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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10

Two men, about the same age one
well dressed and the other showing that
once he had been-nearly ran into each
other yesterday afternoon on the corner
of Sixth Avenue and Thirty-frst Street.
They both laughingly apologized to
each other and went on their way.
There, did you see that?" asked a
well-known horseman who was stand
ing in doorway talking to a reporter.
There's more in that incident than
you think. 1t was the ups and downs
in life coming in contact"
Butts that's an everyday occur
renee" said the reporter.
Eyes, that's so; but Jet me tell you
it's an incident out of the common run.
Do you know who the smaller, shabby
looking man was? Mo- Well, that
was Johnny Crooks, the famous Cali
fornia track driver. He has trotted for
thousands of dollars-won thousands
and lost thousands, for now he is as poor
as Jobs turkey. Norman ever had better
opportunities in the horse world to be-
come and stay rich man than he. He
is going about to-day trying to raise a
subscription to buy a trotting wagon.
He hasn't got a cent left, he says. His
seat through life has been behind fast
horses-in u sulky.
"And the other man?'
"Thcre he is now,'' replied the horse
man, pointing out nicely dressed,
large, well preserved man about fifty
five years of age, with gray hair and
iron gray mustache. ellis name is
Owen McCabe. He is the private
coachman for the widow of the late A.
G. Clark, of this city. Talk OF being a
bank clerk or a walking gentleman in a
high toned drygoods store! Even their
positions amt sinecures compared to
his. All he has to do is to drive the
Clark family about little in the morn
ing. Very seldom it is that he has to 90
out at night. When Mr.. Clark died he
left him $4,000 Heis worth $1,000
now, and his seat has been on the box,
which shows that even q coachman can
sometimes strike ile."
"Now, that lets me in" said Ira
Brown, the livery stable keeper; ''but
I'll get my man to tell his story for him
self What he says will be the truth
He has driven for me for over fifteen
years, and l know him.
Mr.. Brown then sent boy to his
stable, who presently came back with
an English looking old man, with white
hair "Charles Wards his name, ="
whispered Mr.. Brown. ''Now, Ward. :"
he continued, ''you struck oil down in
Pennsylvania once, tell these gentle
men about it."
Then the old driver told how he had
bought small piece Of property in
Lords Valley, in Pike County, for a
few dollars, and one day had found oil
in his spring. ''The news got out" he
said, ''and [ was offered 100000 in
gold for my land"
"And you wouldn't think of taking it
because you thought you were giving
your land away" interrogated Mr..
Brown.
"Just So" replied the old man.
"And you did not get any money or
become rich?n
"No;" but he added, with sly wink,
as he whipped up and drove away,
1--we got the land yet, Mr.. Brown. y
NJ Y Hpru1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10
A Symposium of Fish Stories.

eve were boring at depth of about
three hundred and forty feet on Thurs.
day." said an artesian well-borer, who
was working at George Ehret's brewery,
''when we struck water. We stopped
and put down that ar sand-pump TIC
clean out. We hauled her up and
emptied her, and one of the bows saws
Hello here's fish, 1t was cut I'D in
pieces, but the fins were there and il
was fresh. 1t must have been about a
foot long"
''Have you any more fish stories like
that?" asked the reporter, looking in,
quiringly around to each of the men.
''Well, l can beat that" said good
natured young fellow. 81 knowed q
man who was borin' an oil well neal
Bradford, Pa. and, by gum! he drawed
up live fish over foot long, and il
lived day or two, He was borin' al
400 feet, toon'
"Another?"
"Wall, L don't know any fish story
said powerful young man with bare
arms; ''but | do know somethin' purity
close to it. was testin' soil with lot
of fellers about year and half age
for the ship canal through Delaware
We were about sixty miles from the
coast, and burned if we didn't draw up
a pile of oyster shells They looked
just like an ordinary oyster shell, and
the inside was white and shiny. They
were nearly 200 feet down"
SIS there another?' asked the re-
porter, as he turned sadly away.
"Hold on minute" said bushy
eyed, dust-begrimed old fellow, whose
brows had been wrinkled in though
for some minutes, as he raised his head
up and assumed a determined air.
I've got one fur yer. l was borin' in
Florence, Mass, and we had Just got
through big, hard rock. We put
down the pump just two hundred and
twenty-one and half feet and pulled
her out. When we emptied her there
were two lizards crawlin' about in the
dirt about six inches long. One was
black, an tother had thirty eight black
and yellow spots. This is a solum'
truth. We Civ the lizards to Amherst
College, and they've got 'em there yet,
preserved in two bottles"
Cdn you peat tndJ! aSkeu inc
reporter, turning to the last of the
party, little, gray-bearded man, with
small, twinkling eyes.
"Well, I'm an old borer," he an
swered. "Been borin' nigh on to thirty
years, and reckon l can beat that il
anybody kin" The rest of the party
grew interested, and looked impatient
as the old fellow took out huge plug
of tobacco and gnawed off a generous
mouthful. at was abont (spurt)
twenty-five years ago. l was BORN
(spurD in Pennsylvany. We had got
down to (spurD almos' one thousand
feet, when all of suddin the drill
began to go nice and easy. 1t was
about time to clean out, so we let down
the pump and drew her up slowly.
She was purity light. Well, she came
up, and we took her out keerfully and
held her over trough, and what dye
think we found in herr"
go, 90 on" shouted the others, ex-
citedly.
"Just what we expected. A pile O
dirt and water. N T. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10
Why the Chinese Oppose Railroads.

Foreigners in China make great
cutlery about the stupidity of the Chi
nese in holding out against railroads.
Chinese do hold out against railroads,
and they are quite right in doing so.
They feel that to introduce railroads at
present would be to flood the country
with foreign engineers, contractors,
managers, machine mechanics, engine
drivers, ETC., and once there the China
men fear that they would never leave,
but get hold on the country, and that
China would become a second India and
pass under foreign rule. Rather than
have the foreigner they 90 without the
railroad and bide their time. Railroads
and all the rest will come as soon as
they can make and manage them with
out our help. Coming up to Pekin from
Tientsin | was surprised to look out of
my boat and see telegraph posts
stretching along the country, and
learned that there had been telegraph
established between Tientsin and Tung
Chou, a place fifteen miles from the
capital. 1t was erected under foreign
supervision, but is said to be worked
entirely by Cinnamon. China feels her.
self competent to work telegraph,
and has it not only from near Pekin to
Tientsin, but from Tientsin onward to
river port near Shanghai. As soon rs
China feels that she can work rail-
way, the railway will come. A great
deal that is said about China being
ready for railways is premature. There
is hardly 81 place in the north of the
Empire where a railroad would pay.
What China wants first is good roads.
After some ten or fifteen years of good
roads, an ntercommunication will
spring up which will call for railways,
but at present no such traffic, except,
perhaps, on one route, has been de-
veloped, and u railway, if built to-
morrow, would stand rusting its rails
in idleness. 1t is all very well for
merchants and spectators to call for
rapid advance and improvements, but
any one taking fair and dispassionate
view of the matter will, especially if he
has any sympathy for the Chinese, feel
that rapid advance and the sudden
introduction of railways would be any
thing but wise and patriotic on the part
of China.--Pekin Cor. Pail Mall Gazette
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10
For Young Readers.
WHAT "TRY" HAS DONE

The FoY said TRY" and he got away
From dogs, that had chased him all the day.
The Bees SAID Try" through the summer
hours,
And so to honey was turned the flowers.
The Squirrel said "Try," and quick and free,
He went to the top of the highest tree.
The new-hedged Lark said only Try
And singing he flew to the far blue sky.
" Try" plowed the field and reaped the wheat,
" Try ran the race; TRY won the seat.
Try gained the port 'gainst wind and tide,
TRY" gathered the gold and won the bride.
Try" Won and conquered wherever he
went.
But i" Lean t-do-it," since he was born,
Has never won anything else but scorn.
Lille Il. Barn, in N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10

Linen shirts were'first worn in En-
gland about the year 1850 1.-The art
of washing remarks the Burlington
Free Press, "was invented very soon
afterward"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10

-Spurgeon says he never had any
faith in luck except that good luck will
carry man over ditch if he jumps
well, and will put bit of bacon into
his pot if he looks after his garden and
keeps pig.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10
A Pair Of Tame Flies.

A pair of tame flies is one of the
nightly curiosities of the foreman 3
room in the distributing department of
The Record. In summer the flies come
by myriads, but in winter they are, as
in other places, seldom seen. Mr. Fore
stel, who has charge of the department,
lunches about midnight and always has
the companionship of two flies, which
make their appearance upon the edge
of his plate as soon as he begins the
meal. There are never more than two,
and it was a good many DAYS before
Mr.. Forestel noticed the regularity of
the visitors of his self-invited and some
what curious guests. At first he thought
it was merely a coincidence that two
flies should alight upon his plate every
night, but in time he became so much
interested that he determined to closely
observe the actions of the pair, which
he became convinced always waited for
his meal to commence, and then delib-
erately flew down for their regular
lunch. He watched them so closely that
he was able to distinguish them apart
and to discover beyond doubt that it
was not series of two flies, but always
the same pair, night after night. As
this went on, Mr.. Forestel and the flies
became famous friends, and consid-
cradle degree of intimacy had grown
up. So friendly have the two become
that they will permit themselves to be
handled, and the other night this
familiarity came near having tragic
ending. Mr.. Forestel, in fit of absent
min IS
bread upon which one of his winged
guests was perched. The fly, thinking
he was safe in the hands of his human
friend, did not disturb himself, and was
halfway in big, hungry human mouth
before the mutual discovery of the hor-
rible mistake saved his fiyship's life.
The flies at first would not appear if
another person than their host was
present, but they have gradually become
accustomed to others. On the nights
when Mr.. Forestel is not on duty others
have gotten out their lunches on the
table always used by the former. The
flies would come as usual, but, after
making brief but careful reconnoi-
sance, would hastily fly away without
their usual meal.-PhiladeLphiG Record.
The French are making extraordi-
nary efforts to suppress slavery in Mo
rocco. The French Minister at Tangier
has issued decree declaring that
henceforth French subjects and Mus
sulman proteges of the French Ministry
must neither buy, sell nor hold slaves
in that country. The proclamation was
issued on account of the recent revival
of the traffic.
ALL the States get back vastly more
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10

-"The man who can govern q wo-
man can govern a nation" The woman
who governs man wastes her time.
N. Y. Graphic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10

The ordinary Japanese bed con-
sists of quilt spread on the floor, a
blanket with sleeves for a coverlet, and
block of wood for pillow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10

--One clergyman in Floyd County,
Ga, claims to have united 1865
connles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10

Yale College Library now numbers
10000 volumes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-05-10

ALI the States get back vastly more
than they expend to educate the people.
Intelligent people understand the rights
of others, and our schools teach the
recognition of these rights and the duty
of observing them.-American Journal
of EdNcatiOn.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-04-25
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A Special Train.

The delegates from Livingston to
the county republican convention. at
Bohemian, will cross the range to-mor-
row.. by special train provided for their
benefit and that of such personal and
political friends as may desire to at
tend the convention. That is neat.
The republicans of the town do them
selves and Livingston abnndent honor
by arranging such a mode of convey
ance and We fully expect that their III
fiuence in convention viii be conrmen-
surate with their style in travelling.
Gen. Sherman says that the terrible
rifles used in modern warfare should moi
be used against nlobs, at least until mil
der form of ammunition is tried. Buck
shot are recommended by the General a.
better than the heavy conical balls which
make such frightful ravages. In sucl
eases small shot, that scatter widely ant
do no great damage. have been recon-
mcnded by the coolest and mos' expe
fenced men, as frightening more tn; n they
hurt by distributing themselves over
large area.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-04-25
Merry Badly Mixed.

The Livingston ENTERPRISE seems
to be badly mixed regarding the call
for the Bozeman precinct republican
krimary. No call was ever made ex-
cept the one designating Saturday
evening last as the time. and the court
house as the place, and the meeting
was held accordingly. J The county
call was in no way disregarded. The
meeting was not s.ixed for the middle
of next week." but it seems that
either Major Pease or the editor of the
ENTERPRISE must have been imbib-
ing Yellowstone water pretty freely
to get so badly muddled in the matter.
Courier. The man who wrote that
item must have been indulging in
Bozeman whisky when he read the
ENTERPRISE and found his news.
Ifle will ..brace up" and look at that
item in sober condition, he will dis
cover that we referred to the Living
ston primary. and that we said moth
ing and cared nothing about the meet
ing held at the little station. yclept
Bozeman, at the other end of the tun.
,pl s### 4fs
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-04-25
The County Printing.

Geo. I'll. Wright and J. E. Hendry,
publishers of the Livingston ENTER
PRISE, and w. w. Anderson, of the
Avant Courier, have obtained a writ
of mandamns against the commission
ers of Gallatin county, reqtiring them
to proceed to consider the proposals
submitted to them to do the county
printing, with view of finally determ-
ining the sufficiency of the same to
the end of awarding the contract to
whom, under all circumstances, may
be best entitled thereto, in accordance
with their determination, order and
advertisement for proposals issued at
the January session of the board. 1t
will be remembered that at said session
the commissioners ordered an adyer-
tisement inserted in the newspapers of
the county, for the avowed purpose of
letting the county printing to the low
est responsible bidder-the printing
law having been declared null and
void by the highest judicial authority
in the territory.
Bids were furnished in good faith
by both the Livingston ENTERPRISE
and the Bozeman Avant Courier, and
yet the County Fathers saw fit,
when the contract should have been
awarded, to give the county printing
ing to the Chronicle, without any bid
thus acknowledging the binding
force of contract made i'm pursuance
of law which had been declared in
valid by the courts, and at cost, too,
to the county of from 20 to 40 per
cent. more than the bidders propose
to do the work for. If the commits.
sioners had not invited proposals for
the printing, it is not unlikely that
any person would have thought of in
terfering with Mr.. Langhorne's ICON.
tract;S' but inasmuch as they did SO.
licit bids, apparently in good faith,
for the avowed purpose of awarding
the contract to the lowest and best
bidder. everything considered, COM
mon consistency and ordinary justice
demand that they shall not play the
baby act. by saying IN effect that
their action in the matter. including
their pnblic invitation to bi lGe"s, was
only intended as a huge joke.-Courier.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-04-25

Red Wing Republican: A young lady
in WEIGH has a fine twelve-pound boy, and
claims chat she has never known man.
When told by the physician attending her
that she was about to b. delivered OF a
child, she told him that he was liar, and
after the birth she was equally earnest in
her protestation of innocence. 1t is doubt
less d curious freak of nature.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-13
Rait Notes.

The train that usually leaves Hotel Lafay-
cite, Minnetonka, at 1880 p. M, will be
held this evening until IL O'Clock.
The Jackson street church had picnic at
Lake Elmo yesterday, and on Thurday the
Bates avenue church goes to the same lake.
A special train will leave Hotel Lafayette
at O'Clock Friday morning to accommodate
those who attend the banquet Thursday even
ing.
H. Ingersoll, travelling agent of the
Milwaukee Sc st. Paul road, left with his
family yesterday for the great National
park.
The ST. Paul & Manitoba road is preparing
a new tariff to take effect August Is, show
ing large reductions on the rates for grain
and -four.
s. P. Donald, travelling passenger agent OF
the Chicago & Atlantic, and J. Fl. Murray,
travelling passenger agent of the West
Shore, are in town.
The earnings of the st. Paul & Duluth road
for the first week in August were s25, 041 81.
The corresponding period for last year shows
$50, 4Ss. 50, falling off OF 81, 1865.
F. H Lord, travelling passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific in Michigan, returned
Yesterday from Portland and Puget Sound,
where be accom- panied an excursion OF school
teachers.
Mr.. John Miner, formerly general traffic
manager of the Northern Pacific was in the
city, and completed his arrangements for
moving his family to Portland, Oregon,
where be expects hereafter to reside. They
all left last evening.
Thirty cars of cattle were received on the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-13
Interpretations.

Articles of incorporation of the Northwest
ern Trust Co. limited, were fled with the secre-
tary of state yesterday, for dealing in lands,
mortgages and other securities, municipal
bonds and stocks of incorporated companies,
TO contract, undertake and perform the con-
struction of railroads and other works of
internal improvement in Minnesota and
elsewhere, to purchase, hold and acquire
railroad cars, locomotives and equipments
Tor railroads, and the same to lease, sell or
disposeof at pleasure. The principal place
of transacting business is to be at st. Paul.
which is to commence August Is, 1884, for
a continuance of thirty years The capital
stock is placed at 1000, 600, divided into
10000 shares of 800 each, ten per cent. to
be paid in at the time OF subscription and
the balance at the cali of the board of iirec-
tors. The incorporators are Arthur F. Eden.
or Winnipeg, Manitoba; Robert c. Wright,
John J. Thompson and Joseph II. Lawrence.
of st. Paul, who constitute the first board of
directors
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-13

The Cmnr d'Aiene Mines.
, the Editor Of the Daily Globe.

To the Editor oil the Daily GlOoe.
RATHDgUM, /. T., August 6. 1884 Judge
Holleman, who has just returned from at
tending court at Eagle City, brings some
very fatteriDg reports from the diggings
which are substantiated by letter from a
business man there whose veracity Is not
questioned here. The main feature as to
the development Of the camp has been we're
the '.ranchers'' to hold the claims or were
the SUM ers." The first got the name
from the proportions Of the earth they wanted
to hold; the latter from the facility, probably,
with which they got in and got TO work. Now
gold is being shipped every day from these
mines, to the wri.er's personal knowledge,
but the depth of bed rock from the surface,
and with lawsuit staring the worker in the
face, he has been forced to go slow. The
session Of court now adjourned has finally
settled the owning Of farms where feet are
fortunes, and capital can safely be invested,
and with sure reward.
There are from 100 to $50 men nov at
work on the big ditch--a means Of bringing
a sure supply Of water for drinking purposes
Ia company originating IN st. Louis / be-
leve) and as many more are employed ON
paying claims.
Men are getting scarce, the rougher ele-
mcnt has vacated, aud earnest work began,
but though money win be taken out in guam
titles yet this year, the next year viii come
before the full value OF the mines viii be de-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-13
The Missing Englishman.

LONDON, Aug. 12.--The case Of Sheldon,
the Englishman alleged to have been Kid.
mapped In Kansas and held for ransom, wa
brought up in the commons to-day. Arthur
Arnold, liberal, made it a subject Of inquiry.
The under foreign SECRETARY stated the latest
dispatches from the British minister at
Washing ton, August 9, brought the intelll-
gence that all efforts made up to that time
to discover Sheldon bad proved futile. The
search, however, viii be vigorously prose
cuted. Arnold then said brother Of the
missing man had received letters from
friends in Kansas which asserted the authori.
ties were making no efforts TO find him. The
secretary replied this was contrary 10 the in
formation the government bad. He asked
to see the letters and promised to pay eveEs
attention TO the matter.