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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The log drives on the Mattawaum-
keag River, in Maine, aggregate 1O.-
100000 feet.
The private path of elopement
generally leads to the public highway
of the divorce cOurt.-N. Y. J0urNai
The Dark Ages:
In those old days when wrangllng mon
Flung down their changing cages
There were so many knights, since then,
Ihey have been called dark ages.
Life.
--Judge-How old are you, madam?
Witness-I have no personal knowledge
of my age, and hearsay testimony, |
understand, is not accepted in this
court.-BoSton Beacon.
"A successful dentist in a Western
city is named Lego. When he began
to pull, the other day, the owner of the
tooth which had been hunted down
cried out Hold on - Chicago Cur
rent.
"A Bridgeport druggist claims to
have discovered a compound which, APP
piled to base ball. will make it lumin-
Gus. Such compound will fill long
felt want, for with its help base-ballists
can play all night long.-BOston Globe.
"A Burlington boy, who can initiate
number of boots and shoes, besides other
brc-a-brac, by the exercise of his talents
under peoples windows after dark. He
supplies the whole family with footwear.
Huntington Free Press.
AT the Museum of Fine Arts. Fash
ionable Young Woman: as that good
picture?" Fashionable Young Man:
I'm sure | don't know. If they had
any sense they would mark 'em, at least
in the catalogue. G might stand for
good, B for bad, and so on, you know.
Would help visitors immensely. ~
y. Sun.
Gone to the Bad Place, "Good
mornin', Mrs. Murphy" Good
mornin', Mrs. Gilhooly." 'Hev yer
heard the news, Mrs. Murphy" "Phat
news, Mrs. Gilhooly." The O'Lanni-
hans has gone ter Chicago" Ter
Chicago?" Yes" "Och hone, och
hone! | always thought that family
wud come to some bad ind. "-1oronto
Mail.
w. F. Andross, of Hartford, Conn,
believes that potato bugs do a service
for the farmer in pruning the vines, if
they are not allowed to 90 too far.
That's just our opinion exactly, but
when the bugs get into our potato field
we consider that they are going too far.
So long as they contine their operations
to our neighbours premises we haven't
a word to say against them.-Boston
IranScript'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25
A Queer Superstition.

Abram Reed, farmer living in
Beaver township, Pa, cut down large
oak tree on his farm, and in cutting it
up he found, imbedded in the trunk.
seven or eight feet from the ground, a
small glass bottle and what had the
appearance of lock of hair. The
bottle had been inserted in a hole in the
tree made by an auger, then q pine
plug was driven into the hole over the
bottle, the hair also being held in the
hole by the plug. The bottle was
corked and contained a colorless liquid.
Over the plug had grown six solid rings
of wood besides thick bark. There
was a superstition among the early
settlers, and it is held by many of their
descendants, that asthma and other
affections could be cured by the victim
standing against the tree and having a
lock of his hair plugged in it while the
hair was still attached to his head. 1t
must then be cut off close to his head
and the afflicted person walk away
without looking at it or ever passing by
the tree again. While the use of a
bottle was not included in this treat
ment, it is believed that the one with
the hair discovered in the heart of the
oak tree was put there in the early DAYS
of the settlement by some believer in
the superstition to cure an ailment of
some ind.-LUmber World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25
BEER DRINKING.
A Dangerous Place for BOys-A Few
Words of Warning.

A Dangerous Place for Boys-A Few
Words of Warming.
Now, my boy, tell me just one thing
l want to know. Why should a boy
drink beorP You say you don't know?
Well, neither do 1; though l know u
good many reasons why boy should
not drink beer.
often notice at eating-house and
lunch-counters Il thing which has a bad
look. There are a great many boys
drinking beer with their MONDAY lunch.
They are clerks, errand-boys and BOYS
who are earning their living in various
ways. They see men drinking beer,
and so they initiate the men. Whether
they like the taste of the beer or not [
don't know. But they think it looks
manly; and you know boys will put
themselves to a great deal of trouble
and inconvenience to do what men do.
You see this in the trouble boys take in
learning how to smoke and chew to-
bacco.
want to whisper in the ear of every
boy who takes 9 glass of beer at his
lunch that he is in danger | do not
say that one glass of beer will make
him dangerously drunk o leave him ly-
ing insensible in the gutter or on the
pavement. But Il boy who has an after
Moons work to do is very likely to be
untitled for it by one glass of beer
This beverage makes him stupid and
thick and sleepy. 1t may not put him
actually TO sleep, nor affect his tongue
so that his speech sounds like that of
an old topper; but it beclouds his brain
just enough to make him different
boy from what he ought to be, either
for his own advantage or for that of his
employer
Then think what the beer leads TO.
There are great many stronger drinks
sold at the lunch-counter, and YOU
know boys are fond of trying expert
ments. A tifteen-year old boy sees
some eighteen-year old who is near
him trying glass of sherry or pony
of brandy. He thinks that what the
bigger boy is doing is manly, and
therefore he will do it, too. The novel
feeling of the stronger drink is a new
revelation to him. His stomach is
warmed, and presently his head has a
curious feeling of lightness, and he
wonders if these drinks always make a
fellow feel that way. He tries, and
tries, and tries again, and finds Just
how they make 4 fellow feel. 1t is easy
to see that the lad is in danger of walk
ing in crooked ways.
1t is pity that q boy should have to
get his lunch at Il place where strong
drinks are sold. There are so many of
these places in our big cities, and so
few of the ''dairies' ard such places
where liquors are not to be had. The
boy who eats among drinkers is in
danger. He is likely to fall into their
ways. Better go to a place where
strong drinks are not sold if you pos
sibly can. Or if you are living at home,
where YOU have good mother or sis
ter, bring neat lunch in your pocket
and keep out of the eating and drink
ing shops altogether. Free. alfred Tag
Tor, in Christian at Work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A new county in Dakota, Brown by
name, has 100 schools and ninety-seyen
school houses.
General Eaton estimated that there
are now 18,061 young women students
in the colleges of the United States
Chicago Journal
The first Protestant Episcopal ordi-
nation in America was held by Bishop
Seabury, in Christ Church, Middletown,
Conn, on August 3, 1705.-HarJord
Post.
The Law Department of the Unver-
sity of irginia has ninety-one students
the present session. Last year there
were thirty-one graduates.
During the last nine years France
has spent nearly forty-five millions of
dollars in increasing and rc0rganizing
her university Institutions.
The pupils of the Sandwich Mass
High School recently dedicated two elm
trees of their own planting to the honor
of DIR. Oliver w. Holmes and John G.
Whittier.
"A New Testament, of 1913, con-
tanning notes in Bakers handwriting,
was lately presented to the corporation
of Kidderminster, England, where
Richard Baxter was settled in 1910.
Despite the approaching publication
of the Revised Version, the British Bible
Society last year issued no less than H.
161, 032 Bibles, Testaments and portions.
Chicago Current.
In late sermon, Sam Jones, the
Southern wonder, said: "a man needn't
burn down churches and curse preach
ers in order to stay out of Heaven. All
he has to do is to refuse to 90 on the
gospel train"
The benediction of the Hospital of
st. Barnabas, and the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the or
ganizatlon of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the State of New jersey,
took place recently. The Bishop and
large numbers of the clergy and laity
were in attendance.
The University of New Mexico has
for one of its departments an Indian In
dustrial School. The American Mis-
sionary Association has voted it an an
nual appropriation of $1,000 for the
support of teachers. Congress has voted
S25, 900 for the erection of buildings.
Considerable amounts have been given
by private persons.
In an article in the Journal of Edt-
cation it is stated that the City of Mexi-
co has system of municipal schools for
both sexes, with a course of study ex-
tending to preparation for professional
study The schools occupy in great part
old converts and other ecclesiastical
edifices which have been secularized.
The salaries of teachers range from five
hundred to two thousand dollars year
In the highest institution there are
eleven hundred pupils.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25

is fairy tale. To do this the mother
must acquire the hard scientific facts,
and let her imagination play with
them till she can give them to the child
in pleasing form. Every woman has a
touch OF Mother Goose in her nature
The trouble is, mothers neither learn
nor think of these things. They may
understand the movements of the
heavenly bodies, but they know very
little of human bodies. | do not under
rate ''higher education for women,
but | do affirm that the highest educa-
tiOnfOr woman is that which makes her
the best mother. And if l were talking
to men instead of women, | would say:
that is the best culture for you which
fits you for the priestly, kingly function
of fatherhood. -
Inspire the child with ambition for
a fine body, and he will do what has to
be done to secure it. Show him what
is involved in physicalE culture. The
body Is the instrument; not the music,
but the melody of life largely depends
upon the perfection of the instrument.
He may make it noble creature, with
every nerve steadied and every muscle
trained to do his bidding, or he may neg
lect and abuse it till it becomes faded and
meanspirited; or, most disastrous of
all, he may allow it ito become his
master. Then both horse and rider 90
down in the hot sea of Sensualism.
Teach by precept and example that
physiological law is sGod's law, and
transgression is sin.-Dr. Bessie y
C5tSlman, in Union Sj9mM.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25
Composing Under Difficulties.

In October. 1887, after his return to
Vienna, Mozart produced his greatest
opera, don Giovanni" As late as the
night before the performance the over
ture had not been copied. Mozart
wrote on until late into the night, and
his wife could only keep him awake by
telling him the old fairy tales, such as
he loved when a child; at times he
would break from laughter to tears, I'M
til, growing more and more weary, he
fell asleep. At seven the next morning,
he arose and finished the score, the ink
in some parts being scarcely dry when
the copies were placed on the musicians
desks. The musicians had to play the
overture at sight, but its beauties
aroused the greatest enthusiasm both in
the players and the audience. Mozart
superintendent all the rehearsals, and
inspired the singers with his own ideas
and feeling. He taught the hero to
dance Il minuet, and when one of the sing
ers failed to conquer his score, Mozart
altered it on the spot At last the
Emperor bestowed court position on
Mozart, but the salary was so meager-
it was less than $500-that it, was of
little help to him, while his duty, to
compose dance music for the court, was
humiliating. Well could he reply,
when asked his income by the tax
gatherer, TOO much for what do" too
little for what | could do. "-Agatba
IU11iS, IN st. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25
NEBULOUs PHILOSOPHY.

She came from ConcOrds classic shades, on
Reason 5 throne she sat
And wove intricate arguments to prove, in
language pat,
The Whchness of the Wherefore, and the
ThuSness of the That.
She scorncd ignoblc subjects-each grovel-
ing household care
But turned her lofty soul to prove the Airi-
ness Of Air,
And twisted Skeins of logic round the What
ness of the Where.
To lower natures leaving the dollars, and the
sense.
She SCARED above the level of commonplace
pretGnSe
And moulded treatises which prove the That
ness of the Thence.
Her glorious purpose to reveal the Think
fulness of Thought,
To trace each line by Somewhat on the Some
how'S surface wrought.
To picture forms of WhynOt's from the
WhatnOts meaning caught;
To cultivate our spirits with the Whyfores
TO benefit the Thereness with the Highness
Of the How,
To flood the dark with radiance from the
ThiSnesS Of the Now.
"What good has she accomplished" o,
never doubt her thus!
1t must be useful to reveal the PluSness of
the Plus,
To Illustrate with corkscrew words the
Wilderness of the Us.
Mock not poor common mortal, when
thoughts like these appear,
Illuminating our labor with the Howness of
the Here,
And blazing like a comet through the Now
ness of the Near.
Some day in Realms Eternal such grand
miSt-haunted souls
1nscribe their words of Wilderness on Where
fore -antC scroll.
In that great world of Muchness which
through the May be rolls.
Then shall we each acknowledge the Why
ness of the Whence
Each Understand completely with Senseful-
ness of Sense
The ThuSness of the Therefore, the Thatness
of the Thence.
i. Edgar Jones, in Chicago Current.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25
TEMPERANCE.
SONG OF The pECANTER.


There was an old decanter, and its
mouth was gaping wide; the rosy
wine had ebbed away and left its
crystal side; and the wind
went humming, humming,
up and down the sides it
few, and through the
neck the Widest
notes it blew.
placed it in the
the " : blast a was bow low"
ing free, and fam
cied that it's pale
mouth sang the
queerest strains to
m G. They tell
me-puny conquer
ors the Plague, has
slain its ten, and War
it's hun red thousands
of the very best of men;
but I"-'twas thus I h
bottle spoke -" but | have
conquered more tina all
your famous cOnquerOrs, so
feared and famed of yore.
Ihen come ye You h and
maidens, come drink from out my
cup, the beverage that dulls the
brain and burns the spirit up; that
puts TO shame The conqucrors that Stay
;her scores below; for | have dclugGd
, IN the path of battle darkest waves of
blood may roll; yet while / killed the
body, have damned the very soul.
The cholera, the sword, such ruin
have never wrought as !, in
mrth or malice, on the in
nocent have brought. And still
breathe upon them, and they shrink
before my breath; and year by year
my thousands tread the dismal ROAD to DEATH"
-ErChungC.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25
DIDN'T KNOW HER.

reasons why an Arkansaw Negro Couldn't
Swear That lie Was Well Acquaint tod
with His Wife.
"Do you know this woman?" asked a
lawyer of Il negro who had been sum-
moned to testify before court.
'Yas sab, | knows her.
"Do you know here very Intimately"
''No, sab, KANT say dat do"
"How long have you known her?"
"Wall, l got err 'quainted wild her er
short time before married her"
She's your wife, then?"
"Yas, sab, sorter."
Thought you did not know her init
matelyP'
Oats whit jackerlated.'
81 don't understand, then, how she
can be your wife,
"Wall, yer see, sab, she longs ter de
church, de singin' s'ciety, de Sisters o de
Sacred Broom, de Daughters o. Ham
an two or three little side shows. Err
oman whut is KEEP so busy, sab, ain t
got no time ter fool err roun' home. ~
.ATkdnSRV 1rGaaia~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25

can count up to suit your 7flf
how many years it took to accom- h
this. For the first four hund II
feet the display is not very striking h
the trunks are partially covered, bnk as
your eye rises you are presented wiki a
geological illustration that is a marvel
AT 500 feet from the bottom the Lavels
are as distinctly marked as if thew had
been made by hand, every trunk and
the roots standing out in bold relief
the bas-reliefs of nature. MANY are
thrown out and PROSTATE, from Gftv to
sixty feet in length and from five TO six
feet in diameter. In cases where tba
roots are seen penetrating the solid
rock the sight is an impressive one.
showing how many years it must have
taken to accomplish such results. Some
of the trees imbedded are over twelve
feet in diameter and, as only the tons
show, they must have rivaled the great
sequOias of California. One remark
able feature is that the bark-texture of
the wood, grain, etc, are all as distinct
and well preserved as if they had been
taken from living trees.
1.-The trees, however, are not conifers.
the solid rock about them shows this.
Once covered with a soft green mating
of grass, it received the falling leaves
and seeds. and now they are found lust
as perfect as in life, only turned to
stone. From these the botanist is en-
abled to determine what they were and
how long ago they lived upon the earth.
LesquereuX made the first examination,
and pronounced them as belonging TO
the lower pliOcene or upper mOcene
time of geology. They include, -steh
species as aralia, magnolia, Taurus, tilia,
fraxinus eornus, pteris, alnus, ferns,
etc. All around this locality the same
old remains of forests could be found,
and the fine collections of quartz and
calcite that were spread about undolbt-
edly were all formed in the trunks of
trees. On the opposite side of the river
the same condition of things was
noticed, and the trunks here were,
if anything still larger and more
certainly higher up, as the range was
by actual measurement over eleven
thousand feet high and contained the
stony trees to the very summit. These
forests are found in various parts of the
world. In Heard Island there is cave
that contains a number of extremely
large trees, and in most all coal mines
large trunks are found that date back
millions and millions ofyears. In some
mines terrible accidents often occur
from the presence of these great trunks,
as when the bottom of the trunk is cut
off down shoots the stony tree upon the
miner without warning. In some
mines where the trees are solid they
are left to support the ceiling. l have
seen a tree taken from a mine at New
castle (the Jarrow mne) that was forty
feet in length and thirteen feet in
diameter. 1t was worked out of the
coal as carefully as possible, but it
could not be all removed as the trunk
divided at the summit into over twenty
large branches. The name of this coal
giant was Lepidodendron Sternbergii.
Some of the ferns of this time were
gigantic, and in the Philadelphia
Academy of Sciences there is fine
collection, showing many specimens
from all over the rld.-Phlladelphia
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25

The log drives on the Mattawaum-
keag River, in Maine, aggregate 1O.-
100000 feet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-07-25

Arabs use the expression, my
shoe at you as token of contempt.
The same thing occurs frequently in
this country, only the shoe Is used in
stead of the expression. Burlington
Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-02
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

England can, according to competent au.
thority, rapidly assemble an army OF 30O,-
600 men, with 5000 guns, on the Afghan
frontier. Of these troops, $4,000 are En-
glish and 900 native Hindoos. A writ
er in the C0au'ier-JO,a7eat, quoting from eX-
perts, says: eff needs be, England can put
100000 in the field in Asia and 00,00O at
any point of strategy in Europe The Rus
sian army, on peace footing, numbers
about 100000 with an additional reserve OF
100000. Her military strength on war
footing represents about 1000, 900 men. The
Russian fleet has $40 vessels, of which 81
are iron clads, but there are no heavy guns,
and the thickest armor is II inches. This
writer argues that one tirst-class English
iron-cad could sink the whole Russian
fleet; and if war should be proclaimed it
will he q quick and easy task to cork up the
outlet to the Black and Baltic seas"
Though sore beset in Ireland and the Sou
dan, and cordially hated in many quarters,
England is still the money changer Of the
world and mistress of the seas. Her power
is enormous with purse and sword.
Fighting England at this time will. be
with Russia a question of money and allies.
If the financial strain can be borne and pow
erful alliances made, Russia may make
England fight. How each country would
emerge from such conflict and what other
nations would be involved, must be Mat
tiers of pure speculation. 1t would not sur
prise US at all if Russia were to recede this
time, watchful of better opportunity for
advancing. That Russia and England will
eventually and inevitably clash for the pos
session of the East cannot be questioned.
But the time for the collision in it's fullest
proportions may not have come. The wiles
of diplomacy are infinite and the ways OF
the Spectators are devious. How much
of war and how much of speculation the
present crisis portends must be left to future
development. The principal beneficiary,
so far, appears to be canned beef prince,
whose millions have been chiefly made by
cornering the market, who is ready to feed
the fighting fools of the universe, at the usu-
al rates.-Auq,tsta Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-02
GRAND JURY's REPORT.

The following il the presentment OF the grand
Jury, made on Thursday afternoon last, after
which they were discharged for the presentterm
TO His Honor, WIN. II. WALLACE, I'resdn9
Judge: The grand jury of York County make
the following report:
We have examined all the public offices of the
county, and with one exception when VIII De
hereinafter named we are pleased to fnd them
in perfect ORDER the officials attentive to their
RESPECTIVE duties, and their books neatly ana
properly kept. The exception noted is that OF
the Probate Judge, whose journal book has not
been posted for the past year. we recommend
that he be required to post the said book properly
and have it ready for inspection by the grand
Jury bv the next term of the Court.
We have examined the public buildings or the
county and find all in good condition with the
exception of the Jail, which requires some re,
pairs 1t is the unanimous opinion OF the grand
inrv that for the want of several needed repairs
the building is suffering damage, ana we rec
onmend to the proper authorities TO give the
subject their investigation. In regard TO the
management of the Jail, four OF our number
made a personal examination and inspection,
and report that the Jail is well kept; the prison,
ers confined there represent that they are we'll
and hunlanely treated, and we nave no conf
plaint to reprt from this source.
A committee of four of our number also Visit
ed the Door house and farm Of the county. Ihere
are now at this institution seventeen paupers-
ten whites and seven colored. With the general
Management of the poor house the committee was
fayorablv impressed Ofthe products OF the farm
from last years crop there are now on manu- =;
bales of cotton and nearly enough grain ana
provender to feed the stock until harvest-all the
product of the poor house farm. with the pres
ent manager the inmates express satlslhctlon'
The committee make only one recommendation
on this subject, and that is that the keeper DC