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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17
A Humbugging Monkey.

The anthropoid. apes are a somewhat
taciturn race, but chimpanzee's muir
muir of affection is very expressive, and
quite different from his grunt of discon-
tent. A sick orang- oftang sheds tears,
means piteously or cries like a petted
child; but such symptoms are rather de-
ceptive, for the orang, as well as the
chimpanzee, is a great mimic, not OF
men only, but of passions and patho-
logical conditions. Two years ago !
took temporary charge of young Chin
panzee who was awaiting shipment to
the Pacific coast. His former landlord
seemed to have INDUCED him in pen
chant for rummagng boxes and Golfers,
for whenever attempted to circumscribe
the limits of that pastime my boarder
tried to bring down the house, meta
phorically and literally, by throwing
himself upon the floor and Juggling vio-
lently at the curtains and bell-ropes. Ii
that failed to soften my heart, Pansy
became sick. With groans and sobs he
would lie down in a corner, preparing
to shed the mortal coil and adjusting the
pathos of the closing scene to the degree
of obstinacy. One day he had set his
heart upon exploring the letter depart
ment of my chest of drawers, and after
driving him off several times, locked
the door and pocketed the key.
Pansy did not suspect the full meaning
of my act till he had pulled at the knobs
and squinted through the key-hole, but,
when he realized the truth, life ceased
to be worth living; he collapsed at once,
and had hardly strength enough left to
drag himself to the stove. There he lay,
bemoaning his untimely fate, and
stretching his legs as if the rigor mortis
had already overcome his lower extrem-
tiles. Ten minutes later his supper was
brought in, and l directed the boy to
leave the basket behind the stove, in full
sight of my guest. But Pansy's eyes as
sumed far-off expression; earth had
lost its charm; the inhumanity of man to
man had made him sick of this vale of
tears. Meaning to try him, I accom-
panied the boy to the staircase, and the
victim of my cruelty gave me parting
look of intense reproach as l left the
room. But, stealing back on tiptoe, we
managed to come upon him unawares,
and Pansy looked rather sheepish when
we caught him in the act of enjoying an
excellent meal. DIR. OSWALD, in Popular
Science Monthly.
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HOkusai.


One hundred and twenty-three years
ago-in the year just before the first OBJ
served transit of Venus-there was a
Looking-glass maker in Yedo, who was
made happy by the information: ''It's a
boy" Neighbors and friends rushed in
to congratulate Mrs. Middle-island, the
happy mother whose son North-houss
(Hokusai) was to become the most
famous artist in Japan.
As the boy grew up he was fond of
drawing, and always had pencil or
brush-pen in his hand. He made pict-
ures of babies on their mothers backs,
of chubby children playing, of the
ownerless wolfish dogs and bob-tailed
cats of Yedo. Nearly all the Japanese
artists before North-house had painted
only lords and ladies of the court, MOBILES
costumes and gorgeous silk dresses, and
gold-lacquered vases and palanquins be-
longing to the Mikado. Many of their
subjects were Chinese, but silken curtains
and red temples and pagodas, with
abundance of gold clouds in the picture
to cover up the plain or common parts,
were what one saw on most famous
works of art
| But Hokusai was man of the people.
He cared next to nothing about Chinese
heroes, or high lords of the court-ex-
cept to make fun of them-and so he
struck out in new line. He pictured
farmers and mechanics, matched cot
tages and shops and markets, pack
horses and,street dogs, and everything in
humble life. He especially entered into
the Juvenile world which 10 only rs
high as yard-stick-and while his
brother artists scored into the mount
aims and clouds Hokusai kept on the
ground, with the result that even
the babies understood his drawings, and
dyers bought his books for their pat
terms. To study some of the dainty
pictures dyed into lady's skirt, or to
read Japanese fairy tale on BRIDES
robe is often to recognize Hokusai's
pictures reproduced in color.
Hokusai opened studio in Yedo in
1910, and labored steadily with the brush
until 1849-about five years before Com
modore Perry entered the Bay of Yedo.
His chief books of pictures are his
mGnguG, or album of sketches. Occa-
sionally he made journeys, and the fruits
of his travel were his Hundred Views
of Fuji-Yama," besides many pictures
of natural scenery. His drawings are
more simple and less finished than ours,
but are much clearer than those of most
Japanese draughtsmen, so that, of them
all, Hokusai is best understood by for
eigners.
Hokusai is dead, but thousands of
Japanese still chuekle over his carl
catures; and in American metal-work,
silverware, wallpaper, silk, embl oidery,
and hundred forms of decorative art,
the strokes of his pencil are visible, with
character all their own.- William Et-
hot Gri6iS, in 81. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17
Waists.

Women, especially those of the upper
classes, who are not obliged to keep
themselves in condition by work, lose
after middle age sometimes earlier) a
considerable amount of their height, not
by STOPPING, as men do, but by actual
collapse, sinking down, mainly to be at
tributed to the pershing of the muscles
that support the frame, in consequence
of habitual and constant pressure of
stays, and dependence upon the artificial
support by them afforded. Every girl
who wears stays that press upon these
muscles, and restrict the free develop
ment of the fibres that form them, re-
lieving them from their natural duties
of supporting the spine, indeed incapaci-
tating them from so doing. may feel sure
she IS preparing herself to be dumpy
woman. A great pity! Failure of health
among women when the vigor of youth
passes away is but too patent, and but
too commonly caused by this practice.
Let the man who admires the piece of
pipe that does duty for a human body
picture to himself the wasted form and
scanned skin. Most women, from long
custom of wearing these stays, are
really unaware how much they are
hampered and restricted. A girl of
twenty, intended by nature to be one of
her finest specimens, gravely assures one
that her stays are not tight, being ex-
actly the same size as those she was first
put into not perceiving her condemna-
ton in the fact that she has since
grown five inches in height and two in
shoulder-breadth. Her stays are not too
tight, because the constant pressure has
prevented the natural development of
heart and lung space. The dainty waist
of the poets is precisely that flexible
slimness that is destroyed by stays. The
form resulting from them is not slim, but
4 piece of pipe, and as flexible. But
while endeavoring to make clear the out
rage upon practical good sense and sense
OF beauty, it is necessary to understand
and admit the whole state of the case. A
reason, if not a necessity, for some sort
of corset may be fonnd when the form
is very redundant; this, however, cannot
be with the very young and slight, but
all that necessity could demand, and that
practical good sense and fitness would
concede, could be found in strong elias.
tic kind Of jersey, sufficiently strong and
even stiff, under the bust to support it,
and sufficiently elastic at the sides and
back to injure no organs and impede nc
functions. Even in the case of the young
and slight an elastic band under the false
ribs would not be injurious, but perhaps
the. contrary, serving as constant hint
to keep the chest well forward and the
shoulders back; but every stiff unyield.
ing machine, crushing the ribs and de.
stroying the fibre of muscle, will be fatal
to health, to freedom of movement and
TO beauty; it is scarcely too much to say
that the wearing of such amounts to stu.
pidity in those who do not know the
consequences Qor over and over again
Tarning has been given) and to wicked
ness in those who Nineteenth Cent
Hry, ...r ..r
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Strange Evidence.

Mrs. Sargent, aged eighty-four, living
alone at Fort Ann, was found beaten to
death about two years ago. Large re-
wards were offered for the arrest of the
murderer. A man named Stewart was
arrested on suspicion, but as there was
no evidence against him the case was
dropped. The strange and almost in
credible revelation has now been made
that photograph of the dead woman's
eyes disclosed upon the retina picture
of Stewart holding a chair over her head
and just in the act of striking her.. The
matter has been brought to the attention
of the grand jury, and Stewart, who has
enlisted in the regular army, will prob.
ably be re-arrested. Troy m! ~
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THE OLD STORY.


The night was cold, but clear and bright
The stars peeped overhead
A perfect coronal of light 9.Esa #.
Their placid twinkling made;
"A little breeze up from the north
The naked trees were swaying,
When Madge and l, with beating hearts,
Went sleighing. ~ as T. t.
For was young, and she--well she
Was turning sweet sixteen;
Her eyes were gray, her cheeks, ALI me, =
The fairest ever seen;
OF classic mould her features were,
Their mute repose conveying
The gladdest thoughts, as Madge and l
Went sleighing
Twas wonderful how many miles
Our fleet steedtraveled over e.
While we two talked in smiles
The language of the lover. J.. ...
sometimes, when happily the moon
Behind a cloud went straying,
I'd turn and steal a kiss, while We D.. .
Were sleighing.
One night, night Til ne'er forget,
Edrove 20 Madge's mansion; F.s.
The snow it turned the roof to pearl,
Each log and post and stanchion;
The hills were white, the hemlock trees
In ghostly grace were swaying,
And Nature had arranged all things
For sieighing.
it only took a moment for
My dear Madge to get ready;
Another moment and we two
Were flying safe and steady
l5 sh Sops nd iove S were Weighing
i Toe chances that Imeaut to take
While sleighing.
All, that was years and years ago.
But well do remember a.
What sweet Madge said to me that night
In holiday December; i-'.
4 told INV Ia nd nd ho,. hon
Her earnest eyes surveying,
While she, she whispered softly: YES"
While sleighing.
..." e. A. tNi6en, in WiLkesbdrre Record.
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up and then they're sold to the cheap
secondhand clothing-dealers. He told
me himself that he hadn't to buy thing
in the way of clothes for his family for
years back except his wifes Sunday
dresses, and showed me the shirts, neck
tie, socks. hat, ETC., that he was wear
ing, all nearly as good as new, and all
got in the rag bag from a gentleman's
house. That's the way he has made his
money. Yes;. rich folks rags knock
about some before they pull up at the
rag-factory. Chicago Tribune.
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Temperance Items.

FoRTIFYING THE STOMACH with iq-
uor is like pointing the guns inward and
emptying them upon the garrison.
FIVE THOUSAND DEAD BoDIE> are sent
to the New York morgue each year,
and four Thousand five hundred of them
are the victims of intemperance. ..
In REPLY to a query concerning his
attitude on the Temperance question,
the new Archbishop of Canterbury re-
Gently stated that the cause of Temper
ance i, one which he has ong tried to
further, and that he intends to keep
letting his influence be felt on that side
in the future.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
One hundred thousand men
Gay youth and silvered he I'd
On every hill, in every glen,
In pal lce cot AMI l. athsome den,
Each YER, from rum, lie dead
One hundred thousand ms of toll
Yearly find graves in freedom soil;
From rum, good friends, from rum.
The Cry Council OF dalton, GA,
has unanimously re used to grant license
TO sell intoxicating liquor in that city.
1t is not to be so d in DIR g-stores under
the name of bitters, nor from eGy other
place, nor in any quantity. Out OF a
voting population OF 400, 1856 signed
the petition asking the Council not to
grant licenses.
CmEF-JUsTICE AGNEw, of Pennsyl-
vania, favors the proposition TO amend
the Penn ,ylvania Constitution so as to
prohibit the manufacture and sale OF in
toxi ating quors. He gave it as his
opinion that the experience of two hun
dred years has shown License law to be
failure, and that Prohibition is the de-
mand of the times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17
How Uncle Rube Pronounced 1t.

Two young colored gentlemen from
Beaubien Street were engaged in an ami
mated discussion over the correct pro-
nunciation of French word the other
day, and could not agree, so one of them
proposed way to settle the matter.
'Les' prefer it to Uncle Rube," he
said, and they started up Jefferson Az
enue forthwith to find the old man. He
was saving wood in the backyard of a
prominent citizen, and not to waste time
was singing while he worked:
''The head must bow and the back will have to
bend
Wherever the darkey may go;
A few mo days and the troubles all will
elbow de do-how de dop' he said, as
he saw the two young men and left off
singing. "Trubble in de church aginp"
he asked, piciously. -7g
a "Noah!'' said the foremost. "You
see, Uncle Rube, / was speakin to my
friend heah of taking a Silet of rooms Cd
Croghan Avenue and"
IN says, sab, that suet is not der
zactly propah.s l hez left miah pernon-
cion dixenary to home, but 1 calls il
sDeet wild barrow tone on the last
syllabub; ez youah is the referee will you
please to dispress youah opinyon."
yep" said Uncle RUDE, shutting one
eye and taking a comprehensive glance
of the two youths with the other. "You
is boff leetle off on the perambulatin OBJ
dat word, when you gets rite deown to
libin in dem, Gawge, an eatin free squar
meals day in dem, yew will fine dey is
a saoeat OBJ rooms. l kin tole you dat
widout emmy probnodsense dick shintery,
what sum eber," and the old man re-
sumed his saving and singing "Mi Ole
Kaintuckee h-o-a-m goo-d-n-i-t-e. DE.
troit Post. r.'-lr .h
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17

Rhode Islands Reform School foI
Bows has no locks on the doors and nc
bars on the windows. There is very
rarely an attempt to escape, though the
$50 inmates include many lads who have
been considered incorrigible. ..... .
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17

THE cities of New London, New Ha-
ven, Middletown, Norwich and Hart
ford, in Connecticut, all received their
charters in 1884. anl already there is
tax Of celebrating their centennials
next year
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17

"A little Texas girl, twelve years Of
age, is pronounced by Remenyi the most
wonderful violinist America has pro
duced. .iHr #'G HbEu a19 I'D
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17

The Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle
proposes "'to help make the pistol dis
grace to the man who carries it. Of.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-22

The funeral was one Of the largest ever
seen in New Orleans. and fer weeks the
cafes were agog with the story Of the duel
The beautiful widow Mortified at the affair."
would never see Delagrave afterward and is
now grandmere on Bayou Lafourche. having
married a wealthy planter two wears after
the fatal event
Delagrave, weighed down with the trials
Of an unhappy life wrnklcd and lettering
s,rolls along Canal street Of a warm after
noon. assisted by negro servant. Having
a bar. competency he has never actually
suffered from want; but he shows evidence
Of great anguish. The sight Of pill box
makes him shudder. and the taste of claret
will give him commissions.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-22

A delicious way to prepare baked apples
for tea is TO cut out the core before baking.
When ready to send to the table fiji the
space left in the apple with sweet cream
with little powdered sugar in it. Ounces
are also excellent prepared in the same way.
In these butter may take the place Of cream
if more convenient
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-22
Grand Menan.
THE ADVENTURE or TWO PHILADELPHIA
LADIES.

Mrs. Laura y. Reynolds ana Miss Jtahltttc
X. kcmpton. Of Philadelphia. recently had
thrilling adventure in The wood Of the island
Of Grand Mcnau. which has Of late become
quite resort for artists and nther~ who are
fond ~ the sublime in nature. These two
ladie~. accompanied by Mrs Reynolds two
children. being at Ea-tporf. concluded 70 MAKE
a flying visit 10 Grand Mcnan, aud 81 out for
Flsgg'. Cove. After spending a day at This
place they started. accompanied by Mr.. loui,
Ba.Err. OF " :>hn-1on. to visit Dark llarbor.
the most picturesque locality on tn" island,
and on the mountainous west -horc.
About three miles cfthc distance from Flac-'-
Cove 10 Dark iIafbor the roads are good, and
there was no difficulty in lri,in; {" Mr..
Shocfchr- hou-,.. where tn, party expected to
find guide to conduct them ID Dark iiarhor.
Arriving At This place. however, ii Wa found
that AT the men. including thu guide, had M
for Northern II, "a. ami 10 onc ~'uld y" found
except All elderly woman, who adv i-.l the
party not 70 proceed any farther in the ah>'ncc
~ = ruir a. the road, were both dihrul, and
dangerous. Has ns come - far however. and
full, mad NJ 'll.ir minds ia #, laIA lIarhor
before lch ing. il Wa determined d" pu,h On
through the woods without /, -u.d... and truss
To- 4 small poch,' aniapa-- amt Mr. br.,-,r'-
instincts u lind the nay ,r parA !Iarh'r and
back
DARK IIarl,or w4- ,"on r.nhrl. amii IL.
joyous shouts - "a" whoI, fart. Nhnut haif-
past four O'clock thr rari, Started on 'h,lr rt-
'nru Z, >apefri-. Ha,n- marked IA. path
4. lt.... D.
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NJ q A I'LL, e .
Dry and
Goods.

crowded cnplcv the merchant mu not only
people both quality and price but ne must announce s ara
liz lis trnlc. This
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-05-03
Jute and Ramle Suited to the south.

A writer in the Chicago Journal OF
Commerce says that jute and ramie are
fibres especially adopted to the more
southern climate. They differin charac-
terto the extent that cotton and flax diff
fer, or rather cotton and hemp, or flax and
hemp. In the recent discoveries of
new processes and inventions of new
machinery, jute is made to enter into
great variety of products of fine rs well
as coarse goods. In carpets especially
this cheap material finds It's true place.
II is used FOR en- edalsera;ion and de-
cep.ion in velveS ard mogueste and
wilSoa carpess; ard, What is further, in
q & cas proposition o, the ipe Si"-s now
in C.y goods SO es the chief body is
OF ju,e so mirg'od w,th silk rs TO only
be kpo yn by 'oroJga tesS. 10 takes
color readily, ard for towels and for
table spreads finds growing market.
This jlte Industry is growing
rapidly in all cour ,r es, and the pro-
duct'on OF raw material Should ut once
be entered upon extensively in the
warm, moist climate souShwGl where
two or three GRO Is q Years may 20 pro-
duced. We are noS aware that there
are any manufactures of ramie or china
grass ia the UpiSed \ ,ates, although we
see the statement /, at one is soon to
be in operation ia New York. Ramie
is of more delicate character, coming
nearest to substitute of silk of any
of the vegetable fibres. An exchange
remarks that jlte grows like weed in
the lower lands of the Gdlf States. 1t
can be raised for nearly nothing, as can
also ramie. The same machinery is
said to work we'll in separating the
fibre from either jute OF ramie. This
opens up prospect of an enormous
new southern industry.
D.. E. Cbrillie, of New Orleans, is
engaged in growing the ramie plant and
preparing the fibre, some specimens
of which are pronounced by the New
Orleans Times Democrat as truly mar
velous for vegetable production. 1t
is very difficult to distinguish between
them and silk, mohair, wool OF flag.
The articles are satins Of Lyons, Gre
tons, damask, linen; and one becomes
confused in the effort to determine the
proportion of ramie fibre that mingles
in the silk, the wool OF the flag; all are
the product of the ramie verte, or true
ramie. The plant grows luxuriantly,
thrives for many years and furnishes
from three or four cuttings annually.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-05-03
A Baby for Barnuln.

The birth of an eccentric child in
Turkish Kurdistan is announced by
the Diarbekir newspaper. The infant,
who is an object of interest not I'M
mingled with alarm to all in the
was born with beard
and mustache, a perfect set of thilSy-
two teeth, md with no fewer than
forty distinctly formed fingers. Its
behavior from the moment of it's birth
has been far from satisfactory. 1t is
excessively noisy and violent, and,
owing to the cruel bites it inflicts on
all who come within reach of it's
mouth, it has been found necessary to
extract all it's front teeth. Notwith-
standing this Disagreement the child S
appearance is, if not prepossessing, at
least imposing. No one who has Sc.
it as it lies in the cradle strol1ing its
beard and pulling it's mustache with
it's forty fingers is ever likely to fol gel
it. Few babies have ever excited
greater interest, and for exhibitiona
purposes this little stranger is simply
Invaluable.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-05-03
Bald Heads.

Nine Nilsson, the sweet singer,
don't like bald headed men. In fact
she strongly intimates that all bald
headed men are dessolute, whereupon
the edit or of the Globe Democrat
the editor of which is probably bald'
Had she understood fully the facts
of evolution she would have known
that badness was an indication OF
very high development, and that
when man reaches the goal toward
which he is tending he will be alto
oetber hairless. She would have
noted that the great thinkers are all
bald. and that in the advancing age
eyely generation becomes bald little
earlier than itsimmediate predecessor
She would have ascertained that Ther
man was a monkey, or its equivalent
no had hair all over him, and that h'
has progressed toward civilization a.
the hair dropped from him. 1t can
not be that a process which has beer
80 LONG continued Will cease until tn
hair is ali gone, just as the tail Is al
Cone.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-05-03
Stubborn Things.

"Facts are stubborn things" said
a LAWYER to a female witness under
examination. eyes, sir" said the
witness, land so are women; and If
YOU get anything out of me just let
me know it," You'll be committed
for contempt" said the lawyer.
Every WE'LL" said the witness; Il
shall suffer Justly, for I have the ut
most contempt for every lawyer
present"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-05-03

the Vicksburg and Meridian railroad
the town of Lawrence suffered terri
bly, Reports from other places and
IRON the country show the storm
aid widespread destruction. The
telegraph lines are blown down for
miles.