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National Republican., 1883-08-20
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
ON THE DESTRUCTION OF DOGS.
Jo fbe INiHor.

To He Editor
Tho account in The REPUBLICAN, of tho
execution Of dogs at the pound are rather
pathetic, and ought TO conviCe all humane
people of tho necessity for an establishment
similar to the one in London, called q Homo
for lost and starving dogs" IL may sound
rather ridiculous to tho unthinking that
lost dog should require place of shelter but
those who consider tho matter without any
sentiment of pity, will SEQ the advantage OF
an institution of this Sort aud will be con-
inced that whatever benefits the lower ami
mails benefit also the human race indirectly.
A shelter for lost and stray animals would
obviate that much dreaded hydrophobia, and
slccpcss and nervous people would not be
annoyed at night by homeless and noisy cats.
In Philadelphia there was established
few years ago a shelter for lost and starving
animals of all sorts. And street boys instead
of tormenting II stray dog into madness or
stoning it to death has boon known to carry
them to this establishments receiving Of
course small recomponso for their pains.
The animal is kept u certain length of time,
and if not sold or claimed is morcifully put
out of existence by gas, and not by the more
barbarous methods of drowning or shooting.
Boston is soon to have an astonishment of
this sort, which will undoubtedly eclipse tho
one in London or Philadelphia. Mrs. Gift
ford, of Hartford Conn, has presented to tho
Boston Society Tor tho Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals tho sum of 100000 to establish a
refuge or sholtoring homo for all lost,
neglected, abused, ,,or diseased animals. Her
object is to benefit all domestic animals,
horses rs we'll as dogs. Mr.. Nathan Apple
ton, one of tho directors Of the Boston society
and president of the Newport society, is to bo
entrusted with tho funds for this purpose.
The name of the institution will be "tho Mrs
Ellen NJ. Clifford sheltering homo for AMI
mails"
National Republican., 1883-08-20

$500 MATCH RACE, Baltimore, Tuesday,
August II, Douglass and StOnewall,
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Irse DrentanO's London Exchequer JET BLACK
INK.
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meyer thickens or deposits sediment never mouds;
dries Instantly is permanent ressta acids; is not
affected by FROST never changes color in the ink
stand. Use clean inksland, and do not mix with
other ink nus Ilul yields good COPY .rom fresh
writing
National Republican., 1883-08-20
CHICAGO pRopucE MARKET.
Transfers or Real Estate.
The following transfers of real estate were
filed for record Saturday:

The following transfers of real estate were
fled for record Saturday:
one-third interest in lots III and 122 of d. B..
Groifs subdivision of lots 63 aud 70 of square 100,
with improvements being feet on the east side
oil sixteenth, between and streets northwest,
William ii. Slack to James NJ. Johnston; dated
Aug. II; consideration, si,411.50.
Part oflot 10 of square IL being is feet on the
southSide of between Twenty-iGth and Twen ty
sixth streets northwest, Edwin A. Mclntire and
Watson j. Newton, trustees TO Emma L. MClntire;
dated Aug. II; consideration, Si0i.
Lot II Of Davidsous subdivision of square 2l6,
with improvements being 2515 feet on the west
side Of Vermont avenue, between and l. streets
Mason; dated Aug. lj consideration, $4,000, and
iuCum blanee.
Lot 8 of block 80 of Columbia Heights, Mount
Pleasant, John Snerman trustee, to A. f. Bate
S393S00.
Part of lot II of square 96l being 90 feet on the
south side of G, at the intersection of Tenth
street northeast, Elizabeth Hessler, eXecutrix and
others to Caroline l.. Shields dated Aug. Is; con-
sidcration, S2l7.5O.
Lot 26 OF George Trancis's subdivision of square
275, being 1873 feet on the west side of Twelfth,
between aud 4 streets northwest, Geo Francis
and wife to Annie c. Mccartney; dated July 81;
consideration, $1,000.
Part oflot 26 of square sol. with improvements
being 2i feet ON the west side of FOur-and.a- half
between l. aud NJ streets southwest, Ann and John
Burke to John f, Akers dated Aug. l5; consider
alton, 81 500.
Part OF lot 63 of Peter, Biattle, Threlkeld and
Deakin's addition to Georgetown, being 81 feet on
the south side of First street. with improvements ;
Richard K. Crawford, trustee, and Johanna Dris-
coll to Mary Haredy; dated Aug l6; consideration
nominal.
Part of lot 20 of Prout and Tingeys subdivision
of square 973 being lSxll5 feet on the enst side of
Eleventh between L and q streets southeast; Wm.
d xon aud wife to Thomas E. Clark dated July
o: consideration, 81 ,50O
National Republican., 1883-08-20
ADAMS & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,

O2O Il STREET NoRTHwEsT,
Oncr sp5cal Inducements to buy or sell crude petro'
leum either for cash or on margin.
We Offer small lot of Postal Telegraph bonds, with
or without stock.
Investment securities on hand or purchased to or.
der on commission.
fully given, aulf-ly
National Republican., 1883-08-20

We receive regularly by European steamers the fol.
lowing Foreign Papers. Magazines. aud Fashion
Journals:
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SHE MUST HAVE BEEN AN ABoRIGINE.
To GIe Editor

viii you kindly inform your multitude of
readers who was Gains wife? l moan Cain
who took the life of Abel. 1t will be re-
mcmbcred that Cain "entered the land of
Nod and took unto him a wife" Further on
in the Bible we learn that the land of Nod
was a Wilderness. Now who was the woman?
Rise up, Mr.. Editor, and throw some light
to thirsting public. We would deem it "a
favor if some of your readers will give us
their views on the subject. Who was the
woman? MANY CITIZENS,
National Republican., 1883-08-20


lowing Foreign Papers. Magazines, aud Fashion
Journals:
The Illustrated London News london graphic
Pictorial World, The Queen, Illustrated sporting aud
Dramatic News. The London Daily Times, London
Standard, Punch, Fun. London Truth, LondOnWOrid,
London Weekly Times, Tho Mall Bells Life, Lon
don Figaro Judy, London Field Spectator, Whitehall
Review, Life, London Army aud Navy Gazette, Lon
don Era. London Daily News, The American Regis.
ter, Saturday Review, The AthenRum Society. Gar
deners Chronicle, The Garden, The Electrician, Eng.
lsh Mechanic The Court journal, The London Arch
itect, ST. James Gazette, Pail Mall Budget The Lon
don Economist, The British Architect The Builder
London Engineering, London Engineer, The Acad
emy, the Contemporary Review, Nineteenth Century
Fortnlghtly Review, Chambers journal, Belgravia
Cornhlll Magazine, London Lancet, Monthly Family
Herald, The Theatre, Monthly London Journal
Blackwood's Magazine, Longman's Magazine, Good
Words, Sunday Magazine, All The Year Round, Tho
Portfolio, London Art Journal Cassells Magazine
of Art Every Girls Magazine Nautical Magazine
Bradshaw's Railway Guide Great Britain and Ire.
land Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guido, BOys
own Paper, little Folks Lo Figaro, lie Voltair Gil
Bias L'Evenemont, La Justice, LUnivers Illustro,
lie Journal Amusant, Petit journal Pour Rlre Lo
Monde Comique, La Vie Parsl0nne ILLUSTRATION
Le Monde nlustrc, La Carlcaturo La France Ele
pante lie Modesto 10 Saison. LlIlegance, rarisenne
lie Monitour dc In Mode, Le'Prnemps' lie Salon dc
Ia Mode Revue dc Ia Mode, Uber Land und Nicer
Die Garenlaube, FlIescnde Blater ana many others
TOO numerous " mention,
National Republican., 1883-08-20
LA. S. l..
Louisiana State Lottery Company.

WE 10 HEREBY CERTIFY that we supervise the
arrangements for all the monthly and semiHuuul
drawings of the LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY CoM-
pASH, aud in person manage and control the draw.
lngstheinselVes, ana that the same are conducted
parties. McauthoriZe the company To use TINS GER
in its advertisements,
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30

INFALLBLE Cure FOR Hoe
CHOLERA Maj. John Alexander,
Of this city, met a gentleman from
Lexington county the other day who
said that he had lost 30 hogs from
cholera. and it looked like he
would lose the balance soon, where.
upon the Major asked him why he
did not cure them. OF course he
said he would if he knew how. He
was then told to take what is known
as Hsmartweed,'' make a tea oft.
and give it to them. If they are.
very bad off they may be drenched
with it, if not it can be put in their
food and fed to them. The best
wayis to mix itwith meal, making
a sort Of mush. The gentleman
tried the remedy at once. and re-
ports. that he did not lose another
hog. Others in his neighborhood,
hearing of his success, tried the
remedy, with the same result. A
cure SO simple and SO easily OBJ
tained-for "smartweed'' grows
everywhere-should be generally
known.-Palmeto Yeomun.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30
THE LITTLE ONE IS DEAD.
BY MRS. a. e,sREYBURN.

A little child is dead; the house
has just put on aquiet, unknown
before. The room is darkened-
that room where lies in quiet state
the little form made royal by the
dignity Of. death; that great de-
stroyer invisible, yet most potent.
for all that seems to us most i'll; /;
the touch of whose cold finger
changes the eye of laughter to
darkened windows. No more the
mirror of soul, for that has fed.
The brightness of the eye isfor-
ever chilled-no more they will
sparkle with JOY or CLEAN with
a bitter sob when some childish
voice in mirthful melody repeats
some cadence rendered familiar by
the music of voice no silent. For
getting, perhaps for a moment, they
listen for the. .pattering of tiny feet
which shall echo no more for them
on earth. The ministrations of
love are all uncalled for now, when
how joyfu1ly would they be paid to
the fullest. It will forget to miss
the. merry hustle with which his
nightly homecoming was wont to
be greeted; and the mothers empty
clasp will remind her when she
awakes from some troubled dream,
that her arms are empty as her
heart is desolate. 49, ' -.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30


A REPORT ON SCIENCE. -Shindig
Watkins, chairman on the COM
mittee on matters Of science, then
asked leave to report. His com
mittee had carefully and conscien-
tiously, examined the jawbone of a
mastodon forwarded to the club
museum from Arkansas, and had
established the following points:
l.. The animal existed in the
year 428, more or less.
IS 2. His, chief diet was grass and
herbs, but he had ao.particular OBJ
jections to breaking into cornfeld
or putting in time in 3 turnip patch.
8. He was 900 years old when be
died.
4. His intellect was .rgely de-
;yeyeloped,, and it was evident that
he was big enough and new enough
to take care Of himself.
The committee recommended that
the club use its influence to en-.
courage q new growth Of mastodons
and sacredly preserve the bones Of
old ones, and the report was &C.
cepted and adopted. Lime Kils
Club.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30
LANGUAGE OF THE MUS.
TACHE.

H-- r.F > - 4 40 - 70 Il !
Even the mustache has its story
to tell concerning the character of
its wearer. When it is ragged and,
as it were, flying hither and thither,:
there is lack Of proper self.eon-
troll. When it is straight and or
derly the reverse is the case, other
things of course taken into account.
If there is a tendency to ambition,
vanity or display. When the curls
turn upward there is geniality,
combined with love of appreciation;
when the curls turn downward
there is a more sedate turn of mind,
not unaccompanied with gloom.
The reverse quality is well indi-
Gated by the common portraits Of
Shakespeare, who was as much
noted for cheerfulness and genietsy
in life, as those qualities are ran
Tested in his writings. tits Eof-
thy remark that good tempered men
viii, in playing with the mustache,
invariably give it an upward incli-
nation, whereas cross grained and
morose men win pull it obliquely
downward. .sss. -.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30

her up to woman's estate, and mar
fried her to very honorable gentle
man, Mr.. Buxton, there he sits.
Now, beloved was not this good
Eman, and man of God, think you?
and his wife a good woman? and
she came from Helsdon Hall beyond
/! Norwich.
Beloved. you may remember some
time since. preached at the funeral
of Mrs. Proctor; at which time |
troubled you with many Of her trans
cendant virtues; but your memories
may fail you, and therefore | shall
now remind you OF one or two Of
them.
The first is, she was as good q
knitter as any in the county Of Nor
folk. When her husband and
family were in bed and asleep. she
would get cushion. clap herself
down by the fire, and sit and knit;
but. beloved. be assured she was no
prodieal woman. but sparing wo-
man; for. to spare candle, she would
stir up the fire with her knitting
pins. and by :h&; light you'd sit
and knit. and make as good work
as many other women by daylight.
Beloved, l have a pair Of stockings
ON my legs that were knit in the
same manner, and they are the best
stockings that I ever wore in my
life.
Secondly, she was the best maker
Of toast in drink that ever / eat in
my life; and they were brown
toasts. too. When l used to 90 in
a morning, she would ask me to eat
a toast. which l was always very
willing to do, for she had such an
artificial way OF toasting it. by no
means slack, nor burning-besides.
she had such pretty way of graf
ing nutmeg and dipping it in the
beer; and such piece Of rare
cheese, that / must say they were
the best toasts that ever / eat in my
life.
Well, beloved, the days are short,
and many Of you have long way
to 90; l musi, therefore, conclude.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30
.zNEWBERRY, S. c., THURSDAY, AUGUST SO, 1888.

has as faithfully performed her
I share of the work, withers and de.
Gays prematurely.
Treat your wife exactly as your,
self would like to be treated if you
had to live under like circum.
stances. and you will not 60 far
wrong.
DO not entertain the silly notion
that because she is of different
gender from own that she is there
fore different in her wants, feeling,
qualities and powers. DO not be
the victim Of any social policy.
Stand mp bravely for the right, give
your wife a chance to live, grow
and be somebody and become
something.
Try to be thoughtful, conside-
rate and forbearing. You will have
new duties, and they will bring
new trials. Take good care of your
health and hers. Be simple, both,
in your habits; be careful III your
expenditures; be industrious. If
you keep good health and are 'fru.
gal, blessings will come from-your
united love, and will grow happier
and better day by day as the years
pass.-Dr. James G. Jackson.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30
RECOGNIZED AS a LIAR.

Uncle Hank Allen was perhaps
the smoothest and most accom-
plished liar in Central New York.
Why, the old mans lies were so
smooth, so artistic, that while list
ening to them, you imagined you
were listening to Elder Cleveland's
Bible stories.
One day they were all talking
about potato-bugs in Uncle Hanks
grocery, which was sort of a village
farmers club. Old Hank scratch
ed his head thoughtfully and re-
marked 80,
Gentlemen, you don't any of
you appear to know anything about
the ravenous nature of them pota-
ter-bugs. You may call me liar,
but I've had potater-bugs walk
right into my kitchen and yank red
hot potaters right out Of the oven.
Waiting around the potater patch
for the second crop;' exclaimed
Old Hank with sneer. "Waiting?
Why, confound your eyes, Lwas up
at Townsend's store yesterday, and
I saw potater-bugs up there looking
over Town sends books 10 see who
had bought seed potaters for next
year. l did, by gosh!''
The whole grocery was still when
Uncle Hank finished. You could
have heard a pin drop. Finally a
long, lean man from Woodman's
Pond raised himself up near the
door. He was evidently a new.
conner, and was not acquainted with
Mr.. Allen. Pointing his long fin
ger at Uncle Hank he exclaimed /:
"Yeu are a liar!!"
Uncle Hank looked over his
glasses at the stranger long and
earnestly. Then holding out his
hand he inquired with puzzled
look:
"When did you get acquainted
with me?'
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30


LUCKY LAwYER.--An Austin
lawyer caught a tramp in his Office
stealing some law books, which the
latte1 intended to pawn. Selling
the intruder by the collar, the
lawyer exclaimed: .5 9oe
"You scoundrel, FL have you
tried and sent to the penitendary."
'Let 60 my neck, colonel. Ii
you are going to have me tried, /
reckon I had better engage you for
my lawyer as you have the luck to
be on hand d."-Siftings.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30
CURIOSITY.

The countryman who visits our
cities is accused Of having more
curiosity concerning sights and
sounds than the city man displays.
But this is not true. Undoubtedly
the villager is most intensely in
terested in the affairs of his neigh
Dor. Undoubtedly, also, his neigh.
bor, with extrayagant wariness,
takes heed unto the villager. But;
that the yillager or the farmer. pos
| sesses this trait or quality of curl.
osity in any degree more than his
cousin in the city is an open ques-,
ton. The villager, it's true, walks,
down the fashionable city thorough
fare back to the street. face, to the;
show windows, mouth agape, per-.
haps, and eyes wide open. Even
~ -
so do l.. Roughly, carelessly and.
sometimes rudely is the yillageri
jostIed and pushed aside by the.
incurious city man to whom all this
, Is old and stale. But further down
the street a cluster Of twenty men,
impede the way. Now there are
fifty, now the startled rustic be7
holds upwards of one hundred and.
eighty men crowded about some
object in the street. All city men,
messengers, statesmen, brokers,
clerks, students, artists, literary.
men, a gentleman Of leisure, one or
two dudes, possibly tramp or two
ali the tramps are cityrmen. The
yillager forgets the windows in his
greater attraction; he hurries on,
eager to see, the fight, the murder,
the suicide, whatever the unusual
horror may be-. that has power to
gather in one close mass two hum
| dred or more busy and2ineurious
city men,: He elbows his way
through the dense mass and heart
broken with disappointment, sees
three men digging small holein
the ground to find a leak in the gas
main. Something the tillager
wouldn't cross the street to see.
He is the first man to edge, his way
out of that crowd. Again, Rusticus
beholds another crowd, larger and
more excited than the first. Again
he runs to see, and 10 ], the banker,
the broker, the clerk and the preach
er by the score and the hundred,
gather about a horse that has slip
ped on the pavement and fallen in
his harness. Short time does Bus
ticus linger at that attraction. He
has seen horses fall before and he
knows how to get them to their feet
again without sending for police
man. All of which proves that
curiosity is not monopolized entire
ly by our country cousins.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30
CHINESE VS.. AMERICANS.

e. :.
We shake hands as salutation
q Chinaman shakes hands with him
| self. -.-.
He stands at a distance, and
clasping his hands shakes them up
and down at you. a.,
We uncover the head as q mark
of respect; they keep their heads
covered. but take off their shoes for
politeness.
We shave the face; they shave
the head and eyebrows.
We cut our finger nails close;
they consider it aristocratic to have
nails from three to five inches long,
and which they are obliged to pro-
tect in silver cases.
The Chinaman's waistcoat is out
side his coat, and he wears his
drawers over his trousers,
We blacken our shoes; he whitens
them.
We have soup as first course at
I dinner and dessert at last; they
have dessert at first and soup to
wind up on
We want our wines ice cold, the
Chinese drink theirs scalding hot.
| We bury in the earth; their dead
are kept on the surface.
With us black clothing is a
badge of mourning; with them
white garments indicate the loss of
friends.
In the land of opposites it is the
man who flies kites, walks on stills
and plays shuttlecock, and to keep
up their cussedness they play the
latter with their feet instead of
their hands. J.:
In China, women do the mems
work, and men are the milhners,
dressmakers and washerwomen.
With us the right hand is the
place of honor; with them it is the
left hand.
In dating letters we place the
year last; they write the year first.
They always speak Of the marin
ers' compass their own invention)
as pointing to the south.
We pay our physicians when we
are sick; they pay while they are
well, and as soon as they get sick
the pay stops.
Here men kill their enemies, but
the Cinnamon gets even by killing
himself. -
We use a soft pillow; they g
block of wood.
They launch ships sideways, ring
bells from the outside, and actually
turn their screws in the opposite
direction from ours.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-30
MiscelIaneuns.
%
A CURIOUS SERMON.
ODDS AND ENDS.

ODDS AND ENDS.
The following old sermon is said
to have been actually preached
many years since in the parish
church of Barston, Norfolk. 1t
was printed in The British Mu5a-
zine for November, 1850. Most of
the names mentioned now stand
in the parish registers, and the fam
lily names still exist in the neigh
horhood >
eight THE GOOD FIGHT. II Tim.
vi12.
Beloved, we are met together to
solemnize the funeral of Mr.. Proc
tor. His fathers name was Mr..
Thomas Proctor. He lived some
time at Burston Hall, in Norfolk.
and was high constable of Diss
hundred. This mans name was
Mr.. Robert Proctor; and his.wife's
was Mrs. Buxton, late wife of Mr..
Matthew Buxton. She came from
Hclsdon Hall, beyond Norwich.
He was good husband. and she
a good housewife; and they two
made money; she brought thou
sand pounds with her for her por-
ton.
But now. beloved, l shall make
it clear by demonstrative argu-
ments, first, he was a good man,
and that in several respects. He
was a loving man to his neighbors,
a charitable man to the poor.
favorable 1ilan in his tithes, and a
good landlord to his tenants: there
sits one, Mr.. Spurgen, can tell how
great sum he forgave him on his
death-bed; it was fourscore pounds.
Now, beloved, was not this good
man, and a man of God, think you?
and his wife a good woman? and
she comes from Helsdon Hall, be-
yond Norwich. This is the first
argument. IL.
Secondly, to prove this man to be
a good man; in the time of his
sickness, which was long and te-
dious, ne sent for Mr.. Cole to pray
for him. He was not self-ended
man to be prayed for himself only;
no, beloved, he desired Mr.. Cole to
pray for all his neighbors and ac.
guaintances; for Mr.. BuXton's
worship, and Mrs. Buxton. and
for Mr.. Buxton's children, against
it should please God to send him
any; and to Mr.. Coles prayers he
deroutly said "Amen." Now be-
loved, was this not a good man.
and q man of God, think you? and
his wife a good woman? and she
came from Helsdon Hall, beyond
Norwich. This is the second
argument,
Thirdly, 1 come to a clear de-
monstratiye argument to prove this
to be good man. There was one
Thomas Proctor, avery poor beggar
boy; he came into this country on
dun COW; it was dun cow. Well,
this poor boy came begging to this
good mans door. He did not do
as some would have done, give him
a small aims and send him away,
or chide him, and make him pass
and send him into his own country;
no. beloved. he took him into his
own house, and afterwards bound
him apprentice to aIgunsmith. a
After his time was out. he took him
home again, and married him to a
kinswoman Of his Eife's-Mrs.
Christian Robertson-therc she sits;
and to her this good man gave a
considerable jointure. BY her he
had three daughters; and this good
man took home the eldest, brought