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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

studied Its II ental Organl- alton declares,
it is not caressing her, but itself; and
when it purr5 in seeming satisfaction
with the world, it is simply expressing
its own self sufficiency. The cat has,
nevertheless its friends, who will hear
no wrong of it. 1t is natural" NJ.
Champfeury tells US, and therefore it is
illuminated. Playing its little part in
the world unaffected, when it is hungry
it says so. If ii wants to sleep, it lies down
and stretches itself. When it wants to
60 out it asks to be let out 1t may be,
as Button described it, an ''unfaithful
servant" but it is, on that very account,
type of the higher race to whom it
attaches itself.
The cat, the moralist cries, is the per-
sonification of selfishness Why should
it be otherwisel Man has desired the
society of the cat. The cat has not
sought the so iety of man Ii left to
itself in the country, it can find its own
food and shelter, and in week will
have resumed the natural independ-
ence which is the characteristics that
has procured it so many invidious crit
les.
The kitten is playful; but the cat,
even the eloguenee of NJ. Champfeury
has not yet demonstrated to be the ami
able quadruped which the dog usually
is. 1t is tiger on small scale, AID as
long as it has associated with man, it
seems to have imbibed few moral quail
tiles, and still less has it been able to
transmit them to its posterity. The
truth is that mpn-afd women still
more-must have some pet. The dog
has been chosen, and has proved one
of the best and most useful. But the
cat is more manageable on account of
its smaller size, and its mousing pro-
pensities have led to its other vices be-
ing forgotten.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Asbestos in -ierhan,cs

The incomI ustihle and heat-snduriny quIl.
ity of the mineral asbestos has always rec
ommendei 1t Tor certain purposes; but it is
not until within comparatively recent
period that it has come into extensive use in
the mechanic arts For sheathing steam
pipes and fer steam packing, Preparations of
asbestos are unieniabiy valuable, but re
Gently it has been applied to the packing OF
cocks-plug cocks-for steam, hot water,
and acids, with excellent results
The asbestos, he.ny in the form of disin-
tegratei Iibers lacks the cohesiveness neces
sary for keeping in place as a packing AMI
therefore small proportion of rubber Is
used IS cement
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Nomenclature in the Swamps.
lPalatka fla News.l

We know a little black girl whose name
sounds like this: Harriet Ann Cassia Ann
Betsy Baldwin Hanover Ann Berkley. An
other is called Mary Martha Magdalane
Paulina Ann Paulida Green. Still another
is Arkansas Tennessee Louisiana Red River
Thompson And some years ago there was
an old Indian squaw in Dade county who
rejoiced in the name of -walk-in-the-
water-same- shape all the way down-foot-
just-like board. These are all the names
that were or have been in actual use, except
that We despair of giving the sound Of
Seminole gutturals by means of English let
ters, and, therefore, translate the squaw's
name.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Those Who Are Deaf.

1t has been. announced that the ma
tional bureau of education at Washing
ton some time last year sent out circu-
lars containing the information tlat %
per cent. of the population of this
country suffer with slight medium or
chronic case of defective hea-1ng. Just
think of it. Out of every 100 persons
only five have perfect hearing!
There are many people who are en-
tirely deaf in one ear, while the other
ear is all right, just the same as there
are many persons blind in one eye
Then there are many whose hearing is
affected in both ears, and these are de-
nominated people hard of hearing"
and their name is legion There are
still many more who can hear certain
words readily and not hear others.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
FELINE PSYCHOLOGY.
Tho Secret of the Cats Popularity-It's
Egotism and Selfishness-
London Standard

Vn0 secret OF the Sats fOpularity
Esotism and Selfishness-
London Standard
What, then, is the secret o. the cats
popularity The brute is not grateful,
nor is it, like the dog, selfsacrificing.
No cat would wet its feet to save its
master, were this possible, or its masters
child which has played with it, a service
which is oftener within its power. A
dog will risk blows and its life to de-.
fend those whom it loves. No cat on
record ever turned its tail to protect
dog, which has been known to die OF
hunger rather than leave its masters
grave, displays anything akin to sorrow
for those who fed it and cared for it
while they were alive. All of our do
nestle animals, as NJ. Flourens long ago
pointed out, are sociable. The OK, the
pig, the dog and the rabbit exist
naturally in association and in numbers.
But the cat is solitary. 1t lives with
US, but it does not associate with US.
1t receives our bounty, but it does
not give in exchange submission,
docility, and the service of those species
which are truly domestic. In brief, the
cat proves-we speak Of the rule, not of
the exceptions-that unless an animal
is primarily sociable, time, care and
custom avail nothing. The very tamest
of cats has never yet been reduced to
subsection. Some show certain anna
tory attachment; but if interfered with,
the tiger, to which they are so closely
akin, instantly appears. The cat may
caress, but it must be in the humor and
in the best of circumstances; the love of
the most attached of the species is hard
to win and easy to forfeit, in this re-
spect it and the dog differing widely.
The cat, moreover, is an egotist. 1t
rubs itself up against its mistress, but
in reality. so the psychologist who has
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

dumped down at tie rivers edge to make an
embankment against the encroaching tide.
BY some means the intiammable matter in
this Heterogeneous pile caught fire and has
been burning in quiet subterranean way
or the last month; and, all ordinary means
having failed to eNtinguish it, the royal en-
gineers have solved the difficulty in true
Gordian.knot style by cutting the embank-
ment in two by broad trench. thus pre-
venting the progress of the smolier, which
was approaching dangerously near the
IONy1ar NJ On zinns
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
English Government in Cobbetts Time

t''Gath' in Cincinnati Enquirer.
So shamelessly corrupt was the govern.
ment In Cobbett's time that seats in Parlia-
ment and government situations were actu-
ally ADVERTISED for sale in the public prints
and privately sold to the highest bid
der. Cobbett counted fifty-seven such
advertisements IN the morning pa
pers. Memhers of parliament sold
their votes - for prices ranging from
200 to 1000 pounds steriing-alm ost without
disguise. The public purse was plunierei
by all manner of jobbers; hosts of pension
ers, piacemen, sinecurists and parasites of
every description fed and fattened at the
public expense The court was SO shame
fully prohigate that the festive entertain
ments of the princes and their mistreSses
were regularly chronicled in the ministerial
or court paper; and the daily press that
power which has been called the fourth
estate, the guardian OF freedom and the
scourgs of villainy, was never more thor.
oughly corrupt and venal than at this time
The ministry bought up scores OF news
papers, in which they published anything
and everything they desired; they hired
troops of writers, who wrote at their dicta-
ton essays, pamphlets, reviews and leading
articles, all aimed again,t liberal ideas,
which were scattered broadcast over the
country and delivered free of expense
When the opinion of the nation was against
them, they made up their minds to change
that opinion by hook or by crook. This was
done during the whole sixty years of the
retrograde and disastrous reign of George
Ill, and in Cobbett's time it was as bad as
it had been at any time during this miser.
ahla raion
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Hoping Against Hope.
fJoe Howard's New York Letter.

Joe Howards New 1ork LetIerT
There are 10, 600 men in this city, at
least, living at the rate of $50, 200 to
$50, 900 a year, who are straining every
nerve in their mentality and every
muscle in their physique, borrowing
here, raising money there, discounting
somewhere else, hoping aga INST hope
that something will Micawherize them,
who would be happier, easier, infinitely
more comfortable, if they could walk
out upon the front doorstep of frank
ness, and admit to the world that they
had reached the end of their tether,
that their liabilities were so much and
that their assets were SO much, and ask
the privilege of closing up the game
and starting in anew. Why don't they
do it2
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
1Vending the public prints" is the maya
ine literary style for selling newspapers"
A Monster Gun.
tSt. James Gazette.l

Preparations are being made at Wool
Sich arsenal for the proof trials Of an
enormous gun, which is now in process Of
construction at Elswick, and which will be
delivered q few months hence The gun
will weigh ITO tons and have a carriage of
ninety tons, and, the total weight of 200
tons being considerably in excess of pre-
vious undertakings special arrangements
will have to be made in almost every par
ticular. The gun will be a breach -loader,
and have bore of sixteen and half inches
Its length will be forty-three feet eight
inches, but its extreme diameter at the
breech end will be only five feet six inches,
and it will have a very elongated chase or
barrel, tapering down to twenty-eight
inches, with slight swelling at the muzzle.
After the gun has been proved at Woolwich
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
An Invention Needed.

j
The inventor who will devise cheap,
speedy-working power press, which will
press straw or hay into small solid blocks to
furnish fuel for our vast woodless tracts Of
wheat country, would surely enrich himself.
Such press if practical, cheap and durable
would confer great blessing upon the coun-
try. Millions of tons OF straw and hay are
now burned to waste which by such de-
vice might be converted into valuable fuel
Our present straw-burning engines, although
valuable, do not fully fill the bill
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

genius a. well. tie has spent three months
building model of Brooklyn bridge, which
Is a wonder almost as great as the Strasburg
clock The bridge is four feet wide, thirty
feet long, and weighs 80 pounds. Three
hundred ami fifty figures are kept moving
On it representing men, women, drays, car
riages, cars, ETC., and under the bridge are
boats in real water. making scene wonder
fully like the real bridge
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

it will be conveyed to Shoeburyness for the
purpose Of testing its range and accuracy,
and it is at present question whether the
gun barge Magog can be altered to receive
it, or whether it will be necessary to provide
another vessel. Three guns Of this discrp-
ton are to be manufactured for the royal
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
OVER The SEA.
TThe Argosy

i
am looking Ia, K through the days ani
weeks
That lie in tie sl'adowy land Of we're,
And waking spirit stirs and sreaks
She spirit ot dead years gone bsfore.
Speaks with murmur of mournful sighS,
In Voice that carries the sound OF tears,
And, Lighting the lamp OF its passionate
1t opens the shroud Of the buried years.
The w nd is blowing up from the wo'd,
Tue stars are shining down ON the sea,
Bat the wind i bleak, aud the light is cold,
And It's only OF pain they peak to me.
For the wind once toyed with Silken tress
Aud the stars once shone on sanity
face:
And how can "a faithful love grow less!
Or a new love take the old loves placed
The sea is swirlng IN t. my feet.
Singing its monody. soft and low:
But the song of the ssa is deadly sweet
For mini how it slew me years ago.
We have tesn Fartel I AMI she,
With many hundred miles between,
tOh. the sky was blue snd the waves were
gresnl
Coming-and vet she never camel
Meeting-aud yet We mt no mora!
She heard rue not when I caile her name,
Though the dead might have heard me on
that shore.
Oh love. though my eyes tut dimly see.
There Is hope in my pathway where l
tread,
That over the sea thou wilt sail TO me-
In the day when the sea gives up her dead
In A DRUG STORE.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

To bieak up the hundrum OF every day
opening exercises in the house a new feature
has been introduced. II is this: Before the
chaplain officiates the officers sing plea ant
melody. This morning they treated the
members t. tho good old anthem, -Brin,
Forth the Royal Oiadem." Let US nexs
hone for a revival
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
A TRUE STORY.

tAbbe Kinne in Baldwin's Monthly.l
3Where is the baby, grandmammap
The sweet young mother calls
From her work in the cosy kitchen.
With its dainty whitewashed walls
And grandma leaves her knitting,
And looks for her all around;
But not trace of baby dear
Can anywhere be found
Nc sound of its merry prattle.
No gleam Of its sunny hair,
No patter Of tiny footsteps,
No sign Of it anywhere.
All through house and garden,
+ r out into the field,
They search each nook and corner,
Butnothiug is revealed.
And the mothers face grew pallid;
Grandmamma's eyes grew dim;
Tho fathers gone TO the village;
No u,e to look for him.
And the baby lost! where's Royerl"
The mother CHANGED to think
OF the old well in the orchard
Where the cattle used to drink.
"Where's Reverb | know he'd find her!
Rover!" In vain they call,
Then hurry away to the orchard;
And there by the moss grown wall.
Close to the well, lies Rover,
Holding to baby's dress;
She was leaning over the wells edge
In perfect fearlessnessI
She stretched her little arms down,
Hut Rover held her fast
And never seemed to mind the kicks
The tiny barefeet cast
So spitefuily upon him.
But wagged his tail instead,
To greet the frightened searcherS
While naughty baby said:
"Dere's little dirl in the 'ater;
She's dust as big as me,
Mamma; | want to help her out,
And take her home to tea.
But Rover, he won't let me,
And don't love him. Go
Away, you naughty Rover!
Oh! why are you crying sof'
The mother kiss ed her, saying:
"My darling, understand,
Good Rover saved your life, my deAe-
And, see, he lickS your hand!
Kiss Rover Baby struck him.
But grandma understood;
She said: -It's hard to thank the friend
Who thwarts us for our good"
IT'D tNSETSINE 00n
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
George sands Kindne.s.

Tourgeneff wrote of George Sand: 81
find they do not do justice to her ex-
treme kindness However rare her
genius, her kindness was still more so.
When they were putting her coffin into
the grave, an old peasant threw some
flowers and said, Prom the Nohant
peasants, not from the poor; because,
thanks to her generosity, We had no
poor among u.s. And with all this it
should not be forgotten that George
Sand was far from RICH"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Still Preserving the Plot

A condensed edition of Webster's
dictionary is announced. This may i'm
prove the work without destroying the
plot. We have always regarded the
volume as too prolix.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

Why is it that the man who whangs an
old copper cent into the contribution box
generally leans back with SO look Of
benevolencs.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
German research has shown that the
mellowness of old wine is due to an in
crease in its proportion of glycerine.


Cuban planters can not get their money
back by selling their molas es, and SO are
utilizing it on their estates as manure
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22

uhuklEk IL Ou >bG.A Sos@s0' ~ AAA~AN~~
An Inebriate's Dilemma
English Paper.
Scene-Waverly Station, Edinburgh, p.
m.-Inebriated East Cuntryman twto is
holding on by the railings at foot of bridget
-Sic-sic perdeecament! Railway Porter
Halo, what's the matter, ma mani l. E
Cob, OIL Sic-sc-sic a perdeccament!
If quat ma hand I'm sure to ia, an if
haud on I'll losh ma ,raini
Reading and Writing Upside Down.
IMarysvie Cor. Cincinnati Enqurer.l
One of the most singular cases of
vision on record is found in the fourth
grade of our schools, in the person of
Belle Kinney, a little girl t2 years of
age. Shortly after entering school, her
teacher, Miss Ella Ely, discovered that
she always read with her book upside
down. and that while writing she in
variably placed the copy in the same po-
sition and wrote backward, with the
letters inverted and with her left hand.
Not knowing whether to attempt
correction of the habit, the teacher sent
prominent physicians, and president of
the board of education, who tested her
thoroughly with figures, pictures, read
ing and writing, and discovered that
she was equally skillful with her books
in any position, although the child her
self had never particularly noticed her
popularity, but expressed 2 desire to nse
her books as others do. The doctor says
it is the most remarkable case Of tbs
kind of which he ever heard.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Two of n Thirsty Kind.


1t was in the queer, old-iashionei tavern
in Pompton, n. j. A New Yorker, waiting
there for train, saw miller al covered
with -four rush in, throw down nickel and
tossel of glas Of beer. 1t was done like a
flash, without a word having been spoken.
Before the New Yorker recovered from his
astoni>hment the same thing was repeated
the miller rushed in, threw down his nickel,
tossed off his glass of beer again and was
off.
Does that man drink every two minutesp
the New Yorker inquired.
"What.marT said the taverrkeeper,
That miller who keeps running in here"
"Oh," said the tayernkeeper, "them's
twins
At the Sign OF the Big Oyster.
BLOOMINGTON Through MALL
A pretty good story is going the rounds
by word of mouth. 1t is said that a trio Of
members of the Illinois legislature went on
a jamboree the other day, and, having dec
GRATED the town with pigment of decidedly
sanguinary hue, concluded late in the even
ing they would have some oysters There is
no oyster-hcLse on the south side of Old
Capitol square, but the lawgivers were not
aware Of this. They were not fully posted,
AMI seeing sign, as they supposed, of an
oyster-house, they went upstairs and sat
down to a round table in a beautifully
furnished room. A gentleman very neatly
dressed came in and inquired:
Gentlemen, what can | do for you"
"oysterS for three, please" one of the tri-
umvirate replied I'll take dozen raw"
Gimme half-dozan fried counts,' said
one Of the Others.
IN take adry stew. please" chimed in the
third The proprietor looked dazsi and
worried, and began:
"But, gentlemen-'
20, we've got the dust Neein't fret
about that" exclaimed the man who was
standing treat I'VE will pay in advance,
if you so desire" and lie laid handful Of
silver on {! !e table
"But, gentlemen-"
"Come, come.' cried the man, impatiently.
"Ne are in hurry
But, gentlemen, this is no oyster-house.
This is
No oyster-house.' exclaimed the trio.
"Then you better take in your sign of big
oyster at the foot of the stairs.
Sign OF big oyster! Why, gentlemen,
you are mistaken. This is the office of an
aurist. If you want your ears doctored, L
am your service. That sign is an ear-not
an Cyster!" Then three members of the
legislature looked sick and went out.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
rhe Thames Embankment on Fire.
Il ndon Cor. Chicago Tribune.I

Jhe man who set the Thames on fire is, by
English proyerb considered the cieverest
fellow of his time; but of late days some
hero-name unknown-if he has not quite
succeeded in this supposed impossible task
has at all events set the Thames bank in a
smolder which it has necessitated the sum
mon.ng of the engineer corps to entinguiSh-
For some years the accumulated rubbish
from the arsenal-truck-loads of ashes, Stag,
cotton-waste. and such like-has bean
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
And He Dropped.

lIHEoilSie SiusttfAS>
He was dude. lie was fairly captured.
Sne had reused MIN u that point Of adora-
ton that lie alb o.utely knelt on tie carpet,
oblivious Of his dress. The parting was all
out OF his hair from impetuyus rubbing of it.
He was funny, very, very funny to her, as
In excited, but uiRcing, tones he swore he
loved her
@Those violet eyes-they are 50 bewitch-
ing-and there | see tear-i, it u tear!
Dearest, let me wipe the dewdrop from the
violet"
"Dnde-drop," she Inurmursd, and hs
dropped
Wonderful Model of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Savannah News.l
Alf PraIer of Gainesville is not only q
padestrian moonshiner shout. but be is
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
OVERLAND ANECDOTES.

JouTneyfng westward on the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fc the other day two old
westerners sat together smoking and chat
ting. Presently the conductor came along,
BIT the cud oil cigar, lighted it, and join
ed them. One OF the men was n miner
and the other cattle raiser. They were
full OF anecdote, and after both had told
several stories the conductor took his turn.
The miner first got his feet upon the back
O. the seat ahead Of him and remarked,
slowly Seven years ago this winter was
a mighty dun season IN our camp, The
weather was colder'n usual, there WASH
a " water, We were short of grub, and the
Indians were very troublesome We hal
about fifteen or sixteen in the camp. be-
lieve, and We had to 60 pretty easy on our
eltables, so as to make them last. had
been keeping scyera! men there, thinking
every day that we'd strike something rich,
ald when they got more and more dissatis-
fi.d promised thcIn bigger and tiger
shares. IcGUld see that Tie mon were zes-
ting about ryai! 81 iGnp me, ard ;hat
they hid begun 10 lCo.l upon ne rs saEe-
thing If IA lunatic Ihly would l.old long
conferences together, speaking in low
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
PROPER METHOD OF EXPLORING
FOR MINERALS.

Paper NO. l.
The useful minerals are not distrib-
uted over the earth irregularly, there Is
a system in these distributions, the
knowledge of which furnishes lis with
rnIe by which we decide whether a
particular kind of mineral may be cX-
pected to be found in certain place.
The signs by which we judge WhetheG
thai mineral is present at the place i'll
question are the general characteristics
of the rock in that locality. The knoWl-
edge of the relation of particular min
erals to the general character Of rock
constitutes the science of geology, and
the knowledge of the character of min
erals that of mineralogy.
The explorer must in the first place
be able to determine from the character
of the rock in any locality, whe her he
is likely 10 find that which he seeks, he
must know whether the formation is
capable of bearing the economic min
erals, and for the benefit of my readers
Iwould here notice that the metamor-
pho, transition rock, is the home Of
the metallic sulphurets, the domain OF
the useful minerals. To this class be-
long gneiss, mica slate, clay slate, taI-
cose slate, limestone and other rocks
covering tracks of great extent and at q
great depth. These rocks do not exact
ly belong to the compact or the stratlhed
variety. Mineral, particularly the me-
tallic ores, are chiefly distributed over
and below the surface of the earth III
layers or masses; in loads or large veins,
running with or traversing the general
course of qualification of the rock in
nests or pockets, and in small veins.
which are either branches Of heavy
veins or reversing large veins, ramify-
ing the rock in all directions.
AS noticed the transition rock Is the
domain of metalliferour deposits. Here
we find more variety and abundance
than in any other geological formation,
in this rock the best qualities of ores