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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
Mirage on the Maine Coast.

A few DAYS ago there was beautiful
mirage along the whole sea horizon.
The day had been warm and calm, and
waves of heated air seemed to vibrate
with great intensity on the sea. Sud
denly, at 5:20, the ocean assumed q
wonderful appearance. Above tie blue
horizon seemed suspended in air sec
ond ocean, which faded away and
formed a gray vapor that appeared like
an immense tidal wave and fell and rose
to great height. Vessels before in
visible rose from below the horizon and
sailed in spectral procession through the
clouds. To the eastward MonheGan
rose high above Fisherman's Isle, and
kept company with a ghostly island
covered with dense forest, which quiv-
cred far beyond Pemaquid. A fleet of
schooners south of Fisherman's Isle sud
denly stretched upward in a grotesque
manner. A great heave in the atmos-
phere separated the masts, and the up
per sails scurried upward and dis
solved, only to appear again Just above.
A seiner north of Damariscove was
quickly transformed into very levia-
than. Her sails changed from white to
gray, and swayed upward far above
Damariscove But on Damariscove was
the most wonderful appearance seen.
To the south end Of the island rose up
perpendicular columnar cliffs one hun
bred feet from the sea. The houses
were nearly hidden behind them. The
hill rolled together into mound, and
then unfolded to twice its real length.
Just beyond the spectral cliffs the sea
broke on a long ledge and the spray
leaped skyward with lightning rapidity.
Damariscove and Heron Isles assumed
grotesque shapes and danced and
stretched upward to marvellous elastici-
ty. 1t awoke delightful recollections
of the Arabian Nights" Land and
sea were enchanted, and under the mys-
tic spell invisible genii transformed
them into beautiful, but fleeing illu-
sions. The phenomena lasted till sun
set, and then in the haze it slowly faded
away.-SquirreI Island me. SQuib.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
Ended at Last.

There died in the hospital of the
Alms-house this evening a woman who
was known on the register as Emma
Thompson, but whose career quarter
of century ago under the name of
Emma Jacobs had a national notoriety.
She was born in Lancaster County over
seventy years ago. Her life in Phila-
delphia began at an early age, and it
was in this city that she started her re-
markable career. Her powers of fasci-
nation, were marvellous, and some of the
most prominent men in the country
We'd with each other to win her smile
and favor
The amounts of money she received
from these men aggregated thousands
and thousands of dollars. Her beauty
is said by those who remember her in
her best days to have been of a type
that compelled admiration from all who
saw her, and Daniel Webster said of
her: ''She has the most perfect car
rage of any woman have ever seen"
She held court for gentlemen of leisure
as well as lawyers and men of letters.
her house being the resort, at times, for
some of the brightest intellects of the
country.
While Congress was IN session it was
her custom to 60 to Washington, and it
was there that some of her most re-
markable conquests occurred. She is
said to have completely fascinated at
least one President of the United States,
and nearly all the leading men in
.f,aor,, 1850 Atr.4 1SsO, .,as.sss
hot .fc a
her influence over the members of Con-
gress that her value as a Lobbyist was
known to corporations and individuals,
and many important bills were passed
through her instrumentality.
Probably the only man who ever won
her affection was a preacher named
Thompson, a Virginian, whom she
married. Thompson afterward lost his
reason and was placed in the insane
ward of the almshouse, where he died
three years ago. Previous to this event
Mrs. Thompson's charms began to fade
and she had disappeared from public
notice. Her old-time shrewdness seemed
to disappear, and in few months
she lost nearly all she had spent her
life in acquiring. Her properties on
Cherry street were gradually encum-
bered with mortgages, and finally, los
ing them, became absolutely in want
During Thompson's incarcertion in
the mad-house his wife visited him near
ly every visiting day, constantly sup
plying him with an abundance of deli
cacies. Her face was well known to
the officials of the institution, and she
was supposed to be worth considerable
money
On the 28th day of November, 1881,
she presented herself at the gateway of
the institution, with the remark that
she had come to stay. The gate-keeper
was surprised, and refused to believe
her statement. 1T is true" she said,
and pulling out a card of admission
signed by Guardian Chambers, she
handed it to the man and burst into
tears. She kept enough money to pay
for funeral expenses PHILADELPHIA
Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
A Feature OF Hotel Life.

Gossiping about the large hotels of
New York and the costly habits which
they stimulate, the "Loungern of the
Tribune touches upon hidden feature
of hotel life thus; "Many a guest is in
debt and cannot get away from his ho-
tel. Many woman, apparently indie
pendent and fortunate, is wondering.
while she smiles with visitors, how she
shall get her trunks away from the es-
Establishment, and what person in the
house she shall strike for loan, and at
what sacrifice. People often look into
the tenement house and think that the
people must be very miserable there,
but L wonder if they are not happier
homes than some of these large hotels.
where every week comes the reprimand
That SZO0 or more is due and the rules
OF the house are imperative.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A Montana Indian is named Wo-
manshoes. He had seen Chicago
girls feet as she rode mule, and he
knew at once that he had found a great
name.-B0StOn Post.
"A travelling man, noticing pretty
girl alone in the car, went over in her
direction, and smilingly asked: rs
this seat engaged. miss?" mo, sir,
but l am, and he is going to get on at.
the next station" ''Oh-ah - indeed
-thanks-beg pardon" and he
picked up his feet after stumbling
over them, and went into the smok-
ing-car to be alone q while.-Detr0H
Post.
"A New Jersey concern Is manufact-
uring patent eggs, which are said near
ly resemble the regular, old-fashioned
hen article. One OF these eggs Matched
out, the other day, and the product was
a mosquito wearing army-mule shoes
with spikes in them, carrying a three
inch auger and tin bucket, and ac-
companied by brass band playing
''Oft in the Silly Night. - Chicago
NelCS.
-''You have a wide view from tn
mountains" said an Englishman t.
shepherd, in some remote district in
heights of Aberdeen. That's true,
said the shepherd. "You can see"
said the travellers (there were two)
america from here" ''Muckle farrer
than that" he replied. can how can
that be?" ''When the mist drives off,
we can see the mune."
The youth of to-day WHO'S thinking
about entering upon some profession
that will most rapidly lead to fame and
fortune, must be greatly perplexed
whether to decide in favor of becoming
a prize-tighter, baseball pitcher, or a
champion rover. And there is danger
that while thus hesitating he may be
persuaded to throw his talents away on
the law, medicine or literature. and be-
come mere NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Herald
Gradually the drama is becoming
more and more elevated. The latest
gem is aplay entitled Calamity Jane"
which is not, as might be suspected, an
adaptation of one of Sophocles' TRACE
dies. 1t introduces a bear, two wolves,
donkey, bloodhound and baby ele-
phant In addition to these leading
characters there will be minor at
fractions in the way of several intelli-
gent human beings, SO called Chicago,
NcaOs.
The Boston Beam
Twill tear the manly soul to learn
That seas of molten lava
Have swept the ise-from stem TO storm
- OF fair but pagan Java
FOR though man, by way of Joke,
- be ever prone to scott he
Gan never cease TO wall the stroke
Ihat robs him OF his coffee.
An while we loud lament the scene
ana fruit that we have lost on.
well parch and grind and brew the bean-
Inc bean that's bred in Boston.
-Chicdnn NelpS-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
Care OF Young Trees.


Trees that are not on cultivated land
should receive especial care until they
have been set about two years. Trees
that do well the first year often die the
second, because, supposing them to be
out of danger, they receive no special
care In our climate the sun is very
hot and we often have long continued
dry weather, sometimes so long as to
dry the earth below the roots of trees
that have been set but a few years. As
tree full of leaves exhales % very
large quantity of water every day, the
roots, to keep the tree full, exhaust the
moisture from the soil so rapidly that
when capillary action is checked by q
hard baked crust on top, there is not
enough moisture drawn from below to
supply water in sufficient quantities to
keep life in a tree. To keep the soil in
a good condition it should be either
well cultivated, or well shaded; the
latter may be best done by mulching,
if done before dry weather commences.
The mulch should if possible be applied
early in the spring. 1t is wonderful
what difference it makes in the moist
ure of the soil, whether it be well
mulched or left exposed to bake in the
un.-Ordnge County Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
SCHOOL AND CHURCH,

Nineteen thousand persons. inclnd-
ing six hundred avowed infideis. wero
converted within eight years by Major
Penn, the Texas evangelist. -ChicGgo,
Times.
The twenty-five bells Just received
from Belgium for Holy Trinity Church.
Philadelphia, are described as the finest
ever sent to this country. The heaviest
weighs ton and half -PhSIadelDbja
Record.
The Baptist Cleaner tells of a Ken
lucky preacher who has received a rail-
road pass to travel on half-fare on con-
dition that he has no other occupation
but preaching, and whose conscience
under these circumstances will not al
low him to cut wood OF draw water for
his wife!
Rev. Robert Collyer is one of the
American preachers who have occupied
London pulpits this summer. Mr..
CollYer, who is al American by adop-
ton, and was a blacksmith in his ma
tive England, preached also in Ilkley
parish this summer in a church, the
gates of which are proudly pointed out
as the work of his own hands when he
was employed in the Chicaqo
Inter- Ocean.
The London Lancet cautions parents.
against overworking their children, and
declares that no growing child should
be kept longer than three-quarters
OF an hour at any one task. If this ad-
to the school-room as w as to the
workshop. Too much coginuous study
is as injurious to the child as too
protracted physical eXert4 Chicaqo.
Journal.
The Faith-Cure Convention at Old
Orchard, Me-, has closed. About 23O
persons attended the conveuiom The
most striking cures in answer to pray
ers during the recent session are aieoed
to have occurred in the case(of Miss
Gibbs, of Oshawa, Canada, whose cere-
bro-spinal meningitis of six years stand
ing was suddenly cured, and in the case
of Miss Jennie C. Clark, of Berwick,
Me-, whom heart disease scarcely al
lowed to reach the convention. Boston
Transcript
The United States Bureau of Edu-
cation publishes the results of an in
quiry into the effects of co-education of
the sexes in $40 cities and large towns.
In 32l of these there is co-education
throughout the public school course, N
IL through part of the course, and in
the sexes are separated entirely. The
pamphlet observes that "both the gem
eral instruction of girls and the COM
mon employment of women as public
school teachers depend, to very great
degree. on the prevalence of co-educa-
ton, and that general discontinuance
of it would entail either much increased
expense for additional buildings and
teachers, or withdrawal of educa-
tiOnal privileges from the future women
and mothers of the Nation. IN Y.
San.
The scheme for introducing pictures
into elementary schools in England has
taken practical shape; and an cart for
School Association has been formed
with Mr.. Ruskin as President, and Mr..
Mundella and the Chairman of the
London School Board among the Vice
Presidents. Besides the introduction of
pictures into schools, the association
proposes, so far as may be practicable,
to undertake oral instruction in the
National Gallery and elsewhere. And
it is hoped soon to open an exhibition
of a number of examples, so as to show
school teachers what the association is
able to offer them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29

One gets better idea of the real
Paris from reading that single festival
cleared million francs for The beneft
OF the sufferers of Ischia. The Ameri-
cans OF the boulevard of the Rue de la
PaiX are apt to think of Paris only as a
city OF pleasure, 1t is in reality a CITY
OF learning, of art, of science. of char
NY and OF liberty-the worthy capital
World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
I AN DYING, KosQU1E, DYING.

i am dying, mosquit, dying,
Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast,
And thy large abdominal region
is pulled up with thy repast;
Let thy bill, oh Mosquit, leave me,
Stop thy buzzing in mine ear;
Skip down stairs to Jersey farmer
Get him ready for his bier.
Fly away, blood-gorged mosquito,
With thy appetite so vilei-
Go and suck the very life out
From that granger full of guile
Who secured me for boarder,
With his promises so sweet,
Saying: mo mosquitoes ever
Come to my roo-ral retreatp'
am dying, Mosquit, dying:
Hark! | hear thy comrades cry
Round my bed they come to picnic
On my carcass, as / die.
An! no more behind the counter
Shall ever cut swell!
Jersey liar. curses on thee
Macy's Broadway, life, FAREWELL
JEFF. JOSlyn," IN Life.
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"A queer accident recently

A queer accident recently hap
pened at Plantsville, Conn, to Henry
Clark, workman. A flying splinter
of steel from hammar cut through
five thicknesses of cloth and imbedded
itself in his back, and, strange to say,
the splinter could not be found, al
though the pain was SO great that twas
AGONY for him to move.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
BOBBY'S BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.

Bobby was very busy boy; so busy that
often the days were not long enough, and
lessons had to give wayto the pressure that
any man might feel who was at once editor
OF apaper, treasurer of Debating Society,
captain of the Eleven, and so prominent
~ ,enAfHE-of a Eoot-ball Nine. a2dn.a...Gs9e-a,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29

collar-b-strang box, in which the funds
were deposited, and counted them. Forty
four dollars and sixty cents, mostly in
quarter and half dollars. He counted out
ten, dropped the rest back, changed the
borrowed money that afternoon for bill,
and the next morning Bobby Grey's name
was down ON the list, and its owner talked
longer and louder than anybody else about
Rangely.
1t was about q week after this that a
splendid bargain came right in his way. A
friend of his knew another fellow who had
a gun to dispose of. 1t was beauty, with
all modern improvements, and he would
Il for twelve dollars. Bobby's own
weapon was an old muzzle-loader with the
barrels in such a state that to fire was more
dangerous to the sportsman than to the
sport. This time he did not hesitate, but
after examining the gun, firing it once or
twice and stroking the shining barrels low
ingly, aaid over the twelve dollars which
he had borrowed from the same source;
there would be slight deficiency, but he
could pick up the difference in some way,
and the bargain was too great one to
dream of losing. He had almost begun to
look upon the "funds" as his own. He
slowed the gun carefully in his own closet,
and did not say anything about his bar
gain to his family. Perhaps his father was
foolishly particular about some things.
His birth-day-the twenty-fourth, came.
And no letter from Aunt Melissa came with
it. 1t did not worry him, however; she al
ways had sent him his birthday present
ever since he was little fellow, and no
doubt it would arrive soon; besides, that
queerly pleasant feeling, as though the
funds were really his own, was not without
It's influence. Perhaps she had not posted
It as soon as usual, or maybe there had
been some delay in the mails.
The next day was Saturday, and the
morning was spent with another fellow
looking over fishing and the after
noon in. aHainp. name Of. -hassalsil-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Great English Remedy

Is a never faiiin +.
cure for NervOu
Debility, Exhaus-
ted Vital v, Sem
in al Weakness,
Los t Manhood,
Impoteucy, Pros
tatorrhea, Para.y-
sis And all the ter
rible effects Of
Self Abuse, you'll,
jul fouies and eX-
ceSSeS in nlatureT
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wears, such as Loss of Memory, LassiSude,
Nocturnal Emissions. Ayersions to Society,
D;,nness of Vision, Noises in the Head; the vital
fluid passing unobservod in the urine, and many
other diseases that lead to Insanity and Death
DR.. MINTIr, who is regular physician
Graduate Of the University Of Pennsylvania
will agree to forfeit FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for a case OF this kind the VITAL RES
TORATIvE (undeF his special advice and treat
mcnt) will not cure, OR for snythin g impure or
injurious found in it. DIR. NINTIE treats all
private diseases successfully without mercury:
Consultation free. Thorough examination and
advice, including analysis Of urine, IS. Price q
VITAL RESTORATIVE, s. bottle, or four
times the quantity. SO; sent to any address
upon receipt OF price, II c. o. D., secure ire NJ
observation and in private name if desired, by
f. A. MINrIE, NJ. D.,
IL Kearney St, San rancsco, Cal.
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE will be sent to any
one applying by letter. stating symptoms, sex
and age. Strict secrecy in regard to all busi-
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Or. MiNTIE'S KIDNEY REMEDY-NEP
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six bottles for s..
DR. MINTIE'S DANDELION PILLS are the
best and cheapest Dyspepsia and Bill ious cure
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The College Institute for the cure OF all Special
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Nervous and Physical Debility, seminal p" eaE-
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ular college physician from EUROPE, will agree
TO forfeit one thousand dollars for a case the
Inyigorator will not cure under special treat
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The reason SO many can not get cured o'
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Patients cured at home. DR.. Lieolg Dispen
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TOO frequent excavations Of the Bladder and
Ropy Sediment in Urine are symptoms OF sec
ondary Seminal Weakness and Piostatorrhea
Complaints readily yield to the DR.. Liebig
Treatment.
Ordinary Cases-Any recent case Of special
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All packages are securely covered tom obser-
Walton.
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To prove the wonderful power of the Great
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DIR. SIP II IL Y,
No. Il Kearny Street.
Treats All Chronic and Special Diseases.

1oOA"S AAo4A
VXyhO May be Suffering from the
w effects of youthful fo!lies or mdiscretion
will do we'll to avail themselves OF this, the
greatest boon ever laid on the altar Of sui
fering humanity. DR.. Spinney will guarantee
TO forfeit $500 for every case of Seminal Weak
ness or private disease of any kind or character
witch he undertakes and fails to cure.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many at the age of thirty t" sixty
who are troubled with too frequent excavations
Of the bladder often accompanied by slight
ma rtins 81, burning sensation and weakening
OF tie 5, stem III a manner the patient cannot
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posts ropy sediment viii eften be found. and
sometimes small particles Of aibumen VIII APP
pear. or the color will be OF thin miiklsil hue,
again changing to dark and torpid appear
ance. There are mang men VIII" die of this dit
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office Hours 10 to and G To S. Sundays,
from 10 to II a. m Consultation free,
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RAILROAD TRAVEL.
Y. & r, r. II. TINE TABLE

FROM VIRGINIA TO CARSON AND RENO
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-23

Passenger trains make close connection at
Mound House with express trains OF Y. & T. r.,
which connect at Reno with east and west
bound trains of Central Pacific Railroad.
STAGE CONNECTIONS:
At HAWTHORNE with United States Stage
Company's coaches for Aurora (26 miles); Bodie
(37 miles) Lundy and Bridgeport.
At tUMlNe (125 miles from Mound House,
with ulimer, Salisbury Co.'S tri-weekly stages
Qeaving Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) for
Downeyvile. GrantsviIle and Belmont.
At cANOElAFiA with U. S. stage Cos stages
for Columbus Is miles,, Silver Peak, Monte
yuma. Aida Valley, Gold Mountain, stc.
ATTENTION with daily stages for Bishop Creek,
Independence, Cerro GOrio, etc.
n. NJ YERINGTON, Gen. Supt.
r. LAWS,
Assistant Superintendent.
D. A BENDER
General Freight and Passenger Agent