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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08

| Every copper coin that could be found
! was thrown overheard, particularly I'M
current ones from Japan and China, but
the divers make no distinction. Some
times they refuse to dive for copper
money, under the pretense that they
| can not see it in the water; they will
touch nothing but silver, and travellers
may tempt them in vain with the baser
currency. After the steamer has gone,
they proceed to gather up all the copper
that has been thrown out, and by this
| shrewd device their gains are largely
| increased.
All the divers were young, the Oldest
being not more than twenty-five years
old, while many were not ar from ten
or twelve. One OF the best divers was
u girl, perhaps fifteen years old, and
| the passengers tried to throw the coins
so that she would have better chance
for them than any of her rivals. She
certainly made larger harvest of six
pences than anybody else, and we were
all sorry when told that she would be
compelled to divide with the rest of the
party. One of the passengers threw out
small brass ring as far as he could
| project it from the side of the ship, and
offered shilling to the one that found
it, A dozen of the divers went in pur-
suit and it was brought in by the girl.
who received the promised shilling and
two or three others with it.
These divers were all of the Malay
race, and it is said the ma ority OF the
J inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, or
rather of those dwelling along the
coast, are able to SWIM the first time
| they are placer;..eS e watesass Wfff5tffss-
! this is true | am not prepared to say, but
have seen children, not more than two
or three years old, swimming, as easily
as they could walk and with the same
confidence. One day saw a party of
! children amusing themselves in little
nook where the water was shallow, and
| the little fellows chased each other
| about and dived and swan as though
| they had been so many seals or offers
! When | came in sight and walked close
| to the edge of the water, they began to
beg for money. | threw out few coins
and they dived with nearly as much
success as those that frequent the har-
| Dor and amuse the passengers of the
| steamers.
The pearl divers of Ceylon are o
famous race of men. They 90 down
with the aid of large stone fastened
to rope, and as soon as they loose their
| hold the stone is drawn to the surface
and made ready for use again. Each
| diver carries q bag to hold the oysters
and knife with which he detaches
them from the rocks; if sharks happen
TO be around the knife is used to defend
its owner, and it generally succeeds. A
skillful diver will 90 down fifty times a
day where the water is forty feet Deep
and he remains from minute to min
ute and half below the surface each
time. Occasionally diver will stay
! down more than two minutes, but such
cases are rare. The work of the pearl
diver is very eXhausting and he rarely
lives to an old age; but in spite of this,
there is always an abundance of men
ready to engage in the business
". Anon, IN C0hgregati0naJiSt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08
Painting Tin Roofs.

Tin on house top should be well
painted once in four years. For roofs,
light, cool coloEs are preferable, be-
cause they reflect the warm rays of
light, and thereby lessen the expansion
and contraction of the metal and the
shrinking of the boards underneath,
and so lessen the liability of the tin to
crack in the seams. The temperature
Of attic rooms in the summer will be
materially lower if the roof be painted
with light rather than with q dark
color The writer has learned from
long experience that the finest French
ocher is the most economical pigment
that can be used for that purpose. If,
as is sometimes the case in country
houses, where the roof is conspicuous
object in the architecture of the build
ing, dark color be indispensable, the
use of pure Venetian red darkened with
lampblack is recommended as the most
durable and economical. If by some
process the oil used in roof painting
could be prevented from becoming hard
and brittle, it would be great gain.
The poorest oil paint, however, is
better than neglect; and the best econ
omy consists in keeping tin entirely and
thoroughly protected from the cor.
roding influence of dampness. Old
paint, which has become "fatty'' from
exposure to the atmosphere, is better
than new for roof painting. Not
drop of turpentine should be used fol-
such work.-The BotaL Yorker
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08
They Won't EIOpe.

lie went home an hour earlier the
other afternoon, and calling his eigh-
teen-year-old daughter into the parlor
he began:
Susie, | have been thinking
"Yes, papa"
Il have been thinking that it would
De good plan for you to marry Will
lam, our coachman."
''W hiatt
HE is old enough to be your father,
TO be sure, but he would doubtless
make you good husband"
Never neverr'
HE is plain looking and uneducated,
but | believe l could respect him as a
why, father, have you lost your
mind? marry William wed that
long nosed, hump-back, -mouthed
boor I'll die first"
but, Susie, you know"
IN not listen Say another word
to me and I'll take poison -
Then the old gent slid out to the barn,
assumed his humblest look and said to
the coachman:
"William, I've been wondering why
you don't get married"
"Humph ~
"There's my daughter Susie. She's
young, but will make woman of sense.
| believe in early marriages, and if you
and she can agree / shall offer no OBJ
jections."
''Your Susie! Me marry her Beg
gingg your pardon, sir, and hoping you
ffon throw me out of my place for my
boldness, but if that impudent little
chit was the only female left on
earth I'd turn my back on her"
'But, William, l would try to be a
good"
mo use, sir! There is never an
hour that don't want to box her ears
If you insist I'll skip the country.
Andwhen the old gent picks up his
daily paper and sees the heading:
'Another Heiress goes off with the
Coachmn," he leans back and chuckles
and slaps his leg and cackles: "Haw
haw haw !"-DetroH Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08
They Leave No Sting.

She was only a baby, but she held up
her sweet, red lips, tipped back her
blessed little head shut the bright
eyes, and went the rounds from one
member of the family to the other, re-
peating the phrase she had Just heard
from her young mOther's lips
Three kisses and one to grow on
They caught her up, the darling, and
kissed and kissed her fair baby face,
pulled the soft curls, squeezed the
dimpled shoulders and followed her
every movement with wistful, worship
ping eyes unsk she came to the sour,
disappointed member of the family,
whose words were all hollow like dolls
stuffed with sawdust. She tiptoed up
10 the stern. bearded face, and put
fat chubby little hand on each unyield-
ing knee.
"Three kisses and one to grow on"
"What does all this tomfoolerv
mean?" inquired the gruff, grumpy
voice.
Baby is three years old to-day"
said the young mother, feeling how
hard it is to explain q simple, foolish
question that has no particular mean
ing, land so we give her kiss for each
year and one to grow on. But you
needn't kiss her, Uncle Ben, if you
don't want to.
What was it the old man saw in the
limpid eyes lifted to his? A vision of
the green fields and still waters of
Paradise? or did some president
knowledge possess him that he caught
her up in his arms as he had never
done before, and kissed her again and
again9
"Not want to kiss herr" he said, in a
broken voice. "Why, should as soon
think of refusing to kiss an angel from
Heaven. There, pet; there! and there!
Now may you grow on this one even to
the heights of Heaven--never short of
their standard, little one. This is the
old mans prayer"
Her age again can not tell,
For they reckon not by months and years
Where she has gone to dwell.
But / often wonder if we would not
all reach nearer the gates of Paradise
IT we had more kisses to grow on.
10 the light of the shining angels
The little one has gone.
o, great family of humanity, lead all
your weary, wandering ones up the
divine heights by kisses. They are
stronger than blows; they leave no
stings like bitter words; they are blessed
memories that blossom in our crown Of
,horns when those whom we kissed
have gone from us little way beyond
ears or kisses; grown on that precious
lourishment INTO the higher life, in the
;ity whose builder and maker is Cod
Baptist WCetly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08
FOrked Lightning.

BY papers received by last mail see
that Mr.. w. G. Gurley claims to have
shown, by photographing flash OF
lightning, that the ordinary notion of
forked lightning must be given up. l
do not know whether this conclusion
has been drawn from the photograph of
single flash or not, but you will see
from the enclosed photographs that the
conclusion is an entirely false one. An
examination of my photographs will
show that all the flashes except
one had the zigzag form and that some
of them are magnificently forked.
They resemble very closely the photo
graphs of sparks from Holtz electrical
n achine, taken by Mr.. A. Matheson in
Professor Tait's laboratory. and pub
lished IN volume xvii, part 3 of the
'"lransactious Of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh. The amount of detail
shown in the photograph of the tree
illuminated by the flash gives one a
very good idea OF the brightness, when
we consider that exposure can not have
exceeded the milionth part of a second
India Cor. London Nature.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08

At the instance of MIR. Burt, par
liamentary paper is Just published
which will not make pleasant reading
for the characterization fanatics Ii
shows at a glance the annual number
of deaths from smallpox in the army
and navy since 1860, together with the
ratio of such deaths per 900, and tho
number of men joining in each year
Throughout the whole period, with
very few exceptions, the tendency has
been toward a constant diminution of
mortality. In the case of the army,
this is all the more gratifying on ac-
count of the much larger number of
recruits now joining the service, q class
particularly liable to catch any infec
tious disease which happens to be rife.
During the first five years to which the
table refers, the average annual NOR
tality from smallpox in the army was
29.5, and the average number of re-
cruits 1929. But in the last five years
the mortality per annum fell to SIS,
while the number of men joining rose to
q, Cos. Turning to the companion serv-
ice which had 26 fatal cases in 1860, we
find clean record for two years in sue
cession-1677 and 187S-and the final
ratio per 1000 is only .0S, the same IS
in the army. 1t appears established,
therefore, by these tests that compul-
sorry revaccination is slowly but surely
operating to stamp out smallpox both
in the army and navy, and if this hap
pens in these cases we have warrant for
believing that the same results might
be accomplished in the civil population.
London Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08
The Neglected Garden.

"Father, don't like to 90 to school,"
said Harry Williams one morning; Il
wish you would always let me stay at
home. Charles Parker's father don't
make him 90 to school"
Mr.. Williams took the little boy by
the hand and said kindly to him:
Come, my son, | want to show you
something in the garden"
Henry walked INFO the garden with
his father, who led him along until
they came to a bed in which peas were
growing, the stems supported by thin
branches which had been placed in the
ground. Not Il weed was to be seen
about their roots, nor even disfguringi
the walk around the bed.
''See how beautifully these peas are
growing, my son. We shall lave an
abundant crop. Now let me show you
the peas in MIR. Parker's garden. We
can look at them through IL great hole
in the fence
Mr. Williams then led Henry through
the garden gate and across the road to
look at Mr.. Parker's peas. Alter look
ing into the garden for few moments
Mr.. Williams said:
"Well, my son, what do you think of
Mr.. Parker's peasP
80 father, | never saw such poor
looking peas in my life. There are no
sticks for them to run upon and the
weeds are nearly as high as the peas
themselves
why are they so much worse than
ours, Harry?"
Because they have been left to grow
as they pleased. | suppose Mr. Parker
just planted them, and never took any
care of them afterwards. He has neith-
er taken out the weeds nor helped the
stalks to grow right"
ayes, that's Just the truth, my son.
A garden will soon be overrun with
weeds and briers if it is not cultivated
with the greatest care. And Just so it
is with the human garden: This pre-
cious garden must be trained, and wa
tered, and kept free from weeds, or is
will run to waste. Children's minds
are like garden-beds, and they must be-
tended even more carefully than the
choicest plants. If you were never to
go to school, nor have good seeds Of
knowledge planted in your mind, it
would, when you became man, resem-
BILE the weed-covered bed we have Just
been looking at, instead of the beauti-
full one in my garden. Would you
think it right for me to neglect my gar
den as Mr.. Parker neglests his?'
''Oh no, father your garden is @
good one, but Mr.. Parker's is all over
run with weeds and briers."
COR, my son, do you think it would
be right if l neglected my son as Mr..
Parker neglects his, allowing him to
run wild and his mind uncultivated, to
become overrun with weedsP"
Little Harry made no reply; but he
understood pretty clearly what his
father meant -EGrly Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08
SulphurOuS Gas.

Repeated experiments have proved
that fowls can be cured of Group speed
lily by the fumes of sulphur. A safe
method of administering this is to take
four strips Of board about two feet in
length and six inches in width; nail
these together so rs to form the sides of
of box; nail boards across the bottom,
and this forms box that viii hold
earth. Place three inches of soil in this
box and set it in the poulry-house or
stable where the poultry or other sick
animals are. Take a strong iron kettle
one that is wide and shallow is best
adapted to the purpose-and put in two
or three shOvelfuls of coal from the
stove. Set the kettle in the box of soil
and sprinkle on couple of spoonfuls
of sulphur. The fumes will soon pene-
trate every part of an ordinary-sized
room and cause the croupy fowls to
cough and sneeze, bringing up mucous
and phlegm through the nostrils and
mouth. Repeat this treatment three
times daily for three DAYS. If thereon
is small one spoonful of sulphur will do
at time. When cattle in barns are in
tested with lice, fumigate twice day
for three days and the lice will disap-
pear. For large stable a greater
quantity of sulphur is required A
physician who has tested the merits of
sulphurous gas, says: "For children
with Group or whooping-cough, catarrh
or any affection Of the bronchial tubes,
Inflammation of the lungs, etc, give flu
migation with sulphur before any physic
is taken into the stomach. In eases of
typhoid fever fumigate with sulphur
twice q day."-San Fratcisc Cbroa-
icje.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08

We are apt to think that our solar
system consists of a mighty collection
of worlds; but Professor Proctor, in
commenting upon the star Sirius, goes
on to prove that our sun is a very
small affair compared with some stars
whose light is very faint to our eyes.
Judging from the time it takes light to
reach our world, Sirius would shine two
hundred times more brightly than our
sun if set beside the latter. Hence it
IS argued that it must have q surface
400 times as great, a diameter fourteen
times larger, and mass 5000 times
greater than our sun. These figures
give bulk so great that the human
imagination fails to grasp the vastness
of the difference between the two suns.
Yet this great sun is supposed to be in
ferior to other suns in size and SPLEEN
dor. There is suspicion that all the
suns in our visible universe revolve
around a great central sun located
somewhere in the constellation Her.
cules. Vast as seems the universe, we
now know that the primary materials
Of which it is composed are the same in
all the planets and suns. The spectre
scope has settled the question that
chemically all planets, suns and stars
are composed of identical materials
De1HoreStS Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08

An English architect asserts that
houses can be made of timber which
will lsst longer than brick or stone. In
many English towns houses of oak and
plaster are standing and in daily use
that were built five hundred years ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08

In England and on the Continent
breakfast is served without II eat, ex-
cept by special order and at extra
charge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08

The Mexicans of Southern Cali
fornia carry ell their water in water,
proof baskets made of willow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08

"A bullet thrown at q girl in a Low.
ell cartridge factory, to awaken her,
lodged in her ear and caused her death
-Bost0n Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-08

The Sandwich Islands are the pop
1lar resort for people on the Pacific
coast who wish to make a sea voyage
for health, just as Europe is for the
people of the East. The tourist travel
to King Kalakaua's dominions has
doubled within the past year. San
Francisco call.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

Reports FROM every portion Of the
range are but coniirnAtory OF the all
nounc'inrnt made several months ago
that the calf cruP this season would be cx-
traorIlnarily larg''. and that OF the calves
'lroppyl not even u small pcr cent. per-
i%hrd from cold. This mrslns that there
will bc mo- DECREASE in the number OF cattle
on the range, anil THAT all sales OF cattle by
range count will be mOrr satisfactory 70
buyers and sellers. Just now We can't ~,
why the calf crop next year may not also
be above the avrnig~, for we understand
that secd stock all wintcr,.,l we'll and that
there IL good pr cent. Of bulls on the
rang. Every indication points to pricc.
for all kinds Of stock holding up this year
anil eyrn increasing owr the highest fig-
urrs OF L'st scasen.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20


1t is known that John 4. Logan Is
called dirty Work Logan" and this
how he derived the name. In speech
made in 1850, he made use of the fol-
lowing language:
EVERY fugutiye that has been arrest
ed in Illinois, or in any of the western
states-and I call Illinois a western
state, for am ashamed longer TO call
it northern state-has been made By
democrats. In Illinois the democrats
have all that work to do. You call it
the dirty work of the democratic party
to catch fugitive slaves for the southern
people. We are willing to perform any
work, dirty or not. dirty, which is in
accordance with laws of the land and
the constitution of the country, and cal
culated to assist men in recovering that
which is their right, guaranteed to them
under the constitution and the laws of
the land"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

The Germans OF this county are not
plrascd with Bliine's nomination, and in
many PLACES arr outspokrn in their opin.
ions. Now " the prohibiiionisis will on.
BY nominate ticket at Pittsburg. there
will h. easy sailing for the democrats.
Ben Btler will hold the grrnbuckcr-
level; the prolIibitiOnisls will control the
fanatics, the Germins will vote for a ,lcm-
Ocrat, u he Is anything like man. and the
republicans will have To be content will
the Office holders and the strict partisan,
among themselves. As suggested else
where there Is a possibility or no ono can.
,li'htc receiving majority. or POI. Of tie
electoral votes. in which event the house
of representatives will b. called OF to
'lcCt the president. Tic democrats hav,
81 ont Of - states. and Of comsc a demo
crit would be- rlrctrtI.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20

Kansas City Times: Mr.. X. l.. Walker
said in burst Of cloqusnce and enthusiasm
at Wichita the Other evening; "whrn
went To (hieigO I was Ia favor OF Arthur
and expected To vote for hinE but on reach
ing there and finding that the country was
wild with enthusiasm for the pluned
knight, changed my mind and cast my
vote first. second, third and fourth time for
James q. Blaine, whom believed to be
the greatest living statesman. and for John
\. Logan the greatest hero that ever drew
a sword in defense Of his country"
Mr. Walker l. we believe register OF a
land office. lie was safe in bowling for
Blaine. Mr.. Arthur has committed him.
self to civil service rules sufficient TO show
that for mere political opinions sake he
will not rrmovc \ man from Officc. The
fellows who were In were safe In going 10
the Blaine forces. II was the part Of pr,l.
'lcnce. Arthur will not disturb them, and
" Blaine Is elected he may retain them
while II they supported Arthur they wcr,
sure to lose their Official heads In the event
Of Bltinc's election.
by the way what has become OF tic rx.
banker, one Ulysses =. Grant II Zuni To-
gan u "the greatest hero that ever drew
a sword In defense Of his countryy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20


In thesc days OF speculation and doubt
rs to the result OF the presidential election
this year, there Is consolation Ia knowing
that circumstances may arise which will
throw tie elcction into the house of rrure-
scutaIivcs. A the Kansas City Times
puts it, ifit Is possible that Ben Butler
should carry Massachusetts. fourteen cl,c.
ton,l votes, and Michigan. thirtren elccto-
raj votes. AMI the other states be 10 evenly
balanced that neither cindi,l,tc shall llay,.
2Ol electoral votcs, which Is necessary TO a
clioicr, otherwise the election goes to the
house. should Il 20 to the house each
state has ono VOTE, and that vote IL COM
posed or made up Of the votes Of the mern-
bcrs OF congress from the states. The
democrats have twenty-ene Of the thirty
eight states. aud wonld Of course select
the democratic candidate without qucs-
ton.
BIT there Is hardly probability OF the
election going to the house. The demo.
crlts practically start In with BIT IL votes
to gain. and these states are now In the
hands Of the Democracy; besides they
have California. Connecticut. Oregon, and
a number OF other stItes TO draw from 10
make up the twelve.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20


The tragedy enacted in tine southwest.
ern part Of this county las, Tuesday after
noon, rrsilting in the death OF two men,
Wa sad affair, and u should be warm
hg to f,nce cutters gene. ally. There Is
no rvasOn for cutting fence and breaking up
the gates to pastures, and 1t mag as well be
understood one time aS another that stock
nrn In this country will not put up with
being touncnted In any such manner.
Al OF tire land in this county is either IL.
ken up by individuals or else II belongs to
the goyrrnmrnt, aud in no event has any
one but the owner the right to cut off tim
Der; aud II the land the timber WIS being
taken from was In the Territory, there was
still no right for any one To cut Il.
A. We understand it the parties VIII
were killed had been hauling posts of the
ranges down there, and bcsitis took occl-
.ion to destroy gates ami fences on their
rad to the timbcrcd country.
They should have known that sooner or
later they would get into trouble.