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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04
The GuillOtine'S Name,

The shade of DR.. Guillotne ought to
be content! That gentleman was born
at Saintes in I74S, and died in Paris in
1914. He was professor of anatomy
and physiology, and, being an authori-
ty on all sanitary questions, he was
Kind Of standing counsel on all these
matters. He exposed the charlatanism
of the divining rod, and with Franklin
made a joint report, in 1884, to the Con-
stituent Assembly, of which he was
member, against the reputed miracles
of Mesmer. He did notinvent the gull
lotine, as it popularity believed; but he
nearly. was executed by it, as he was ar
rested during the Reign of Terror, and
escaped, like so many others, by the
fall and execution of Robespierre. His
political enemies, the Royalists, called
the machine after him; the name stuck
and saddened the poor doctor
remaining years. In his memoirs
he never alludes even to that in
strument. The doctor proposed to the
Assembly that since the law declared
equality before the executioner, mode
of punishment ought to be devised
where all would be executed alike. Till
then mobiles had the privilege to be de-
capitated by the AK or sword, and that
forfeit of life carried with it no disgrace
for the victim family. The plebeians
were hanged, and that death was asso-
ciated with infamy. Dr. Guillotine, adj
dressing the Assembly, advocating for
purely philanthropic reasons the rapid
dispatch of the condemned said:
''With my instrument lHcan whip of
your head in the twinkling of an eye,
and without your feeling the least
pain" Explosions of laughter fol-
lowed, and the poor doctor was carica-
tured numerically. 1t was colleague
of the school of medicine, DIR. Louis,
that was called upon to report
on machine made by a Ger
man man named Schmid, for de-
capitation. 1t was experimental
upon at Electra, on corpses, cats, dogs,
rabbits, poultry, etc, and pronounced
admirable. Schmid received a patent
to supply the machine for the depart
ments at ''eight hundred and twenty
four pounds" each. Out of gratitude
he baptized it "Louisette, but the
name did not take any more than that
of the National Razor or the
"Windmill of Silence" In the slang
of the prisons it is called "The Widow"
Tho inventor of the guiliotine is I'M
known, possibly it is lost in the night
of time, or dates from China. Accord
ing to some old engravings, an instru-
ment not unlike it has been known in
Scotland in the sixteenth century; a
variety of the machine exists in Italy,
called mannaja, and beyond doubt that
was the instrument employed to decap,
itate the Due Henri de Montmorenci,
in 1852, in Lanquedoc. The AK was
cumberson and cruel; two blows were
required to sever the head of Mary
Queen of Scots, four for Monmouth,
and seven for dc Thou.-Anericaa
Register.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04
The MACHINERY Of the Aims.

The Alps constitute great machine,
which manufactures water out of snow
and supplies it to all Europe. Every
year there falls on the Alps thirty
three feet of snow, most of it falling
between the attitudes 1900 and 5000.
This snow, light, Opaque and enough,
If piled on top of the Alps, to bury
them three-ffths of q mile deep in the
course OF century, is continually
pressed down, formed into glacial ice,
showed through the valleys, melted into
! rivers and distributed to the four quar-
! tiers OF Europe by the machinery of the
Alps. A cubic yard of snow weighs
| 1877 pounds; when show is thawed and
sinks into the glacial form, a cubic yard
weighs nearly half ton. When it be-
comes solid ice a cubic yard weighs
nearly ton. From the surface to
the bottom of a glacier are to be OBJ
served all these gradations of snow, the
hight and Opaque at top, the solid at
bottom. Some of these glaciers are
over |, 900 feet deep. The water which
melts from them is estimated as equal
to a height of ten feet year. Their
movement is generally downward. but
occasionally they appear to shrink back
and upward, only to renew their down
ward course at q subsequent period. In
this way they advance slowly from the
heights to the outlets of the valleys.
sometimes as low down as 5000 feet of
altitude; this snail-like Journey often
requiring more than a century. A lad
der which Saussure left in 1888 at the
{ - -s-sz' Oa1USS=r4-
fd55t 81 tie Rdd1fi G Noif, Wien he de- 2
scended Mount Blanc, was found in
1882 at q distance of 4, 757 yards below,
a descent of eleven inches a day. A
knapsack which fell into a creyasse of
the glacier Talefre and was afterwards
found below, travelled at the rate of
fourteen inches day. In 1920 guide
fell into the first crevasse that opened
at the foot of Mount Blanc; in 1850 his
body, recovered below, was found to
have travelled at the rate of eighteen
inches a day. In 1860 the body of a
mountaineer, clad in the fashion of |
some former age, was delivered up at
the foot of the Ahrenthal glacier in |
Austria. Tyndall found that the Mer
de Glace travelled at the rate of thir-
teen inches a day in winter, and TWEEN
ty-four inches in summer; Agassiz dis
covered that the center of the glacial |
stream moved faster than the sides;
Charpentier ascertained that the stream
had its eddies and whirlpools; Render
asserted that it is impossible to point
out any phenomenon of rivers which
was not to be observed in glaciers.
Hence their importance to man. They
are plastic streams, to be studied at |
leisure and with the view of applying
their lessons to running streams. The
glacial fields of the Alps cover no less
than LIZ square miles. The glaciers
of Mount Blanc alone cover 100 square
miles, and their mass is equal to 1884,
100000 cubic yards, which represents
a body of water equal to the whole dis
charge Of the river Seine during nine
years. There is machinery for your
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04

away TIE seaport of Callao. In the
morning there was only barren sand
| bank where the night before had stood
a populous town.
Lima and Callao were both rebuilt,
and for more than a hundred wears
Peru was disturbed only by Slight
shocks. But in August, 1868, q ter
rifle earthquake destroyed nearly every
building in the large city of Arequipa,
which stood at the foot of MIST. a vol
canic mountain which for ages had
been cold and silent. Immediately
after the shock the summit of Misti
burst out in smoke and cinders. and
huge pieces of rock were hurled down
its sides.
1t was at this time that great tidal
wave swe Ut on to the Peruvian coast
two hundred miles south of Areduipa.
destroying the seaport of Area, and
carrying inland several great vessels,
among which was the United States
War-steamer Wateree. So great was
the force OF this terrible rush of waters
that the huge vessel of war, with its
heavy guns and equipments, was
thrown half a mile into the interior of
the town.
In March, 1912, the inhabitants of
the city of Caracas, in Venezuela, we're
startled by a loud report like the sound
of thousand cannon, and Immediately
the ground erose in great waves. Build
lngs rocked and fell, and in a few mo-
ments nearly ten thousand people were
Killed. Shortly afterward the volcano
OF the island of st. Vincent broke out In
a great eruption. This volcano had
ot fa &, si7a j. saia tAat
on the day the eruption took place q
little negro boy was herding cattle on
the mountain. Stones began to fall
around him He thought some mis-
chlevous companion was pelting him
from the cliffs above his head. But he
soon discovered that it was not bad
boys, but the mountain itself which
hurled the stones. Soon the mountain
began to roar and tremble, and for
three days poured out showers of ashes
and lava.
Many portions of Europe and Asia
have also suffered from great earth
quakes. The complete ru n of Lisbon
by a terrific shock was one of the sad
deSt events OF the last century. Not
alone the coast of Portugal, but vast
extent of land and sea, was shaken by
this earthquake. The great rock of
Gibraltar trembled like an aspen leaf,
and steam rose in many places from the
Atlantic Ocean
In Central and Southern Italy many
notable earthquakes have taken place.
One of the most severe of modern times
occurred in March, 1881, when the
pretty town of Casamicciola, on the
island Of Ischia, was ruined in q mo
ment. At one o'clock ON a sunny aft
ernoon its inhabitants were tranquil and
happy. Five minutes later their homes
were nothing but heaps of stone and
rubbish. 1t is a singular fact that the
tower of the church remained standing,
bearing aloft the great clock, the hands
of which had stopped at the instant the
fatal shock occurred. Helen S. CO2ta1at,
IN Harper'S Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A false hunger ought not to be-
soothed, nor a false thirst to be salts
ned, for satisfaction here is only adding
fuel to fire that would otherwise 90
out.-N. T. Mail.
According to the annual police re-
port OF England, recently issued, All
children under ten years of age were
lost in that country last year Only six
were recovered.
The Southern darkey has a belief
that amounting the eyes of a shving
horse with water in which chameleon
has been boiled, will cure the horse of
the bad habit. -LoujSUiUc Courier
Journal
Some of the cleverest detectives in
New York are women. They are of
the different types of beauty and mind
calculated to gain this or that mans
confidence and learn his secrets. Y.
Herald.
Two little boys planted third,
standing, in the sand on the beach at
Long Branch so eflectually that when
the tide came up they couldn't get him
out and but for timely aid he would
have drowned. N. Y Sun.
The bonnet of the day is described
as a handful of beads and the business
end OF a feather This is better bon
net than that of last season, which re-
sembled an embroidered dishrag.-
Chicago Inter ocean,
1T was amicably arranged re.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04

"A physician in one of the large
charitable institutions of New England
devoted to the cure of bodily inGrmi-
ties told an attendant to note the NUM-
Der of patients who expressed thanks
for their recovery. Theresult was that
out of three thousand patients whom ne
attended in q given time only three ex-
pressed any gratitude to the physicians
who we're instrumental in restoring
them to health. Boston Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04
ner. carI6d VIM & mr.. md Nc a.

manded an apology with six-shooter"
''And did you make one?" asked the
Coroner, 81 did, sir" ''Was it ac-
cepted?" eyes, sir" GLOW was it
then that you shot him?" II had to do
so to make him understand my apoI-
ogy.-IecGS SjjtjngS.
/. II. Lardner, Secretary of the
New Orleans Water Works Company,
claims to have clarified a great reser-
voir of Mississippi River water con-
tanning 12,750,0OO gallons in twelve
hours, at cost of one cent. per 100
gallons, by continuously pouring into
the stream of water running into the
reservoir q solution of iron.-N 0.
Times.
--Farjeon, the novelist, might have
made sequel to his Bread and Cheese
and Kisses out of the Dayton romance
where a young married man kept his
bride in a cage and fed her with bread.
bologna sausage and kisses. The revolt
of the wife took all the romance out of
the story, but that would not spoil it
for an expert novelist Cleveland
Herald.
One of the Concord philosophers
is credited with lucidy remarking that
life means feeling, and feeling means
the presence of principle in all its to-
tally in every portion of an extended
whole; only such presence could con-
stltute an extended or q continuous
whole, since an extended whole which
was not all at once present to some
thing unextended could not be extended.
Such life must be worth living. Har-
per'S Bazdr.
"A young woman, who thought she
was losing her husbands affections
went to a seventh daughterof seventh
daughter for love powder. The mys-
terry woman told her to "Get a piece of
raw beef, cut fiat, about half an inch
thick. Slice an onion in two, and rub
the meat on both sides with it, Put on
pepper and salt, and toast it on each
side over a red coal fire. Drop on it
three Jumps of butter and two sprigs
of parsley, and get him to eat it, The
young woman did so, and her husband
loved her ever after.-ALbany Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04

According to Prussian papers, dur
ing the last six years 1921 young
men have left Prussia to escape the
compulsory military service, --<
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
A Sad Calamity.
Mrs. EIiza beth Lewis and Her Daughter Jessfe Are SuRocated by Gas While i'm

Mrs. EIiza beth Lewis and Her Daughter
 Jessie Are SuROcared by Gas While i'm
 Bed.
 Saturday afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis and her daughter, Miss Jessie, living at 13 Asylum street, were found-d dead in bed They were the wife and child of John E. Lewis, bank watchman. They had not been seen since Wednesday. MT. Lewis was sick at the hospital with rheumatism, and the family living in the upper floor of the house thought nothing of the non-appearance of the Lewis family. Last Wednesday evening the daugh- ter was heard playing on the organ and the next day there was a smell of gas about the premises Mrs. Carpenter, who lives in the house, went to Mrs. Lewis apartments and rapped, but received no answer, and con- cluded that they had gone away. Saturday afternoon Mrs. Carpenter went to Bolton & Neely's, where Miss Jessie was 8 valued employe, and there learned that she had not been to the store for some time. Mrs Carpenter became alarmed and meet ing on the way home W. J. Cook, 8 relative of Mrs Lewis, she told him about Jessie's absence and they made a search which re- veaIed the two bodies cold and lifeless in Mrs. Lewis bed. Medical Examiner White wss summoned. He found the gas burner turned on half way. No traces of suicide could be found and in the opinion of the medical examiner death was caused by suf- location No inquest was held. The calamity is terrible one. The family are all spoken of in the highest terms by those who knew thaun
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
Bridget pTcS,ua,s v,c,,,

James Connolly, the victim of Bridge McCue, who last summer threw vitriol in his eyes in southington, Conn, rendering him totally blind, was sent to the Blind. Institute at Philadelphia Saturday. The town of Southipgton gave him $2.OoO and to his relatives $1, 1000. The towns action was caused by the fact that it was intimated that it was through carelessness of the Southing- ton officials that the girl, whom he had be- Eraved escaped
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
GOtng Back to California.

MT. Frank Fairchild, formerly of this city, but now of Stockton, California, who has been on visit to his father, Moves F. Fairchild 76 St. John street. since the 9th of last De- cember, leaves this evening on his return. MT. Fairchild speaks enthusiastically of sthe glorious climate of California" and of the opportunities which the land of gold offers to men of industry, pluck and energy. This was his first visit since twelve years ago he bade adieu to this his native city and started out to make new home for himself by the waves of the Pacific, and in that time he has been abundantly prospered. During the three months of his stay he has travelled much in this and neighboring States where he has relatives, who, with his many friends, will wish him safe return to the land in which his hopes and objects in life are now cen- tered.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
Attempted Outrage In Bridgeport

OWIEABs bEAUB0pOEC'
 A servant girl employed at H. H. Bots ford's, No. 3 Courtland block, Bridgeport, just as she had entered the door yard of the house Friday evening at 7:30 was seized, choked and thrown down by powerful colored man. Richard E. Scranton, g wealthy gentleman living next door, heard her cries and ran to the relief of the woman, and as he was coming her assailant fled. The police have hopes of securing the guilty
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
rnntGunrrIs, Fair.

The Foot Guards fair closed very success fully Saturday night. Despite the ice storm there was good attendance, including many ladies. The regaia was won by Charles E. Hayes, the bracelets by Miss Emma Hunt, the clock by Clark & Co. billiard rooms, the rug by John Norman and the silk quilt Inv Walter E. Oviatt
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Monday, March 10, 1884.
NNW ADTEKIIsENEN7s ITO-DA

NH " ADTHh1IOHAH HH 4 Q O-DA Athlophoros-At Druggists, A lcocHs Porous Plasters-At Dfuggiats'. Art Eahibition-EVatts Cut CT. Change of BiL-American Theater. Diamond Dyeg-At Druggists. Dr. Bulls tough Syrup-At Druggists'. Durkees Salad Dressing-At Druggists Early Buyers. Attention-Monson Carpenter. Extract of Rye-At Druggists. Flys Cream Balm-At Druggists. For Eent-Store-W. B. Hull. For Sale-Tailor's Stocb-AdoIph Asher. Henry Irving-CarIls Opera House. Haverly's Minstrels Grand Optra House. Improved Butter CoIor-Wells, Richardson Co. Kidney Wort-At Druggists'. Macaroon-D. S. Cooper. Meeting-BoArd of CouTcilmen Oakley Perfumary- Bolton Neely. Pratt Astral Oil-At Druggists. wanted-Small House-P. O. Box co., wanted-Young Man-P. 0. Box ], ,O35. wanted-Man-79 George Street. Wsnted-Cook-114 Chapel Street.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
WDaak Hn-An

MT. Joseph Andrews, the carpenter and builder, is erecting house for MT. Walter A. Main on Main street, betwes0 Campbell avenue and Washington avenue
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
WEATHER RECORD.
INDICATIONS FOR TO-DAY.

INDICATIONS FOR TO-DAY.
 WAR DEPARTMENT,
 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIeNAL SERVIoE.S WASHINGTON, r. O.. March To- 1S84-l A. M Far Nav England vain and snow followed by colder and clearing weather, north winds backing to west and higher pressure For the MddIeAtla tic States colder fair weather west winds and higher pressure.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
Church Notes,

Rev. MT. Blackman, who preached at the College street church yesterday, belongs in Steubenville, Ohio, and exchanged pulpits with Rev. D.. Mclean, pastor of College street chareb, who went to SteubenEiIIe a number of days sgs to visit his family and arrange for their removal to this city. Dr. Mclean has hired the Ritter house on High street as his place of residence. He greeted 8 new nsRber of his family on his arrival in Steubenville. It was baby. MT. Black man, who preached here yesterday, graduated from the Val Theological seminary in 1Sso
 Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth is expected home tps IatteF part of this week.
 The choir sf Center church is arranging to give pra..-A service seos.
 Rev. Dr. Hawes VI w-~ut to Providence, U. l., Saturday to preach in one O. 1ne most Hour ishing churches of that city. He has -~AGr' pied it's pulpit on different occasions of late.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
Spstid alotias Sgsf1d gOllfs E. M. Brown G Go. OUR SPRING APPROPRIATIONS
 HI A V G
 Commenced to Arrive,

following departments  previously pecauton lection gaining buying
  
 LADIES' MISSES HOSIERY.  all We b bsTa 6nest % % @ a ae s sipp Hosiery auze GoHamer Underwear brought LADIES' MISSES GLOVES. novelties Our
 LACEs E1NIBROIDERIEs
  al
 GOODS e Dress Goods and Silks the find just what they
  preparing this will with shall HOUsEKEEPING GOODS Danask Five pieces pieces % tneb He sd 1 Ysa ehfsp 5e One Red Twill Flannel all wool yard  UNDERWEAR CORsETs.
 
 
 CENTS FURNISHING GOODS. n
  for
 
   NEW SPRING PRINTS,
 SPRING GINGHAMs,
 SPRING DRESS CAMBRICS,
 SPRING SATEENS.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10

It is fact too well known to be denied that if it were not for Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup hotel proprietors in Florida would put their rates up to ten dollars per day.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10

Fur Robes at $5 At Stevens & Brooks, 273 Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10

Horse BIa cts at Cost To close out winter stock, at Stevens & Brooks, 273 Chapel street.
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Personal.

Miss Jessie Leigh, of the Fatinitza com- pany, scored another success ia the lead ing character in "Patience'' at Hartford Saturday night.
 Captain George M. White has returned from his trip to Colorado.
 Mir. R. N. Gray, of Ansonis, who met with 8 severe fall, striking on the back of his head, is still critically i'll.
 George J. Francis has been appointed post master at Rockfall.
 George Pierpont, who died at Plymouth last month, was the great-great- grandson of Rev. James Pierpont, the second pastor of the First church in this city, the principal founder of Yale college, and otherwise man of note in his time.
 A. B. Hull, of Danbury, for twenty-seven years connected with the Danbury aad Eor- walk railway and for several years general freight agent of the road, died on Saturday. aged sixty-seven.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10

Knox Silk and StiR Hats At Stevens $ Brooks, 273 Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10

OFFICE OF THE OAKLEY SOAP AND PERFUMERY Go.
 122 and PA Duane Street,
 Corner Church Street.
 NEW YORK, March 4, 1884. Bolton & Nicely, New Haven, Conn.,: Dear Sirs-You are the only authorized agents for the sale of Jesse Oakley's Stand ard Extracts in the city of New Haven, and we do not sell them to any other house in your city.
 Very Respectfully Yours THE OAKLEY SOAP AND PERFUMERY Go.
 Successors to Jesse OAKLEY $ Go.
 Cutters Art Exhibition
 Most of the artists have consented to allow MT. Cutler to retain their pictures and con- tinue his exhibition a few days longer, in consideration of the almost constant unpleas- ant weather. Therefore 1t will not close to- day, as heretofore announced.
 Something for all the Preachers Rev. H. H. FairaIl, D. D.. editor of the Iowa Methodist, says editorially, in the November (1S93) number of his paper: 'tWe have tested the merits of Ely's Cream Balm and believe that, by thorough course of treatment, it will cure almost every case of catarrh. Ministers, as class, are afflicted with head and throat troubles, and catarrh seems more prevalent than ever. We cannot recommend Ely's Cream Balm too highly" Not liquid nor snuff. Applied to nostrils with the fingers. Mch10eod &w2w
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10

The correct styles for this spring at Ste vens & Brooks. 278 Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10

Diphtheria poisons the blood. Gonzales cents should take Hoods Sarsaparills to neutralize and eradicate the poison matter.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
The Good samaritan.' Meeting.


 The audience at the Good Samaritans meeting at Peck's Grand Opera House last evening was quite large for such au unpleas- ant evening. The beautiful selections by Thomas orchestra were loudly applauded. The duet by the Bush brothers was ably rendered and heartily encored by the audi ence.
 Mir. Wales French made-a stirring speech advocating the temperance cause. Hon. James Gallagher delivered an interesting ad- dress Illustrating some of the beneficial re- suits of the temperance work that has been accomplished by several temperance societies, and advocating the support of the Good Samaritans President Albee made one of his characteristic speeches, which was right to the point.
 A oornet solo by MT. Gould is one of the attractions for next Sunday evening.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
Don't Draw We'll.

with the asthma hardly draw his breath at all. E will find relief in American Cough Drops, which has cured many obstinate of long standing It is just eectual for obstinate coughs severe colds and throat. Put up liquid form and sold by all druggists at 35 cents bottle.