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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02

Millions are talked about glibly in
these times without q clear under
standing of the enormous sum repre-
sented by the $4,000, 900 left by Corr
nelius Verderbilt, the elder, or the
5000 900, 900 left Ivy VIM. III. Wander
bilt, TO his sons. A Chicago preacher
helps one to realize the magnitude of
such fortunes by figuring out that if
Cornelius Vanderbilt had been born
at the beginning of the Christian era
and had saved $4,000 year ever
since, he would not yet have made
up his fortune of $1,000, 600 and
that if William H. Vanderbilt had
been contemporary of Adam and
had saved at the same rate Of S25, 900
per annum, he would still have been
far short of his S2OO,O0G,OO at the
time of his death, and would still
have had to toll and save for 2.lI5
years in the future before amas>ing
his fortune OF 5000, 000,00 That cal.
cula:iOn Ia based on the usual chro-
nology. Without such examples to
give one measure, it il difficult to
fnrm a proper conception Of such
enormous sums.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02

The fact was stated few days ago
that a patriotic ex-Union soldier of
WatertOwn, N. Y, had transferred
the pension which he was receiving
from the government to w. G. Nc
Laughlin. worthy but needy ex.
Confederate soldier of Luhenburg
county, Virginia. The transfer was
made through the agency of General
smith Boiling, of Petersburg, to
whom the matter had been referred
by Senator Mah0n. And now the
Watertown gentleman has further
written to Gen. Malone to ask that
the names and address of five other
needy and deserving ex.Confederates
be sent to him. He has no other pen-
sion of his own to bestow, but In the
neighborhoOd of Watertown there are
five of his comrades who wish to fol.
low his example. These five gentle.
men draw pensions which they are
able To get along without, and they
kindly turn their hearts towards the
unf0rtunates of their former toemen,
and desire to aid them by transfer
ring this favor to them. The names
of those selected will be forwarded rs
soon as possible.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02

"As quick as tightening" is a
phrase well chosen to illustrate an
uncomfortable rapidiiy, but of those
who use theexpression probably very
few appreciates its full ire ,ning, for
Sir Charles Wheatstone has shown
that a fash of tightening lasts less
than millionth part of a second.
ThiS Is vastly more rapid than our
perception of the flash, as at least
One-tenth Of n second must elapse-
according to Prof. Swan-hefore our
sluggish sight can take in the full If
feet of the light. On account of tile
slowness of our perception we never
see the light in its real intensity.
Prof, TAFT has suggested that the full
brillianry must he In some degree
comparable with the sun, As Wheat
stones and Swans data prove that
the apparent brightness of the land
scape as lii up by tightening flash
is less than one hundred-thnusandth
part of what it would be were the
tightening permanent. The appar-
ent brightness, il should lie mention
Ell, was shown by Swan To diminish
in about the ratio borne by h''ltngth
ot time the flash lasts to the time re-
quired for US to perceive it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02
Scraps Of Science.

Herr Graher'sexpprimen relating
TO the effects Of odorous matters on
fnvertpbrtte animals Indicate the
great PR babi .ity that Ia I he ease f
many insects neither the antenpie
nor the ralpi can be pronounced the
most sensitive organ of smell. because
the antpnn@ are most sensitive for
some odors and the paIPi for other
Od0rs.
Picture frames are now made with
q composition OF paper pulp. glue,
sinseef oil and whiting. The ingr.
dients are mixed and heated to the
consistency Of thick cream. After
the mixture Is cooled it is poured In
to suitable mnlds where 1t Ia allowed
TO harden. The frames. when re-.
moved from the molds. are gilt or
brcnzed IN the usual manner.
7 A new process for preparing Chem
fcai fibre by the use of sulphuric acid
has been introduced. BY means of
1t II Is intended to prepare vegetable
fibre for spinning and other uses.
eliminating the silica and other i'm
crustating substances that bind the
ffbre together. The principal feature
of this process Is the treatment of
fibre with Il solvent containing ny.
drofuoric acid and sulphuric acid.
In u paper on the motive power Of
dynamo-elcctric machines. by Mr..
Saunders, which was read about the
middle of October before the Engi.
neer Society, Kings College, Lon
DON'T was mentioned as the result of
many experiments that 1000 feet of
gas used to produce incandescent
electric lighting by means of a gas
engine would give twice rs much
light as it would if employed as ain
iliuninant in the ordinary way.
In paper on the historic signif-
canoe Of the word "heter"-horsp-
read before the Anthropological So.
ciety of Paris. NJ retirement refutes
and various arguments advanced in
proof of the existence of the horse in
Egyps before the invasion of the
Hyksos. and efhleavors to show that
Its introduction among the Egypt
ians was due to the so-cal.ed "shep-
herd" invaders who were If mixed
Mongolian and Semitic origin.
1t is stated, says the English Me-
chdnic, that with Mr., Fltzgerald's
new secondary battery l6 ampere-
hours are obtained from every pound
weight OF the elements. Indeed,
with some specimens of the peculiar
form OF spongy lead as many as q
ampere. hours are alleged to have
been obtained. A one.horse power
battery sent to Paris when tested was
found to give 10 ampere or 20 watt
hours per pound of plate, the total
being IS pounds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02
NEW tDvERTIsEwENrs.
Gratefulness.

Mr.. II. Sampsel, Ottawa, Kansas
writes "DR. S. B. HARTMAN & Co.
Columbus, O.-Gentlemen have suf.
fered for seven years; have tried every
thing and many physicians, and all have
failed. / went to Pittsburgh. and while
there fell on the street, my breath seemed
to leave my lungs, and numbness over
power me. determined to give PRRuNA
and MANALIN fair trial. used four bot
ties of each, and my trouble left, never,
hope, to return. I left Pittsburgh three
weeks ago for Kansas, and thought, as
was going to new country, had better
take bottle of MANALIN with me. on
account of bad water, etc. / arrived
here with one-half bottle. l found one
Of my friends in a pretty bad condition.
The doctors were treating her for chills
and fever. I did not know what her
trouble was, though / persuaded her TO
use the MANALIN. She did so, and the
first day she was up doing her work.
Now this seems strange, but it is. never.
theless, a candid truth. She used it all,
and his never had cause to lie down
during the day since she took the first
three Doses"
A Case that was Pronounced In.
durable. 4
Miss c. c. Peck, ia Jackson street
Milwaukee, Wis, writes "DR. S. D.
HARTMAN & Co.-Gentlemen take
great pleasure in stating to you the benefit
received from your valuable PERuNA
l have been suffering for about filteeu
years with severe cough and bronchitis
ESQ the doctors call it). was treated By
different physicians, and spent coiisdsfs.
BILE money for different kinds Of patent
medicines, but received no benefit what (.
ever. DIR. Fox, of this city, claimed
had consumption, and there was no hope
for me ever getting better. was so bad
that coughed almost continually. Mrs.
Henry Ellis, friend of mine, induced
me to try your PERUNA. am happy
to say began to notice a change after |
had taken my second bottle. took
eight bottles in all, and now feel like a
new woman. If it hadn't been for Pc
RUNA think would be in my grave
now. It is wonderful remedy, and I
recommend it to all my friends"
Messrs. Baker Bros, Mt. Vernon, o,
write =" Your PERUNA sells well. Gus.
toners speak Of it as being good medi-
cine"
Mr.. Daniel r. Spry, Portsmouth, O.,
writes: have good trade in PERuNA'
L sells well and gives satisfaction"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02
Miraculous Escape.

w. w. Reed, druggist, of Winches-
ter. Ind. writes Zone of my custo.
mers. Mrs. Louisa Pike, Bartonia.
Randolph Co.. Ind. was long suf
ferer with Consumption. and was
given up to die by her physicians.
She heard Of DR.. Kings New Discov
cry for Consumption, and began buy
ing 1t of me. In six months time
she walked to this city, a distance of
six miles. and is now 40 much i'm
proved she has quit using it. She
feels she nwes her life to it,"
Free trial bottles at VIM. Nydeg-
gers Drug Store.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02

III tell you what believe. ! be-
lieve the man doesn't live who can
afford to be careless about the future,
about his religion. 1t Is the biggest
thing he will ever he called upon to
leaI with. His FIRST smoke, his first
red.iop boots, his shsepskin. his mar
riage, his first taby-n0ne f these is
amy comparison to the immensely and
importance of this future business.
1t il the Jumbo DIAL human exiS.
tenca, and ~ man shouldn't lett walk
on him. ! mplieve, furthermore. tn. {
men shouldn't be afraid to talk abUui
this thing.
Why, il Ia almost forbidden sub
ject in ordinary conversation. People
act Ms If it WAS not fit To mention.
They steer clear Of 1t, both In their
thoughts and theiy conversation, aud
VI chap whp has thought about il
begins Ia talk in its direction he is at
once frozen Out AMI made tn UNDER
stand that ii Is tatooed. OF course,
one man can't think out anoihnr's
religion for him.-or, at least, he
ought not t0-hut the trouble is that.
as nobody talks Of it. rohody thinks
of it and minds run TO pennies. per
cents, profits, folIies. and Ialderois,
aud millions Of people go along
through life withoutgiving an hours
thought year to the most stipend
ous thing in the universe Chicago
Herald "Bur6er."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02
Effects Of Alcohol.

NJ. LaTcereaax has presented be-
fore the Academic de Medicine (ses.
sion of November II, 1885, an ana
lysis of the "alcoholic" cases ut pres
ent in the hospitals and shows that
they come chiefly from the depart.
ments In which wine is not produced.
He would arrange the alcoholic bev-
erages in the following order of in
ereasing toxicity: Cider, beer. wine,
the liquors derived from grain, from
potatoes and from beet root.
He proposes the national adoption
of the following measures
1. Absolute liberty in the sale of
cider, beer and wine on condition
that they are Of good quality and un.
adulterated.
2. Government supervision of the
manufacture of spirits of all kinds
and the granting of prizes for meth
dds Of diminishing their III.effects.
8. The imposition of the highest
practicable tax upon spirituous drinks
and an insistence upon both good
moral character and severe license
In the case of liquor dealers.
4. The punishment of those found
In q state of intoxication and the es-
tablishment Of refugees for those who
cannot refrain from the abuse of
strong liquors. Medical Ne,cs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-02

:. People who live calm and easy
lives, and who are sure of daily en-
ployment, are apt to outiast the few.
erish brain worker. who exists by
the use Of his wits. Scarcely any
thing has such an influence in pro-
noting longevity as an assurance, felt
TO be well grounded. ola comforta.
BILE provision for life. for all the ordi.
nary wants of our station. Not long
ago man died in a. poor house in
England where he had been taken
care OF for ninety years he had no
anxieties for to-m0rrows bread, he
had no quarters day to provide
against In default OF which wife and
children would be turned into the
street from the elegant browns,one
mansion. He had no notes to meet
In the bank. which. ifnoI paid by
day and an hour would involve pro
test and financial ruin. He was hap.
py because he was completely free
from care. An aching brain IL more
trying than weary arm. The man
who handles tools often sings in his
work, but there is not music of this
sort In the counting house where the
capitalists weayes the web and I'M
raveis the tough knots of u great and
complicated business.
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The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-18

Newspaper subscribers might do
well to heed the following, which we
take from the Farmerville Gazette:
"The latest postal law decision is to
the effect that publishers of newspapers
can under the law, arrest any man for
fraud who takes paper and refuses TO
pay for it. Ucder the law it is a dana
gerous trick for man to allow his SUBJ
scriptiou to run on for six months or
more unpaid and then tell the post
master to mark it "refused" or send
the editor word to stop the paper, and
then refuse to pay for it.
The publisher of newspaper can
continue to send his paper until all
dues that may be owing by subscri-
ber are settled for"
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-18
THE FIVE MILL TAX,

From Communication in the Homer
Guardian, signed by j. II: Simmons,
we extract as follows:
Now l think every practicable tax
payer will say--that If A. is not will
ing to pay this $500 tax, he or she had
better sell out and 60 where land is
cheap, or rent land and get out of the
way of enterprising and progressive
people, and not be stumbling block
in the way. For instance, to illustrate,
we will take the history Of Knoxville,
Tenn, which for years in consequence
Of having no railroad connection, made
but little progress in Improvements
it being an inland town shut of to
itself-its trade and traffic carried on
by wagons-its merchants receiving
their goods from Baltimore, phila-
delphia and Richmond, by the same
means. The first railroad that reached
its boundaries was the Georgia road,
and subsequently the East Tennessee
and Virginia road, which gave it an
outlet to the east and south. 1t was
not until after these roads were huilt
that it began to assume its present i'm
portance, bat when trade and traffic
began to restore there it grew from q
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-18
Another County Heard From.

The New Orleans City Item r0stting,
with the contingent political fun(d) of
this district, has the following to say,
under the headiDg, "The Fifth Dis
trict:"
"Shonld the opposition to the return
of Gen. Floyd King, for another term,
take the direction now indicated by
the sentiment which outcrops from the
political wisdom and influence coDgre.
gated at the State capital, The Con.
gressional mantle Of the Fifth District
will fall upon the shoulders of Hon.
John Murdoch, of Tensas parish.
There are strong indications that the
anti. King forces, which appear to
steadily increase, will centralize upon
this gentleman, who has shown great!
aptitude for legislative work as chair
man of the House Committee on Lands
and Levees and in the active Iab0rs Of
the floor.
"We believe Mr.. Murdoch is a
native of Jefferson county, Miss,
though long wealthy and successful
planter Of this Slate. Possessing a
European college education, he also
obtained that practical training for the
stern actualities of life, which was the
inevitable accompaniment OF faithful
service in the Confederate armies, the
result being a polished and considerate
gentleman, OF wide knowledge, exact
discrimination and matured judgment.
regulating an earnest patriotism of
proven fidelity. Such a man could
scarcely fail to be blessed with legion
OF friends-ofthe kind, too, that would
become enthusiastic workers in bis
behalf on any stirring occasion. And
really we fail to see, under present
lights, why the entire Democracy Of
the District might not we'll grow
enthused In support OF one so we'll cal
culated to reflect credit upon their
intelligence in addition to safeguarding
their material interests"
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-18

The New Orleans Chronicle says
that the Jewish citizens of New Or
leans are looking forward to Rev. DR..
Samfsld Of Memphis, or Rev. DR..
Berkowitz, of Mobile Ala, to fill the
position OF Rabbi of Temple Sinai,
made vacant by the recent death of
Rev. j. X. Gutheim.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-18

population of 7 900 in 1865 to a popu-
lation of 28, 900 in 1886. A wonderful
and surprising growth! The question
naturally arises, what has been the
cause of this steady and wonderful
growth
Here we will give few reasons and
examples:
Isl, Knoxville is or was like Homer,
a healthy town.
2nd, The people were intelligent and
progressive.
3rd, Home matters were the first
consideration to prosperity,
4tb, Capital was employed q 10 ems
couiage her industries.
5th, The manufacturing Interests
were second to noue ia the state.
9th, The transportation and cost Of
living was comparatively cheap.
7th, Capital was always welcomed.
9Th, There was great inducements
for capital and energy.
9th, The school facilities were unsur>
passed.
10th, She did not encourage her peO-
pie to 60 abroad to do better-and she
and the surrounding country prospered
daily.
But Notwithstanding all these facts,
some people will still say, giving this
mill tax to develop the country, is
making the rich richer aud the poor
poorer. This argument sounds good
deal this way to me, if Mr.. A. goes to
Homer and wants to buy 100 pounds
of bacon and he should walk into r.
P. Harwell's store and say to Harwell,
"W hat is 100 pounds of bacon worth?"
He says 10 IA. But Mr.. A. walks
over to Gladney, Gill, or McCranie,
and buys the 100 pounds of bacon for
10 or 10 Ia. Now, Mr.. Harwell's
meat cost him 10 cents and was to be
paid for next Saturday, he is bound to
meet this payment, and has to 60 to
some friend and borrow the $1,000
and agrees to pay so cents a week for
the use Of the $1,000. Now, il A. had
have taken the meat Mr.. Harwell
yvnuId have madp a uuartar hint ac IL
is, he keeps the money a week and
lo0ses quarter on the transaction. So
you see Mr.. A. made the rich richer
and the poor poorer, for you all know
Gladney, Gill, or McCranie are not bad
about selling goods for less than cost.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-18

House bill No. A with Senate
amendments, otherwise the Sunday
Law, was passed by the House by a
vote of II to Is,
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-18

The following pretty little story
comes from Kansas. Had the boy
kept the $5 he would have been minus
suit Of clothes and would perhaps
have spent the money for some
"trash":
"There is one honest boy in Wichita,
Kas., and he Is boot black. The
other day he BACKED the boots Of a
gentleman at a hotel, who gave him,
as he supposed, five copper cents. An
hour later the boy returned, hunted
up the gentleman and handed him a
IS gold piece, which he had given as a
cent. The gentleman was equal to the
occasion, for he at once took the boy
to q clothing store aud bought him a
SIS suit.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-18

From a communication in the Homer
Guardian, signed by j. II. Simmons,
we extract as follows:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-15

travelled at tho rate of u thousand feet q
second, or six hundred and cightytwc
miles an hour, the movement of tho par.
ticlcs of matter was only twelve feet pcl
second, or eight miles an hour.
Scientists attribute the origin of earth
quakes to three causes.
lst. 10 the action of the sun and
moon on the motion mass in the interior
OF the earth, causing tides in it which
produce the shocks. This theory is now
abandoned, or this cause is Thought to
be no longer active.
I'd. 10 volcanic action The pressure
OF gas and steam producing explosions
and cruptions and consequent conyul-
slons OF the surrounding earth. This is
real and efficient cause in volcanic re-
Slons, but docs not account for earth
quakcs where there is no evidence of
volcanic activity, except in such cases as
the recent earthquake in Andalusia,
above referred to.
3D. 10 the action of what arc known
rs organic forccs-that is, the forces
which determine tho direction and di
mcnsions of mountain chains and coast
lines. While elevations and dcprcssiops
OF mountains and coasts have rccurrcd
at intervals throughout the worlds his
tory, it is now thought that their general
outlines have been permanent, and tho
form of continents is due to the adapta
ton of the cooled and hardened surfaco
to the still cooling and contracting in
terror, along the original wrinkles or
lines OF elevation and depression. All
rocky strata being deposited from water,
were ut first horizontal; but as tho in
terror of the earth cooled and contracted
they followed it, becoming folded and
inclined like the wrinkles on the skin of
a drying lemon. Imagine such an in
cllncd stratum several thousand feet in
thickness, one end resting on the Blue
Ridge Mountains at Caesars Head or
Kings Mountains, from which, as may
now be seen there, it broke Off and
slipped down untold ages ago; the
other end shelving out into the sea over
the Gulf Stream, where there has been
another fracture, slip or fault, the stratum
suddenly sinking several thousand feet
into the depths of the sea.
Now the seward end of this inclined
stratum might be undermined by ocean
currents, causing it to settle down anew
and thus produce shocks Of earthquake.
Or the rains and tho rivers continually
washing away mountain, hill and plain,
and transporting from them enormous
weight of sediment, would deposit it on
the scawnrd end Of this inclined stratum,
overload and crush it down, and thus
produce earth shocks. Or n downward
movement or settling of the scaward end
from either of these or some other cause
might tilt the stratum on the land
through portion or its whole extent
and produce earth disturbances.