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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-05

though no doubt it admired Rover's
great loud "bow-wowr' and felt that
its own little "ba-a-ap' was in compar-
ison very mild,
The farmer often wished to take tho
sheep and kill it. now that it was too
big for Annie to play with; but Mr..
Noble declared that "Bob"-for so
Annie had named it when it was tiny
baby-was one of the family and that
it should stay in the yard with the dogs
as long as it chose.
One day l was in the snug library
writing. 1t was the beginning of the
cold weather, and few days before
there had been heavy fall of snow
the first of the season--just the time
when the wolves are often driven by
hunger to attempt raid on the farm
ers poultry-yards. Suddenly l heard
a great commotion outside, and Tom
and Harold ran past the window,
shouting: Rover, Jowler-here, dogs!
Wolf! IA wolf"
l was putting my papers together,
and thinking whether should venture
out in the cold or whether ! should
leave them to catch the wolf by them
selves, when Mr.. Noble came in, say
ing, Quick, Glaucus; quick! On with
your coat! There is the funniest sight
outside you ever saw.
OF course I jumped up, hurried into
my coat and overshoes, and rushed out
into the snow, wondering what new
feature there could be in the not I'M
usual visit of wolf to the farm, and
when outside l saw the boys and dogs
were running across the open clearing
in full chase after two large wolves.
But, certainly, there was the strangest
sight l ever saw in my life! There
among the pack of dogs, ran Bob"
scampering along with the best of
them, and "ba-a-a-ing" with all its
might at the astonished wolves.
/ don't know what the sheep had
planned to do if it caught them, but
Rohs actions were so threatening that
we wondered whether it would have
eaten ! wolf for supper if it had over
taken one. Unluckily for our sport,
however, the wolves managed to es-
escape for that time, and Master Bob
came home with the baffled pursuers,
looking as proud as though it had sue
ceoded in securing some wolf for sup
per and had enjoyed the taste.
l don't know what became of Bob
afterward, but / am convinced that
sheep with ambition enough to chase
a wolf may have aspired to any thing.
St Nicholas.
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BANKING IN CHINA

How Pigtailed Tellers Handle Scraps OF
Silver and Clumsy Bank Notes.
A curious place that we looked into
on our way across the city of Canton
was a Chinese bank. where the counter.
part of the brisk young cashiers, tellers
and accountants of our home banks
were sitting in pigtails, and the long
blue blouses of gentlemen and scholars,
shoveling silver Mexicans from basket
to basket. and letting them fall on the
stone floor with deafening ring and
clatter A Chinaman can do nothing
quietly, and noise is his necessary ac-
compartment to every action. Every
one OF the pewtery-looking dollars is
weighed and stamped by the bank. rung
on stone slabs and fully tested, and
there are baskets full of fragments.
halves and chips of silver dollars that
pass as smaller coins. These scraps
and bits of silver pass current by their
weight and their purity is tested by the
ring. The Hong Kong and Shanghai
Banking corporation issue paper
notes of different values that save
one fsom carrying loads of these
clumsy Mexican dollars about with
seaa but the bank notes are as
clumsy in proportion. They are all
OVER six inches long and four inches
wide, of a tough, tibrous paper, as thick
as blotting paper. and rs nabby as so
much dirty calico, which they chiefly
resemble. Those diploma-sized notes
OF the Bank of England are small and
compact by comparison, and every
common-sense traveller cries for Nit
kiewicz and his syndicate to come with
the great bank and do away with the
ugly Mexican and the clumsy English
notes. A great proportion of Chinese
talent must be employed in counter
letting Chinese dollars, to judge from
inc numbers about and the wariness
with which every one accepts one Of
the coins. A most clever counterfeit
passed off on me was one that was
plainly pure silver and newly minted.
An expert raped it sharply with his
pen-knife, and the top fell off like the
I'D OF box, and disclosed an interior
81 pure pewter filing in the thin shell
of silver. At the American schedule of
wages, two dollars of a silversmith's
llme had been used to plane off in q
thin shaving the top of the dollar, dig
out the solid part and fill up the cavity
with lead, and bring the deceptive
Seyenty-cent dollar down to silver
value Mt ten cents or less, Cor. ST.
|'n@IS Globe Democrat
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A GIRLS INVENTION.
How n Veterans Daughter IL FILLING a
Depleted Family Treasury.


Depleted Family Treasury.
In remote but decent part of Bos-
ton has lived for about fifteen years an
English family of rather unique inter-
est. The father served in the war of
the rebellion, and, being partial in
valid in consequence, receives a small
pension, which does not go far toward
supporting the family, and he can do
little besides draw his pension and
suffer his constant pain. The mother is
a small woman, with large brown ewes
and pale checks She has had q toilsome
life, indeed, and has done all sorts Of
work to try and exc out the family
support. Two daughters, the elder
somewhat noted in her neighborhood
as II beauty, and small boy make up
the balance of the household. Although
desperately poor, the family have been
as proud as Lucifer and seemed bound
to accept no more charity than was alb
solutely unavoidable. though there are
plenty of well-to-do people around
them who would gladly have contrit.
uted in their aid, as every member Of
the family commanded respect. They
have come to be known even outside
their narrow circle from their constant
effort to better themselves, trying now
this thing and now that. Every thing
failed until short time ago; but at
last the family have struck something
that will give them ease and comfort if
not comparative wealth. The hand
some daughter is credited with the dis
covery, which is simply q new method
oftreating photographs in reproductions
Her name has been given TO it, aud her
work is getting more and more circu-
lation every day with Of course an in
creased inflow of dollars to the family
treasury. She has secured patent on
her process. All the photographers are
puzzled by the work and would like to
have it for use in their business, as they
see that this girl is getting as many or
ders as she can fill at the good price OF
three dollars for each cabinet repro
duction. The pictures are the same
size as the cabinet photographs, but
softer and more pleasing in tone, and
are mounted under thick plate-glass
with beveled edges. How she makes
her copies nobody has been able to find
out rs yet, but iu the slang of the day
her work goes "--Sprin0feld Rep''0'
licdn.
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FASHIONS FANClES.


Combination Costumes for Summer-Or-
namentaI Hooks and Eyes.
Combinations Of wooden and silk re-
main as popular as ever, and costumes
of this class are possibly tride more
dressy than the Atwood or all-silk
dresses. which are naturally more quiet
in effect Polonaise effects are notice.
able, and many Of the street and yacht
ing costumes intended to be worn
without 81 wrap, have a polonaise front
and basque back, with the drapery
made so that it can be attached with
hooks and loops to the basque, COM
pleting the effect.
Plaids are generally used in combi-
nations with self. colors, but the usual
fashion of taking one of the colors of
the plaids into consideration is not fol-
lowed in using the be autiful multi
colored plaids, which are most artistic
if properly arranged. The immense
checks of solid color, such as Gobelin
blue and white, or black and gold, are
also exempt from necessarily employ
ing one of their colors in combination;
blue-and-whitec check may be used with
gray or black, and black-and-gold with
gray or Gobelin blue.
Many costumes, especially those of
striped camels' hair, are made up in
one material throughout, and the stripes
often play an important part in their
effectiveness. The basque seams can
be so arranged by the cutting and fit
ting of the striped goods that much
greater effect of slenderness can be
given to the figure. The same effect is
sometimes produced by the use of folds
of material or braid put on to simulate
stripes.
Small ornamental no ols-and-eyes,
covered silk buttons with loops of silk
folds, or lacings of cord run through
worked eyelet-holes in the edges of the
goods, are used to hold opposite edges
of the drapery together at the side, for
about half the distance down the skirt;
where something of this sort is not
used cluster of ribbon loops is fire.
quentlv placed at one side.-DemoreSc s
M0nthtQ
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STRANGE RESEMBLANCE.
Twin Brothers Whose Signatures Proved a
Puzzle to Patent Ufici


~ heard a good story the other day."
said one of the orators, con II couple of
Lewiston men. They are twin brothers
and the most remarkable in some re-
spects that ever existed. Both are of
scientific, artistic turn OF mind and re-
markably capable in many ways. The
most curious thing to me, however. is
the fact that their great re resemblance
extends even to their handwriting and
has been great puzzle to bank officials
and every body else. These brothers
are inventive and have lately patented
an important device. The story, Us /
heard it, is that after the specification
and aflidavits, ETC.. etc, were made, it
was required that both should make
oath and sign documents. They did
so and the papers were sent to the
Patent Office.
Not long after their attorneys re-
ceivcd notification of Irregularities in
proceedings and soon the specified state
ment was made, from the United States
Patent Office, that the law required
that both persons should sign the
papers, while in this case, it was very
evident that one person had signed
both papers. The lawyer smiled.
Here was direct statement. The
United States Patent Office experts
didn't say that they thought that the
names had been signed by the same
person. but they deliberately stated.
in so many words, that one person had
signed both names. He had to make
personal explanation to The Patent
Office and relate how wonderful is the
wondrous affinity of birth. "-LewdSton
Me. Journal.
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STARTING a FASHION.



One day, being caught in his private
dressing-room by tailor, who ragged
and said he would not leave till he had
been paid his bill, Count DOrsay
listened thouehtfully for time. fixing
his eyes upon Il package that the irate
tailor had deposited upon chair.
This package was enveloped in coarse
sort of canvas.
"Have you much of that stuff in
your shopP" said Count D'Orsay
what kind--that ugly canvas? If
wanted it l could tomorrow have
enough to wrap up all the merchandise
in the London docks"
London docks!" said the Count;
"don't talk nonsense. Come to me to-
morrow at four o'clock and take my
measure for pair of trousers cut from
this canvas"
In vain the tailor endeav ored to dis
suade the Count stating that the canvas
was not suitable for garment, and in
q short time Count D'Or5ay was sup
piled with the canvas trousers.
At five o'clock one afternoon he
climbed the vast staircase of Crock
ford's, then one of the fashionable clubs
of London. and the first person he met
was Lord Chesterfield.
Upon my word" said the noble
Lord, you have q singular garment
there-somcthing rare. without doubt.
Always the same original and charm
ing D'OrSayw
The Coun. received the compliment
with some confusion.
at is perhaps not exactly elegant. "
he said, "but it is very handy and
fresh, especially suited to riding on
horseback. "
In few moments group Of dandics
had surrounded the clever Frenchman,
Lord Chesterfield in the main parlor
was expatiating on the orig inagity OF
D'Orsay's taste, and few days after
ward the tailor found himself overrun
with orders for the canvas trousers.
Lord Chesterfield himself ordered .
dozen pairs. Count D'Orsay had ac-
complished his purpose, and the de-
lighted tailor came no more with his
troublesome bill. illustrated Weekly.
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FOB OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
ENVY WONDERS.

Ooader which child left her book in the way
FsT Rover good fellow, to capture in play
He's tossed 1t. and twirled it, and torn out a
page,
1t was all done in frolic, though looking like
rage.
You don't mean to tell mel twas surely not
your
wonder which child OF gay gleefu four,
Must always be called thus: Come back shut
the doorr
I wonder who sometimes, thus summoned, for
That people have nerves, which a sudden noise
fretsf
wonder What blushing, my dear little May,
Was 1t you did that same naughty thing, but to-
day?
/ wonder which child cried at bedtime last
night,
And sulked with face that quite clouded the
light
And said he thought eight O'Clock came before
seven,
And wished he was big to sit up till elevens
| wonder If such boy feels very grandF
Why, Jack, was 1t you? That 1 can't under
stand.
I wonder which child made fuss at the cold
This morning, and shivered till nurse had to
scold;
Which hates nice clear water, and fdgets about,
And always get washed with q frown and
pout;
I wonder If Harry will own 1t is wrong,
And try to do better, and that before long.
I wonder II Aunty, who sits in her chair
And writes this all down. herself thinks 1t is fair
TO tell of these children, when Harry and May.
Dear Jack. and sweet Prue, have assured her
to-day
They will turn leaf over, and presently show
How careful and thoughtful and good they will
grow?
---Ers. u. b. S1ngstsr, in Youths C9mpaaioe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-05
CUSTOMS OF CAPRI
''slue Scenes On the Island Made
Famous by GaribaIdL.

Famous by GaribaIdl.
lhey nave a strange way in this littl G
pace found. of betrothing the girls
10 Tue young men before the latter
leave inc town. AS very few of them
are abe to either read or write, long
years pass by without word from the
lover or "Spoza" rea ling the patient
girl at home.
IL IS not a rare thing to meet here
young couples who were engaged for
teh' Twelve or fifteen years before
fortune was sufficiently favorable to
allow them to marry
one can not soon get rich on thirty
cents a day, and that is the wages of a
man In Capri. This is perhaps the
reason why so many men leave the
island leaving the women at home to
take care of the vineyards and olive
groves.
IL Is very picturesque scene, those
women with their gay costumes. rich
compilations, bright, flashing eyes. al
work In the fields, or leading their
Hooks OF goats up the mountain side to
pasture. Their feet are always bare,
and become so hard that it is simply
wonderful what they can endure. They
/. will walk over the roads covered with
N4rp, hity stones, climb the rugged
- s4$des, and be quite as COM
fctaA. as if walking on the softest
carpet. IN fact for hardness their feet
resemble hos of the Western girl,
VINO, when toA by her mother that
there was rd-aot coal under her foot,
drawled out,wihout moving an inch:
(Which foot is l. under, mammy?"
Yet the feet OF thcs, women are by nc
means misshapn, br, on the contrary
are perfect models for an artist
During my SHY on he island l en-
dyed the rare treat of witnessing the
grand festival of San Antonio, this be
ing the great feast day of the wear.
One of the most attractive feature.
to me was the procession of white-robec
maidens, vending their way through
the narrow streets, lined with white
walled houses. From the top of thes
walls, friends and lovers showere,
down the understanding, golden Sal
Antonio fiori upon the procession be
low. The girls were wreathed wit
flowers, and carried in their hand
either candles or little wooden images
and chanted as they walked. surround
ed by clouds of smoke from swingin
| cenSOrs.
Through the town and up the wind
inc stone stairs cut in the mountain
side, they passed to the chapel, wher
the religious services were held. ATTIC
that came the feasting, and the dane
ing, and the music, over which the,
became greatly excited.
The numberless movements of thei
favOritc dance, the "Tarantata, an
the easy graceful forms of the dancer
as they swayed backward and forwarr
was indeed pleasing and exhiliaratin.
sight The "Tarantata" is danced b.
thr:ecouples only, the men dancin
Nr6sNd the women and then kneelin
as nppliants at their feet. The wome
raise them, and with airy movems nj
dance around the men. Then the
separate into pairs, advancing and re
treating and again dancing together
The figures of the dance are but small
part of its beauties; there is an indie
scribable fascination in the free an
graceful movements of the arms, head
and, in fact, of the whole body. -Bea
trice PreSsw0od King, IN WOnsan.
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Partial Judgment.

II is difficult to avoid making an ex-
ception of ourselves, when we are re-
flecting upon the errors and frailties of
mankind. Said a Quaker, one day, to
his wife:
"All the world is queer, excepting
thee and me, and thee is little
queer"
Another candid and self-righteous in
dividual, in moment of confidence,
gave vent to the opinion:
There's but two honest men in this
town. Brother b and myself; and
sometimes have my doubts OF Brother
b. YouA's Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-05
MISCELLANE

1t is not every great mans expert
ence that his palmiest days were when
he was in the hands of his friends
YonkerS Gazette.
The late Barghash Bin Saed, Sultan
of Zanzibar, leaves twenty-seven wild
ows and 232 children. Enough has
Bin Saed.-N. Y. World.
"A Philadelphia firm of soap manu-
facturers have kettle that holds ALL
900 pounds of liquids and six kettles
that hold 10000 pounds each.
Dried shark fins are sold in every
Chinese provision store in New York.
and are esteemed such delicacY that
they bring nearly four dollars per
pound.
Never in one season was there such
a demand for oak to 60 into house
finishing and furniture as the present.
Red and white oaks are particularly
wanted.
"A lady of Greensboro, Ca, in one
night killed eighty-nine snails which
had crawled into her kitchen. 1t wasn't
n good night for snails-at least not for
those that she found.
IL hear that General Lightfoot is
going to run for Governor" said the
Judge. "Glad he's going to run for
something" said the Major, with feel
ing, "he run from everything all
through the war. "-Bttrdette. :.
"A st. Louis man says that he once
had chance to buy the patent for the
Nicholson pavement for $1,000. A
year after he declined the offer the
holder of the patent collected 100000
in royalties from the city of st. Louis.
The Bank of New York has check
yellowed by fire which was drawn by
Aaron Burr, August IA, 1884. and also
another check drawn by Taleyrand
and Gulan Verplanck. 1t is now near
" 104 years since the bank was estab-
lished.
An English justice discharged a
housemaid who pleaded guilty to steal
ing a cloak, muff, fur boa and a
handkerchief belonging to her mistress.
The judge said that she was only
wearing the clothes. and that was
ga thing that servants did every day"
"A novel way to move house was
adopted at the railroad depot at Or
lando, Fla, the other day. The house
was slipped upon the railroad track,
an engine was backed up and hitched
on, and the house pulled along, sliding
on the tracks. -"
"A profound scientist of the nine
teenth century living in Boston had a
smoking chimney in his house. After
he had spent $500 for various devices
to cure it a ragged tramp came along
and suggested that he build it six
inches higher which was done and the
evil eradicated. Detroit Free Press.
Considerable numbers of colored
people are emigrating to California
from the Southern States. One party
of twenty-four men and women lately
arrived at San Francisco en- route to
join a colored colony in Shasta County.
Another party of ITO laborers, mostly
men, have gone to Fresno to work in
the raisin vineyards, and $50 more are
to follow.
Song birds being very scarce in
Oregon, a number of German citizens
of Portland propose to import from the
fatherland number of nightingales,
skylarks, bulfnches, chaffinches, gold
tinches, greenfnches, black and gray
thrushes, linnets, starlings, and other
singing birds, in all between 600 and
700, which will he turned loose on their
arrival. A fund of over $1,000 has
been raised to further the project.
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RICH, But COlNLESS.
Ready Money Not Infrequently Absent
from II Capitalists Pocket.


from Capitalists Pocket.
at would be a pleasure to accommo-
date you, but the simple truth is l
haven't $500 in cash in the world" said
q Buffalo Crmsus to the financial man
of the firm. who was seeking pur-
chaser for gilt-edged $1,000 six per
cent. real estate mortgage. Noticing
an expression of incredulity upon the
face of his caller, CrWsus fastened to
add: at is. q common mistake Of those
having small means to suppose that u
millionaire always has $50, 900 or moro
at instant command. 1t is only on rare
occasions that most of us see $25 ZOO in
currency at one time, and for two years
have never once had $4,000 of my
own on hand.
1.-THE men Of great wealth, are, as Il
rule, men of large business interests.
We own blocks elevators, ships, tce-
graph, telephone and railroad stocks.
suburban tracts, and many other kinds
of property, but none of these can bs
converted into cash Mt an hours notice.
Then, again, most of our real estate is
mortgaged, because we are able to use
ready money in such manner as to
realize more than six per cont You
would be astonished could you learn
how large load of debt some very
wealthy Buffalo men are carrying. 1t
is usually the second generation of
wealth that buys mortgages, govern
ment bonds. and other securities which
yield moderate income and require
no looking after. -Bu0GIO Express.
-Alsike clover originally came from
Aisikc, Sweden, and is said to be IL
- .ot,,,or,, . h 4, ,,yl,;tc ~ ,.nJ al ,,-a,.,