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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
A New Kind of Bank Note.


An entirely new kind of bank note,
printed in colors instead of the black
and white of the Bank of England
notes, is being prepared for issue by the
Bank of Scotland. The promise to pay
in the body of the note is surrounded
on two Of its sides by broad orna-
mental band, and on the other two
sides by a border in which the value OF
the note is printed a great number of
times. On one border the seal and
counter seal of King William II. OF
Scotland are printed in brown on a yell
low ground, and between them are the
royal arms on blue ground. On the
upper border are the arms of the bank
in brown on a yellow ground, with the
date of the establishment of the bank,
1925. The chief novelty of the new
note is in its colors, which will, of
course, make reproduction by photo
graphy impossible, and it is believed
will prevent forgery. The paper on
which the new note is printed is made
by the same firm as produces the Bank
of England note paper.-M J. POST
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
WHY HE FAILED.
a Kentucky Teuton Who Mstook Emo.
ton for Suffering.


ton for Suffering.
"Mr. Yager,' said the young man,
II come to ask you for the hand of your
daughter
der 'handt' fon mein tochtcr Fur
why you say der 'handt' fon mcin toch-
ter? You drinks Katrina only vone
handt got? You vas peen a fool.
Katrina got dwo handts."
"Well-ye s-excuse me. Ill of
course mean two hands"
I-I-In You peen schtutter
Teller, Ell? l no schtutter Teller in
,mein family want. drinks it vas peter
ouf you gone home und learn dot
schtutter pisness schtop."
Excuse me, please; but
'Dere don vas no o3xulSe fur dot
schtutter psness. Ouf dot Colt make
you dot way, you don'd gan'd hellup it,
dot vas so; aber it vas peter ouf you
don'd got marriedt und don't no schil-
lern hat. How you drinks dot look OUT
you house full schtutter schilern got,
goin' all der time I-I-I? | purdv
near got schtutter meinsellef dalkin' nit
you. Go way NIT yOursellaf."
And the young man then went away
with himself in great sadness.-Ke15-
tucky State Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

"A stately naval official glorying in
the glittering trappings of his place,
jumps onto the front platform of a
Charleston car. The distracted leather
merchant, without taking his eyes from
the quotations of the evening paper
but seeing by quick corner glance
that man with brass buttons stands
beside him, mechanically pulls nickel
from his pocket and shoves it under the
upturned nose of the naughty and hor-
rified patrolman of the seas. "Huhr
snaps the oceanic policeman. The
leather merchants eyes are taken from
the figures and turned to his compan-
ion. The former INDUCES in mild
"Ohr' and the latter gives him his back
to size up.-BoSt0n Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
HER LITTLE MAN.
The Nearest Approach to Heaven the
Love of AN Honest, Faithful Heart.

The Nearest Approach to Heaven the
Love of AN Honest, Faithful Heart.
"Iere comes my little man." The
voice sounded pleasantly on my ear,
and turned to look at the speaker.
She was q ruddy checked woman of
some forty years, plainly but neatly
dressed; a clean, comfortable looking
body. She was standing at the garden
gate of a small house, and the words
spoken We're not spoken to any visible
person. | then looked ahead and 10
and behold! her little man was APP
preaching. He was little. feeble look
inc body. rather shabbily dressed, with
little round red nose and little twink
ling eyes. l should put him down as a
clerk with by no means gigantic sal
ary. There was nothing romantic or
particularly lovable in his appearance,
but at the moment the face of the
woman was beautiful to look upon by
reason of the pleasant and strong alice
ton that bcamed from it. Her little
man" He ought to have been proud
of it, and dare say he was.
1t is good to be somebody's little
man. or big man, if YOU ike that better
" lNCl llldJ Npul HNdlG 10 HlItNl, iilu
not empty and whitening for want of
the glory of the warmth and light of
true love. If, as many of the poets have
sung, the nearest approach 10 heaven is
true and honest love of one dearer than
all. love that never waivers and is re-
turned in ali its satisfying fulness, what
long way from Heaven must au old
bachelor be. with his heart full of moth
ing but missing shirt buttons, smoky
club rooms, cherries lodgings and
vixenish landladies.
We laugh at the pictures of those old
bachelors sewing on buttons and making
their own Cruel but some of these pict-
ures darken into a very somber back
ground, as the weary and uncared for
old fellows gradually drop into petulant
decay.
Nobody's little men. know some of
them by sight. Day after day they may
be seen YEARLY plodding through the
same streets, with the same pipe and.
the same umbrella, and the same look
of grim dissatisfaction on their faces.
Deeper down dip the corners of their
mouths, higher up 60 their shoulders
and thinner grow their noses and
checks. They go home and there's
never kindly soul with a pleasant
smile or kiss or word of love. Nobody's
little man.-Dctr0t Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

The Italian coral fisheries employ
1920 fishermen, who annually secure
$4,000 Kilograms of coral, valued at
S840, 600. The manufacture of this
coral into beads and crosses, in which
form it finds its way to every part of the
world, adds millions every year to the
wealth of the italian people.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01
A ManneriSm.

Billings oughtto be ashamed of him
self, " said ALI Rainey.
"Why?' Spoilers asked.
ale knocked me down.
'He dido
Eyes, he did"
"What forP'
because disputed his word"
"Was that the only cause?'
Yes
Didn't you say something elseP'
Not word. -"
Perhaps he did not like your man
ner."
MAY be he did find falllt with my
m3nuer-isms.o
'What did you say?'
"Told him that he was e. blamed liar. "
.-6rkaRSal0 IraUeicr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

1t is not the sole aim of people i'm
this world to endeayor by hook or crook
to place each other under the yoke, and
it is no excuse for the grabber and job
Der of to-day to say that his exploits.
may be equaled or surpassed by some
body else in the future. - Chicago
Herald. -'----
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-01

Cheese. when excessively acid, is
likely to produce alarming CASTRO
intestinal irritation.-M y. Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-06
Mrs. Andrew jackson.

Mrs. Andrew Jackson was old before
Andrew was talked of for president,
and she died before he got to the white
house. She was very pretty brunette
when she was married to her first hus-
band. and old Hickory loved her as de-
votedly as Paul did Virginia. She grew
coarse and stout as she grew older, and
her portrait, which NJ r. jackson used
to wear in medallion tied to string
about his neck, represents her rs n
large, fine-looking woman with a big
head. big eyes. and rich growth OF
dark hair She wore a cap in her latter
years, and this portrait shows three
little folds of fairness the first Of which
gives her double chin. 4 gentleman
who lived near the Jacksons as little
boy, about fifty years ago, says that
Mrs. Jackson was rather illiterate, and
that her pronunciation was tinged with
the dialecticisms of the frontier. One
night she and the general slept at the
house of this mans father. On the
following morning Mrs. Jackson was
asked how she had rested. She re-
piled: "Reether bad. my dear; the
gineral kicked the kiyer of last night. -
She smoked pipe, and was neither
graceful nor elegant. The ladies of
Nashville had prepared an elegant eos
tune for her to wear at the white
house. but she died, and ! think it was
used as her shroud.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-06
Four Great Generals.

The four greatest generals produced
by the civil war on the national side
were Grant, Mcpherson, Sherman and
Sheridan. One of the most pleasant
memories of American history is and
will forever be the fact that between
these four great commanders there was
never the shadow of jealousy or envy.
1t is the highest honor that Grant ever
received from mems judgment or adj
mlrafion that these three able captains
all willingly and always looked up to
him as their superior Mcpherson fell
in battle before the splendor of his abl-
tiles could attract the worlds attention.
but in his death Grant, as he declared,
lost one of the greatest-perhapS the
very greatest--of his lientenants Sheri.
dan, as in right of his Irish blood, had
the fiercest spirit in battle; Sherman,
the greatest invention in council. while
Mcpherson could fight with the one and
plan with the other, but they all adj
mitted, because they knew and felt, that
the silent, gray-eyed man was greater
than they.
Why asked General Sherman
once, "did you and Sheridan always
acknowledge Grant to he your Leaders"
Because" he responded, IN his quick,
idiomatic manner, "while could map
out dozen plans for campaign. every
one of which Sheridan would swear he
could fight out to victory, neither he nor
| could tell which of the plans was the
best one; but Grant, who simply sat
and listened and smoked while we had
been talking over the maps, would at
toll oh -
and in dozen or two words the reason
for his decision. and then it would be
so clear TO US that he was right that
Sheridan and | would look AT each other
and wonder why we had not seen the
advantage of it ourselves"
II tell YOU he continued, after a
moments pause, Grant is not appre-
clated yet The critics of Europe are
too ignorant of American geography to
appreciate the conditions OF his cam
paigns. What is it to march an army
from Berlin to Paris9 Look ut the
shortness of the distance. Look Mt the
multitude IF roads Look ut The facli-
ties for transportation. Consider how
many times the sans round has been
fought over by successive commanders
Is not every point of vantage known?
What commander can blulder where
all the conditions lie open 10 the eye?
But have seen Grant plan campaigns
for half a million of troops along n
front line twenty five hundred miles in
length and send them marching to their
objective points through sections where
the surveyors chain was never drawn
and where the commis-ariat necessities
alone would have broken down any
transportation system II Europe. and
three months later | have seen those
armies standing where he said they
should be, in accordance with what he
planned and accomplished. And give
i. as my military opinion that General
Grant is the greatest commander of
modern times, aud with him only three
Others can stand Napoleon, Wellington
and Mo.tke. - Montreal Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-06
Gods of the Heathen.

| find that gods were quite common
as far back as the days of Adam, from
which am led to infer that the Yam
KEGS are not entitled to the honor of in
venting them. The Chinese have gods
three or four thousand years old, and
there is not gray hair or wrinkle in
their heads. One would naturally
think that god three thousand years
old would be pretty well worn and
little bit out of style, but the Chinese
claim that warmed-oyer gods, original
ly made out of fire clay, and freshly
vanished are just as good as new.
People who have always had a god of
their own-a sort of private god laid
away where it Will always be handy in
case OF an emergency-sa they would
not be without one for four dollars.
They maintain that private god is
much more attentive and punctual in
attending to business than public god,
which is very much overworked in
the busy seasons, particularly during
political campaigns and the chilblain
season.
There is considerable difference of
opinion as to the merits of the various
kinds of gods. The Chinese are pecu-
liarly fond of little two by seven
wooden god that can be carried around
in the overcoat pocket, where it can be
reached in an instant in case anything
serious should happen. In case of a
flood or earthquake, the owner of such
a god whips him out of his pocket like
a self-cocking revolver, and sets it be-
tween himself and all danger. 1t is
said that a fellow can find gods enough
to start Chinese heaven with along
some of the river banks in China. They
have been washed ashore after their
proprietors were drowned in q freshet.
1t must be very humiliating to man
to see his god floating around him and
leaving HIM to drown, in spite of all
his supplications. 1t must look as if
man had got hold of an ungrateful and
selfish one-horse god that is careless
and sloyenly in looking after his bus
mess.
The Aztecs' or mound-builders' gods
were plain clay. BY making their
heads hollow and attaching stems to
their stomachs, they could be readily
utilized as tobacco pipes, and those
who have smoked them say they are
just rs good as any other plain, barn
yard style of pipe. An Aztec god was
never an ordinary kind of fellow. He
was not considered first-class unless he
had seven fingers or toes, or q pretty
good-sized tail, and he would not stand
the climate unless he was we'll baked.
There are ruins of several god-bakeries
in various parts of Mexico and Central
America.
The Persians, Greeks and Romans of
the olden time would not fool with
common gods They made their del
ties in a brass foundry, and claimed
that no god was genuine unless he
would turn green under an acid tost
and bore the government stamp. |
have god myself. He was given me
by Japanese lecturer who came this
way last fall; but he is evidently very
poor god. All have been able to get
him to do is to hold down paper on my
desk.-F. E. Huddie, IN Nesc York Mer-
c5gr1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-06
Where We Get Asphalt.

/ never look at an asphalt pavement
or roll along over its smooth surface in
carriage without thinking OF the curl
Gus island and the still more singular
place from which the material is pro-
cured. In about the center Of the is
land of Trinidad, dot in the Caribbean
sea, just off the coast of Venezuela,
there is an asphalt lake. 1t is said to
cover about 100 acres and is apparent
" inexhaustible. 1t is a black sandy
substance and is believed to be crude
rotten petroleum. A Singular feature
of the substance is that, although about
10000 tons are taken out of this lake
annually, it constantly fills up so that
there is no lessening of the supply.
This singular lake of paying material is
owned by the Venezuelan Government,
but leased to a company in Washing
ton, of which man named A. l..
Barber is president. They have a fleet
of schooners running to Trinidad, and,
having monopoly of the business,
they import vast quantities of the ma
terial laid on Broad street beyond Co
lumbia avenue philadelphia Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-06
He Was No Gentleman.

One of the incidents Of the dinner Of
the Sinclair Club in New York was the
presentation of hat, umbrella and
blackthorn stick to the President.
James Dunno. The latter, in thanking
the unknown donors, said that he
would retain the stick, which appeared
to be genuine, and give the umbrella TO
Mr.. Dodge and the hat to Pat Kehoe.
Dodge hoisted the umbrella and sat be-
meath it until the end of the banquet,
and Kehoe wore the hat. While flushed
with enthusiasm and wine, he removed
the hat, and arose to respond to 4
toast. Mr.. Mccarthy placed the hat
on Mr.. Kehoe's chair. Kehoe dropped
into his seat at the end of his speech.
and looked for his hat. which he had
left on chair at his side. He accused
several parties of stealing it. and final
ly arose In his indignation and began
to search for it. Mccarthy held the
crushed tile aloft in the gaslight.
Kehoe snatched it from his hand aud
ruefully gazed at it. The whole table
was ripping with merriment, but
every one exploded when he slowly
and deliberately remarked: Gentle
men, fun is fun, but the gentleman who
sat upon that hat is no gentleman. and
| can welt him. Halter and Emrfef.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-06
A Western Man AT Dinner.

Those who had not ''tippeda the
walters received but tardy attention
1t CHANGED that .one of this class,
broad-shouldered fellow, with huge
whiskers. a regular basso profundo
voice. rough clothing. and head Of
hair like big huflalo's frontlet, swag-
gered in, and, with a free and indie
pendent air, took an unoeeupied seat
at the dinner table.
1t CHANGED that there figured upon
the bill of fare that day roast bear
meat. which was served as sort of
rarity, and just rs the newcomer sat
down, some was ordered by a party OF
three gentlemen opposite, who were
promptly served.
.'Say, waiter. said the newcomer
bring me some 'er that bar meat
.'Yessir," said the white acketed at
tendant, who left, but gave no further
heed to the order
The western man sat quietly in his
place for five minutes, the chairs on
either side of him having been imme-
diately turned up, lest some guest
equally Objectionable to the head-wail-
er might get in at that point. After
sitting five minutes he grabbed hold
of waiter who was passing behind
him.
Say, have You got any bar meat for
dinnerp"
"Yes, sir"
"Well, bring me some, and quick.
too, for I'm hungrier'n a hound
Away went the waiter, but he didn't
return, and the color began to mount
into the face of the backwoodsman lie
gave third order, which was treated
with the same sublime contempt Pa
tience could no further go; he seized
hold of the heavy dining plates that
were laid on either side of him, and
dashed one after the other down yio-
lently upon the table with crash that
smashed them into pieces, brought the
head waiter and two or three others TO
him in an instant. and started some Of
his immediate neighbors to their feet
in alarm
''Look hyar," said the cause of this
alarm, selling the head waiter by the
arm, ''kin ! get waited on in this hyar
hotel and hey what | kin pay forpn
Certainly, sir. yes, sir, said the
head-waiter, squirming Intellectually in
the grasp of the big left hand of the
westerner that held him in an iron
grip.
''Wall, then, do you see that?' slap
ping down ten-dollar gold piece with
his right hand. then. throwing back
the upper part of his coat, from one in
side pocket of which protruded re-
volver and from the other the handle
of huge bowie-knife, thar my mon-
ey and here's my weapons; eff YOU don t
have plate O. that bar meat here in
two minutes I'll rub some of you out.
Released from his grasp, the head
waiter retired, and in 4 moment more
plate of the desired dchcacy was
placed before him.
Anything else. sirP" said the now
obsequious waiter.
Eyes, take that" pointing TO the
gold eagle that still remained on the
table, land bring two bottles of cham-
payne and four glasses.
When the wine came, one Of the bot
ties and three glasses were passed
across the table to the three gentlemen
opposite.
Gentlemen, | apologize for inter-
rupting your dinner, but had to DO
suthin' to get waited on by those in
fernal niggers. Won't you take a drink
with me?'f
1t was thought best to humor him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-06
The Fall of Richmond.

The news of the fall of Richmond,
which reached Washington on the Sd
of April 1865, at noon, was the subject
of great and general rejoicing, and I'M
til late ut night the streets were crowd
ell with citizens cxulting over the vic
tory that was regarded rs decisive as
TO the result of the war. The encirc-
ling row of forts around the city each
fired n salute of eight hundred guns.
while batteries of field-pieccs sent back
their answer in repeated salNo.. The
fire department paraded. and bands of
public-school children sang national
airs throughout the streets. The de-
partments were closed, the courts were
adjourned and general hilarity pre-
vailed. The next night, in accordance
with an executive recommendation
there was a general illumination, with a
public meeting in front of the patent
office, at which patriotic speeches were
made. Nice-President johnson was
one of the speakers, and he declared
that he would live down all the SANDER
which had been uttered against him.
He said that traitors should be pun
ished as examples to those who might
hereafter attempt to overthrow a. free
government; ours would continue to
exist in spite of traitors and foreign
governments. Mr.. Seward. in one of
his felicitous speeches, informed the
country what he should say to the diff
ferent foreign powers in his next dis
patches, and told his audience that
they must acccde to the theory by
which he had been governed during
the war, nam ly, that the rebellion
would end in ninety days. He had
thought this the true theory because he
never knew a physician able to restore
his patient to health unless he thought
that he could work a cure under the
most unfavorable circumstances in
ninety days. That evening Mr.. Seward
was thrown oUt of his carriage and
seriously injured. His arm was broken
between the elbow and shoulder and
his jaw-bone was fractured. Mr.. Lin
coin, who had gone down to City
Point TO receive the earliest intelligence
of the surrender of Richmond, went up
to the rebel capitol, where the negroes
thronged about him as he passed
through the streets, hailing him as
their delivcrer. He was joined at Rich
mond by Mrs. Lincoln and Senator
Sumner, with whom he visited the
various objects of interest, including
the Libby prison. Ben fcriey Poore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-06
Gen. Gordon.

Gen. John b. Gordon, ex-senator
from Georgia, has been here this week
rendering an invitation to the president
to visit that state. Gen. Gordon was
in command when the last charge was
made by the confederate forces. He
entered the army from civil life, being
connected with a state military organi-
cation. From a lieutenancy he rose to n
lieutenant-generalship. just before
leaving his home for the army he was
married to one OF the most prominent
young ladies in the state. She accom-
panied him throughout the war The
general was wounded seven or eight
times. On one occasion a piece OF a
shell gashed his face. His eyes were
closed in consequence of the swelling,
and he could not see his wife He re-
cognized her footsteps, however, as
she approached him Immediately after
he was wounded. Come and look at
your Irish beauty" he exclaimed to
her. He carries the scar on his check
that resulted from that wound.
The general was exceedingly popu-
lar in his state. After the close of the
war he was elected to the United States
senate. He resigned from that body
about five years ago on account of his
poverty, being unable to keep up the
expenses which his position made it
necessary for him to make. He was
succeeded by Joe Brown, who still re-
tains the seat. After resigning Gordon
became interested in railroad matters.
/ am told that within the past two
years he has made and lost by specu-
lating in railroad stocks more than
S1,0N,000. AT present he is said to be
a comparatively poor man.-Cor. Chi
cdgo AeUS.