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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06
DiOgeneS.

Many hundreds of years ago lived
very strange man whose name was
Diogenes. His home was in the city of
Athens, in Greece. The people of
Athens are very polite, but this strange
man took pride in being very impoHtc
He made himself very disagreeable
People stared at him and laughed at
him. This was just what pleased
Diogenes. Many people called him
great man. This pleased him more yet
He was so odd, and behaved so strange
ly, that after while good many tried
to initiate him and to act as strangely
as he did. This pleased him, perhaps,
most of all. Sometimes Diogenes slept
in the sand and sometimes on the veran-
das of houses or in doorways. Some
times he used to take tub around with
him. When night came he would curl
himself up like kitten and 90 to sleep
in the tub. One bright, sunny day,
when the city was full of people. he
took a lighted lantern and walked down
the street. He looked as if he were
hunting for something. What are you
looking for with your lantern in this
bright daylight" the peopled asked.
e. Il am looking for an honest man,
growled Diogenes.
At this time there lived a great war
rior and Emperor who had made HIM
self more famous than any one else in
the world. Greatcrowds followed him,
and threw up their hats, and cheered.
His name was Alexander. Perhaps he
was really the greatest man in the world.
So he was called Alexander the Great,
One day Alexander marched by where
Diogenes sat summing himself in the
sand. The people were cheering as
usual, and making great noise. But
Diogenes sat quite STILL caring nothing
about the Emperor. When Alexander
passed by Diogenes he noticed this. he
wondered why this poorly clothed man
paid him no attention. Then he turned
to Diogenes with a frown, and said in a
very naughty manner: do you know
that | am Alexanderp' Everybody
thought that Diogenes would turn pale
and be very much confused. But he
only looked up and answered with as
much pride as if he were an Emperor
himself: 'Do you know that | am
Diogenes?" Perhaps we may all adj
mire his independence as much as Alex
ander is said to have done. Diegenes
always lived this queer sort of a life
He was an old, old man when he died
Our Little Ones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06
Curiosities Of Trade.

The demand for eye-stones has fallen
off very largely, but they are kept still,
and sold in considerable quantities. The
eye-stone will clear the eve. There is
no doubt about that, but its movements
are regulated by its shape and by for
nation on the flat side or base of the
stone, similar to blade in q turbine
water wheel. The whole resembles a
shell just begunAbefore the cavity was
formed, if shells were so formed, but
are not. The stone is composed of lime,
and vinegar Or, any acid by, its action
upon it causes motion. The stones are
found on the seashore on the Pacific
coast. Sailors gather them by the quart,
and vend in trade centers. The price
is ten cents b, .,s..,s, .,.... f.o'ro.,.
Bookstores are also called for, not
the kind known to seal rings and sleeve
buttons, but glass stones or beads of the
color of blood, dark red. These are
worn to prevent the nose bleed. al
though the old plan to prevent, namely.
to keep the nose out of other persons
business, is in use still and works wen.
With string through the glass bead
and the string around the owner neck
the liability to nose bleed is removed.
The bookstores, some of them, come
from Germany. .. ,t
Rattlesnake oil will unlimber Joints
afflicted with certain lamenesses, as all
other oils or preparations will. It is
called for often, and the buyers may get
rattlesnake oil and they may not Ii is
said to be a business of considerable i'm
portance in North Carolina to capture
rattlesnakes and from the fat to pro-
duce the oil. AT all events, rattlesnake
oil is sold, and it is supposed to cure
marvelously. Skunk oil is another cure
all for certain maladies Providence
Or. H. Journal. ...t. .., r-.......
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06
Cuttlefsh.

The arms" or " feet" of the cuttle-
fish demand a somewhat detailed men,
ton, on account OF their armature. In
all cuttlefishes, save the exceptional
pearly nautilus, the arms are either eight
or ten in number, and are provided with
acetabula, or suckers Those cuttles
In which ten arms are present-and of
these the squids and sepias form good
examples-have two of these appendages
produced beyond the remaining eight in
length. Aristotle noted in his day this
popularity of the ten-armed cuttles
Speaking on this point he remarks that
all OF these animals =" have eight feet
provided with double series of suckers,
except in one genus of Polypi'- the
genus Etedone, in which there is but a
single row of suckers. ssThe sepia. teut-
hides and teuthi Chat is to saw. the
sepias and squids) have besides two long
fro6oSctdeS, the extremities of which are
beset with a double series of suckers. ="
The two 'proboscides' of Aristotle are
the g tentacles'' of the modern natural
list; and Pliny, speaking of the uses of
these tentacles, remarks that, they may
be used for the capture of prey at dist
ance, or may be employed to anchor
their possessors safely amid the bolster
Gus waters. The suckers which com
stitute most noteworthy armament of
the arms, are borne on short stalks in
the ten-armed cuttlefishes, but are I'M
stalked in the eight-armed species. Each
sucker exhibits all the structures incl
dental to an apparatus adapted to secure
effective and instantaneous adhesion to
any surface. 1t consists Of horny or
cartilaginous cup, within which are mus
cular tibers converging toward its CEN
ter, where they form well-defined Mug
or piston, Blythe withdrawal of this plue
a partial vacuum is produced, and the
suckers adhere by atmospheric pressure
to the surface on whichthey are placed.
The sucker is released by the projection
OF the plug and by the consequent de-
struction of the vacuum. The number
of the suckers varies, but it is always
considerable; and when we reflect that
the array of suckers can be instantane-
ously applied, and that their hold Is au-
tomatically perfect, the grasp OF the
cephalopods is seen to be of the most
efficient kind. In some, cuttlefisbes. and
most notably in the 7so-called s,hooEed
squids', (Onychoteaahts,) the pistons of
the suckers are developed to form now
erfui hooks, by means Of which the prev
may be secured with additional facility:
and in the common squids the margin Of
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The Nightingale.

Very unpretendingi in color and insig-
niticant in size is this bird. known as the
king of songsters" The whole of the
upper part Of the bird is brown, the
breast dull white shading into brown,
and the throat and belly pale gray,
the tail reddish brown, long and round
ed. The full length of the bird is about
SAX and one-half inches. He is imported
from England and Germany, the larger
part coming from the latter country. but
he is met with over the whole Continent
of Europe from Sweden to the Mediter-
ranean, and over large portion of
Central Asia, as far north as the middle
of Siberia. He also visits northwestern
Africa in the course of his migrations.
Woods, groves and leafy forests, in the
immediate vicinity of water, afford the
favorite retreats of these most musical,
most melancholy songsters. In such 10.
calities they live, each pair within its
own especial domain, which, although
small, is jealousy guarded aud boldly
defended from all intrusion. Some parts
of southern Europe are especially fire.
Tuented by these delightful birds. Spain
81 particular is extremely fortunate in
This respect, and in certain districts then
enchanting voices are heard from every
bush and hedge. The declivities of Sierra
Morena may be literally described as an
extensive nightingale garden: .......
The flight of the bird is undulatory
but. though light and rapid it Is rarely
sustained beyond a short distance. Thai
&hese birds, however. are capable of greal
exertion while on the wing must be eyi
deaf to any one who has witnessed thu
endeavors OF two contending rivals in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06

lieved children should have q good time
XIII or cure So Monday at the breaE,
fast table | told father IAwas going over
to see my baby cousin, and asked him
if l could stay all night.
l4''' Yes, three or four days if you like
he replied. ..-,.s...-. ......-..
''Aunt Sue said it was all right. that
it was the grandest bali of the season
and she wished she could go, too.
EAT two O clock Tuesday afternoon
Ben drove, up to the door. was ali
ready, so in five minutes we were off
1t had been growing colder since morn.
ing, and now it was four or five degrees
below zero, but we were young and did
not mind the cold. We chatted and
laughed, and all went well until Wa
were half way there and rabbit
jumped across the road. The horse
SHE'D, over went the sleigh and out wa
timbled. The bandbox rolled down tbe
hill, Ben's valise and bundle or two
were lodged in the brush fence and tbe
buffalo robes and went on the crust
after the bandbox. Ben stuck to the
reins and soon stopped his horse, but
when the things were gathered and We
were seated in the sleigh we We're nearly
frozen. Ben said we would soon oet
warm, and l remember he told me Ris
hands and feet were beginning to burn
and as if in dream | heard him say;
"' Wake up! wake up! you must not
90 to sleep; you will freeze if you do
Then he said: What shall l do? she il
freezing? Hs "i ~F
He shook me and told me to stamn
my feet and rub my hands, and thought
| did, and it seems to me that was
getting warm and | tried to ask him
why he whipped the horse so, but he
laughed so loud he couldn't hear me-
and then | feared we should be tipped
over again, and when the horse stopped
at the hotel it seemed as though we
were all smashed to pieces For hours
/ had no sense of feeling and the next
day when the doctor came he said Ibad
rheumatic fever, so they sent for my
father. Oh! / was so afraid he would
not come. He did, however. and for.
gave me. although did not deserve il.
He remained with me all the time for
weeks. l was very sick and suffered
excruciating pains, that is why my
hands and feet are so crippled. learned
to love and appreciate my dear ia.
Their. then knew for the first time.
that he was worried and harassed with
business troubles, and that he could be
kind and gentle as woman, and had
obeyed him should not be an old Grip.
pie to-day"
Auntie," said Edith, 81 have no
desire to go to the party, and hereafter
J. will try and be more gentle, and more
obedient. Golden Rule.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06

the sucker is provided with a series OF
minute horny hooks. The- ''arms' them
selves it need hardly be remarked, are
extremely mobile; they are highly mus
cular. and can be adapted with ease to
the varied functions of prehension and
movement they are destined to subserve.
As regards their arrangement they are
arranged in four pairs-a dorsal and a
ventral pair, and two lateral pairs; the
two elongated tentacles, when developed,
being situated between the third and
fourth pairs of arms on the Ventral or
lower surface. -Belqravta - -.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06
A Parsee's Oath.

A singular incident lately occurred in
a London witness-box during the hear
ing of a case in which Parsee gentle
man was called upon to give evidence
He objected to being sworn either on
the Old or New Testament, and mol
being a Mohammedan, he could not be
sworn on the Koran; but he produced
from his breast a sacred relic, ana
said that by making declaration ana
holding the "charm" in his hand
and not concealing it, the act
would be binding on his conscience
The Commissioner thought that under
the peculiar circumstances he would De
justified in taking the witness decara,
ton, if at the same time he held ths
60 charm" unconcealed in his hand, ana
declared that he would consider the ac'
sufficiently binding upon him to pear
true testimony in the matter at issue
1t is said to be usual to swear Parsee'
holding the tail of COW, which in III
dia is regarded as sacred animal,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06

THE BOY FOR ME.

His cap is old, but his hair is gold,
And his face is clear as the sky, .-....
And whoever he meets on lanes or streets.
He looks him straight in the eye, rrrr q
With fearless pride that has naught to hide,
Though he bows like little knight
Quite debonair, to a lady fair
With smile that is swift as light.
Does his mother call? Not kite, or ball
Or the prettiest game, can stay ID '..f
His eager feet as he haStes TO greet
Whatever she means to say. tf ti
And the teachers depend on the little friend
At school in his place at nine, .'
With his lessons learned and his good marks
earned, BE- .i ..,. .s.-.. .
All ready TO toe the line.
/ wonder if you have seen him, too, ...s
This boy, who is not too big
For Il morning kiss from mother and Sis, -.
Who isn't a bit of prg,
But gentle and strong, and the whole day long
AS merry as boy can be.
gentleman, dears, in the coming years,
And at present the boy for me.
M. f. Sdn0Stcr in Hdrper'S Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06

"A large number of well-executed
counterfeit silver dollars have recently
been circulated in the towns of Rocking
ham County. N. H., and its ncighbor,
York County, Me. ,,......,.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06

Chang Chi Lang, a giant from
China, eight feet six inches high, ar
rived in New York recently from nv.
rope. The giant was accompanied y
his wife, little person less than hyg
feet in height, with pretty face; anu y
feet scarcely four inches long. ~ l.
Star. '' i.H N...
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06

' China dogs are the latest craze, and
now in milady's bric-a-brac room will be
found large and curious assortment,
from the smallest. The china dog has
advantages over the live article not to be
'disregarded 1t does not have to be fed
and instead of being fastened to string,
where it is running in every direction
but the right one, may be suspended
from the belt by chain and so relieve
the torturings Of its being lost. Then
they need no muzzles, and they will
probably not be taxed. = CoNrte7'-JolIrnGi.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-01-12

nursing Matty in his arms, in ! a. :.
bliss. Cousin Kate s Christmas I sssse
been brought across the street ~ aa'l
up IN the parlor. and Cousin Kats, sI & *
band had been sent down tow, ni'l'
multitude of gifts that mat ~" - ior
they deserved, and were hnre = ~ |.
instant. 20 iha
And the tapers were lighted -, :, 4
neighbors' children were bron ~ 1 slv
and Matty, in q toilet whose
tons consisted chiefly of brown 80 80
and butter and vinegar, sat un, ~, pape'
ly midnight, regretting that ber aeaF'
ers chest could not have been huno1 , Y.
the tree, till some one suggested Il s oa
with the baby, it had already IL, saa
the part OF the Manager and The k EasVa
Then, after distributing tho IA.
all the other children from hars' Az. y
on high chair. and laughing !, a.'sa
fresh kiss under the bit Of mistletos s's =
fell sound asleepat last. with ! hc,s ~ Y
candy in one hand, a box of ch;ns AL
es in the other, and hugcinc u W. / 81
breast wax doll, and 6ook 7oi ts ass
stories, and q paint-box, and hottl. /.
cologne, and S'sss Y
But there! what's the use Of ,,,,.,,.
the possessions that poured ii n,a
Matty that night? Let us saw W. dlya
toy-shop full; for never had anv e syls
such a Christmas Eve before. s'''a
And surely never was any ch;la,s
mother SO happy as Mrs. Watrous u.
as she hung over her two children tbst
night, and felt that the great chest wh; ,S.
had been the desire of her heart ,, snS
was to be the delight Of her eves
splendid Christmas box as itwas. x;sh
its carved cherubs and crowns, was oplS
the smallest part OF her Christmas
Harr7et Prescott Spo6ond, in Yesth1
Companion. 2
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Foul Cistcrn Water.

Our cistern is about six feet deem
and the same in breadth. Formerly
the water became so unpleasant that
we were obliged to pump it out and
clean up thrice from the last of March
to November. In order to obyiate this
we first resorted to putting half a
Dushei OF charcoal Jumps in the cistern.
This enabled us to get along with only
two cleanings during the season. We
then added two bushels of pure white
sand to the charcoal, which rendered
the necessity of cleaning still more
seldom. But as the cistern had a tipht
wooden cover over it, we thought II
might be still better for the water if IL
could be well aired. To effect this we
cut a hole six inches square in the
cover, inserted wooden ventilator in
to this, on the top of which wire eauze
was fastened, so as to keep ont flies
and all else. The fresh air now enter
ing the waste-pipe passes over the water
OF the cistern and out through
this Ventilator, and thus keeps up a
good circulation, and prevents its be.
coming foul there. A wire screen is
fastened over the outside end of the
waste-pipe to prevent insects or any,
thing else getting into the cistern
through it. The water now is kent
free from any unpleasant smell; stiIl
the cistern ought to be pumped and
cleaned out annually. as substances of
various kinds are carried into it by the
pipes from the eaves-troughs.. The roofs
OF buildings will gather these not
wlthstanding the best of care. Screens
placed over the tops of the leaders will
o6viate this pretty well, however.-
Garsstsag Uaioh
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-01-12
Gor nou,,g Readess.
CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS.

Dainty little stockings
Hanging in row,
Blue and gray and scarlet,
In the firelight's glow:
Curly-pated sleepers
Safely tucked In bed;
Dreams of wondrous toy-shops
Dancing through each head:
Mother, stepping lightly,
Plans, with tender care,
How to give each dreamer
just an equal share.
Funny little stockings
Hanging in a row,
Stuffed with sweet surprises.
Down from top to toe
Skates and balls and trumpet.
Dishes. tops and drums,
Books and dolls and candies.
Nuts and sugar-plums.
Little sleepers waking:
Bless me. what noisel
wish you merry Christmas,
Happy girls and boys!
--Nuseyu.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-01-12

"A ninety-seven pound Pennsyl'
vania girl has beau that tips the beam
at 2l0. She keeps him in, attendance
every night up to twelve O'Clock. sesf-
cd comfortably in, an arm chair, snel
explained to q companion, under tpe
seal of secrecy, that beneath the cushion
she kept her autumn leaves in boQk,
and as soon as they were sufficiently
pressed she would give him the mittsn'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-01-12

Quite a number of leading mef-
chants who Speculate in cotton futures
are "out on bale. "--44nertcan InpssfT.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-28

A Sweet-Scented Controversy.
In the controversy between the Reno
and the Plumas (Cal.) papers, which
has of late attracted so much attention
and turned the noses of the whole
Pacific coast toward the two places. tue
PIumas National has the last say, as
follows /: Reno girls do smell pretty
lively. but if a couple or three Plumas
girls should mix up with the Reno
daisies they would never enter for
another smelling match-not much. +"
If the editors concerned do not soon
cease this style Of Dragging about the
girls in their respective sections they
are liable to die of a spider. or some
thing worse, in their dumping, and
the verdict Of all tax-paying citizens
would be-: "Served 'em right. -
Virginia (Nev. Enterprise.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-28
WARRENSBURG WISDOM.
Chunks and Shvers from the Quar
~ City, Lifted by tho
Bazoo Derrick.

There was dance at Germania Hall,
Friday night
We nov have a roller skating rink. 1t
was opened last night.
ALLEN Cruce, of the Journal Democrat,
went 70 st. Louis Thursday night.
The New Orleans University Fingers
will give .. cencer. here, next Saturday
evening.
-Drummond brothers are drilling veil
on Holden street, in from; of Roberts 4
Hale's agricultural store.
-Messrs. o. H. Houts and s. T. White
we're in Kansas City, Tuesday night, and
heard the lecture Of Col. Ingersoll.
Mr.. Worden. late of the firm of Wor-
den & Bryon, viii start new drug store
in few days. making the sixth in town.
The Normal students will enjoy vaca-
ton from Wednesday evening until Mon
day morning, on account of Thanksgiving
"A young gentleman prominently con-
nected with the public schools of this city,
will be married, Wednesday, to one of our
city bellies.
Capt. A. Hussman, vice-president of
the Fourth National Bank, ST. Louis, WAS
in the city Thursday. and returned home
the same evening.
John MCMILLAN, a journeyman tailor.
who worked Tor J. II. Christopher, died,
yesterday morning. of morphine poisoning
He had been drunk Tor more than q week
and had been taking morphine to produce
sleep, and it is supposed he, Friday night,
took too much, which produced death.
About 4 o'clock Saturday morning, DIR
Wright was called, BY being informed that
man vas sick at the Jacobs hotel, and
needed his attention. The doctor says no
summons came 10 hurry, consequently he
did not make haste TO the bedside of the
unfortunate man When he reached him,
however, he found the man dead, but
plenty Of warmth in the body, indicating
that death had but shortly taken place.
A coroner's jury vas impanelled and rem
dered . verdict in accordance with the
absve facts.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-28

Why should . man with sim
liar limitations feel that has 9
call to address his fellow
in relation to matters of the FIRST i'm
portance? We have read of q minis.
ter, WHO'S said to preach to more emp
ty than occupied pews, who took a.
his subject the decline of religion.
He proved the decline BY reference 10
. mass of suggestive statistics. and
concluded BY IN urgent appeal to bis
hearers to join him in supplicatons to
a throne Of grace for revival. The
matter of the sermon was excellent,
but the manner!
From first to last the speaker was
closely con6ped 10 his copy, and the
urgent appeal with which he conclud-
ed was shorn of nearly all its force,
since it came from the lips of . man
net leaning towards bis hearers, but
bending over his desk not looking in
to the eyes Of those whom be desired
to touch, but upon the written page.
The sermon ought to have produced a
deep impression, apparently it pro-
duced none. There was no magnetism
in it.
A poet of the horid school was once
criticised as having nothing to say but
saving it magni6cently. The trouble
with so many ministers is that they
have much to say, but they say it with
distressing effect. Ha public senti-
ment can be organized intolerant of
the reliance of ministers upon notes,
the effect would, doubtless. be to ex'
clude some very worthy men from the
pulpit. But it would certainly lead to
the survival Of the fittest. And in
this field, above all others. none but
the fittest ought to survive.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-28

Zone of the curissities ofjournal.
ism" says The Mobile Register. lis
. set o: letters which is fled away in
this Office, emanating from . CORES
pondent At New Haven. For ten
years and odd, letters have come
every two weeks from this correspond
ent, each letter being bulky and prop
erly prepaid. sometimes with two, and
sometimes three stamps. The CORES
pondence is never printed, and never
will be. The author once signed him.
self James, but all subsequent letters
bear the initials "A. B. j. Who he
is or what his object in writing, save
to put bis views on paper and pay .
liberal postage thereon. cannot be
stated. He is perhaps an inmate of
some lunatic asylum who is allowed
to pass his time in this innocent amuse-
iment. The letters are each q discer-
tation upon some obstruse point Of
constitutional law, and are very YER
bose and inconsequential in argu-
ment."