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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
SEAMEN AS INVENTORS.
Necessity Compelling Them to Display
Their Genius in This Direction,

Necessity Compelling Them to Display
Their Genius in This Direction.
There may not be many seamen
among the names of inventors at the
Patent Office, " said q vessel captain the
other day to a reporter, ''but there are
few Yankees that have half the invent
i've genius that many sailors show.
''If a vessel loses rudder, or gets
into any of the scrapes that so often
happen, the Captain doesn't have
chance to run to some ship-carpenter
to have the matter remedied. He has
to pitch in and fix it himself. This
necessity is surely the mother of in
ventiOn, and you will seldom see a
sailor at loss for an idea in a critical
moment.
81 remember year or two ago a
lumber-laden schooner capsized up
here on the west shore. A wrecking-
tug was sent out to bring her into port,
but when the tug arrived on the scene
the vessel was found to be in a perfectly
manageable condition. She had
gone over on her side with all sail set,
and there she was lying with masts and
canvas under water. 1t was almost
impossible to handle her in that con-
dltlon, and the Captain of the wreck
ing-tug decided to right her just where
she was
"a passing schooner in tow of
small harbor tug was hailed and towed
up alongside the wreck. Blocks were
plade fast to the top of her fore and
main masts, and lines run JfIroi,5II,,
them and made fast to the tops of the
same masts of the capsized schooner.
The other ends of the lines were taken
by the large tug and the small one
fastened to the deck of the capsized
vessel. The tugs steamed in opposite
directions, and in five minutes the
schooner was right side up, and. with
the exception of the loss of part of her
deck-load, as good Us ever
Last fall the schooner Mary L. Hio-
| gle was sent to Lake Superior for a
load OF stone, and on her return trip
was frozen in at Sault Ste. Marie. In
the spring her owner sent CAPTAIN
Hatch with crew to bring her home.
The Captain fitted her out and
started for Chicago, but he had cot but
a short distance from the 500 when
the vessel sprang leak and could only
be Kept free from water by keeping the
pumps working steadily. The men
couldn't work night and day, and he
had no extra hands. What was he
going to do? Run into the nearest
port and telegraph for a wrecking-tuc
at an expense of couple of hundred
dollars day? This would knock the
profits all off the trip, and Captain
Hatch wasn't sailing for fun, so he set
his brains to work and rugged up
windmill in the fore-rigging attached it
to the pump, and sailed for home with
a two-lnch stream of water coming up
from below night and day, and his
men dong no more work than usual.
Il could talk all night about inven-
tlons made by sailors. One old Cap
tam has invented a mammoth planeta-
rum, showing the movements of all
the planets around the sun; he has
oeen working years on it, and will
0rlng 1t out next spring. Then there's
Captain Baker, who has scheme that
will revolutionize steam navigation.
And host of others can't think of
Just now Chicago Meas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
HE DID WELL

philosophical Negro Who =. Thankful
Tor Small Accomplishments.
What are you doing there?" calico q
tie man, addressing an old negro
wb had stealthily climbed over the
fen ce and who, when hailed, was al
to, pting to take shirt from clothes
what are you doing there, 1
ne negro saw that he was caught.
brs with that evasion which charac-
te, izos the Africans attempt to collect
his thoughts and prepare himself for an
an Urgency, he replied:
Is yer talkin' ter me, gennerman?"
'Of course, l am"
WAL, yer mus 'scuse me. fur amt
90, much understandin'. DE county
7 nge has gin it ez his erpinion. dat /
& " '''s-lt y 's~>-- =, - -.-,r fs-ais.
V-rI5lIU Al my nIIIIc, an L sUnIeJImes
IS cuts things" he went on not
ing the white man chance to
sak. 81 hates this powerful bad fur
Us sometimes de cause o. er right
art O. humileration.
II don't know about that, but do
pw that if had not CHANGED to see
that l would have lost one of nv
rts' and ! am great mind to have
arrested.
Dat would be all right, sab; dat
pld be quite right, fur it might fetch
ter my senses"
We'll, clear out of here, now"
Vas, I'll do dat, yer's quite right |
Ill. Glad ter 'commerdate yer in any
lay l ken. sab"
He climbed over the fence, and, when
he had gone some distance down an
alley, he stopped, took shirt from
nnder his old jeans coat, and said.
"Wush dat perlite gennerman had er
gin me er chance ter git dat udder
shirt. | needs two, an one amt gwine-
,er do SO mighty much good widout de
adder. Wall, Use done de bes' | ken.
md wen er man has done his duty he
eughtenter complain" ArkaiSaw
IraUeler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
The acknowledgements

1t has not yet been generally re-
marked that the Congress which will
be elected this year, and which will as
semble March 4, 1887, will be the CEN
tennial one under the present Constitu-
ton. From May 10, 1775. to March l
1881, the first or, as it has been called,
the Revolutionary Congress, sat From
the latter date, when the articles of
confederation were finally ratified, up
to March 4, 1889, the second Congress
of the United States held power. Then
came the new Congress, which, how
ever, was not fully organized till sew
eral weeks later, though the term of
its official existence commenced March
4. The present is the forty-ninth in
succession, and the next win be the
hftieth, thus completing the century,
in direct succession. - Chicago Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
MATERNITY,

hold two dainty little feet
Clasped in my warm and loving hand;
So soft and pink they sure must be
Two rose leaves blown from fairy land
4 hold a wee and helpless form
Pressed closely to my happy heart
Why, baby mime by right divine
The right of palma mothers part,
OH boauteous life so fair and new,
That yesterday was blent with mine!
Oh wondrous SOUL so lately sprung
A sparklet from the Source Divinel
Gods priceless gifts. you come to me
Embodied in this little form;
My soul accepts its happiness
AS flowers the sunshine, soft and wEfm
Ny brow seems decked by coronet
The fairest earth has ever seen
The diRdem of motherhood
tbs Natures hand that crowns me queen
What realms are opened to my sighti
tread the regions of the blest;
And all because this little form
Lies fair and helpless on my breast.
A tiny bud, whose flower complete
May bloom to bless my waning ye2ra,
OH motherhood! you hold bliss
That best may be expressed in tears.
Carrie Stercns Walter, in the InOlesids.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
HOW TO AVOID SCARS.
Physician shows How q Little Car,
VIII Effect Their Removal

A Physician shows How q Little Care
VIII Effect Their Removal!
Scars are always unsightly, and are
often painful or inconvenient on &C
count of their propensity to contract a.
they become older DR.. Ward, of New
Xa3l *, 6 brit ri t-f MY
by manipulation, which he directs to
be employed as follows: Place the ends
of two or three fingers on scar if it be
small one, and on the margin if it be
large, and vibrate the surface on the
tissues beneath. The surface itself is
not to be subjected to any friction; all
the motion must be between the ntegu-
ment and the deeper parts. The loca-
ton of the vibratile motion should be
changed every ten or fifteen seconds
until the whole scar has been treated,
if it be of moderate size. If the scar be
the result of large scald or burn, the
margin only should be treated at first;
the advances toward the center should
be deferred until the nutrition of the
margins has been decidedly improved.
Only little treatment should be APP
piled to any one spot at the same time,
but the vibrations should be repeated
rs many as twenty times day, but
never with sufficient frequency or Sc.
verify to cause pain. If the scar be-
comes irritable suspend treatment until
it subsidies. In the course or two oh
three weeks of faithful treatment thd
surface of the scars of moderate slid
becomes more movable and will begirI
to form wrinkles like new skin wherI
pressed from side to side. All thes,I
changes are due to improved nutrition
consequent on better blood Circulation
the development of entirely new setb
of blood in the electrical tissue. \.
Springfield Mass Republican
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS
The Great Results Produced by Seemingly
Trifling Causes.

| ~NN-SN''
singular point of current histor,
has Just been brought to light in En-
gland which shows that the late Bur
mese war may be referred to the wear.
ing OF pair of earrings. The boring
OF the ears of a royal Princess in Bur
nah is regarded as an event of as much
Importance as her coming of a@e would
be were she the heir to the English
throne. 1t is the occasion when she
frst assumes the rank and state due TO
TO her King Theebaw, it is stated.
when the time approached for this GER
emory in the case of his eldest dauch-
ter, conceived the idea of INVITING, al
the crowned heads of Europe to wit
ness 1t, and was eager to entertain
them with becoming magnificence.
Hence he made an enormous demand
Tor duty payments in advance on the
bombay-Burmah Trading Company.
an English corporation. The company
refused to submit to this extortion and
the result is a matter of history.
"A woman's vanity and the wearing
OF Jewel have been at the foundation
OF more important events in civilized
countries than the Burmese war. All
readers are familiar with the part which
Marie Antoionette's famous diamond
necklace played in the French Revolu-
ton.
The report that Marie de Medicis. the
mother of Queen Henrietta Maria. wife
OF Charles the First, had obtained from
her daughter some of the crown Jewels
OF England, gave strong impetus to
the movement which cost Charles his
head
When the Gar Peter visited England
IN disguise, to study the art of ship
building, he was treated with bare civil
ity by King William until, being one day
at dinner with the Queen, he ''took out
of his waistcoat pocket a little package
wrapped in piece of dirty brown pa
per and gave it to her." 1t contained
u ruby of fabulous value. After that
he received the cordial cooperation of
the King and Queen in his plans. They
sent home with him over four hundred
skilled workmen, shipbuilders and Cap
tains, carpenters, masons, gunners,
surgeons and scientific men. The eff
feet of these men upon the civilization
of Russia it would be difficult to esti-
mate. The priceless ruby was as
suredly wisely invested and yielded an
incalculable interest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
A SURE GUIDE.
Better Than Trail Upon the Prairiea
In = Binding Snowstorn.

A'0NSoA Ahdh - Arhh upon the RF3AfAe
In = Binding Snowstorm.
Two travellers were lost on a fa,
western prairie during driving snow
storm. Night was coming on, the traS
was obscured by the swift-falling flake
and it seemed as i: they were destinet
to perish far away from home amy
friends. But suddenly one of thelb
turned his face to the north, whenck
the ice-laden wind came in cuttinjk
blasts, and bidding his comrade follow
walked with swiftness and confidencI
against the storm. Miles onward thelI
pressed, the one who had first faced tbl
storm leading always, with ST. IA
was strono. anS steady ands
sion that told Of hope in his 4.,,...t. A.
Darkness came down upon the Ne
less plain and the storm incpeast
fury. Directly light twinkledf tx
distance, and, quickening theipa@
the travellers were soon receiv'g thu
hearty welcome of an old settr AM
his kindly wife. When bis CUES wer
enjoying their pipes bebre thfoarini
blaze in the big fireplace the Of settle
said:
"The trail you wer following run
full five miles to the ,outh offs. Whs
good piece of fortune broght 20
through this terrible storl to OF
cabin door?"
at must have ben the had of Pro-
idence," said the old settlers GOO
wife, who was removing tie remaiI
of the supper.
"Well, very likely it was, answerf
the traveller wlo had led the VS.
through the snow and darkness to IL
rude but cheerfulprairie home. "Ve
likely it was tbs hand of Providenc
but you, good INDIAN, were the instr
ment which thathand used to bring
numbed and wary wanderers to 20
hospitable door You were boilil
cabbage, you klow, and we were l.
ward, and once l got your bearin
with my nose, which | think a very !
liable one, hat no difficulty in reac
ing the human labitation l knew to
somewhere in tie dark and mysterio
beyond. ~ TOLEDO Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30

Ralph Waldo Emerson's study in
the pleasant old Concord residence is
kept just as the sage and poet left it.
Over the low mantel hangs a fine copy
of Michael Angeles "Fates" There
is curious old Egyptian idol, choice
engravings on the walls, and busts of
celebrated men here and there about
the room. On either side of the fire.
place two doors open into the sunny
south parlor. In the center of tho
room is large table. 1t is piled with
books. On one side lies the little blot
ting pad with sheets of paper, and by it
pen and an ink bottle. This is all the
paraphernalia of Emerson's writing
materials. Boston Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30

A lawsuit in New York which cost
over i've hundred dollars was all about
! safety pin the nurse had lost. She
gas discharged and refused pay for full
ime, but the court has decided in her
Iavor N Y Sun.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-07-03
Swine and Poultry.

Millions are lost annually and science
is al fault. Acciden; develops one Of
the greatest discoveries Of the age and
fortunes invested in the 2isng Of swine
and poultry are made secure. Mr.. J..
McCann, P. 0. Box 80, bridgeport, ".
Va, writes; "The discovery was en-
tirely an accident. A splendid cock
was almost dead with chicken cholera,
and dose Of ST. Jacobs Oil was givsn
him. In ten minutes he was entirely
cured and made healthy by lis use. 3"
Mr.. Charles +. Powell, p. NJ, Ierre
Haute, Champaign county, Ohio, writes:
"With a small pisca of bread in the
form OF pill saturated with ST. Jacobs
Oil | saved two very Gne Polish chick
ems, which were dying with the roup
IL short time I could not tell which OF
The chickens had teen sick. IN cases
Of hog cholera, it should be given with
the svill. and if refused should be
drenched with milk mixed with small
quantity Of St. Jacobs Oil
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-07-03

The habit Of administering quiuine in
powerful doses, as an antidote to ma
iarial maiadies, was once dangerously
common. Happily this practice has
undergone a wide reform. MOI only
the public, but professional men have
adopted, not wholly, OF course, but
largely, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as
a safe botanic substitute for the per
nicious alkaloid. The consequences Of
this change are most Important. Now
fever and ague sufferers are cured---for.
merly their complaints were only for
the time relieved, or half cursd-the
remedy eventually falling to produce
any appreciable effect, except the doses
were increased. a course Of the Bit
tiers, persistently followed, breaks up
the worst attacks and prevents their re,
turn. The evidence in favor Of this
sterling specific and household med
icine is Of no ambiguous character, but
positive and satisfactory, and the
sources whence It proceeds are very
numerous.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-07-03
An ANONYMOUS LITTER.
DAYTON, New. June IS, 1886.

fioN. HM. NJ. SrEWART:--
1t IS currently reported in Day.
tCn that you will put up ten or eleven
hundred dollars and cancel mortgage
against the LYoS COUNTY TINES. Let
this letter warn you OF some facts be.
fore you proceed in this matter. The
writer knows what he IS talking about
and has the confidence Of = lot Of IN.
scrupulous political blood sntceys who
are playing a deep game to extort mon.
ey from you and your hackers as they
.erm it. Should you cancel this mort.
gage you will be called on within ten
days to pay another debt against this
concern Of thousand dollars. Should
this be paid. Suits against the Times
will be commenced for sums ranging
from 10 10 $50 dollars. Thicker than
the spots on the Leopard Should you
stop all litigation, and pay ali demands
10 the amount OF about So, GOO the pa.
per will then in a wild way advocate
the claims of Daggett with the hope Of
getting money from John Mackay. No
matter what is done the calculation is
TO blackmail Throughout; the entire cam.
paign. The paper has no influence IN
me county and but little in the State.
The wife Of the Editor IS the brain and
protector Of this deeplaid scheme and
IS dangerous. The writer is a Repubi-
can 4 had at one time full confidence
Of the ring. look ont for them,
The above is a true copy Of letter
written 10 ex Senator Stewar. some two
weeks ago by some contemplate cur
who resides in this place. Having but
little to do he whiled away few mo,
ments in writing some stuff that makes
him supremacy ridiculous, even among
his own class, and at the same time
shows that the TINES has been treading
on the corns OF some nng politicians.
It is true that there is 81 200 mortgage
on this paper, but as regards the i'm.
mense number Of bills it owes the skunk
is sadly mistaken, and If he would pay
his subscription bill which has been
running about four years, it would in
measure help ont It was our intention
to let the above letter pass unno,icel
as it IS really not worth paying any At
tention 10, but to let the dirty, Under
handed son Of female dog think that
he can practice ms foul trade without
our knowledge might afford him too
much pleasure. The TINES never be-
,onged to any ''ring," nor has it the
confidence of ga lot Of INSCRIPTIONS
political blood sueetJs," but is happy
to state that it has the confidence Of
many good, loyal Republicans. The
spew OF humanity in.imates the wife
Of the editor IS the "brain and protector
Of this deep laid scheme" Shame on
you, You pup, We know Of no such
"scheme, bat are proud to state that
to this wife belongs much Of the credit
for the success Of this paper, and the
editor considers himself lucky in haY
ing such a partner--more than you can
say FOR yourself, you thief OF . PERSONS
good name.
The Irish standard., 1886-07-24
"SI'ANDARD" BhRsEV I:EIEE EES.

t,Iilk sells Eo1: 20 cents Z. quart in key
West. Fla. Water corres ponilngiy high
The, man who ularries q second tlMk
,,1,ist have lived happily with }ia firs7
wife.
II yo,1 see two women conyers.nG SET
ious!y tren it's about tlleic neigh bor'*
BUSINESS.
/, woman isu't iii to have oahy whe
doesn't know how to cold it, AMI this az
syua of {. tongue III, Of Il baby.
Some one boldly asserts that tle
American hen is nor doing her duty,
You would have us believe that her son
is setting, would you?
I. philosopher remarks that no mar
con afford to make q FOOT Of himself.
Bus he forgot that SOME men are utterly
regardless Of expense
4. laughing philosopher says: "H
sI~al;'eo had only stood & champagne
supper to his judges he would soon have
convinced them The world went round. .
Lecturer---''I y1]! pause '1ptil that
young nl,sn in the back of the hall stops
whisperins.1 Young man (corlia1]y)--
&c right on; you are not hotherlu&.
me.
The railway companies want to lay
tl,eir tracks with hardened sleepers. Gae
Of 5hc New Haven ministers SAYS his
congregation has material enough to set
up whole parallel road. New Hnven
News.
President :&Dal1 has this bill passed
the senator Lamont.-~<'No, your ex-
oeIiency. that is s ,nilliner's bill, and if
yon will take the advice of man Of ex-
perience yio1, will not nffix q veto. >
II bought ton Of coal Of you laS'r
month, y eyes sll.' ''Ion delivered 1t
in one cart, didn't you?' eyes, Of
course ANY carts idle now?" 'sWell,
yes ssne kind enough to send two
carts around to take away the ashes
sE'atuer is blind man always
heavy?" Don't ask such foolish ques-
tions: you know very we'll be is not. .
swell, pap, you know he is generally
led Al this iancti,re the juvenile Of
fender lodged a flying book.
A negro VINO borrowed money enough
OF Raleigh merchant to get a marriage
license explained his action by saying
that he had a pretty good-sized cotton
crop, and had heard. that The farm hands
talked of demanding more wages. He
had therefore looked about, and having
found healthy widow with three able
bodied children, would marry her next
Sunday and put the children at work Oh
The farm on Monday.
The Irish standard., 1886-07-24
Minneapolis Produce.

lcs
WHEAT--No hard at TStac bid August
No1nort,crn nc bid for August.
CoESSales lights ;is113ec: according to con-
iiitiou.
FLOUR -Minneapols patents, in sacks, to local
dealers, 81 G4 10 for shipment in sacks car lots.
S. 50GD4 4o;in barrels, ,s46GG4 Il; delivered st New
s5 oyGl5 -; rye tlolr, pure, nominal az 81 1902
per 100 lbs, and buckwheat, s4@5 per bbl.
BR<AN-Eed at So 0D1a50 in bulk.
SHoRrs-B,1lls, 8 9O0GlS1nO0.
OATs-No white selling at 34D36!sc on
track. The range OF sample sales is from $50
37c o t, :a0l3sc 0 b.
RYE-No,n5nal at 53@,55c for Nos 2 ands.
BARrEsr--Quiet ut from 35GD6Oc Tor Nos 2 and 3
bysample.
cred in lots OF q ton Or more.
MIXED EEED-GOOd southern weak at IL 600
IA NJon track and to arrives city ground. $15 0(sG
Is so for choice, delivered in lots of q ton Or
more.
HAY-Receipts moderate; market steadyand
oArMEAz--steel cut, s2 a5@ss per half bbl
extra ushr:H rss 7513e zSa 5: dairy s fsacy dairy
stock. AG95c; grease, 2@2}3c.
CHEESE Fancy f,,l! cream, 9@1oc: fine full
cream. SM9c: part skins. 70sSc; skins, 4Q1Sc.
DnEssEp MEArs-Prces for well dressed:
Eeet bind au,s gags Hams Hams city; 91s 9Gs
SIDES HIe ctydred5 yzTe @sA Hreakfsst bacon: e@l
Fore euarters..3 Of Sides. -:
Veal. choice. IS G11O Mutton, city...... 40 5
Dressed hogs 414Ql4l2 Mutton, country. .505i9
EGGS-Strictly fresh, 111a to 12c
VEGETABLEs-Offered by dealers:
Cabbage. crate. 5000, Spinach, bu.....". 30
Onions, bu...... II 2iLettuce... ......loo'l5
Bermudas, bu.. 3.O|Pieplant, lb.....-. - !
Onions, dOz...... lGGDl5I Parsley. ~ ~
Dried peas, bu.. .25!Cucumbers, doz.. 81
Horse raaish, lb. 2@3lP Peas, bu......... I.5
Radishes, doz. lO015| Beans, bu ......... l.29
Asparagus, doz. 25l
The Irish standard., 1886-07-24

"17bls is a very healthy place, " OBJ
served q boarding mistress. s1es-for
chickens, said boa,tier. 81 have been
| hers fer two years and haven't sean a
dead oue yet.'' She took the hint
The Irish standard., 1886-07-24

Il don't put much faith III proverbs, .
sail Brown to Jones, For instance:
look at the oft-q71otea one, a freszet' IN
need is a friend indeed Now most OF
nv experience will, friends i'll need hts
been t}a5 they wanted to borrow,
Give n,t. "a friend that is not in need. y