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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-06-17
Eleem osynary Institutions

OF private teneydlence to which philan
throphisss may devote their lives, are 81
fruitful 10 benefits as the rescue and pre-
.ervation Of this machinery from the pre-.
versions that mike it the instrument ol
conspiracy, fraud and crime against the
most sacred rights snd interests OF the
people For fifty years a. private
citizen, never contemplating an ofiicia
career I hsve devoted At least 10 much
though and effort 10 the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
Mercury in China.

A recent writer in the North China
Herald discusses the part played by
mercury in the alchemy and materia
medica of the Chinese. Cinnabar was
known to them in the seventh century
before the Christian era, and its occur
renee on the surface of the earth was
said to indicate gold beneath. Their
views on the transformation of metals
into ores and ores into metals by heat
and other means took the form of a
chemical doctrine about century be-
fore Christ, and there is now no rea-
sonable doubt that the Arabian Geber
and others Gas stated by Doctor Glad
stone in his inaugural address to the
Chemical Society derived their ideas
on the transmutation of metals into
gold and the belief in immunity from
death by the use of the philosopher :
stone from China. Among all the met
ais with which the alchemist worked.
mercury was pre-eminent, and this is
stated to be really the philosopher S
stone, of which Geber, Kalid, and 9TH
ers spoke in the times of the early Ca
liphs. In China it was employed eX-
cessivelv as medicine. On nights
when dew was falling, sufficient
amount was collected to mix with the
powder of cnnebar, and this was taken
habitually till it led to serious disturb
ances of the bodily functions. In the
ninth century an Emperor, and in the
tenth Prime Minister, died from over
doses, of mercury. Chinese medical
books say it takes two hundred years
to produce cinnebar; in three hundred
years more it becomes silver, and then
by obtaining a transforming substance
called 'vapor of harmony it becomes
gold. This doctrine of the transforms
ton of mercury into other metals is
1000 years old in China. The Chinese
hold thai it not only prolons life, but
eXpels bad vapors, poison, and the
gloom of an uneasy mind
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
Famous Bronze Doors.

Among the monumental works in
bronze which emanated from Constan-
tinOple some of the most remarkable
are the bronze doors which decorated
several of the Italian churches, more
particularly those which are enriched
with inlayS of silver. The church of
San Marco possesses one brought from
Constantinople, and which originally
adorned the church of Santa Sophia,
and like the bronze horses, was brought
to Venice rs spoils of war in 1904.
Other doors worthy of mention are
those at Amalti, in the Duomo, San
Salvatore di Brieto, Atrani, the Bene-
dictine Church at Monte Casino, and
the church at Monte Santangelo-the
last four t eyam 05 we're we al the gift Of
Those of San Salvatore, Atani were
given by Pantaleone Viarette in 1907,
''pro mercede animea suae ct inertia S.
Sebastian, martyrs" At Amalfi, in the
cathedral of San Andrew, it is Panta-
leone di Mauro who gave them, in
honor OF the apostle, and for the repose
of his own soul. At Monte Casino
another member of the same family
enriched with silver letters, containing
an account of all the possessions OF
this magnificently endowed Benedictine
abbey-the head house of the order.
They date from 1866. At Monte San
togelo the Pantaleoni are again the
generous donors of the brenze doors
there. In the Duomo at Salerno are
fine bronze doors, once containing silver
inlays, given by Landolpho Butromile
and his wife, 1899. The design con-
sists of crosses and figures of six of the
apostles, The similarity of the five
examples all point to a common origin;
the same stiff Byzantine treatment OF
the figures and heads, which are shown
by incising lines into the bronze and
filling them with silver. These were
evidently done to order at CONSTANT
nople, and are ascribed to a Greek work
man, Staurachios-Ro into
Starontius-wh flourished about 1850
1912. -InduStriaL World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
Prospect" Of Young Engineers.

1t will be found, and we say it with
regret, that one reason why so many
men are failures as engineers is that
they do not take salable goods to mar
ket; and this "Opens up very large
question indeed. The question is one
of education, the consideration of which
we must reserve. We must, however,
say that enthusiasts are running the
risk Just now of teaching Young men
intended to be engineers a great deal
that has no direct money value what
ever. Unfortunately far too exalted an
idea has been formed of the worth of
so-called science to the steam-engine
maker, let us say. All the science in
the world would not keep him out of
the bankruptcy court unless he can sell
engines for more than they cost
him to make. We are not deprecating
the teaching of science; we only insist
that, in practical mechanical engineer
ing, science does not of necessity mean
money. We often hear German and
French engineers eXtolled for the results
oftheir scientific training. What are the
locomotives or marine engines which
have resulted from it like? The Amer
leans have been the least scientific en-
gineers in the world; yet they have
modified engine-building practice all
over the world. Germany and France
have been unable to compete with us
without buying engines from us to copy.
Science may prevent man from
making enormous mistakes; it cannot
tell him how to produce even moderate
commercial successes. Standing alone,
it is entirely helpless in commercial
mechanical engineering - combined
with sound practice, it is useful How
and why some pupils learn the com
mercial part of the business, while
others do not, and why some men have
better chances of success than others,
are points which we shall deal with at
future time. We have said quite
enough now, we think, to open the
eyes of some of our correspondents, to
startle others, and toput few, perhaps,
IN direct antagOniSm with us. We
have said nothing, however, which any
employer of labor, any practical me-
chanical engineer, will refuse to allow.
Unfortunately one of the first things
the pupil discovers when out of his
time is that, according to the world in
which he seeks employment, he has
really learned to do nothing which is
worth substantial remuneration; and
all the while employers are at their
wits end to get really good and valu-
able men.-LondOn Enqlneer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The University of Heidelberg has
refused donation of $4,000, because
the condition was attached that women
should be admitted to the University
course.
The late Representative, d. C. Has
kell, is hOnored in the naming of the
Indian school at Lawrence, Kan. The
school will be known hereafter as the
Haskell Institute.
The Swedish Government has ap-
pointed committee to revise the Old
Testament. The revised version of the
New Testament is finished, and is used
in families and schools.
The study of the Irish language is
becoming popular among the many
lrishmen in this country. In most of the
large cities there are classes organized
for the purpose. Chicago Journal.
The little island or Atafu, in the
South Seas, is said to be the only purely
Christian country in the world Every
adult on the island is a member of the
church on confession of faith.
The theory that a boy may be
popped into school, like corn in
mill, to come out, after a time, ready
for use, has been exploded by the sad
experience of nearly all that have tried
it.-Boston Budget.
With just as much significance as
can be crowded into current facts, and
with just as much emphasis as can be
laid on providential events, God is af
tirming that the great ends sought by
the missionaries of the Cross, here and
there and everywhere, in all the ends
Of the earth, are those which are, incl
dentally at least, most helpful to the
interests of trade and commerce.
The supply of woman teachers for
the English schools under the School
Board is unequal to the demand.
The dearth of assistants is, to some ex-
tent, due to so many giving up the
school desk for matrimony, but an even
greater reason is the exceedingly severe
preliminary examination which the
young girl teachers are now required
to pass.
BY the last census there is one
Protestant Evangelical Church to every
573 of the population in the South,
while in the West the average is about
one to every 1000, and in the great.
cities of the North one to about every
5000. In view of this show the Nashville
Christian AdCOcdte pronounces it
ga curious view of the matter that in
duces our brethren in the North to ex-
pend large amount of money on the
South as a mission field"
For many years the deaf mutes of
London have been taught in eight of
the board schools with the other chill
iren. They have separate class
room, but during vacation they run
about and play with their more fortu7
nate fellows. They are taught to
speak, and to answer, and understand
speech. A training school of this kind
should be established in all the princi-
pal cities of the Union without delay
School Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
Bad Coffee.

1t is the exception rather than the
rule to get cup of coed coffee at the
hotels or restaurants in this city. In
the provincial hotels and railway
dining saloons as you go further in
this respect you fare worse. There are
a large variety of colorado decoctions
that masquerade under the title of
coffee that are entirely devoid of its
aroma or taste. A writer in the ArgO-
maui says:
There is no spot in the world were
coffee is so badly made as in this coun-
try. And this arises from several
causes. The hrst of these is the pur-
chasing OF coffee ground and roasted at
grocery stores, where the sale is so
small that the roasted coffee is often
three weeks or month old, and has,
through exposure to the weather and
influence of climate, entirely lost its
aroma. The second cause is that the
berry is often burnt instead of being
properly roasted, and has, in conse-
quence, pungent, bitter flavor in
stead Of its natural flavor and aroma
The third cause is that in many hotels,
restaurants, and even private houses,
sufficient coffee is not used Chicago
Inter Ocean. ......
There is enough salt in Salt Lake
to supply this country for many cen,
turtles. -DeRrer Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Innocent wife: ''What do YOU
mean, Charlie, by straddling blind!'
should think it was so much easier ia
ride Il rail, if that is way you have of
ipitj9tiilpG men at the ol"h'' Nhi"n"n
"A swarm of bees administered
singing rebuke to a train load of pas
'engers in the neigborhood of Chicago
The other day. The train went through
The swarm, and the swarm went through
the train Chicago Inter ocean.
So common has the expression
painting the town red'' got to be in a
Western settlement, that one of the
saloon keepers has put the sign
'.artists' materials in his window
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The popular slang words chic and
Dschutt have fallen into disuse in Paris.
and the new Anamese word tott has
taken their place. TO say that thing
is tott is equivalent to saying that it is
so perfect in its way as to be beyond the
reach of criticism.
There, nowr' exclaimed Mrs. Bias
com; 1.-The paper says that Professor
Henry Clum, a noted scientist, has
been instantly killed by the explosion
of a retort." What warning to mar
ried men not to quarrel with their
wives.-Burljngton Free Press. a.
An elderly Newport maiden having
had several teeth extracted, and being
asked by female companion if it hurt
much replied: ''Well, | suppose it did,
but | was so excited because he had his
arm right around my neck that | didn't
feel but very little pain. "-Kentucky
State JoVrBaL.
-"Here are Smiths friends subscrib-
ing $4,000 to send him to Europe"
said Henderson, land | have to pass
my life at home" Yet when Fogg re-
marked that he believed Henderson,
friends would subscribe $4,000 to send
him to Europe on condition that he
pass the rest of his life there,
Henderson seemed somewhat offended.
Boston Transcript.
do you know, Uncle John, why
You are like your horse?' asked Ella,
who had been pestered by her avuncu-
lar relative in regard to her young man.
Uncle John (who considers himself a
great fellow amongst the fair sex) -
because I'm little fast, suppose.
Hal ha! ha!" Ella -"No, Uncle John;
it is because you interfere. "
The Umpire;
Who is it now gets all the blame
When the pet club has lost a game,
And from the cops protection claim2
The Umpire.
Who is it stands each gbe and ieer,
Who gives decisions with great fear
With many missiles falling. near?
The Umpire.
Who is it, when the game is done,
| Will surely try the crowd to shun,
| And thinks il time for home run?
The Umpire.
philadelphia Call
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
A Good Word for the Book Agent.

A word in behalf of the book agent.
The funny paragraph about him il
written in the city and he does his
work chiefly in the country. When
the bookseller knocks.at the farmhouse
door he is invited to enter, and the
family look at his book with respect,
listen to him with attention. If thu
book be adapted to the tastes and hab-
its of the farmer, as it usually is, tho
farmer subscribes for it. He does this
because he wants to do it-not from
seller. Take the farmer something
which he does not want and you arc
informed fatty that it is dry and with
out possible profit to him. The book
agent of the present day is a young
man of great hope and energy. Hi
class do business which is gigantic.
He is usually well and favorably known
in his community. He receives the aid
and moral support of the clergymen
and the educators of his region. The
farmers and townspeople buy of him be-
cause he supplies them with what they
can not purchase elsewhere. Tho
homestead without its little library of
works pertinent to the life led under
that peaceful roof is hardly to be found
in the Great West. With the best
thought of his locality urging him on,
with high grade of self-respect, and
with generous patronage constantly
responding to his efforts, it is no Won
der the book agent has won considera
ton from the foremost publishers of
the world and grateful admiration from
the most eminent authors. These are
facts, They can not be laughed down.
-Chicdg0 Current
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
"A New York man, whose nose had

"A New York man, whose nose had
been made extremely red by long in
diligence in alcoholic tonics, wrote to
the SIN asking for remedy. The fol-
lowing was suggested Take of vase
line one ounce, precipitated sulphur,
two drachms. Mix well and apply to
effected part night and morning, rub
oing in well Continue the application
for one or two weeks and the redness
will disappear. Another correspond
ent, with more wit than charity, adj
vlsed the sufferer to keep on drinking
and the nose would turn purple.-MY
Times. ..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
CHURCH.

-f CH OhCH-M -.4.sr.
Two little church-mice!
Some good folk they Taught
Going to be married!
Why, they must be daft"
Two little church-mice
Some good folk they sighed
''Not wrap to bless them With
How will they provide.
1.-Two little church-mice,
For servants, house and dress7
Isn't it painful thing?
Quite immoral? Yes.
@'Two little church-mice,
With nought but health and brains
In the way of capital
Fools for their pains!
1.-TWO little church-micel
Much they know about
All the troubles of the world,
SoOth, mighty rout
1.-TWO little church-mice
Tempting Providence!
Won't they have time of it,
Learning common sense?
1.-Two little church-mice!
Won't they find it sweet
Bread and cheese for working days
Beef for Sunday treat"
Two little church-mice-
I'll folk know It's nice,
When young folk from older folk
Meekly take advice.
But these little church-mice,
Very bad of them,
Gaed their ain gait quietly,
And let who will condemn.
For the two little church-mice
Found it less a bother
TO do without all sorts of things
Than to do without each other.
The two little church-mice
In rain as well as sun,
Stick TO text which saveth: TUO
Are better than is one.
And the two little church-mice
Find, whate'er befall,
What poets call the cruel world
Is not so bad at,all.
Two little church-mice-
What about them? oh!
They are happy little mice,
That is all / know.
The Acddemy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20

There is enough salt in Salt Lake
to supply this country for many cen,
turtles. -DeRrer Tribune,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-03-20
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City School Trustees.

The following is the act "to repeal section Z
chapter rs, of the Code of 1873, and to regulate
and incorporated towns of five thousand inhab-
itants and over.' In force March 8, 1881.
whereas the school trustees in all counties of
the Commonwealth, and in all incorporated
towns OF more than nye hundred and less than
tive thousand Inhabitants, are chosen exclu-
siyely by the local authorities of such counties
ated towns. of over five thousand inhabitants
school trustees have been appointed under the
law by other than local authorities and where
as 1t is right and desirable that the law in tins
respect should be uniform:
l.. BE it enacted By The General Assembly of Viy-
gtntG, That section of chapter IS of the Code
Of 1873 be, and is hereby, repealed.
2. That the places of all trustees now in Of
nee In towns and cities of five thousand inhab-
ttants and over be and become vacant on the
expiration OF thirty days from the passage OF
this act.
8. That the councils of such cities and towns
SHALL as soon as may be after the passage of
this act, elect trustees, not exceeding three for
each school district OF their respective cOrnorl.
tions, and shall designate which of S.-~i ts..~
tees shall go out of office in one year IL
Two, and which In three years, provo ivy
ever, that the foregoing provisions OF na
the whole of the 4th and 9TH sections saai .l
apply to the city of Winchester, b. b l.as
thereof the Corporation Court of " a-e
shall as soon as may be after the pass; tlfs
act choose the trustees for said cit, a
other respects this act shall apply to tt7-of
Winchester.
4. The term of all trustees so electet
gin on the thirty first day after the.
this act, provided that the provisions OF sections
!, 3. and shall not apply to the cities of Nor
Iolk ana alexandra, and shall not apply - SIC
Oily OF petersburg until on and after
5. All vacancies in the school board, nn
from whatever cause, shall be filled !
councils OF such cities or towns.
D. rms act shall be in force from It's ps
and all acts and parts OF acts Inconsistent
with are hereby repealed.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-03-20
ply proposes to give them the right to an.

ply proposes to give them the right to ap
pot teacbars u IF TYP aoS anu t 70 mo
tant ~ ~ that ,rb~ no ~ ThaM UI 49, ouI hSa
i;ftea Years to ha adncatad l,";u 4ho
eIemrnfarv matters of read;ng and w u rae
Wa are @oino 70 Owe tben, t Iaa" r;aht +
visit Their own Schools Won can,t Get At
white neonle nronerlv IL ;nsnect tbseso
schools # Won have intellioant naorno S'
t I can. ~ '''' ''''soA' nes1oes'
Mr. Wickbam think wo oon snd :
great MANY white naonla who viii i visit ila an
Examine info tba cdnditor Of tha.o oIoai
From nv earliest Youth have Soo S1 inJ;os
of NV own family 40 4hat ~orv So t;r rssui $,
the schools IN ths;r farms 'nins ~
Mr.. Berry: When did thev stonp
Mr. Wickham Tbav do = t ssoP
M Rerrv Knit Won n rC haya VIII
Won tho naGroaS voy yJ l,ro oIay, n %5 VIII
fhe locality wbera live Tho XII i'' NIL, ~
of nno1 hotb S'.a Diii MI MI nT
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-03-20
"rdke Hot Cakes ;,

The above is an old-time expression, ant.
is nearly as ''0ld as the hills, y but vet it is
occasionally brought into good use, and
placed in a position where it counts and
adds great weight to the words accompany
ing it.. This is true in the following testi-
monial sent to DR.. S. B. Hartman 81 Co.
by Messrs. Parrot s. Sons, druggists, of
Greenfield, Ohio, who say
Send us some more advertising matter
\ Our medicine is selling like hot cakes.
Send us good supply, for we need it
badly
Those men know when they handle a
good.thing., Judging from the above, Pc
RUNA must be in good demand in that
country. Being composed purely of vege-
cable ingredients, druggists feel safe in
for the pamphlet on the ILLS of Life"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-03-20
Manufactures in the South.

Baltimore american, March eth The
Baltimore Manufacturers Record, in It's
next issue, will contain O review Of the
progress Of manufactures in the South
during the first two months Of the present
year, showing remarkable development
In that section. The rapid growth OF man
ufactures at the South is the more notice.
able when the general dulness prevailing in
other sections is taken into account. The
Record says, summing up the capital of all
new manufacturing and mining enter
prises started at the South since j anuary l,
1854. and the amount expended, In the en-
largement OF, mills and factories already
established, the total is found to reach the
enormous aggregate of $2S, 100000. While
much ofthis capital is from the North and
West, the Southern people themselves are
investing very literally in new enterprises.
Kentucky shows a larger amount Of new
capital invested in manufactures and min
ing than any other state, the aggregate for
that state being Sc, 851 900, while Alabama
is second on the list, with $5,210, 900, fol-
lowed by Virginia, with IS $50 900 Texas,
with 50 500, 900 Georgia, $2.074, 900
Maryland, 81, obs 900 North Carolina, 81
~, O0O.i South Carolina, 1904 600 !. West
Virginia, $916, 0C0, and Tennessee, $780,
600. This immense amount of capital is
tfRss dhX SEsSt diversity Of indus
saw-mills, -four mills, iron works, furnaces,
rolling mills, foundries, machine shops,
ETC.. as well as by extensive mining opera
ti0ns for coal iron ore and the precious
metals. The Record shows that lotwith-
standing the depression in the cotton
goods trade Of the world, the South is
steadily pushing ahead in the building of
new cotton mills. Among the enterprises
OF this kind mentioned are $4,000 mill
in Columbia, Tenn, $500, 900 mill in Dur
ham, N. G.; another of the same size in
Dalton, Ca; a $50 200 mill Sin Trenton.
Tenn; a $500, 900 mill In Roanoke, Va;
two Of $500, 900 each in South Carolina, and
q 81 ,0O0, 900 mill in Columbus, Ca, in ad-
dition to which a large number of mills
are enlarging at a cost of from 800 900 up.
The aggregate cost of these newly organ
lied mills will be 1920, OOO, and when
completed they will add over 100000 spin
dies to the number now in the South The |
demand kfrom Northern capitalists and |
machine manufacturers for. information |
relating to Southern industries is steadily