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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

What is the difference between
woman who decks herself in many
knots of ribbon, and one who patiently
endures misfortune? One wears her
bows and the other bears her woes
Albany Journal.
AT boarding school one evening,
a young Spaniard, who had Just begun
the study of English grammar, wished
to be helped to some boiled tongue
"Miss, he said to the girl who sat at
the opposite side of the table, 81 will
thank you to pass me the language. y
Golden Days.
~ want sign" said young man,
stepping into a painters shop. "What
sort of a sign?" asked the artist of the
brush. "a sign of rain" "All right
replied the painter, as he dashed pail
of cold water over the would-be jokist.
Jersey city Herald.
SO you think your son smokes, Mrs.
Jones?" I'm sure of it, Mrs. Brown:
I've found pieces of tobacco in his
pockets" Dear me! dear me! I'm
sorry. My son has no bad habits; |
never find anything in his pockets but
cloves and coffee beans. "-ZdneSriLe
journal.
"A German clock dealer sold small
clock to an Irishwoman, but he had
scarcely left the house when she turned
it bottom upward, and q wire dropped
from its position, causing the clock to
strike without intermission. Thereupon
she ran after him, and complainingly
said: ''Sure, an it's cryin' afther We
ALREADY n. Y Ledger.
-" IT," said a young man who
had Ct OF the paragraph depart
ment o. college magazine, "Falstaff
was very fat man, wasn't hep
Eyes" ''He was what you might call
corpulent, wasn't he?" Eyes, he was
corpulent." "Corpulence sounds big,
but it can be spelled with four letters,
cam it?" mo, it cant. Have you
lost all your sense?" 80, yes, it can.
What's the matter with o b t?' The
father will bring suit against the col
lege for dwarling his sons mind.-Ar-
kdRSalO IrdUeler.
Two Sides to Sentiment
When -yearod May Blossom
Comes down in clear white dress,
And runs to find ''dear Auntie,'
And claims her sweet caress
Then Auntie takes up Blossom,
And her eyes they grow and shine,
SO. pretty baby blossom,
If you were only mine!'
When Blossom, in the pantry,
High mounted on a chair,
Has nibblcd at the icing,
Till half the cake is bare,
Then Auntie puts down Blossom,
And her eyes they glow and shine;
80. naughty baby Blossom,
If you were only mine!"
-Erchdnge.
Mister said q wizen-faced man
to an uptown druggist, "gimme a
quarters worth o. pruSsic acid, please
"Prussic acid" yelled the druggist,
''why, man, it is a deadly poison.
What do you want with prussic acid?"
''Don't want nothin' with prussic acid"
replied the man; want essence of va
lerian. Other night man aXed fur va
lerian out in Pittsburgh an got prussic
acid Didn't want to git none o that
myself, so | thought eff Axed fur that
I'd git valerian." He got the thing
! he wanted.-N y. NeVS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
Wide Versus Narrow Tires.

Few farmers realize the advantages
of broad over narrow tires for wagons
in use upon the farm, or for hauling
upon dirt roads. Not only will the
broad tire prevent the cutting up of the
sod when hauling across meadows is
necessary, but the team will handle a
load with far greater ease. The adj
vantage in hauling over plowed ground
is still greater. On dirt roads, when
the ground is soft from wet weather,
the narrow tire cuts the track into deep
ruts, where the broad tire will pack it
down and make it more solid. 1t is
claimed that q four-inch tire will carry
two tons as easily over soft ground as
the usual width of tire on farm and
road wagons will carry one ton. There
is no foundation for the belief that the
wide tire increases the draught, for the
contrary is true. The ordinary wheel
can be changed from narrow to wide
tire by simply removing the felloes and
putting on four-inch fellOes with tire to
correspond, in place of the narrow, or
an extra set of wheels might be made.
so that the change could at any time
be made from narrow to broad, accord
ing to the work to be done. AS the
ordinary farm wagons are nearly all
made with the thimble skein of uniform
size, there would be no trouble in having
the extra set of wheels fit the axle
trees. We have never known farmer
who once used wide tires who was not
strongly in favor of them for most of
the uses for which the wagon is re.
quired. Farmers ReUieW.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

An Particle IN the ChurchnaGn by
Bishop Coke, of Western New York,
concludes in favor of giving the Pro.
testant Episcopal Church in the United
States the name of the Apostolic Church
in America.
An interesting Sunday-school con-
vention was held in Waterbury, Conn,
recently. 1t appeared from the report
that in the State there were 1,037
schools; Is, 1872 officers and teachers;
1869 scholars. Total membership,
1872, sol.
"A New York real estate man esti-
mates the wealth of Trinity Church at
5000, 100000. He says it is certainly
as rich as the Vanderbilts, and has a
steadier line of profit. Besides its i'm
mense property in the city it holds mort
cages on several hundred Episcopal
Churches all over the country.-M Y.
Sun.
Underlying the forty-one acres
within the enclosure of Girard College
walls, Philadelphia, there are $500 feet
of tunnel, intersecting almost every part
of the grounds. At distances of one
hundred feet apart there are gas gets,
which are lighted by electricity. The
tunnels are used for the pipes which
carry the steam and hot water to the
eleven buildings on the ground Phila-
delphia Press.
AT the annual meeting of Friends
recently held in England, Mr.. Rufus
King, of Baltimore, obtained the sane
ton of the society for religious work in
the south of France, Mount Lebanon,
Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
Mr.. Isaac Sharpe returned his certificate
after a seven years mission, and gave
encouraging accounts of his work in
Africa, Australia, and the adjoining
islands, Madagascar, the United States,
Canada, Indian Territory, and Mexico.
Mr.. Sharpe's certificate was renewed for
work in Norway.
"A comparative statement of the
various colleges, compiled by Mr. Tay
lor Payne, shows that Harvard has
thirty-two professors and twenty three
lecturers, instructors, tutors, etc,
making a total of tifty-fve. Princeton
come next with twenty eight professors
and six lecturers, tutors, ETC., making q
IOldl Vi GnlIJy -IOuT. ale lOllOWS WIFI
twenty professors, and ten lecturers,
tutors, etc, total thirty. Then follows
Columbia with total of twenty nine;
Amherst, twenty-four, and Brown and
Wesleyan nineteen each.
The Church of the Latter Day
Saints, commonly known as Mormons,
of Fall River, Mass, is an active or
ganization, and is busily pushing its
missionary operations. Its member
ship at present is 125, one-third of whom
are native-born, the rest mainly of En-
glish origin. Elder John Gilbert who
resides in Fall River, is the general mis-
sionary agent for Rhode Island, Con-
necticut and Massachusetts. The soci-
ETY. at Plainville. in the vicinity of New
Bedford, is reported to be very flourish
ing and mostly composed of native born
members, and the one at Little Comp
ton, r. l., is also composed mostly of
the same class. In that section the sue
cess of the saints is reported very en-
couraging, baptisms by immersion be-
ing frequent These people are monog
amists and do not harmonic with the
, Mormons in Utah.-BOSt01l Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
RingbOne.

Sometimes ringbone can be removed
by applying the red iodide Of mercury
ointment. Usually. however, they re-
main in spite of all treatment. Should
you wish TO employ the ointment, have
Il druggist make some of the strength
of one part of drug to six
teen parts of simple cerate.
Wash the parts thoroughly and rub in
ointment for three days. After putting
on, tie the animals head up for several
hours, so that he cannot bite the place
on which you have put the medicine.
Discontinue for six days, and apply as
before. Do not let any of the prepara-
ton get into the hollow of the heel,
and to protect it grease with lard. 1t is
good plan to smear some lard over
the ringbone during the six days that
the ointment is not used.-Home and
Farm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
THE FOUR-LEAF CLOVER.

Long searched the maid with sunny hair,
Searched long and late, without despair;
Searched through the iields-searched every
where.
No bud or flower, no leaf or tree
Or growing vne could tempting be;
This leaf alone she wished to see.
She found it in its hding-place;
With laughing voice and smiling face,
"'GoOd luck" she said, will come apace.'
1'Good luck" the leatlet hung its head
Like one whose joys and hopes are dead;
"A schOolgirls fancy" then it said.
The same as all fair maidens do,
She put the treasure in her shoe;
GOOD luck" she said will come from you"
And true-let none the charm assail-
In one short year-it did not fail
The maid was wed-sO runs the tale.
j. NJ Hoffman, in Current.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12

"A few drops of any perfumed oil
will secure libraries from the consuming
effects of mould and damp. Russian
leather, which is perfumed with the tar
of the birch tree, never moulders. Mer-
chants have suffered large bales of this
leather to remain in the London docks
knowing that it cannot sustain any in.
Jury from damp. This matter of pre-
serving books with perfumed oil was
known to the ancients. The Romans
used oil of cedar to preserve valuable
manuscript. -Iurf, Field and Farm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12

"A New Jersey dog was attacked by
pair of bats, and as one jumped on his
back the other clawed his face. The
dog got rid of the cat on his back by
running under the fence, and then he
returned to the charge and killed the
other cat, while the first escaped
NeWagk ReqjSter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12

"A New York chemist is quoted as
saying that the genuine altar of roses,
(which is made in India and Australia,
costs 500 an ounce at the place of dis
tillation. 1t takes $4,000 rose blooms
to yield an ounce of altar. They are
the common. rose, and grow in great
profusion in California, where the dis
tillation of altar could be made very
profitable industry."-M Y. NeoOS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
TheRepublican,
JAS. A. HAYDEN, Publisher.

OAKLAND, GARRETT CO.. Mn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30

Sweet maid. your traitor eyes.
Tender with glad surprise,
Half lead me 20 surfnlse
Your loving heart.
Loving, although ! know
n Won thought | thought so,
Your down-cast eyes would show,
b shyness taught. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30
CELESTIAL PlSsION FOR MUSIC.
THE soLAcE FOUND BY NINTH WARD cHINANtAN
FIDDLE.

THE sOLACE FOUND by a NINTH WARD CHlNANAN
IN HIS FIDDLE.
Close to the Northern Dispensary, near the
junction Of Grove and Christopher sts, Is Chinese laun
dry Judging from outside appearances the proprietor
thereof does enjoy the confidence OF the Ninth ward
ers TO such extent to allow OF their depOstng theh
garments with him to undergo the process which the
Chinese mind mistakes for washing. Anyhow Ching
Chong whose sign painted by Motst. artist, swung IN
the wnry breeze front OF the establishment has plen-
II Of leisure time Mr. Ching however, had soul above
his uncOngcnial occupation OF squirting water over
Ninth-ward collars and cuffs His face was sad and
weary look haunted his diagonal eyes. a TRIBUNE re-
porte who occasionally passes the humble abode has for
ong felt pang Of conjunction, whenever he saw the
crushed Celestial sitting mournfully chair waiting
and watching for the bundles of Soed linen which never
came few weeks ago, however, change was noted In
til sad ones appearance He longer silently shook
his biouslookng head in TO the well-meant in
ouIry Of How's business, john p He would almost
sme-at any rate . distinct wrinkle pcrceptble on
his upper lip and BELLY we was the gtcral response
The reporter p0ndered these things over in his mind and
had nearly arrived the erroneous conclusion that
the Ninth ward had beer seized with a sud
den attack OF the ncxoOrneighbOr to godliness when
the other evening the mystery was solved As the
reporter drew the laundry h heard sound which
caused him nsnctively 20 look round Tor DOOtlacB or
old boots neither was In sight ana he peTiorce con
tlnupd his walk. Louder louder grew the hideOus
strains. crowd OF small boys were gathered round
Ghines portal and two or three OF the ti1eN ha tneir
eyes glued 10 q space in the shutters through which
pencil Of yellow light fell the dngy snow outside The
reporter paused the door and listened to the sound Ike
the wall OF lost soul in agony which came from the In
terror. hastY knock at The door only caused me eeTle
sounds higher and higher There no help for
1t but follow the example Of the urchins and glance
through the crack revealed the my steiy Chng
was seated on a stool I'm the middle W his store,
his head thrown back and expression indicative OF
unlimited brdsncst soup, aud other celestial decacie7
on his ordinarily wooden face One hand grasped an In
strtment like q chil1s drum with IA stick through it,
while the other drew hddlebow over me TWO strings
which stretched the drum The result of this
was the wall above referred TO- The murder
was out. louder knock at the door caused the grew
some sound 10 stop and Ching appeared at the haopen
door When he who the intruder was he fairly
GTinned, and pointing to the sound producer said:
Ching belly fond Of mlusic Him sad TIL dem iiddle
came dOm China then him glad"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30
THE SOCIETY OF DECORATIVE ART

Through the medium of the annual repOrta
the outsider s enable, gain glimpse of the extent and
of the work accomplished by the society OF Decoa
tive Art. The statistics which furnished tell strk'
ing story Of and fruitful effort TO aid women IN
securing suitable. congenia and remuncraye work on
the books OF the society the Of 3340 cOnrb'
tors $40 having been added during the last year OF
$3.50 articles received and examined $500 were ac-
cepted and Sl65l5 has been paid TO contributors One
has received for embroidery $1,000, another over
500 while the highest price paid In yearto any CONTRIB
utor was All IN 1882 In the needework department.
3661 orders for stamping and prepared work and $50
orders for finished work have been received during the
past year Nearly $4,000 has been paid out in this de-
partmen for salaries and wages IL Is an encouraging
sign OF appreciation that the furnishing and decorating OF
house in Newport and OF rooms In other houses have
nrusted and satisfactorily accomplished by tho
society During the year there were given s75 lessons In
drawing and painting and eleven free classes, with nom
twelve twenty pupils each In plain sewing and fine
needewOr hand drawing and modelling have been
in successful operation among the poor children and
mission schools of the city valuable advance upon
this work is be made by the teaching OF other indus
trial arts wOodcsrving, metal work, etc. and the com
mittee asks the aid of the public TO secure the
continuance these mission school classes aud the addt
tion ofa central classroom and workshop.
This outline indicates the apparent results OF the
praseworthy endeavor this society self
help and provide for selfeducaton women.
The material benefits OF it, plans suggested by the
statement that this and auxiliary societies in other
cities have since 1877 paid out S324,79l for women's
work The ucaOnal worth OF the designs cOlors and
styles of workmanship approved Dy the society," ana OF
the instruction bestowed verbally by letters OF criticism
and by wide circulation OF the library must be count
ed potent eevang the both OF producers
and patrons There is reason in the claim that the
society has created standard IN certain directions and
1t is not surprising 20 find the demand for good hand
keep work pace with the growing competition. Those
who care aid In securing wOmen's work, to IA
st IN spreading the OF good taste and to CO.
operate with the sensible and admirable plan OF teaching
the industrial the poor, will do Well TO remember
that usefulness of the society may be broadened BY
direct purchases, by subscriptions or by donations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30

,., ,,,, hon, croom. and an T. Gully" the Member
for Poutefract who had been prize i 1.o,sor
heaten Inv the Game Chicken. but Nalgulsheu SSiT
Co. the chan, nonship Of England hrcndeS dmoo D!
subsequently the Derby with AnuoN CT q 'seucnt
provided the less ON tae other hand to
recollect that Rldsdae died at NeWm'uAoV WIZ" ''i'
half-pcncc in his pocket =. . q. ,,ro " NJ late wears
hut this much is probable that not onD ~. "r orc
Bloomsbury's. and Running kelns cindIoteur and
acarted things, but that Ellington dla'irn,cWs I'm,
t,i~hcr won Derhys least under susI iciOi inS
Derby won by CaraCtacus was under NOR III, tho
iaccs t,revously enumerated Tcmpleman won I've o,hs
on Warehouses, and the 81 Lager on '"0 ~
Ncwminser.
ON Thursday Mr. william Blanchard Jcrrold the i3m
Of Douglas Jerrold, buried He was Ieih'h,,pS c
GOOD -looknr man aud had none OF his tathers
Wit He was IA gentle bumorist with turn Oi n i,,i
and very well acquainted with the french iahsu"6 w
literature.
Adolphe Bels the author Of some notorious FIencn
novels, last written one quite presehtlo' 49,
IL might lie on any drawing room tiDV. ri" Int dis
cOnical Is that lie Comte Jacques Is qniov r
tnct plrlcv of so known a story as fHuI 9 g.
the author OF which. clergyman's WIG WAS O" "
death a few years ago.
Mr. Marriott the Liberal who voted against p 1nr m"
ernment resigned and was reelected NJ from Bghl9h'
remains after Msa Fortcsoue the hero of the hour ne
received a grand greeting from the House Oh % ~
and appears very likely to be Solicitor General Wheh I
Tories come in again. They are terribly snort Oh SoVu
speakers and rising men, why ~ so s1s w. U Nd
ns which puzzled hole Tonn men 90 To- the Lib
eral side Look ut what we do for Oer !Ouns uch We
have made even Stanhope an underSecTea{ >,orriott
great cutlery Il OF raised against MI dafIIott
by tie Radicals who denOunco him as a rat anu
turn coat This is idocy. The greatest statesmen men
great Duke OF Wellington latted Catholic Enamel
patton and the sir Robert Peel over the hepe W
Corn Lnms lord Ts nI TSgnd he 90 did
Sir Fraucis Burdet who was once couiGteu " o
Tower for sedition Mr. Gladstone negan me me hosan "a
and is advanced Radical LORD Derry neeah do
alberal Conservative and a moderate Liberal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30
IGOLDSMITHS' EXHIBITTON.

Prom IIesnn Lcitsr IN Ths LJndoa Standard
An exhibition of Ilre goldsnths work will
shortly be opened In Psth In the OF the National
Museum. Among the exhibits will DO rionly
jeweled crowns OF historical interest and mber Of
pyIes clacse and eccle sastcal Objects OF
which OF immense value The Ilk OF the Exhibition
wl consist oil valuable gold plate and personal oWory
either OF Hungarian manufacture or the property O the
old Hung Ian "a Miles. The principal objects have been
lent Ivy the Imperial SohazkamDer at Vienna and b. Tho
various Archdnkrs magnates and ceSilstics and few
with pearls, with which King IadisaHs and tho preav
Matthias COryisus were crowned and the socalled fu
neral crowns" OF King Bella III, and s wife AMIGA Of
Antioch, found 81 their graves at Irossbufg There
also sever pieces Of enamel from the OF the En-
peror Constantine MonOmachIs. bearing portraits OF
the Emperor, his wife, as sister and two
try during tho excavations made st urosswarden for
fertilization purposes, aud whose ORIGIN Is uncertain.
Another remarkable exhibit IA tho socaed eIChequer OF
the Gothic King Atahar1oh. oons-tlnt OF number OF
golden cups aud Weighing Z4OO ducas, discovered
at TorOntal
Among the ooclesiasca articles the pyx ohalCs
presented by the Hungarian King Louis Of ABou TO the
Chspter of MNla Chapele in 1910. and lent by IL
further huge golden bust Of King Ladislaus crowned.
from tho high altar uf The Cathedral la Rsab
besides about thirty golden ChaCes from the time OF
Matthias CorviRus when the goldsmths In Hungary
nj It's height. There s further, golden cup. richly
set with jewels which POSSESSES remarkable history IL
given In 1893 70 Count NicOlaus Pahy by the Aus
tan States for services rendered In the reconqueet Of
Raab from the Turks THIS cup which weighs
thousand ducas, and j. still more valuable for It's
artistic merit, afterward given by a son OF this
from the hands OF tho Croats who had made him
prisoner II thus into possession OF the Sultan and
eventually presented to the Austrian Emperor Leo
pold who recognizing the OF the PAys t restor
sd it TO the family The catalogue which will itsof form
handbook OF great Interest, has beou drawn by III.
PuGzky director Of tho Pesth National Museum and h.-
Karl PulsSy director OF the EszterhsSy Gallery IN
Pesth who together Panasa aud arranged the EIbibi
tlOu,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30

II ia not generally known that he held The nominal post
now 6lled nv Count Gleichen for many ycGrs' anu
although In receipt of annual allowance o. 18ooI
he regularly drew his salary Governor Oh inc Nas'o
down to the very last hour Of his life. c,
The amount due to him when he died for low Week
which had elapsed since the last payment was croulou
TO his estate the value of which by the way ms
will ever been made public. II is not easy to under
stand why the Queen should have made such pro
found mystery of the matter brit n Is i"c' Una, te
continued TO keep everything connected WIN the
prircn's nropcrty and its disposition q dcaO secret