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walton which is their most eytranr5i-
nary quality, where by theoood of the in
dlvldnal Is gwen up to that of the COM
munlty if should tell you of one with
still more remarkable powers, and this
Is the agricultural ant of Texas? You
will hardly believe the story, and vet il
is vouched for by eminent naturalists
and others who have made them their
study. This ant is one of the brown
species living in families, occupyin0
mounds or cities, as they are called. SET
upon artificial hills three or four feet in
diameter. Around these mounds the
ants smooth away the surface for three
or four feet further in all directions
and make sort of farm of this cleared
region. Here they are said to actually
plant the seeds of a certain grass of
which they are very fond, keeping the
crop clear of all weeds and grasses
meanwhile Then they harvest the
seeds, clearing the chaff away, and
store the rest for winter use. They tend
these seeds as carefully in winter az
they tend their eggs and grubs, DRYING
it when damp, and actually throwing il
away when spoiled. Their harvest
time is in November, and after harvest
they clear away the stubble and leave
the surface bare for the next year.
How incredible this seems! and vet
We are not surprised at anything we
hear about these wonderfully knowing
little creatures.
No wonder that the ant has been
held up as a model of wisdom and in
dlstry. Solomon declares the ant to
b "a people not strong, but exceeding
We, -9sho> prepare their meat in the
summer" But the highest praise it
has received is from Mr.. Darwin, who
says that "the size of the brain is close
ly connected with higher mental
powers, and the cerebral ganglia of
ants is If extraordinary. comparative
dimensiols." The tineness OF the
quality SEEMS to make up for absence
OF quantity "The brain OF an ant"
another naturalist has said, too, lis
one of the most marvellous atoms of
matter in tn world, far more wonder
full than the brain of man. Airs. q.
Hall, IN N Y Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
RARE COINS.

Articles Which ara Sure Sometimes to bt
Worth More Than Their Nominal
Value.
A Bolivian dollar or an Indian rupee.
or half-soyereign after very haro
usage, may possibly deteriorate il
value. But save under exceptional cir.
cumstances, there is no getting more
for a crown, or a mark, or a Napoleon,
or gold eagle than the sum inscribed
on lis face. Even the Mexican dollar
has ceased to be held at premium,
and gold is still plentiful enough for
the time to be far distant when, as used
to be the case so far as guineas went, it
will take thirty shillngs to purchase
sovereign. But when the tyrO in
numiSmaticS reads the prices which
some old English coins brought, he
NAV be pardoncd if his ancient faith in
the determinate worth OF the currency
is seriously shaken. we hear on every
side of hard times and the depression OF
trade. Yet the merchant whose balance
is on the wrong side of the ledger must
experience a searching of heart when
he is told that there are plenty of peo-
pie ready to give $40 for a penny
thousand years old, $50 for a half
crown of Queen Elizabeth. and E255 for
half George noble of Henry VIII,
which some years before had been bought
for the sum of three and siXpence. A
milled three -farthing piece brought over
twenty guneas, and even bad
shilling of Edward VI, instead of get
ting the "utterer' or anybody else into
trouble, was eagerly purchased for over
I'll. 1t is clear, therefore, that what
ever NAV be the case in other branches
of commerce, the traffic in this costly
kinds of goods is much briskcr than the
humble collector might desire. Of late
the holders of pictures, enamelS, pot
terry. and similar kinds of brittle ware,
have become rather alarmed over the
| diminished prices which such articles
have brought in auction rooms. Not
unnaturally the scarcity of money.
among those who were q few years ago
the rich people of England has been set
down as the cause of this 'shrinkage in
value" No doubt this is to limited
extent true. But when the collector
can afford to crafty his taste in the
expensive fashion above shown, the
optimist is justified in clinging to his
fancy 1t must be consoling to him to
note that ego, $50 and ESQ were eagerly
bid for objects which are in themselves
of only modest intrinsic value, and
which entail in their safe-keeping an
amount of anxiety that is dearly repaid
by the pleasure of pOssession.-London
| STANDARD.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
THE JONES FAMILY.
Sally AIMS Account of One Days
fluctuations.
What Came of Jeremiah's Leaving the
- Gate Open-Why the Members of
Two Households Are Not on
Speaking Terms.

One morning in July l had to bake bread
and churn, besides doing all the other
housework, so l put the bread into the
stove oven, and took the churn and set it
down under big oak tree that stands in
the back yard.
/ had just commenced working the churn
when l saw jeremiah pass through the
gate into the banyard.
Jeremiah" says l, you have left the
gate OPEN"
"Never mind" says he, 'Tm coming
back in a minute
/ didn't think any more about the gate
then, but just as | was ready 10 take out
the butter, | happened to look over into the
potato patch, and there was hog roofing
up the potatoes.
| called Understandable as loud as l
could scream, but all | heard in reply to
this patriotic appeal was the word: ''Jer-
.e-mi-ah"' echoed back from the barn.
My eyes wandered around over the land
scape in search of my absent husband, ana
finally beheld him about quarter of a mile
away, seated on the top rail of a fence in
the shade of a large cottonwood, talking to
Bill Jinkins, who was in the lane on the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
The Englishman as He Is.

"Adam? What's his other name?" asked
Mark Twain in reply to a railway carriage
bore who had been Fostering him for his
opinion Of Washington, Lincoln and Other
heroes of the Republic, and in despair al
his ignorance wound up with: "Stranger,
have you heard OF Adam?' SO a New
York clergyman tells this story as being
part of conversation held by him within
three years with an Engishman to whom
he pointed out General Grants residence in
New York. The Englishman asking;
"What name" and seeming to obtain no
further light when it was repeated to him,
the clergyman said: "Of course YOU know
of General Grant. He was our President
for eight years, ending in 1871" "Ah,"
remarked the EngliShman, still with no
evidence of recalling fact previously
known. Then, too, pursued the clergy
man, "he was a great General, and was in
command of million Of men at the close
of our war. You remember our late war,
of course" "Well, no." was the answer;
"beg pardon, but | have just arrived in tins
country, and was so long at sea that | have
not heard the latest news. was at sea six
teen days, really p'-N. Y. Sun.
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other side of the fence, burdening the back
of an Old horse that | always called Bona
parte, not because he was an uncommonly
ambitious animal, but because the greater
part of him was composed of bones.
l am well acquainted with both men.
and | knew that there was little likelihood
of jeremiah returning to the house for the
next two hours so | reluctantly left the
chuIn and went to the rescue of the pOta-
toes. AS | started | called the dog. Tige
had followed Jeremiah, and knowing that
he had plenty of time had gone to sleep in
the shade of the cottonwood but as soon as
he heard me call him he started on the run
jeremiah heard me at the same time, and
Slid down Off the fence, and sauntered
leisurely toward the house.
A hog can always see if a gate is left
open when he wants to get into mischief,
but never when you want to drive him out
Five times that four-footed quadruped and
myself revoved around that potato patch at
a speed that would have started the perspi-
ration on living skeleton in January, but
when we passed the gate the sixth time,
the brute struck up toward the house, and
he and Tige met and had wrestling match
in the butter and buttermillS where | had
left the churn. The milk-hOuse. door was
standing wide open and | made a rush for
it, but before | could reach it | saw the hog
dart through it, followed by Tige. l heard
a tremendous squealing and tear-around in
the milk-house, and pretty soon Tige came
leading the hog cut by the ear. l looked
within, and if l ever saw destruction | saw
it there. For a moment forgot everything
but the sad spectacle before me, but
Sunk in self-cOnsuming anguish
Can the poor heart always ache?
No, the tortured nerve will anguish
Or the strings Of life must break"
And fortunately was aroused from my
sorrOwful meditations by the voice of
jeremiah eXcIaimng as he came around
the corner of the house:
Whats all this row about, Sally Amp"
l replied to Jeremiahs question by Civ
ing him very fOrcible lecture concerning
his carelessness, then l turned around and
went into the kitchen where | found my
bread burnt as black as a coal l had Just
taken the bread out of the stove, when |
heard some one knock at the door.
| wiped the perspiration from my face,
and, obeying the summons, found myself
face to face with Mrs. Gumbrcl. the worst
gossip in the county. | felt like shutting
the door in her face, for | was sure that
she had heard the close, if not the whole
of my lecture to jeremiah. | tried, how
ever, to act as if nothing unusual had oc-
CURED
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19

as far as running myself through a hornets
nest or thraShing machine at first; little
mild excitement would do to begin with
SO he suggested a bareback ride.
| told him that was just what ! wanted.
l didn't know what it was, but [ was not
going to give in to a mere boy like him.
so he Went into the barn and brought out
a tall narrow horse and told me to get on
l didn't say anything, but l expected a
great deal.
l got on and he mounted in front of me
to keep the horse going. You may think
it strange but became prejudiced against
bareback riding as soon as | got on that
horse; he was SO tall and so exceedingly
narrow.
Well, the farmers boy started him, and
then l thought the earthquake had come
The way in which the summit of that horse
endeayored to penetrate through my spinal
column to my soul was something remark
able.
l told the boy there was no hurry. | did
not know where we were going, but said
we would get there soon enough if we lei
the horse walk. But the boy was game
and kept the animal on the jump.
Then | said: My son, my bareback
riding terminates right here" And rolled
myself off the starbOard side of that horse
and struck on my head in a wild black berry
bush. | went home with q nose full oil
briarS and an accumulation of raw eX
perence that would have been worth it,
weight in gold to me-if | could have real
lZed on 1T Philadelphia NelCS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
THE HORNET.
Description of an Interesting Insect-A
Creature Whose Advent Is Marked by .
Stern Reality.


Description of an Interesting Insect-A
Creature Whose Advent Is Marked by
stern "e"i''y'
The hornet Is an abridged edition OF
bloody murder strained through a rag.
He bears the same relation to John
/, Sullivan that c,ujcu.ed milk d,rs
70 \ cow.
T,,..,....,,.,,.... e.. ..,,,l.....I &c ,i..,
- ,'''I'' '''''',-7 VIZ ''','''.'''' VI ''o
horu'I' 0o'' sharP'h'u sr''N OF
lightning on the cheek OF Chicago
drummer and dipped it in the gall of
a campaign lie.
Il viii MA, Jo o., oorforrJ ,I,o b,,r,ot
with the bee The hornet is clad in tbc
mantle Of more mysterious mdiyidu-
alitv. and ON his brow rests a diadrm
of haleful olnom He has a oneness
of character that is unknown 10 fine
bee.
The bee is not without \ toucb If
Sweetness and foht but tbe Sweetness
of the hornet seems ia have benn
snoil,J in the MAKING
Tho co,,;,c aud ~, ,,,ir, &c tho hoo
ora n,o,In,y,j h,. 1T a,sao;atia ~
81. = ,r,,.ari,al lf,r inJnstr,. H.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
AN UNDESIGNING WIDOW,
Besuilcd by the Vaccinations of Her
Thirteen-Year- Daughter.

BesuiIcd by the Vaccinations of Her
Tnirteen-Ye ar-Old Daughter.
The evidences of design" in the hui
man widow have been so much dwelt
upon, in fiction and satire, that it is
relief TO turn to tale in which her es-
sentially simple and trustful nature is
set forth. Such tale was told touch
ing a widow in Easton, Penn, who was
beguiled, by the Vaccinations, not of
man, but of her own female child, aged
thirteen.
The child, as our readers have noted.
was in the habit of visiting widower's
large brick house, presumably to play
with the widower's children, when it
occurred to her to extract money from
her own mother, under pretense of
making love to her in the ostensible be-
half Of the widower, in letters written
with a lead pencil by herself. The
inventions she employed for this pur-
pose were such as would naturally
occur to a person of her years and in
the widower, for fifteen dollars to help
pay the men in the wdowcrs employ,
for money to buy the wdower tur-
key, to pay the widowers gas bill, and
to pay for the keep of the widower' $
horse. These crude demands for money
were accompanied by professions of at
tachment not less crude, such as the
childl:ke device of addressing the widow
as ''My Dear Wife. "
These are the devices which a child
Of thirteen would naturally adopt. The
wonder is not that the child adopted
them, but that the mother was taken in
by them. Her first husband must have
been a prOsaic and literal soul whose
speech was the transparent yesture of
his thought, and she must have raShlv
generaliZed from him to his sex. But
what a fund of simple faith in mankind
must this undesgning widow have ac-
cumulated when it could be drawn upon
with success and without limit by such
artihces as these.
Her daughterdid not take after the
widow. She was the confidence child
of Il contiding mother. We should not
even critcisc the crudity of her appIica-
tons for money since they were sue
cessful. Like authors whose produc-
tions are sneered ut by the critics and
devoured by readers, it must be adj
mitted in her favor that she knew her
public and adjusted her means to her
ends. OF the principle of fraudulent
finance she had Il precocious mastery.
1t Is the same principle employed by
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
NEEDED A CHANGE.
A Brief Equestrian ENperience-He Spen
His Vacation in the Country.

a Brief Equestrian ENperience-He Spent
His Vacation in the Country.
My doctor said I needed a change. He
told me that l was sitting around too much;
that in my burning desire to impart my
stores Of wisdom to my fellow-beings was
sticking too close to my desk. He said 1
needed a vacation: that l ought to go to the
country and rough it.
asked him if he didn't think would
find it rough enough down at Coney Island,
but he said the beer that wasteth at noon
tide and the dance that slayeth at midnight
were altogether too frequent down there.
SO | went right out into the wilds of New
jersey, where there are more wilds to be
had for the money than anywhere else l
know of.
And when had been there two days the
farmers son grasped the fact that | wanted
to rough it. l told him L didn't care to 90
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19

"Good morning, Mrs. JONES'" said she.
Good morning, Mrs. Gumbrel," says l.
won't you come inY says |.
" Yes, I'll come in for a minute or two"
says she.
VIII you take off your bonnet?''
says |.
Yes" says she, "Tll take it off while
/ stay, for | can cool better with it off,"
She took off her bonnet, and | knew then
she had something to communicate before
she left, and | resigned myself to endure
her company until she was ready to leave
/ didn't have to wait long for she was anX-
ious to unburden her mind.
did you hear about the picnic?" says
she
What pcnic?" says l.
Why" says she, Mrs. Brown is going to
have the young folks over in their wood
lot, next Thursday afternoon, to picnic"
We'll" says |, 'if there's anything on
earth that | hate and deteSt and abominate
and despise it's picnic; but, Of course, the
young folks won't feel that way about it,,
so | must do some cooking for Jacob and
David"
&c." says she, ''your boys are not to be in
vited."
How 10 you know that?" says l.
why" says she, Il heard Mrs Jinkins
Tell Mrs Green. that she heard Mrs. Brown
tell Mrs Skies that she wasn't going to in
wife anybody but the most respectable fami-
lies, and she named several families that
size intended to leave out and your family
was one of them"
! was pretty well stirred up anyway, and
ldidn't stop to think what was saying, so
says /: "'d like to know what has made
The Browns so mighty respectable all at
once May be my boys are not as respecta-
ble as Browns boys, but l know that Jere-
'Diah father was never put in Jail for hog
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19

A Tennessee young man recently sent &
feryent note to his girl, asking her to elope.
The old man, however, guarded her so
carefully that she was unable 10 do so. But
she managed to send him nice musk
melon. The 'cantelope' told him Just
how matters stood-N Y. Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19

Mexico has over Thirteen thousand
miles of telegraph line.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19

The Pixies Peak Railway, which is
expected to be in operation this year,
will be the most notable piece of track
in the world. II will mount 1000 feet
higher than the Lima and Oroya Rail
way in Peru. 1t is now in operation to
a point over $4,000 feet above the sea
level. The entire thirty miles of its
length will be a succession of compli-
Gated curves and grades. with no piece
OF straight track longer than 300 feet
Chicago MAIL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19

An eminent physician thinks that
men should not run after they reach
forty. Chicago Herald.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-04
CONTRACT WORK
Sever on Franklin Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, April %, 1885.

Sealed bids will be received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation OF
the City of St. Paul. Minnesota, at their Office
in said city, until IL H., on the 18th day of
May, A. D. 1885, for the construction OF
sewer on Franklin street, from the easterly
line of Irvine park to Eagle street, in said
city, together with the necessary catchbasins
and manholes, according to plans and specif-
cations on file in the Office OF said Board.
A bond with at least two ~ sureties in
sum of at least twenty coy per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each Did.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
JOHN HARRINGTON, President.
Official:
R. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
1929
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-04
SALTWATER NEWS.
Successful Annual Meeting Of Still.
water Building Association.
A Sudden Dcath--A Thieving Vagrant
1.-The New Saw Mill.
Building Association.

Building Association.
The annual meeting of the Saltwater
Building association took place at Music
hall on Saturday evening. The attendance
of stockholders was very large, there being
upwards of one hundred present.
The. secretary, A.. G.. Hospes, presented
a statement of the concition of the associa-
ton at the end of the eighth years bust
ness, which shows highly satisfactory
state of affairs and proof that the business
is managed with the greatest care. From
the report of the secretary it is learned that
beginning with the second series, the first
having matured, and including the eighth
series 1898 shares have been issued, of
which 8, 52S have had borrowed on them
S176, $50, and the balance is all taken, but
unpledged. The second SERIES which is
seven years old, is worth premium of
$40. 50 cash or $43. 81 book. The average
bonus for the past six months was 35.77
per cent. and for the year 1920 per cent.
The number of loans made for the year was
twenty-eight Since the association started
there has not been any bad loans, and pay
ments by borrowers have been promptly
met.
After the reception Of the report the
members proceeded to ballot for fifteen di-
rectors, Messrs. Perlee, Hening and Bur-
bingham being appointed tellers. and the
following were elected: j. A. Deragisch,
Fl. j. Chambers, l.. Sargent, l.. Clark. f.
E. Joy, f. NJ. Prince. Theodore Jassoy, w.
D. King, r. w. Kerr, f. 81. Ewing, Hugo
Schlenk, S. P Richardson, A. c. Hospes,
w. K. Wardeman and A. Frederick. The
officers will be chosen from these at the
first meeting of the directors.
Accidentally Shot.
William and Andrew Phelan, sons of J.
n. Phelan, who lives ON the Wisconsin side
of the lake some two miles from this city,
were accidentally shot by a revolver in the
hands of the elder boy. Itappears the boys
were getting over fence and William had
a small revolver in his hand, and by slip
ping the weapon was discharged, the ball
passing through his own hand and lodging
in the side of his brother, being so deeply
imbedded that the doctors did not dare to
extract it. The boys are not dangerously
hI1rt sd.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-04
PER SONALS.

F.F. Vaux, Chicago, is at the Metropol-
itan.
c. H. Townsend, Kentucky, is in the
city.
John S. Trip, Mortified, is at the
Windsor.
Edward Behr, New York, is at the Met
ropOlitan.
Charles Dean, Milbank, Oak, is at the
Merchants.
F. K. Gilbert, Glencoe, Mimi, is at the
Merchants.
H. Standby, Penham, England, is at the
Merchants.
R. A. Weed, Plattsburg, N. Y, is at the
Merchants.
Henry L. Bellman, Portland, is at the
Metropolitan.
j. J. Miller, St. Louis, is among the
guests at the Windsor.
Col. A. A. Delappe, U. S. A, and FAM
lily are at the Merchants.
A. Zook and Lynde Palmer, Miles City,
are at the Merchants.
O. E. Vedder. Black River Falls, is reg
istered at the Windsor
Hon. c. D. Keyes of Milwaukee is stop
ping at the Metropolitan.
6. A. florence, Lockport, n. z, ar
rived in the city yesterday and can be found
at the Metropolitan.
AT CHICAGO.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, May SC. E. Brown and
Walter Heffelfnger of Minneapolis are at
the Grand Pacific.
E. Stone and wife of Minneapolis, S. F.
Clinton of La Crosse are at the fremont.
DR.. J. II. Murphy and wife of ST. Paul
are stopping at the Sherman.
E. Webster and wife, John P Rea, A. o.
Bosworth, H. l.. Little of Minneapolis are
guests at the Sherman.
Marcus johnson of Atwater, Mimi,
Max Warshauer of st. Paul are at the
Palmer