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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-29
PenguinS on the Falkland Islands.

The breedlng-grounds or ''rookeries"
OF the penguins are generally situated
in the shelter of some land locked bay
or break in the line of steep and rugged
cliffs; and often occupy several acres,
which are laid out, levelled, and divided
into squares with intervening streets,
the whole as if done at the dctation of
Il surveyor. Along these streets the
penguins gravely waddle on their way
to and from the water, presenting the
appearance of squads of awkward re.
cruits, or a still more striking likeness,
as has been often remarked, to troops
of little children toddling along in their
white pinafores. They build no nests,
but lay single egg in some selected
spot, the incubation being equally
shared by male and female Although
so closely allied to the feathered kind,
they are unable to fly, nature having
only furnished them with short stumpy
apologies for wings, resembling the
fiippers of turtle, by means of which
they are enabled to obtain prodigious
speed, when diving under water in pur-
suit of fish for food. Penguins, as well
as seals, are doubly provided against
the cold of the high ATTITUDES which
they frequent, by layer of fat imme-
diately inside the skin, which is also the
depository of the oil extracted by the
fishermen. In landing to attack and
slaughter them in their rookeries with
clubs and boat-stretchers, stealthy pre-
cautions are quite unnecessary, the
poor dumb creatures looking on in
state of Indifferent stupidity, without
making any attempt to escape, while
their companions are being Knocked on
the head all around them. Seal hunt
ing, or fishing, as it is usually termed,
on the contrary, requires great skill
and patience. Seals are gregarlous as
well as polygamous, and when they
forsake the open seas for their breeding
places on shore, are very shy of intru-
sion, and take great care to insure the
safety of their retirement; particularly
in localities which have been previously
visited by human beings. They inva-
riably post sentnels on every command
ing point, so that it is only by patient
waiting and under cover of night the
hunters are enabled to elude their vigil
lance and surprise Overwhelmingly
JOUTRsi
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jumping up, threw his club on the floor
and clutched at his trousers with both
hands.
The mouse had got above his knee;
but he held it through the cloth and
squeezed it to death. And as he
squeezed, he stood and looked at us
with the most comical expression on his
face that had ever seen.
We didn't say word for rs much as
a minute. Then Add said with grin
that he had hard work to suppress:
''Well, grandfather, it seems to me it's
rather small-sized mink
''You start up stairs and get your
selves ready for meetin'" exclaimed
the old gentleman; and he took the trap
to the back door and threw it out be-
hind the hog-pen.
1t lay there for more than two years.
No one ever touched it; nor did grand
father ever say mink in our hearing
afterwards.-G. 4. Stephens, IN Youths
COnlDql2jOn.
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Paper from Wood.

1t is well understood that large
proportion of the paper manufactured
at the present day is from wood. The
nest of the hornet or wasp is in sub
stance of the same material. Now,
how do they obtain it? Every observer
knows that when wood is exposed to
the action of the weather Tor long
time, the tibers on the surface, though
not decayed, become loose and easily
detached when moist or wet. This is
the building material of the hornet,
and he knows exactly when and how
to take advantage of the best time to
collect his material for building pur-
poses. A rather smooth or even sur
face, when wet, is selected by the in
sect. The top pole or log of an old
fence, where the bark has fallen off, is
favorite place for the hornet to work
He begins by going backward. and
with his two forward feet rolls the
loose, wet fibers of the wood into a
ball, which is usually about the size of
garden pea. He now secures the ball
with his four hind feet, and flies
home with his material, and uses
it for building purposes. How the
work is done in forming it into sheets,
the writer does not undertake to
say; probably the tools used are the
mandibles or jaws and the forward feet.
How the sizing is done, or what the ma
terial that is used may be, l do not
know. The above statement as to how
and where the wasp gets his materials
for building nests is correct, but | can
find no description of The sort by natu-
ralists. More than thirty years ago
two young men in an adjoining town
were engaged in the manufacture of
wrapping paper. The paper was made
from old canvas, rope, junk, etc. /
asked why they did not make their
paper of wood by grinding it to pulp in
their engines. They said it could not
be done, Ireplied: at is very strange,
that with all your skill machinery, ETC.,
You can not do as much as the wasps
and hornets, who build their nests of
wood-paper." / said: "Get bale of
two of eTce'Sjor, which is made of pop
lar or bass wood, put it Into your en-
gines and grind it into pulp" This
they did, and succeeded perfectly in
making paper of the material. And
now the manufacture of paper from
wood has become great Industry
Il. IL. Hil. i's fOp8'or Science Ncl6S.
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For Young Readers.
A SAD, BAD GIRL.


She was pretty, she was bright,
She was brave as she was bonny,
Her eyes were full of light.
And her smile was bright and sunny;
She was rare. size was fair,
And her hair was tut OF curl,
But she was-O, she lCdS
Such sad, bad girl
Her cheek was like rose,
Her mouth was like a cherry,
She d pretty, pert, snub nose,
And her laugh was gay and merry;
She was sweet to her feet,
And her teeth were made of pearl,
But she vase, she was
Such sad, bad girl
Her locks were touched with gold.
And three-foot rule would scrape her
She was only five years old,
And her finger tips were taper;
She could run just like fun,
With arush and with swirl;
Still she waS-O, she lrdS
such sad, bad girl.
For she wanted her own way,
And you couldn't turn or twist her;
Shed say yes, or shed say nay,
Spite of mother, friend, or sister;
How she'd fly if you'd try
Any fancy to imperl!
For she lCGS-O. she was
Such sad, bad girl!
If her mamma, or her aunt,
Asked Cor any lite favor,
She'd say shall, and she'd say sbd'n't
With tho very sourest flavor;
She would pOut, and she'd fout,
Till her brains were in Il whirl,
For she was--yes she lpds
Such sad bad girl!
But she's getting older now,
And although they're almost frantic,
Still they hope she's learning how
To be gentle and less antic,
So that soon day may come
When they'll Gull their little Pearl
Not a sad and Il bad
But good, GOOD grill!
Wide AUdIe
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HURRAH FOR THE MAN WHO
PAYS.

There are men of brains who count their gains
BY the million dollars or more;
They buy ana sell. and really do well
On the money of the poor.
They manage TO get quite deep in debt
BY various crooked ways:
And so we say that the man to-day
Is the honest man who pays.
When in town he never sneaks down
Some alley or back.way street;
With head erect be will never defect,
But boldly each man meet.
He counts the cost, before he is lost
In debts mysterious maze,
And he never buys iu manner unwise,
But calls Tor his bill, and pays.
There's a certain air of debonair
In the man who buys for cash;
He is not afraid of being betrayed
BY jack-leg shyster's dash
What he says 10 you he viii certainly do,
If it's cash or thirty days;
And when he goes out the clerks will shout
Hurrah for the man who pays!
Lyons Republican
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-29
BObby's Birthday.

Tomorrow is my birthday said
Robby to Bobby"
"What is your birthday?' said Bob
by to Robby.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-29

"A Philadelphia street is to be OK
tended through a cemetery, requiring
the removal of l,0OO od.es at city ex-
pense. Philadelphia Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-29

David Dudley Field says it is the
dream of his life to have New York and
Brooklyn united under the name Of
Manhattan.-N y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-29

--Thirty-fve different kinds of pie
were on the table at recent festival
held at Atlanta, Ga.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-29

"A novelty for the chidren's table
is made by cutting pie crust in narrow
strips and windingthem around smooth
sticks. Bake them; when they are
done remove the sticks and fiji with
jam or Jelly. Very painstaking elder
sisters or mothers may cut small round
pieces OF the dough the size OF the end
OF the stick, bake them and SO close the
opening after the Jam is put in Couky
dough baked in this way and lillcd with
chocolate or frait jelly is very nice. 81
NJ y Post.
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serious defects in the measure have been
carefully nsidered in committee and the
Objectionable features replaced with provis-
ions which will make the bill of some prac-
teal value to those whom it is intended to
benefit. five may judge from the tone of
the letters which we have received, it has
deceived nobody. Our ex-soldiers have been
quick to detect its general futility and spe-
cifc injustice, and they are unanimous in
pronouncing ii a cheat and sham. If it is
designed to facilitate the adjudication ofmer-
itorious pension claims, why, they ask, does
il not definitely abolish the technical rules
Of the Pension Office, which constitute the
sole obstacle in the way of the allowance of
these claims instead of leaving the Pension
Office to fix, as before, its own standard as
to what evidence shall be necessary to afford
probable cause for the belief that the appli-
cant's disability originated in the service !?
If, on the other hand, it is mere device to
compel applicants for arrears to abandon
their claims against the Government, in what
practical respect does it differ from an act of
Reputation? OF course there can be but
one answer to such questions that the bill
is a delusion and a snare, and as such ought,
as Chairman Merrill, of the Pension Com
mittee of the Grand Army, expressed ii, be
buried a thousand feet deep!
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Some Significant RESOLUTIONS.

THE first annual Encampment of the De-
partment Of Dakota, the proceedings of which
viii be found on another page of this issue,
was a notable gathering. The attendance
was large, the interest intense, and the ac-
ton essentially harmonious Among the
resolutions adopted was the following. which
shows that our comrades of the Grand Army
are better informed as to the true cause of
the delay in adjudicating pension claims
than some members of Congress seem to
suppose:
Whereas there now exists in the Department of
Pensions at Washington such an amount of red
tape and frivolous echnicalites that gross Injustice
is being done our comrades having causes pendipe.
there and
Whereas this Eneampment believing that il is
the duty of Congress TO purge the Pension Depart
nlent of such disability; therefore,
Res0Iued, That this Encanlpment of the Grand Of
the Republic do hereby petition the Congress of
the United States that there be caused to be made
III the apartment OF Pensions investigation as
10 the business of said Office, and thereby if possi-
bic remove the present causes of delay and afford
To our comrades the relief desired
Before such an investigation is ordered,
letu hope the Commissioner of Pensions viii.
of his own accord, cnt this red tape. abolish
these frivolous technicalities, and shape
his requirements in accordance with the
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AmoSG TuE TRBUNE's callers on Mon
day last were Comrades William A. Copp
formerly Of company i, 5lst Massachusetts
infantry, Of Lafayette Post, 70. 40, New
York city, and Charles A. Wells late lieu
tenant-colonel Of the Isl New York veteran
cavalry, Of Abraham Lincoln Post, No. 10,
also Of New York, who compose the com
mittee appointed by the authority Of the
last annual Encampment Of the Department
Of New York TO visit Washington and urge
the Senators and Representatives Of that
State to favor the passage Of law extend
ing the lime within which application may
DE made Tor arrears Of pension to June. 1890.
The committee duly discharged this duty.
and as Representative Morrill,, of Kansas.
was last week instructed by the Committee
Oh Invalid Pensions to report favorably Mr..
Ryan's bill extending the provisions Of the
arrears act, there is reason TO hope for de-
cisive action on the measure in the near
future
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Legislation for Ex-Prlsoners.

Elsewhere, In this issue, we print the text
of the bill reported from the Committee on
Invalid Pensions as a substitute for the
Robinson bill to pension ex- Union prisoners,
together with the accompanying report
thereon, as also the Robinson bill itself in
its amended form The substitute appears
to have received the support of but five of
the fifteen members of the committee, while
the report in favor of the Robinson bill is
signed by nine. We must defer to another
issue any extended discussion of the COM
paratiye merits of these two measures, but
1t is apparent at a glance that the substitute
bill IS IN its present shape grossly defective
and ought not to pass. Leaving out of the
question the propriety of incorporating in a
bill to pension ex-prisoners legislation en-
tlreiy foreign to its purpose and thus
endangering its passage, it will be seen by
reference to the fifth section of the substitute
that precisely the same odious discrimina-
ton is there made against claimants whose
applications are pending under existing laws,
as in the Warner pension bill. While it pro-
v;des for placing on the pension-rolls all ex-
soldiers who are disabled and unable to earn
living by their own labor, or who are
sixty-two years of age and dependent upon
their own p,oDuoI IoI,or for c,,,,,or+ - diC
tinctly excludes from the benefits ofthese pro-
visions all pensioners who are now in receipt
of smaller pension than is allowed by this
bill, as well as ali who have claims now pend
ing, whether for arrears or not except on
condition that they surrender all their rights
under the present law 1t is true that the
section does not specifically declare that
their election shall be final, but that is
clearly It's intent, since it stipulates that the
applicant shall only receive pension from
the date of such election Now this princi-
pie, first formulated in the Warner pension
bill, is at variance with all considerations of
justice, and 1T has been publicly denounced
by Chairman Merrill and three other men,
bers of the pension committee of the Grand
Army yet in the report on this substitute,
it viii be noticed, it is boldly stated that
it is perfectly in accord with the recommen-
dations Of that committee! What a mon
strous misrepresentation that is! 1t was
never contemplated by that committee for a
moment that any such condition would be
placed upon the extension of relief to our
disabled and aged veterans, and its imposi-
ton is in direct opposition to the spirit and
intent of its recommendations. We are
amazed that such an odious discrimination
should be made in a bill of this character.
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Some Memorial par thoughts.


In response to numerous requests, we
print, this week, some choice sentiments in
prose and verse appropriate to Memorial
Day. The fact that there is such demand
for selections of this character is a sign,
we take it, that our comrades are alive to
the Importance of making their observance
Of the anniversary as beautiful and impress
siye as possible. and we trust that
the celebration this year will be more
general and reverential than ever be-
fore. To the members of the Grand
Army belongs, of course, the special duty
Of decorating the graves of their COM
Tades and conducting the memorial exer-
eises, and that duty we may be sure viii be
lovingly and faithfully discharged; but the
general public ought to be made to realize
that they, too, have All intimate and vital
interest in the observance of the day, and
every possible effort ought to be made to
procure their participation in the services.
The disposition which has been manifested
in some localities to devote the day to mere
festiyity and amusement should be actively
discouraged Boat races. excursions, pic
MICS and the like, while innocent enough in
themselves, tend to distract attention from
the real purpose of the celebration, and mar
the solemnity of the occasion It is true
that in the majority of cases, these infrac-
tons Of the spirit Of the anniversary are tue
result chiefly of thoughtlessness, but that
thoughtlessness is inexcusable in view OF
the debt of gratitude which every man.
woman and child owes to our dead defend
ers. Their memory should not be less dear
to those who took no part in the struggle to
preserve the Union than to their compan-
ions-in-arms, for truly may it be said that
it is the former and not the latter who have
profited most largely by their yalor Our
comrades can do great deal towards COM
batting this tendency to slight the most
beautiful and significant Of our national an
niversaries by the exercise of their personal
influence. They should not fail to specially
invite the school children of the neighbor-
hood to take part in the celebration, ard as
sign them some pleasant duty to perform.
1t is within their power TO bring about the
closing OF all stores and factories, and the
complete cessation Of trade. They can en-
list the services Of church choirs, and thus
add TO the attractiveness of the ceremonies.
In fact, by bringing into association with
them every element that viii contribute to
the impressiyepess Of the occasion, they can
invest it with such interest as to absorb
public attention entirely. Nothing is more
important than that they should thus dissi-
pate the idea, too generally entertained that
the Grand Army is exclusively concerned in
the observance of this anniversary, since,
otherwise, it must ultimately become mere
holiday, aid given up to boisterous sport
and noisy frolic Heaven forbid that such
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fate should ever befall it! Rather let us
hope, that, as the years go by, and the Ameri-
can people come to more fully understand
how deeply indebted they are for the pros
perity which they enjoy to the valor and
devotion of the soldier, they will not only
lovingly cherish the memory of the dead, but
tenderly care for the welfare of the living.
Sad it is, indeed, to reflect that'so many pre-
cious lives were sacrificed that the Nation
might live, but sadder still to know that
among the veterans who still survive are
many who suffer keenly from the Nations
ingratitude! Over the graves of our dead
heroes should not this rich and prosperous
people swear that justice shall be done the
living?
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WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY MAY s. ISL

yentions to prevail upon them to cast their
votes in favor of candidate whose fidelity
to the soldier is beyond question Be he
Democrat or Republican, the nominee for
President who is known to be true friend
to the soldier should, and we believe will,
this year, receive the soldier vote.
SOLDIERS, go to Chicago and see that
your wishes are consulted by both political
conventions,
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