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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
The Death Of Fear.

A curious and interesting pagan rite
was recently performed at ShiEarpore,
india, and is described at some length
in native paper. The ceremonies
took place about 2 hideous image of an
earthen god representing fear. The
image, huge out of all proportions,
wore an extremely dreadful appear
ance. About 1000 people assembled to
celebrate the death of this god of
dread. An old woman was sitting by
the image. representing the mother Of
the dreaded deity. A circle about fifty
feet in diameter was formed round the
image, in the midst of which moved
hundreds of spectators. men and wo-
men, crying at the top of their voices,
'.tear Is deadi" Fear is deadrn The
old woman near the image, on hearing
the death of her son, broke out into la
mentable strains, mourning the loss of
her beloved child, the god of fear.
Some women again, afraid, we should
think, lest the deity of fear might not
be actually dead. and might turn his
wrath against those who were shouting
his death, reverently approached the
idol, kissed his feet, and scattered full
labs upon it to propitiate its anger.
The moral which the natives draw
from this extraordinary ceremony is
not stated, nor are we Id to what
cause they attributed the decease of the
god of terror; but for him who seeks a
moral it is sufficiently easy to draw one
in this age and land. Our nation has
OF late years greatly given itself up to
rejoicing that fear is dead. 1t began
with the death of the fear of the king,
and went on until there remains rever-
ence for no authority whatever-unless
indeed the fear once directed in differ
ent channels has resolved itself into a
consuming dread of being afraid of be-
ing SO. In this we are like the women
who tremble lest the god may after all
be only asleep, and who offer propitia-
tory offerings to aPpease his anger. We
fear fear; we dread lest we be BETRAYED
into reyerencing something.
The effect of this death of fear ia the
decay of authority. Tradition and law
are alike dependent for their power up
on reverence of which fear is at least |
an essential ingredient, and in our day |
both are falling away from their high |
estate through the growth OF bravado |
and the decline of dread The cere-
mony of SINGAPORE might well be re-
peated In the midst of our civilized |
and it would by no means
ack pungent significance. Boston
Courier
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
hale'S Anecdotes.

John p. Hale, in debate in the sem
ate IN January, 1859, ridicu'rd remark
which had been made by Senator Gle
mems, of Alabama, that the union was
already dissolved Sir" said Mr..
Hale, ''if it is not matter too serious
for pleasant illustration. lct me give
you one. Once in nv life. in the ca
pacity of justice of The peace-for 1
held that office before | was a senator
i was called on to oificiatc in uniting
a couple in the bonds of matrimony,
They came up and made short work
OF 1t. | asked the man if he would take
the woman whom ne held by the hand
70 be his welded wife; lie replied, TO be
sure will: | came here 10 do that yery
thing. then put the question to the
lady whether she would have the man
Tor her husband, and when she answer
ed IN the affirmative, | told them they
We're man and wife then. she looked
up in astonishmen;, and inquired, is
that alp Yes said |, that's ALL
Wen, said she, it's not such mighty
affair as | expected it to be, after ALL
III this union is already dissolved it has
produced less comnotion in the act
than expected. ben: Psrleu Poors.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
The silk-Csturs Phii.nthropiss.
The women 3 the pbilantbron;c ci..

Tia women } the philanthropic class
have pent mJy years in trying to de-
wise easy, butprofitable work, espe-
eially for womn living in their own
homes. Theyhave made many foolish
suggestions: pt one of the most irri-
tating Is that women, children and
invalids" shaengage in "silk culture. :"
Silk culture Jeans the raising of null
berry trees 10 procure leaves upon
which to feetsilk-worms. the care of
the worms tfmselves and the reeling
OF the silk finn the cocoons.
In the Fl splace, dwelling house is
not propeJplace in which to raise silk
worms anv more than it is to raise
chicken an pigs. They make the
house aln1 uncomfortable on account
OF thei sikening odor. The little
beast cianes his skin four times in
about twepy -one days, and he must
not be Gsrrbed while engaged in this
toilet pncss. Hence, the incidental
filth NUT be slowed to accumulate as
well as tht carcasses of the worms that
die in gAanging their clothes. OF
course, Al this would be most detri-
mental .othe health of women, chill
dreu and inyaids. not to mention the
silk worus themselves, which do not
thrive u,der unfavorable conditions.
They reqire building especially fitted
up for tiir accommodation. the cost of
which, N experienced silk culturist
states, would be at least 500. This
bring ustoi the matter of expense con-
nected yith the ''easy way of earning
livingior INDECENT women, children
and invlids" Such people do not Of
ten hsv, the 500 to build the small
silk hose We have referred to. But
suppos. they had. In addition to that
trifinsitem there is the food which the
wormseat 70 be provided. 1t consists
of thsleave Of the Mulberry tree. As
many sorm as would occupy a 500
house would eat before they were full
grow 1000 pounds of leaves. Sup
posiif that he silk culturist had trees
enough on tAeir places to produce that
amount it wnld require great labor to
oolkt lO,OG pounds Of leaves. More
overthe onl! mulberry tree that thrives
welat the Nrth is thewhite mulberry, :,
andits foliae is so small that it would |
re9ire tremndous effort in picking by |
had and saall forest of trees to get |
tb food reqred. There is a larger
leved tree, se morus multicaulis, but
isdoes not thve well in the North,
90. what is bore. its leaves are unfit
Y the worm vast numbers of which
te when fed N them. To put it gen.
y this propoed silk culture business
2 a means ofsupport for poor people
, mlsdlrectedeffort.--M Hour.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
Marvellous Slate-WritinS.
At Moffitt's gallery we saw a

At Moffitt's gallery we saw pho.
graph taken from some writing ona
slate. This slate, which by the ways
a double or pair of states, belongso
q well-known citizen of so years 4
age. He took the pair of states to Be
ton, after having first tied them L
gether tightly and attaching sealin.
wax in four places. Calling upon
spirit medium there he asked for ge.
uine test of spirit-writing. He did n,
let the slate leave his hand once. a
was told to place it on his head an
hold it there with one hand, takin
hold of the mediums hand with tn
other. He could hear the writing 90
ing on. In ten seconds the writing wa
done. He left Boston and came to
relatives house in Springfield. No
till he reached his sleeping-room did h
break the sealingwax, and then he saw
the message. The handwriting wa
instantly recognized as that of a de
ceased sister and brother. The citizel
is an honest man, and would not know
ingiy be party to any imposition
Spiritualism is subject about which
know nothing-but the facts here re
lated are facts New Britain Cor
Hartford Times.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
The Romance of Bayou Pigeon.

Election day came, and. as everybody ex
pected, the Republicans arose as one man anc
voted for Fontelieu. Late in the Afternoon
the boxes were closed, and then the coun
began. By o'clock every box included il
the election proclamation had been footed up
and crestfalien Democra, (not in the secret
sent to New Orleans the despairiag message
"Fonte.ieu wins by eight hundred"
1t was at this juncture that the trap was
sprung and the trans ormatior scene brough,
on while the Democrats were beating their
breasts over another crushing downfall, an d
the Republicans were painting the bar-.ooms
red with wassail, when solitary horseman
might have been seen csntering down
the St. MartinsSille road and making his
way to election headquarters he was an
untutored child of the At,akapas and he
smelt Of catfish; but he sat upon his mus
tang proudly. tor, gripped in his sinewy arm,
he held ballot-box, not down upon the pub
lished programme, yet one which fitted the
situation like gaute de suede.
He had come from the bowling swamp
some thirty miles away to the northeast
from Bayou Pigeon, the lonelest and m ,st
desolate part thereof. Bayou Pigeon is one
o. a network of streams which cut into
thousand islands that vast unipbabited
territory known as the Atchafalaya
swamp. 1t is territory peopled only by
alligators. 1t is annually submerged from
four to twenty feet by the surplus escaping
waters of the Mississippi. During the tall
and early winter the lumbermen set up their
camps and cut timber in great quantities. Ia
the spring, when the overflow takes place.
they go back ar.d float out their rats to the
of the Teche. At the time of III,
election referred TO the whole Bayou Pigeon
country was under wafer. At the best of
times it is about as desirable for residence
and about as densely populated as the Florida
everglades. Yet this simple, uuosten.a-
tious Caiien hung his pony to a
swinging limb, and, eufering to
the Democratic managers. disclosed a
box which be hsd brought that night from
Bayou Pigeon and which contained the vote
Of that thriving and popuious precinct. Alone
ne "threaded tue bosky mazes OF the swamp"
sometimes by pirogus down the P geon's bur.
,ying stream, sometimes on foot aad last I'D
'n the stolen plug without. But he had
,ome, aud with him victory For in that box,
70 hardly borne BY flood and field, were
ound 1900 honest Democratic votas-uo
ess, no more. Thirteen hundr d votes for
}atss, none for Fontelieu. There were no
Republican slligators 10 Bayou Pigeon swamp
they were solid tor Democracy and
Journals Special
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
N.r,. Of ,n Elephant Hunter.
Th. coolest thing ever saw done in

IT.. thing l ever saw done in
elephant shoang wa ; ~ ths h, ~
anu ..han l soolie rushed in and in
.oM, -" ,,s 81 there was an elephant
ior,peu - THE only "battery" we
IA ,ne ,Iaeb ,ba T., calow, which was mere
~ haa IL mondon .n Tnty run up for tempor-
~o 80 nc new clearing, was an
a1y a sn er.nss;d shotgun. used chiefly
oiu 60 row hail. at the legs OF
.. lol Hill, rIbsoffee stealing at night,
liati.es 70 80 rllets we had, if l NAV
anu ..od liio T he ..bull," were small
20 Pa. P';.h a sw swan shot mixed.
sro. T, VIZ ,raa bdeyer, a bullet mould
ihero e..aJ thgun, so we set to work
"h,cn ~, n sons rouCh bullets, as we
anu 49, Sa.arm;ns to have shot at the
MerG ,unt ue aran it was with pistol.
e,oP" 0' ,ax, nrocsding was to toss up
Out no ha the shot, and it fell to
my friend j. :. vas for,a a..
.ha aiorhont hn W. not in The coffee, but
.n' '. ~ of ..,tna." or grass, along
oM o;aa ss s - + ,cCrdingly went down
,n III tho " ,nurnamst, while l stood at a
" .nI ',:etanna - y cheer on the knight.
When J. got onne P@.ns un;, ne saw
was was evidently aroque" OF the worst
description, ashe began TO trumpet
verv lpud. Tb is the first thing
..rconen does. suppose he thinks he
will inf the fearf death in the hunter.
The pext part othe show is for Jumbo
70 cbarge riob down on you, still
70 ona ~ and nving his trunk until
ho nnp,ss within about twenty yards,
whe.l down goesbe trunk, and at the
same time, he loprs his head. This is
the time to fire, I'd the only place you
have any chance bringing him down
by hitting is a sall oval space just
above the trunk. This is a vital spot,
and if YOU hit thiS is surs death to the
elephant. J. was,n old hunter, SO he
calmly awaited Nj hJumbo's approach.
Just at the right Dment up went his
gun to his shouhr, and 1 awaited
breathlessly to seehe flash and behold
the rooue fall. Bs no flash came, AID
presently saw j running backward
facing the elephan and evidently feel
ing in n his pocket fs something: The
explanation was nj easy, the Internal
percussion cap hadnissed fire! Luck
lily he had anothersnd in moment,
Just as the elephant was upon him, l
saw his gun again up. There was .
flash, then a reportand down tumbled
the huge beast iustt Us feet; in fact.
SO close was he thshe had to jump
aside to prevent til body falling on
him. There are fesmen l know of,
and have met fev men OF nerve in
my time, that would i've the GOODNESS
to run backward in fse of q charging
elephant, remove theld cap and feel
in his pocket for M one, and then
kill his quarry. l kow OF nothing
more inclined to makesne run the first
time of trying than to wait on an eie-
phant which is charging but better
spirit comes over yound you shoot
without a tremor-dlHIcdn FtetG. 4
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

Delaware claims to hive the la,ss,
grapevine in the world. 1t is ontbe
farm of Mrs. Chandle., in Christna a
Hundred. The main .runk is abot 6
feet high, averages in circumfencs
over 60 inches, and is 81 inches aro,d
in the largest place. Some half-deen
branches issue from the trunk, eaclof
which is as thick as a mans arm. nd
spreads itself for many yards overed
through the branches of several Id,
trees that seem to have reared TIM
selves especially for the Developments
the great vine. Nearly dozen sprigs
Of pure water rise few feet away, ID
are a source of never-failing mourn
ment to the vine. The vine is of,e
raccoon variety, and produces betw,n
twenty-five and thirty bushels of graes
yearly.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

We should be very glad to believe that
the temperance question could be man.
aged by the minority as easily in this ses-
sion Of the legislature as the Commercial
Gazette thinks it can. But there are i'm
practicables and unmanageatles in every
general assembly who. though they may
be Gust, can not be caucust
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
The Senate's Official Stenographer

"Yes, have been a good while at
it, said Mr.. d. F. Murphy, the officiA
stenographer of the Senate, as he sat in
the handsomely-finished stenographers'
| room at the Senate end of the Capitol.
Its windows look out upon the spacious
| grounds at the front of the Capitol, for
it is one of the most eligible rooms in
the entire building. just by the massive
doors. and looking out upon the marble
portico OF the Senate end of the east
front of the Capitol. On the ceilings
are beautiful and highly artistic fres-
Goes, reminders of the dead Brumidi,
and stretching around the wall are long
eases filled with official documents,
bills, reports and other documents of
this sort that are most likely to be need
ed at a moments s notice.
'Yes, it's over thirty-five years."
he said. ''since l began reporting the
Senate proceedings. A long time, is it
not? and yet it has gone quickly, and
with it good many men of great abil-
tiles and reputation.
''Y Your recollections run back as far
as Webster, then, do they, Mr.. Muir.
phy?'
YES" he answered musingly, II re-
member him very well. A very slow,
careful speaker, easy to report because
of the extreme moderation with which
he spoke. Yes, l reported Webster
and Clay and Cass, and, later on. the
great men who took their places, Sum-
ner and Seward and all the Others"
..Do you join in the often-expressed
opinion that greatness has departed
from the halls of Congress, and that
the statesman of to-day is pigmy
compared with that of quarter of
century ago?"
NO; on the contrary,I think that the
Congress of the United States, take the
members as class, averages better
now than it did in earlier days. There
are not, perhaps, just now. any very
great minds which tower up beyond all |
the rest, as seemed to be the case with |
Webster and few others then and /
since, but, take the average statesman
then and now, and think he of to-day
bears comparison very WELL"
''How long has Congress been steno-
graphically reportedP"
The Senate was first so reported in
Ac1o. ihCic Wtic Out VI TWO dIIGIlpIS
earlier, but they were unsatisfactory
and soon abandoned. The present sys-
TEN began in 1S4S in the Senate, and
about 1850 in the House, and has been
continued since"
'Will the present much-criticised
system, which permits members to re-
wise their speeches before publication,
be remedied, do you thinkp''
Doubtful, think. There has al
ways been talk about it, but only talk.
There were efforts twenty-five years
ago. perhaps more, to have that feature
and to have the debates
printed exactly as they occurred. re-
that jeff Davis was one of the
most vigorous in denouncing revision
ard in urging that the debates be
printed exactly as they occurred. And
yet Davis was one of the fastest speak. {
ers OF the Senate at that time, and it '
would seem that if anybody needed to l
revise his remarks or the stenographic
report of them it would be he. :"
Ibid he often do sop ;
mo. He scarcely ever looked at his
lpeeches in manuscript "-Letter 70 |
ksnseaposis Tribune.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

Worth has large establishment in
the Rue de la Paix, where 400 young
women stitch, stitch, stitch, not at all
in poverty, hunger and rags. His en-
ployes number l,200 in all, and during
the Commune, when nobody ordered
dresses or anything else, Worth provid-
ed for seventy Of his workwomen,
though he. too, suffered for want of
decent food. Worth is English, born
about sixty years ago in Lincolnshire.
Brains were his only capital. That the
man is genius in his profession is as
evident as the multiplication table. He
inherited his ability from his mother,
who possessed excellent taste.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

The interested parties at Washington
have been pondering Clevelands letter to
G. w. Curtis with more critical care than
they have given to any other little piece of
literature since they went into office; and,
after having put it through and through
the threshingmachines Of their 6uzzing
intellects, they have reached the mangled
and torn-up conclusion that its meaning,
translated into North-Anerican Indian, is
to wrench of the scalps from under their
already lifted hair. Or. in the plain En-
Rlish of the o. S. Journals Washington
special, ''the expert constructionists be-
lieve that the men who left their posts of
duty during the late campaign to engage
in the affray, or who contributed to the
funds so generally solicited for, or in any
way stepped aside from the beaten path
for the exercise of the common franchise
uil be superseded"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

1t has been lately leaking out into the
minds Of the striking miners of the Hook
ing Valley that some of their leaders have
completed their payments on property
partly paid for before the strike. though
these leaders have not done stroke of
work or earned cent for six months.
As q queer coincidence, these leaders are
counseling submission. The men are get
ting hot under this sort of leadership.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

The contest between Alderman Kirk
and Mayor-elect Grace for the mayoralty
of New York is a pleasant holiday pastime
for Gotham. Both have been sworn in
and the police have been called in to
swear one of them out.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

Mrs. E. d. E. N. Southworth is now
sixty-fve years old. and is writing her
sixty-6fh novel. II is harmless dissi-
patton. and the old lady enjoys it. 1t is
better employment for old age than taking
snuff or drinking gin.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
The Sandusky Register takes a mea

The Sandusky Register takes a mean
advantage of General C. L. Young, OF
Toledo, Democratic candidate for the
mayorality, by asserting that he is total
abstainerf But perhaps his political
friends can prove that he only totally
abstains from the use OF cold waterl In
which case he would be an ideal Demo
cratic candidate and the boys would
''whoop him up" with will.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

Brother Randall is giving the South the
old Pennsylvania doctrine of protection
through the Democratic escape-pipe
Protection as protection is unconstitu-
tional, you know; but as a tariff for reve-
nue. only. or for revenue exclusively, you
can not have too much of it. Randalrs
argument is ingenious and plausible,
but not strikingly grammatical But,
Lord bless you, the Southern gentlemen
don't mind that.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

The silvery Bland. chairman of the
committee on coinage etc, gives forth the
opinion that his committee will not report
favorably on Buckner's bill for the sus-
pension of the silver-dollar manufacture.
And in the senate the finance committee
have agreed to defer the silver question
TIL tAe silyerplated Jones of Nevada ar
rives. Both the house and the senate are
counted as against the suspension BY large
maiorities.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

To the Dayton Journal: How can you
speak Of General U. S. Grant as "lame
duck" and Of Vanderbilts 100000, 600
a "hard earnings?
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

The innocent Republican editor who
cheertully speaks of Cleveland's letter as
promising the retention of capable nom
partisan Republican oficeholders snou'a
be inoculated with bacillus, or : microoe'
or a germ Of some kind ths' "0u'' save
him from contagion.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

This freeze before snow has put the
vbe.t in . parenthesis, as it were. But
ve can spare q great deal of wheat next
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

ofriend Bickham, of the Dayton
56rnal, is not civiLservice man at all
at all. He declares, with the emphasis char
acteristic of him, that the whole thing is
hypocritical pretense and humbug. We
think the Democratic administration will
>monstrate that Bickham has the true
3ocratic idea on this subject.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

The eovernmen. through its wasssA
n.rtment. has gent several thopsse II
lars in heating Captain Martial him,
x..ss to caseh him, ap46outbs with daily
and fil the co1pae progress of his trial
telegsms ri last forever.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02

WHAT q lot OF miserable wheips in the
government buildings at Washington will
labor from now till the 4th of March and
after to show that they were not partisan,
nor offensive" nor indecent" and really
not Republicans at all. And they were
not; but they will nevertheless, as they
should, be led by the ear to the door and
kicked out into the street.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
WEEKLY GLoBE.REPUBLIC.
FRTDAY EVENING, JAN :

Next Monday the Democra''c 'es''.a
ture of Ohio will begin again " e"''" :"
..n and annoy the state.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-02
Or. Frank c. Rulyan

Rooms in Buckfngham's hiIdlne
over Murphy 4 Bros sire.
sps eisl sitertic siVtp 10 tie pter,ips
ratural teeth