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TALK CORRECTLY.
Bishops Exhortations on the Sublec. of
Correct Language.

Bishops ExhOrtatiOns on the Subject of
Correct Language.
Probably there is not an instrument
IN common use, from a pencil to Il
piano, which is used SO imperfectly as
language. You were well taught here,
and most Of you have been using the
English you learned for some time since
you graduated. But if you will let me
be PLAIN, suspect it would be safe to
offer gold medal as a prize to every
young lady here who will not before to-
morrow night utter some sentence that
cannot be parsed, will put no singulars
and plurals into forbidden connections:
will drop no particles. double no mega
tves, mix no metaphors, tangle no
parenthesis, begin no statement two or
three times over without finishing it.
and not once construct proposition
after this manner when person
talks like that, they ought to be ashamed
of it."
We all repeat and perpetuate conven-
uonal plumbers and hereditary solecisms
without once applying the study of four
or i've years in syntax and cOniuoation
to our current speech. Where is the
reform to begin? | say emohatically.
set about grammatic correctness, first
OF all. Watch yourself. Criticize YOUR
sell. lie lntolerant with yourself Get
some housemate to expose you. Say
over the thlng CORRECTLY till the mistake |
is made impossible. It would be no
more disoreditable to your training to
finish picture out of drawing, or to
misspell the name of one of our terri
tories, or to mistranslate line of Vir-
gil, or to fiat in music. than to con-
found the parts of speech in a morning
call
Nothing is to be said of slang. III
were to eXhort those who are here on
that matter, it should be only to for
bearance. in that they are obliged to
hear it from their ill-bred acguaint.
ances. Awful handsome" and "hor-
rid nice" and Jolly sunset" and all
that pitiful dialect, coming of weak
heads and early neglect, we shall have
to bear with till select and heightened
schools have chastened the manners
and elevated the spirit of the better
conditioned classes; and, through them,
the improved standard will work it's
way outward and downward into the
public schools and into the homes of
the people. Unexpected hyperbole is
often witty but nonsense is not. nor
are stale repetitions of nonsense.
An ill-natured bachelor shamefully
reports chat he has entered in his diary
a thousand scraps of talk of young
women overheard in streets and houses,
OF which seven hundred and eighty be-
gin with Says T. or "says he, and
hundred and twenty contain the combi-
nations GUST splendid" "stuck up
and perfectly lovely. "-Bishop Huiat.
i"9to@'s Add'eSs before he Keble School,
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Fingers Before Forks.

The Malay said; "Such dirty prac.
tice. We say to ourselves What do
know of the history of this fork? II
has been in hundred. perhaps q
thousand mouths; perhaps even in the
mouth of my worst enemy This
thought is very repulsive to us" But, -"
said |, 1.-The fork is thoroughly cleaned,
or ought to be, every time il is used,
first with soap and water, then with
plate-powder.' Ought to be; quite
so. But how doyou know that your SER
want does not shirk his work? fyou have
lazy servant you are liable to eat with
fork that has not been thoroughly
cleaned; whereas, ! know that my
fingers are clean, for | wash them my
self before eating. They are quite as
clean as the cleanest fork, and they have
two great advantages over it-one, that
they have ever been in any ones
mouth but my own, and another that
they are washed by myself. Emily
hines
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-
M but it takes a very powerful telescope
bow the faint companion OF the Dog
E4 This companion is one of the most
Br]Flous objects in the heavens, because,
i thosh 1t Possesses a mass equal to one
nrd lat OF sirius, yet its light is so dim
eat itnakes only a minute speck beside
e gres star. 1t has been suggested that
as my be tremendous plan
revlvlng around Sirius, and
fntly reecting lis light to us. Its more
|fely, hoNever, tobe body which has not
~ passe, completely beyond the solar
'age OF is existelce-a dying sun, which
rs hence Pill become the Jupiter OF the
Fian systm. 1t tkes this mysterious
pr about forty-nine years to complete a
Eolution around Sirius. The second mag.
Eude star in the fon-foot OF the Dog is
|led Mirzsm. The sar situated in the
sg right ear is namel Muliphen, and has
|dergone Singular chalges In the seven.
lnth century it is sad to have disap-
ared for twenty yeas. In the Dog .
OK is a star a little below the second
Ignitude called Wesen and in the hip is
|other, of nearly equa brightness, called
PARA. The two hinderteet are marked by
Il stars Naos and Lambda. But in this
Re Sirius is the constellation. The Dog
klr so completely outslines all it's neigh,
rs that they possess little interest il
Inpanson with it.-N J. Sun.
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ck with the most beautiful and INTEREST.
double, triple, multiple and nebulous
rs. IL Is a mine OF wonders that he win
yer tire OF working.
Inc third magnitude star in the Giants
-. ieg' below the sword, is called Saiph.
une observer will follow out with his
toward The southeast the line indicated
~ the enree stars in Orion s belt he will see
star in the heavens, Sirius. or
WI log star belonging to the constella.
hoA oi the Great Dog; which is represented
~ our second picture, Astronomers baye
louno evidence that Sirius has been a
svorieu star IN every land. The ancients
ascripeu tne great heats OF midsummer to
tne influence OF the Dog Star, which at that
season rose at the same time as the sun.
So Virgil wrote '''' '''
fai ched was the grass, and blighted was
NOT scape the beasts; for Sirius from on high
Win pesuientia heat infects the Sky. ="
And Aratus, describing the Great Dog.
says: g
In his fell jaw
beams A 90"ilhs
fercely burning. called by mortals
sirius. Him rising with the eastern sun
NO plants deceive with false luxuriance
Win sure discrimination fierce he rusLea
through their ranks.
And, strengthening these, blasts those with
all their foliage.
For the Egyptians the rising OF Sirius
ioretold the rising of the Nile, and the ours
oHKome had reason to dread their blazing
Infmesake in the sky, for the Romans year
~ sacrificed a dog to propitiate the great
slPr. There is some reason to think that a
|rdmarkable change OF color has taken place
I'M SIRIUS, for whereas it is now as white as
&esh diamond, 1t is said to have been
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star modestly peeping out through
dazzling rays OF its great brother sun.
The three stars in the Giants Bel
Of the second magnitude, and the lowe
is also a celebrated double, the compa
star, which can only he well seen VI
powerful telescope, possessing such
gular color that the Russian astrorl
Strive felt compelled TO invent q wcI
describe it. He called it "olivaceas1
bicInda." Hanging from the belt
sword marked by three luminous p |
the middle OF which is the Great NeiI
Orion, although the naked eye dol
distinguish it from star. 1t is hardl
sible that the most unimpressionabl
son could see this marvellous phenotf
with good telescope without u fee
awe. 1t is a vast mass OF greenisH
millions OF millions of miles in acti
tent, embracing number of stah
containing streams and riffs and
gaps OF the most singular form, sugl (
the operation OF world and sun Il (
forces on the most stupendouI (
imaginable. II has been shown chad 7
changes in the appearance of this +
have taken place in the last two cd
The telescopist viii find that III
neighbOrhoOd OF the Great Nehula VI 4
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ImInoderate Prisoners.
"A resident OF the State OF Michigan
n5vIJT y AsI1Isfle EaqsilE and
beenlconyicted by due Process of Law
and Sentenced to Imprisonment fol-
Twenty-Five Years, thus Appealed to
the Court:
your Honor, I was in Jail one year,
pending this Conviction. That time
should be taken from my Sentence. -
The Judge agreed to this, and thu
Prisoner continued:
II planned this crime Sixteen Year,
ago. Justice demands that my terri
be shortened that much"
This was also agreed to, and thu
Prisoner said;
This only leaves me eight years t.
serve, and, us can gain year and q
half on this, and, as my Friends ara
sure to move for Pardon, it would
seem Foolish to go to the Expense and
Trouble of Sending me to Jackson. q"
Thereupon the Judge became Indig.
nant. and not only refused to Abatq
the Original Sentence, but stated that
he would not put his Name to the Petit
ton for Pardon.
R0r0L While n Murderer seems ia
have more Rights than an Innocent
man, he should Exercise Judgment
and Moderation in the Prisoners Box.
Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30

over one-sixth, or 122, strictly come
under the head of news and general in
formation. The journals of special
character, but also furnishing general
news, and the papers and periodicals
dealing with special matters of universal
interest, augment the 122 newspapers
mentioned to Alb. The remaining 500
are purely class papers and trade jour
mails. Many publications of the class
last referred to are ably conducted and
of great value to the business COM
munity. The larger number of them,
say 100, are but advertising mediums,
in fact At least one-half of these adj
vertising sheets are of the most ephem-
eral character. Instead of the nomen-
clature which exists among them they
should have such names as Little Joker,
Will-'o-the-Wisp and Fly-by-Night, as
they appear and disappear with start
ling rapidity, and move in May courses.
The publisher of one of this kind of
papers, ostensibly a weekly, has lived
well and supported a family for the
past two years upon advance payments
of subscriptions and advertisements OBJ
tanned, and has issued but two numbers
of his paper, one at the commencement
of each OF the two years. He is still
collecting for subscriptions and adver-
tisements, and the third number of the
paper will shortly appear.
In 1860, as regards to number, the
five leading classes of newspapers and
periodicals in New York and the five
minor classes were as follows:
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orb OF day. The consultations too, al
though the practical astronomer does no
think much of them, possess extraordi
| nary interest, because they are among tn,
must ancient and the most enduring crea
| tlo1S of the human Imagination. Al
Or Seiss says: "Heathen, Moham
I medans and Christians, the oldest
with the latest, disagreeng in so many
| things, yet agree in adopting and honorine
these primitive notations of the stars. !
More than one learned Investigator, includ
ing the late DR.. Seyffarth has come to the
conclusion that many, at least, of the con.
stellations known to us were familiar to the
inhabitants of the earth before the flood
Yet most OF the consultations are so fanci.
tul that only vivid Imagination is able to
picture the figures among the stars which
men Tor ages past, and in all countries,
have agreed to recognize there
Modern Investigations have also made
the stars more interesting by showing the
existence OF many differences between them.
The spectroscope finds evidence that some.
like Capella and Arcturus, closely resemble
our sun in composition and age, while
Others, like Sirius and Vega, are probably
much younger than the sun; and some. like
Betelgeuse and Antares, are older than the
sun, and slowly approaching the age OF ex-
tlnction. From all quarters of the heav-
ems the stars fash to us IN their light the
information that they contain iron, cal
CUM, nickel, lead and many other metals
and substances that we findupon the earth,
ana that blaze in the photosphere of the
sun.
To know the stars, then, is to enioy
The glory OF many suns instead OF one
alone.
Anybody who goes out about ten o'cloekl
on one OF these clear wiiaeeP-tai sshts-tn-so ONE
open place where there are no electric lii,
TO dazzle the eyes and obliterate the n
ders OF the sky, and faces the south.
see half way between the horizon
the zenith, and little to the east off
meridian, the splendid constella tor
Orion, which is represented bv the
picture in this column. There is no
stellation in the whole armament eoua
this not even the famous Southern C,
AS Aratus wrote, more than two centls
before Christ:
" Eastward beyond the region of the Bull&
0'ahus gteaC ORION; whose kens not hiIs
clOudless night
g le0ming aloft, shall cast his eyes IN VAIN
10 fnd brighter sign in all the heavens
The antiquity OF this constellation i,
cheated by Job: "Canst thou loose
bands OF Orion?" The first magni%
star near the right shoulder of the gi@ K
hunter is Betelgeuse an orange or to.
colored sun, which is exceedingly beautie
when seen through good telescope. II
the opposite shoulders a star of the seco !,
named Bella rix. In the
hited foot is another first magnitude ~
called Ripel whose hrill;an+ ,yl;@ ~ =
contrast beautifully with the rich gol@
hue of its rival, Betelgeuse. Rieel Is
famous double star, and ii our observk b,
armed with a frst-rate three.inch teleseH
he can see the little decp-blue compare
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30

Dnmley had been out with party o.
friends, and they were assisting each OTHER
In getting him home.
Aren't you afraid to meet your wife, old
mani" asked one.
Fraid!' said Dumley, valiantly, "whosh
'iraidl Fraid (hic) nuthin'. Y Jess wait
an (hic) see whosh boss, m wife r l."
They inclined him gently against the door
and rang the bell. Then they waited to see
who was boss.
Dumley suddenly disappeared, the door
slammed shut, and as they moved away
they said:
" She's boss"-N Y Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

An old pine tree that was cut down
recently near Meriwether, Ga, meas
ured SIS feet from the stump to the top
Ladies who wear gloves of medium
or light color are cautioned against the
use of umbrellas with silver handles, as
they will seriously blacken the inside
of the glove, and it is quite impossible
to remove the stain. - Chicago Journal.
New Workers who have been buy
ing at a high price, and eating with
great relish, California fruit. have
their faith in their grocers shaken bv
official statements in San Francisco that
''only four car loads have been sent to
New York this year"
"A manufacturer of Breslau. Ger
many, has built an elastic fire-proof
chimney, fifty-one feet six inches high,
entirely of paper. The blocks, instead
OF being brick or stone, were made of
layers of compressed paper, iointed
with some silicious cement
king Theebaw, of Burmah, SAYS the
London Graphic, was a great patron of
the drama in his palmy days, and in
troduced curious method of awarding
the actors. Before the king table
was placed bearing number of silver
imitation cocoanuts filled with Jewels,
pearls and rings of various values. The
king then called each actor to the table
and bid him choose one of the cocoa
nuts, the player taking his chance as to
the worth of the contents.
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The Wonderful Design.

Mrs. Quickenalth's husband had given
her fine dress of q new material and new
design and she had it on at a swell recep-
ton.
"That's magnificent dress your vile
wears" remarked a friend.
4 "Vell yes, thought So he responded,
Aprideiully.
!. Anew design. too"
t.'s'vnavts tne'n gure on-ItY"- continued the
Friend, putting on His eyes glasses for better
examination.
Twelve hundred dollars" replied the
pleased husband, and the conversation
stopped Merchant Traveller.
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Il
ties Organization Society reports that
1t found on single street (between
Houston and Fourteenth streets) S23
cases requiring relief, or with the aver
age OF four to each family. population
OF 5000 people in single street only
hVe blocks in length, and the section
referred to is generally regarded as one
occupied bypoor but respectable work
ing people.-N Y Tribune.
The amount Of water in food ia
very large. A beefsteak contains
seyenty-seven per cent. of water. In
buying pound, only one-fourth of that
pound is dry solid meat. Cabbaces
contain eighty-five and ninety per cent.
OF their weight of water, and succulent
fruits sometimes more than ninety per
cent. Of substances most commonly
eaten, rusks or biscuits are the drieSt
and watermelons the most watery of
toods.-Toro'ato Mail.
The international Criminal Com
gress, which has been in session in
Rome, has brought to light many lin
teresting statistics. 1t appears that
Italy has an annual average of eight
murders to every 100000 inhabitants.
against nine in Spain and Hungary,
two IN Austria, one in France and Bel
gum, and only 0.5 in Great Britain In
crimes against public morality the rate
OF average for Italy is four, while that
OF Germany is thirteen-the highest
figure on the list.
Referring to the use of corrosive
subilmate as a surgical dressing, the
Phlladelphia Medical and Sa@qicoL
Journal cites the following remarkable
TACT; A child was brought in with his
leg so mangled--bones crushed etc.
that that three prominent surgeons
decided that amputation was impera-
tive. " They told the parents that the
child would die if the operation was
not performed. But the parents would
not consent to it, and, under protest,
the surgeon dressed the wound in BIZ
chloridized sawdust 'The result" saws
the Journal, ''was an absolutely per
feet limb =" /
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30

Colonel Wtherspoon used to be very
rich, but oil late he has met with financial
reverses. He has even been compelled to
sell his riding horse. His old servant re.
mains faithful. The Colonel uses bicycle
When he returns homo on his bicycle, the
faithful servant walks it up and down in
the yard for ten or fifteen minutes to cool
i oil, before putting it in the STABLE
Texas SHtiHgS.
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ORION AND THE GREAT o,
Some of the Numerous Wonders of
Heavens.

"Why did not somebody teach me
consultations and make me at home in |
starry heavens, which are always OF
head, and which do not half know to Z
day." regretfully exclaimed Thomas q
lyle.
There are many persons who, like q
lyle, regret that they have not learned,
had the means of learning, the geograp|
OF the heavens. The advances of astronop
in our day have been so rapid, and d
stars have made to the telescope and /
spectroscope so many strange and wond,
iul revelations, that nobody should be
norant OF the names and places of thd
great suns blazing in the depths of spa,
and many of which are far larger al
more splendid than our own magnifice
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
CLASS NEWSPAPERS.
Their Character and Enormous Increase
in Twenty-Five Years.

This has been aptly called the me-
chanical age of journalism. With all
the powerful intellect brought to bear,
the boundless knowledge of men and
affairs subsaved, and the cognizance
of events near and affair." the publishing
of newspaper is but business mat
ter. To the ordinary mind, a daily
newspaper was once sort of magical
resultant, but it is now most prosiac
affair, as regards its production and
distribution. Once, the publication Of
a newspaper, whether daily or u
weekly, was a serious undertaking and
well considered. Now merchants,
tradesmen, undertakers, soapmen, agi-
tators and ''fakirs" thrust their jour
nails upon the public in bewildering
numbers.
The line between newspapers and
class papers is finely drawn. Arbi-
trarily defined, newspaper is pub
LEGATION which supplies current news
and general information, and is issued
regularly to subscribers or sold to the
public. All others are special papers,
whether they treat of merchandise, art
or literature. Papers wholly or in part
dealing with mercantile affairs are
properly called ''trade journals. -
OF the 722 newspapers and periodicals
A.s.ll;sh.s1 81 Niassr--Sss,,.ls Civ - 1i+tla
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In an artesian well being sunk AZ
San Bernardino, Cal, a sound cedar
log was struck at a.depth of 1853 feet,
and at 1863 feet another was en-
countered.
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Chawley-What! you black your own
aoes every morning, Algernon?
kAlgernon-Yaas, my dear boy. | found
bat carrying a cane wasn't enough exer-
Sc for my biceps, so have jaken to black.
1g my shoes, you know.-RambIcr.
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The classification OF The present time
is as under
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A CAUTIOUS JUDGE.

- 4.Inerioan FablG for Unthlnklng Ano
Imnoderate Prisoners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-16
OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE MAILS

Northern mails close at 7:30 and $50 H. l..
1880, 6:3O and 1888 p. IN. Open at SO .. III.
1900 IN. and $50 D. IN.
Southern mails via Richmond, Va, close at :, :,
and 11:OO a. m, AS p, ~. Opcn at $50 and
1890 a. m.
Southwestern mails via Charlottesville, Va
close ut 7:15 and 11:1O =. m and 7::}5 y. u
Open at $50 u. M. and 300 p m; and S:30p. =.
for lock-boxos.
Western mails close III 430 and T:r5 = ~
Opcn ut $50 a. M, 1900 IN. and $50 D. n,
Washington, d. c., mails close nj 1870 anA $40
a. m, 1890 A:3O, 6;30 and T:;;;;5 y. ~. upcn 1t
$3.50 1O:3oa. IN. 1900 IN, 800 G}H nad
100 p. III.
Alexandria and Round Till. Ya., mails eos" ii
S::55 Il. NJ. Opcn at $50 p. N. a.: additional
mail to Lcesbrrg, Vienna, Hcrndon ~ Faift...,
G. III. closes ut 400 p. III. Opens st o:lj n W.
Manassas Division mails close st 2:lu
p. m. Open at 1880 a. Ii. An additional na;l
for Buckland, Cltharp;n, Gainesville Grccnwirh.
Halfway, Haymarkct Hickory Grove, Landmati
Middlcburg, New Baltimore, Sudlcy Springs ';'ho
Plains, and Waterfall, closes nj 7::i5 p. M.
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An AMERICAN BUYING A RAzoR.-Witn

AN AMERICAN BUYING RAzoR.-"lth
IN the last year there has certaiOl been
GREAT increase in the number OF persons
Ohio shave themselves, if the sale OF Iazofs
to individuals who are not BARRIERS is any
indication of such fact. Englisbmen' as
q rule, attend to their OWE tonsoIlai wants.
and Americans are fast acquiring the same
habit. There is great deal OF difference
experienced by a salesman in attempting to
DISPOSE of a razor to an American ana
when trying to sell one to an Engishman
The latter simply inquiries for certaln
make and takes the first one he lays MS
hands on if satisfied that the manufacturers
name engraved upon the blade is genuine.
The American when he purchases razor
requires at least dozen from which TO
make his choice, believing that only one
good one is to be found in twelve. Ibis Is
only superstition that prevails anon
Americans, who must have received 1t from
BARRIERS to whose interest it IL 10 impress
their customers with the idea that vast
sums of money must be spent hefore good
razor can be obtained.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-16

Cows AND CONSUMPTION. "A Paris letter
saws: "The council of health has reported
in favor of the expulsion of all dairy COWS
from Paris, and only the federation of a very
few, the owners of which can show e1cep.
transformations of salubriety. There are
upward of 5000 of these snimals in the cap
itsl, and they are found to be prolific
source of pulmonary consumption. Inc
milk of great number of them was alive
with the bacillus, which wastes the tissues
of cows and human beings attacked with
phthisis. A syndicate OF dairyme VINO
have taken stables which they use for byres
on long leases cry out in the name OF vested
rights against the hardship of their business
being broken up and no compensatory
granted. 1t has been suggested that Nj.
Pasteur might find means of subdulng
phthisis, and thus rendering it safe to drink
the milk drawn from cows kept in contine-
ment The council of health has, however,
turned deaf ear to the suggestion, and Will
continue to do So"