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National Republican., 1883-02-23
Improyement or FLORIDA IInrbors

Senator Call yesterday morning submitted
an amendment to be offered to the river and
harbor bill, appropriating sums for improve
ments on Florida waters, aggregating $976, 900,
$500,000 of which is for the st. Johns river,
and 100000 each for Cumberland sound,
Pensacola harbor, and Key West.
National Republican., 1883-02-23

instead of allowing the bill to go into COM
mittee Of conference, where Adam Smiths
Wealth of Nations" and Robert ]. Walkers
report can be tackled on as amendments
Surely the democratic house is divided
against itself
National Republican., 1883-02-23
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1888.
The McntlIcr To-Dar.

For he middle Atlantic ,tdos, inc udH7 ne district y
Columbia, Increasing c'oudiness and snop or rain,
Winds shifing 10 no,h aud cast, highcr barometer,
siighttl in temperature
The Indications are That rain whi JrCrGR m M
southern states and Oho rdpcy on Frilay uud S hu.
day. SDoi0 or rain is iHdicnicd he mbidc aIiC
and dsRop for The TAX, region on Fr,ddy night or Sau.
ddV
Yesterdays thermometer.-7n n. m, 32.io II n. m,,
dlSo y. M, Al %; p, M. i2.2o; II y. M. iOl
maximum. 1850: minimum, 29.s'. Rainfall, jJ
inch
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him, but William g. refused to deliver up the
$4,000 in the safe, and made another dash
for his revolver after it had dropped from his
wounded hand. Then he got IL and banged
away at the robbor, who jumped the train.
William g. reflects honor on the whole family
of smiths.
National Republican., 1883-02-23

WHILE the winds and waves are solving
the problem of our ancient navy many
poor sailor is hurried into watcry grave
Why not bring all the old hulks together
scuttle them, and give the scamcn q chanc,
for their lives. This would be more humani
tartan,
National Republican., 1883-02-23
Customs Diatricta.

The house committee on appropriations dis
cussed yesterday the proposition of the secre-
tary of the treasury to consolidate the customs
collection districts, and decided in view of the
lack of time for n satisfactory investigation of
the subject to make the regular provision in
the appropriation for the customs district as
now constituted,
National Republican., 1883-02-23

THE remarkable New York correspondent
Of our impotent but hated rival makes the
remark that John A. McCaull, the Napoleon
of comic opera in Now York, was "a clever
Baltimore lawyer" Clever John A. certainly
was; but his friends, the sporting fraternity
of Richmond, will smile at the idea of John A.
having ever had to do with that kind of bar
National Republican., 1883-02-23

No city in this country has bettcr drilled or
more handsomely uniformed military or.
ganiaations than Washington. The parade
yesterday afternoon was alike creditablc to
the participants and to the city
National Republican., 1883-02-23

WILLIAM G, SMITH, an express messenger
y the kind of man that when he saw
robbor covering him with revolver as b.
stood before his open safe on the movipf
train on his way to Albany, seized his owl
pistol and slammed the safe door. Tiil
rH' fred five shots. two Of which s,rucs
National Republican., 1883-02-23

CARVER and Bogordus have a comm g rival
IN the person of Charles Brown, an cigbf
yoar-old English lad, who recently, for n
wager, shot seventy out of one hundred
pigeons. The manly art of numbering birds
for fun is promised fresh impetus by the
performances of this prccocious boy.
National Republican., 1883-02-23
GENERAL GOSSIP.
wALTZINo.


Adown the chandeliered saloon,
To notes Of viol and bassoon,
In may gossamer they whirl,
The sylph- like Senior and the girl.
About her form, in dainty pose,
Hisarm sem. .orce shows;
And when the sheltered nook is gained,
The graceful pose is still retained.
As meath the seniorio ray,
Like rosy lights her blushes play,
He reads within her eyes Of brown,
Waiting is better sitting down.
Harvard Ldmpoon.
National Republican., 1883-02-23

If the temperance agitators succeed in
banishing lightning" from New Jersey,
the time for the music of Gabriel's trumpet
is surely near at hand.
National Republican., 1883-02-23
aThe Cry Is sun They Gomez

About the most impudent and audacious,
spokesman who hangs out the stalwart banner OF
plumber on the walls of the Arthur administration
IL Frank Hatlon.
National Republican., 1883-02-23
senator morrill, I'm ,be House.

Senator Morrill, was looking around the
republican side of the house yesterday, by
which neighborly act he incurred the sus-
picion that he was talking senate finance
committee tariff.
National Republican., 1883-02-23
NrxU 1,outs oEEtCr.

The New York Office VI 1nE RErrBL1cAN II at
Room G5. 7ii',,p building where dies OF TuE RE.
PUBLICAN and nll necessary information relating
tO advertisements can be obtained.
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LONDON ANDpAuIs.

THE REPUBLICAN will be fou on fle nj the
American Exchange IN Europe, 30. 40 rond,
LONDON; q Q American Exchange IN Paris, No. 30
Boulevard dCs Cupuvncs
National Republican., 1883-02-23

Monooaoy at the wreck" This corroborates
the cablegrams received from Hong Kong
Wednesday. II lis the only official information
that has been received at the navy depart
National Republican., 1883-02-23

For Mr.. Beltzhoover's ease of mind itmight
be stated ms indisputable that one secretary Of
war is "biger" than whole brigade Of
weather prophets.
National Republican., 1883-02-23
The True Christian spirit

Rochester ErpreSs.
If Oscar Wild will return to this coun'
try, and let us play the hose on him, all will be
forgiven.
National Republican., 1883-02-23

BASKET beggary and street mendicancy
are unnecessary in this or any community.
There are vagrancy laws. Why are they not
IN fnrced
National Republican., 1883-02-23
A Permanent Reluctance,

h0chtatf Express
Democratic reform seems to be lingering In
| the lap Of last fall.
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
The Return Of a Jack-knife.

A gentleman on Lisbon Street Satur-
day was talking of the wonderful re-
turn of jack-knife that he lost twenty
five years ago. The gentleman has been
visiting the clerk of courts in Lewiston
during the past week. He made his
jack-knife himself upon his own forge,
and in his leisure moments covered the
bone handle with his initials and num-
Der of odd devices. A year after, in
the deep SHOWS on the road to Kings
bury, Me-, he overlook man attempt
ing to tie up his sleigh that had broken
down. He jumped out to assist the
man, lent him the jack-knife, and for
getting it, rode off without it. He
never saw the man again. Fifteen
years afterward his daughter married,
and her husband, struck with the west
ern fever, took trip west and brought
up in Minneapolis, MINI. Among the
people in that State with whom he came
into contact was one who was proverbi-
ally hard up. Reduced to straits he had
pawned everything. Coming along one
day, with apeculiar-looking jack-knife,
he offered it for sale. The gentleman
bought it and came home soon after,
and day or two after his arrival he
took the knife out of his pocket. His
wife bounced upon him. With thou
and rapturous expressions of surprise,
she demanded to know where he got II.
He told her he bought that knife in
Minneapolis. She said was fathers. "
''Father was brought in and the knife
was identified as his. No explanation
could be offered by the gentleman as to
how his own identical jack-knife, lost
on a country road in Maine, could be
found by his son-in-law in a western
country. This was ten years ago. The
gentleman has the jack-knife now
Le,0iston (Me,J journal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12

The Old Squ1ttcr spirit. "A gentle
man while driving along in buggy
came to very muddy. not to say dan.
gerous, place in the road. Seeing an
old man sitting OH a fence, he called
out:
"My friend, I'm bothered here"
$50 am /.
"Well, then, we are in the same boat.
What's the matter with youg"
''Shot at man"
"Why does II bother you"
"'Cause didn't hit him."
"Who was the mani"
''My son-in-law.n
'.Why did you shoot at himp"
"'Cause / stole his jug, an l shot TO
keep him from shootin'."
..But, as was saying, am bothered
here. don't know which side of the
road to take. am afraid that my
horse viii mire down. Which is the
best sidep"
''Blamed il l know"
(Which side would you takep'
"The cheapest.
Here, now, no fooling. want to
know which side. :"
That's none of my business
The traveller irritated up to the dan
ger line, drew a pistol. leveled II at the
man on the fence, and said: Jump
down and show me the best road, or
I'll shoot the top of your head of.
Certainly, sir, he said, anything to
oblige you. If I'd err knowed that you
was in SIGH earnest fit. I'd a told you
early this mornin' Why didn't you
send boy on ahead with one of these
here telegraph dispatches You remind
me of an old Teller that lives over here
at the bend. Nearly all of the boys say
he's good un. So you want to know
the best side of the road here, and the
beauty about the thing is that you are in
earnest. 1t is only these earnest men
that set the forks of the creek afire.
Say, do you know Big Goose Creek
forkspn
'Look here," again leveling the pis-
toll, Il want you to hurry up and show
me the best side of the road. | don't
want to ruin my horse and lose my
buggy. 1t wouldn't take a minute to
tell me-"
Eyes, I'm hurrying up continuing
to move around, "but you see a man s
got to think these days. There was a
time when man what thought much
wasn't respected in the neighborhood,
and that is the reason why the folks over
my way didn't care so much for my So
ciety until lately Let me see which
side, now. Idon't want to make mis-
take Well, sir, up where the Big
Goose Creek forks is where my father
used TO fish, and when was a boy | had
the dingest fight there you ever seed,
but good day, and leaping the fence,
and Keeping tree between himself and
the traveller, he ran away. All of this
unnecessary work was done to keep
from saying to the right or to the left of
the road. --AykdnsaW 1faTeler.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
Postal Notes.

We have already mentioned the fact
that by act of the late Congress the Post
master General is authorized to issue
sums less than five dollars. These notes
will be issued at, and redeemed by, all
money-order postoffices.
The object OF these notes is TO furnish
something which represents money, that
can be sent by mail when it is not worth
while either to register a letter or to take
out q money order, and when the sum to
be transmitted is not an even amount in
dollars.
The form of the postal notes has not
yet been made public, but according to
the law they are to be made payable at
the postoffices to which they are sent, at
any time less than three months from
the date when they are purchased. If
they are not presented within that time
they can he sent to Washington and re-
issued by the Postmaster General.
A great many people have regretted
the redemption and disappearance OF
the old fractional currency, which was
called in to be exchanged for silver coin
in 1876. AT the time when the exchange
began there was not far from forty mill
ion dollars of the fractional currency in
circulation. 1t is now nearly all re-
deemed-tha is, all that will ever be
presented.
The provision that the postal notes
shall be presented for payment within
three months will prevent their circIla-
ting as money. On the whole, the sys-
tenn bids fair to be one of great useful
ness to the people YOUTHS Compan-
ion.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
How to Market Butter.

This is one of those queer points in
dairying wherein there is the greatest
possible diversity of opinion among
writers on the subject, while there is
scarcely any difference in the practice
of practical butter makers. 1t seems
to be notion with each writer who
takes up the subject for discussion to
point at some new way by which the
dairyman can double his money simply
by sharpening his wits when he comes
to market with his butter.
While the old adage is true that "A
crop well grown is but half way to
market, yet with butter simplicity in
handling is the best way in the long
run. Ii is easy enough for the writer
at his desk to conjure up all sorts Of
fancy and seductive methods for inn
posing pound of butter upon the un-
suspecting purchaser at a marvellous
price, but when he comes to put the
theory in practice, it is generally found
that the trouble, expense and risk cost
far more than the enhanced price will
make good. 8l4
1t has been the writer's pleasure to
Aand in the Darlington diaries of Penn.
sylvania and watch the process Of print
ing butter that was furnished to the
Union Club of New York at one dollar
d pound. Then again we have watched
the Elgin factories tub their butter ant
sell it at price between thirty and
forty cents a pound, and of the two
profits we would rather have the Elgin
Butter is a particular product, and
requires handling with great care
TO keep it in its normal condition.
When it is separated into small Jumps,
which has to'be done with extra work.
ing that is always injurious, the air is
at liberty to surround each lump and
do all the damage it can. Extra space
must be furnished and extraordinary
care taken in the matter of shipment
There are dozen chances of accident
and disappointment in the returns
when the butter is nodded where there
il but one when the Welsh tub is used
The purchaser is always on his guard
for fear the attractive form is adopted
simply for the purpose of putting Oh
him either an inferior or fraudulent
article. When the butter is printed,
the package in which it is shipped must
be returned, which is always source
Of infinite trouble. Some one is always
forgetting to send it, or it gets on the
wrong train, and when it does react
you it is SO saturated with the smell OF
old butter that it is almost certain de.
struction to fresh, fine artit lie to put il
IN the package.
We have said nothing about the extrp
labor of putting the butter into small
pots, and the loss per pound that is up
avoidable in giving down weight,
which must be done. When the tub is
used it is only necessary 20 give one
down weight; but if the same amount
Of butter-s say Sc pounds lis made into
Sc down weights, it is easy to see
wherein the loss comes. We could ex.
tend this article indefinitely - drawing
comparisons of the two methods. but
we pause and request the reader to look
well into the two methods before he
agrees to put up his butter for any
reasonable advance in prize. Amer
can Dairynian.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
Imarine this terrihle fire honrs, strife

Imagine this terrible five hours strife
against DEATH No, you cannot The
widest fancy could notequal the reality.
cannot conceive how we sustained for
five hours such wrestle with death.
About eight o'clock we were dis
covered, ten miles from the Istrian
coast, by sailor, Anton Pazol. This
ended the witch dance. He steered his
ship so dex.erously that he fished us up
after we had sprung out of the basket.
The balloon. thus lightened. rose in the
air, darted in the same direction till
it reached European Turkey, and Gas
we heard later) came down near the
town of Bihacs, in Bosnia.
Pazol conveyed us to Pola, in Istria,
where we had medical assistance.
Hands and feet were stiff and greatly
swollen. Poor Count Zambeccari had
to have three frozen fingers amputated.
That was my first and last voyage in
the air. have never desired a second
one. Think of ourexperience. Chased
into our basket by a mob which men,
aced us with death; then falling by
night from the sky to the sea; like light
ming flying up again to the region of
ice; frozen stiff, again plunged down;
for five hours dragged along the roar
ing waves; snatched on high; SUBJ
merged, whirled about in the ART
was diabolical as human imagination
can conceive.
1t is over. 1t lies nine years behind
me and as every past adventure has its
charm, say to myself: "For thou
sand gold pieces would not have
missed that experience from my life."
But l add, decidedly: ''For hundred
thousand / would not go through it a
second time. Translated for the Argo-
nau from the German By Emma
Frances Domson.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
THE DAIRY.

An Iowa agricultural writer who
ms been in the dairying business foi
wenty years, says that oats are one Of
he best grains for dairy cows, the only
objection being that they produce white
butter.
Butter and cheese go into quick
consumption, and hence the dairyman
realized on his goods from week TO
week and is less cramped for ready
money to carry on his business than is
often the case with those growing grain
Grain and vegetable crops are
oulky and the cost of transportion eats
Up a large percentage OF their value
A barrel of flour at the seaboard, worth
says eight dollars, costs as much CARR
age as 200 pounds of butter worth sixty
dollars.
The st. Adams (Vt.) Messenger
says: Considerable butter is now being
sold by dairymen in this country at
from twenty-three to twenty-five cents.
for which thirty-tive cents was refused
last fall. Parties who held for rise
must now content themselves with o
TALL.
-"Wild butter,a or that W ich after
the first appearance in the churn will
not collect together in larger Jumps.
but remains tlaky and apart, was an-
alyzed by Schultze, and found u con.
tain an excessive quantity of easein.
The trouble was caused, he thinks, by
too much souring of the cream.
And now comes Colorado to join
the dairy maids of the West A cream
cry is to be put in operation near
Pueblo, which will make butter that
will, in the opinion of the local papers
there, rival the famous Elgin brand,
and shorten the Denver den and for
the latter. They import tl.es- cows
from Iowa.
"A correspondent of the Gntry
Gentleman says his experience Is been
that comparatively few cows will bear
feeding for the highest production oil
milk for more than two or three years,
without getting out of condition either
by garget. barrenness, or abortion; or
when inclined to fatten, the secrctions
after a few months from calving are
appropriate to the making of flesh
rather than milk.
Butter can be made by simply
kneading the cream from centrifugal
areamer. With the cream in the right
condition, after short working. the
butter suddenly begins to come; if the
cream is well washed with water, and
put through the centrifuge again, the
operation is more successful. The prod
uet is of fine quality and excellent for
immediate consumption, but does not
keep SO well as If made in the usual
way.--N. Y Tribune
Careful experiments in Germany
seem to show that COWS MIXED three
times a day yield milk richer in fat
than if MIXED but twice daily. There
also appears to be somewhat larger
yield Of milk from the three milkings.
In one instance reported, the difference
in the yield for eleven days, the cows
being first MIXED three times day for
that period and then twice day for
the same period, was five pounds Of
milk day. Such gain, both in
quantity and richness, would make a
large item in the course of year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
NUMBER 81.

For Micky had got the troublesome
from the box those stout thick shoes.
And he was capering about the room
with wild joy.
" Beant they Elegant, motherP Oh.
mother, lookl Did We liver see the
loikesp An twas April-Fool that
fetched emit says April-Fool on the
paperl Sure, it's y foine ould gintle-
man he Is. Oh, mother, it's crying for
gladness / am. sure! Twas April-Fool
fetched EN- till me-
"Then ApriLFool never did better
piece of work." said Teddy, feeling not
a bit ashamed Of the tears that filed his
own eyes almost to overlooking. ''But.
say, old fellow''--and he began to
laugh.
think you can not imagine two more
astonishcd boys than those who slid
softly away from Mrs. Lanahan's win.
dow and FASTENED offhome in the dark.
ness.
"Such good joker laughed Fred.
l never was SO glad of anything in my
life.'
"We'll pay for those shoes. anyhow"
said Teddy. Cant you guess who did
it, Fredp"
II think twas Flo and Flora" Fred
answered. Anyway, I'm almost sure
Flo had q finger in the pie
He was quite sure of It when, a little
later, he opened the hall door Mt home.
For a plump little form glided up to
him, dimpled little hand tucked itself
under his arm, rosy little mouth was
placed close to his ear. and q soft little
voice whispered: "April-foolV'-Har-
per's Ioang People.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE.

When many years have rolled away,
When we no more are young,
when other voices may repeat
The songs that we have sung;
When all your youthful beauty fades.
That Time will not restore.
Some tender thoughts may come again,
OF days that are no Fore.
The soul but slumbers to awake
Alike to Joy and pain.
And every holy thought and dream
Are sure to come again.
The youthful heart, untouched by CAFE.
4 VIII dream of days before
The old heart lives on memories,
OF days that are no more.
There Is Better Land to come,
Its gateway is the tomb.
D may we meet our loved ones there,
beyond the hidden glooml
How peaceful is the sleep of. death,
For thrclgh his silent door
The weary woe will never come
OF days that are no more.
Eugene J. Hall, in Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
Hominy and Arnica.


An old darkey came into an Austin
drug store with his head bandaged up
and groaning as if every bone in his
body was broken.
whats the matter?" asked the drug
clerk % ~
1--WE have had the berry debble of a
time, me and de ole woman, battering
each udder wild de chairs and SIGH. y
.'Well, what do you want?"
1--WE needs some anarchy. Oar amt
no anarchy in de house. De bottle got
smashed in de fuss, and de anarchy
spilled all ober de floor
IF you had more harmony in your
house, there would be less ANARCHY"
remarked the drug clerk, smiling as he
filled small bottle of arnica.
.'You am right, boss. Oats jes what
de fuss was about. De reason we needs
anarchy is bekase dar was no hominy in
de house, and dats why de ole woman
hit me wild dc chair Texas Siftings.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
For Young Readers.
AT NIGHT

The night came darlSly down:
The brides mother said:
"peepl Peepi
You ought TO be asleepi
IT'S time nay little ones were safe In bed."
50, sheltered by her wings ~ downy nest
The weary little birilings took their rest.
The night came darkly down;
The baby's mother said:
"Bye-lowi
You mustn't frolic sol
You should have been asleep an hour agol'
And, nesting closer to its mothers breast,
The merry prattlcr sank to quiet rest.
Then in the cradle soft
Twas laid with tenderest care.
"Good.nightl
Sleep till the morning light"
whispered the mother rs she breathed a
prayer.
Night settled down; the gates OF day were
barred,
And only loving angels were on guard.
--joscphtns Pollard, IA Our l. tile Ones.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
"A scheme is proposed for

A scheme is proposed for lighting
the whole Of the Swiss Canton Of Vaud
by electricity. The motive force would
be derived from turbines Of five thou
sand horsepower at Vallorbes, and the
water supply being constant it is boz
lieved that gas, which is very costly in
Switzerland, may be entirely dispensed
with throughout the district.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-05-12
Wouldn't Tell.

The old squatter's spirit. A gentle.
man while driving along in a buggy
came to very muddy. not to say dan.
gerous, place in the road. Seeing an
old man sitting OH fence. he called
ont.