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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
Making a Barrel Around the Bung
hole.

Mr.. Mark L, Deering, mechanical
engineer, of this city, has recently
taken out patent for barrel with.
out slaves or hoops. all in one piece.
The material he uses to make this
seamless barrel is wood pulp. A GER
tain amount of pulp is placed in a
cylinder, the inside of which is shaped
exactly like barrel. The cylinder
is made to revolve by an ingenious
arrangement both ways that IS, the
ordinary way that barrel would re-
volve. and revolve at the same time
head over head at right angles, at
about 100 revolutions minute. The
centrifugal force of this double reyO-
luton throws the pulp equally in
every direction, spreading it, so to
speak, equally all over the inside sur
face of the cylinder. After being re-
volved in this manner for three or
four minutes air is then pumped
through the bung (which is made
tight around the pipe conveying the
air) till a pressure of 100 pounds to
the inch is obtained. This is done
without cessation of the movement
of the revolving cylinder. The pres
sure of this air squeezes all the water
in the pulp through the brass lining
of the cylinder. which is perforated
with minute holes, and is carried
away in the grooves of the onclyin'
der. After being revolved for three
minutes under this pressure, the two
halves of the cylinder are opened and
perfectly shaped barrel is taken out
all complete, with heads in, which is
laid aside for twenty-four hours fol
the purpose of being seasoned, when
it is then placed in drying room
heated by steam to 1902 of heat, and
kept there for about three days, when
it Is taken out all finished for the
market. Cleveland Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

sv to which his Office entities him.
Quite right it is that the gentleman
of the press should be faithful to the
high trusts confided in them by their
newspapers. l do not for an instant
desire to intimate that any one of the
correspondents should impart to the
Executive any Government news of
Importance in advance of its appear
ance in his own paper. What COM
plain of is. that some of the journal
lists stationed here, instead of speak
ing to the President in polite way.
answer him curtly. or send him on
wild-goose chases. One waggish cor
respondent told him, the other even
ing. that Secretary Chandler had
traded of the U. s. Navy for sleigh
and two pairs of skates. Away rush.
| ed the President in wild alarm to the
navy yard to put veto on the in
famous trade. Now, that sort OF con-
duct is really reprehensible. A Pres
ident of the United States has rights
that newspaper correspondents ought
to respect. Chester A. Arthur is the
last man to deserve threatment ofthi'
kind. He strives hard to do hi:
duty, trudging around late at nigh
through the cold and snow, endeay
oring to find out what is going or
e~t,A what the great newspaper edi
4 TORS IN Philadelphia and New Yorl
want HIM to do. Probably as soor
as Marshal McMichael gets the tim'
he Will come down and persuade thu
correspondents to let up little OF
the President-to treat him civilly
at least-nor to show him the respes
and Difference due a newspaper pro
prietor or an editor-in-chief, but t.
respect the gray hairs in his militar!
whiskers, to size him up as an aver
age U. s. Senator from Nevada o
Colorado"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
A Wonderful Telescope.

The San Francisco Call tells an ex-
traordinary story respecting a mon.
ster telescope made by Professors
Lefevre and Longtour, French scien-
fists, and erected at San Francisco.
The lenses are twenty feet in dame
ter. and this is what happened when
the astronomers and their friends
turned the Instrumental the heavens:
I'M. Dufrere was the first to apply
his eye to the eye-piece of the tele-
scope. For fully five minutes he
looked on in speeches. amazement,
then, without a word, turned away
to hide his emotion. One by one the
gentlemen present tested the tele-
scope, exhibiting their establishment
in various ways. The planet which
happened to cast its beams upon the
great speculum was Mars, and the
revelation is too wonderful for credit.
The eye-piece of the lowest magnify.
ing power was first placed on, which
the planet presented most astound-
ing sight. The powerful lens brought
the surface of the planet nearer than
that of the moon has ever been
brought by the most powerful tele-
scope. The green of the sea was
brought out in unmistakable color,
and one could almost imagine that
he could see the waves upon the sur
face. There before the eye was spread
out splendid panorama of hill and
dale, dark yellowish patches that
looked like autumn fields, silvery
threads that must be rivers, and I'M
mistakable volcanoes in action"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
A Beautiful PerOratiOn.

From an Address on the War by Gen. Cham
berlain, of Maine, the Man who Received
Lees Surrender.
"But all Is over now, and fast van
ishing with the years. 1 see new
generation standing before me and
around. But though sometimes the
heart will yearn for those stirring
duties and those high companships
of the field, still when / think of all
the noble spirits that have passed in
battle and the storm, and how those
little Virginia rivers are flowing on
tonight, just as they did while yet
those earnest young eyes were wont
to gaze across their silent waters; of
how many hearts are still tonight
that then beat stronger than their
tide, thank God and heaven that
no bugle on to-morroW's dawn shall
wake us to reyeille. Let us not for.
get, dear friends. the last martyr ;
the last? l should not say so; for
are they not dying day by day. and
hour by hour, the heroes who fought
She war to the glorious end? But
the great martyr, who in the supreme
moment of his victory, with malice
toward none, with charity for all,
following the right as God gave him
to see the right, went to join his
three hundred thousand-that army
of the unsurrendered, undischarged,
who still forever keep watch and
guard about us. I see them, mar
shaled in that pale yet glorious array
on the battlement heights that for
ever shall keep this Nation as one,
and that commanding form, that
homely, true face, see among them,
and hear at times sentiment which
moves about from place to place, and
whispers through the world of space
in the deep night. that 'all is well.''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
A Gunpowder Engine.

A gunpowder engine has been pat
ented in Germany by Herr Beck. In
it a piston is forced to and fro in a
horizontal cylinder by small quanti-
ties of powder ignited on either side
alternately. Powder-pans are pro-
vided on the bottom within, ON
which, at the proper moment, pow
der falls through passages from two
holders which rest on distribution
slides. The igniting Of the powder
is effected by means of spirit or gas
flame from the cylinder cover, drawn
in through an obIique aperture by the
suction force of the piston. The access
is regulated by slides. The gases OF
explosion are expelled through holes
furnished with slides on the return
of the piston. The heavy residues are
pushed by the pistons into bags.
which are emptied at intervals. 1t 10
claimed for the new motor that, with
small occupied space. it is very effec-
tive and easily set at work. The con-
sumption of powder Is comparatively
small, and the engine regulates ITSELF
The danger is represented as slight
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
A Boarding House Incident.

General WashingtOn's grand niece,
Mrs. Fanny Lynch, a very pretty
lady of forty. has clerkship at WASH
ington. She is the nearest existing
relation of the lamented George W.
Some time ago she kept boarding
house here, and the following incident
occurred: Her second husband. an
old man, was very proud of his wife's
ancestry. One day an irreverent ap-
plicant for board called when Mrs.
Lynch was out. Mr.. Lynch, in max
ing the arrangements. drew himself
up proudly and said II would have
you understand, sir, my wife Is a
grand niece of General Washington"
"Indeed," was the response. "but l
don't expect to eat your wife. care
more for good beefsteak than do for
good blood, / want lots of steak. aud
/ want it rich and rare, and 1 don't
care a continental whether George
Westinghouse daughter or George
Washington's Niger serves it," 1t
is needless to say he was asked to get
his beefsteak elsewhere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
The Products of Alaska.

The collector atSitka, Alaska. has
some beautiful boxes made Of yellow
cedar. This is clear. grainless wood
OF straw color which has an Odor
somewhat like that of sandalwood,
and nearly as pungent. The Russians
in former times built many ships of
this cedar, which is said to make the
finest of timber for that purpose.
Very little is known of the interior of
Alaska, but on the coast this yellow
cedar is the only tree which possesses
much value for lumber. 1t grows
somewhat scatteringly, and is pretty
we'll cleared out about Sitka, where
it readily brings ten cefts per foot
sawed. In Peril Strait, however, 1t
is still quite thick and large.
No one but Indians can lawfully
cut tree in Alaska. But were the
forests open to saw-mills, small ones
only could do profitable business,
and that, too, for but limited time.
Notwithstanding that almost the en-.
tire coast il tree-covered, most of the
trees are worthless spruce. Where
ever the ground has not been cleared
it is extremely difficult to move
among these trees, the decaying vege-
tation being so deep that one sinks
to the knees, and often deeper.
On Cross Souns. hundred miles
from Sitka. quarries of white and
notified marble have been discover.
ed, which polishes as finely as any
in the world. Anthracite coal has
also teen discovered.
Alaska's wealth will be made up OF
fur. mining, fishing and oil indus
tries. Her agricultural and manu-
featuring interests will never make
much of a showing. New and rich
mineral discoveries are being made
every year in different portions OF
the Territory.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

The Legislature of South Carolina
is considering a railroad commission
bill which if enacted into law will
place the roads under very stringent
regulations. The bill provides for
the appointment of three commits.
sioners who will have power to fix
the charges for freight and passenger
traffic and to make rules and reguIa-
tions for the government of the rail-
roads. They are also given power to
investigate the books of the different
companies and to compel them to
obey the orders of the commission.
The bill has passed both branches Of
the Legislature, but there are some
slight differences between the two
houses which will doubtless be COM
promised. The measure is probably
the most stringent one of its charac-
ter passed by any State Legislature,
and predictions are plenty that it will
fail when put to r practical test.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

A prominent Maryland Democrat
long holding official position, and one
of the most active of the politicians,
said recently that the Temperance
movement had attained such growth
and influence in Maryland that it
would play most important part in
the next State campaign. The Dem
ocratic managers, he said, would be
unable to steer safely between the
rocks environing them. Whichever
side they took would result in Great
ing large dissatisfied element in the
Democratic party. The Republicans
would have the opportunity to COM
bine with this element, as they did
in the late independent movement in
Baltimore. and thus endanger the
control of the whole State and city
government.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

man: "What dye mean by publish
ing fashion articles from three-year-
old magazines she asked. II
made bonnet according to your di-
rections and it was three years be-
hind the style. Oh, you wretch You
mean, horrid. insignificant - oh.
ohW "My dear madam" he said,
"ybu are right. am not fit to run
paper. I will stop at once" CTo
reporter.) "John don't send up
any more copy. Kill that article
saying this lady was the belle of the
last night !" "Stop ~ she cried
"Your paper is household treasure
1 don't care about the bonnet. and ]
came to ask you to our house to tes
tonight" The editor says hewouldn'I
drop the rule for anything. Every
body leaves satisfied with his paper
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
The Farmers.

The following are the resolutions
passed by the National Grange. We
commend them to our farmers.
Resolved, That in the exercise of
the elective franchise we shall recog-
nize allegiance to principle as the on
ly safe rule of action.
ReSoLUed, That we repudiate all
leadership in politics except that
which tends to the advancement of
the material interests of all our peo-
pie through the exercise of the virtues
that dignifyand ennoble citizenship.
RESOLVED, That safe protection for
our industry against organized extOr-
ton implies suitable. and, in some
degree, proportionate representation
in State and National legislatures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has been invi.

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has been invi-
ted by the Grand Army Post of Ban
gOT, Maine, which numbers among
its members $50 old soldiers, to de-
liver before them and the citizens OF
Bangor his lecture on the Battle Of
Charlottesville, (which recently met
with great success in the Southern
cities. The invitation, which is sign
ed by DIR. Aug. G. Hamlin, nephew
of ex-Vice President Hannibal Ham.
lin, as chairman of committee, assures
Gen. Lee that the ex-Federal soldiers
will be pleased 10 listen to his de.
scription of the battle of Chancellors.
vile, and that "they will be prepar.
ed to accept its truths, for the deed:
of yalor performed on either side dur
ing the war haye now become the
property Of the nation"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
The powerful influence which tn

The powerful influence which the
Catholic Church can bring to bear
upon its adherents has just been
strikingly illustrated at Montreal.
Ten thousand shoe operatives had
gone on a strike in that city, and
Bishop Fabre, regarding theiraction
as unwarranted and ill-advised, and
perceiying that 1t would ouly preju-
dice the interests which it was in
tended to advance, issued pastoral
in its condemnation, and enjoined
the strikers to return to work. His
letter was in due course read in all
the churches of the diocese, and the
result is that the strike has been
abandoned. This is only one among
many similar instances in which the
authority of the Roman Church has
been exercised for the turtherance Of
the public welfare.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
Twenty Years a Great Sufferer,

From Constipation. Had swallowed
half bushel of Pills, and drank over
barrel of Cathartic and Laxative
slops. Had tried every Patent Medi-
cine recommended in such cases, and
had been treated by all the yey best
physicians in Philadelphia, and was
finally told by her consulting physi-
clans that she was now too weak for
Cathartic Medicine, or injections, and
that she must die. She then took
Manalin and was cured. See 31st
page of the ellis of Life" Get the
book from your Druggist. or address
DR.. Hartman, Osborn, O., for one.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

The Ohio Democrats, when they
woke up on the morning after cleo
tion last October and discovered to
their surprise that they had carried
the State, at once made ready for
jolification. They ate and they drank
and they talked and then went home
and forgot to pay the bills. Some of
the creditors now threaten to sue the
party's State Executive Committee
for their dues. The Democrats can
plead in extenuation that their VIC
tory was barren one as it gave them
no patronage worth mentioning. The
bankrupt condition in which the par
ty finds itselfin that State is no doubt
the chief reason why 1t Is so bitter
against Civil Service Reform.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
A Paper that Pleased Everybody.

There is an editor who has achiev-
ed the feat of running a newspaper to
suit everybody. Occasionally. to be
sure, he has complaints, but he never
fails to satisfy that they are wrong.
He only adopted the system after he
got desperate. 1t was one fine DAY
after he had received seven 4m.
plants that he adopted it. A man
came in and said: "Why in tophet
didn't you print the whole of the
proceedings of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Hogs"'
The editor replied "Oh, you made
speech that wasn't in the report.
Ell ?" Then he went around the
-sp,sater. The dust flew for a few
moments and then it became more
quiet. The editor relaxed his grip
on the mans throat sufficiently to let
him speak, and he said he guessed
the article was all right, and he had
only come to renew his SUBSCRIPTION.
He was let up. paid his money and
left, and as he went out he collided
with man who had an ugly glare in
his eyes, and dancing up to the edi'
tor said: "What dye mean? 1 pay
for a sensible newspaper, and get
lot OF truck about cruelty to hogs
You ought to be put in Jail for print
ing such ridiculous stuff"
The editor went around the coun.
ter again and again the dust flew, II
was fully five minutes before the ed
itor could get the mans coat torn of
and put him on the floor with hi:
head in the coal scuttle. But he die
it at last. The man said: 1--WE
needn't prolong this agony. You
paper is the best in the world. III
take it ten years in advance" Eigh
more visitors had the same exper
fence, Then came one that the edi
tor couldn't thrash. 1t was a wo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

WHEELING, w. VA, January g.
Returns from the special election to
fill the vacancy in the Forty-seventh
and Forty-eight Congress caused by
the death of Hon. j. T. Updegraff,
late representative from the Seven
tenth Ohio district, indicate the cleo
ton of J. d. Taylor (Rep.) oyer Ross
]. Alexander (Dem.) by majority
of 1900 to 1000. Large Republican
gains are reported in all counties,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

future and trotting out Presidential
candidates for 1884. Recently some
Of them have been using General
Sherman's name quite freely. The
other day just as Tecumseh was about
to leave town for a short time, he was
approached by reporter when the
following conversation took place !:
General, what do you think of this
Western boom that Colonel Ingersoll
and the newspapers have been start
ing ?" "Young man, you can't in
terview me you've tried that before
but I'll tell you. the papers know
more than do" AS he turned away
to leave bis office the reporter hurri-
eddy put in, "But. General, if you
were elected President, you would
serve, of course, wouldn't you q
Quick as a shot came the answer
mo" 1t sounded as if it was in
capitals. Another of the public mer
suggested as possible candidate il
Secretary Lincoln. A near friend O
his, however, has recently made thu
following statement: "'Bob' will
run for President yet, perhaps, but HI
is too young to do it now. Let hin
wait awhile and make reputation
for himself, and then he will hay
something besides the fact that he !
Lincoln's son to run on. The pecpl
who say he's a Todd and not a Lin
coin, don't do him justice. His in
tegrity and steadiness of character
and his strong common sense. show
that he has many of his fathers traits
In few years the fact that he is Lin
coins son would be help to him be-
fore the people.
| JUNIUS,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
Governor Pattison,s choice of

Governor Pattison's choice of a
corporation lawyer for attorney gen.
eral of Pennsylvania is pronounced a
monumental blunder by his impair
tial friends. SO much in the way of
reform has been looked for from him
that his failure at the beginning of his
term would be sore disappointment
to the lovers of pure politics every
where. His course will be WATCHED
and more sharply criticised than that
of any governor Pennsylvania has
had for long time past.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

A countryman stepped into fruit
store and invested in nickel's worth
of chestnuts. In about half an hour
he returned and handed the pro.
prietor one of the nuts. "What does
this mean ?" asked the dealer.
SWELL" remarked the customer.
"that is the only sound chestnut 1
found in the pint, and so thought you
put it in by mistake. lam an honest
man, and don't want to take a mean
advantage of fellow"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
A Good Word for Arthur.

A veracious correspondent thus
pleads with newspaper men to deal
gently with President who is try
ing hard to please them president
Arthur has gained wisdom from the
reverses of the November election.
Every evening he comes down to
Newspaper Row to ask the cores
pondents for ADVICE on important
subjects. With regret l notice that
some Of the Philadelphians do not
treat the President with that courte.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

There is some probability that Con-
gress will, during the present session
reduce the domestic letter postage
from three cents to two cents. The
Postmaster General is not in favor Of
it, but for all that it may go through
the President having recommended
it. AS the postal service earned last
year a million dollars more than its
expenses, such reduction is practi'
cable,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

Down in Pennsylvania woman is
suing a man for libel because he re-
marked that "she is no better than
she ought to be-" AS it is the duty
of every one to be as good as possible,
and as no one can possibly be as good
as her or she ought to be, it is diff
cult to see what the woman has got
to be mad about.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

According to an Iowa paper a JUS
tice of the Peace in that state always
concludes a marriage ceremony as
follows: Them as this court has
Joined together let noman put assun.
der, but let little children come unto
them, so held me God.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
SATURDAY, JAN 6, 1888.

M. Leon Gambetta, the great
French statesman, died at Villa
d'Avray, France, at midnight Sun
day night. HIS death causes pro-
found sorrow in France and sensa-
ton Throughout Europe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06

Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as private guarantees of good faith Reject
e. communications will not be returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-06
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

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C'cents per square for each additional inser
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