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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
PRYING OUT THE NEWS.
Newspaper Mems Methods OF Lsnrnin'
What the Politicians Are Driving At.

Newspaper Nen's Methods OF Lehrnin'
what the Politicians Are Driving At.
lwashi1ptpn Cor. Pioneer Pressl
1T is q peculiar thing how you news
paper men pry out our secrets when W,
come to Washington, said prominen
western politician recently. Like ever
other public man who comes to W Wsshing
ton. | generally keep my own affairs tc
myself. and give the reporters some un
important pretext for my presence here
but somehow or other | have never beer
in the town twenty four hours before all
my business has been telegraphed hom,
and printed in all the papers there. | car
not quite see how it is done This is |,
matter which has always excited gooC
deal of curiosity among politicians, but J.
is one Of the simplest in the world Peopl,
have the idea that newspaper men are de
tectives 10 a greater or less extent AM
that they have a sort of Free Masonry
among themselves by which they make
public men their prey, good deal a.
shadowers do pickpockets
There may be something in this, but
not very much. 1t is alwavs taken for
granted that when congressman or lead
ing politician comes 10 Washington. leav.
ing business and pleasure TO travel 8
something in the wind When he gets t.
his hotel here he is always given an op
portunity to say what he is here for. II
the newspaper man fails to get his real
errsnd. he merely keeps his eyes and ear
open, and he sooner or later has what he
is after. In order TO do the business fui
which he is here the politician must
necessarily do some talking He visits
the White jouse aud some of the depart
ment chiefs
In the routine OF business il is neces
sary for him TO consult papers and in
order to obtain them he is Obliged to us
Games and state fairly and squarely what
he wants of course. public officials have
no right to communicate to others any
thing about business matters in private
cases This rule has teen more strictly
observed under the present administra-
ton than for some time past. Still, there
are always means by which such matters
leak out. There may be some other pub.
lie man present who overhears and care
lessly reports. when he goes away from
the Office what he has seen or heard.
Another thing that politicians seem to-
be unconscious of is that they have often
fully stated the nature of their errand To
friends at home, and even before they art
100 miles away from their home towns
dispatches are going over the wires to tn,
Washington representatives of their locs
papers stating fully what they are com
ing for Two or three times have been
abe to surprise visiting. politicians by
telling them all about their business
simply from the fact that while on the
train talking they were overheard by men
who. when they reached Washington,
told their friends what they had heard
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
wHeNlWAs YOUNG,

II might have been dream OF night,
IL might have been vision;
II might have been thousand things,
But oh! it was Elysianl
The sudden thought that came to me,
In midst OF weary doing,
OF happy days when was young,
Was young, and went a-wooing.
l climed again the dusty road,
The long hill winding over,
And smelt the haystack's dried perfume
OF Timothy" and Glover"
felt again my pulses thrill,
Seeing with loves fancy
The trysting place upon the hills
The golden rod and Nancy.
o dry, duh days that stretch away
Like arid sands behind me!
o carping cares that give no resr
o fret and toll that bind me!
close my eyes upon you al,
In spite of endless doing,
To dream Of golden days, wheni
Was young and went s-wooing.
Good Housekeepln
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Daniel and the Lions.

The unspeakable Daniel Dalton has been
digniied by long parliamentary discus
sion. This kind of thing is what Daniel
glories in.
Daniel likes to come to Judgment, pro
ylded the judgment is an advertisement OF
Daniel. There is nothing above clever
sized brickbat hurled with muscular EN-
phasis, that Daniel would not construe into
a compliment to his greatness.
Daniel was sentenced by the house to
thirty days Imprisonment in Jail. Daniel
would love to lie in Jail If thereby he could
be getting glory.
But there is more glory to be had Just now
in resisting the execution of the sentence;
and SO his criminal lawyer has sworn out a
habeas-corpus for him before the drunken
democratic Judge Wylie, and viii try the
eStion whether he or the Ohio house OF
stiyes Il the bigger man.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
A Glasgow Merchants TeIephane Wire.

A very simple, though somewhat ex-
pensive, arrangement of telephone wires
has been introduced in a Glasgow mer-
chants Office, by which, it is stated, the
annoyances Of induction are prevented.
The Office is connected with the proprie-
tors dwelling house, some thirty miles
distant, by private line.
To prevent disturbance from the in
duction of other wires, he employs q re-
turn wire, and the wires are simply ar
ranged in a spiral or helical form, as fol-
lows: Suppose each post to be provided
with four insulators, arranged at the four
angles of a square, the sending wire is at
tached to insulator on the first post, 2
on the second, 3 on the third, on the
fourth, on the fifth, and so on. The re-
turn wire is attached TO the insulators at
the opposite corners of the square, or what
would correspond to that position, thus
forming the helix-New York Sun.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
A Cloak for Physiological Oneuses.

malaria is a much abused term, said q
New York physician. ut is cloak which
covers all sorts of physiological offenses.
People abuse themselves in various ways;
men eat to excess, drink, gamble, and Ca
rouse, turning night into day in the opera
ton; women also lead unhealthy lives,
dancing in heated, poorly ventilated
rooms, keeping late hours, taking no ex-
ercise, practicing tight lacing, ETC., and
when the system Of either the man or Il e
woman rebels and weakens under the un-
natural strain illness and wetchedness t
in-and nine times ont of ten, according to
their own diagnosis, they have malaria
@And it is not the laity alone. am free
to confess the profession assists very often
in the deception. Sometimes in ignorance,
sometimes through policy, and sometimes
through sheer inability to combat these
settled habits or the knowledge that such
attempt would be hopel less, the physician
consulted falls back on the convenient
and general cause-m Slaria-under cover
of which diagnosis he pursues his treat
ment. The average patient must have a
name for his malady, and this word seems
to tickle his fancy. So much for the false
and fashionable malaria New York
Times
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
The Odor Of the Hay fieid.
.fAmaricau Avriclllurfsfl

Going from New England to a western
state many years ago. the writer was
struck with the difference between the
two localities in the haying season. In
the older states the air at haying time is
redolent of the most delightful fragrance,
making it pleasure to be out of doors.
At haying time in the western locality
there was only clean. weedy odor, quite
unlike thar to which we had been accus-
toned In looking into the reason for
this lack of pleasant odor at Eaying. we
examined the hay. and. while all the
usual grasses were preselt, we could find
no trace of the sweet scented vernal grass,
anthoxanthum odoratum, so common in
eastern meadows In itself this grass has
little value. Indeed its chief merit lies
in its odor. This IS developed as the
herbsge dries and few spears of this
grass will impart It's fragrance to large
mass of hay. This grass should always
form part of mixture for seeding q
lawn
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
East America s Drying Up.

If the progress If tree destruction in the
western Allegheah,s should continue at
the present rate the yearly foundations of
the Ohio valley will soon assume au
appalling magnitude. and ere long the
Q enes of the river suburbs of Louisville
and Cincinnati will repeat themselves at
Nashville and Chattanooga, while the
summers will become hotter aud drier.
In the gulf states the work of desiccation
has made alarming progress; brooks and
streams shrink from year to year, and
warm summers expose the gravel of river
beds which fifty years ago could hardly
be touched by the keels of heavy laden
vessels East America is drying up; even
in the paradise of the blue grass region
the failing of springs has obliged many
stockraisers TO remove their herds to the
mOuntains
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

With two investigating committees gnaw'
ing at her victuals, two heads to her police
hobbing at each other, two of her police
commissioners standing uncovered with
their heads off in the supreme court, and
two newspapers, both daily, tearing off the
bloody limbs of each other and slapping
each others faces with them, Cincinnati is
just at present too utterly footed into notori'
Gus prOtuherance
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
The vuIture and the Birds.
Detroit Free Press.

A Vulture, who had Smut Machine
of his own. Slandered and Abused and
lifted the Eagle, the Pheasant and all
other Birds, even TO the Humming Bird
This continued until sage had his Curl
osity Aroused. and he called upon the
Foul Bird and Inquired:
Why is it that you Abuse all the Bird
Creation outside of your own Species
Have any Of them Injured your"
why. no. replied the owner of the
Smut Machine The fact that none of
them will stoOp to notice me is what
Punctures my Cuticle
Moral-A Nulture never Forgives the
World that he WASH Created an Eagle.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

The treasury pays the miner four gold OF
greenback dollars for chunk of ore big
enough to make five silver dollars. But
II silver dollars are as good and the same as
gold dollars, why should he not be COM
PEELED to take four silver dollars fol-
his said chunk of silver Ore9 IL the bond
holder is to be paid in silver dollars at pal
with gold, why should not the seller OF
silver be paid in the same?
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12


Our Honest John Little, who we believe
is an owner of telephone stock, thought he
saw deep legal and constitutional reasons
why the United States had no right to bring
a suit to test the Bell-telephone patent; and
he introduced a resolution raising the in
quiry how such a lawsuit could possibly be
lawful on the part of the government We
were almost afraid that this formidable
resolution might cause pause in the pro-
ceedings against the great Bell monopoly;
but we are gratified to observe that the
action lis going right on, and that Hon.
Allen q. Thurman has accepted the govern
menrs invitation to assist in the prosecution.
Mr.. Little's resolution must have got too Sc
eurely lodged in a pigeouhole to be regarded
as an obstacle
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Costly Buttons for . Travelling Dress.


/ saw young woman who was about
to start for tour in Texas and Mexico
to those regions of highwaymen and in a
way which would battle them. So she
had a travelling dress trimmed lavishly
with buttons costing IS to 800 each.
The cheaper ones contained gold pieces
neatly laid between the wooden molds,
which were covered with cloth in the
usual fashion The costlier buttons were
similarly stuffed with United States notes
As fast as she requires cash she will clip
off these adornments replacing them with
ordinary ones of the same outward pat
tern
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Haven't Learned How.

Twenty years since the war closed. and
still people in the tlourishing southern
city of Atlanta haven't learned how to
Use the streets The Atlantis Constitution
complains that instead of dividing into
two streams moving left and right. as in
other large cities. the Atlanta people bob
here and there al random. colliding with
each other and making confused mass.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Rest Test of y Life.

The best test of eyesight is small print;
the best test of the cleanliness of room
is the cleanliness Of the hooks and cor
ners: the best test of life is micro
scopic examination Of common acts in
ordinary hours. and if it will bear this
test il is pure indeed
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Photogrsphing the Retius-
IArkansaM Trnxe,erI

The retina of the living eye has been
photographed by two English operators.
Owing 10 the non actinic color of the
retina, an exposure OF twenty minutes by
gaslight was required with an extra seEsi.
tive gelstine plate Although small. the
negative shows the bfurcstion of the
blood vessels and also the edge of the
blind spot
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
In the Rarbsr Shop.

A few days ago two men were in
Smiths barber shop. Une had red hair
and the other was baldheaded Red-hsir
to Baldhead-I Iou were not around when
they were giving out hairf Baldhead-
Yes, was there, but they only had q
little red hair and wouldn't take that
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

There was an open meeung of the Com
mittee of One Hundred in Cincinnati last
evening, attended by the public in large
numbers, and addressed by distinguished
speakers Of both parties, such as Z. W.
Kittredge. Julius Dexter. John p. Carbery,
and Nicholas Longworth. Cincinnati i
getting in earnest ON the subject Of her sal-
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

Gladstone is preparing bill for the ex-
preparation of Irish lands-that is, the gov
ernmentar appraisement and purchase OF
item from the landlords and the division
and sale of them to the tenants on favor
able and practicable terms. Good for Glad
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

London was in dense fog and an idiotic
scare all yesterday. Shops were closed and
barricaded. and platoons of police were
marching and countermarching the streets
from morning till midnight But there was
no sign . a renewal of the disorders. The
government. however, is geing into active
inquiry as to the extent Of the distress
among the industrious poor in England.
The demonstration may resultin necessary
awakening of the grandees and royal high
nesses to the needs of the great body of the
people who are ground down to starvation
to support the lords and ladies in their ex-
trayagance and luxury.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

Mr.. John P. Carbery, one of the staunch-
est democrats in Cincinnati, was called upon
aud threatened with physical violence by
one of Cincinnsti's noble police last evening.
Mr.. Carbery is a member of the COMMITTEES
of One Hundred, and this particular police
man had come under that committees ami.
madversion. Mr.. Carbery refused to be
hnlldazad
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

Why should not the Payne-investigating
committee call John X. Mclean? John
ought to be able To give some pointers. And
il might be that Alexander C. Sands could
be induced to- give down. il he were taken
by the black whiskers with persuasive
gentIeness of stroke
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

There has been another exciting debate
in the German reichstag on the subject o.
bimetalism. There is a large and growing
party in Germany that want restoration
of silver coinage through a conference and
agreement with foreign powers.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

There was craze to pay the national
bonds in greenbacks till the greenbacks bt-
eame par with gold; and now we hear nc
more of il Now the craze has Lit on silver.
There is class of people that think the
bonds ought to be discounted as much as
possible; and there is another class thai
think they ought to be repudiated altogether.
The difference between the two classes is q
difference only of degree.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

A Washington correspondent says that
John Sherman has, within the last year OF
two. grown more susve. more agreeable
than he ever was before Yes. the who'e
country is more agreeable to Sherman than
il has ever been before.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Murder Hidden Behind Cholera Morbus

"nroer hi'oen "e"i"" .o '""''
DIR. w. 5. Janney, OF this city, an ex-
coroner, is in the possession OF certain
facts from which the conclusion must be
almost inevitably drawn that the archives
of the health office contain, under the in
nocent guise OF medical certlf1cates OF
death from cholera morbus, enough muir
ders, were they traced to their guilty
sources, to keep the sheriff busy during
the whole OF his ensuing term. fhese
facts are ali based upon no less than nve
post-mortem examinations conducted oy
Dr. Janney ana MS associates during ms
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

DIR. Jones, superintendent of the Xenia
Home. seems 10 be getting along handsome
" with that Institution. His quiet way OF
efficiency emphasizes the blOUidting and
bulldOzing way of his predecessor. Shaw
was a sham and humbug; but it took the
Xenia people long time TO find it out, as il
ordinarily does for them to find out any
shan and humbug. But they are not SC
much to blame, considering that ring OF
humbugs blowing and striking for one an
other is always forcible in any peaceful and
innocent community
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

The government conscience-fund, which
has been accumulsting since 1912, has
reached s2a0.Oo0 This seems a small sun
for a great republic like ours to have got
invested in conscience during quarter of a
nentrrr
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
THE SELF-WlLLED 2-YEAR-oLD BOZ

Who Wanted to Have His Own way-A
Case of Unexpected Retribution.
Among the passengers on the st. Louis
express on the Erie railway between Port
Jervis and Jersey City, was very much
oyer-dressed woman, accompanied by
bright looking Irish nurse girl, who had
charge of a self -willed, tyrannical 2-year-
old boy. Of whom the Oyer-dressed woman
was plainly the mother. The mother oc-
cupied a seat by herself The nurse and
child were in seat Immediately in front
of her. The child gave such frequent ex-
hibitioDs of temper, and kept the car filled
with such vicious yells and shrieks, that
there was general feeling of savage in
dignation among the passengers. AL
though he time and again spat in his
nurses face, scratched her hand until the
blood came, and tore at her hair and
bonnet, she bore with him patiently. The
indignation of the passengers was made
the greater because the child's mother
made no effort TO correct or quiet him,
but on the contrary, sharply chided the
nurse whenever she manifested any
f. .nness Whatever the boy yelped for,
che mothers cry was, uniformly:
LET him have il, Mary
By the time the train passed Turner'S
the feelings of the passengers had been
wrought up to boiling point. The remark
was made audibly here and there that lit
was worth paying for to have the young
one chucked out of the window" The
hopeful's mother was not moved by the
very evident annoyance the passengers
felt, and at last fixed herself down in her
seat for comfortable nap. The child
l. al. Q l..f in h.af fa for
the hundredth time, and was preparing
for a fresh attack, when a wasp came
from somewhere in the car and few
against the window of the nurses seat,
The boy at once made dive for the wasp
as it struggled upward on the glass. The
nurse quickly caught his hand, and said
to him coaxingly:
Harry mustn't touchl Bug will bite
Harry"
Harry gave a savage yell, and began to
kick and slap the nurse. The mother
awoke from her nap She heard her son S
acreams. and, without lifting her head or
opening her eyes, she cried out sharply to
the nurse:
why will you tease that child 50,
Mary! Let him have il at once!"
Mary let go of Harry. She settled back
in her seat with an air of resignation, but
there was a sparkle in her eye. The
yell that followed caused joy to the entire
car for every eye was on the boy. The
mother awoke again.
MARY" she cried, "let him have it,"
Mary turned calmly in her seat, and
with wicked twinkle in her eye, said:
Sure, he's got il, .mumm
This brought the car down. Every one
| In il roared The ehild's mother rose up
in her seat With a jerk. When she learned
what the matter was she pulled her hoy
over the back of the seat and awoke some
sympathy for him by laying him across
her knee and warming him nicely. In
ten minutes he was as quiet and meek as
lamb and he never opened his head
again until the train reached Jersey City.
-New York Sun
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

There was forcibly feeble bulldozing
of witnesses before the senatorial committee
all yesterday. The democratic counsel con-
Quoted the cross-examinatiOn, and asked
questions till nobody could rest; but the tes-
timony stood in the evening where it had
stocd in the morning, rock-ribbed in all its
hideous impregnability.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

Congress has been in session now over
two months. WIN some constant reader
please state what big thing congress has
done for the country in that time?
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

Public sentiment is assailing the doors
of the senate's executive sessions with crow :
hars and battering-rsms. Down with the
old star-chamber conspiracy.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

Servia has called her whole army into
the field for drill. and Bulgaria has sent
word TO the powers that, in consequence Of
such wsrlike preparation by her enemy.
she is compelled TO mobilize her army too.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
FRIDAY EvsNIss. FrsauaRY u. 1855.

Attomey-General Garland declares thai
he twill not resign under fire" Is the Pan
Electricity he is under getting so hot that he
calls IL FIRE?
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Don't Burn Their Feet.

If your blacksmith insists upon burning
your horses feet in order to make the
shoes fit. hunt another farrier at once
The horseshoer that will do such Q thing
is either an ignoramus or Is too lazy to do
his work a. It should be dona
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
Life aud Teath.

A physician in Maryland put human
skull in a tree for ssfe-keeping during a
temporary absence and forgot it When
he thought of it again and went 70 get it
he found that sparrow had taken pos
session and raised family In It
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
CAPITAL CITY OF BRAZIL.
RIO JANEIRo's suGAR-toAf PEAKS
AND SPACIOUS hARBoR.

A Picture of Beauty and Quaintness-
Scenes In the Streets Of the City-Qusei
Carts-The Botanical Garden-A Touch
of All Nationslities.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

Kennedy is civi[service reformer with
a gavel. and Foraker is a eiyil-seryice re-
former with an az.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

THE Rhine alone, says the spright
liest of statisticians. Selma Gayne. in The
Worlds Lumber Room. carries to the
sea every year carbonate Of lime enough
to make the shells Of sac $40 non Hna
oystsiA
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12

Parker's Pleasant Worm syru! Never Fails