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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

ilrst ing, by saying we oughtn't to
have fire unless we'd let Jack on
along to see that we didn't set t5e
woods on fire, nor anything. Jacks
my brother, and he's fifteen wears oH
and I'm eight.
So Told the girls, and they said thew
guessed we could get along with Jack
as long as he wouldn't be but lust one
boy.
The day finally came, and began to
dress up Hildegarde, and while + was
doing it mamma came along and said:
What are you going to do with your
new DOLE"
Why" l said, "rm going to take
her to the MaY-party." .....'--
Mamma said: ''Aren't Won afraid
something will happen to her if Won
do?'' ~"
why, no." said; 81 shall take
rery good care of her."
Marian was sitting on the couch DOING
satin-stitch-she's perfectly crazy over
satin-stitch-and she said:
THAT doll will be ruined Just as sure
as you take her,
1t made me provoked to have Marian
say that, and SO | said. real cross:
''Well, | guess she WON'T" and then
they didn't say any more, and l took
her.
Twas lovely outdoors that morning,
and we found a splendid place in the
woods, and Jack didn't bother bit.
He said he'd build our fire, and we
went off to hunt up sticks, and | laid
Hildegarde down till / got back. But I
went further-Fanny Jones and did
than the rest, and when we came back
Jack had got the fire built. and what
do you think? That dreadful boy never
saw Hildergarde at all, and he'd build
the fire close TO her, and her nose was
melted dreadfully Jack felt real bad
when he saw it, but he guessed he could
Xix 1t 80 it wouldn't show much; so he
took her and pinched her nose lust
very little to get it back into shape.
and, oh, dearl it all came off, and he
couldn get it on again, and she looked
perfectly frightful. .......
Well, after awhile we had our dinner.
and it was pretty good, and / tried to
enjoy it and not think much about Hill
degarde-and then the rest of her looked
Just as we'll as it ever did, and l thought
if | held her kind O. careful folks needn't
always see where she hadn't any nose.
and | wouldn't lay her down another
time that day, but I'd hold her tight
every time | stirred.
BY and by we went for flowers to
crown our Queen, and, of course, took
Hide with me, but it did seem as if
everything was determined to happen
to that child, for as | was running BY
some bushes, they caught her hair and
jerled her so that about half of it pulled
right off by the roots, and of course that
spoiled the back of her, and then | sat
down and cried!
The girls felt awfully sorry for me,
but that didn't help much, and | kept
thinking all the time about Marian
and what she'd say. l was glad, and
kind of sorry, too, when twas time to
go home-but when l got there, what
do you think? Marian never said sin
gle word! Think I'd have felt better if
she had.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22
Novel Use Of Greenbacks.

''What becomes of all the greenbacks
and bank notes after they have served
their few years of usefulness?n is a fire.
quent query. A bank note has its life
Just the same as all other things useful.
What an interesting story the travels of
a greenback from the moment it leaves
the press until it returns to the macer-
ating machine would make! The av-
erage life of bank-nOte is about three
years, perhaps little longer. After
serving its purpose as currency it is
metamorphosed into rabbits, birds and
other figures. The process of the de-
structlon OF the notes is an interesting
one.
The readers will often see in the daily
papers paragraph something like this:
National bank notes received for re-
demption to-day, $500, 000." The next
day these notes are carried to the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing and
placed in a machine containing inn
mense knives, which chop the notes
into fragments. This operation is con-
Quoted under the supervision of three
officers of the Treasury Department,
especially detailed for this business.
No one is allowed to be present at this
daily maceration of the notes except
the officials and the men who run the
machine. They are compelled to re-
main in the room until each separate
note is destroyed. They must account
in detail afterwards to the Redemption
Bureau for each note; and should one
become lost or mislaid, and afterwards
find its way into circulation, the result
would be the immediate discharge of
the three gentlemen who daily have in
their custody from 100000 to $4,000
600 or S3,000,000 of notes and bonds.
The shreds are reduced to pulp, and
then by patented process this mass is
nodded into figures of birds and ami
mails and sold as mementoes to visitors.
Oftentimes it will happen that one little
object will be composed of what once
was SlO0,00O,0Oo worth of money
Hartford Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22
Be Natural.

Here is glimpse at the way in
which English boys and girls used to
study in the early part of this century
The teacher alluded to was Mary
Lamb, who, with her brother Charles,
wrote the famous "Tales from Shakes
peare' which have interested so many
young people:
One morning, just as Victoria was
about to repeat her allotted task, in
rushed young boy who, like herself
enjoyed the privilege of Miss Lambs
instructions in the Latin language. His
mode of entrance, hasty and abrupt
sufficiently denoted his eagerness to
have his lesson heard at once and done
with, that he might be gone again; ac-
cordingly, Miss Lamb, asking Victoria
to give up her turn, desired the youth,
Hazlitt's son, to repeat his pages of
grammar first. OFF he set; ratified
through the first conjugation post
haste; darted through the second with
out drawing breath; and so on right
through in no time. The rapidity, the
volubility, the triumphant slap-dash of
the feat perfectly dazzled the magma
ton of poor Victoria, who stood admir-
ing by, an amazed witness of the boys
proficiency. She herself, quiet, plod-
ding little girl. had only by dint of dill
gent study and. patient, perseyering
porting, been able to achieve slow
learning and as Slow repetition OF her
lessons.
This brilliant, off-hand method of dis
patching the Latin grammar was a
glory she had never dreamed of. Her
ambition was fred, and the next time
she presented herself, book in hand, be-
fore Miss Lamb, she had no sooner de-
livered it into her hearers than she at
tempted to scour through her verb at
the same ratuling pace which had 50
excited ner imagination. Scarce mo-
ment, and her stumbling scamper was
checked.
"Stay, stay! how's this? What are
you about, little Vicky?" asked tbs
laughing voice of Mary Lamb. ION,
see. Well, go on; but gently, gently
no need of hurry"
She heard to an end, and then SAID
81 see what we have been doing-trSS
ing to be as quick and clever as VIII
lam, fancying it vastly grand to get on
at a great rate, as he does. But there
this difference: it's natural in him,
while it's imitation in you. Now lat
better 60 on in your own staid way
which is your own vaughan try
take up way that may become nun,
but can never become you, even w ,i,1
you to succeed in acquiring it. wen
each of us keep to our own natursi
ways, and then we shall be sure to 90
our best
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22
For Young Readers.
PLAY YOU DO NOT MIND 1T.

Some youthful hOusckeepers one day
Were getting supper III u way
That was delia htful, really.
The grass velvet carpet made
Beneath the glowing naples shade;
No room so charming nearly.
Then Flossy brought a napkin red;
" Twill make Il lovely cloth.'' she said.
, But when she came TO try it,
Alas twas not quite large enough
To hide the table, slightly rough,
Twas useless to deny IT,
Then rueful looks of blank -dismay
Began to chase the smiles away,
So meager did they find il.
Till out spoke sunny little Nell: .
Wen leave it so, it's just aS well,
And play we do not mind it," .
The joyous smiles returned once more
Too soon the dainty feast was Ger,
And shadows gathered quickly;
A star shOne siyery in the west
Warning each merry little guest
To seek the homefold quickly.
The lesson is as plain as day:
A cloud may rise above your way,
The sunshine is behind it:
When things go wrong and others froUn
lust put all vain repiniug down
And play you do not mind it.
-OOnyIegdtiOnGlist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22
A Surgeons Experiment.

DR.. de la Pommerais was executed in
Paris in June, 1864, for murder of the
Palmer type. On the night before his
execution, says correspondent, he
was visited by Surgeon Valpeau, who,
after a few preliminary remarks, in
formed him that he came in the inter-
ests of science, and that he hoped for
DR.. de la Pommerais' cooperation,
"You know" he said, 'fhat one of the
most interesting questions of physiol-
ogy is as to whether any ray of memory,
reflection or real sensibility survives
in the brain ola man after the fall of
the head" At this point the con-
demned man looked somewhat startled,
but professional instincts at once re-
sumed their sway, and the two ply
sicians calmly discussed and arranged
the details of an experiment for the next
morning "When the knife falls
said Valpeau, II shall be standing at
your side and your head will at once
pass from the executioner's hands into
mine. l will then cry distinctly into
your ear 'Couty de la Pommerais,
can you at this moment thrice lower
the lid of your right eye, while the left
remains open! LILO next uav When
the great surgeon reached the con-
demned cell he found the doomed man
practicing the sign agreed upon. A
few minutes later the guillotine had
done its work. The head was in Vel
peau's hands, and the questions put.
Familiar as he was with the most
shocking and CHASTITY scenes, he was
almost frozen with terror as he saw the
right lip fall, while the other eye looked
fixedly at him. "Again," he cried
frantically The lids moved but they
did not part. 1t was all over.-Pay1s
Paper ..... .......
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22
No Mystery to Him.

A stubbed farmer, who had come to
market with load of potatoes, entered
a restaurant near the Central Market
and called for dozen oysters on the
half-shell. A couple of jokers happened
to be in the place, and, while ono at
tracted the farmers attention for a
moment, the other dropped bullet
into one of the oyster shells The man
gulped down one after another, until
he got the one with the bullet in his
mouth. Calmly and quietly he bit at
the lead with his teeth-calmly and
quietly he removed it from his mouth
and turned to the light.
"By George! but it's bulletr' cried
one of the men. ar -
Probably shot into the oyster to kill
him, added the other
well, that is mystery!r said the
man behind the counter.
Gentlemen, that's no mystery to
me, " replied the farmer, as he deposited
the ball in his vest pocket. ssAt the
battle of Fair Oaks, over twenty wears
ago, was hit in the leg by that very
bullet. It's been long time working
up, but she's here at last, and I'll Nave
it hung to my watch chain if it costs
I'VE dollars. "-Detron Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

Tuesday was a notable day WIN
Deacon Rufus Wright and wife, u
Plympton, Mass. Seventy-four yea. eau
ago on that day he was born; tity-!.,m SS
years ago on that day they both In a,tU
with the Plympton Church, and my ~:
years ago they were joined in marrlag"
Both have always resided in that to po.
and are still in excellent health'-OO'-
ton Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

Jones asked his wife: "Why i
husband like dough?' He eXPeVtoSS
she would give it up, and he was gO ,as
to tell her that it was because wonsa
needs him; but she said it was peca ns;.
he was hard to get Off her hands,"
cdQO Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

AT Georgetown, o. some boys under
took to smoke ten cent rabbit out of
hollow log and burned over fifteen
acres of valuable woodland, the rabbit
gravely enjoying the show from a
neighboring ledge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

California wants more people, and
the authorities have issued a pamphlet
stating that 100000 900 acres of land
are open to settlement.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

Mrs. Spikes, of Simpson County,
Miss, has ''meal-sack' that has been
used regularlyfor ten years. She now
has it filled with geese feathers, and
thinks with care it may be made useful
Tor several years. And yet she says:
81 never could be as economical as |
ought"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27
Our Pension L.st

Fas .sss4is isI.sa iiH
 Great brill.n closed the CrFneau ~ar in issA only nine years before 'he eon- c.Gslon of OUT war. and the var for the suppression Of the Indian mutny ln Is;7. only e.gh, years prior to that time Both of these were considerable wars and d large par of iLe benson hs, Is charg4bie 10 ,heir account. Since the dose of our gar England has been engaged in con ;ilcts of q more CT less serious character in AbyssInia, Ashantee, Afghanistan. /s- A!and and the Transvaal. in all of which ahe loss was considerable. ~h,le the losses from the continual troubles n Ireland would outweigh those from our Indian wars. With all these wars to contribute 70 the pension list, and with oonpara- tively large army and navy. the entire charge for pensions during the last fiscal year Was Si6.244.365. or about one-fourh the sum with which the patient American tax-pzyer has been buTdened
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27
A KISS.
n SEKxASiC

..4 z3 fA<ir oay l,sS 1rzrse sse tzyviz< rsaafs . So sings the poe;-aad sho hath not 'oua! h some long kiss when lips gave forth nc
 sound Because too deep @rhIarFse sTgF; sry the t7lt,s For aayh, save soul brratsr4 ,hrozsh ihr
 wondrous kiss. And heart clasped heart So close t.4at hease
 above No joy could give beyond that tor. sf. 5i love And once into mY life there stole a dream So sweet, of love SD tender. It dsd seem As if my spirit ~akiHg N hIie sseP, Into her warm embrace With g.AdHcss c-ept- And there found rest, free from A.. rash and
 pain I awoke--o.i prayed. God le, me dream
 again. Loas years swcp, by--the d-eaa ! dream.
 was still \ Shsdowy light within mt soul. aatH Siuirg one eve beside l Sound.r~s sea. Watch ing the sunlight singlns ,ottnSs Upon the waves hand sto.e iato fn.ac-- The touch thrilled through ne ~3th 4 }ot
 divine Four lips impassioned me, he dream uas
 past. The night vas gone ioye's morning broke
 q; las,. f-.s 3....ss...-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27
Have to Ak Ha a:e.hcr
..s-.-.


 lie wanted ,e enter the boy at d pab- ltc $, ool. and ,lley asked the boy's age iow old that.boy Wei. le, ne eee Them clothes he's go, on are made ou, of my wedding elolhes. flfst lohn were 'en he was my oldes, boy. lie go' drowned when he ~as eleven years old and likely lad he ~s, too. don't reckon there eser was q smarter boy than that lohn oi mine. He could ~u;e hls name and read out of A book when he was ten years old. bu; he had 10 go and get drowned iim was 4 baby then. there was three gitls between him and John. and when lifn growed up he wore ern. This liitle teller was nigh unto two year old when in he .ps and gets drovned. i'm wasn't much account no- how kind sf ! fool took more after hIs mother. That ~as ic, me see how long ago vas that ~cil dlsremcrn Der exaet- ' bu, t was along about no. Y ,o4iea :: haze been as long ago as ,har -
 F5al now old x tie boy =
 Well. don't snoN. you'll have 'o ask ..s mother
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27
lie WeT;

Isy fi9ald wcp, 5.,terh Het ions. s#fs [. !4e vent "a see Maac,kl Il e.-.hrit Ia ftou tfaa. Not beng familiar W5sa tae play. NC are unable to s4y ho@ | hsp- peneA. but at any rAtc. Nadseska za, in,o tight place. in winch ter sfief w..s simply immense. Her griei aad distress arc pdniul to witness. She ts absolutely overwhelmed w,th srtet. and yearns iol death as a relief. As we went through ! most crushing experience when NC fc. ceiNed a notice that tiovefnnr ireland refused 10 take his copy of IftI5 >lf!- ings out of the aeguin pos,oiiiee. we are able ;o write understandingly about woe ] and miseD-bu, To come to the point,
 4, the affecting poin, i'll the play. Jay Gould. who has dcsoiatcd more homes than any living man, hoohoeed rlsht out. He had to mop his eyes with | handkerchief At first the audience smiled dcrisrvely. bu; when feal tcat. as big as s4oo diamond. hung pendant from the peak of lay, ill-shaped smelief and glis'cned with pr.smaiic eolors IF the gashght, the audience pitled the poor devil. and some of them undertook io assis, him shed the brIny
 Those who have read. the liSes of great robbers will no, be surprised at .Ay $ emotion. Tears in great men arc nni q sisn of weakness. We, ourselves. have wep, as for instance when wc rccclvcd official notice from ], Korn. IT,. |. II. at Scguin that Governor Ireland n person refused to take h., copy of Iefn &tfi- frS, out of the SeEl.n postotHee. There are tunes and occasions when ieais .arc a relief Napoleon, the great To6bef and murderer. would have ~ltaR hs.fee. s. the men. women and childfen hsd | bcei necessary so to do III order tn r#ttry OIL his plans. He could gaze VI .h un- moved eountenance al the des;f 2 s#on si armies. and although fully cosnstn, oi the misery of the countless i.Htse5 and orphans he n lGc. hclne, TT i4 -.ea er fel, the slightest remof>e. lfl'. sAen ot the retreat from Kgss.a. h. h-tppenei i - sec. ln the snnsg. s itttts. aas a.aa. the face of h. dead masteF. Ae. sae Napoleon himself. Wcp, sHG made d. mos, as grca; disturbance as the psot dog.
 kobespierre was another tender hea.ted galoot. who could keep gaiiloiiuc running len hours day for months and months, and ye, when his pei monkey died he man who waded about n the gore of his eogntpmen. beloved Ike a calf. and entertained senous ideas oi suiefdc.
 There are many other notable instances of men of grea, minds. who are eapa- bie of almost any act of heartlessness. bursting unexpectedly into tears d the death of fiy in the soup. or some other apparently uninpo-ani disaster. For these reasons wc believe that the emo tions of lay Could. n the theatre, was the genuine 4E-wool. name bloNn-in-;he bottle. kind Of despair. Ne are firmly persuaded tha, he pearly drop that slic doWn his elongated nose. and sparkled in pristna;ic hucs from the end of his sIneiler. w4s A genuine drop. nanafaf : ,ured or the spot by Could himself. and not a bogus tear which he had brought with him. for he purpose Of deludIng the au1!encc
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27

Manuel Bla.os. commonly called "oid Blues.' IS New Mexican gambler ~Ifh a portable heIl on heels Tbs ts d 1T. something ike those used by :raTel as photographers. bu, 5 as bngh; and eay as a circus band wagon. and ]. drawn by SIX handsome horses. The ln,erior con- iains faro table. roulette wheel. and other fixtures for gaming. Manuel has several assistants, and goes from place 70 place according 10 ;he outlook for profita- ble business Thus he $ sure D appear al every large far within 200 miles of the Mexican boarder on either side 4 nes and prosperous mining camp offers in- ducemen,s. too, and lately he established himself close 10 Texas camp meeting wi,h pecuniay profit. He has ;he repg- ;a;ion Of running square games. and h1s party goes so well armed ,ha; they defy obbers.-Exeh1H<s.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27
curious season of the year to clean house. Now 10 clean house.

house. Now 10 clean house"
 Don't you know who's governor of your own state ?" howled Mir. Spoopen- dyke. who was compelled 10 admi, 10 himself tha; he had found the whole Albany business disappointing and more dtiitalt oi comprehension than ne had expected. Mean 10 say that you re st. ,'as around ike bung and enjoying the blessed privileges of freedom, witheu, knoSias who Is presiding a, the lap : Pretend to come up here and run yourself Ii a. A human being without beng able .a tell the difference between MeMaaas and he top story ot a rai hole wha, en- eoerasemea; Is this te take Nou any !" here: and Mir. Npooendske became pa;hettc. "Spo>e the Ameue4n people gre going te stand quietly hy and see me pay faaE dollars a day whlie You learn the d.saneton between the governor oi New efA and quarter of \ dellaf.
 Certainly, i.atteTed Mrs. Spoopeu- dyke. Il know an liable 10 mistakes. and tha; you always correct me. That's all rish,. But wha, am anNious to knew k. hew the legislatures family gets along after the poor men arc ground up i.t.o iaws.
 Nr. spoopendykc arose to hs feet. elapped his h., down over his cars and started tor tae door. muttering some ihias about ~only reading a four flush and an enac;Iug clause to be the whole theory of local government while Mrs. Spoopendyke put on an cNira l.b- bon and gave few abs al her osefskst behind ,n make |, puif out well. prepafa- tesS faf the dinner hour.
 Il don; oafc.' she soli!ohai.ei, ,sis;- ing her rings strait and arranging ihe lace !, her neck. ''lt may not be lcgisla- .<s.==erd he max not be s,oNernnr- h4ai | NIT. MeManus undertakes to clean house before the tirs; e! April, and those men slt around in the draft. we'll have some laws with colds III their heads. or I've had no eApeuenee in that Inc of busi- ness"
 With which ersticiSm. Mrs. spoopen- dyke iiattered down to meet her husband and learn hat he had employed a nan to show her where her mouth mas. aud that the next tune he took ilet eat to m pfe.e her ialad. < me-id he - i# i,iio, asylum. -i,aEf5 Z's5 f7sIs IT, ' =.4g.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27

Il is doubtful whether hls heio wlt. shsp toatiuaed after ss.ei Il sfu,, fcbru t l- ouly tar 'o remark that Mr Lmee soa a.d no: apologize for afly.c', bear l~.ft,,. ba, | Lad fs eeplea al a,pc @ stnsaes. lsia exceedingly, af.A |. told ..j, >tnne- ati4 sgth h 4 ,hafm ag ? # ~h | Ha ihem AaHby agree Il tg s.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27

Social question in natural history :: What is an Elk. and why should he, she, or il. have society = Tke iEdse.