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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-15
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14
THE CURCULIO.
Plums Planted in Poultry Yard Exempt
From Its Rayages.

From Its RaVaScS.
Every farmer who has tried it is sure
that plums in the poultry yard are pre-
served from curculio. The sharp-eyed
fowls perceive every emerging beetle
and snap it up without single failure.
1t is the natural habit of these insects to
mature in the soil under the trees where
the egg-infested plums have fallen.
When the newly Matched larvp emerge
from the fallen fruit they enter the
ground and there pass through the pupa
stage. When the young matured
beetles leave the ground they do not
fly, but proceed directly to the trees and
crawl up the stems on to the branches
in search for the fruit If any obstacle
is found the beetles will fly. but not
otherwise. As soon as a hen observes
grab in the soil it proceeds TO search
for more, and other hens soon engage
in earnest competition for their grub, so
that the soil is thoroughly scratched
over, and not one curculio escapes.
This is the way in which the fowls deal
with these insects in the spring. In the
summer and early fall the small plums
which drop are swallowed whole, the
larger ones are picked to pieces and
eaten, and if one larvae escapes these
risks it is apt to be taken in the act of
leaving the fruit or wriggling through
the soil. SO there is certainty that
the pests are really discouraged and de-
stroyed by the fowls, and that the COM
bination of poultry yard and plum or
chard is mutually seryiceable one.
The writer has tried it for several years,
and while it does not wholly free the
trees from the curculio. yet it reduces
their number so much that there are
not enough of them to do as much
pruning OF the fruit as is desirable.
For when a seven-year-old green gage
produces six pecks of plums it is certain
that n few more could have been spared
for the cuiculio.-N Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14
JERSEYS STILL IN FAVOR.


SEINE New Patterns-The Fantail Fedora
Notes or Novelties in Dress.
The latest novelties in jerseys pre-
sent some patterns that are note
worthy. These are the fantail, the
Fedora front, the evening dress coat,
which is very similar in cut to a
gentleman full-dress coat, the COM
bination coat and vest. the latter either
to match or of different color, and a
few others The trimming used for
these useful articles is broad and mar
row braid or gold and silver cord, put
on in military style and giving dash
ing appearance TO the garment.
Jerseys are made not alone of wool,
but also OF a new material known as
Isle thread jersey cloth, which
is OF wonderful strength and has
Il finish and fineness approaching silken
fabrics. This new material is likely to
be very popular.
The upper part of dress-skirts is to
be puiieI the single puff sometimes
reaching from the waist nearly to the
knee. Some of the dresses have the
puff beginning at the side and con-
tinuing diagonally across the front.
In others the puff is like the deep
iacket-basque, shorter in the back than
in the front.
Crepe lisse with fine plaits, edged
with gilt, crystal or pearl beads, is
worn at the neck and sleeves of silk
dresses.
Paris still DEGREES that the trimming
OF the two sides Of the dress. bodice as
well as skirt, must not be alike.
The most popular wooden suits con-
sist of a draped skirt, basque bodice
and Jacket for outdoor wear
Frise velvets are combined with fine
black cashmere They form the vest
and the underskirt. a. y. Commercial
AdCertiSer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14
GENERAL MCCLELLAN.


OuarterinaSter.
General Mcclellan was interchangeable
in reorganizing the army routed at Bull
Run, and he used every day to ride or
walk through the camps about Wash
ington in citizens dress, looking out for
abuses to be remedied. One day as he
was strolling through the rear of regi-
mental encampment he saw pail of
some dark-looking mixture standing by
a fire. and asked what it was. Its
Coffee said the soldier who was
officiating as cook. ITO me- replied
Mcclellan, lit looks more like Stops"
Sc" said the soldier, lit is not fit to
drink, but we have to put up with it,
and our other food is not a bit better"
well, whose fault is it?" he asked.
90, our quartermaster is drunk most of
the time, and when he is rot he is
studying how to cheat" Mcclellan
passed on, and seeing more evidence of
the dirty and slovenly manner in which
the quartermaster conducted the opera
tions in his tent, he accosted him with
the remark that the men were COM
planning of bad treatment from him.
The quartermaster flew into a passion,
and swore it was none of his business,
and he had better not come sncaking
around trying to make mischief. Me-
Clellan answered him, telling him he
had better be cautious how he talked.
Quartermaster replied: '.Who are you,
that you assume so much apparent au-
thority?" Il am George b. Mcclellan,
and yor can pack up your traps and
leave" The uuartermaSter was struck
dumb, and Mcclellan turned and left
him. That evening the quartermaster
left, to the tune of the "Rogue's March,"
played by some of the boys who had
got wind of it.-BeR Perley POore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

There have been 1876, 724 acres of
land granted in the interest of educa-
ton Washington Post.
They charge quarter to witness
marriage ceremony at Larned. Nearly
$50 in money was taken in at the door
at a recent marriage at that place for
the benefit of the groom.-AtcdtSoH
(KdS. Champion.
If this issue is day late you may
blame the weather. The editor man
aged to get to the Office Monday and
Tuesday by walking the fences, and,
the remainder of the crew being female
help, we have been chasing type about
their respective boxes, with no help
except sore finger. But here's the
Telephone; take it for what it is worth.
-Cdnton (Ne.j Telephone.
When a Michigan girl makes up her
mind to get married she's going to get
there, no matter who opposes. Recent
~ one of these ladies grew tired of the
monotony of single life and she went
unattended to the most dismal part of
dismal Dakota, there met and loved a
man and married him before he discoV-
cred his danger Detroit Journal.
BY a method of spectroscopic OBJ
servation Mr.. w. N. Hartley has reached
the conclusian that ozone is q constant
constituent of the upper atmosphere,
that it is present there in larger quanti-
ty than nearer the earth's surface, and
that it is the cause OF the blue color of
the sky. Either in its gaseous form or
condensed into liquid, ozone appears .
a deep blue.-Boston Budget.
"A remarkable case of Longevity
exists in Stonington family. Ten
brothers and sisters, all born here, are
still living, though scattered over the
entire country from ocean, to ocean,
Not one Of them is less than sixty years
of age. Among the number are men
prominent in their adopted State. Thosd
remaining here fill high positions in So
cicty.-NorWich (Conn, Bulletin.
ALI Prater, OF Gainesville, Ga, has
constructed model of the Brooklyn
Bridge. 1t is four feet wide, thirty feet
long, and weighs $50 pounds. Three
hundred and fifty figures are kept NOV
ing on it, representing men, women,
drays, carriages, cars, etc, and under
the bridge are boats in real water,
making the scene wonderfully like the
real bridge.
1t has generally been said that when
a newly-married couple live together
without quarreling they were as flowing
as turtle doves" This should no longer
be used as a smile; a gentleman said
this morning that he had beauti-
full pair Of turtle doves which for the
past three months have fought contin-
ually, and now the male will not allow
his consort to eat at the same time with
him. -Schenectady ~ y Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14
A GOOD WATCHDOG.


How He Barked an Alarm of Fire and
Saved the Woodshed.
One day Mary, the cook, went to see
her mother, who was sick. The chill
dren were all at school; so Mrs. White
locked up the house and went upstairs.
She sat down by the front window,
where she could see any one coming in
the gate About an hour after, she
heard the dog barking. She said:
''What can Dan be barking at? ! am
sure no one has come in the gate.
Some one must have climbed over the
back fence
So she laid her work down and went
TO the back window and looked out;
but could see no one. As soon as Dan
saw her looking out he stopped bark
ing. ''He must have been barking at
the cat, she said, and went back to her
work.
Hardly had she begun to sew, when
she heard him bark again.
Now, Dan was a good Watchdog,
and always Darked when any one came
in the gate. If one of the family, or
one of their friends came in, Dan would
give a little bark. as much as to say:
''How-do vou-do?" and would Jump
around them, and. in his way, show he
knew them. But if tramp came,
he would bark loudly and keep it up
until he had gone out
Some times he would bark at puss,
when he thought she was taking more
tnan her share of the dinner; but ne
never kept it up very long.
Now. this day. he kept on barking
Loudly. lust as he did when tramp
came into the Garden. SO Mrs While
again laid down her work and this time
went downstairs.
inst as soon rs Dan saw her down.
stairs he stoned again. Thinking that
some one might have gotten into the
cellar, Mrs. White went down to look;
but she could see no one. and the doors
and windows were safely locked.
Then She went upstairs and began
to work the third time. But again Dan
began to bark, and louder than be-
fore
Mrs. White kept on sewing at first:
but the dog made such q nOisa that she
soon saw sac would have to gu lie him.
Il wonder what he wants, She said.
II never knew him to act so before.
Something must be the matter
SO she went downs airs and opened
the door and called 10 him: dan!
Dan, what's the mattar?" He seemed
to understand what she meant, for he
began to bark and run to the corner OF
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14
Made Himself Felt.

When a well-known member of this
community, now dead, was State Sem
ator from this city, he was engaged in
some very radical measures which sorely
cut into many people whom he thought
were in need of reform. They abused
him very thoroughly, but in his honesty
he maintained the fight strongly. A
friend of his from the city visited him
in Sacramento while the measures were
pending.
"Well, what do they say of me in San
Franciscan
They don't speak very well of YOU"
"What do they say about me? That's
what want to know"
"Well, they say very rough things
about you. | don't care To-"
Speak it out Tell me how they
talk"
They call you liar, a scoundrel, a
thief, an ignoramus, an idiot every
thing they can think of that is bad -
"Ah," said the Senator, rubbing his
hands in glee and chuckling in perfect
enjoyment, "they feel me, my boy, they
feel me?'-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14

Now. if Billy had had a longer dream
he would probably have understood in
how many ways each particular branch
of his studies could be useful to him as
a man. But there was no real necessity
for it, so far as his reformation was
concerned, for from that time forth he
was one of the most studious of his
class.
If every boy who thinks his time is
wasted in school will but carry Billy's
dream out in detail, imagining every
possible situation, asking himself how
he could get along in any branch of
business without an education, it is safe
to say that he will study quite as hard
as Billy did after the water-sprite sat on
his eye.-JameS Otis, IN Congregation
aLtSt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
WHERE THEY GO.

Where do thcT go. I wonder,
The clouds ON a cloudy day,
When the shining sun comes peepirg out
And scatters them all away?
| knowl-Hhey keep them and cut them down
For cross little girls who want fr0wn.
Frowns and wrinkles and pouts-oh, my!
How many twould make-one cloudy skyl
/ think should ike it better
A sunshiny day 10 take
And cut il down for dimpeS and smiles
What bcaut full ones 'twould make!
Enough for all the dear little girls
With pretty bright eyes AMI waving curls,
TO drive the scOwlS and frownS away,
just like the sun on Il cloudy day.
Sydney DdBro, in 81. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14

"A Texas paper wants a law pro-
hibting the making of pistol pockets in
pantaloons. II thinks if there were no
pistol pockets men would not carry
pistols.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14

Harvard students are to be free to
go to church or not as they please, by
"A recent decision of the board of over
seers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14

Said Brougham, when he was a
struggling lawyer: Circumstances alter
cases; but | wish l could get hold of
some cases that would alter my circum-
stances.n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14

Prof. Tyndall, in a recent lecture,
declared that Pasteur's researches into
the nature of hydrophobia had proved a
wonderful expansion of the discoveries
of Jenner, and showed that experiments
with animals had been turned to very
profitable account. He declared that
never in the history of medicine had a
brighter day dawned than the present,
and urged that the experiments on
living animals be not fettered by mis-
chievous legislation. 1t is certain that
the vivisectionists have accomplished a
great deal for medical science, and may
well claim to be let alone on the score
OF the useful results they have achieved.
-ChScadO Chr cn{
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-11
THOSE CALLERS.
How the Cabinet Officers are Constantly y
Bored by Office Seekers.

WASHINGTON, March 10.
The callers at the executive mansion With
more or less disguised purpose of fnrthering
applications for Office, continues TO be very
numerous. but are still promptly and politely
referred TO the heads of the departments. The
callers today were numerous enough to keep
the rooms well filled Those cabinet officers
who fingered too long over breakfast had
occasion TO repent il. Their doors were be-
seiged with callers. and they were stopped on
the street and at the doors of the departments
until the delay threatened to keep them from
their offices altogether Ii was after 10 when
Secretary Baysrd got safely into his Office.
Secretary Whitney got in at 10, and the sec-
rotary of war but quarter OF an hour earlier.
None had any chance at their morning mail,
having to give themselves up to callers from
the moment Of their arrival until the hour
arrived for the cabinet meeting. All the
senators called early Some of the appoint
ment clerks of the departments were kept up
all last night indexing applications which
came in by the thousand, Some of the an
piications are gotten up in very elaborate
style. One man wanting place under the
department of justice had two letters of about
a hundred and fifty pages each, bound in an
tque style, which were filled with endorse
ments and all sorts of Recommendations.
Another presented his credentials printed in
pamphlet form, and some were handsomely
bound with the name of the applicant and
place wanted in gilt letters on the back.
In accordance with the proposed change in
the method of recording business AT the exec
utive mansion, three clerks and a telegraph
operator were notified today that their serv-
ices will be dispensed with after the 18th.
This will effect an annual saving of $1,000.
The National Republican will contain TO-
morrow an interview with Postmaster Gea-
eral Villas, in which he was quoted
as having said; "The programme Of the
whole cabinet is to select officials for their
worth and value 10 the government" aud a.
having further said that ''the policy of the
administration is to bear the civil service
rules to the full extent in the management of
the varions departments. shall enforce the
rules here"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-11
MAtNE NsSpATCHES.
FROM PORTLAND.
A Prisoner in Jail Charged With Steal.
ing from Fellow Prisoner.

PORTLAND, March TO-
rs currently reported that Elliot Walker,
late OF Harrison, now serving out his sen.
tence in Portland Jail for stealing wool from,
the Pondicherry mills of Bridgton, has &C.
knowledged theft from one of his fellow
prisoners. 1t seems that Walker was de.
tailed to care for Thomas Libby of Scarboro.
who was lately tried for murder, and sue.
ceeded in finding about one hundred and
forty dollars pinned to the clothing of said
Libby. This sum Walker appropriated to
his own use and benefit and was only detect
ed very recently when he got a fellow-pris-
oner to get twenty dollar bill changed for
him. In the meantime. by pretended piety
and ill health, feigned or otherwise, he had
created quite sympathy and was supposed
to be in fair way to be pardoned out How
he will get out of this new scrape, if it is
proven true, remains to be seem
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-11

the provision in question: to be not that you
are to classify the kind of vacancies, but il
was put in expressly for the purpose of rec
ognizing the power of the senator to refuse to
hold the office to which he was appointed.
Mr.. Edmbnds asked what would be the
condition of affairs in the supreme court if it
ignored all precedents ard determined famii-
lar questions anew upon each recurrence. He
argued that when the matter had been settled
deliberately and without partisan concessions
IT was better to follow the precedent so estab-
lished, even though it might involve doubt
Mr. Morgan thought the constitution upon
the legislature of the State to elect a senator.
This question would occur as often as vac
ancy occurred in the representation from
New Hampshire. He held that no State was
so deficient in State organization as to be
without legislature which could be convened
any time. The constitution of the United
States provided that a legislature chosen next
preceding the occurrence of vacancy should
elect senator. He thought sound policy
required reversal Of action upon the Bell
case.
The resolution was then agreed to-36 to
20
The oath was then administered to Mr..
Blair.
Adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-11
THE ENGLISH PARi.IAME ENT.
Debate by Prominent Men in House oi
Lords and Commons.

LONDON, March 10.
In the House of Lords, Earl Granville, in
replying to a question by Marquis Salisbury,
said that neither the English nor German cab
met was aware that the British flag had been
hauled down by Germans in Victoria.
In the House of Commons, this evening,
Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice. under the foreign
secretary, said that no copy of the dispatch
of May 9th, 1884, which Prince Bismark read
to Sir Edward Molet, AS something he said he
had sent to to Earle Granville, had ever been
handed to the British foreign office.
Sir Evelyn Barring has advised the Gov
erpor of kassala, that no expedition, Egyptian
or foreign, would go to Kassala to relieve the
beleagured garrison there, and that the Gov
ernor must decide for himself whether il was
best for him to continue holding out against
the FL Mahdi.
In response to the interrogatory as to the
truth of the report that the government had
awarded a large contract for cartridges to an
American firm, Brand stated that there was
no truth in the report.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
EGYPTIAN WAR.
Attack by Hostile Tribes-Sixth Volume
of Gen. Gordon's Diary Received.

SuAkIM, March 10.
Transports. bearing Gen. Freemantle.
Grenadier guards and 400 of the India cav
airy, arrived here last night. Hostile Arabs.
last evening, attacked an Indian regiment,
stabbing three of them, two mortally.
KoRri, March 10.
The Canadian voyagers will start for home
soon. They offer to return for service in
the autumn, on the condition that they are to
be given double pay.
LONDON, March 10.
Mail advices from korti state that the sixth
volume of Gen. Gordon's diary, containing
telegraph exchanging with Sir Evelyn Barring,
has been sent to England. This volume gives
detailed account OF events in the Soudan,
from Nov. 5th to Dec. l4th. The five other
volumes of the diary, and Gordon's complete
draft Of scheme for the settlement of the
Soudan question, are in the possession OF
Gen. Wolseley.
Suakim advices say that forward move
ment is expected Monday next, to form a
camp five miles distant from this post for
the entire English force.
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GEN. GRANTS CONDITION.
His Health Somewhat Improving-Nosr-
ishment Taken.

New YORK, March 10.
General Grant was given a stimulant last
night in place of an anodyne. This change
in treatment had soothing effect on the pa
uent, and he passed last night very comfort
ably. Several times he awoke, but each time
fell asleep again after a brief interval. This
morning he ar sc quite late. but felt much
refreshed. He made 40 complaint in regard
to his throat trouble and was able TO partske
of considerable nourishment.
DIR. Douglass tonight said of Gen. Grants
condition; The General did not sleep well
last night, but in the forenoon got several
hours sleep. He was very bright at uoon
and all the afternoon. He took his liquid
food well. His condition as to pulse and
temperature is very excellent. Food Ms
stimulant is used to draw the blood from his
head. He wanted to 90 down to dinner to-
day, but was persuaded not to do so. If you
saw him today, you wouldn't know he was
sick from his face.
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PLACED IN JAIL.
A Woman is Arrested on the Charge OF
Misleading Young Girls.


BRocKToS, Mass, March 10.
Last night, officers arrested Mrs. Lizzie
Carlson of this city, on charge of enticing
young girls into houses of ill fame. Mrs.
Carlson made the acquaintance of several
young school girls while at the skating rink.
About three weeks ago she succeeded in in
ducing two, of the ages of IA and IL years, to
leave home and enter house on Endicott
street, Boston, under the pretence of good
situation, earning $50 per week. The younger
girl returned home having stopped one day,
while the other remained until last Friday,
where Brockton officers took her from the
house and returned her to this city. Mrs
Carlson pleaded not guilty and was held in
the sum of $500.
Upon the adjournment of the court she was
arrested on other similar charges and placed
in Jail. Her operations are said to have been
extensive.
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NEWS FROM BOSTON.
Business Failures-An important Bill
Under Consideration in the
Legislature.

BosToN, March 10.
Jno w. Call & Co, produce dealers, No.
80 South Market street, have failed and gone
into insolvency. Liabilities unknown.
III. G. Farr & Co., circingle manufactur-
ers, 10 Essex street, owe about Sl6,S50
assets light.
The Senate today ordered to the third read
ing the House bill authorizing the Eastern
Railroad company to issue preferred stock in
exchange for certificates of indebtedness.
The bill provides that dividends on preferred
stock of the Eastern railroad may, if said
company and the Boston Maine Railroad
shall so agree, be paid by the latter under its
lease from said Eastern Railroad company,
and during the continuance thereof out OF
their gross earnings as defined in said lease,
and as the charge thereon having the same
priority under said lease as the interest upon
the certificates of Indebtedness for which said
preferred stock shall be issued in exchange
The House, after long debate, ordered
to the third reading the resolve providing fol
biennial sessions of the legislature.