why, certainly, my dear" she re-
piled. "What would you like to have?'
80, anything will do, ma'am-any.
thing" he responded with nervous
eagerness, ''if it isn't too expensive"
1t is needless to say that he got il
Immediately.
A very different kind of boy was
Johnny D, who was also visiting 9
neighbor, but not in New Jersey. He
was offered piece of bread and butter
which he accepted, but not with any
great degree of enthusiasm.
What do you say, JohnnyP" said
the lady, expecting him to say, "ThanE
you"
81 say it amt cake" was the re-
Spouse.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
evelashes of her baby cut short until he

eyelashes of her baby cut short until III
was able to walk. Another motnel
tied her child's ears close down fol
years, so that they would grow mo-
only small. but nestle sungly to tht
head. Others bandage the ankles, anC
tie up the fingers, so that they VII
taper, while of the Chinese children II
is almost too dreadful to speak. They
undergo various stages OF torture com
mencing at the age of two years
First, the four toes are forced unoel
the ball of the foot and bound in that
position until they lose their articulation
and identity as limbs, and become
amalgamated with the sole OF the foot.
The second part of the operation is a
torture so terrible that sickly children
frequently die under it. The sole oil
the foot is curved into the shape OF q
bow, bringing the great toe and heel
| together as near as possible. The ma
tives of the Western Pacific, who have
naturally dark hair, wear it as light as
they can make it by the aid OF the
caustie ash obtained from burned coal.
The Venetian ladies used to spread
their locks in the sun to bleach them.
As to shaving, savages are about as
peculiar as the General who shaved
every morning during the retreat from
Moscow. We have often read of the
discomforts they were obliged to I'M
dergo by shaving the head with a
shell or hard piece of flint, or how it
was necessary for friend to sit on the
head of a savage when he is being
shaved, and how the favor is recipro-
Gated when the accommodating party's
turn comes.
The growing of finger nails has been
carried to the extreme limit of posi-
bility, some having been seen in Chino
nine and ten inches long.
We will not discuss the tatooing ex-
cept to say that its only real use was the
of all members of the same
family so that they could never deny
their identity, nor of the old barbaric
customs of wearing large bones in their
noses, so huge in fact that they were
forced to keep their mouth open in or
der to breath, nor of how in Peru the
Iobes of the ears were trained to hang
down to the shoulders, nor of how many
savages cut their noses, ears, lips, and
other parts of the frame into various
conventional designs. 1t is sad enough
to know that we as civilized people
suffer the tortures we do, without trac-
ng the follies of past ages. Do we
not cut holes in our ears instead of our
noses, press our feet into stiff, tight,
shoes, and our waists into
5he vilest kind of instruments of tor
,ure?-Progress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
Two Sorts OF French,

A very amusing if not significant in
cident happened to the State Depart.
ment guides who were showing the
French guests through the Treasury
Department. The gentlemen were
treating the Frenchmen to very pnz-
zling explanations of things in the Ca
madam French of the Maine pineries.
At length the parties reached the great
vaults where the securities of the Ma
tional banks are kept. These are in
charge of Mr.. w. H. Plunkett. When
the French guests were shown he at
once began to talk with them most
huently in some language, which the
State Department crowd did not under
stand, but which appeared to please
the Frenchmen greatly, and put them
all at their ease at once. The State
Department gentlemen did not appear
to like the situation. They evidently
thought Mr.. Plunkett was taking the
occasion to play joke on the French
men by vivacious use of the Irish
tongue, as he is we'll educated and
lively Irish gentleman. But when the
French gentlemen remained, and were
found to be earnestly conversing with
Mr.. Plunkett, it became known to the
State Department guides by inquiry
that Mr.. Plunkett had lived ten wears
IN Paris, and huently spoke a kind OF
French which it was a great relief Ia
the honored guests to hear. Cincinnati
| Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
Gor punng Readers.
THE BOY WHO KISSED HIS
MOTHER.

She sat on the porch in the sunshine,
AS went down the street
woman whose hair was silver,
But whose face was blossom-sweet,
Making me think of a garden,
mere in spite of the frost and snow
VI bleak November weather,
Late, fragrant lilies blow .'r-.
heard footstep behind me,
ana the sound OF a merry laugh.
And knew the heart 1t came from
Would be like q comforting staff
In the time and the hour of trouble,
Hopeful. and brave, and strong,
one of the hearts to lean on
When we think that things go wrong.
turned at the click of the gate-latch,
And met his manly look;
A face like his gives me pleasure,
Like the page Of pleasant book,
IL told of a steadfast purpose,
Of brave and daring will a.
face with apromise in it
That God grant the years fulfill. r.
He went up the pathway singing: u
saw the woman's eyes
Grow bright with awordless welcome,
AS sunshine warns the skies.
BACK again, sweetheart mother"
He cried, and bent to kiss
Inc loving face that was lifted
For what some mothers miss.
That boy will do to dependon,
hold that this is true
From lads in love with their mothers
Our bravest heroes grew.
Earth's grandest hearts have been lovlnl
hearts,
Since time and earth beganl
And the boy who kissed his mother
Is every inch a mani
-Eben H. Rerford, in Youths Companion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS,

elm Nantucket there are sixteen
women to one man." Happy mani
Boston Transcript.
The youth who ''sows wild oats" is
apt to mix in more or less tares. Coup
erneur Herald.
"A nice little man, at croquet
When applauded he'd suet,
In an arrogant wuet,
When I'm left, it'll be a cold duet!
Puck.
Toledo sets the world an example
of domestic economy. A son hangs
himself with the same rope his father
used, and it is again carefully laid away
in the bureau for the convenience OF
others who may get tired of life.
"A South End man recently smashed
q very ripe tomato on yellow canvas
and set it up in an artists studio, and
three-fourths of the critics who called
pronounced it most aesthetic and de-
lightful piece of color work, in fact a
chef d'euvre, and he sold it to a rich
man for $500. Money goes to the III
ventive genius. Post.
-ssHave some more of the pie,''
urged Mrs. Slobson to her boarders,
who obstinately refused. Again she
urged them, adding: "If you don't eat
it III have to throw it away. 1t won't
keep much longer" Strange to say,
their appetites departed. This is one
of the amenities of boarding house life.
Rochester Express.
Now" said the teacher of pri-
mary class to one of his pupils, to whom
he was trying to impart knowledge Of
division. but with little success, III
you had a pie and should ask you fol
a quarter of it, and you should give me
what l wanted, how much would you
have leftp" II wouldn't have any leftr'
quickly responded the little girl
Yonkers Statesman.
The latest use devised for paper is it:
manufacture into blankets. 1t is claimed
that they are soft and pliable, and fol
warmth excel blankets made of any
other material. The uses to which pa
per can be put are truly wonderful.
Out of it almost anything can be made,
from lace handkerchief to human
habitation. The most expensive suit:
are sometimes made. They are cu
libelous. oil CITY Derrick.
AT the dry goods emporium: Z" You
warrant this silk to be" 90, yes
LADY. Just the best silk imported. Il
it cracks within year, we'll make il
good. Beautiful piece of goods" swell,
now let me see your pushes and vel
vets" "At the next counter, ma am, '
somewhat detected. Lady goes to the
notion counter and buys half yard o.
elastic and paper of hair-pins. -Neu
HaUen Register. 3D.. .t... <l4 $50 .
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Cholera at Mecca.

Within the last few weeks there have
been vague reports from Arabia of thu
presence of cholera in Mecca. These
have now assumed tangible shape, anC
there can be no doubt that cholerait
epidemic is raging in the vi
cinity of the Prophets tomb
A telegram from Alexandris
sets down the mortality in Mecca from
cholora at fifty-fve on the Sd inst. 214
on the 4th and PA on the succeeding
day, making total of nearly 500 deaths
in three days. AS Turkish figures sci.
dom err on the side of exaggeration in
matters which concern the reputation
of Turkish authorities, it may be reason
ably assumed that the actual mortality
has been greater than the death rate re-
ported from Jeddah. The dirt of Nee.
ca mocks the maxim which puts clean
illness next to godliness. Hundreds oil
thousands of Mahometan pilgrims
crowd into it annually from all parts Of
the Islamite world-from the remote
steppes of the Kirghitz to the almost
unknown corners of the Empire of Mo-
rocco. These zealots as rule are
poor and half civilized persons who,
provided they can gaze upon the
shrines dedicated to Mahomet, are con-
tented with filthy food and villainous
accommodations in streets which reek
in the hot sunshine with masses OF
Undesirable garbage. The appear
ance of disease in Mecca in regular in
tervals is therefore matter of course
Pilgrims dying there die happy, as death
in the immediate vicinity of the tomb
of the Prophet assures them glorious
Journey across the razor bridge OF "Al
Strait into the luxurious realms of
paradise. But the rest of the world has
a direct interest in seeing the Turkish
authorities compelled to reform the san
itary condition of their sacred cities.
Cholera is travelling and an in
vading curse. On several occasions
during the last half century it has set
out from Hindostan, and after wander
ing fitfully through Central Asia and
Persia, has suddenly burst forth in
Europe. and crossed the Atlantic to
America. One of the most extraordi-
nary illustrations of its occasional viru-
lence and lightning like rapidity OF
occurred in the northwest
provinces of India four years ago. A
train left Cawnpore for Lucknow Ga
comparatively short journey full of
Hindoos. When it arrived at its desti-
nation it was found to be full
of people who had died or
were dying from an attack of cholera
which had burst forth in one com.
partment of the train and spread in
to all the other compart-
ments. The Turkish authorities appear
to have got the idea that the Mecca
epidemic must be confined to Mecca,
for they show signs of disposition to
prevent caravans of pilgrims from en-
tering the Arabian town and district of
Ell Wadj. They ought, however, to be
required by Europe to take active as
we'll as passive measures to prevent the
epidemic from travelling on a radius be-
yond the limits of Mecca, for cholera,
like stone thrown in water, makes ever
circles if it is not theoretically
encountered at the outset. -Nes0 York
World
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
BostOn's Woman Lawyer at Work.

Boston's lady lawyer, despite the fact
that the Supreme Court has denied her
petition to plead at the bar, is doing a
good business at her cosy Office in
Pemberton Square, drawing up legal
documents of all kinds, and preparing
court business for her ATTORNEYS. who
represent her clients at the bar. Miss
Robinson is by no means discourao ed
by the recent adverse opinion of Chief
Justice Gray, published in the Herald
Monday. She can afford, she saws. to
wait until such time as the courts de.
eide to admit women to the bar on the
same basis as men. Meantime she is
kept constantly busy by generous in.
lux OF office business, which is not only
lucrative and valuable, but is a flatter.
ing index of the estimate set upon hei
talent and legal knowledge by those
who have marked the proficiency which
she displayed as graduate of Bostor
| University. -EJchGn1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17

According to lately issued reguI!!S
ton, the total weight OF clothing XII,
aecouterments, arms and ammunition
carried by the German infantry soldier
when he takes the field iniftill marching
order, will amountto sixty-foQr pounds
the mans clothing and immediate per
sonal equipment weighing twelve
pounds; his knapsack, with its contents,
eighteen pounds, and the remaining
articles carried by him.. thlrty-i'ui
pounds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
Suffering 70 be Beautiful.

Men. women aud children all suffer
for Che sake of beauty. The latter are
made TO suffer by wearing as fashion
or loud mammals may decree, their
lsittie legs bare in winter, hair falling
over their eyes in straight bang, and
L know OF one mother who kept the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17

The New York Commercial Adver-
user informs correspondent that
preaching pays better than humorous
writing. Perhaps it does; but humor-
GUS writing is not so unhealthy as
preaching. Anyhow, the humorous
writer is not compelled to take an an
nual vacation of three months, or a
European tour, for the benefit of his
health. -NOrristoUn Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17

"A st. Louis man who dreamed that
ne was being scalped by Indians awoke
to lind that his wife, who had dreamed
that she was superintendent of an or
bed by the hair. WV "a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17

Philadelphia has already prepared
a programme for the celebration =
year hence, of the 200th anniversary Oh
the landing of William Penn. Therg
will be three days of professions naya'
displays, historical tableaux, treworA"
feasts and speeches. r ,-,T
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17

=" What pressing necessity to crnsp
the life out of usP' inquired the apples
of the cider mill. 5IIj...I .0s
The examiner., 1881-11-19

Gold and Ivory-headed Canes for the Holidays-Soby.
The examiner., 1881-11-19
The Man and the Bear.

A man caught young bear. He put it in back yard where, ID few months, it monopolized the premises. Dogs, cats, geese, ducks and chickens all had to sur render to Master Bruin. and the landlord finally had to resort to coaxing and feeding in order to be permitted to pass to his barn and back. Bruin was master of the situa- tion until the landlords ire arose and then Bruin, with chain around his neck, was as meek as a lamb. He occupied only the space allotted him in the yard, making room for the dogs, cats, etc. The farmers, manufacturers and laborers have built railroads and no one must use them with out betting and paying enormously for the privilege. Chain these monopolies and mark out the space they are to occupy. If the monopolies crush you it is your own fault. We offer you the chain and pro- pose to aid in placing it on the neck of monopoly, but you refuse to help. Suffer on then. en.-LadSanapolSs Sun.