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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-22
What Hygiene Did for Scurvy.

The inquiry into the causes of scurvv
was another step in advance, of the
most signal Importance. No one in
the present day can form any idea of
the ravages that terrible disease pro-
duced. All long voyages were imper-
lied by it, while the very existence of
England depended upon her fleet,
which had frequently to return to port
absolutely crippled with scurvy, in
some cases as many as 10000 men be-
ing landed from the Channel fleet help
less. Although so far back as the sew
enteenth century the efficacy of fruits
and fresh vegetables as preventives had
been surmised if not actually noted, it
is really to the renowned Captain Cook
that the credit is mainly due of having
established this important fact. That
eminent navigator never lost an
opportunity of taking on board
fruits and fresh vegetables when
ever he could, and the re-
suit was that he was able to bring home
from heightened voyage, crews in
almost perfect health and condition.
a thing never before known. 1t took
th'hD 1Nblo, hONCNtl, W impress InlS
fact sufficiently upon the authorities,
and it was not until 1896 that the med
ical officers of the navy (among whom
was the renowned Sir Gilbert Blane)
obtained the regulation ordering lime
Juice to be supplied to our seamen,
The effect was magical; scurvy lost its
terrors, and it may be that the suprem-
acy of England at sea during the Ma
poleonic wars was in part owing to the
improved condition of the seamen dur
ing that gigantic struggle. We have
still a monument of the extent of the
disease in the immense naval hospital
of Haslar, the largest in this country.
which was built of such dimensions
mainly to admit the extraordinary num-
Der of scurvy patients which were be-
ing continually landed from our fleets.
We have not yet got entirely rid of this
enemy, but think we know now how
to combat it, in spite of heretical opin-
ions which find expression from time
to time.-Dr. De Chaunao'at, IN Popular
Science Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-22
Made KleptOmaniac by Pistol Ball.

Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky.
tells OF young man who was wounded
in the head by pistol ball. After he
had apparently recovered he robbed a
store of lot of stuff that was of no
value to him, loaded it into a wagon
and hauled it into the woods, where he
concealed the whole property. He was
sent to the penitentiary. He served his
time out, and, going home, broke into
the same store, taking the same class of
goods, which he loaded into the buggy
he had run off with before, and con- con
cealed the things in the place he had
selected on the occasion of his first Of
Tense. Once more he was sent to the
penitentiary, and had nearly completed
his second term, when the prison doc
tor gave it as his opinion that the bullet
which had struck the young mans head
indented the skull sufficiently TO press ON
the brain, and that this was the reason
that he committed the burglaries. So
the prisoner was sent home. He lost M
time in loading up the old buggy again.
precisely as before, and was returned
to the penitentiary. Il then said that
| was going to trepan that fellows head
if it Killed him. says the Governor
who is physician, land did it success.
fully. Then pardoned the young man.
He behaved himself like a perfect gen-
tleman, sir, and never made the SLIGHT.
est attempt to steal even PIN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-22
For Young Readers.
LASTING BEAUTY.

Beautiful thoughts make n beautiful soul
nd II beautiful soul makes a beautiful
ace"
Once knew little girl,
Very plain;
You might try her hair to curl,
All in vain;
On her cheek no tint of rose
Paled and blushed, or sought repose:
She was plain.
But the thoughts that through her brain
Came and went,
AS recompense for pain,
Angels sent:
So full many beauteous thing.
In her young soul blossOming,
Gave content.
Every thought was full of grace,
Pure and true;
And in time the homely face
Lovelier grew,
With Heavenly radiance bright
From the souls reflected light
Shining through.
So / tell YOU little child,
Plain or DOOR,
IL your thoughts are undef1led,
You are sure
Of the loneliness of worth;
And this beauty not of earth
VIII endure.
-MdriG LOcep, in st. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-22

Some enthusiastic versifier, who
hides his light under a bushel, in other
words, his name under initials, has sun.
piled London weekly journal with en-.
PERTAINING reflections upon the famous
Ohio girl, Miss Chamberlain, who has
been for a long time a favorite in Lon.
don society. The versifier celebrates
Miss Chamberlain after this touchino
fashion: "Of all the gay and gifted
crew, here brought by kindly steam and
Storage, our commons Golfers to re.
new, or to regild the British peerage,
not one upon our hearts has PLAYED
with power like this Ohio maid 81
Detroit Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-22

"A widow has discovered a new use
for medical diplomas-or thinks She
has. The following appears in the New
York Herald: "a widow lady will sell
her late husbands old school medical
diploma. Address Widow, Herald Up
town Oflice.n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-22

Death comes in stranger forms than
usual, it would seem, in this wear of re-
markable casualties. The other day
two men were smothesed by the over
turning OF load of hay, and now the
telegraph reports that farmer and his
team were stung to death by swarm
OF honey bees that met him on q coun.
try road. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-22

"A not wholly unobservant young
man in Lowell gave his intended an en-
gagement ring, on the inside of which
was engraved the legend; "ln time OF
peace prepare for war. boston Posi-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-22

What is the difference between the
death of q barber and that of sculp-
or? One curls up and dyes and the
other makes faces and busts.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11
TEXAS STATE NEWS.

1t is estimated that at least u 900
people viii attend Major PENIS
ne, ting near Bolton.
Lampasas Gt0Jc: Mr.. McIlhenny a
contractor who removed the live oak
trees from the courthouse yard, after
borrowing all the funds he could from
his friends, skipped yesterday leaving
several parties minus their whisky
money.
A mock duel was fought at Mexia
few days since. One of The princi-
pals was LET into the secret that blank
cartridges We're to he used, and at the
third round he fell ms if shot. aud the
other supposing he had killed him,
made tracks for parts unknown.
Greepeyilla Hammer Wire cutting
and the organization OF companies To
watch for and hunt down the coward
y and dastardly skulls is the general
topic of conversation in the Lone Oak
neighborhood. several depredations
of this kind occurred there recently.
San Antonio Erpress: Bishop
Neraz has had an audience with Pope.
Leo and IN II letter to Father Johnston
the bishop states thai his holiness
manifested deep interest in the spirit
ual welfare of the Texas Catholics
| Bishop Neraz is now in Paris, and
will not retlrn t, this city for some
months.
The Gate,ville .i1udace of last week
reports another case of mob violence
I In Coryell county. Eight men went
/ Ia the house OF Tom Weaver half
/ wtted nan charged with horse steal
! ing, and deliberately shot hin 10
death while he lay in bed
| between two children. six men stood
/ guard while two committed the
! murder.
san Antonio L,git: The announce.
nient of the managers OF the san
! Pedro spiings park that hereafter n,
| Mexican should he allowed the USE
\ of the dancing platform in the park
has literally stirred up u hornets nest
and MeXicans all over the city ar,
more than earnestly indignant at III,
Discrimination. The park belongs {,
the city, and every citizen has pro
porlionate right Ia Us Use and uccupa
ton under The conditions OF good be
havior and responsibility
Sixteen panels Of barhed wire fenc,
were cut and many posts torn up on
Bart aud Luke Moores recently pur
chased ranch on the rebuacans river
about nine miles rom Waco, bv par
ties styling themselves The Owls, ,
7 who pacAIded notice ON the gst. tc
the effect that If they persisted in
frncin2. ia ilia' pasture wi.i'h con.
tanned JONES tank .ttiie only water ol
the cntire range, aad whlcii did not
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

sensational literature, will sound the
cry of turn the rascals outn rs the
Keynote of the campaign upon the
Democratic side, White the Chicago
Inter- Ocean, 81 Louis Giobe- Democrat,
Cincinnati COmnerciul-Go5eHo and
kindred Republican papers will re-
habllitate the ensanguned under-gar-
ment aud work the outrage mill for all
there is in il.
If there could be any excuse or pal
liation FOR campaign OF this charac-
Democrats by the reckless, corrupt and
criminal management OF ths affairs of
the nation 10y the Republican party.
Ever since the war it has held carni-
val of crime and corruption under the
shadow of the capitol ut Washington,
and has engaged in jobs of corruption,
in swindles and robberies great and
small, which would seem to justify the
conclusion that they are baud of
rasci's which should be turned out,
and that turn the rascals outn would
b. an appropriate war-cry under which
TO inaugurate and prosecute cam
paign for their removal.
The Republican newspapers Of rad
zeal propensities and views, like thafe
above named have already inaugu-
rated the work of firing the northern
heart by the publication of acts Of
violence occurring in the South, eXag-
gerated and embellished to suit the
occasion. The work of dozen men
in the mountains of Georgia, or of II
handful of law-hreakers in Texas, in
which they reflect on the sentiments
of none but themselves, is represented
as a type of public opinion, and the
condition of public sentiment for ten
millions Of peop'e, who IRE as much
opposed 10 deeds of violence as the
people of the North, east or west. 1t
matters not tn At similar, and perhaps
| greater atrocities are committed in the
! North, they are overlooked, or attribu-
ted, as of right they should
be, to the want of regard
for law by the individuals
engaged in the crime. Thasame rule
of construction would he equitable to
the South, but it does not suit the pur-
pose Of those who are turning the
cranl'of the 'outrage mill' to SO con-
struct them.
Snch a campaign, conducted upon
such principles would lie disgrace
and misfortune to the country. 1t
would indicate degraded conditi.n of
1 public opinion which does not exist,
yet in the heat of public canvass
such direction may be given 10 the
canvass. There are issues, material
1 ones, sufficient to engage the best
thought and The great, st abilities OF
the leading public m,n of the country
and they should direct public thought
and actiS n into that channel and not
degrade American politics with 4
Campaign OF dirt and strengthen
the idea which prevails in monarchica
countries that the experiment of self
government is a failure.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

contain more than was needed by ,he
stock already there, The Owls would
catch them.
Clifton Sentinel: Mr.. Bill
Jones who left us two weeks
siuce, with herd o. sheep for Hatnil-
ttnl county, upon his arrival there was
waited upon ut midnight by q
masked party who called him out ana
gave him twelve hours To leave. After
firing Off guns and pistols they left.
The sheriff, county officials and citi-
zens in general went To his aid and
guarded ispremises for several tights.
Mr.. Jones informs us that he has no
apprehension of iurther trouble,
though lie is ignorant OF the party who
thus dastardly gave expression TO their
hatred of she,pmen.
Pamela II'otchmdn. We are in
formed that Mcdonald, the man who
is supposed To he crazy, and who muir
dered his wife In shelby county, near
the Pamela line not long since, was
waited on at the county Jail, where lie
has been con ined since the Fad trag-
edy, by body of masked men, and
ssriot completely To death, making al
| most doll rags of his person. McDon-
aid admitted, n short time b. fore he
was killed that he had murdered Il
former wife and child, a brother ana
brother in-law in Indiana. He also
| aclSnowl, dyed that the last murder
was the fifth one he had committed,
and that he was compelled To kill more
PEG de before he died. He had a lock
OF hair Of each one OF his murdered vic
tins in little tin box, which he
seeitssd TO prize very highly.
San Antonio Express. Yesterday
morning Roh,it and William Berk-
man, two brothers who are in charge
of che residence of Mr.. f.. III. Terrell,
opposite Travis park, during the alb
seuce of the family, awoke between
seven and eight o'clock, and both felt
very unwell and had all the symptoms
of having been chloroiormed. They
noticed that the articles in the room
were in great disorder AZ ID confusion,
and their suspicious were Immediately
aroused. One of the brothers had $50
in currency, IL pistol and some other
articles in a .valise, and the valise was
found to have been opened and the
money and pistol were 90 e. Several
other articles were also missing. The
brothers then visited the other rooms
in the house where they found that an
equal chaos prevailed, but the family
being Il sent, and having taken with
them great many articles, the young
men were unable to tell what the loss
| had been.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

TIE failure of the railway Telegraph
ers TO come when they We're called"
by the strikers has destroyed the spinal
column of the strike. This was the
trump card" Of the brotherhood,
and il failed 20 take the trick. We
may look, with confidence for an
early suspension Of the strike, and a
return to ,their keys of such of the
strikers as the company see proper to
employ. Nothing could have been
done by the striking brotherhood to
better exhibit the impotency of that
organization than this silly attempt
to paralyze the, railways, One is con-
strained to think that those who con-
! troll the syndicate, formulate its bills
| of grievances, aud illuminate its par
nlyzing edicts must be Very young and
! inexperienced persons who imagined
/ that the movement Ct railway trains
was dependent on telegraph operators,
and did not know that the applica.
,ion of the telegraph to train move
nlent Is II recently -introduced matter
of convenience only. Long before
any use was made of the telegraph
and before the electric telegraph was
4 invented, railway Trains were moved
by timetables only, as In many eases
they are now. In fact, the application
OF the electric telegraph TO railway
uses is only supplemental to older ap
pliances, which II has not superseded
and is not likely ever To supeisede
Indeed for the movement of railwa,
trains, the telephone is more likely t.
supersede the Telegraph than the latte
is TO supersede the timetable and In
use of signal ,elegraphy, The elcctri
telegraph is a convenience impor
; tant convenience, no doubt, but not II
any sense necessity.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

THE Courier, journal says, the cleo
ton of Mr.. RANDALL 70 the SPEAKER
ship means the dissolution, and the
ultimate extinction of the Democratic
party. In order 10 elect him the
Democratic party has TO reverse It's EN-"
tire policy and put its foct on its course
in the last congress, approve the
KEifER and noREsoN combination N
10 the ways and means committee,
and take It's counsels right out of the
hands of Republicans. This the patty
has no thought of doing and hence W,
have said, and we repeat, ,hat Mr.
RANpALr. has no earthly show Of cleo,
ton.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

ID. NJ. Bennett, the late editor of the
truth Seeker newspaper, is buried in
brentwood cemetery, New York
IN a. lot purchased by his
widow. A monument devised
by The widow, is about ready to
he placed over his grave. Bennett.
as is generally known. was violent
antagonist OF Christianity, ana ON hi,
tomb his widow has had engraved
extracts from bis writing Illustrating
MS views as Ia religion. The trustees
OF Greenwood object To this, saving
that Greenwood Is n Christian turv-
ing ground and no monument Shall
be reared there that hiscredits or casts
reproach ON The Christian religion.
Tue widow Bennett says she ha, paid
for the ground where her husbands
body rests, aud will appeal 10 the
courts To test her right to erect in
Greenwood any kind'of a monument
-sliearsires.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11
A Camp Meeting Scene.
[R.cnmond Enquirer.

lh'cuHOuu fufulTeT.l
Mr. George Floyd's plantation up in
Tazewell county. enjoys much dis
fiction among the people of the neigh
horhood. Mr.. Floyd was an eccentric
man, who, among other singular pos
sessions, owned a buffalo of the plains,
bought from "a travelling circus. The
creature was supposed TO he dying
when Mr.. Floyd bought it. but it soon
proved itself TO be worth all the dead
bnfialoes bets een the Atlantic and
the Pacific. 1t was n ierocious looking
beast, aud the terror of the neighbor-
hood. Marvel nus stories were told of
lis jumping powers. 1t chased the
negroes, the cows, the horses and the
pigs, aud several times gave Mr..
Floyd q race for his life. One sun-
mer the colored people had
camp meeting in Floyd's
woods. Great enthusiasm
prevailed. The meeting was kept 90
ing on all night as wei rs ali day,
and was audible a mile away. One
night amid the most tremendous ex-
element, when pentents 10y the hun
dred were bowling in the straw spresd
in front of the pulpit, one venerable
sister began TO shout her Joy, encour-
from an improvised pulpit consisting
of n hogshead of water, with two poles
and II cross piece in front of it To steady
nm during his gyrations. The col
ored sister cried:
'De sabin' grace am come to dis
here old sinner. | am afeard o. no
body nor Rothin', Gaze de Lord am
here. IF de debbil hisself was to
jump outen dem bushes on to me / les
would say 'Clar' out Satan, You
amt got no biZness wild de Lords
printed! Git away wid yo' horns and
yo' hoofs!'
Just then, according to the story,
bellow resounded. Mr.. Floyds but-
falo, determined to put himself where
he could do the most harm, made a
run for the crowd. and, jumping
through the thicket, landed
in front of the colored
Lady, and, snorting, believing,
and lashing his tail, began to tear up
the ground furiously. She made a
terrified spring for the pulpit, but her
weight broke in the top OF the hogs
head, and the preacher, ms we'll rs her.
self. tunlbled into tile water. The
butf;lo. lowering his head, with vi
cious roar dashed at the hog-head. In
ten minutes the camp-meeling was no
more; every one of the crowd had
nd, leaving The half-drowned woman
alone with the buffalo. 1t WIS said
that when the old woman finally got
on her feet and took to flight. holly
pursued by the buffalo, she never
stopped running until she "nt ~ 1az. :
well cout-aouse, twelve miles di ,tant,
where the buffalo gave up the chase.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

THE New York 7unes ptirts a re-
puit of a conversation, surrepti'iously
overheard, between JosEPH PULITZER
OF the 1t. Louis Post Dispatch and the
New York World, and a correspondent
of the Cincinnati Enquirer, in which
the former Is credited with saying that
he printed his papers as matter OF
sentiment and not FIR money. he
said, or is reported as saying: II pub
lish newspaper as n matter of senti-
ment--two of them. My paper in New
York city l. straight-out Democratic,
because IN that city am possessed Of
the backing of strong Democratic sem
timent. My paper in 81. Louis is in
dependent. because in that city have
strong independent sentiment"
The GAZETTE fails to see the alleged
''seniim,ntn IN the paragraph, but
does zee, or thinks IL sees, vast deal
of business If the two papers were
published as matter of sentiment
would they not both he alike, bat being
printed--as they arc-as Il III tier of
business, one can be Democratic of the
most orthodox character, and the other
independent. Mr.. PULITZER is un-
questionably controlled by "a pecuDiary
consideration by business-ih the poll
itics of his papers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11
NOTICE 70 ca

TIME Commissioners
". Texas, viii RED
for the building cd
county in the city q y Va
10 plans and speelacnss
| Wednesday, the i5ll n
| The plans and sr ~ 3
will be on MI. in ihes M
| County Court on w Z, N
Parties biddingon iIu.
accompany their rng'S, 4
cations OF their prvIs''ss. ,,(
OF material. and nus VA
ont Of what class y i
| parts of the work sT,,a
plesio be deposiiei ! s \ N
| ,,ourt' aud all psisf, 4,
| quality as The salpp''
| work.
| No payment viii e ~
| steel work until cs ,..s h
| tract. 10 be deter 'as NV
| OF tie work, msds ~
Commissioner eos'
! specifications sceon Y!
, iron ana steel ,t,e,e.l,, s1,a III
With vii plans on file. u.
MI MI, SIM I'M work mis!T
n nrop sss sample @
bose p"se9 70 use il each p J, y
material used mus
sample furnished FL
The work will be Il, pr 4
the exception 81 w n,.d
pa. ments VIII !, ee e. 81
All y j a. 81
architect in mil D
retained IN eacn III. IN "A
ami acceptance W. n
An work 10 be d i,',s,,
of the architect s uea,,'
commissioner n 4
thn Commissioner ,sv
70 70, na ss,ra expense, I,
II. 10 be p 4ss "
Nv. ! ! ,,i I'd nom any an nv
a s,,..s,ms due the az ~.
o or, ge 81 Tue cop,ras. E
zach saSa e. contractor g ,o1 hIn
"u p9ano.aIs mus, e ,,,,i
c,a rrS oy noon q Az '..,!;,
endorses 1,l,,,s iia,l." fhs @ q
the rrishtto rsjea II
ceiyed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

THE spectacle of IA dczen braves clad
In breech.cloths and paint going
through the absurd ilummery of u
war dance in the presence of the Great
Father, was about ns nonsenslcal II
piece of tom,foolery ms could Toe devised
for his entertainment, PHIL. SnERI-
DAN Was heard to whisper in the pes
idential ear. Il am net afraid
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11
ruE NENr CAMrAIGN.

Indications point clearly 10 the con-
clusion that the next presidential cant
paign, unl,ss wise counsels prevail 10
change the present course OF events,
viii be conducted rs IA campaign of
dirt. The Democrats, led 10y the New
York San, the louisville Couriel-Jom-
nal and papers of that ilk, who deal in
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

s. ARE the hoard of regents Of the
university absenting themselves from
the meeting called at Austin in order
10 avoid opening the university before
there Is anything to open? 1t looks
that way
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

THE war department has accepted
the advance made by the city of Gal
weston of one hundred thousand dol
lars, TO carry on the work of harbor
improvements, until the next meeting
of congress.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-11

THE Globe- Democrat Is no; increis-
ing the faith of the people in the abili-
ties of the ancient mariner who pre-
sides over the navy department at
Washington when it says that las II
last resort, the Pinta is to be repaired
outside Of MAHoNE'S navy yard.
Strong hopes are entertained that
under treatment in more favored To-
cality she may develop sea-going quail
ties of n reasonable good order. When
first she was repaired at u cost 100000,
| the examiner Immediately decided
| that she was unfit for use, and, instead
folk yard again for repair. She was
repaired some more, and started out
again, but broke down before she had
gone more than few miles. She Is Ia
be repaired again, but this time some
/ where else, and stands chance for
her fe. How little vessel of only
306 tons burden can stand all this in.
cumbrancc IL something that CHAN
pLgR's investigation, DEZENpoRF's
instigation, is expected to make clear. =
EVIL disposed persons are liable ,'
cons.rue this into an admission thai
there was II job in the alleged repairs
on the pinta, and that the money in
stead of being put where II would d,
the the most 20 I'd, on the Pinta, went
into the pecNct of MAnoNE's politica
nplA