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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14
The Song Of a Wood Thrush.

The song of this bird defes descrip-
ton, though it has inspired both ex-
aavagant and poetical attempts in the
most prosaic of writers. When heard
from distance, it sounds very deliber-
ate: a succession of detached passages,
with frequent pauses. ending in a thrill,
sometimes easily distinguished as such,
but often so rapidly delivered that it re-
sembles the syllable ''che-e-e" with a
peculiar and Undesirable thrill in it.
If you are near, however, you will find
the pauses filled with low notes, having,
apparently, no connection with the
song. One can not but fancy them 10
be irrepressible words of endearment,
ineffably sweet and tender, and wonder
fully enhancing the charm of the per-
formance.
He is not chary of his gift. He sings
at all hours of the day, excepting in
the heat of noon; but he seems most
keenly to enjoy the fading light of
afternoon and the evening, till long
after dark. Not little of the mystery
and melancholy that poetical minds
find in his music is due to the thought
full twilight hours in which it is heard.
1t is in itself far from sadness. Indeed,
there can be no more perfect picture of
deep Joy than this beautiful bird, stand
ing TRANQUILITY. on his branch, while
giving slow utterance to notes that
thrill your soul.
| The weather is a matter of no mo-
naent to the wood thrush; he has a soul
above externals. Other birds may be
full of song or moping on their perches;
be it wet or dry, sunshine or shade, he
sings, and sings, and sings.
"Howsoe'er the world goes i'll.
The thrushes still sing in it,"
The strongest attraction of certain
summer home in the heart of the Ale
gheny Mountains is the song of this
bird. Around the house feathercd visit
ors are always numerous, but no wood
thrush is ever seen. Late in the alter
noon, however, when other songsters
are settling themselves for the night
and, save the robin chatter, no sound
of bird is heard, out of the deep woods
which surrounds the small clearing
comes the stirring evening hymn of the
thrush. 1t begins with clear, far-off
prelude of three notes on an ascending
scale; then deliberate rest, followed
by three other and different notes, and
ending in a rapturous trill. After de-
corous pause another takes up the
strain. There is no haste, no inter
ruption, never clamor of song. Each
one enjoys his full length Of time, and
though there may be dozen singers
within hearing, there is no confusion.
Each rich solo is complete whole,
perfect as pearl. To sit on balcony
of that house through the long, tran
| quill hours of approaching night, listen
ing to the grand and lofty symphony,
is a never-to-be-forgotten experience;
lifting the soul above the earth into
regions of poetry and dreams. OtjUe
Ihoy7ae Muller, IN atlantic MONTHLY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14
A BUSINESS SERMON.

:, "Seest thou a man diligent in his business?
before mean men" -ProUelbs rrti: %.
My hearers, if any young man in this
congregation thinketh that by taking
thought and getting up early in the
morning and going to bed with the
fowls OF the hennery and working hard
all day, he has dead sure thing on the
Presidency, he is counting without the
Chicago Convention. The text does
not mean that. The young man, by
giving diligent heed unto his ways and
keeping his hands clean, by always
earning his breakfast before he eats it,
and wearing old clothes until he can
pay for new ones. and loving hisneigh-
Dor as his neighbor loves himself, and
never running for a train or Jumping
for a ferryboat, may indeed never be
President. Better than that, he NAV
never want to be President. He NAV
never be worth a million dollars, but
he may be rich in the measureless
wealth OF cOntentment with thousand
Il year. He may not reach the soaring
flight of the eagle that fans the sun
with its broad and sweeping wing, but
he may keep his ward stirred up to q
state of thrilling activity on the plane
of the tuneful hornet lie may not 90
to Congress. he may not even attain
unto the glory of the Legislature, but
if he be dtligent in his business he may
sometimes sit at the table with kings
ay, in the happier moments, with aces.
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
"Diligent in his business!" 1t is the
man who is diligent in his own business
to whom this exalted position is prom
ised. There are people, dearly be-
loved, who are diligent in everybodv's
else business, and have therefore no
time to attend to their own. They do
not stand before Kings; they more fire.
qucntly stand before the police Judge.
Their diligence is not commendable.
A workman is known by his chips; so,
alas, is the faro banker. Do you be dill
gent in your own business and be con
tent with its rewards. You may not
walk 50 many miles in six days as Fitz-
gerald, but you can sleep n great deal
more in that time; and if YOU do not
get so much money for it, neither do
you get so many blsters. On your little
salary at the suspender counter, you
can not clean up $500, 900 on Wall Street
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14
For Young Readers.
HER FIRST SIGHT OF A TREE.

IAN invalid child who had lived in London
Ill her life, and had never seen Il tree, was
aiken into the country, together with many
others, at the expense of a Gresham fund"
She chung to one of the teachers in dreadful
Harm on seeing Il tree, and could not under
Itsnd what such great green thing could be.
Tsm of terror, as the wind swayed its branches.
1t was only after some time that she could be
Induced to go near enough to touch it'll
They took the little London girl from out the
city street
Tc where the grass was growing green, the
birds were singing sweet;
And everything along the road so filled her
with surprise,
The look of wonder fixed itself within her vio-
let eyes.
The breezes ran to welcome her; they kissed
her on the cheek
And tried in every way they could their &C.
stasy to speak,
INVITING her TO romp with them, and tumbling
up her curls,
Expecting she would laugh or scold like other
little girls.
But she didn't-no, she didn't; for this Grip
pied little child
Had lived within dingy court where sum
shine never smiled,
And for weary, weary days and months the
little one had lain
Confined within IA narrow room, and on a
The outdoor world was strange to her-the
broad eXpanse of Sky,
The soft green grass the pretty flowers, the
stream that trickled by;
But all at once she saw sight that made her
hold her breath,
And shake and tremble as ii she were fright
ened near to death.
Oh! like some horrd monster of which the
child had dreamed,
With noddng head and waving arms, the
angry creature seemed;
t threatened her, it Knocked ut her. with gest-
urcs and grmace
That made her shrink with terror from its SER
pent-like embrace.
They kissed the trembling little one, they held
her in their arms,
And tried in every way they could to quiet her
alarms,
And said: "Oh, what a foolish little goose you
are to be
So nervous and so terrified at nothing but a
tree!"
They made her go up close to it, and put her
arms around
The trunk, and see how firmly it was fastened
in the ground;
They told her all about the roots that chung
down deeper yet,
And spoke of other curious things she never
would forget.
Dr. 1 have heard of many, very many, girls
and boys
Who have to do without the sight of pretty
books and TOYS,
Who have never seen the ocean; but the sad
dcSt thought to me
Is that anywhere there lives child who never
q tree.
Josephine Pollard. IN Hdrper's Young People
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fairly good workman. 1t has been
thought that it takes three years
to become workman in these
trades. Perhaps it does take the
ignorant peasant of Europe that
time. He learns everything slowly;
he has no books on his work
and if he had them. often he can not
read. He is, then, a grown-up Ounce,
and it is q wonder he ever learns any
thing An American school-hoy is
wholly different person. If he wishes
to learn brick-layIng, he can find the
whole business in print and can read all
about it in less than two days. ANY
wide-awake intelligent person, deter
mined to learn, can master the work
sufficiently well to earn a living inside
of SIX months.
Having done this, having learned
something of any one of these trades,
there is no earthly reason why he should
not learn another and still another. 1t
is the same in everything If you
write sermons, why not play the pi-
ano? II you sell ribbons, why not be
| able to etch or engrave? If you keep
house, why not paint or embroider, or
play the organ in church, You can do
two things well, if you make up your
mind that you will Every one has
two talents, and thousands of people
have three or more. They are all
around men. They know their bust
ness and are masters in it, and they
can do something else, too. Many a
man is known down town by one set of
peolpe in the daytime and to quite
another set uptown in the evening.
One set think him a smart business
man, and the other set say he is a Won
derful conductor or violinist, or poet or
wood-carver. The very fact that he
has two trades is the reason that he is
master in both. 1t does not follow that
because you have two trades, that you
must be Jack in either.
Have one trade whereby you earn
your living, and then have another.
| You will earn more in the first by
! knowing the second. | know man
who works on newspaper for his liv
ing, and yet he has good mechanical
| tradt4and can do any common work.
He can take good photograph, play
the piano fairly we'll, can sail a boat,
and cook tirst-rate dinner. Does his
| IG1uliI lId(lC SullGIs NOC ttU All. LIE
is all the better workman because he
has such q variety. He can do so many
things that he is always fresh and
ready for work.
That the secret Of the whole mat
ter. To be ready for work, to feel that
you like to 10 it, and then you do ii
well. 1t is the change, the variety OF
work that rests and refreshes. Your
trade man is always tired. His life
is dull and monotonous. He never
thinks of anything except his work, and
so both his work and his thinking are
poor Moreover, these are changeable
times. The trades are continually
shifting, and work that pays well one
year may be utterly flat the next year,
and then what will your Jack" do? In
England, if the frost is severe, and the
gardeners can not work, they 90 out in
the streets in professions and beg. In
New England, when the winter storms
keep the fishermen in port, they take
up their tools and make shoes. Let us
hear no more of this remark. No boy
of sense means to be 'Jack" in any
trade; and every boy who means to
succeed should be a master in two or
more. - Charles barnard, IN Golden
| Rule.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14
The Arms OF the SOudanese.

The principal weapon of the insur-
gent tribes is not, as some suppose,
spear or javelin which is thrown at the
enemy, but q lance. The only tribe
which uses the iavelin is that of the
Mohammedan Jakruris. who are very
small in number, and are settlers on
the Abyssinian frontier from Darlour.
The best lances are those used by Bedia
and Khaza races, which fought under
Osman Digma in the late engagements
near Suakim. These lances are rarely
thrown, being much too heavy for that
purpose, and the Bedias are not pro-
yided, like the Abyssinians and Som
ais, with a number of extra lances
which they can use to replace any
they have lost. The lances OF the Bag
CARA tribe, who are the principal sup
porters of the Mehdi in Kordofan, are
entirely different from those used by
the men under Osman Digma. They
have a head, which is very sharp both
at the point and sides, about eighty
centimeters long and twelve wide. The
Baggars are well mounted, and are
very skillful in the use of their lances.
Next to the lance, the weapon most
used by the Soudanese is the strai CHIT,
double-edged sword, about ninety
centimeters long and four wide,
mostly made in Solingen and
sold all over Northern Africa. A
good sword is highly priced in the
Soudan, and the people are careful to
keep the swords sharp and clean. The
scabbards are mostly made in the coun-
try, either of wood covered with leath-
er, OF, for hunting swords, of elephants
ears. Swords, daggers and oak clubs
are also used; bows and arrows have
almost entirely gone out of fashion.
The shields used by the Soudanese are
made of the skins of elephants, rhinos-
ceroses, giratles and butfaloes. They
are generally round and of about fifty
centmeters diameter, but the Shukrieh
and other tribes on the Blue Nile have
long shields which cover the whole
body. Armor is also used by the lead
ing men of most of the tribes. 1t con-
sists of an iron helmet and visor, and
coat made of thin steel rings, which
covers the whole body down to the feet.
The chief horses are also protected in
" 9iullldi Hldlucl' DuI 9NSH SUMS VI III
NOR are very expensive, and are not
used by more than six hundred persons
in the whole of the Soudan. Fire-arma
are not very common. but they are q
good deal used in the hunting districts.
The worst shots in the Soudan were
among the men under Osman Digma,
while in Kordofan the Mehdi has among
his supporters many hunters who, If
armed with Remington rides, would be
formidable even to Europeans.--AdeB
Cor. Cologne Ga.cUc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14

"A correspondent who has passed
some years in Russia states that in the
village of Nelkotti, in the st. Peters
burg government, an old woman is liv-
ing who has Just attained her one hun
dred and thirtieth birthday! The old
lady is in the enjoyment of good health.
but complains Of her deafness. Her
hair is stilllong and plentiful, consider
ing her age. She has outlived three
husbands, and has had family of nine
teen children, all of whom are now
dead, the last one to die being a
daughter of ninety-three. She lives
with one of her great. grandchildren, q
man OF fifty Chicago Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14

"A black poodle closely shaved,
with n bang on his forehead and 8
small bush to the end of his tail, is
now the style Chicago Inter ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14

Among those who went down on
the Inflated steamship City of
Florida was Miss Alice Bowie,
twenty-eight years of age, who
was on her way to her home in
Scotland from Providence. X. f., to be
married to the young man TO whom she
was engaged Miss Bowie had sent no
word to her friends at home, intending
to surprise them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14

Henry Ward Beecher. who speaks
by the card, says: at does not do to at
tribute too many virtues to church
members. Because man lives in a
fine house it does not follow that the
fellow is fine himself. y Chicago Jour
a0k
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14

The New York Secretary Of State
reports the fling of thirty-two claims
to gold discoveries since January L.
AtGaRV JoVrHGl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14
A sponge five feet seven inches

A sponge five feet seven inches in
circumference and weighing six and a
half pounds, is on exhibition at Water
town, N. Y, 1t will hold tweuty-four
gallons Of water, and is valued at
twenty-five dollars. The sponge came
from the Bahama Islands. -Rochester
EGpreSS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-14

We should like to have some small
change from the soyereigns Of Europe.
- WaySaW sWasp.
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ABUNDANT, BUT HARD TO FIND.

Now, | believe in hidden pearls. /
have no doubt the deep unfathomed
caves Of ocean are so full of them that
their feet stick out Of the dormer win
dows. | think some of them are rarer
and finer and purer than any that have
graced the diadem of an Empress up
to the date of this writing. Down in
the gloomy caverns of the earth, there
are diamonds, l firmly believe, that
would make the Kohinoor hide its di-
minished head and sell itself fora pebble.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-02
ErevitIes.

Tie Catholic Library Association will
meet tonight.
Dr.C. n. C0lding has been appointed to
tbe Savannah Hospital.
Tie steamer sylvan Glen carried large
number 81 sunday excursignIsts 70 Iybee
yesterday.
T1--ar viii he the last day OfsTegistra-
ton. the books VIII close at > O'Clock
this afternoon.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
F1-I Dramatic Association viii be held
az their opera house tonight.
Tue semi-aHnuaI meeting Of the County
Road Commissioners viii be held at
the court house this morning at IL O'Clock.
Three white men. arrested for creating
q disturbance az Georgia NiXOn's, We're
lodged in the police barracks last night.
The Chatham Gun Club viii meet for
practice 90 their grounds this afternoon
In preparation for their visit TO the Bruins
wick iasF.
Mr. Jacob ". Cell. gardener. has sent
70 the MORNING NEWS samples Of a new
species Of cucumbers. They are grown
from German seed.
The Wurkingmen's Union AssOcia-
ton viii meet this afternoon to pay the
last tribute Of respect to their deceased
member Oliver Rhett.
The City aud~SuperiCr Courts viii con-
vene this morning. The City Court for
the trial OF criminal cases and the Su-
periOr Court for the June term.
Jerry Williams. a negro was found in
an exceedingly intoxicated condition by
the police last night, in Jones street lane,
and was lodged in the barracks.
Two white women charged with dis0r-
derry conduct and drunkenness were ar
rested hv the police yesterday and will
appear iu the Mayors Court this MORN
Ing.
Rev. J.. p. Strider viii lecture upon
eThe Philosophy Of Education; or, Edu-
cation az a World Problem" before the
Geor-ia Historical Society tonight. The
public is invited.
Tire Ladies Parsonage Aid Society Of
Trinity Church VIII give an excursion to
TvLee tomorrow. The steamer Sylvan
Glen has been chartered for the day and
will leave the CITY az . a. N. and p. m,
returuine from tie island at : p. IN.
During the month Of May Coroner Shelf
all held eleven inQuests. or this number.
three were upon persons who died from
Pr0vidcutial causes. two were cases Of
accidental drowning, two the result Of
ap0plexy. three were from heart disease,
and one a cast OF homicide.
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GEORGIA
KEEP STRAIGHT AHEAD
By THos. D. DOWNING.


Pay no attention to slanderers or Cos
sip-mongers. Keep straight on in your
course, and let their backbitings die the
death Of neglect. What is the use Of
living awake at night brooding over the re-
mark Of some false friend, that runs
through your brain like forked lightning:
WHAT'S the use Of fretting over piece Of
gossip that has been set afioat to your dis
advantage BY some meddlesOme busy
body. who has more time than character:
These things can't possibly injurc you
unless, indeed, YOU take notice OF them,
and in combating them give them charac-
ter and standing.
If what is said about you is true, set
yourself right at once; If it Is false, let 1t
20 for what it will fetch. If bee stings
YOU. would YOU 20 10 the hive and destroy
its Would not a thousand come upon
you: We are generally losers in the end,
If we stop to refute all backbitings and
g0ssipings we may hear by the way. They
are ANNOYING. il is true. but not danger
Gus. 50 long as we do not stop TO expOstu-
late and scOld. Our characters are formed
and sustained by ourselves, and by our
own actions and, purposes, and not by
others. Let US always bear IN mind that
'caluminatOrs may usually be trusted to
time and the slow but steady justice of
public opinion"
.S0cquHqH. Ga. Mqy. 1884.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-02

The LIST of June being on hand, and as
we have made it a rule for several years
not TO wait until everybody's wants are
supplied, we have from this day n,for the
balance of this season, made a general re-
duction Of 20 per cent. on our entire stock
ofCIothing, Straw Hats, and all othersum-
mer goods in our house. This reduction
from our usual low prices will really
bring our goods in reach Of all, even
though means are limited. We are deter
mined not to carry over any summer stock
if prices will move them. Our line OF
Dress and Business Suits are elegant.
Children's suits for boys from 2 to II
years from 81 % to 50. Those in want OF
clothes for little ones will positively DO
well to come and examine our stock. We
have also large line Of Gents Brown
and Fancy Linen Suits, Seersuckers, Al
affer very CHEAP. Satisfaction is guaran-
teed or money refunded. b. II. Levy a.
Bro, $50, l9l and 1873 Congress street.
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HAMPTON /. FERRILL.
Cfars7- n q q

~ EORGIA. CHATHAM COENTY.-W hereas,
" HENRY j IHONASsON has applied 70
Court of OrGfnarv for Letters DismlssOry -
Administrator on the estate ol FRANCIS ID.
PETIT De NILIERS.
These. are. therefore. to cite and adIn0nlsh
all whom it may concern to be and appear be-
fore said court to make objection u any they
have). on or before the FIRST MONDAY N
AUGUST NEXT. otherwise said letters viii
be granted.
Witness The Honorable HAMPTON L. FER
RFII Ordinary for Chatham county, this the
3cth day OF April. iSS4
PHILIP n. RUSSELL, JR.,
CLERK c. o. c. c.
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HAMPTON /. FERRILL,
Clerk G. o. C.. G.

n EORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY.-Whereas,
VI p. W. MELDRIM has applied to Court
of Ordinary for Letters DismissoTy as Adj
ministrator on the estate Of THOMAS ).
WORKMAN, deceased.
These are. therefore, to cite and admOnish
all whom it may concern to be and appear be-
fore said court, to make objection Of any they
have on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN
JULY NEXT, otherwise said letters viii be
granted
Witness, the Honorable JOHN o. FERRILL,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 3lst
day of March, 1884.
HAMPTON /. FERRILL,
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RAILROAD RUMsLINGs.
Bright Flashes of Intelligence from
Near and Afar.

BRIGHT Flashes of Intelligence from
Near and Altar.
The sale Of summer excursion tickets TO
the various resorts and watering places
opened at the various ticket offices yes
terday. From the present indications the
season will be a lively one for the roads.
The question of a uniform system Of
train signals, recommended by the Gen
eral Time Convention, was discussed at
the recent meeting Of the American Rail
road Superintendents in New York, and Is
receiving considerable attention through
out the country.
In the new arrangement Of express
routes announced by the superintendent
Of the Central Division Of the Southern
Express Company, John LoTette, Of Ma
con. Ga. has been appointed route agent
Of the following section: southwestern
Railroad Of Georgia and branches; Atlanta
Division Central Railroad OF Georgia;
Savannah. Griffin and North Alabama
Railroad: Columbus and Western Rail-
road; Montgomery and Eutaula Railroad;
Atlanta and West Point Railroad.
Two hundred hands, in the employ Of
the Plant railroad system, arrived at
Leesburg Tuesday night and left Thurs
dav morning for TuckertOwn and the
Flat Ford. on the HillsbOrO river, where
they will begin and work south and north
to Pemberton Ferry, on the Withla-
coochee river. 1t is expected the Florida
Southern VIII build from Leesburg 10
Pemberton Ferry, although no hands are
at work between those points. Tucker
town Is five miles north of the Flat Ford,
situated in fernando county.