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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-03
Oscars Welcome Home.

The London press received the great
sun-tiower Oscar Wilde on his return
from America with sneers and derision
They speak of him as played-out hum
bug. The Pail Mall Gazette said that
although his mission is an admitted
failure he has been allowed to leave the
United States in peace" Then quoting
Nine. Nilsson remark that in England
Mr.. Wilde did not appear clad as he did
in America because ''that would not be
tolerated there" the Pail Mall added
with almost brutal directness: '' In this
the songstress does wrong to the meas
ureless liberation of contempt which pre-
walls in this country. Except the little
street boys no one would take any notice
of the way in which Mr.. Wilde was clad,
so long as he condescended to be clad at
all" From the 81. James Gazette he
received even harsher treatment The
editor hoped that Mr.. Wilde would profit
by the melancholy failure of his visit,
for, mot to put too fine a point on it,
he has been laughed at all through the
States and that on his return he would
g fall into the hands of other ladies as
sensible and as Christening to his igno-
BILE spirit as Nine. Nilsson. For from
women alone is his hope of salvation.
Men, who are often rather brutally con-
temptuous of such creatures as Mr. Wilde
will have nothing to do with him, even
in the way of remonstrance. But,
fortunately, it is not SO with wom-
en-. They are ever helpful to the
weak, and soft to the soft; and
hog;Iac Sc ,,,,,nh -, M. N.1Anso
demonstrations which leads to the infer
ence that he himself is woman spoiled"
Worst of all were the comments in the
Daily NeWS. They represented Mr..
Wilde as returning to England a ''sadder
if not wiser man." leaving the ''Ameri-
cans merrier but not less wise people,"
who Laughed at him, and when they
were tired of laughing forgot him"
Perhaps" continued the commentator,
''Mr. Oscar Wilde may have more SYM
pathy with the Atlantic Ocean, as itself
gigantic failure, now that he is return
ing home Respondent, than he had when
he set out full of hope and confidence in
his mission He may have a certain in
diligence for it as a melancholy and
monotonous impostor. The Atlantic
oCedH, Nld0dId EdlIS, OHe AHleIlCdu
people-they are all vast delusions, each
as indifferent as the others to the majestic
personality of Mr.. Oscar Wilde" These
are all painfully blunt observations, and
SAVIOR strongly OF that ''dreadful per-
sonality'' which so grieved Mr.. Wilde in
the American press. He will be dissatis-
fed with his home and will find exist
ence there as "utterly dreary" as it was
here. A prophet and apostle cannot be
said to be greatly honored in his own
country when the news of his return
prompts the press of the land. to call him
such unpleasant names as .''creature,"
''weak and soft. ~ ''woman spoiled"
and melancholy and monotonous i'm
poster. This is not exactly receiving a
man with open arms. 1t comes nearer
to the ''fervid reception" with basin OF
hot water which Artemus Wards wife
once extended TO him on his return from
a lecturing tour. Chicago Ifibune.-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-03

greater part of the retroactive action of the
earth's atmosphere is exerted below the
level at which the higher clouds appear,
and very important part below the
level even of the cumulus clouds. Evil
dence is not wanting to show precisely
what happens when our earth comes be-
tween heavenly body and the sun.
We obtain such evidence during total
lunar eclipses, in which sometimes the
disk of the moon continues to shine with
a bright-red light, really such light as
we get from the setting sun, while on
other occasions doubtless when the
earth's atmosphere is heavily laden
with clouds) the moons disk is entirely
lost to sight during total eclipse.
Thus, then, we can safely infer that
the incompleteness of the arc of light
around Venus on the 9th was DIE to
clouds in the air of Venus. Spectre
scopic analysis indicated the presence of
aqueous vapor in the atmosphere of
Venus at that time. Hence, beyond all
doubt those clouds were, like ours,
clouds of water-drops, or cirrus clouds
of ice particles. 1t follows that Venus
must have seas like ours; that the same
kind of material vitality which is shown
on the earth in meteorological phen-
omena exists also on Venus, but whether
for the benefit of living creatures. there
no man can safely say.-LOndOn Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-03
How Turkish Women TerrOrize the
Porte.

A Constantinople letter says: There
was grand procession here the other
day on one of the great Moslem fes-
rivals. All the splendor of the Court
was on exhibition. But after the cere-
mony the Minister of Finance was con-
verslng with some friends in sumptu-
Gus apartment, when a huge mob of
women appeared, demanding money to
buy bread. They beset the palace on
all sides and clamored with clamor
that always strikes terror to the stoutest
Moslem heart They were starving, so
they said, because the Minister Of Fl
nance has not paid salaries for months.
No guard could control them. No
soldier dares raise his hand against a.
woman. And so the Minister, gold
lace, orders and all, had to beat a
precipitate retreat through some secret
passageway in order to save himself
from their clutches. One amusing
feature of this little incident is the
curious fact that these women are large
ly hired disturbers. Officials find that
they cannot get their pay themselves.
When they become straitened for cash,
| therefore, they betake themselves to
these women. The women are profess
sional collie tors, and receive a percent
age on what they get. They know that
they can defeat any soldiers with their
slippers, or perhaps their yells. SO they
take the most extreme, measures in or
der to get the money out of the Govern
ment. They get up mobs, they petition
the Sultan, the9shed copious tears over
their hard lot, and SO win q command
for some slight dstribl ton OF money.
Then they occupy the approaches to fhe
Treasury Building, and utterly prevent
any unhappy male creature from SO
much as seeing the pay-windows until
! they have themselves drawn all that
they can get.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-03
Knife Handles.

First in Importance for the making of
GOOD cutleryi is, of course, the steel for
the blade. Next comes the material
that forms the handle, which it is the
principal purpose of this dispatch to
consider. The substances thus used are
various and the whole world is laid un
der contribution to supply them. They
consist of ivory, pearl and tortoise she'll,
STAG, buck, buffalo and all other kinds of
horn, bone, foreign woods and various
patent substances known by the names
xylonite, parasite, ebonite, etc, The
cutting of these various materials into
sizes and shapes suitable for use by the
cutler is very large business by itself,
and with the purchase of the material re-
quires a large outlay of capital. For
instance, one dealer in Sheffield tells me
that his firm had on their premises at
one time ivory to the value of $400,0 00
No such stocks are kept at the present
time. The business of furnishing the
material for handles is known by the
general term of scale-cutting, the word
scales being used to denote the pieces,
of whatever material, that go from the
handle in all kinds of pocket-knives aud
in the cheaper grades of table cutlery.
The business embraces also the cutting
of solid handles from ivory, pearl, shell
and other material for the best kinds of
table cutlery. Some cutters purchase
the material and cut their own scales,
but it is usual to purchase of those who
make this separate business. OF all
materials ivory holds the first rank. The
sources of supply of this increasingly
valuable material are Egypt, the East,
West and South coasts of Africa, and the
British East Indies. The following table
will show the quantities imported into
Great Britain during the year 1880, and
from what countries.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-03

natural state for making handles to ex-
pensive carving sets and other articles
of luxury. The large proportion of very
small tusks brought to market indicates
how many elephants die in early youth.
To show to what size many of these
might have attained, the well-known
cutters, Joseph Rogers & Son, of
Sheffield, exhibit at their show-rooms
an African elephants tusk nine feet
long, twenty-one inches in girth, weigh
ing 100 pounds. This is among the
largest tusks on record. Its present
value is $3.50. An animal large and
strong enough to carry suchn pair of
incisors would attract more attention
than Jumbo United States Consul
Webster's Report
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-03
An ImpecuniOus Man..

A foreign exchange thus helps to GER
culate the latest American story:'' An
American is travelling on the "Conri-
nong" with a party of Caygilps, and his
manner is so grave and sad that com
mittee of the tourists wait on him pri-
vately to his room at an Italian hotel to
ascertain, if possible, the cause of his
depression. He receives the little depu-
tation with melancholy expression of
facts, and after hearing the speaker re-
plies: E" Gentlemen, l know Pm more
or less of saturated blanket on this
party, but the fact is, Pm very poor
man-steeped to the lips, l may say, in
impecuniosity. When Itell you. in strict
confidence, that this is my wedding tour,
and have been compelled to leave my
wife at home, you can form an idea Of
the narrowness of my resources"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-03
For Young Readers.
SIX YEARs on TO.DAE

What do you think, doll Rosa?
Look sharp mt me, and say!
What do you think has happened?
Pm six years old to-day.
Yes, this is why my dear mamma
Has dressed you up so gay,
And brought you here to visit me,
I'm six years old to-day! LIN
You Sc how fast I'm growing? D 90
Oh forget, you know, t. Es.
That you had only met me
An hour or two ago!
I've grown year since yesterday
My papa told me SO.
I'm sure didn't feel so tall
A day or two ago!
And, don't you think, doh Rosa,
I'm most too old to play?
really feel quite busy,
Because I'm six to-day.
guess I'll help mamma awhilel
wonder what she'll say.
And after that well celebrate!
Because Pm six to-day.
Our Little Ones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-03

directions will avail little. Figure
skating can only be learned by watch
ing some one proficient in the art, and
initiating his movements with care and
patience. -Harper's Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-03

"A Boston man was much Mortified
when a fat colored woman appeared in
his Office recently and told him that she
had prepared her trousseau and wasI
ready for the ceremony. He expressed
establishment. She coolly told him that,
he had promised to marry her. He
showed her to the door. She brought,
suit for $1,000. He won the suit, She,
was crazy. Boston Post.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-02-14
a Ysr1 Live Dead Nan

Hearing that j.. M. Ruth, the man
who was murdered two weeks ago, four
miles west 81 Bvers, was il Denver. .
.Nesrs reporter went down to his resi-
dence, to interview him. Mr.. Ruth is
stopping in q tent, in the grove below
the depot, and was found there by the.
scribe, sitting on 3 cracker-box and
smoking e pipe.
Good day, sir Are you the Mr.
Ruth who owned the wagon found near
Bversf'' asked the reporter.
Yes, sir. and L understand the papers
here have got a lot Of internal 8
well, never mind that, = broke in
the reporter, 81 didn't come down here
to talk about newspapers. This IS not
4 press association, sir. What we want
Is facts. Who do you suspect Of killing
YOUR
II don't suspect anybody. Of course;
what in thunder would suspect any.
body for? -
s'Hold up. Don't 90 into the reasons
for suspicion. That II come soon enough.
We've got to take these things ID regu-
lar order. or we never will get through.
II is very evident that You never re-
ported fora paper. Have you no clue
to the perpetrator?'
.Perpetrator be bowed; young fell
low, you're too =
Nov, look here. my friend, you
don't seem to understand that you are
in a very delicate position. 1t isn't the
proper thing fol. a corpse to be chasing
around the country and trying to spoil
legitimate items. and the press Of this
city won't stand it. People down at
Byers have been hunting all over the
country, looking for the murderers and
the corpse, and you have spirited the
body up here to Denver, and now you
you who are most interested in unravel.
ing this mystery refuse to give US any
clue. l tell you. sir. it looks like you
were standing in with your assassins.' .
About this time Mr.. Ruth's body
stepped around the tent and got big
club and advanced in the direction Of
the reporter, who was just starting up
and couldn't stop, but he yelled back:
You can't scare me. sir. I'll have
an inquest on you tomorrow; and I'll
bet it is proven that you committed sui
eide to get your life insurance, and
don't you forget it. = Denver NesOs.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-02-14
! 4. Il q q 49,.
hA axlY z, 1nAl &

s. NO, 81, 8 continued tho early sstslsr,
81 come here fore the woods were
burned. u like the freedom q the
frontier, an / know / would not feel u
home ia the streets az q city. j was
born within sight 81 Stone Mountain, ia
Georgia. when the Indians were thar
same as they are on the frontier now.
See that scarf
The early settler took Of is.hat and.
showed us q heavy scar running from
the top Of his head almost 70 His left eve
brow. hat, thar is what got from
an Indian tomahawk whenaI was bout
5 years old. My oldest brother was
killed, and my father was runnin' %
hide in 3 corn field, with ME IN his arms,
when I got that The old man had an
* in his hand and he split the redskins
head clear to the teeth. Not much civ
ilizatiOn bout them diggins; no, sir. =
Not much style about those early
Georgian pioneers. 4 reckonp said the
reporter.
..Style! Why. I was IL years old
when got nv first pair boots. Don't
p remember them yaller tops! Folks in
them parts mostly tanned their own
leather, but them was genuine store
boots. They got me into two fights ]
had to lit with two other boys tho lirst
dayI put EN- on. and was the under
dog in both fights. The boys didn't
approve Of style in them days. i was
man growed fore ever saw an earth
enware plate. We had nothin' but
pewter plates to eat of. and wooden
nogyins to drink out of; but, bless you,
we never wanted for sOmethin' to put in
them. We had lots Of bar meat and
cords If all sorts Of game. No, we
didn't know nothin' Of flour bread corn
bread was the staple. Whisky! should
say so! Most every body made their.
own, but if you want fixed to make it
yourself, you had only to carry 8 bnshel
of corn to q neighbours still. and come,
back with demijohn of pure Juice
When we had q corn-shuckin', Z log
rollin', house-raisin', or any such
frolic. the whisky just leshsd round like.
water. We only got coffee on Sundays,
but we had whisky all the time. and II
was whisky as was whisky not the adj
liberated pizen they call BY that name
now. You could have got fullernagoose
on it, and it wouldn't hurt you. .
AS the early settler sAiCi this he sighed,
wiped his mouth on his shirtsleeve, and
shook his head in . regretful sort Of
way. indicating his belief that those,
good old days when whisky actually.
''sloshed around" were gone. 7ezasss
!SifliaQs d
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-02-14
George Hutch of Boston.


ass' The fest Of George sHutchins. ) Bos-
ton fireman. will bring him Q medal IL
was performed o. the burning Of gun
store, described the other daY BY tele-5
graph. Twas imp ossible 70 keep tho.
people far from tho hull ding. although
they were told that &c contained explo..
asives The fireman u rned iust where
thestock p0wder Was kept, and Hutch
ins volunteered 70 50 after He
climbed through window, got down.
toswhich ahe hid been directed The
smoke va stifling and binding. Hi
hands touched tho huge copper box, and
he carried i ont gain rs rsnt back
Tor the remaining box Tho copper
burned bis dngcf1. and @ 10 lpsan9
out the flames iolloNed him, but the
powder was safo under powerful
|Streamsof water.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-02-14
Point Ont y our Houae 9,

This was q club Dialogues and its &c.
quel: e. What are you smoking7 A:
AN imported Havana. q How
much does it COST - "A quarter. @.
many do you smoke q dayi A,
Half dozen. @ How long have
you smokedp a. thirty years. Adj.
vice My friend, with that amount Of
money you could have bought 8 house
on 9th avenue. The parties quilted the
Brunswick and strollsd up town. AS.
they came nearthe Windsor. the smoker
asked: You never smoker "A.
Never. Sarcastic query Then point
out your house. Music and Drama.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-02-14
How Thurlow Weed Won Over Bennett.

AAVW A0WA4VWS WO00 sEvvV0 VIVA ASO4uOUUSf
Just before the hostilities began (of
the war of the rebellion) one Of the
duties intrusted to him was to secure
the influence Of the New York Herald
on the side of the administration. The
sympathies Of that paper were with the
south. and its opposition to Mr.. Lincoln
and Mr.. Seward encouraged rebellion
and strengthened the rebel cause. Fer
nando Wood, then mayor of New York,
entertained kindred sentiments. With
its large circulation in Europe, the Her
aid was creating a dangerous public
opinion abroad, and it was felt that Mr..
Weed was the only man who could bring
about change in its policy. The sub
ject was brought before q cabinet meet
ing, as our representatives in England,
France, Belgium, and elsewhere, had
impressed the government with the
necessity of action. 1t was agreed that
Mr.. Weed should be asked to visit Mr..
Bennett. Mr.. Seward stated to the
meeting that Mr.. Weeds relations with
Mr.. Bennett were such as to insure the
failure of the object contemplated; but
Mr.. Weed was summoned to Washing
ton by telegraph, and told that This ex-
pcrience in telling CATS pointed him
out as the man to accomplish this
special task. Lincoln insisted that he
should make the trial, and Weed re-
turned by the next train to New York
with that object. His acquaintance
with Bennett commenced in 1872, when
the latter was q Washington reporter.
Weed was deeply interested in the sue
cess Of Henry Clay whom Bennett re-
peatedly attacked and deridel, so that
the two journalists had been in direct
antagonism. One charge made by Ben.
nett had so incrnsed Mr.. Weed that not
q word had passed between the two for
more than thirty years, although they:
lived much together at the Aston house,
in New York, and were brought other
wise in contact. On reaching the city
Weed sent word that he wished to see
Mr.. Bennett, and was invited to dinner
that afternoon at Washington Heights
where Bennett lived. The two editors
sat long time at table, and tho ques-
ton was evidently put before the Herald
proprietor in an entirely new light. In
parting, Mr.. w eedw was cordially invited
to visit his host frequently. ut his office
and residence. Nothing was then said
in regard to the future course of the
Heruld, but that journal came promptly
to the support of the government, and
remained earnest and outspoken against
the rebellion. TWAS charged that Mr..
Bennett had been intimidated. and that
he had been bought up by the admins
tration. but both these accusations
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-02-14

Is compound of the virtues Of aarsapesil.
u. stillingia, mandrake. yellow dock, with
the iOttile OF potash and iron, I'LL powerful
matchmaking, blood-cleansiilg, anal lile.sus.
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and most cffectual Alternative lmssliciue
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Ulcers. Sores, Rheumatism, 9lercMriat
Disease, Neuralgia, Fen,a:e Weak.
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Affections OF the Liver, Dyspepsia,
Emaciati0n, aud General Debility.
By its searching and cleansing qualities
4 IT purges ont the foul corruHions which
containiiiate tue blood and cause slerange.
ment and decay. ! stimulates aud enlivens
4 the vital functions, PROMOTES energy and
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lnfuses new lie and vigor throughout the
& Whole system. No sufferer frOln any dis.
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{ blood need despair who will give AYERS
4 SARsAPAlsILLAsa fair trial.
81 It is folly to experiment with the nmmer.
GUS low-Iricell mixtures, Of Cheap materials,
and without medicinal virtues. offered a.
headquarters, while disease becomes more
firmly seated. AYERS SARsAPAKiLLA Is &
medicine OF such concentrated curative
power, that 1t is Ivy far the lest, cheapast.
and most reliable blood purifier known.
PHYSICIANS know its composition, and pro.
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t,ence Of millions whom it has benefited.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-02-14
a Womaa-Tan4sr Experience with 4
Homely Girl,

Mr., Tbbitts. after a long experience
as q woman-tamer, determined to at
tach himself only to the homeliest and
most ill-favored waiter-girls be conld
find in the beer-halls Of Holland. He
did this in Amsterdam, and was happy
In entirely mOnOpOlizing one Of the
most homely in the entire kingdom.
He was very happy with her, or seemed
to be-. s. -
But his blissful experience came to q
sudden end. He was discussing with
his friends the advantage OF homely girl.
who were entirely devoted to you, over
those Of more personal beauty, who,
because Of their beauty; put heavier
value upon themselves.
This girl, said Mr.. Tibbitts, ..is en-.
tirely devoted TO me. I deliberately Sc.
lected her from this bevy Of beauties
and she is 30 grateful for it that she
would not object to anythingI might
do. I might grieve her, but such Is her
entire absorption in me, that she would
make no sign. She would suffer in sill.
ence and live on hope till the effect had
worn OF.
Then. 70 Illustrate the complete sub.
=
~, ~ - w11Sn ne u"a Isoncea me
n9 rh hskg ;r, ~. tod ano1ner &lass q
rity born of love, npon which Mr.. lib.
bits winked ut another girl, very
pretty one, who came to him promptly.
nrttv o o;rs h.nd s. -,a. 49, me
ing with 1t when the original appeared
with the beer. The homely Girl looked
then obaary;nr x har s i hsr R hsSX g,r''
and whara M hhi III J. 4 . ~ = s. 80
tered : trae womanlv 1 i IT,. ma ths
heavy MUG Described circ i IS I'm TIA -. .;r
and ydescendedYsupon Tihhitts, !. IN Had "a
th basr fiowino sinyvn M 'SssS .au;
over IA cos, IA 49, IN rha 10y s.. anu
inc that sha md comr;,tad sn : ,, nmum-
dan.bia ain tSra of har ,;..ls =
hao m.da h..,y SIT frna , .h ,s'a.Isrn
and 81 saan r -. s,a sa's 49, euo place
"a Ana .han NJ '''T mhh;... 60. !. Ia
no .s ~ 49,. sityI lev
3 ,,s M ~. = ss 10y L ny .noagn.,