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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19
REFERENCES.

Hon. J. TOME. Banker, Port Deposit, Md.
F STUNT. Judge; Elkton Nd.
= Jonas MA VA Manufactures, Mil
I. G. vICKERs, Attorney at Law, Chester
A. r Weldon, Attorney at Law, Centre
sUDLER & PRICE, Merchants, sudlerville,
Col. JAMES WALLACE, Attorney at Law,
Hon. 0. HAMMOND, Attorney at Law, Eas-
GEO. Nj. RUssUM, Attorney at Law, Denton,
Colt; s; HoDsoN, Collector of Port, Girls
B. EVERETT SMITH, Editor, Snow Hill, Md.
Col. J. w. LEONARD, Capitalist, Salisbury.
Hon. ]. H. PRICE, Ex.Jud e. Bel Air, Md
Hon. H. VANDIFoRD, Editor, Westminis-
H: CLAY NALL, Register, Frederick City,
BLACKIsToN & ELLEGooD, Attorneys at
Law, Cumberland, Md.
S. THOMAS McCULLOGH. Attorney at Law,
j. S. JAMESON, Educator, Bryant )wn, Nd
$. T; LOVE, Physician, st. Clements Bay,
Hon. JAS: B. GRooME, u s. Senator, Wash
Hon. j. A. j. CREswELL, Banker and Atty
at Law, Washington, d. t..
Hon. JOHN DUNLOP, Atty at Law Rich
r. H. BAKER & son, Attorney at Law,
Norfolk, Va.
Hon. l.. +. WALES, Associate Judge, Will
mington, Del.
Hon. j. P. ALLMOND, Mayor. Wilmington,
Del.
j. T. HEALD, Real Estate Exchange, Will
mington, Del
j. J. BLACK. Physician, New Castle, Del
b. F. RIGGS, Banker and Farmer, Middle
town, Del.
d. ]. CUMMINS, Banker and Farmer, Smyr-
ma, Del.
Hon. GEO. P. FISHER. Ex-Judge Dover,
Del.
Col JACOB MOORE, Ex-Attorney General,
Georgetown, Del
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INCORPORATED 1880.
SUN MUTUAL AID SOCIETY
OF BALTIMORE

OE BALTIMORE.
The Officers and References are gentlemen
of well known business and L. OCCASIONAL
standing, and reputation.
THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION Is
LIST. To secure to its members or their heirs
sum of Money at IL time when 1t is
most needed.
I'd. To insure such benefits at the lowest
RELIABILITY.
The Principles on which the Society is
founded are as old as history; the funds are
held by the members themselves, until need
ed to pay dues and benefits.
MEMBERSHIP.
Any person Mate or Femote in good health,
between the ages of 20 and 60 may become
members of the Association.
PRACTICAL WORKING.
The members agree to pay annual dues, (fo-
current expenses) and assessments, as rated,
until such assessments shall exceed the
amount required to pay certificate in full;
when they will be assessed only such pro-
rate proportion rs may be necessary TO make
up the sum needed, to pay Certificate; all
the members will be assessed. az rated in the
Tables and cannot be assessed for more.
EXAMPLE.
Take our assessment on a certificate ofSl250;
all who hold Certificates for that amount,
will be assessed as rated according to their
ages. AS for instance, persons ron 10 10 ~,
would be assessed one lofidr. Certificates of
81, 500 would be assessed to meet loss OF
81 ,25O-% the amount as rated. and Certifi-
Gates for $1,000 "a their rated assessment.
thus the plan is purely Mutual and strictly
Equitable
PERMANENT DISABILITY.
In case a member should become perma-
nently disabled ftty per cent. of the value of
their certificates will be paid to them then,
ahd fifty per cent more at Maturity Of years;
or to their heirs at death. This is manifesty
most benevolent and desirable provision.
MATURITY OF YEARS.
Members who live to their years OF Expect
ancy, will be paid. in their life time the
amount of their certificate (old age IN a ma
jority OF cases, is q time of most need.)
EXAMPLE.
Take person of 40 years OF age, at lifetime
of joining. Their expectation of life, as per
the Carlisle Tables, is q years. Should such
person live 10 be 81 years Of age ne I,ea Or she
the amount of their certificate.
SPECIAL FEATURES.
The permanent disability provision and the
payment to living members, of Matured Ger
tifcates. render membership, in this associa-
tion-m0re desirable than in Societies. that pay
Dement'S in case of death only.
WHO ARE SPECIALLY INTERESTED.
Every member has a personal interest in
the growth and welfare of the society and
should be active In inducing Others to become
members, as the larger the membership, the
less will be assessments, and the greater the
the value of the certificates.
Respectfully,
EDWIN WILMER, Manager,
No. IL s. Gay Street.
Up. o. Box 657i Baltimore, Md.
f. A. THAYER & CO.,
OAKLAND, Md,
Agents for Garrett County.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19
DIRECTORS.

Samuel BLACK, Capitalist. Baltimore, Md
WOODWARD ABRAHAMsS, Cochran & Co. J
Ice Dealers, Baltimore, Md.
r. w. l.. RASIN, Chemical Fertilizer Manu-
: facturer, Baltimore, Md.
EDWIN WILMER, Gen'l Agency, No. II S.
Gay ST., Baltimore, Md.
E. NJ. WILMER, Educator, Institute, 379
Druid Hill Ave, Baltimore. Md.
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Unique design Elegantly finished and ornamented with
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p HIP T. OR c. a NJ TO NJ E
of great power, sweetness and harmony; Fully war.
ranted for six We will box and deliver board
here this superb instrument with $40 Stool and
Music only
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
q u NJ
Aid SOCIETY
OF BALTIMORE CITY.
COL. EDWIN WILMER, Manager.
HOME OFFICE, No IL S. GAY STREET.
OFFICERS.

SAMUEL BLACK, President,
WOODWARD ABRAHAMS, Vice President,
r. w. l.. RASIN, Treasurer,
II, NJ. WILMER, Secretary
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ATTORNEYS.
MARSHALL a. FISHER.

g. LANE TANYHIIL, NJ. D., l29 w. Biddle
st Medical Supervisor.
WILSON q. REGISTER, NJ. D., II N. CAL
houn ST., and ID. w. CATHELL, NJ. D., 2 n.
Broadway, Medical Examiners.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
Position in Sleep.

A writer to the Christian at York,
insists that position in sleep is of great
Importance. He says:
The food passes from the stomach at
the right side. hence its passage is facil-
itated by going to sleep on the right
side. Water and other fluids flow equal
ly on level, and it requires less power
to propel them on a level than upward.
The heart propels the blood to every
part of the body, at each successive beat.
and it is easy to see that if the body is,
placed in u horizontal position the blood
will be sent to the various parts Of the
system with greater ease, with less ex-
penditure of power, and more perfectly
than if one portion of the body were
elevated above horizontal line. Ii
one portion of the body is too low, the
blood does not return Us readily as it is
carried thither; hence there is an ac-
emulation and distention, and pain
follows. If n person goes TO sleep with
the head. but a little lower than the
body, he will either soon wake up, or
will die with apoplexy before morning,
because the blood could not get back
from the brain as fast rs it was carried
to it. Tho savage uses log of wood or
a bunch of leaves, civilized man a pill
low, tHu III tiliS )luoW Is LOO IliiCh, rdls-
ing the head too high, thore is not
enough blood carried to the brain; and
rs the brain is nourishcd and invigorat-
ed by the nutriment it receives from
the blood during sleep, it is not fed suf-
ticiently, and tho result is unquict sloop
during the night, u waking up in woar-
mess, without refrcs hmcnt, to be fol-
lowed by a day of drowsiness and dis
comfort, and general inactivity .6f both
mind and body.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
The Value of a Name.

Forty-tive thousand dollars was re-
Gently paid in London for a Leonardo
tia Vinci. The painting had tho mis-
chance to be.stolcn some twenty years
ago and was offered for sale as an un-
known w..;f Sir Charles Eastlakc
Thought it was a copy; others gave 9th
er opinions. No one wanted il at any
price; its owner offered it finally for $25
and in vain. BY chance someone re-
called the robbery of Lord Suffolk s gal
lery and suggested that the picture be
taken there for Identification. The waif
was found to match perfectly the hole
in the original canvas from which it
had been cut. 1t was proved to be the
original picture.i 1he recent sale of the
work illustrates the value of an anthem
tication. A canvas that on its own
merits would not sell for $25, may sell
when duly authenticated for $45, 600. G
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
Send for Mothsr.n

s'Dear me! 1t wasn't 1 enough for me
to nurse and raise u family of my own,
but now when i am old and expect to
take little comfort here, it is all the
time, .send for m0iher.' Aud the dear
old soul growls and grumbios, but
dresses herself as fast as she can not
withstanding. After you have. trotted
her of, and got her safely in your home,
and she flies around administering hcl.
remedies and rebukes by turns. you
feel easier. 1t is right now, OF soon will
be-mother's come! .,g -si,-u..} r5,l
In sickness, no matter who is there OF
how many doctors quarrel over your
case, everything goes wrong, somehow,
till you send for mother. -, -,
In trouble the first thing you think of
is send for mother -.,.,.l.,sf -
But this has its ludicrous as we'll as
its touching aspect. The verdant
young couple, to whom baby's extraor-
binary grimaces and alarming yawns,
which threaten the, dislOcation of its
chin; its wonderful sleeps, which it ac-
complishes with its eyes half open. and
no perceptible tiutter Of breath on its
lips causing the young mother to mag
inc it's dead this time. and to shrek
out, s'send for motherr' in tones of
anguish--this young couple in the light
of the experience which three OF four
babies bring, find they have been ridic-
ulous and given mother a good many
trots for nothing.
Did any one ever send for mother and
she fail to come? Never, unless sick,
ness or the intirmities of age prevented
her. As when, in your childhood. those
willing feet responded to your call, SO
they still do, and will continue to do as
they are able. And when the summons
Sonh it xnfh be hspey yss dsy hs
when God, too. will send for your
mother
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
Dangers Of Athletic Training.

Absolute health is attained only by
the symmetrical development of all
parts of the body. The man with mus
clcs of steel and q diseased heart can
not be said to be in good health. and
diseases Of stomach, heart and nervous
system are often-it may be said usu-
ally--produced by that system of dove
lopment called training. At recent
rowing match in Philadelphia, two
plucky lads, in contesting boats, tainted
rs soon as the race was over. Their
condition., which was apparently good,
was actually abnormal, and their system
gave way because the strain which
their muscles met was too great for their
vitalifunction.9 Recently similar but
moro serious calamity occurred ut Sag
Harbor. A Brooklyn lad. who had
taken part in pedestrian CONTEST
when removed from tho track, fell down
dead. He had prepared himself for
walking and running, and depleted his
vital organs to build up his limbs. !
When the strain came the impoverished
and most important part gave way The
severe muscular excrtion of college
athletics, has carried off many fine young
men by consumption, heart disease and
other disorders, directly traceable to the
absurd overwork required of their
bodies. There IL a limit, to human en-
durance; that limit is reached when the
body Is impaired in one quarter to bene-
fit special organs. The severity Of the
test by which athletic prizes are won
seems designed. rather to award the
laurels to him who is the least healthy,
because more unevenly developed, than
to tbs really best man.. 1atHg -s5. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
A Frenchman's Advice.

A little tact is necessary in all things,
my friend. Supposing that you are in
society with lady of certain age, and
YOU do not know whether she is an old
maid or not. ought you to address her
as madame or mademOiselle? If the
person be pretty. and if her 'tccrtain
age" cannot be looked upon with indif-
ference, then call her mademoisellc.
If the person be ugly and unlovely. call
her madame; it is only gallant to sup
pose that she has been the object of
sincere devotion and of an affection
founded on the qualities of her heart.
On the other hand, it may be maintained
that one should always address a wom-
an in these conditions rs madame,
which is the object of her dreams if she
is maiden, and of her pride if she be
q married woman.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
The Philosophy of Smelling.

The sense of smell occupies itself with
gases; for these alone can gain access
to the organ, or cause tho sensation of
smell. Lest the reader should suppose
this statement opposed to the testimony
of his experience, from the well known
fact that Solids, such rs cedar wood.
camphor and musk, excite the sensation
of smell, while ordinary scents are pre-
served and carried about in q liquid
form, it must be explained that these
substances contain volatile essential
principles which, on free exposure to
the air. are slowly given off in astate of
vapor. Some solids give off particles
of their substance in a state of vapor
without first becoming liquid, as is or
dinarily the case. Thus snow, which
coats the earth in winter. will diminish
daily Even though the air is frosty, and
there is no melting process going ON.
In other cases, as in cedar wood, oils
naturally volatile seem to be long en-
tangled in the solid matter, and but
slowly rendered to the air; but their
odoriferous power is SO great that very
small portions of them produce strong
perfumes. This is sometimes truly won
dcrful. DIR. Carpenter states that
grain of musk may be freely exposed to
the air for ten years, during which time
it perfumes tho whole surrounding air;
yet when weighed, there is no percepti-
BILE loss observed. Matters which exhale
odorous emanations are detected at
great distance, from the tendency of
gases to pass through and diffuse them
selves equally throughout all other gas
es. Thus, though there be but . very
small escape of coal gas in one part of
the room, it soon announces itself to the
nose in every corner of the apartment.
This is faculty peculiar to gases, and
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
Crossing the Continent.

New xOrK Mail.
How many of the 60, 900 people who
will cross the Atlantic this summer for
q vacation in Europe have ever crossed
our own continentp Some one who j.
able to do it should set the fashion Of
going beyond the Rocky Mountains for
pleasure. 1t ought to be considered an
unfashionable, as well as an unsensible,
thing for a person to take pleasure
trip abroad without having visited the
natural wonders of our own country.
A party of 100 excursionists left Boston
recently for trip to the Pacific coast,
and that fact suggests q way to make
crossing the continent a less formidable
undertaking to tourists than it has for
merly been. Parties could be formed,
not as large as that from Boston, but
large enough to fill one or two palace
cars, and the coaches should be chart
cred to take the company wherever
they wish to go. In this way the dis
comforts of travel would be reduced TO
q minimum, and the tourists could dine
and sleep in homelike fashion through
out the whole trip, without leaving their
train except when TO visit some PLACES
of interest within the region through
which the railway over which they trav-
ell runs. 1t ought to become a fashion
able and q common thing for parties of
from twenty to fifty to charter cars to
take them across the continent to view
its wonders -af Et.f4zs..H
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
Amateurs and Editors.

h, Amateurs are very apt to look upon
editors as their most inplacable foes.
The cool pefsistence with which they
decline to avail themselves with con-
tributions which the contributor is con-
vinced would make the fortunes of the
journals, if they only knew it-such
blindness of self-interest pity in
the breast of the worldly wise amateur.
He indites letter of remonstrance to
the misguided editor, and is promptly
crushed. In some less tender emotion
than pity is aroused by such conduct
Rage very often agitates the bosom of
the rejected poet. Smarting under a
sense of gross ill-usage,, he pours out
the yials of his wrath upon. that incar-
nation of fraud, injustice, and wicked
ness, the editor. Why shouldfhis poems
be rejected when SO much trash is in
serted? Why is no reason for rejection
,vouch-safed to him? He Historically
demands satisfaction. The amount of
this sort Of correspondence that goes on
is surprising and distressing. The bad
taste as well as bad policy Of amateurs
who adopt such q course of action can
not be too strongly censnred. If they
really believe that their article, or poem,
or whatever it may be, is worth publish
ing, let them send it the round of the
periodical press, and if it fails to find .
haven of rest from its wanderings some-
where, its proper place is in the fire. 1t
ought to be borne in mind that. although
the reading public deyours an immense
amount of rubbish, and pays for it,
there is a vast difference between WE'LL
written nonsense and tho liclumsily-
hashed encyclopedia or overstrained
sentiment of beginners. = IInsley's
N00uzi2e aFf ~ iLSt5 liIo9tf;
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
1.-The Eying-fsh and its Foe.

Z
9 An extract from Nature. published
in this paper throws doubt on tho pur-
suit of the flying fish by the so-calied
dolphin. the coryphene. AsI was once
q witness of such q chase, accompanied
by a circumstance much rarer, append
an account: One afternoon, during y
voyage on a sailing vessel bound to a
West Indian port. while the ship was
making some four or five miles an hour.
a coryphene was observed gamboling
under the bows. going ahead a little, as
if to show its superior speed, and then
returning to its frolics. While tho sail
ors were fastening the harpoon to q
line the coryphene sighted a fying-fish.
At once it stiffened itself; its whole
body quivered, as if with excitement;
it tail was agitated from one side to
another, and it started in pursuit,
bounding over the surface of the sea with
leaps Of some Is or Is feet. Although
q stern chase is held to be q very long
one, this lasten less than minute; one
of the leaps brought the coryphene
right under the terrified fying-fsh,
which seemed to fall into its enemy's
jaws. The latter returned to its ''play-
ground" under the bows, and was har-
pooned. brought on board. and cut up
within two minutes after its meal The
fying-ish was taken out whole unin-
ljured. The coryphene is the beautiful.
ly colored fish noted for the shifting and
varieties of its tints when expiring. 1t
is commonly but erroneously called
dolphin, as in the well-known verse:
The dying dolphin's changing hues."
Now, in regard to the flying-fisb. have
watched them on many voyages, and /
can confirm the observers who describe
its motion as q leap, not an act of fly
ing. It springs out of water, gradually
rising to the middle of its course, then
falling, describing parabola just as an
arrow does in its flight. Ihave repeat
edly seen them change direction during
the leap, making detection amounting
to about a half angle, never more. But
can not agree with Mr.. Whitman, who
estimates the length of their leap to be as
much as eight hundred, or even twelve
hundred feet. I opine that about two
hundred feet is q pretty big jump for
one Of these fishes, and instead of forty
seconds calculate the time occupied
in a long leap at fifteen seconds. which
gives velocity of nine miles and .
fraction per hour.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
Mans Mortality

+ .
Like damask rose you see,
Or Nike D blossom on q tree. ii3tT@ft-'
Or nike the dainty flowers in May,
Or IKE the morning to the day,
Or Ike the sun, Or like the shade, 70 sIr tl
Or like the gourd which Jonah had,
Even such Is man, whose thread Is spun,
Drawn out and out, and SO is done.
The rose withers, the blossom blasteth,
Tho flowers fades, the morning hasteth,
The sun sets, the shadow flies, ).
The gourd consumes, the mamie dies.
Like the grass that's newly sprung
Or like the tale that's new begun,
Or like the bird that's here to-day.
Or like the pearled dew I'm May, -
Or Ike the singing of the swami
Even such Is man, who lives by breath,
IL here, now there in life and death.
The grass witherS, the tale is ended,
The bird IL flown, the dews ascended,
The hour ts short, the span not long,
The swans near death-man's life is done,
Like the bubble in the brook,
Or like glass, or like look, '.i.'l
Or like the shuttle in weaver's hand,
Or like the writing on the sand,
Or like thought. or Ike q dream, ~ i
Or like gliding Of the stream,
Even such is man, who lives by breath. . :
Is here, now there, in life or DEATH.
The bubbles out, the look forgot,
The shuttle'S flung, the writings blot,
The thought is past, the dream is gone,
The waters glide-man's life is done.
Like an arrow from the bow, 49, 80
Or like swift course of water flow, lIs
Or like that time 'twixt flood and ebb.
Or like the spiders tender web, f5 G $50
Or like rncc, or like q goal, .......tsi
Or IKE the dealing Of a dole,
Even such js man, whose brittle state
1s always subject unto fate.
Tho arrow shot, tho food soon spent,
The time no time, the web soon rent,
The race is run, the goal soon won, 80
The dole soon dealt mans life is done. r.
Like to the lightning in the sky, tff
Or Ike post that quick doth hie, ....
Or like QiIavcr in n song,
Or like n journey three days long, r.t-
Or like snow when summers gone,
Or like pear, or like plum,
Even such is man, who hears up sorrow,
Lives but to-day and dies tomorrow.
The lightuing's past, the post must go,
The song is short, the Journey SD,
Tho pear doth rot, the plum doth fall,
The snow dissolyes, and 30 must all.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-16
4 Cats Long Journey.

FOrcet ana stream.
Agentleman in this city had presented
to. him Maltese cat with four young
nursing kittens by former friend liv-
ing fourteen miles out in the country.
This cat and her kittens were placed in
. close covered basket, inside of which
was blanket in which, they were
wrapped, and the whole then covered
with q thick rug. The basket and its
contents were then brought in a wagon
to this city the distance stated The
cat and her kittens were kept in a room
in her new home, and carefully watched,
fed, and petted: for seven days she ap-
peared to be wonted and content. On
the morning of the seventh day she and
her kittens were seen at their new home
for the last time, and were missed very
soon after. The following day at noon
she Appeared at her old, home with all
her kittens. She did not return by the
road, the way. she came, as she was seen
by several persons going through the
fields with kitten in her mouth. Allow
ing thirty hours to have elapsed between
the time she was last seen at her new
home and the time she was first seen at
her old home, she must have travelled q
distance of one hundred and twelve
miles carrying a. kitten, one-haif the
same distance.