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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
Indian Annuity Payments.

In the matter of horses and wagons
the Delaware Indians are far ahead of
the citizens of Southeastern Missouri
and Arkansas. Scarcely scrubby
Texan or plains pony could be found
among them. Their horses were large,
some very large, and showed an ad-
mixture of Norman and Messenger
stock. The average of the hundreds
on the payment ground would I'M
doubtedly have gone above LOCO
pounds, while many animals weigh
ing 1,200 and 1,400 pounds were
among them. One pair measured fully
seventeen hands high, were well built,
in good condition, and were held at
$500. The wagons were mainly from
Wisconsin factories. Quite q number
of two-seated spring wagons were on
the ground, in which the families had
come to receive their payment.
The mode of paying was exceeding
ingly primitive at the start. Agent
Tufts and two clerks took their seats
on log under the trees, near the bank
of the creek, with the roll of names
entitled to payments on large folio
sheets spread across their knees. The
Delaware Chiefs formed a ring around
them, and the work of correcting these
rolls was gone over before beginning
20 pay. The names were called out. Oc-
casionally some Delaware would say,
"Dead!n "Died last winter" ''Ded since
the last payment" etc. The proper
entry, containing date and cause of
death so far as known, would be made
opposite the name, and the next on the
list called. As the women's names
were called who were widows or single
adults at the date of last payment, the
following responses were often made:
mo increased" "One increaser' or
''Two increased meaning, in the latter
cases, the number of children born since
she was last paid. The first payment
was made to a petite woman of bru-
nette complexion, wearing an elegant
black cashmere dress, fashiOnably made,
and having an infant in arms. "How
many shares?" called out Agent Tufts.
''Four shares" replied the clerk, look
ing at the figures opposite her name on
the roll. "One hundred and twenty
dollars" responds Mr.. Tufts, as he
counts out six $40 silver certificates,
and throws them down, faces up and
squarely across each other, so that
every one present could verify the ac-
curacy of his count. In the meantime
a table had been procured from some
quarter, covered with a red blanket,
and over this the payments were rapid
ly made. The second payment was to
a woman also, with q child in arms.
Three shares" calls out the clerk.
''Ninety dollars" is the agents re-
Spouse, as he counts the silver certifi-
Gates. 1t may interest some persons to
know that the first package of money
opened by the agent was secured y sealed
and labeled $4,000. The paper was
carefully cut open and the money taken
out SO as to keep the seals unbroken.
The paper inclosure is always preserved
as carefully as the bills until the cor
rectness of its contents is verified. All
of this $4,000 was in silver certificates.
Cor. st. Louis GLobe-DemOcrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
SCHOOL AND CHURCH,

Barnes, the mountain evangelist,
claims to have converted $4,000 people
in seven years.
According to the report of the Lon
don Tract Society l ,123, 112 tracts have,
been distributed during the year. Il
is an increase upon the previous year
OF 654,073. Special arrangements are
being made for work at the forthcom-
ing exhibition at Turin.
The Young Women's Christian AS.
ISOLATION of Boston called their last en-
tertalnment ia Chocolatiere. 1t
resembled the "Kettledrum" in many
respects, and as part of the entertain
ment spoon drill" by about five
hundred young women dressed as
walters, was given, and large sum
added to the building fund.-BostOn
Post.
The most accurate figures which
can be given for the worlds population
and its religious condition in 1880 are
as follows: Total population 1,433
millions, divided up into eight millions
Jews, 175 millions Mohammedans, 415
millions Christians and S35 millions
Pagans. 1t will thus be seen that the.
number of those who may be ranked
under the general head Pagan is double,
the number of those classed under the.
general head Christian. Golden Rule.
The Protestant churches are repre-
sented to be making rapid Roadway
with religious work in Mexico. The
Presbyterians have iifty-six mission-
aries, over 1000 communicates and
400 nhi1I,.a,, -, +boS,. B.
The Episcopalians report forty-five
places of worship, 1,500 communicates
and 400 scholars in their missions
schools. The Methodists have eighty
six missionaries and teachers and a.
large number of members in their
churches. Other denominations are.
meeting with equal success.
Speaking about histories of the.
United States for schools the Mobile
(Ala.) Register says: at is important.
that children should not imbibe err
roneous impressions in regard to the
history of their country. They should
not be written from preiudiced or
partisan standpoint. They should give.
facts, and not indulge in disquisitions.
Especially should we of the South be,
CdIClul llldG CHlluEOn tlO HOb IcCClNC CE-
roneous impressions in regard to the
great struggle between the sections.
We do not think that school history
should treat the war from Northern
or from q Southern standpoint. 1t
should simply give record of events.
Every Assembly District in New
York State is entitled to send to Cor
nell University one student each year
free of all charge for tuition, an item
which in q four years course amounts
to $500. In spite of this President
White reports that only aboutha these
scholarships have been in use at any
one time, and that many districts have
never sent to the university student.
This state of things appears to be
largely due to the failure of teachers
and school commissioners to bring
the benefaction properly to the atten-
ton of boys and girls in their districts
anxious IL 60 to college. Were all the
appointments filled at one time Cor
nell would possess from this source;
alone 512 students. Albany Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
Qualifications Required for GOverness.

"What qualifications do you consider
are necessary for q governess?"
''WeH, tirSt-class governess must
be able to speak three or four languages
and be well up in the higher branches
of female education. In addition to
her educational qualifications she must
be person possessing force of charac-
ter. She must unite tirmness with
amiability and have q natural ability to
govern children. 1t is not absolutely
necessary that a governess should have
pretty face, but if she is a comely
woman it is circumstance greatly in
her favor"
"What salaries do these people re-
ceive?"
''Women competent to teach the
higher branches get all the way from
ten to eighty dollars per month and
board. The highest pay is received by
very few persons in the business. Ac-
cording to the rules of fashionable So
ciety, a governess is now considered a
necessary adjunct of every well-regu-
lated family. 1t is not alone refined
people who employ governesses. Ig-
norant and uncouth shoddy aristocrats
often engage the services of a COVER
ness, either to educate themselves and
families, or just for the looks of the
thing. Many people who have sudden
ly acquired wealth find themselves
sadly lacking in the elements of cvili-
cation, decency and common sense.
Such shoddy aristocrats often have an
intense desire to mingle in refined So
Getty, and they know that they can not
do so until their language and manners
are freed from their uucouthness. In
this way field is opened for the gov
erness N the business of educating men
and women, who in many instances are
well advanced in years.
A middle-aged lady, who has been a
governess for twenty years, related
some OF her experiences.
'There is great difference in the
manner in which we are treated by diff
ferent families" she said. Il have
lived with people who seemed to regard
me as an ordinary servant and entitled
to no special consideration. On the
other hand, | have had employers who
treated me with as much respect as if [
had been a member of their own fami-
lies. One of the greatest sources of
veXation to me has been the lack of
judgment on the part of parents re-
garding the management of their chill
dren. If their children do not make
good progress in their studies and de-
portment. fault is found with the GOV
erness, 1t frequently happens that q
child is very difficult to manage. |
have had children in my charge who
would not obey me Or give proper at
tention to their studies. If | reproved
them their parents were offended and
the children were given to understand
that l was not worth minding, anyway.
The position of gOverness SO circum-
stanced is far from being an enviable
one. The business units q person for
any other calling. Take my case, for
instance. l have followed it until l
have reached middle age, and l expect
to keep at it until am incapacitated by
old age. No family cares to have a
governess who is too old in their en-
ploy So, you see, the time is not far
distant when | shall have to step down
and out to give place to some younger
and perhaps better-looking woman. y
N Y Sf0y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Josh Billings believes every to-mor--
row has two handles. There is no hold
on yesterday,-Ne,0 Orleans Picayaae.
1t doesn't cost anything to remem-
Der the poor, but if you want the poor
to remember you it will cost you some
thing. Whitehall Times.
-''Yes," said the tramp, mournfully,.
my father cut me Oft with shilling,
and it was q good deal of money, too.
although l didn't think so at the time. -
Philadelphia Call.
Puck says that the only way to
wash a mule is to stand on the other
side of the fence and use a garden hose.
Now, don't forget this. Every man.
ought to know how to wash q mule
Boston Post.
Wagner Concerts" are becoming
the rage in this country. The trouble
with such concerts is, that about four
fifths Of the audience sit through the en-
tire performance wondering when the
members of the orchestra are going to-,
get through tuning up their instru-.
ments.-Norrjstoa0ra Herald.
Mrs. Squint-''Dear me, Mrs.
Blunt, how is it you contrive to hold
your age so well? | declare! you look
as young as you did twenty years ago.
Mrs. Blunt don't know, unless it is
that escape a great deal of care by at
tending to nobody's business but my
own" Mrs. Squint-'Yes, that NAV
be it; but, poor thing! you can't find
much pleasure in living, can You?"
The little brother came quietly,
into the parlor where Mr.. Featherly
was making an evening call, and after
looking eagerly around remarked to
his sister: "Aunt Jane is mistaken -
''What is it?" his sister asked.
pleasantly, patting the dear little fellow
on the head, while Featherly gazed at
the two in wrapt admiration. Il don't
see any cap he replied, "but Aunt
Jane just said that you were in the.
parlor setting your cap for Mr..
Featherly. "-PIiladelphiG Gall.
(which am de properest way to-
suppress oneself? Does yer say, We
Gated at de table or, we has done
ate at de tableP'" asked one Austin
darkey of another, they being engaged
in a grammatical discussion. As they
could not agree, the question was re-
ferred to Uncle Moses for his decision.
which was; I'm de case OBJ you two
niggahs, none of you am right
"What am de proper way to say, We
Gated at de table, Uncle MosesP" ''Do
properest way for SIGH cattle as YOU two
am to say, we fed at de troft. -
IeTaS Settings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
BarbarOuS.

Nominally, Imprisonment for debt is
abolished in this State by statute, but in
reality we continue to .incarcerate hu-
man beings because they are unable to
meet their liabilities. One of the curl
osities of the law on this point has Just
been unearthed in Monticello, Sullivan
County, n. Y. Four years ago man
was arrested there on an execution for
thirty dollars ard sent to Jail. He has
ever since remained a prisoner, and
seems to be quite content with his lot
and the care the law has bestowed
upon him. Special Legislation has been
invoked in order to have the man liber-
ated, Senator Low having introduced a
bill in the Legislature empowering the
Sheriff to turn the insolvent debtor out.
What is needed is a general law cover
ing such cases. 1t is not in Ludlow
StreetJail alone that men have been kept
confined for years because they could
not pay their debts, but the practice to
imprison insolvent debtors seems to
have contributed fair share to the
inmates of the jails all over the State.
The Legislature should make haste to
do away with this relic of barbarism.-
NJ Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
Arthur Tells a Story.

There was an unusual number OF
visitors to ''pay respects at the White
House yesterday. | happened to see
some few who went in a little in adj
vance of the crowd. They were taken
in by twos orin small groups by friends
and introduced to the President, who
had gotten through with the business OF
the morning and gave to the strangers
apleasant greeting He made an agree
able impression upon all, and there was
one party, who were evidently from a
small town in New York. once the boy.
hood home of the President. He at
once referred to his life in this country
village, telling them how long his
father had preached there, then of his
own experience as school teacher,
giving the exact spot where be taught
and the name of the family with whom
he boarded.
And then he told what / had never
heard before, that General Gar
field had, two years later, taught in the
same place, boarded with the same
family and occupied the same room.
He said he had talked about this with
General Garfield years after, and they
had compared notes and lauged overthe
amusing incidents which befel them
both as country school teachers.
thought the President enjoyed talking
about his early days and was quite rs
pleased to recall them as his visitors
were to see that he had treasured up
such memories of humble beginnings.
Washington Capital.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
A Cats Remarkable Instinct.

The rapidity with which the feline
tribe increase and multiply is well
known, despite the nightly raids made
with boot-iacks, empty beer-bottles,
and other convenient missiles. A few
months ago a family living in Lefferts
place, Brooklyn, took into their house
hold a couple of young cats. 1t was
not long before the number had in
creased to eleven. A half dozen of
the young members of the tribe found
watery graves, but the others were
spared through the fearful appeals of
the little ores in the family, with whom
they were great fayorites. ''Nander-
bilt," large black and white cat, was
a particular pet in the household, and
he Jared almost as sumptuously as his
millionaire namesake in Fifth avenue.
A few days ago the head of the house
hold determined to rid the house of the
entire feline family, and on Tuesday
last man living in the suburbs of
Brooklyn, several miles distant, called
at the house, put the five cats in bag,
tied it securely, placed the bag in a
barrel, and drove away. The cats were
taken to q family who had suffered
great depredations from rats, and the
field appeared to be an interesting one
for the felines.
None of the animals had ever been
away from the house further than a
block or two, and to make matters
worse apparently for Vanderbilt"
he was suffering with q lame leg, so
that it was with difficulty he could
make his way about the house.
Nothing was heard or seen of any of
the cats until Friday evening about ten
o'clock, when q loud catcrwauling was
heard at the rear basement door,
followed by terrific scratching.
Upon the door being opened CYAN
derbilt" bounded in, and, as far as the
cat could possibly do, manifested his
turn was warmly welcomed by the
juvenile members of the household,
and he was generously entertained.
The return of the companions has
doubtless been delayed by couple of
kittens which were with them, but the
entire family will, it is expected, be
back in their old quarters tonight.
The question that the family is trying
to solve is how ''Vanderbilt'' managed
to find his way home, distance of
three miles, while suffering severely
from his sore leg. Another curious
fact is that when he returned the
wounded leg was entirely cured. He
disappeared Immediately upon arriving
at his new home and was three days on
the road. There is talk of entering
Vanderbilt" for the next walking
match at Madison Square garden.
World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
Where to Put 1t.

An Austin boy kept on throwing his.
cap into the air and catching it. after
his father had told him to keep his cap.
on his head. Finally his father lost.
patience. After brief, but painful
interview, the parent threw away the
strap and asked:
"Now, do you know where your cap.
should have been?"
Eyes, sir" sobbed the boy, rubbing
himself where he needed it most; lit
should have been under my clothes. -
Texas SitttngS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
THE BEST SHIP AFLOAT

THE BEST SHIP AFLOAT.
OF all the ships aflOat
On Atlantic or Pacific,
Or far within the tropics
On the Indian oceans breast,
With white sails all a-gleaming,
With brilliant cOlOrS streaming,
There's no ship
Like Friendship.
The staunchest, and the besti
When tempests hover nigh,
And the sea is dashed to fury,
When loudly roar the breakers,
And above the sea-gulls swarm;
When skies are overloaded,
And sunshine is enshrouded,
There's no ship
Like Friendship,
To battle with the stormi
A welcome sight is she
Wherever we may meet her,
With canvas spread out finely,
With pennon bright and blue;
To none she is a stranger,
And in the hour of danger
There's no ship
Like Friendship
To lead us safely through
From port to port she sails,
The bearer of dispatches
From Love, the mighty monarch,
Her outfit all complete;
And though little skif or clipper
May in race outstrip her,
There's no ship
Like Friendship
In all the royal fleet!
OF all the ships afoat
On Atlantic or Pacific
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31

William Hyatt and John Bush, Of
Marion, o., were eating supper alone
when thunderbolt struck their house.
They still sat erect, though both were
dead. Not scar was found upon
them. - Clereldnd Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31

One of the Maine Supreme Court
Judges, widely known for his legaL
knowledge, always writes his opinions
in the night, as he cannot write with
ease in the daytime. Boston Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31

Mr.. Jones, a New York street
preacher, collects large audiences by
giving away coffee, sandwiches and
soap.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
80, may we all remember well

The night of death draws near
came from grandma's lips, and she
hadn't opened them before in half an
hour until the clock struck four. Her
voice died away, while l listened for
more, for her old hymns as she sang
them were always known unto us ''as u
very Lowell y song of one that hath a
pleasant voice and can play well on an
instrument" | heard the old clock
give its hectic cough, as if in illustra-
ton of the hymn. Grandma YEARLY
turned the work in her hands, and the
measures of Brown" swelled out in
=. Jerusalem my happy home,
Name ever dear to me;
When shall my labors have an end"
A broken thread broke the song, and
when the busy needle resumed its
flight, the dear old singer had passed
to the closing line of the next staDza:
"And streets of shining gold"
knew how the busy brain and the
tired hands longed for rest, and l Won
dered if she wasn't thinking of all the
years of WEAKNESS and toll, and of q
certain mortgage that with its black
wings of threatening and terror had been
lowering above the farm for Years like
a hawk. | didn't have a very clear
comprehension of a mortgage, | am
afraid, but l knew that times had been
easier and money more plentiful since
it had been lifted, and l was pretty
certain that streets paved with gold
would scare away the biggest blanket
mortgage that ever covered an improved
quarter.
The click of a falling frame and the
beseeching "cheepsn of half dozen
terrified chicks caught in my latest i'm
proved quail trap, set where no quail
was ever known to come. Grandfather
stepped away from the bench to relieve
the unframed captives, for I never
moved, fearing a demand for explana-
ton, and in a moment the plaintive
minor strains of quaint old ''Hyacinth"
sang out:
81 delivered thee when bound,
And when wounded, healed thy wound ;
Sought thee wandering, set thee right,
Turned thy darkness"
80, the transporting rapturous scene
That rises to my sight;
Sweet fields arrayed in living green--"
and at the sound of Grandma's voice |
turned my face, and saw the wrinkled
hands dropped in her lap as she sat
looking out on the long pasture, over
the great rolling field where we sowed
the first crop of Hungarian, the ringing
woods and the wide meadows all flooded
in glorious sunshine-how could she
sing anything else? Triumphant as the
psalm of the long rolling surf, the beau
tiful voice sang on for moment, and
then the old hands picked up the work,
ond the melody drlfted into the sad
sweetness of "Naomi," and the voice
of the singing went on:
when willmy pilgrimage be done,
The worlds long week be DER"
Sure enough, | remembered, it was
only Wednesday and it seemed to the
busy ones yet long time to the restful-
ness of the farm Sabbath. A moving
shadow at the work bench drew my
eyes, and as grandfather drew the tape
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31

To make milk gravy brown, stir a
large tablespoonful wita a spoonful of
butter; when thoroughly mixed melt in
saucepan, and let the butter and flour
cook and become Drowned before put
ting the milk in. - Chicago Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31

"A new Philadelphia song is called
"Kick Me, Darling, ere l Snore.'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-31
A SERVICE OF SONG.

The girls had gone to town. Grand
ma sat i'll the open sitting-roOm door,
sewing. Grandfather stood in the cool
shade at the long work bench at the
end of the kitchen, making a new sim
gle-tree for the light wagon. They
could not see each other. | doubt if
they heard, or at any rate observed,
each others voices, but l could plainly
see and hear each one, and l forgot my
book, listening to them and trying to
guess their thoughts from their dis
jointed, changing, abrupt fragments of
song. And the occasional hutter of the
leaves stirred by wandering breath of
wind, the shadows dimpling the second
growth of red clover, the straying note
OF a restless bird, the long, dusty road,
stretching far away past the woods to
the "high prairie" the flash of q but
terhy's wings-how it all harmonized
with the broken songs that fell almost
nnconsciously at times from the old
lips, while 'the singers were over the
business of the house." and in all that
hour of peace, while 1.-THE whole earth
is at rest, and is quiet, they break forth
into singing"
A flash of bright beautiful blue from
the willows and kingfsher, with his
lonesome cry, skinned a pool in the
slough with plash and sped away.
The old mans eyes followed the flight
of the Bird and then rested q moment
on the wandering stream, lettering
away to the woods on the Schnebly
farm, and the strong voice sang to old
Elaboration"
"Our life is dream:
Our time as a stream,
Glides swiftly away,
And the fugitive moment refuses to stay;