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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28
Where the Bottom Dropped Out.

About four o'clock in the afternoon
of May % rumbling was heard in the
direction of Mr.. James 0. Farnell's
place on South Prong Creek. This
noise was found to proceed from the
big Red lime sink, near Mr.. Farnell's
house. 1t continued for time, when a
tremendous thud caused a perceptible
tremor of the earth for some distance
around. 1t was found that the water
in the huge sink had dropped nearly n
hundred feet. Some idea can be formed
of the quantity of water in this sink
when it is stated that it occupied nearly
half an acre of ground and was filled
with water whose depth was supposed
to be unfathomable. The sink is a
complete circle in form, with perpen-
dicular walls. 1t has enjoyed an
undisturbed quietus from time i'm
memorial until this sudden precipi-
tation. Many theories are advanced
as to the probable cause of the occur
renee, the most plausible one being that
an immense vacuum existed underneath
the sink, which was separated from the
water by a thick, impervious Substratum
of clay, and by some inexplicable cause
this substance gave way, and the water
disappeared through the orifce About
half mile away a monstrouS spring
bursts from steep hillside, and by some
subterraneous connection this huge res
ervoir of water was conveyed into the
channel of the spring. Great powders
were washed out and immense sand
bars formed at the mouth of the spring.
South Prong Creek, into which the
spring empties, was greatly swollen by
the influx of water. Hundreds have
visited the sink and all express wonder
at the unnatural phenomenon. That
immediate locality is dotted with sinks
of greater or less dimensions, and it
would amply repay any lover of the
weird to visit it.-DOOIey (Ga.J Vindi-
Gator
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28
Cure for Paving Horses.

A correspondent of the New York
Irfbune writes that paper that the habit
of paving can be overcome in most
cases by lifting the foot, and holding it
up for while every time tie animal be-
gins to paw. To give the horse the
first lesson, he says: "Put on an old
harness, buckle strap around each of
the forward fetlocks, attach a small
rope five or six feet long to each strap,
pass the ropes through rings or loops on
the top of the saddle, take the horse to
soft, smooth spot so that he will not
be liable to get hurt, girt the saddle
tight so that it will not turn, take up
one forward foot and hold it up for
some ten or fifteen minutes by making
the rope fast at the ring on the saddle.
The object of this lesson is to teach the
horse that standing on three legs is tire
some and disagreeable work; and also
to teach him that his foot is held by q
superior power, and thathe can not put
it down without the consent of that
power. For him to get these ideas he
needs to stand long enough to get very
tired of it, and needs to do his best to
get his foot free before he can realize
that it is impossible for him to free it.
Having given this lesson, put the horse
in the place where he is in the habit of
doing the most paving, and when he
lifts either foot up by pulling on the
rope attached to it, hold it for a
short time only. The object of this
lesson is to teach the horse that it is
when and only when he lifts his foot to
paw that the control of it is taken from
him. When he learns this he will prob
ably stop the practice. but for him to
get this idea the foot must be taken and
held long enough for him torealize that
it is held every time he attempts to
paw. In this, as in all teaching and all
disciplinary work, the teacher and gov
ernor needs a good supply of patience
and perseverance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28
Something About TOads.

"Oh, papa, see what great, ugly
toad! Do get a stick and kill him be-
fore he gets away, y said little Tommy
Gray, as he was walking in the garden
with his father.
"Why do you wish him killed." ask
ed his father. ...
"Oh, because he is such an ugly thing,
and [ am afraid he will eat up every
thing in the garden. You know we
killed several bugs and worms which
we found here last evening. I am sure
this toad is much worse than they"
"We killed the bugs and worms be-
cause they were destroying our flowers
and vegetables. This poor toad never
destroys plant of any kind about the
place. Besides, he is one of our best
friends. These insects that are doing
so much harm in our garden are just
what he uses for his food. | have no
doubt that he kills more of them every
day than we did last evening. If you
can find live bug, place it near him
and see what he will do
Tommy looked about, and soon found
three bugs, which he placed near the
toad, and then stood back short dis
lance to see the result. Soon the bugs
began to move away. The toad saw
them, and made quick forward motion
of his head. He darted out his tongue
and instantly drew them, one by one,
into his mouth. Tommy clapped his
hands with delight.
"How can such a clumsy-looking fell
low use his head and tongue so
nimbly?' said Tommy; and he ran off
to find more food for him.
The next evening Tommy went again
into the garden, and soon found the OBJ
ject of his search ready for his supper.
AT first the toad was shy, but he soon
learned to sit still while Tommy placed
the food near him. Then he would dart
out his tongue and eat the bugs while
Tommy was close by. Finding that the
boy did not hurt him, he soon lost all
fear and became a great pet Tommy
named him Humpy, and says he would
not have him killed now for anything.
Our Little Ones. .. f-.t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28

without the other What. then, was
her dismay when the ,park-keeper took
it into his head that the ostrich was
public property, and must 90 to the
Government aviary! 4.....
The child was so distressed at the re-
moval of her pet that her mother feared
she would die. But the military sur
geon who came to see her thought he
knew of something better for her than
medicine, and he wrote letter to Sir
John Lawrence telling him all about it.
The Viceroy was a very great man,
and had pressing affairs of State to at
tend to, for millions of people looked to
him as their ruler. But he had very
tender heart, and far away in England
he had little girls of his own so he
wrote a reply, by the return mail, that
the ostrich was at once to be given to
its rightful owner, who lost no time in
getting well .s .,uf TO-. F.
Does anybody ask: GLOW can Aunt
Marjorie make bit of advice out of
this little Incident" Well, you know
we wrap pills up in sugar; and so we
tell stories, and hide lessons within
them.
A brave heart is always tender
neart, children. No matter how busy
you are, you may, like Sir John Law
renee, take time to do kind act for
some one who is weaker than yourself
--Hdrper'S Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28
A Brave Heart Always Tender.

When Sir John Lawrence was Gov
ernor-General of India he was told one
day of a little girl who had been taken
i'll, and was pining away with grief at
the loss of a very curious pet. The pet
was tame ostrich, which the child had
raised from the egg, left by the ostrich
mother in the grass of the park at Bar
rackpore.
The little girls father was the keeper
of the park, and soon after her dscov-
cry of the egg he died and his successor
was appointed. ....
Fearing that foxes or iackals would
eat her treasure, or that the cold dews
would destroy it, the little girl carried
the big egg to the bugalow, and buried
it safely in lidless box filled with dry
white sand. This she took pains to set
out in the sun every day just where the
tiercest rays would pour omit. At night
she coaXed motherly hen, whose own
eggs she transferred elsewhere, to brood
over the box. ..........
By-and-by, to the great fright of the
poor hen, a giant chick broke the shell,
and stepped into view. The hen rufied
her feathers, spread her wings, and fed.
The little girl and the ostrich became
fast friends, and one was never seen
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28

disease that human flesh is heir to, but
their curative qualities have not been
largely tested, owing to the fact that
in large cities, where the greater part
of these waters are disposed of, facili-
ties are not wanting for the production
of all kinds of mineral waters. The
foreign waters are manufactured in
Chicago from dry salt, which is dis
solved in water and aerated. There
are several firms engaged in the manu-
facture of salt which they claim dupli-
Gates the mineral quality of the foreign
water.
The trade in bottled goods probably
exceeds during the year that from all
other sources. A large firm on the
South Side distributes to dealers $1,000
bottles of soda per day, or 100000
during the year, The bottles each con-
tain one-half pint and retail to the
dealer for three cents each. This firm
employs one hundred and fifty men and
has thirty teams continually at work
transporting bottled waters. The bottles
are filled with the carbonized water,
favored according to the article de-
sired, under a pressure of sixty-tive
pounds to the square inch. The great
est item of loss to the bottling estab-
lishments lies in the breakage of bottles,
which, especially where a patent cap is
use, is quite expensive.
The medical profession very general
ly shake their heads when Intercepted
regarding the health qualities of aerated
beverages. Said DR.. Dexter yesterday;
"Aerated drinks are cooling, but so far
as curative results are concerned they
are utterly worthless. They are nos
trums which have been brought to pub
lie notice chiefly through sensational
advertising. A man for instance, goes
to the Hot Springs. He is dosed with
medicine and required to battle in the
hot water of the springs every four
hours, and in short time he is well.
The same result would take place if he
remained at home and took the same
course of bathing in hot water, and the
same medicines. The mineral waters
are manufactured products, and it is
well known that the exact chemical
proportions of the various constituent
elements are never exactly repro
duced.'
Notwithstanding the large amount of
rubbish and garbage which annually
finds its way into the stomachs of the
good citizens of Chicago through the
medium of aerated waters, it is claimed
that there are some genuine mineral
waters, and some soda, etc, that is
harmless so far as the presence of poi
sonous ingredients is concerned. The
fact is generally conceded, however,
that these drinks are but little improve
ment over the old compound of oxygen
and hydrogen familiarly known as cold
water, except in its superior power of
disarranging the eternal economy
ChicngO Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28
How Powder Men We're Fooled,

1t is well known among those who
have occasion to buy powder in large
quantities that tremendous rivalry ex-
lists between the agents of the Cali
fornia blasting powders represented
here. Each is in the estimation of its
special representative more effective
and cheaper than all the others, and
agents are only too anxious to demon
strate this fact by experiments when
there is sale in prospect. Some time
ago the military at Vancouver wanted
to build a new road leading from the
garrison, and a survey showed that
fifty or sixty stumps would have to be
removed. So one of the officers came
over and mentioned to several powder
agents in semi-confidential way that
the army would need some powder and
that the Quartermaster would not OBJ
ject to competitive tests. Six agents
then asked for the privilege of making
tests, and their request was granted.
On the day appointed 5000 pounds of
the best blasting powder came to Van
couver, charges were put in by expert
enced men engaged for that purpose by
the agents, and in two hours every one
OF the stumps was scientifically re-
moved. And the Government didn't
pay cent.-PortIand Oregonian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28

The Pail Mall Gazette, in an article
on English and American cheese, says:
"English cheese is luxury for the
prosperous few. To the many thou
sands of poor men who have little to
earn and many to keep, American
cheese is by no means the smallest of
those boons which we receive, with
rather bad grace, from our cousins
on the other side of the Atlantic. 1t is
said of the Lancashire cotton operatives
that they prefer American cheese to
any other. There are two reasons for
this preference. American cheese is
cheap and it is mild The poorer
classes of Englishmen are no fonder of
strong cheese than of high game.
They do not appreciate that biting of
the tongue which is produced by Rogue
fort or old Stilton. The extremely mild
Gouda, or Dutch cheese, has only failed
to become popular because it is too salt
and because, when toasted, it is apt to
assume the appearance and the consist
ency of leather.
''In the matter of flavor, American
cheese, manufactured as it is at present,
is never likely to compete successfully
with our own diaries. There is pleas
ant individuality about all kinds of
English cheese. Each country has its
own method of manufacture. The
Americans make their cheese in facto-
ries. If fifty cheeses are turned out at
one making they will all be exactly
alike in shape and size, in color and
flavor. Now, in six cheeses coming
from Cheshire dairy, there will be six
varieties of taste.
SIN England cheese-making has long
been stationary art. The farmers
have kept to the old paths. The Amer
leans, on the contrary, have advanced,
with all the customary energy of
their race The first consignments
came in great barrels, and were
only degree less Objectionable in APP
pearance than repellant in flavor. To
the American cheese of the present day
they bore much the same relation as
did the tough rolls of jerked' beef
which were sent over from Texas about
twenty years ago to the fine, healthy
looking quarters which are now regu-
larly supplied to the English market.
To the exhibition of 1862, however, the
Americans sent monstrous cheese
which was intended as a gage of bat
tie. Thenceforth every consignment
improved on the lastin appearance and
quality, until at the present day, their
best varieties, when stripped of the
cloth which surrounds them, and cut in
two with a blunt knife or q piece of
string may easily be mistaken for ex-
cellent Cheddar."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28
For Young Readers.
ARCHIE s MISTAKE.

Archibald Stone is Archie's name,
And Daisy Stone, that's Daisy;
Mammals and Papa's are just the same,
And mine-why, am Maisy. -.
Daisy and are twins, you know,
Exactly eight years old;
We are just alike from top to toe,
And our hair is just like gold.
And Archie he is almost ten,
And figures on a slate,
But does not add up rightly when
He says we are not eight.
For / have learned little song
Its name is 1.-Two Times Two"
That's why know that Archie's wrong,
For course the song is true.
Papa says not to worry more,
Nor vex my little pate;
But Daisy's four and am four,
And that makes us just eight.
Emma c. DOl0d, in 81. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28

Referring to the yearly losses by
the Western floods, contemporary
suggests that probably the time will
come when the low-lying lands along
the course Of the Mississippi and the
Missouri will not be occupied by per-
manent habitatons, but will be cult
waited as are the bottom lands of the
Nile--with special reference to the re-
currence of periodic overflow"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28
Great preparations are heino ma

Great preparations are being made
for driving the last spike of the North
ern Pacific Railroad about September
l. There will be 400 people invited.
including number in Europe, and a
special train is to run from New York
to the place where the track-laying
meets. President Willard will strike
the first blow on the spike, and be fol-
lowed by other men Interested in the
enterprise. The spike itself is already
made, OF solid gold, and it will be
driven with an ebony-handled sledge of
solid silver Chicago Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28
A few weal, ooo .Mrs Toh,

A few week ago Mrs. John Hugh
ey, of Argyle, Washington County, N.
I, ran needle into the palm Of her
hand. 1t was broken at the time, leav-
ing about an inch and quarteriin the
flesh In three weeks it made its APP
pearance on the back of her hand, and
she drew it out with her teeth. ~ Troy
On y Times. -. ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28

AN English writer says the girls and
women of his country owe their clear
compilations and prettiness to a plent :
full use of soap and water. Ladies of
this country seem to think that SOAP is
an invention of the evil one, especially
gotten up to ruin fair complexions.S
N. Y. SMn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28

"A Texas paper thinks the number
three fatal. Three times within, the
past few weeks parties Of three girls
each have gone bathing only To- meet
death by drowning, Perhaps if four
had gone the rule would have been
broken
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28

-Ex-Gov. Brown, of Georgia. is TO
be paid S25, 900 year as President of
the Florida Ship Canal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-07-28

Did you never see q fifty-dollar es-
cutcheon on ten-dollar COW ?
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-10-02
Sic mmfterbafte @aituns oes
SlcruS

bel Selegenbeit Der I6redli6en Satas
ltrOpbe aui Der SnIcl sls6iu, iber wel6'
e~ritere in gang StnIien MIR Sine Stimme
bes ysbeS berri6t, bat leiblt bas betannte
culturtdnpierii6e 0sbblntt yYiecola" I'll
nadltcbenpem @eitdnbnib g%eSwuu9er:
Ger 9lerus bat Guf ,Se6ia ieine Yfi9t
%eriilt, mir iaben es sluiihcn ben Griimmers
bauien. Gr bat bort Die @lenben unb
llnsIiidIi6en s%etrOitet unO auiseri6tet, bat
ole S6rdnen Der Gruuri9en getrOdnet uno
Den 2lrmen 9ilfe sebra6t. Dies lit feline
ImtspfIi6t, er bat bemsemdB sebanOelt.
Sn jenem Gage Der gtotb bat Der Glerus
Sano in 9anO nit ben weItli6en @utori:
taten searbeit. Die WfGnner Der Stride
unb bic Wdnner bes Staates waren be-
ieeIt bon OemieIben giier, batten oaiielbe
!3iel Dor gusen: bic &ettuns Der llnsliids
liden. Man ma9te tsinen llnteri1ieo
SwiI6en uerirrten unb 9uten S6afen, man
ifrebte, allen geibenoen obne Inter
i6ieo 9ulie gu brin9en. Der Gles
rus bat ii6 nm bas Vaterlanb mobl per,
bent scma9t. Inter ben itiirsenbsn Maus
ern, auf ben serriienen StraBsn, neben
ben seboritenen @ewolben fab man ben
Yrieiter bidt neben Dem SOloaten, b0rte
man, wie elmer ben anbem ermutbiste, iab
man bic bsibe nit Der Sanb pnb nit Der
Sade arbeiteten, UNI S%erunsliidte su retten.
9laer uneble 8ampf Der 9eibenidaften,
pel6e ben Seritanb umbiitem unb oas
Sers perbdrten, ueri9manb auf benz 6elbe
bes llnsliifs, an Der Stdtte menidliden
Sammsrs. Prieiter unb Qaisn fiiblten ii9
ais 8inosr beiislben 9anbes, als 8irser
beiielben SaterlanOes ; an oerislben Stele,
no mir ben &Oni9 srblidten, iaben mir
aud ben Geprdientanten bes Papites. -
Ginem lol9en llrtbeil aus bic e nj Munoe
baben mir ni6ts bi~nsusufi9en.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-10-02
6imf mmo s,uamsi8jdbri9es Sm.
btl6um.

Nm IA. S%eptember murSe in Der ct. Bes
terstir6e 81 Chicago bas 25idbrige Subj
ldum Der Infunft Der eriten Sransistaners
patres aus Der rbeiniid weitpbdliiden Bro.
ping pom ;. &reuSe in Imerita bur6 Gin
feierli6es SO6amt besansen. Sbre Sers
i%iberfunft mar, wie bas v6atb. Wo6ens
blatt" idreibt, peranlaBt bur6 perlSnli6es,
orin9enbes Griuden bes bc6ielisen Yis
Idols 0amian Sumter, Ser BEN Yatres TO-
fort in ieiner 0iOcsie (alIton) spei Yfar.
reien uno omar in Seutopolis uno in Quincy
iibertrus. SIS folsten iebr baIb slei6e
Yittseiu6e unb Intrdse peridiebener ars
berer gii9Ofe, 10 RAP bic bieiiSen Yctres
ii9 6fters senOtbist iaben, ben p. 8ropins
sial in Der alien Seimatb UNI Na9ie,oung
neuer Yatres gu eriu6en. Snswiiden tras
ten aud bier in 2lmerifa mande iunge
9eute in ben Srben, 10 baB bas Nouisiats
Slolter in Seutopolis e%r,peitert weroen
muBte. Die 10 anwa6ienpe 3abl Der Bas
tres peranlaBte ben Generals bern Su
Tom, aus ben i6on in BEN peribiebeneu
0iocelen Der Ser. Staaten suredt beltebs
enoen Sdnier cine ei9ene SrbenSprouins
unter benz Sitel bes auerblit. Ser,ens Seiu
,u biloen II. ernaNnte ais eriten Yropinsial
Den bodw. p. Sincentius Salbfas. Gjeeens
wGrti9 sGblt hieie Bropins iiber 100 Yatrcs
unb eben 10 uiels 9%aienbrioer, peI6e in %
6l0iten pertbeilt unb in 10 Oioseien in
Der Seeliorse tbdtis iinb. Son einselnen
Sloitem werben nit Der SugebOrigen Yfarre
nod man6e anbere Sldte, Die einen ei9es
men Brieitsr gu balten nidt I'M StanOe
iinb, perieben. Inter Der 9eituns Der
gatres iteben 2 Golesien, in SeutOpOlis
(OioceiansGOu uno in Quincy. Seibe
Gouesien e%rireuen iid zines suten &us
fes unb iino %gegenwdrtig pon S6iilen
falt iiberfiat. Mit beionberer Sorliebe bat
iid Die Hrouins Der rmen Snbianer an9es
nommen, unter Osnen iie ouf Griuden Der be-
trefienben gii9ofe bereits pier Nieoerlais
iunsen bat, NO iiberau, iopobI bur1 bic
baielbit %sesrinoeten Sdulen fir Snbias
nerfinoer ais aud auf ben @oden lang
wdbrenb Geiien Der Yatres in bic Snbianer,
Serritorien uiel @utes gum 9eile Der Seelen
9ei6iebt. Sn Nnbetradt bes unuerfennbas
rem s0ttli6en Se9ens bat Der bodw. p.
Srouinsial Elm Oanfamt in allen I9duiern
Der Qropins an9eoronet. Bon ben 3 Yas
tres unb 3 Sribern, bic am IA. Sept.
1858 in Nep.yorf oaS a~merituniide @es
itaoe ais Yioniere Der 9ers Seiu /, PrOuinS
b%etraten, lebt nur nod elm ginsi9er, Der
Snoioner>W filliondr p. Serpatius Nltmif.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-10-02

tuna sSbr Cure 91i6t nidt tbut, m6gt
Sbr lie nod 10 piel anbere Dinse lernen lais
len. Sbne relisiOie @rinbidte uno llebuns
lit Nues nihts ais undergraduates @e>
wiibl, cine formlOie Wafe, blOBe Natur
obne @nabe.
Saber, @eliebte i'm Serrn! io0tet Sbr
bic @idtisteit Der gr;iebuns in allen ibren
weientli6en Seitanbtbeilen periteben unb
miiroisen, unb eifris gu bieiem @erfe nit
wirfen, inoem Sbr iowobI gu 9auie Cure
Sinber %ermuntert, belebrt, anleitet uno err
baut, als aud, baB Sbr iie in 6riitIi6e
S6ulen ididt, benn mas wiirben bic Grs
~mabnunsen bes Sfarrers in Der Stride uno
Der Qebrer IN Der S6ule niiten, wenn Sbr
beren @irfuns bur6 Cure @Ileidsiltisfeit
unb Ourd i6Ie6tes Seiipiel 81 Sauie ab:
i6ipd9t? @enn 3inber ni9t selebrt wers
ben, ibre GItern ober @nsebOrise gu Suuie
su lieben unb 81 adten, merben ie i6pers
lid ii9 bereitpiuis ben &eseln Der S6ule
fiisen. @enn ibnen gu Sauis ni1t 6leiB
unb Selbitbebcrrldung angewDbnt wirb,
fonnen ie audi in Der Sdule ni9t IN bies
fen uno anbern 0insen Die sepiinidten
6ortidritte MAIDEN. Sn Der Sbat, bic Grs
siebuns in Der S6ule iou eisentlib mir oas
quite @ert ersGnSen, bus I'M Seilistbum
Oer driili6en 6amiIie a~nsefansen uno
fortgeiett wirO. @eidiebt bieS nidt, 10
tonnen Die geiitunsen nidt bieienisen iein,
Die mir ionit nit &edt erruarten biirfen 4;
seidiebt bieS aber, bann weroen mir piele
Sinoer finben, Die na9 Dem Seiipiele uns
ieres 9errn rSunebmen an @eisbeit uno an
Nlter uub an @nabe BEL Soft unb ben
Wleni6eu".