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Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-05-06
For Congress-,
We ara authorized 10 announce
F.. BARKSDALE

az q candidate for reelection 10 represent
tho 9Th congressional district, subject TO
tue action OF the democratic district con.
ntion.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-05-06
For Congress-.

For Congress.
We arc authorized 10 announce
CHAS. =. HOOKER
a. n candidate for congress from the 9Th
district, subject 10 the action Of the dem-
ocratic convention.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-05-06

The Port Gibson Cotton Mills al.
though, not yetin operation recelv.
ed an or.lor from New York the
other day for y, Ooq piecesof brown
cotton. So Is, q, ~ =
1t is sapposci IN Y asbingten thai
Col. Heating; Of thc Memphis APP!
peal, uillhs I'apl'oiiiItoa public pfiRr
ter by the p rsiaent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
"YOU CAN'T MOST ALWAYS
TELL"

The man you now pass by with bitter looks OF
scOrn,
Because he is so very poor, and so very lowfy
born,
Next spring you may be very glad to take him
by the hand,
For his praises may be sounded over every
inch of land.
champion he may become, before the world
TO shine
AS pitcher or catcher of a jolly baseball
nine;
Although you see him calmly sit a-smoking Of
cherootS,
He may whip the great John Sullivan out OF
his biggest boots;
He may try a six-days' walking at some IA
nous hall or rink,
And beat the rest of fellows there, as quick as
you can wink;
He may chance to be located within the win
ming boat,
Or you may run for Office, and may chance to
need his vote.
So of all the many queer words that are given
out to spell,
The Queerest of the queer are-"You cant
most always tell"
-GOOddEs Sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
His Lips Slipped.

Mrs. Hamilton Heirs little girl,
Cookoo, went to Delmonico's dancing
class, and one day little Freddy Smith
kissed her.
80, Cookoo, I'm ashamed to think
you should let a little boy kiss your
said her mother.
swell, mamma, l couldn't help it, "
said Cookoo.
"You couldn't help it?" exclaimed
her mother.
mo, mamma. You see Freddy and
l were dancing the polka. Freddy had
to stand up close to me, and all at once
his lip slipped and the kiss happened. y
Hartford Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
Lucid Information.

A colored man, evidently a stranger in
Austin, was standing around, as if looking
for something which he could not find,
when he was accosted by Uncle Nose.
'Who is yer looxin' for niggah?"
II wants ter see Kurnel Yerger"
"Does yer know him when yer sees hm?'
''No."
docs yer know ledge Peterby when yer
sees him?''
NO"
"Ef yer sees Kurnel Yerger yer can tell
hits him right off by his not bein' so bald
headed as ledge Peterby, and by his not
warm de same sort OF hat."-Texas .Sift-
inps
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
CHIvALRY OF MEN.
IL Has Taught American Girls to be ImpS-
lite and Careless.

We have in America the remarkable
ehivalry of our men, a character un-
known and unrecognized in Europe,
which, as always extended from the
cludes profound respect for women.
This is the beginning of the best eti-
quette. Women all over America are
protected respected, supported and
petted. There is no such paradise for
women. In Paris, the headquarters of
elegance, the rottenness of an old civil
ization has undermined this loyalty to
the ideal woman. In London there is
brutality and coarseness descending
heavily on women of lower grade,
and which by atmospheric pressure
has reached the higher classes and now
affects women of every status in socie-
ty, so that it is unpleasant for a woman
to walk London streets alone, and i'm
possible for her to do so at night, even
win O gentleman escort, after the the
aires are closed.
There is absolutely no propriety or
safety in Rome for young girl who
walks alone even at midday. Every
Italian feels privileged to speak to her.
It is so universally the custom of the
country that a well-behaved young
lady should have chaperon that an
American unmarried woman of even
forty years takes a friend with her
when she walks out in Rome
1t is to be feared that American
women have, as a class, disregarded
this etiquette in Europe too much, and
that at home Gas we are now nation
of foreigners) they still disregard APP
pearances. There is also no doubt
that the American girl is a spoiled
child. She forgets to be polite, to be
deferential; she disregards such we'll
meant attentions in railway cars and
in society, while on the other hand she
is apt to be, for appearance sake, too
much absorbed in the man of her
choice. Certain women think that
they establish independence by abolish
ing good manners, and by ignoring
refinement, gentleness and elegance
But this is great mistake. 1t is
woman who preserves the order and
decency of society; without her, men
would soon relapse into the savage
estate, and the comfort and grace of
home are exc sanged for the rude dis
comfort of the mining camp. -Hdrper' S
Bnznr
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
Anxious for Comfort.

The jail at Summit, N. j. must be a
sight for sore eyes. A man named William
Walsh was arrested a few nights since for
being drunk and disorderly. 1t began to
grow colder during the night, and after en-
during the cold as long as possible, he de-
liberatey kicked hole through the side Of
the building and walked out. Three tramps
followed his example, and together they
followed bed out in n snow-drift and all
slept soundly till morning. SUM-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
Live Halt.
Dead HUFF

from NJ to NJ hence it is seen that the ball
will be influenced by this, and will be con-
stantly moving from a true line curving
toward X, and will describe a portion of
circle.
This was the explanation l offered to my
father, who still insisted that it was merely
n theory, and could not be demonstrated
So one summer afternoon a number OF us
boys prevailed upon him to join us in a
game OF baseball Now, a great many
years before this, father had been member
OF a local club, which chad downed every
club it ever played" as he said, and so he
had made up his mind to show us young
sters thing or two" When he stepped
up to the ''home" plate ready to strike, it
was with determination to show us that
our so-called curves were simply optical
illusions which he would soon dispel. |
was the pitcher, and the first ball threw
was slow "out-curve' (that is, it curved
away from the striker-curves are desiy-
mated as "outs, " "in-shoots, " drops and
''raise''). Father drew back the bat and
struck at the ball as though he would
knock the cover Off but he missed it. He
tried again and again, but could not even
make foul tip; so finally he gave up
and consented to watch for a short time
from behind the catcher and was soon con-
WINGED that curve ball was not an optical
Illusion, but an accomplished fact. After a
short time he started slowly home, but, as
he left us, he said: well, boys you are
right; the game is getting too scientific for
me, and | guess my baseball days are
over" And, in truth, so they were.-J.
Edwin Taylor, in st. Nicholas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
CURVED PITCHING.

Its Possibility Illustrated and Explained
"A Father Whose Baseball Days Are
Over.
Several years ago l thought that it was
impossible to make ball curve, and when
one OF my ''chums" said he had seen it
done, laughed at him; but he insisted so
strongly that when went home I asked
my father. He was an old-time player,
and when he said it was impossible to
make ball Curve" that settled it with
me. Then l was certain that my friend
had been deluded. Not long afterward,
however, l saw a game between two pro-
fessional clubs, and as l sat directly back
OF the catcher, and could see the ball from
the time it left the pitchers hand there
was no longer any doubt in my mind about
a ball being made to curve" Moreover,
/ learned myself after weeks of hard prac-
tice, to throw curve ball, and many times
since then have had the satisfaction OF
striking out" hard hitters, who were I'M
used to curves" What causes a ball to
curve?" is question asked by many, and
would offer the following original expla-
nation:
When ball is thrown through the air,
the resistance of the air is only on one-half
OF the surface, that is the half facing the
direction the ball is thrown. The other
part OF the ball may be considered as the
dead half"
Suppose the ball is thrown from A to B,
and given a rapid rotating movement on
its axis, as indicated by the arrows (ac-
complshed by holding and delivering
the ball certain way, the resistance then
is only on the olive half, " which is rotating
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
His Trade Was Bad.

Two men were on a Broadway car the
other day, who were debating the con-
dition Of trade. One was gloomy. The
other failed utterly by argument to raise
him to a more sanguine view OF things. He
at last said:
"Well, didn't like to tell you, but my
latest line OF business has proven bad"
What are you in?" asked the gloomy
chap.
Cline" was the reply.
"Whats the matter with the lime trader"
was the unsuspecting inquiry.
slack" said the sanguine man us he
grinned broadly, while the people in the
car laughed at the way he had entrapped
the man OF Dhadows.-M Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
WOMEN AND WORK.
A Caution Against Fraudulent Advertise
ments, Issued by the Women's K. and L.
Union of Boston.


Union of Boston.
The Women's Educational and Industrial
Union of Boston, Mass, cautions all wom-
en- to be wary of advertisements and circu-
lars promising-on receipt of certain
sum-work at home, with large earnings.
We are receiving letters from women far
and near who have been defrauded by
these promises. Either the person for
warding the money gets no answer at all,
OF the materials and implements sent are
of little worth, or the finished work is re-
jected even if well done, or other obstacles
are placed in the way, (the object being
simply to get rid of herr. The parties ad-
vertising make frequent changes of name
and address, with some difference in circu-
lars. They are now sending out through
the United States, Canada and the Prov
inces, hundreds of thousands of plausible
circulars we'll calculated to deceive, for
not many of the hundreds of thousands of
women receiving them are aware that by q
single advertisement any city firm can get
plenty of workers close at hand.
Learning that this evil can best be
licited the aid of the press, and the follow
ing continuous notice appears in our daily
papers, each in turn giving it one weeks
insertion:
The women's Educational and Industrial
Union, IA Boylston street, will gladly give in
'OIlndliOu TeBdrulnR ClTculaFS anu duNeItlsc-
menus offering to women work at home"
1t is earnestly desired that newspapers
every where help to enlighten the public by
copying the whole of this present article
and by giving the above notice, or similar
one, frequent insertions; also that Wom-
ems Associations, variously located, join
us in this work, and by suitable advertis-
ing make themselves known as centers of
information. Any needed assistance from
us will be gladly rendered. individuals
can aid by procuring the insertion Of this
article in their local papers.
Such general concurrence of effort will
save multitudes Of women from sorrow
and loss, work effectively against the
swindlers and promote the interests of the
honest advertisers
Mas ABBY MORTON DIAz,
President Women's E. and l. Union.
Address letters to our Employment De-
partment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
She Had Married for Love,

Husband--Do you think that our daugh-
ter Clara ought TO marry for money alone?
Wiie-Certainly
Husband-But you married for love, my
dear.
Wife, know did, and that is the rea-
son why l think Clara ought TO marry for
money.-Drakes Travellers Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
A CrGAR-BOx BANJO.
A Hsne-Made Instrument, and How 1t
May BE Manufactured.

A cigar-box banjo is something which
most boys have heard of, and same have
make. Possibly their older relatives have
ridiculed the home made instrument, and
It has had to contend against prejudice,
which, as we know. is almost fatal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
The yllest Pun of the Year.

Bolger-I hear that Easy has cremated
his wife.
Bromley-Yes. He was forced to do it
out of very shame.
81 don't understand"
"You see he has been very shiftless, and
he could not allow such chance to urn
something to escape him."---Philadelphia
Call
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
Young Men, Road This.

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich.
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol.
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men (young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also forrheu-
matism, neuralgia paralysis, and many 9th.
err diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in.
Cured, as 80 days trial is allowed. Write
them a. once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

inch and a quarter wide
and a quarter OF an inch
thick. Five small holes an
equal distance apart and a
quarter OF an inch from the
end OF the piece OF wood
must first be drilled, and
through the small end two
holes a quarter OF an inch
apart and three-eighths OF
an inch from the end should
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

Some people are born to i'll luck.
An old woman who had pasted nearly
five thousand medical recipes into a
book during the past forty years has
never been i'll day of her life.-Detroit
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
FINISHED.

and the small bridges in their respective
grooves. The tail-piece is then fastened
close to the end OF the box by twisting the
wire around the projecting piece of broom
stick and staying it. Place the piece of
bent tin on the edge of the box, under the
wire holding the tail-piece, thus preventing
the wire from damaging the box. Fit the
Keys in the keyboard and the short key
into the hole in the side of the handle.
Knot the strings before threading them
through the holes in the tail-piece. Before
tightening the strings the last bridge is
placed under the strings two and a half
inches from the end OF the box, and your
banjo is finished.--JOhn Richards, in Har-
Pers Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

be drilled to al
low a piece OF
wire about six
inches in length
to pass through
them. A piece
of tin an inch
and a quarter
long and three
quarters of an
inch wide, bent
SO as to fit on
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
SCrOfuIa Of Lungs.

lam 40 years old and have suffered for the last
fifteen years with lung trouble. have spent thou.
sands of dollars to the march of this disease;
but temporary relief was all that obtained. l was
unfit for any manual aborfor several years. friend
strongly recommended the use of Swft's Specific Is
S. 81, claiming that he himself had been greatly
benefited by its in some lung troubles. Iresoved
try 1t. The results remarkable. My cough has
left me, my strength has returned and weigh sixty
pounds more than ever did in my life. II has been
three years since stopped the use of the medicine,
but have had return of the disease, and there
no pains weakness felt in my lungs do the hard
est kind of work. TT HOLT.
Montgomery, Ala, June %, 1885.
Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta Ga. or
157 W 23d Street, n. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

to success. Nevertheless
such a banjo, if carefully
made and properly strung,
can be made to give forth
very musical tones, and
where the real thing" can
not be had the combination
of cigar box and broom
stick makes a good substi-
tute. If you would like to
try your hands at it, l viii
tell you how to go to work.
Procure a cigar box eight
and a quarter inches long,
four and three-quarter
inches wide, and two and u
quarter inches deep. This
is the ordinary size of a
box used to contain fifty
cigars.
The bottom OF the box
forms the head OF the ban
10, thus allowing the cover
to be opened or shut. In
each end OF the box cut two
round holes, three-quar-
ters of an inch in diameter,
half an inch from the top
and an equal distance from
the two sides of the box.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

FIG. q. the edge OF the
box, will berequired. Strings
can be purchased at almost
any music store.
Having purchased the
strings, begin to put the
various parts together by
fitting the handle through
the holes in thn cinnr hos,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

THE letter-carrier that gets around quick
est is the cylinder of printing press.-M
o. Picayune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

If cough dsturhs your sleep, take
Piso's Cure for Consumption and rest we'll.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

WOULD IL be an anomaly to speak of a
man as boing in hearty condition when
In lovef-BHrli6Stoa Free Press,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

The sick are said to be tyrants. So
are hungry animals. Do not let them
get hungry. 1t makes the pocket
empty.-SaN Francisco Caros icle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

THE selfish man has most presence OF
mind. He never forgots himself.-M o.
Pieanune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

For domestic fruit cake, take ore
pint of dried apples; soak over night in
cold water, then chop till as small as
raisins. Put to this one and a half
'upfuls of nolasses, and stew until all
he molasses is absorbed by the apples.
TO this add one pound of chopped rails
ms, one cupful of brown sugar, one
cupful of butter, one cupful of sour
milk, two beaten eggs, one teaspoonful
of soda, spice of all kinds, or to taste.
Mix tolerably stiff. Add the fruit last,
rolled in flour. Bake long time
Exchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27
Proof.

i was q sufferer
from catarrh for If
teen years, with dis
tressing pain over my
eyes. The disease G
worked down upon my
lungs. l used Ely's
Cream Balm with graft
flying results, am appar-
entity cured.-Z. c.
WARREN, Rutland, VT.
Ely's Cream Balm has
cured me of catarrh of
several years standing
restored my senses of
taste and smell.-F. C.
OGDEN, Elizabeth, N. j.
A particle is applied II
use. Price J0cents by
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27

With lead pencil mark off, on piece OF
soft wood nineteen inches long, four inches
wide, and half an inch thick, the shape OF
the handle, as shown in Fig. /. Before
saving the handle out, the four key-holes
should be bored, each hole being quarter
OF an inch in diamter. Then shape the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-03-27


m handle according to the outline H.
H. of the diagram, and across the 'I
HI top Of the handle cut a groove poI
III three-sixteenths of an inch wide NJ
II and equally deep ca, Fig. ~; nm
II this is to hold small bridge to
H keep the strings from touching liI
H the handle. III
H In the side OF the handle drill
II hole half an inch above the
II angle (B, Fig. 1)-this is to
H hold the fifth key; and just
II below the angle groove three |
H sixteenths of an inch wide and |
H equally deep should be cut for
II the purpose OF holding small
II bridge Tor the fifth string &C, Ilsl
II Fig. ~.
III From an old broom cut
! piece of stick twenty-four inches
long; wRittle this fat on one W
side, and on the other side,
eight inches from the end, cut
the stick away so that it will
slope and become fiat at the end
Zig, y. Eight and three
quarter inches of the other end
of the stick must be cut away,
so as to fit snugly the holes in
the cigar box, the end project
FIG. ing slightly This broomstick FIG.
9. is the backbone of the handle, 3.
which is fastened to it by two three-quar-
ter-inch screws, as shown in Fig 3.
Five keys shaped like Fig. can be cut
out OF tough pieces OF wood, each piece
being half an inch thick, two and quarter
inches long, and one inch wide. Make
those belonging to the keyboard fit
tightly in their holes. The key for the fifth
string can be cut half an inch shorter than
the others Each key should have a hole
bored through it, as shown in Fig. 4.
The small bridge is a piece OF wood a
quarter OF an inch high and three-six-
teenths of an inch wide, which is made to
fit the groove Gig. l, Az, with four
notches cut in to conduct the strings. A
similar bridge with only one notch, and a
quarter OF an inch long, will answer for the
fifth string.
The large bridge is made OF a piece OF
wood two inches BONG, fve-eighths OF an
inch wide, and quarter OF an inch thick
The shape of the bridge can be seen in the
illustration OF the finished banjo. Five
notches an equal distance from each Other
should then be cut in the top edge oil the
bridge.
The tail-piece is the piece TO winch the
strings are attached at the lower end o.
the instrument. 1t is made from a piece o.
hard wood an inch and haH long, an
Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-28

California Dried Fruits at Whe

California Dried Fruits at Whe-
lan's.
]. II. Carpenter left this morning
for Socorro.
Johnny Whelan received a lot of
new goods, Saturday.
Geo. Curry, of Colfax county, has
been in town some days, He will
locate in the county.
The proceedings of the District
Protective Association did not reach
us until Yesterday evening. They
will appear next week.
Some one jumped one of G. 81.
banners horses, Tuesday night, and
made way with him. Sheriff Brent
started after the culprit, but, on find
ing the horse in ii corral at FIT.
Stanton, returned.
r. L. johnson, of the firm of Ju-
lian & Johnse Il, Wholesale liquor
dealers, El Paso, Texas, is in town
Mr.. Johnson informed an ERA re-
porter that the contract for ten miles
of the White Oaks road was let the
day he left home. He feels pretty
confident that the road will be built
He returns to FL Paso in a day OF
two