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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30
The MiSSiSsippi.

Some interesting and extraordinary
data have just been complied respect
ing the Mississippi. 1t appears that
it boasts no fewer than 55 tributary
streams, with a total length of navi-
CATION Of ,571 miles or about two
thirds of the distance round the world
Even this, however, represents but a
small amount of the navigation which
will follow when the Federal Gov
ernment has made the contemplated
improvements in the Upper Misssis-
sippi, in the Minnesota, Wisconsin,
and other rivers, in which it is now
engaged. But while the Mississippi
has 1851 miles naYigable to steam
boats, it has 20,221 miles navigable to
barges. This navigation is divided
between % States and Territories in
the following proportions: Louis
lana, $500 miles; Arkansas, 2,1O0;
Mississippi, 1850; Montana, 1910
Dakota, 1,2S0; Illinois, 1870; Ten
nessee, 1860; Kentucky, 1850; In
diana, $40; Iowa, $50; Indian Terri
tory. 72O; Mi9nesota, $50; Wiscon-
sin, $50; Ohio, $50; Texas, 40; Ne
braska, 400; West Virginia, 800
Pennsylvania, $50 Kansas. 240; Al
ALBANIA, 200; and New York 20.
Nearly all sections OF the States and
Territories can be reached with ease.
louisiana Arkansas, Mississippi,
Montana, Dakota, and the Indian
Territory possess more miles Ofnayi-
gable stream than miles of railroad,
all of which are open to everybody
who wishes to engage in commerce.
-ScjeHtiFc 1merjcuR.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30
Sale Of a. Wife.

Alfred Jenkins, the owner of q
small farm in stokes county, N. c.,
recently moved away, after selling
his wife for $500 to Noah GlideWeIl,
a neighbor, and disposing of his farm.
The transfer of the wife from one
man to another was done as though
the men had simply swapped horses.
The original "owner" and Glidewell
were neighbors. jenkins in a con-
versation said he wanted to move
away and was not able to take his
wife. GlideWell said he was himself
tired of living alone, and was willing
10 buy her if Jenkins would be viii
ing to sell her. The latter named
$500, and after further conversation
the transfer was agreed upon. Mrs.
jenkins was consulted and cheerfully
agreed to the sale. She at once took
up her effects and went to Glidewell's
house. Where she is now living, and
expresses herself as perfectly happy
apd contented with her new husband
and home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30
Harvard College.

AT a recent meeting OF the over
seers of Harvard College, a discussions
was held upon resolution which had
been before the board for several
weeks, that in the opinion of this
board, the statutes making attend
ance on morning prayers and other
religious exercises compulsoryshould
be repealed. The board. by strong
vote, refused to adopt the resolution.
But Mr.. George Shiffer, lately from
Martinsburg, Blair Co., Pa, who had
Cancerous growth ON his nose, and
who was advised the use of PertoeCc
before visit to a Cancer Ii ospital,
was allowed to take that par.excel-
ent remedy, and by its use for very
short time, was cured completely
page "A in the ellis of Life'-get one
from your Druggist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30

A special dispatch to the PhiIadel-
phia Times from Baltimore, Dec. 14lh.
says: An extraordinary demand has
sprung up here for Confederate bonds.
In answer to an inquiry as to what
disposition was made of what is
known to be a worthless security,
Mr.. Cox, of Smith, Cox & Co., said
he had not the slightest idea as to
what ultimately became ofthe paper,
He only knew that for some time
past he had been receiving large Or
ders for the bonds. and that he now
had an order for any part of mil
hon dollars worth. One day recent
ly he bought over S5O0,C0O worth.
His orders are from respectable
London banking hcuse, to whom
they are sent. Prices have ranged
from g to Sl3 per thousand ; at pres
ent they are worth from IS. so to S9. 80
and large block brought 1915 dav
or two ago. The orders are wholly
for coupon bonds. Letters are re-
celved from all parts of the south,
some of them quite amusing. The
probabilities and possibilities Of the
future of the alleged securities are
conJectured in a grave manner.
Many bonds are bought that have
been neatly framed, some have been
pasted on ire-boArds and screens, and
one old gentleman brought in lot
which he desired to deposited as col
lateral for 2. large loan, arguing that
some day they would be worth their
face valde. Some of the incidents are
ridiculous, but the fact remeins that
there is demand for the bonds, anl
tney can be readily sold at 50 fol
every 81 ZOO bond.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30
SingularIy Wounded.

Near Coolidge, Kan. Mr.. Harrison,
a young Englishman, has established
large estate at an expense of many
thousand dollars. A visiting CORE
spondent recently found O charming
guest on the place in the person of
Captain SherbOrne, of the British
army, who, after valiant services in
the Afghanistan campaign, is passing
several years in travel. Captain Sher-
borne was wounded in a most sim
gular way in Afghanistan. After a
battle he found an Afghan lying on
the field, with both legs shot away.
He raised him in his arms to carry
him 10 an ambulance. But the man
suddenly wrenched himselfaway and
standing egect on his bleeding stumps
he seized one Of his own severed legs
lying beside him and struck at Capt
Sherborne with furious rage, making
Il terrible cash down his chest with
the Jagged bone. He then dropped
back dead and Captain Sherbone fell
fainting by his side. SherbOrne says
that it was the most thrilling mo
ment of his lite.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30
NUMBER AZ.
How to Win in 1884.
From the New York Trrfbnne


The receipt is simple; and ii is re.
spectfuily commended TO the last Re.
publican majority we can possibhz
nave IN Congress till after the n9xE
residential election. Do your plain
duty on the three great questions d
| the day.
I. reform the Tariff by adopting
the scheme of the Tariff Commission
as whole. 1t has been perfected by
the faithful work of an ~adlnfrabie
body OF men. 1t cannot be betteretls
by any hasty patchwork in the Com.
mittee of a three months, Congress.
II can be safely passed lust Al Il
stands; it cannot be safely LEFT to the
ReMbons of the next Congress III
the Republicans allow the 4th of
March 20 ffHd them withoub q SIM
pilfied and reduced Protective Tariff.
they will deserve the defeat they in-
Yite.
z. Abolish all internaI-revenue tax
alton, excepting on liquors and tobac-
co. That simpiifies matters enor-
mously, relieves the people of petty
eXactlOnS and annoyances, and leaves
the burdens of taxation where thew
ought to rest-on luxuries or vices.
q. Pass the best measures of Civil
service Reform attainable. So manv
Democrats have committed them
selves to the Pendleton bill that DOS
slbly even this might be carried. The
people have not made up their minds
that this is the best plan, or that they
can yet say what the best plan is;
but they want something done now
tending at least to place the Civil
Service on a better basis, and they
know Republicans can do 1t. They
will not judge too hastily if it should
prove that the step taken is not the
best; but they want some step taken,
and it will be very unwise not to heed
their wish,
DO these three things-every one
highly desirable, every one possible
at this season if honest work for them
be begun at once-and it is not in the
power Of the Democracy to prevent
the election of Republican Presi-
dent in 1884. Neglect them and the
prospect is not encouraging.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30

Mr.. Paul Bert has lately sent the
editor Of La Nature. from Geneva,
two photographs Of q human monster
'exhibited there, living and aged Eve
Years. having been born at Turin 10
1877. It has two heads, four arms
and two chests, but one abdomen and
pelvis, and two legs; that is, ii is
double above the middle of the body.
The fusion ofthe two bodies begins
at the sixth rib. From due axanli-
nation and from what has been OBJ
served in previous monsters of the
kind (they were named Xiphodyme
by Isidore- -Geoffrey St. Hilaire1. it
may be affirmed that there are four
lungs, two hearts and tive stomachs |;
the small intestine is double at its
commencement, but in gEeater part
'slngles There are really two fuai4
viduals. The right leg obeys only
the right individual, who alone feels
pinching of it; and similarly with
the left. The sensibiIity of each half
OF the body is in exclusive rapport
with the head of the same side. The
two individuals were baptized doubIy
under the names of Jean and Jadues.
They are equally developed from
physical points of view Except a
slight club foot on Jaques' leg), and
Intellectually they are much alike.
Their intelligence is normal thew
reply to questions of visitors in
French, italian and Gerrnan : they
seem gentle and amiable, also lively,
often playing together while lying
on cushions or on the knees of their
reputed father. 1t is said they have
never been ill. Several cases of these
Niphodyme monsters have been rec
orded in history, but very few haye
liyed.-LOndon Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30
FOR SALE
Property in Deer Park.

A store and dwelling house combin ed, which
is directly opposite the village tickct-oflice.
Also two good-siHed dwelling houses, with
stable, gardens and all necessary out build .
ingS.
For terms and additional particulars, apply
to w. II. Tower, Clerk of Court, Oakland, or
to f.. G.. TillSOn. Deer Park.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30

The House Committee on Educa-
ton and Labor has determined to,
report the Sherman Bill favorably.
1t appropriates Sl0.000,0O0 annually
for the next five years for the pur-
pose of advancing public education.
1t is to be distributed among the
States and Territories upon the ratio
of llliteracy, and the bill allows an
amount not exceeding per cent. of
the sum appOrtioned to any State or
Territory, to be expended in the ed
ueation of teachers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30
Our Standing Army of Ignorance.

The statistics of illiteracy just pub
lished by the Census Bureau present
many curious and suggestive facts,
which are not likely to. receive half
the attention they deserve. We talk
so much about our public schools, and
spend SO much to support them, and
the grade of average popular intelli-
| gence is so high as a whole, that we
do not stop to consider how much of
| ignorance there is in the country !;
with all our boasting, or to reflect
that, notwithstanding all our schools,
illitercy is actually increasing instead
Ofdiminishing as a National burden
and reprOach. 1t seems incredible,
when one comes to look at it soberly.
that there are in the United States
nearly 100000 persons over ten
years4of age who cannot read, and
considerably more than 5000, 600 who
cannot write; and yet that is the stu
alton as demonstrated by individual
count in 1880.
1t is true that large proportion of
this ignorance is confined to the color
ed population and to foreign born
white residents; but with this allow
ed for, there still remains enough to
cause both shame and alarm. Ofthe
numbe: of persons returned as un-
able to write, over 3 3,000,00 are white,
and of this number 2,255,000are ma
tive born; that is to say, about eight
per cent. Of the total native white
population of the country cannot
write. The familiar assertion that
illiteracy j. specially prevalent at the
South because the eX-Slaves and their
children have not yet had time to
grasp the rudimentS of education is
not justified by these statistics; on the
contrary, it is shown that am ong the
native whites Of that section, the pro-
portion who cannot write ranges from
Is per cent in Virginia to 81 per cent.
III ANOl III SttlO Olllld, WlICICelS III IlOhG
of the Northern States does it exceed
7 per cent, and in most of them ii is
only to 3 per cent, even counting
as far West as the newest of them,
and including the Territories.
hefigures show, furthermore, that
of the total number who cannot write
almost 100000 are voters. Forty
years ago one in every thirteen of our
voting population were unable to
read or write; ten years later the
ratio was one in nine; another ten |
years made it one in eight, the next |
ten years brought it up to one in six,
and at present it is one in five. Think !
of it. Nearly 100000 vuters who
have to have their ballots read to
them, and who cannot exercise the |
citizens inestimabIe right to scratch
ing without asking somebody to write
in the desired name. And this |.
mass of ilhteracy, already ponderous
enough to determine a national elec-
ton, is growing larger instead of
smaller. 1t now exceeds the whole |.
number of soldiers sent to the field |
to put down the rebellion. What |
will it be twenty or fifty years hence |
if it keeps on increasing in the plo-
portion of the last forty years? The
problem is an uninyiting one, and
yet it is the thing above all others
that demands study and remedy if
government Of the people, by the
people and for the people" is vindi-
cate itself as permanent blessing
81. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30
DaIS0l'S CapCilG Porous PlaStGpI
SEABURY & JOHNSON,

Manufacturing Chemists, New York.
A SURE REMEDY AT LAST. Price 25cte.
Il MEAOIS Medlcated CORN and BUAl0N PLASTER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30

~ ~ ~ <<<1yR otSuJ u 4ofhcs
Neurological journal.
1eiz|e thezscflo0I life of a
teat |s "a ~ herself. illus
heI Feef &9d among her scholars
was h6y abajat fouffeen years old,
whq afedyel little about study and
Showed n1 interest pparent]y ii any
thinR coAhected with the school. Day
aftef day be AJzlefn his lessons. and
detssltions after School hours and
note to his widowed mother had no
efea One daythe teacher had sent
hiu1to his seat after a vain effort to
get pom him torrect. answer to
questions in prammaf, and, feeling
somswhat nettled. she. watkhed his
conduct. Having taken his seat. he
IalslAd the book impatiently asitle,
ands sespying a fly, caught it with a
deXterous sweep of the hand and then
betook himself to a close inspection
of the insect. For fifteen minutes or
more the boy was thus occupied,
Needless Of surroundings, and the eX-
preston Of his face told the teacher
that it was more than idle curiosity
that possessed his mind. A thought
struck her, which she put into prac-
tice at the first opportunity that day.
Boys" said she, "What can you tell
me about flies ?" and calling several
of the brightest by name, she asked
them if they could tell her something
of fy's constitution and habits.
They had very little to say about the
insect. They often caught one, but
only for sport, and did not think it
worth while to study so common an
insect. Finally she asked the Ounce,
who had silently, but with kindling
eyes, listened to what his schoolmates
hesitatingly said. He burst out with
a description of the head. eyes, wings
and feet of the little creature, so full
and enthusiastic that the teacher was
aStonished and the whole school
struck with wonder. He told how it
walked and how it ate, and many
things which were entirely new to
his teacher. So that when he had
finished she said: "Thank you! You
have given us real lecture in natural
history, and you have learned it all
yourself"
After the school closed that after.
noon she had a long talk with the
boy, and found that he was fond of
going into the woods and meadows
and collecting insects and watching
birds, but that his mother thought
he was wasting his time. The teach
er. however, wisely encouraged him
in this pursuit, and asked him to
bring beetles and butterflies and cater
pillars to school, and tell what he
knew about them. che Roy was de-
lighted by this unexpected turn of
affairs, and in a few days the listIess
Ounce was the marked boy of that
school. Books on natural history
were procured fer him, and world
of wonders opened to his apprecia-
tive eyes. He read and studied and
examined; he soon understood the
necessity of knowing something of
mathematics, geography and gram
mar for the successful carrying on of
his layOrite study, and he made rapiu
progress in his classes. In short,
twenty years later he was eminent as
a naturalist, and owed his success,
as he never hesitated to acknowledge,
to that discerning teacher.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30

Il certain Michigander, who mad
long succeeded in dodging a creditor,
was a few weeks ago cornered in the
office of mutual friend, and the
creditor began: "Sfr! you have
owed me $25 for a year past, and now
L wa o know what you are going
Ito d out it?" "Well, I'Il think
it oN "There will be no think
ing it over, my friend. fyou don't
pay me I'll sue YOU" "You will ?''
81 will, Sirv - "Then you'll be GER
tain to get judgment. The party
which brings the suit always gets the
verdict before a Justice. Knowing
this, you will take advantage of me ?''
81 will" VERY well. Now, then.
| deny that | owe you a dollar"
"You dog" Il do, Sir; bot in case
you want to borrow S2j of me for a
week here it is" 81 don't care
whether you call it paying or lending
so long as | get my money!" replied
the creator, and he made out re-
ceipt in full and took the money. AT
the end of the week he was asked to
return the loan, but laughed at the
absurdity of the request. Suit was
begun to recoyerit, the mutual friend
used as witness, and the plaintiff
received judgement in his favor and
had clean receipt to show for the
debt.-Det,oH Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30

is the only Iron preparation that
does not color the teeth, and will not
cause headache or constipation, as
other Iron preparations will.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30

We mOrtals, men and women. de
your manya disappointment between
breakfast and dinner time, keep back
the tears and look little pale about
the lips, and in answer to inquiries
say, so, nothing!" Pride helps us
and pride is not bad thing when it
only urges us to hide our own hurts
not to hurt others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30

Men trust to their eyes rather than
to their ears the effect of precept is
therefore slow and tedious, whilst
that of example is summary and
etIectual,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30

Unselfish men should be placed in
the ranks Of the saints, whilst unsel-
fish women should be classed among
the martyrs,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-06-08
A SURPRISED Geologist.

Mrs. Fox tells in her journals this
pleasant story about Florence Nightin-
gale, the eminent nurse, who has done
SO much for the amelioration Of human
suffering:
Warrington Smyth and Sir Henry de
Ia Beche dined at her fathers. and Flor
ence Nightingale sat between them. She
began drawing Sir Henry out on geolo-
gy, and charmed him by the boldness
and breadth of her views, which were
not common then. She accidentally pro-
ceeded into regions of Latin and Greek,
and then our geologist had to get out
of it.
She was fresh from Egypt, and began
talking with w. Smyth about the in
scriptions, etc., where he thought he
could do pretty well; but when she be-
gan quoting Lepsius, which she had been
studying in the original, he was in the
same case rs Sir Henry.
When the ladies' left the room the lat
ter said to him. "a capital young lady,
that, if she hadn't so fioored me with
her Latin and Greekr'
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-06-08
Don't Whine.

Don't be whining about not having
fair chance. Throw sensible man out
of window and he'll fall on his feet,
and ask the nearest way to his work.
The more you have to begin with the
less you will have in the end. Money
you earn yourself is much brighter than
any you get out of dead mems bags. A
scant breakfast in the morning Of life
whets the appetitefor feast later in the
day. He who has tasted sour apple
will have the more relish for Q sweet one.
Your present want win make future
prosperity all the sweeter. Eighteen
pence has set up many peddler in busi-
ness, and he has turned it over until he
has kept his carriage. As for the place
you are cast in, don't find fault with that;
you need not be horse because you
were born in stable. If a bull tossed
a man of metal sky-high he would drop
down into good place. A hard-work-
ing young man with his wits about him
will make money while others will do
nothing but lose it.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-06-08
The Coed Samaritan.

Did you ever see man about three
O'clock in the morning hunting for the
keyhole on his front doorP 1t Is most
exhIlaratiur SIGHT. saws the Detroit
CAuf. The other night 1 was slowly
walking home, putting fragrant che
root, when / heard an awful rumpus on
the front steps Of house near by. I
stopped and looked excr, and there was
a well-known alderman busily engaged
in a grand hunt for the front-door key
hole. First he would balance on his
toes. and then he would balance on bis
heels; and then he would run bis head
;nfo thai .If,or. and knock his blu0 hat
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-06-08

A new method in preserving meat is
An animal il stunned by a
blow on the head, and blood being drawn
from the left jugulsr vein. strong solu-
tion Of boracic acid, kept at blood heat.
is injected into the system. The heat OF
the still living animal pumps the anti
septic fluid into all parts Of the system.
The animal is then killed by the butcher
in the usual way. The cost is mere
trifie. and meat treated in this way will
keep several weeks in the heat Of summer.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-06-08
Administrators Sale Of Real Estate.

TN pursuance OF IN order Of the Probate Court Of
l. Henry County Ohio, will offer for sale at pub
lie auction, on the
18th day Of June. A. D. 1882,
at o'clock in the afternoon upon the premises, the
following described real estate situate in the county
of Henry and State of Ohio, to-wit:
part Of the southwest quarter of the southeast
quarter Of section three 3 township four (4 north
Of range seven east, and being esparticuary
described as follows: Commencing six. and twelve
onehundredths 60 121o0) chains east from the quar-
ter post between sections three @ and ten O Of the
above township aud range, thence east seven and
ninety one-hundredths q 9S100) chains, thence
north six aud Einety-two one-hundredths l6 92l00)
chains, thence north twenty-six and onehah (261s)
degrees, west four and sixty-seven One-hundredths
"a 67-l00) chains, thence fortythrce 43) degrees
west, fifteen 1J) and nine onehundredths
91b0) chains to the place Of beginning containing
six and thirteen one-hundredths t6 Is10O acres Of
land.
Appraised at 1921 o5.
Terms Of Sale One-third cash in hand: one-third
in year, and onethird in two years from day Of
SALE with interest deferred payments to be secured
by mortgage upon the premises sold.
VIM. 7. CHENEY,
Administrator Of the estate Of Michael Hill, decd.
F. NJ RUMMEIL, Attorney.
May oath, 1882 4w.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-06-08
Road Notice.

M Office is hereby given that petition will be pre-
IN scented TO the Commissioners Of Henry county,
vt their next session, Jnne Al d. 1852, praying for
the location Of acounty line road on the following
line, to-wit: 4
Beginning ut the cast quarter post Of section NUM-
ber thrty-six f3S} In Rirhland township, Defiance
Co.. Ohio thence running south along the line be-
tween the counties of neiisnce and Henry 10 point
where the so-called lslde Road crsse said county
line and thereto termnate heinga distance of about
~ miles, more or iess. 1
b. +. BAUAAN, Pri 1fipal Petitioner.
May u, feSI.-g
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-06-08

. CONGRESSMAN HEwIrr gave the Pro-
tectionists dose when he gave proof
that the American Bessemer' Steel
Company, on capital Of two millions,
cleared three and a half millions last
year. This shows protection to be on
ly robbery, and the people are the vic
Tins.