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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
BAALBEC.
Description of the Ruins of the Ancient
Damascene City.

Description of the Ruins of the Ancient
Damascene City.
The ruins of the ancient city of Baal-
bee, situated on the plain forty-three
miles northwest of Damascus, are the
wonder of modern architects.
Everything is colossal. The area is
larger than that of the temple at Jeru-
salem. We may begin with the walls,
which are half a mile around, and of
such height and depth as are rarely at
tanned in the most tremendous fortress.
Where from within | climbed to the
top, it made me giddv to look over the
perilous edge to the depth below; and
when from without the walls looked
up at them, they rose high in the air.
Some Of the stones seem as if they had
been reared in place, not by IitanS, but
by the gods. There are nine stones
thirty feet long and ten feet thick,
which is larger than the foundation
stones of the temple at Jerusalem,
dating from the time of solomon, or
any blocks in the great Pyramid.
But even these are pygmies compared
with the three giants of the western
wall, siXty-two feet sixty-three and a
half feet, siXty-four feet long. These
are said to be the largest stones ever
used in any construction. They weigh
hundreds of tons. and instead of being
merely hewn out of a quarry, which
might have been on the site, and left to
lie where they were before. they have
been lifted nineteen feet from the
ground and there embedded in the wall
Never was there such cyclopean archi-
lecture. How such masses could have
been moved is problem with modern
engineers.
Sir Charles Wilson, whom [ met in
Jerusalem is at this moment in Baal-
bee. Standing in the grounds of the
temple, he tells me that in the British
Museum there is an ancient tablet
which reveals the way such stones were
moved. The mechanics were very sim
pie: rollers were put under them, and
they were drawn up inclined planes by
sheer human muscle-the united
strength of great numbers of men. In
the rude design on the tablet the whole
scene is pictured to the eye.
There are battalions of men, hun
dreds to a single roller, with the task
masters standing over them, lash in
hand, which was freely applied to make
them pull together, and the king sitting
on high to give the signal for this put
ting forth Of human strength en- masse
as if an army were moving to battle.
A battle it was in the waste of human
life it caused. These temples of Baal-
bee must have been a whole generation
in building, and have consumed the
population of Il province and the wealth
of an empire.-HeC. Henry H. Fjcld. in
EraNaeLxL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
CHEAP MONEY,

The Woman who Mistook the Charactel
of "a brokers' Shop.
She pushed her way through the little
crowd Of eX-capitalists that was CON
.gregated about the ticker and set her
shopping-bag down upon the counter
with slam.
Il see by the papers that money is
cheap she began.
''Never SO cheap as at present." re-
piled the broker al1ably.
How are you selling tons?" she con-
tinued.
Tens, MADAME" said the broker in
surprise.
''Yes, ten-dollar bills. Where do YOU
keep them? This doesn't look at all
like a bankrupt sale. | expected to find
them in little baskets ticketed: ANY
thing in this basket So and so on.
Have you any remnants quarters,
halves. and all that-at great sacr-
fee? What is the cause of this fearful
reduction, anyhow? Must you close out
your entire stock of money within the
next thirty days, regardless of cost. to
make room for fresh goods? Or is your
stock damaged by tire?'
1--WE have some stocks that are dam
aged by water that we can let you have
at very low figure, said the broker.
Yes? BY the way, you didn't tell
me what you get for the ten-dollar bills. -
80, wine and cigars and theater
tickets" said the broker, absent mind
eddy.
Il mean, how much do you sell them
for?''
Ten dollars"
''Do you call that cheap"
Yes | do" growled the financier.
1--WE seen the time when had to pay
$l5 for the use of ten on my personal
note at thirty days, and it was dirt
cheap, too, considering the security.
What did you expect to pay?"
80. not more than five. I'm look
ing for bargains. Good morning. y
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
SHEEP MINING.

The Golden Fleece Not Repeated as a
Fable, but as a Newspaper Fact, In
Montana.
A local sheep raiser has lately dis
covered that the wool of his sheep is
very rich in gold, and it is now thought
that sheep mining will become the most
profitable industry in the territory.
A man who owns a thousand sheer
averaging forty ounces of gold to the
sheep has a bonanza. Unlike the ordin-
airy mining bonanza, the sheep bonanza
will be pract caIly inexhaustible. Sheep
breed rapidly, and man can increase
his flock almost as easily as he can
water the stock of silver mine. and
with much more profit. His mines, SO
to speak, will double in number at least
every year, and the number of his gold
yielding sheep will be limited only by
the extent of his pasture land
The sheep mine is far easier to work
than is any other mine The miner
does not have to sink shaft or to drive
tunnel in his sheep. He simply cuts
off the woOl-a process easier than sur
face mining in the best days of early
California gold hunting-and separates
the gold and the wool. This NAV be
done either by smelling the wool in a
bonfire or by mixing it with mercury.
In the latter place the gold amalga-
mates with the mercury. and the wool
is left as a residuum. The mercury is
afterward driven off by heat, and as "a
result the miner has both his gold and
his wool.
How the gold gets into the wool of
the Montana sheep is problem. There
is a theory that the sheep in cropping
grass take a certain amount of gold
bearing earth into their mouths, and
that the gold afterward exudes from
the pores and is caught by the wool.
There IS, however, no reason to suppose
that gold taken into the stomach will
find its way out through the pores. If
this were the case, there can be no doubt
that gold would be largely consumed
by girls anxious to dye their hair easily
and permanently. Then there is the
theory that the gold in the wool of the
sheep has been deposited there in the
same way that gold has been deposited
in the strata of the earth 1t is needless
to say that this theory is held only by
persons who derive their idea OF the
longevity of sheep from the spring lamb
of boarding houses. The Montana
sheep does not live through long geoog-
zeal periods, and hence gold is not de-
posted in its wool by the same process
by which it is deposited in the rocks.
The simplest explanation of the mat
ter is that sheep roll on ground mpreg-
mated with gold dust, and thus fill their
wool with gold. However this may be,
there can be no doubt that gold bearing
sheep are desirable animals, and that
Montana is lucky in possessing them. 49,
A. y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
Everybody's Air-Brake.

''Yes, sab, said Uncle Zach, Use watched
it forty years an it's as l SEE: De fust of
May an Christmas day of de same year
alters comes on de same week day"
Further conversation proved Uncle Zach
most incredulous person. CHANGING to
mention DR.. Carver's feat OF breaking glass
balls with a rifle, he said:
81 heerd bout dat shootin' and knowed
right off it wasn't squar'; dat was a Yankee
trick, boss, sho s you born"
What was the trick"
Oar wuz loadstone put into de glass
balls, an likewise onto de bullets; SO when
de bullet fly outen de gun, it an de ball jes
drawed togedder, which, in course, brokes
de glass-dat's de trick!'
Later, UncleZach observed a roperunning
along the side OF the car.
Boss, what's dat line fur?"
ITO apply the air-brake in case of acct
dent" Thenwe had further to explain how
the force OF the brake was obtained, to
which Uncle Zach responded
Look q here boss, you sholy don't 'spect
me to b'leeve dat foolishness? Why, de
biggest harrcane whatever blowed couldn' t
stop dis train, runnin' forty mile hour.
An you think | gwine to bleeve q little
pipe full OF wind under de kyars can do it?
No, sah-ree'
There are a great many Uncle Zachs who
o. 49, tiAAlS 7iAAl'AJ ~ ttllI''AAt'Al''
The air-brake does not seem TO be very
powerful thing, but power and efficiency are
not necessarily equivalent to bigness and
pretense.
Phillip Beers, ESQ, who resides at the
United States Hotel, New York City, and is
engaged in raising subscriptions for the New
York World Bartholdi Pedestal Fund, was
once upbraided by distinguished relative
who was a physician, for commencing in
e,rnI 4l,1rCia g{in ,aIyr 1,4
cured him of brights disease eight years
ago. He said: Sir has the medical pro-
fession, with all its power and experience of
thousands OF years, ything that can cure
this terrible disorder" No, no, that is
true; there is no mistake about it but that
Warmers sale cure is really wonderfully
effective preparation. That remedy il an
"air-brake' that every man can apply, and
this TACT explains whyit has saved so many
hundreds of thousands of lives.-Copy-
rishted; Used by permission Of american
Rural Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
FARM AND FIRESlDE.

Boil coffee in a salt sack; it is nicer
than egg to settle it Chicago Journal.
-Raisin pie: One cup of rsisins, re-
move seeds, and boil in one-half cup of
water fifteen minutes, add small piece
Of butter and two teaspoonfuls of sugar;
bake with two crusts.-Hdrttord Cour-
mt. =
1t used to be an old Joke with farm
ers that more corn grew on crooked
than on straight rows, simply because
they were greater in length. In the
best farming districts straight rows of
corn are now the rule and crooked ones
the eXceptiOn.-N Y. Hera{d.
Hot water gingerbread: One cup
molasses, one teaspoon soda, one table
spoon ginger, one of butter melted, one
half teaspoon salt, one-half cup boiling
water, two cups flour. Mix in order
given and beat well. Bake in a deep
cake pan.-B0St0n Globe.
A white birch, cut in March or
April, and left exposed to the weather
without splitting, will, by August, often
be 50 rotten that no axe will be needed
for dividing it into stove lengths; but
birch bean poles, cut in midsummer, we
have used two seasons and then found
them comparatively sound, and so
tough that they would bend almost
double without breaking.-NeV En-
gl011d Farmer.
We can not burn stubbe where
land is seeded with clover or grass with
out iniuring these. We would not burn
it under these conditions if we could, as
it is worth more to remain on the
ground. But dry stubble ploughed
under is aptin hot summer to do more
harm than good, and it is better
economy on most kinds Of soil to turn
it into ashes where it grew.-Prairje
Farmer.
Lemon Jelly cake: One cup of
sugar, piece of butter the size of an egg,
two eggs; put sugar, eggs and butter
together and beat them; add one-half
cup of water, two cups Of flour, one
tablespoonful of baking powder; this
makes three layers and is to be put to-
gether with Jelly. The juice and grated
rind of one lemon, one cup of sugar
one egg, piece OF butter the size of "a
nutmeg; cook it over hot water as
custard, till it boils. Tile household.
The Indians had no almanacs. nor
any means of knowing the day of the
month. But their rule for planting
corn was very simple and good one,
and that was when the leaves of the
hickory or buttcrnut were of the size
of squirrels ears. At this time the
ground has become warm enough to
terminate the scotland push it forward.
Corn is semi-tropical plant, and more
impatient of cold than the smaller
grains.
An exchange remarks that hand
hoe which is never ground will wear
much longer than one which frequent
ly comes in contact with the grindstone,
but the extra amount of labor that can
be performed with the sharp implement
will be sufficient to pay for q new hoe
every three days, to say nothing of the
saving of muscle. 1t is poor economy
to work with dull axe, scythe or hoe.
N. Y. Eramjner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
THEY WON'T STAND 1T.

A Michigan Farmer who Complains of
the Esthetic Ways of His Hired Men.
Eyes, | come in after hired man. -
said the old farmer as he slipped his
root beer on the market yesterday, ''but
I've got disguised and shan't try.very
hard to find one"
What $ the matter with hired men,"
TOO heightened and important.
Why, had one last spring who rugged
up an umbrella over the pillow, so as not
to get tanned, and he refused to eat
with the family because we stuck our
knives in our mouths At the end of a
week he quit. Said that labor was en-
nobling, and so forth, but the land
scape in that vicinity offended his
taste"
Yes"
"Wall, | took on another. and he put
on cuffs and polished his boots before
going TO work and he quit at the end of
a fortnight, because we didn't have a
pianner in the house. Why, that chap
never got up till seven o'clock and he
insisted on going to the village to get
shaved and perfumed up every other
evening.
The third one quit me yesterday. He
wanted stained glass in his bedroom
winder. He wanted me to buy
him a guitar. He wanted to paint all
the roofs red and put pea-grccn
on the corn-cribs. He suggested a hog
pen with aparlor to it, and he spent two
days Of my time trying to arrange Il way
for the wind mill to milk the cows |
found him writing poetry in the corn
field, and because ! spoke up sharply he
quit the job, polished up his boots and
sent for coupay to bring him to the
city. "-DeLroH Tree Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
Pile Tun1ors

when neglected or improperly treated often
degenerate into cancer. by our new and
improved treatment without knife, caustc
or salve, we cure the worst cases in ten to
thirty days. Pamphlet, references and
terms, three letter stamps. Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, GG3 Main
Street, Buffalo, \. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

that the multitude Of diseases OF a scroiu-
lous nature generallyproceed from It torpid
condition of the liver. The blood becomes
impure because the liver does not act prop
erly and work off the poison from the sys-
tenn, and the certain results are blotches
pimples, eruptions, swellings, tumors, ulcers
and kindred affections, or settling upon the
lungs and poisoning their delicate tissues
until liberation, breaking down and con
sumption is established. DR.. Pierce S Gold
en- Medical Discovery" will, by acting upor
the liver and purifying the blood, cure al
these diseases.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

In the outing there is a good argu-
ment in favor of the tricycle. for the
health and pleasure of girls and women.
The argument is full of both theory and
fact. The fresh air, the exercise and
the inspiration of these wheeled toys are
better than any three doctors The ri.
cycle costs less than a trip to Newport,
and is much more valuable. Chicago
Current
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

THE best way to find people out is to let
them know you are about to call on them
with a petition Chicago CHTent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

THERE is a time when even preacher is
on the witness stand. Chicago Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

The woman question: snow, isn't this a
pretty time of night for you to get home"
philadelphia GdH.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

Why should not the Bartholdi statue
have been brought over here packed up in
sectionsy Liberty Eulightening the
World" is intended as an emblem Of piece.
-BHBdiO Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

THE man who advertses in hot weather
is the man who sells goods the first cool
daw. This wise man rev,rses the usual
rule. When it's cold day he doesn't get
left.-N. L. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

THE Stock Exchange does not deal in
live stock, although you can always find
plenty of bears, bulls and lambs about the
place.-N J. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

A NAN writes to ask how his nose can be
stopped from increasing in size. Let him
try water Tor q few weeks.-N. T. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

CAN it be said that fish is crazy when
he is inseine?-H0tchet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

"PEoPLE who raise green apples have
only their labor for their pains" People
who eat green apple, generally have pains
for their labor Troy Tunes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

IT seems little singular that a mans
face is generally the longest when he is
himself the shortest. "-PtttSbWgh CTOn-
icle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

"Do YOU enjoy good health" asked
Cross. "Why, yes, of course. Who
do-sn't:" replied Ross, tersely.-St. Paul
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

PIXIES TooTHACHE DROPS cure in1 minute &c,
Giena'S sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 30.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

THE dentist always goes armed to the
teeth.-BurliRgt0n Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

A SIDE issue-Palpitati of the heart
EcdRSUHie IrqaS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson Eye Water Druggists sell it BIC.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
Young Men, Read This.

BARE possibility-That any one may
become bald Standardization Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

THE silent watches OF the night-Tho5e
not wound up.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

A CONVICT, however poor, can always
have watch and chain.-C Chicago TrtG-
uite.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

"I'M having rafting time" said the cur
with can tied to his tail Weekly Mu0er-
icb
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

WHAT is regarded as inspiration by the
poet is by the editor regarded as insanity.
N. y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

THE Boss Collar Pad is universally rec
commended as being the best.
a CYCLONE Is ike a waiter. 1t carries
everything before it. - Carl PretzePs
Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
E. ST. John.
JOYOUS, HAPPY CHILDREN

indeed the greatest boon of mankind The indis-
pensabc qualification orthts conditions health; and
II 10 the claim of the manufacturers Endorsed by hum
drcds that Ridges Food IL the best food for growing
child.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-21
FRIDAY, AUG. 81, 1885.
THE CONTEsrIN OHIO.

The denomination of Governor
Hoadly of Ohio is not equivalent TO a
reelection, but the practical unanimity
with which 1t was brought about sug-
gcsts that under the circumstances 1t
was perhaps the best thing to be done.
Politics in Ohio have taken queer turn
This year, and though we can guess to
our hearts content what the outcome
will be, it is not easy to find anything
in the situation on which to predicate a
well-defned opinion.
Judge Forakcr's idea of making a
bloody shirt campaign on old sectional
issues has experienced backs by the
death of Grant, from which it will
hardly recover, If there Is any depth or
genuineness at all in the evolution of
Union sentiment which followed that
event; but the chief difficulty in arriv-
ing at any estimate of results consists in
the absence of those positive elements
of strength which Il Democratic candi-
date ought to possess.
As to the number of votes which Dr.
Leonard, the Prohibition candidate,
may draw to himself from the Re
publican party, or the strength which
the Democratic ticket may derive from
the Republican supporters of the
license system, these are unknown
quantities; and on these, in the main,
The contest hinges.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-21
PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

Hon BARSEs COMPTON and wife of Mary
land are at Bedford Springs.
EX-CoLLEcToR ROBERTSON of New York
has returned to the practice of the law
Hos. RoBERT c. BELL of Fort Wayne,
Ind, will be candidate for Lieutenant
Governor Of that State.
SENATOR WILKINSON CALL of Florida
and ex-senator William VI. Gwin, of Cali
fonia are at the New York Hotel, New
York.
PROFESSOR MICHEL CHEvREUL, the
French chemist, will celebrate his Tooth
birthday August 81, and all Paris is prcpar-
ing to celebrate the occasion.
Mr.. DENNIS DoNonoE, British Vice-Con-
sui at Baltimore, has been recalled from
Narragansett Pier by the death of his sec
retary, Mr. Joseph A. Brand.
EX-SENATOR POWELL CLAYTON is now
out Of politics and is devotng himself to
building up Eureka Springs, one of the
most promising watering-placcs in Arkan-
sGs.
PROFESSOR JAMES T. Colby, who has
filled the chairat Yale College lately occu-
pied by Minister Phelps, has accepted the
profCssoiship of law and political science at
Dartmouth.
NEVER was the interest in camp-mecting
greater, the attendance larger or the re-
suits, according to the reports, more salts
factory Ia Maryland than during this sea-
son. Baltimore American.
OLD LADY gazing at oil paintng)-Who
painted that air pictur, misterg Dealer
D.. u. la, ..r 4
mGstcrsy Dealcr-No, main; one of the
old missuses.- New York Times.
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN, who is having a
| pleasant time on the Pacific coast, has
| bought two lots in the orange grove of
| William Lacy in East Los Angeles, and is
having two cottages built upon them.
DIR. BENJAMIN b. H. AuaER arrived in
New York yesterday from llavre. lie is
one of the most distinguished surgeons of
| Paris and surgcon-in-chicf of the Hospital
| Lariboisicre of that city. The doctor will
spend some time in North America after
which he will proceed to Japan, China and
the East Indies before returning to France.
THE NEW LONDON Telegraph says: "Thc
three Misses West, daughters of the British
Minister, went crab-iishing at New London
Sunday with NJ. De Roustan, the French
Minister, and Count Borchgraye D'Altcml
and Signor Juan Mcsia De La Ccrla of the
Spanish Legation. They caught one hun,
dred and sixty crabs ate a hearty luncheon
and enjoyed the days sport amazingly
IpA LEWIS, the Newport harbor heroine
has had, for dozen years, faithful com
panion ON her little rocky island, big
black Newfoundland dog, which recently
died causing her great grief II remember
well, long ago. says one Of her acquaint
anccs, "her putting her arms around tn,
big affcctionate fellow and saying, 'mel
have not been good to me aud love dog
better Her matrimonial venture wa
most disastrous, and this dog was her onl,
protector.