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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21
An Ancient Battle Called to Mind.

The excavations which have been
going on under the famous Lion at
ChGronea, where the Beotians who fell
in the battle with Philip of Macedon,
August, 33S B. c., were inferred, have
thus far disclosed two hundred and sew
enty skeletons. Among the most re-
Gently examined, two have been found
transfixed with iron lances. Six of the
skeletons, more or less preserved, and
remarkable for the fractures of their
bones and the firm manner in which
they died of their wounds, have been
prepared to be taken from their places
in plaster and transferred to the museum
in Athens, where they will remain among
its greatest curiosities and wonders.
The face of the monumental lion, who
sits with head thrown up, expresses rage,
griefand shame, together with that mod
Grafton which is characteristic of all
Greek art. Pausanias, who wrote about
1870 A. D., says: "On approaching the
city is the tomb of the Beotians, who
fell in the battle with Philip. 1t has no
inscription, but the figure of lion is
placed upon it as an emblem of the spirit
of these men. The inscription has been
omitted, suppose, because the gods had
willed that their fortune should not be
equal to their prowess. 1t is interest
ing that, after the lapse of two thousand,
two hundred and almost nineteen years,
we are able to read in the bodies which
have been thus exhumed, in the frac-
lures of their bones, and in the iron
lances by which they are pierced, the
story of their heroic struggle to main
tain the independence of their country.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21


He was told to enter the basement
through the window, go upstairs, and
secure the money in an oak box. He
crawled under the chair, going
through the motions of opening base
ment window, climbed the ladder, and
nlled his pockets, in imagination, with
the money, returning by the same way,
as cautiously as genuine burglar would
have done. He was then made to be-
lleve that he was under arrest, taken to
the station-house, released on bail, and
hnally returned the money to the cham
Der from which he took it on promise of
a pardon by the governor. The subject
was next made to commit murder. He
was handed piece of paper for dag
ger, and told to kill gentleman stand
ing in the doorway, who had killed his
mother. He crept silently up behind
him, struck him twice in the back, and
then threw the paper dagger away.
Upon his return to the platform his at
tention was called to an angel with a
flaming sword. He breathed so had
upon seeing this vision that he could he
heard to the furthest end of the room,
clasped his hands in agony, and finally.
with shrek, darted from the stage and
fell PROSTATE to the floor. The last ex-
pertinent was to cause him to forge a
check for $4,000, which he did, initial
ing the signature of the President, c. S.
Wood, very successfully, presented it at
an imaginary bank, and drew the money
on it. The lecture and experiments oc-
cupied nearly three hcurs.-New York
Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21
Carlyle and the New England Girl.

[ recall the uproarious mirth with
which he and Mrs. Carlyle used to re-
count the incidents of visit they had
received from a young New England
woman, and describe the earnest, devout
homage her credulous soul had rendered
him. 1t was her first visit abroad, and
she supposed-poor thing that these
famous European writers and takers,
who so dominated her fancy at dis
lance, really meant all they said, were as
innocent and lovely in their lives as in
their books; and she no sooner crossed
Carlyle's threshold, accordingly, than
her heart offered its fragrance to him
as literally as the flower opens to the
sun. And Carlyle, the inveterate COM
edian, instead of being humbled to the
dust by the revelation which such SIM
plicity suddenly flashed upon his own
eyes of his essentially dramatic genius
and exploits, was irritated, .vexed and
outraged by it as by covert insult.
His own devout soul had never risen
to the contemplation of himself as the
priest of really infinite sanctity, and
when this clear-eyed barbarian, looking
past him to the substance which IN
formed him, made him feel himself for
the moment the transparent mask or
unconscious actor he was, his self-con-
seriousness took the alarm. She sat, the
breathless, silly little maid, between him
and Mrs. Carlyle, holding hand OF
each, and feeling the while her anticl-
pations of Paradise on earth so met IN
this foolish encounter that she could not
speak, but barely looked the pious rap
ture which filled her SOUL Henry James,
IN the atlantic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21

In consequence of strong taste of
carbolic acid perceived in the Passaic
River at Newark, N. j., an investigation
was'made in December, when the cause
was traced to paper mill on one of its
tributaries, no less than four miles dis
tant, where 100 pounds of waste carbol-
lied paper which had entirely lost all
smell of carbolic acid had been washed
in pond preparatory to reworking it.
Only about ten pounds of the acid had
been originally absorbed by the paper.
and probably half had evaporated, and
the five pounds or seven pounds remain.
ing were sufficient to be diffused through
two hundred million gallons of water ex-
tending distance of four miles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21

They have no union railroad depo,ts
in Europe. In Berlin, for instance, the
ten or twelve depots are from one 70
six miles apart, and no one cares for the
convenience of passengers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21

The beam of the benevolent eve
giveth value to the bounty which the
hand disperses.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21

Young man, take wife, for now is
the spring tie 'em of life Whitehall
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21
THE BALLAD OF BETSEY COD
DINGTON.

About two hundred years ago,
When spring kissed OFF the winter snow,
Under the royal law,
Good William Coddington was made,
With all the olden time parade,
Rhode Islands Governor.
A handsome, courtly man was he,
New England's aristocracy,
And rich in gold and lands,
With diamond buckles, powdered cue,
Knee brooches, broad cuffed coat of blue;
And ruffles round his hands.
He wore blood red signet ring,
With coat of arms and quartering
And old heraldic crest,
A sword, with rubbed, silver hilt,
And curious gold embroidered quilt
Upon his satin vest.
His manners, calm and dignified,
Were tempered with a proper pride
OF goodly ancestry.
His gabied, quaint old house was known,
With massive chimney built of stone,
For hospitality.
A century gonei at early dark.
In summer time, the old town clerk,
His dull days labor done,
Shuts his small Offices cracking door;
He bears the honored name O. yore,
OF William Coddington.
Crooked and queer, with eyes that blink,
With pleasant, dove like look,
Albeit the day is cold or hot.
He travels on little trot,
And Tugs ponderous book.
Now by his broad wood fire side,
He chats with befitting pride,
Of wills, and bonds, and deeds;
While Betsey, handsome, tall and bright,
His child, his household IS warmth and light
His oft told wisdom heeds.
She looked and moved Gypsy queen;
Rare contrast to the quiet scene
And low -browed room was she,
As from silver tea pot old,
'Graved with devices manifold
OF C's" entwined with giiffins old,
She poured the fragrant tea.
Years glide like ghosts the old town clerk
sleeps meath slate stone, grim and dark,
And all the folks amazed,
On Sunday after meetings. done.
Gather in groups, and one by one
Say, "Betsey she is crazed."
Twas said a red checked Englishman
Stole her hearts love, and with it ran
Across the sea.
Be that asst may, nor wind nor gale
Filled with its soft perfume the sail
That proved his constancy.
So she went mad; and when the snow
Fell silently and soft and slow,
She stalked the narrow street,
A leafiess branch in her brown hand
Waving it like a witch's wand
At those she CHANGED to meet.
Grotesque and weird her motley guise,
Like Goals of fire her glowing eyes;
And even boys in fun
Paused as she passed-always alone
And whispered in an undertone,
Poor Betsey Coddington!"
And so a day in winter came,
When sunset lights its crimson flame,
On Narragansett's Hill;
On Coasters Harbor, cold and white.
The Poor house shines with evening light;
And Betsey, she is still!
Yes! stiff and cold and stark, and dead,
Upon paupers narrow bed,
And on the white wall at her head
Now life's short dream is DONE
There hangs painting, old and rare,
With costume rich, and powdered hair
OF Governor Coddington.
And at the poor, worn, weary feet,
That nevermore will tread the street
Safe from all storms and harms,
There is faded canvas spread,
Strange mockery to the pauper dead,
Her ancient coat of armsl
-ET- Coz C. c. Fan Zandt, in Providence (R IL
Journal
, 1881-06-29

boiling, with any profit, the cane
Juice, which in a tropical climate
has been carried several miles through
iron pipes, heated by a tropical sun,
then let us by all means stop with
this pipe-system, even if we lose
both our capital and interest. If the
period of experiments is to be con-
tinued then we must remember that,
although the alchymist may be able
to make a dollar out of a TWEEN
tydollar piece still he will reap neither
honour nor profit from such a feat, and
for the Island and Planters these ex-
periments are so dear that it is really
now high time to stop them. In a
Danish paper it has been urged that
it is the Direction of the factory out
here who are to blame because it has
not worked well", but this [ consider
to be in the highest degree unjust.
When a soldier is given his gun, he
must shoot with it even if it shoots
3ft. 11 inches to one side.
st. Croix 25th June 1881.
Yours truly
A. PLANTER.
, 1881-06-29
THE REVISED NEW TESTAMENT.
From the SPECTATOR

There has been q curious misunder-
standing in the public mind as to what
was expected of the Revised New Tes-
lament. Many appear to think that the
Translators were bound to leave every
passage alone which was endeared TO
English associations by its beauty and
rhythm. But with that understanding
ne revision need have taken place, AL
most every passage in the Authorized
Version is endeared to English %associa-
tiors by its beauty and rhythm. What
Was wanted was som new translation,
rot necessarily for adoption in our
Churches,-very likely, the New Trans
lation may never be so adopted,-to which
meu Of all denominations not acquainted
will the original Greek could turn, in
order to ascertain as nearly as possible
what the true meaning OF the best Text
Of the original Greek really is and only
where q great loss of beauty was the
price to be paid for a very slight gain Of
accuracy, were they instructed to leave
that small gain alone. OF course, the
difficulty Of carrying out so delicate a
task was very great, Not unfrequently,
a needless change has, we think, been
made. But, on The whole, we have what
we asked for. We have got the evidence
OF true scholars as to WHIT in all essen
tials the best Greek Text really means.
Aud though we may not, and at present
certainly shall not, use it instead Of the
Authorized Version, the Euglishman has
now obtained authoritative evidence of
what the original in all probability is,
even. as regards passages in which he is
unwilling to give up the manifold charm
Of old aud sacred associations. For our
own parts. we should never think of
reading ST. PanPs magnificent praise of
the highest of all virtues with the %transla.
tors word "%lose,' substituted for the
great word to which shat passage has, it
may be said, given birth. Charity for
us, means, ia that passage, something
more and better than /" loves" but then
tits the definitions contained in that
passage which make the word " charity"
at all events for that passage, d new one,
It is quite right that all Englishmen
should be informed that but for the crea-
tive power of that passage, the Greek
word there translated +" charity" would
have been much better translated {" love-"
Charity means one thing in the thirteenth
chapter of I. Corinthians, and another
thing in the rest of the language. The
new translation tells US what would have
been the nearest word, if that passage
had not, as it were, given a new birth to
an otherwise very Inappropriate word.
Assuming that this is the true point of
view from which to criticize the Revised
Version, we must say that most of the
faults found with the Revised New Tes-
lament seem to US rather petty. Perhaps
it was a needless change to substitute
" lastn for " uttermost," iu the we'll
known verse, "Verily I say unto thee,
thou shalt by DO means come out thence,
till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing,"
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17
THE COURTS.

CIRCUIT CouRT-Justice Macarthur -
Judgment by default was given in the fol-
lowing cases Il. j. Heiberger VS.. o. @.
Bergman, for 1884 Scheuer & Bro. vs. s.
Gauss & Co., for $75.7S; Stern & Cohen VS..
II. III. Hunter, for 1896 G.. II. Gardner &
Co. VS.. Walter Kcr, for $1026S; J. T..
Armes VS.. Michael Gotthef ct al, for $50 (;
Gilmor & Gibson VS.. J. Z. Baker, for
S270.25; d. j. Isaacs & Co. vs.. J. J. Cook,
for S102.60. Taylor VS.. Ryan order for
service on administrator Busey VS.. Coyle;
death of plaintiff suggested. Sayles VS..
Washington & Georgetown Railroad Com :
pany suit abated. Citizens National
Bank VS.. II. A. Snow and others attach
mcpt quashed. Miller VS.. Church ct n. /;
suit discontinued by plaintiff. Jackson VS..
Grand Lodge; suit abatcd. Eastwood VS..
Barker; death of plaintiff suggested cx-
ecutor made party. Lyons VS.. District of
Columbia; commission appointed to take
testimony.
Equity COuRT-Justice Wylie.-Davis
VS.. Smith; certain indentures Cancelled and
the injunction under them. Won Haake
VS.. Won Haake; testimony ordered taken
before Examiner Cruikshank. Owen VS..
rutherford ct AL; appearance of Thomas
Hopkins ordered. Shea VS.. Shea; order for
writ of possession granted. Webster VS..
Webster; reference to auditor to report on
propricty of sale. Hayden VS.. Wiser; sale
ratified nisi Robinson VS.. Wall; plaintiff
required TO answer cross-bill on or before
next rule day.
COURT IN GENERAL TERM-Chief JUS
ticc Cartier and Justices Hagner and James.
FAR ct al. vs. Keyser ct al; argument in
progress,
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17
District Government Notes. )

Anthony Pollok received a permit to-
day to put $500 worth of repairs on his
house, at Seventeenth and X streets
"A special guard of police was sent by
Major Brock to accompany and protect the
French and German guests on the trip to
Yorktown.
The Commissioners have declined to
give Thos. l.. Waggaman u permit to repair
frame house 1907 G street. which has been
condemned
The schooners Bassett, Carpenter, w.
Tottens, Maggons, Maggie, Howard Ogden
and Mount Vernon arrived at the wharvcs
ON Saturday.
The disputed question with regard to
the teachers pay for September still re-
mains unsettled, and the rolls will be re-
ferred back to the committee of teachers
who will hold a special meeting tomorrow
evening to consider them.
Francis Miller to-day forwarded to the
Commissioners q certified copy Of Judge
Cox's opinion in the case of George Munroe,
charged with occupying the street by n
stand. This is the test case appealed from
the Police Court, upon the result of which
the street vendors have based their hopes
Judge Cox's opinion decides the case and
practically bnnishcs the peanut stalls from
the streets. The Commissioners have
ordered five hundred copies of this decision
to be printed and distributed.
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17
One Attachment Tint HOwgntc Does
Not Approve Of.

1t will be remembered that Immediately
after Capt. Howgate was arrested on the
charge Of embezzlement, n suit was entered
against him in behalf of the Government,
and all of his property was attached. The
counsel for the defendant has filed motion
to quash the attachment, asking for n hear
ing next Wednesday, on the following
grounds:
Because it is not true, rs charged in the
affidavit filed, that the defendant evaded
the service ofthe ordinary process by with
drawing from the District, or in any other
manner whatsoever; because 1t is not true
that he left the District Of Columbia Au-
gust 90, 1881, or any other time, intending
to dispose of some of his real estate in this
District or elsewhere because the suit in
which the writs were issued were not
brought by an officer of the United States
having authority to institute or prosecute
the same because the aflidavits upon
which the writs of attachment were issued
are defective in form and substance, and
were ILLEGALLY issued
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17
A TI,ier.s PRAYER,


AWtTlcUs IUh'l NcpuDIIchh,
We recently overheard an old darby
praying over a bag of corn he had just stolen
in this wise "Oh, Lordy, God, Use jes'
been an stole bushcl of corn from dat
mean man, John Williams patch, d-n him,
an axes your pardon. He's got plenty
an so has /, but he wouldn't pay me for
my work, so good Lord overlook dis little
transgress and keep dem from finding it
out, for l wants to steal some more, and
when goes to steal help me to get some
thing nice, like you did dem children of
Isralum when you stole dem from de bond
age of Egyptium, and III be mighty glad
And, oh, Lordy, God, il dey find out dat
stole dis corn help rue to prove dat Tom
Connally, dat black rascal, sole it to me, for
Christ's sake. Amen.
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17
GuITEAU,S WITNESSES.
Difficulties In the Way OF Getting
Them Here.

/
Immediately after the Criminal Cont
opened this morning, Mr.. George Scoville
counsel for Guitoau, arose and addressed hi.
Honor Justice Cox. lie said that the Dis
trict Attorney and himself were both dc.
sirous of having.the question called up the
other day in relation to witnesses finally
settled. If the Court would permit n,
thought that 1t would take about fiy,
minutes to dispose of it.
Judge Cox said that he had considered
the matter. He found that the statute in
relation to summoning witnesses within 1OC
miles of the Court was imperative here
by subsequent statute passed in relation
to the District of Columbia. In the case
of Burnside and others VS.. Page, tho
Supreme Court had made decision which
lampered him in any course he might be
disposed to take. In the year 1871 the
organic act for this District declared
among other things that all laws of the
United States, not locally inapplicablo,
should have full force and effect in this
District. The same day the two rcvisions
were passed by Congress. The Supreme
CoHrt, considering all the acts together,
came to the conclusion that the District
was exempted from the benefits
of this privilege, and that decree would
apply in general to this case. He thought
that he saw n way out of IL, however.
There was q fund under the control of the
Acknowledgement out of which, under GER
tain contingencies the fees of witnesses
have been paid. He would take the aflida-
wits of counsel setting forth the facts and
transmit them to the Attorney General with
the suggestion that an allowance be made
out of that fund to pay the witnesses
wanted by the defense from distance He
did not know what more than this could be
done. He believed that in another case
Justice Hagner had stated that the defense
wanted witness from Chicago. and the
Attorney General ordered the same to he
brought on at the Governments expense.
Col. Corkhill said that he saw Mr.. A. X .
Browne in court. The witness, he believed
was summoned in the Stone case, and as he
was the attorney he could probably tell all
about it.
Mr.. Browne regretted to say that such
promise was made, but never fulfilled. The
party came here at his own expense and the
other testimony was taken by deposition
He was glad that his brother (Scoville) had
made the motion and hoped he would sue
cced but his experience would not be very
encouraging.
Mr.. Scoville stated that IL would be inn
possible to get proof by deposition. In most
instances the witnesses would not testify
if they could get out of it. There was
disposition, all over the country against
the defendant, and he found that the wit
nesses would not talk, and the only way to
compel them to talk was to bring them into
court. lie, therefore, hoped that the At
torney-General would allow for their fees
out of this fund.
His Honor suggested that the counsel
examine the case Of Burnside against Page,
and then if he wanted to be heard further,
the Court would listen to him.
This closed the proceedings and Mr.. Sco-
vile withdrew from the courtroom,
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17
Accidentally Shot.

Eliza Tillman was charged in the Police
Court this morning with assaulting and
attempting to kill Daniel Dickson, % col.
ored boy. Dan testified that he had
stopped at Miss Tillman's house, on Me-
ridian Hill, about two weeks ago and asked
her for II glass of water, whereupon she
went into the house and returning with a
pepper-box revolver fired at him and six
shot were deposited in his check. Eliza
told different story. She said Dan had
been waiting for her to show him her pis-
toll, and as she was walking toward him it
was accidentally discharged and the
wounds inflicted. Judge Smell dismissed
the case,
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17
Real Estnte Transfers.

f. Hume to Mary A. Pugh, for $500, lot ],
50. 1875; the Sisters of the Visitation Of Wash
ington to Aniccto G. Mcnocal for 81 $50
part of lot 10, in Mary A. Derby's sub. div.
of sub lot 2, 50. 1862; Louise Schlegal to
Charles l.. Wood, for $1,000, lot go, J. f..
Callan's sub div. of original lot 4 50. 4s0;
f.. NJ. Willis TO George b. Welsh for 81,
sub lot 20, in William Williams sub. div.
of original lots IL and 49, SO. 6s6
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17
A Liberal Offer.

Hon. James Gilfllan has received II letter
from Mr.. George w. Lendereg, of Bridge
port, Conn, stating that he has quarry OF
gary granite, located thirty miles from that
city on the line of the Shepang Railroad,
which he will place at the disposal of the
officers of the Garfield Memorial Hospital"
and allow them to take thercfrom granite
enough to build the hospital, free of any
charge for the stone, provided powder is
NOT used in auarrying,
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17
An ExDlainntiOll.

We have been occasionally imposed upon
in the employment of cutters by their being
Endorsed by one of the many fine tailoring
establishments of New York. Toward
the close of last season one Of our firm visited
New York, and was there introduced to q
gentleman who bore the very highest repu-
tation as cutter and designer. We were
not willing, however, to allow this to cause
us to make an engagement With him. We
offered to try him, and if satisfactory en-
gage him permanently. After four months
experience no misfit has been produced
We take pleasure in stating that we
now have the best cutter that we have ever
had in our employ. Combine this fact
with the magnificent stock we offer you to
select from, and you will see that it is to
your advantage to place your orders with
us. None but the best are produced, and
no garments finished without being tried
on before finishing and when finished not
allowed to leave the premises if not perfect
in every detail. A Saks & Co., tailoring
department, over bank adjoining. Entrance
through 316 and 3lS Seventh street.
The Evening critic., 1881-10-17

The grand jury this morning presented
indictments against the following parties :
J. ii. Simms, alias john Cook, larceny; G..
W. Brooks. larceny; Ephraim bucket, Sec
ond oflense, petit larceny; Franl, w. Muir
ray, second oflcnse, petit larceny; William
Davis, second oilcnse, petit larceny.