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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
A Scorpion and Her Children,

lJamaica Cor. Land and Water1
was playing game of billiards in a
small village IN the Blue mountains: there
was no ceiling to the room ths roof being
covered, aS is the universal custom in
Jamaica, with cedar wood shingles. Nv
opponent was smoking a large pipe, and
suddenly, just As l was about to play a
stroke, what thought was the contents of
my friends pipe fell on the table close to the
ball at which | was aiming Instinctively I
was on the point of brushing it off with nv
hand, when, to my amazement, saw it was
a moving mass, which on closer inspection
turned out to lie very large fema'e speci-
men of a scorpion, from which ran away in
every direction a number of perfectly formed
little scorpions about quarter of an inch in
length.
The mother scorpion lay dying upon tho
billiard cloth, and soon ended her fecbls
struggles, ths whole of her back eaten out
by her own offspring, of which, as they could
not escape over the raised edge Of the bill
ierd table, We killed the astonishing number
OF thirty-eight They had not only been
carried by the parent, but they had lived
on her, cleaning out her body from the shell
oi her back, so that she looked like an in
verted cooked crab from which the edible
portions have been removed. She had clung
to her retreat in the shingled roof until rear
the approach of death, when she had fallen
and given US this curious spectacle. l was
told by the attendant that the young scor.
pionS always live thus at the expense of their
mothers life, and that by the time her
strength is exhausted the horrid offspring
are ready tc shift for themselves
INGENUITY AND DELI
CACY OF WORKMANS
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
How Gen. Grant SMore.


tDr Z. d. kiltoe in Inter-ocean.l
noticed short paragraph a few days
since referring to Gen. Grants profanity l
happen to know the general pretty well,
having been with him as one OF his staff at
different times during the war, and l never
but once heard him make Use of any word
that could be called profane and that was
dog on IL" The article reminded me of a
little incident that came to my notice at
Memphis just previous to the generals goinE
to Young's Point, above Vicksburg. | wa
smoking cigar with the general in his
room, when dispatch arrived which pro
vOked Gen. RawlinS, the chief of staff. and
which Rawlins read to the general and with
some pretty rough oaths urged him to take
summary measures with a prominent gem
eral who had, l believe disobeyed or tran
scended orders
The general, in his good-humorei wav,
turned to Inc and asked: do YOU know
what / keep Rawlins for!" Ireplied no, un-
less it was on account of his valuable SER
yicss. IN tall you what for. | never
swear myself, SO | keep him to do it for me
when occasion needs" The time refer TO
when be said dog on it was at Lexington,
KY, on our ride from Knoxville, when a
certain mule contractor wanted to escort
the general through tie town with band of
nuSIC, to avoid which We got out of the
hotel 10y back way and drove incognito to
the Louisville train After being seated in
tine car the man came and undertook to
demonstrate with Gen. Grant for giving
him the slip. The general was angry and
annoyed and said: DOG on it, sir, do you
want TO show me arouni like circusi"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
The Garden Spot of the Continental More
Than Royal Nealm-An Enthusiastic
Song of Praise-A Modern
Eden Described.

tCol. Pat Donan to Philadelphia Clover CIubl
Dakota is the newest, worst treated and
grandest of the territories of the Union,
the garden spot of the continent, the imperial
wheat belt of the globe 1t is more than
royal realm. which ten years ago was unex-
plored and almost unknown, which but five
years ago was almost wholly a region of
romance and of fable 1t is a peerless but
modest ian l, that never sounds the fishhorn
Of its own fame. 1t is the worlds true won-
derland, where no storms and tempests ever
olpw, and whsre all the breezes are trained
to sing palms in tunes in pianiSsimo style
and IN even better time and rhyme than the
rendering of The Order Of Full Moons" I
heard just now.
Our widest bhzzards, as unenlightened
down-easters sometimes term them, are used
BY gentle mothers to lull their babes to Sleep
The sun shine, over with mellow splendor
that calls To mind the far-famed Happy
Valley OF "Rasselas," AMI there is Just frost
enough in our winters to turn the elm leaves
golden. No summer drouths or winter hJods
Spread devastation over the fields and hopes
OF our husbandmen. No army worms or
grasshoppers sweep those fertile plains and
valleys with nibbling desolation. No hail
storms rattle their destroying musketry upon
the grains and fruits and plate-glass windows
of that elysium-except, now and then, just
enough 10 furnish business to our ambitious
young home hail insurance companies.
bananas bloom in November. and Young
oranges are picked the day before Christ.
mas. Raisins, striped stick candy, tin
horses and india rubOer dolls ripen always
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08

Just In time FOR santa Claus pedler vasoo
with his reindeer team and his "Iittls ronnd
stomach that shakes when he laughs like
bowlful OF jelly" Pineapples and figs grow
spontaneously on Canada thistle bushes
everywhere, while the cottonwoods and dog
fennel trees yield bro ok trout, nectarines and
perslmmon' of largo siz, and flavor, a
eanalboat-load to the acre. Spring roses
blossom on the plain, gentle Annie, for New
Years posles, and potatoes grow as big as
beer Kegs at the roots of every tuft
OF prar.e grass. Cabbage heads of
full congressional and senatorial size
give forth the fragrance of the les
samine and honeysuckls to humming.
birds as large as canvas-back ducks and
clad In all the prismatic glories of the au-
rora borealiS We hatch our own wild
geese of such dimensions that ten Ierfeet
from Pennsylvania, for instance, are liable
To mistake them for winged hippopotami ON
lakes of never-freezing rose water and CO.
logne
Blizzards, tempeSts tornadoes and rascalIy
political breezeS come to that modern Eden
only as dlmly understood wailings from dis
tant regions and peoples VINO do not know
enough to lind their way to the sole remain
ing quarter section Of paradise in ali the
western world. There no wave Of trouble
ever rolls across the peaceful breast, and
the prosperous people who raise infallibly
from twenty-five to seventy five bushels of
NO. hard wheat to the acre of land. that
costs them nothing and get s1S a bushel
for it, can calmly smile at Satan's rage and
race a frownng, because less fortunate,
world
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
omall Armies More Successful
Haynio's Lettsr,l

@An armed nation is not an army" said q
distinguished American general to me not
long ago, and to this bonmot let me ad the
remark Of famous German critic that sthe
general in chief may unchain the tempest,
but he will b incapable of directing it II
cared to 60 into details could prove that
in other times successful wars were waved
with armies Of well-drilled veterans, but
small as to numbsrs Hannibal never had
more than 40 ZOO in any of his great battles
in Italy; Alexander, with $4,000 soldiers,
whipped Darius out Of his boots; Julius
Caesar overran the land Of the Gauls with
no more than six legions-that is to say,
about $1,000 men; Napoleon, the greatest
captain the world has ever known, won Aus
terlitz with but O,0OO. Permit me to con-
tribute the personal reflection that in nv
humble opinion an army of 50, 600 picked out
of the OH ,es, shops, stores and fields west of
the lakes and commanded by "Old Tecum-
ssh," Little Phil or Gen Grant could walk
through one of these armed nations like q
torchlight procession through a country VII
laga
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08

being read with advantage to the scholars
"hlle ancient classics are not being neg
lected. Education is having a broader scope
than 1t had fifty years ago, and stu Tents are
enabled TO grasp IL with far more advantage
than formerly. Universities are becoming
more liberal IN their courses, and the Young
men are reaping the benefit"
Are modern languages taking the place of
the ancient or dead languagesP
"leS, and no. Both have their students
and their advantages. 1t is not considered
now positively necessary that student
should devote himself To Greek and Latin 70
Mt him for other studies, while those who
nave a iondneSs for ancient literature are
enabled t. devote their time and minds
thereto. Tie German, French and English
authors are certainly attracting more atten.
ton than formerly, and l think with ad
w "ge to tho, o who make them a study. 1t
) many years ago, that graduates were
una~le 10 state the order of such writers as
Shakespeare, Pope and Byron; but this is now
changing, ami scholars are becoming as con-
versant with the classics of modern Europe
as formerly they were with those of ancient
times. l, there ore, think of the progress of
collegiate education as being better than
formerly.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08

Is that OF tho penitentlary on Blnckwell's
island. On it are RAISED the vegetables used
in the prison. The warden of the island is
the farmer, and the convicts his laborers
They present melancholy appearance in
their striped suits working among the fields.
but not nearly SO much So as do the lunatics
on the Wards Island farm. These door
wretches are employed in the kitchen garden
of the asylum, and the doctors saw the air
and exercise are highly beneficial to them
Another very odd farm is on a rock iu the
East river, near He'll Gate. 1t is about half
an acre in extent, and from the vegetables
produced, and the fish caught, the family
who have lived here for over forty wears
subsist These hermits of the metropoiis are
n brother and two sisters. They live in their
little castle surrounded by the waters. and
apparently enjoy life thoroughly.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08

S.l
This day everything was favorable to the
Federal side. We now had become the at.
tacking party. The enemy was driven back
all day, as we had been the day before, until
finally he beat precipitate retreat. The
last point held by him was near the road
from the landing TO Corinth, on the left
OF Sherman and right of McClernand
About O'Clock, being near that point, and
seeing that the my was giving way
everywhere else. | gathered up a couple Of
regiments, or parts of regiments, from
troops nea by, formed them in line of bat
tie and mar ched them forward, going in
front myself TO prevent premature or long
range firing. At this point there was a
clearing between US and the enemy favora-
BILE for charging, although exposed knew
the enemy was ready TO break, and only
wanted little encoura cement from us to 20
quickly and join their friends, who had
started earlier. After marchin. to within
musket range l stopped and let the troops
pass. The command, charge was given,
and was executed with loud cheers, and
with run, when the last of the enemy
h,pl-a
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08

The following Letters were published in
The Christian at Work, the leading religious
paper OF New York, some months since.
That they attracted great attention is proved
by the following editorial notice which soon
after appeared in that paper
The publisher of The Christian at Work
has been asked if the letters published in this
paper, by Or. ]. H. Schenck, of PhiIadeI-
phia, were genuine. In reply he saws, that
his representative has seen the originals of
every letter at the office of DR.. Schenck, in
Philadelphia"
FROM p. TURNER, Jr., BINeHAMPTon. ~,
MEssRs. ]. III. SCHENCK & Son, Philadelphia.
GenHemen:-I have concluded that it is
my duty to write you in regard to the great
benefit have received by the use of DIR.
Schenck's medicines. One and a-half wears
ago was very sick with what nv friends
and myself believed to be Consumption of
the Lungs. The disease began with heavy
cold, Its worst symptom being dry. hacking
cough, which was almost continuous night
and day. Soon after this / began raising a
thick yellow matter. Being exposed to all
kinds OF weather, by working at my trade,
caught additional cold and grew worse, until
was obliged to give up all work / at this
time had terrible pains in my lungs, and was
soon attacked with severe night-sweats. |
tried all the cough remedies advertised, be-
heve, before heard of your remedies. They
were first brought to my notice by reading
your book on Consumption and its Cure"
l used all your medicines; that is, the MAN.
drake Pills, Seaweed Tonic and Pulmonic
Syrup. felt their beneficial effects from the
first. They gave me strength and they gave
me appetite, and in a very short time nv
cough was looser, and soon after disappeared
altogether. i began to gain flesh, too, and in
the course of two months from beginning
their use, | was very near we'll. / am now
entirely well, and, believe me, very thankful
that l found your medicines and took them
in time to save my life. l shall be pleased t6
have any one call on me in regard to my case.
Yours truly, P. TURNER, JR.
Cor. Henry and Liberty Sts.,
Oct. e, 1851 Binghampton, n. Y.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
PAWNEE PETE
A YARN OF TIE YELLOWSTONE


bin y. Buttes in The Republic
ou know the NeZ PerceS, supple ami slim
Sluggish OF soul and lumber Of limb,
Cruel OF conscience, and coli as Ice
A sight OF one Of EN- will suffice
up in the NellarStone, slick and neat,
Near To TIE t-NSers dwelJ Pawnes Pete,
HIS dam u squIw AMI his sire a Hank.
VINO pa'Sei In them parts FOR half a crank
Now Pete was a chap OF the Carson type,
Little, determined, Tor ii-ht!ng ripe,
" no seldom travelled without his gun.
ana from white maG or rel could never run.
He had a hut in the Moio, Pass,
4 iedge Of mica like colural glass,
Aal he kept a rifle beside his bel
And brace O. pi is beneath his head
He skinned JACK rabbit for fool in spring:
IN SUNNI +r, IA uEuuy ht Gown game on the
w.Lg:
IN autumn set for the TtooSe hi, snare;
In WINTER, HaIPea for : le grizzly bear
You let that chap wa, nat'ral rsurb
VII Sc gIlt ma 10 him a We tern tough,
A brave, part scout a VI part lnjun buck
Wei known l. Frisco Ior craft ani pluck
well, Pete heard something of Canbys
OF paleiace trust and OF redIace late.
Ami he sgyDga al oath that IL e'r the hour
Came Ter revenge he'd try his power.
"Uncle SANS cavalry know the wiles
.. du-kN stiles IN deep deii.eS,
VI the mahawk and the scalping knife,
And tie goa I.y tricks Of savage life
You see, there drove thro' the Yellarstone
A prairie ship with Its load alone
ot two young girls. and a lad and man
hno bullt tLslr tre and at work began.
~,
While snug at supper glittering eve
W as uNed uiun EN- and lowered nigh
To Sc EN- drip in their wagon bed;
hut uns un guard with a charge of lead
a close n the canyon croucaei and crept.
Inc bncks were lAere, when the settlers
slept
To steal like snakes on the quiet camp.
And XII AMI scalp by the Ere.ly's Lamp:
~Rut how it happened they never knew,
n hsehef eve wa watching the crew.
And when al midnight a wili VOLTS veil
A"oke the ec4oe5 ike shTieks of he'll
"A rifle cracked, and e redman sank
Down where the blossoms his hot blood I
drank;
And man and boy from the startled van
With their shooters out at the devil; ran.
Another shot, ami another vet
ANA another still, till the flowers were wet /
w lth the crimson deS of that Injun Land.
Gut on IN their prime by vengeful hand
And that hand Pete'S. which ne next day
gave
To one Of the girls he heIpol to s,.ve:
I hen he Jumpet ranch down in wyoming
" here now the voices OF children ring.
henaNer. stranger. you GO that wav
! gUil hear "tat the .ettlers have to say:
70 beL5er or drawer man Is known
Than Pawuee Pete If the Nellarstope
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
YOUNG MEN IN COLLEGES.
A Chat with President White, of Cornell
"A Broader Scope.
Sew York Mail and Express

New York Mail and ExpressI
Andrew d. White, president of Cornell
university, was in chatty mood when the
writer met him the other day. Il regard
the prospect of educational progress in the
country" said he, especially in the univer-
sites, the number of which you can reckon
on your fingers, as being mu,h better than
it has been for many years The young
men are more inclined To study than for
merly, and their efforts are productive Of
much better results. Classic literature is
not forced upon those who have no desire to
study in that direction; while those whose
minds are bent on Greek and Latin are not
hampered by the want Of progress in those
whose inclinations are not directed that
way.
an class Of 100 there may be twenty
who are strongly inclined to study Greek
and Latin, while the remaining eighty care
nothing for them; yet have desire to study
modern literature, notably German. French
AMI English. The twenty are enabled TO
progress five times as rapidly without the
eighty, while the latter can be more profita-
bly, employed in other studies for which they
have the inclination The tendency to study
the literature of our own language is growing,
and students find Il fers is much that is beau
tiful therein. The better ella $ o. literature
In both the German and French languages is
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
A GERMAN VOLkSFEST.
THE ELIMINATION GLORY OF THE
HARVEST DISPLAY.
The Various Scenes of the FaIr-A Strik-
ingiy Artistic Enect-Everybody Hi
iarious and Good Natured--
Amusements at Every Turn.


| A+,ho o,,,,, rus -
vars 90 nnn ..a n'es1 IN oe'ooer, there
hsr,.,,, -; i-sS a>seihoieu u see tne
l - 1oe @ I a'ions anu ieSuViues' Ali the
osr. snS g. 'ne ,unaoi''in's Oh Stutt-
60. I ON; .ne Huifoulliins country. lhe
inc citv cores a., 80. %I nes noor
fra 20 an 80 .ne i.aet ,l sechar, ana was
numar,b bla Si5l.,ha,,N N
| cn,,o,,s - -In'' a,0i ao'oo ero"os OF
on olI siias t h' games aoounde1
bands ~ - ;~.a'iaS, 1' leu ,ue hungry;
| of n..s.,,s -. -: .no ~ 'hiohSs
| booths m spnT 'u'n piehliiss at gay
| iny nspdemorir,, A
| az conrs. ,h, ,,,,,;.;
barvsst diS,,ar - as siofy was the
immanss triun,n,aI - . ~. AN
tr.I S,an, - -, spahneu tne CEN
| This wos oo,,..oI - @ai ~ nere.
r.,r;raI So 80, 80, ~ must nave
reserved for rho hor,;o,itr,aI n IN noor W. was
arch was decorataJ b.. ~ inis
| fruits of briIIiant oo,o,,.: - .uo u
| ter was susn.,5ad Oh, a,'..t o ''i
Wurtemburg- m,da Of crain. of oor., ~, y.
shining blackberry Thara yver, Ill. .
it. and the effect was striti,'aI,, -. -
tistic A triumnb.l coI,,n,n So
five feat in baigbt onJ
atelv thick rs,tei n, I,-,a Ieios.n,
composed of naIa yraan onnIas an - ,hA
same shade aropnd the hasa tho.. 40
Grecian b,rder of veJIoy ami r.J
corn The main column ,yas oon,,s,
s;I,ar L. - n was eoinpo'ea Oh
n canital of velIovy ne.rs Tbi. ho.. e..c
beap, of growing nIan.s on, w., -
souasbes rumr.kins ,,orrIs -, ' -
etc the whole nrasapt;no, na,s r I
so harmoniou, ,Iv blend "a tho, 60, -
zIei. enchanted and Won r.mar,hau 80, 90
went into ,nucb antbnsias ~, 60. sa.i5
orations at bom. - O''
The base of the grand s,,na 5o,
with sheayes of wheat anI RI, ,,rhip.
there were supsrb di,nIavs Of each sonarat,
kind of fruit ami yeyetabl. artiSt;o.n~,
grouped. The CRANES wera az avarv si1, ~
color and tbsrs were anr;cots in nrns,,-;A.
The festivities lasted for wa,t b.. 80.
ardor knew no abatement Dio,;f,ad G..
many foryets her dignity at this bar,,,. .e,.
niyai II i. cons;der,d birhI, a;a"t,i: es.
to notice an imnatient word or o.s,,,ra -, 80
impertinent sneecb Crowds of s,,,Ia,t. 81
tbere fpII n, marrv ,,ranL1 h;,"-;s
gool-patprei tbr,,n,b go, ,,;.i--;.e.,
the day with its mad ioI,itv NJ % -
wear notices on their bats-aVari;.ht -.
paped or aL-.dig sin,,a IL
as Of a swarm OF locusts s.artls. vorNit :,
only n hand of stu5.,ts o,aL d
twirlinp a wooden tov winch ;,,;t.ta -.
fectly the wbirrin, Of tbosa ,,ino,;S
sacts All
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
They Were Marked Down.

IKockIand COurler-GaZette1
Old Moneybaggs stood in front of MS store
the other morning, hanging reduced
price" mark on several rolls of carpeting.
Along comes Harris, and said to Money
baggs:
Those amt feathers"
"Well, who said they vast" retorted
Moneybaggs with ungrammatical testiness.
why, you; that is, you've marked them
down"
And Moneybaggs fell through plate-glass
window with sickening thud.
Thus it is shown that every man will have
his joke, feather it be good or feather it be
evil
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08

Washington Uatchet1

They sat in lover-like simplicity at the
star-board end of the sofa, twittering sweet
nothings that were carried up to the throne
OF love on platters of priceless, pearl by
Cupids with iridescent wings that cleaned
In the golden smile of Venus with drops of
ambrosial dew
That's a beautiful moroccan, isn't itfn she
murmured with boarding-school ecstasy, a.
she quoted some gem of beauty.
"Ah, yes, he answered.; more so than any
thing I've seen for some time
Then great horse blanket of infinite ST.
lence fell upon them, broken only by her
small brother as he wriggled from beneath
the sofa and fed like lost soul through the
parlor door
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
Slight Reduction from Card Price

tfttsOufg Chronlcle-Teiegraph
g" hat Is the price of this organ!" asked a
gentleman of dealer
Three hundred and sixty-five dollars re-
marked the latter.
"PhewP exclaimed the gentleman "Aint
that rather highi'
"Oh, NJ, sir; you can see for yourself, it is
carl rates"
Yes but what do you sell them forln
"Fortv-three dollars. sir
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
Secret Revolt Against the Sultan.


There are few intelligent Mussulmans who
do not secretly or openly profess supreme
disgust at the sultan and adherence of his
system of government The pashas and gov
ernors Of the various districts are required
to send specified sum to Constantinople,
and they get the money as best they may.
Their method Of collecting the sheep tax is
typical Each owner of a flock is rated
SO much head, and the rate is nearly the
full value of a sheep Therefore, to secure
the means Of living, he keeps as many more
than he pays for as he possibly can, system
OF cheating which the Turks cap by perpetu-
ally raising the rate.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
Strike While the Iron l. Hot.

New York Sun.
They were trying to raj 9 money to pay of
the indebtedness of the church
Deacon-Have you callei on old Mr.
Moneybags yet!
Minlster-No. He is very sick and ]
thought would wait until he gets better.
Deacon (earnestiyl-DJn't you wait a min
ute. Strike him while he very sick 1t viii
be too late when he gets better.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
No Patriotism in Him.

tWiIliamsport Breakfast Tablet
George Was .lngtoni' shrieked the rural
orator is there any man within the sJund
OF my voice who shall not feel the hot emo
tion leap to his bosom when | mention tina.
namef'
YES sir" came the reply, cold and harsh.
"Who, sir! Whoi'
John Scriggins, sir. John is deaf"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08

lChicago Herald.l

A Minneapolis artist who has been doing
Alaska during his summer vacation says that
all the members Of his party, and there were
seventy-fve of them, agreed that the Greek
church at Sitka is the finest church in Amer
lea. 1t is built on the plan of Greek cross,
and the interior is a mass of gold and silver,
of the magnificence of which the writer says
be can give no idea Who would have
thought of going to Alaska for an architec
tural mastsrpiecel
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
New York SUM-

New York Sun
"What does that stand forr said one
broker to another, exhibiting a piece of
paper on which was written IN Y. C. and
h R R R."
why, New York Central & Hudson River
railroad, Of course"
Yes, sometimes. But that Is what beat
Blaine"
"How!"
New York, Cleveland and Hendricks,
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion Seep
"Yes. What is yourst"