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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

1t appear tenfold moro strange aad
weird than 1t is in reality. At such times
bright clear lakes, with rippling surfaces
and willow fringed banks, allure the un-
wary traveller, and would lead him to de-
struction should he believe them real.
The mountains around the desert are also
deformed by the mirage and made to as
sumo the most extravagant and fantastic
shapes.
During hot summer days the monotony
of the desert is varied by dust columns,
formed by small whirlwinds, which some
times reach such magnitudes as to he
decidedly uncomfortable to the traveller
who chances to be in their path. Many
times these columns are 1000 or
5000 feet in height, and have an
approximate diameter of from thirty to
fifty feet. The fact that they are hollow,
whirling columns of dust is indicated, even
from a distance, by their spiral appearance
and by light line in the center Of each.
These bending and swaying columns NOV
ing here and there across the desert land
scape, impart a novel feature to the plain,
and call to mind the genii of Arabian tales
Such in brief are the deserts of the far
west during the arid season. In winter
they change and become impossible mud
plains.-lsrael C. Russell in Overland
MONTHLY,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
The Trick of q Thief.

Alittle boy was passing through Riving-
ton street the other afternoon with four
new pairs of trousers slung across his
shoulder. A man stopped him and asked
if be wanted to make five cents. The boy
said he did. ''Well, go up in that house
and ask for Miss Smith and tell her Mr..
Johnston is waiting to see her. I'll hold
your bundle till you come down" The
little fellow did as requested, but when
he returned neither man nor bundle was
to be found. There is gang of such
thieves at work on the east side. They
have been known to take q pitcher and
pennies from little girl sent after milk.
Another of their tricks is to tell a little
boy that his coat is dirty and offer to
clean it for him. The unsuspecting little
fellow will take off his coat and the thief
will make off with it.-New York Sun.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
DESERTS OF AMERICA.
The Mud Plains Of the West In Midsun
mer-Uncomfortable Dust Columns.

The Mud Plains Of the West In Midsum-
mer-Uneomfortable Dust Columns.
A desert is generally considered as a
barren waste of sand; probably on ac-
count of our familiarity with descriptions
Of the sandy deserts of Egypt. The
American deserts, however, are fat mud
plains, the beds Of ancient lakes, and are
but seldom covered with drifting sand
During the dry season, when not a drop
of rain falls on their surfaces for four,
five or even six months at q time, they be-
come dry and hard, and broken in every
direction bv iptersecting shrinkage cracks.
At such times they bear striking resem-
olance to some of the old Roman pave
.nents made of small blocks Of cream
colored marble.
When in this condition one may ride
over them without leaving more than a
faint impression of the horses hoofs on
their smooth, glossy surfaces. In the
stiffness of night-and no one can appre
ciate the stiffness of desert until he has
slept alone with only the boundless plain
about him-the hoof beats of a galloping
horse ring out as on the pavements of a
city. As the summers sun dries the
desert mui, the salts that the waters
bring to the surface in solution are left
behind, and gradually accumulate until
they are several inches thick. and make
the deserts appear as if covered with
snow. This illusion is especially marked
when ono traverses the deserts by moon.
light
During the long, hot days of sum-
mer, when the dome of blue is above,
the deserts without q cloud. the strange
delusive mirage transforms the land
scape bevond all RECOGNITION. and makes,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

Chardonner recently announced to the
French Academy of Sciences the results of
his experiments in making an artificial
silk, which are certainly Of remarkably
ingenious nature. To a solution of nitro
cellulose (gun cotton N alcohol and
ether is added a solution of ferr-
nose chloride in alcohol and also some
alcoholic solution of tannin. The liquid
thus obtained is elected from fine ducts,
like the apparatus in a silk worm. As the
thread comes from the duct it is received
in water acidulated with nitric acid, from
which it is drawn out, dried rapidly spd
reeleG up. IL can be obtained of any color
by coloring the mixture from which the
thread is made. This new thread Is trans
parent, pliable, cylindrical or fat, and in
appearance and feel like silk. 1t is very
strong. 1t burns, but the fire does not go
beyond the place heated. In every way it
IS q remarkable invention. and NO one can
tell to what it may lead. SsR = A.s
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
Patron. of a roney Restaurant.

The demands made on a clerk at Del
monico's are almost infinite. He must
be able to answer all sorts of queries
from astronomy to horse car routes in
San Francisco; from the news OF the latest
fire, races or accident to the rules CT So
cial precedence at the court of st. James
People are continually wanting checks
nashed, tickets for entertainments, money
changed, bills made out. etc.
The other day an infantile looking dude
came in and cried:
''What's my bill?''
"Ninety-seven cents" said the clerk,
after short computation.
''An right; don't let it run over 81,
and the youth departed with a flourish.
People send servants in at all hours for
bouillon. salad, wine, cigars or cigarettes.
rome of the latter being doubtless for
women.-New York Tribune.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
An Example for Americans.

One sees everywhere throughout India
one general common characteristic. That
is a sort of kindliness Of disposition, kind
illness to man and brute. All domestic
animals are as gentle and tame as fire.
side petted kittens. The COW and asa.
the sheep and goat, the camel aud horse,
the chicken and duck, all seem absolutely
part of the family. Pigeons in fiocks
are frequently seen whiri.ng in great
circles in the cities for several minutes,
and then swooping down upon certain
housetops. Often several flGcks unite and
fly together and then separate as people
do in dances. / have seen this several
times, but one day when on n minaret
saw men on different houses waving flags
and directing the flights of those birds,
and by motion calling them down to
them. l thus one day saw six different
focks flying at once-now mingling, then
separating-and all done under the orders
of their respective owners. They are
kept in sort Of coop in the house top,
and are thus sent out for exercise. After
flying for Ralf hour or so, they are fed
and quietly go into the coops. One gets
pigeons ut almost every meal in all cities
here.-Carter Harrison in Chicago Mail
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
WORKING ON SPACE
Results of Paying for Newspaper Work
.'by the Yard"-The Bohemian's Hope.

Results of Paying for Newspaper Work
''by the Yard'-The Bohemian's Hope.
One of the most demoralizing features
of newspaper work is the space system as
it is practiced in many newspaper offices.
1t may be the cheapest for the paper, but
it is neither fair to the writer nor the
public. Under the space system the man
who knows enough to stop when he gets
through has no show. The successful
writer is the man who can reel his story
off through wearying eternity Of YER
biage, and who has the skill to write so
that 1t is difficult to cut his matter down.
Thus the public, which pays for the pa
pers, frequently gets minutely circum-
stantial and heavily padded account of
some matter which might well be con-
densed into a few lines. Quality does
not seem to enter into the question, and
brains are sold, like calico, by the yard,
and they do not bring much better prices
IN some markets, either The supply of
wordy writers has become SO much in ex-
cess of the demand that space rates have
steadily gone lower ana lower.
1t is the conscientious men, too, who
suffer most. The writer, honest TO his
paper and himself, who writes his story
for all it is worth-and no more-is handi-
capped by the facile ''fakir," who has the
knack of writing columns and saying
nothing. Again, the unfairness of the
space rule is seen in the fact that in most
offices the writer has no guarantee as to
.he size of type his matter may be set in.
It may begin loaded and run down to
solid, or a story may be finished in q
smaller face of type il the exigencies Of
make up demand it. The Harper's sys-
tenn Of $40 Thousand words is fairer,
and, in weekly publication, is the only
method Of fair compensation which can
be made.
But the great objection is the element
of chance in the space system, which tends
to demoralize the working newspaper man
and keep him poor. His ''string" may
only measure up SEQ this week, but there
is always the glowing hope of "big SEN
sation" next week, which will run it up
into the eighties or hundreds. AS mat
ter of fact, the working journalist makes
as much money as the average young pro-
fessional man. But his business makes
him a gambler in spite of himself. He is
always looking for change in his luck.
He may stumble on to a "big story" to-
morrow, which will pay all his debts and
enable him TO take a vacation besides. 1t
Is not from choice that there are so many
Bohemians in Journalism. They are
forced to Bohemia by the men who buy
their work. The ambition to make large
papers has been one cause of the space
system. The value of newspaper has
come to be judged, not by the amount OF
news it contains, but by the number OF
pages its news items are stretched out to
cover. When news is beaten out to cover
SO much space, like gold leaf, 1T becomes
very thin.-The Journalist.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
GENIUS.


Far out at sca-the sun was high,
While veered the wind and tapped the sa1
We saw snow white butterfly
Dancing before the fitful gale
Far out at sea-
The Little wanderer, who had lost
Ills way, OF danger nothing knew;
Settled awhile upon the mast;
Then fiuttered o'er the waters blue
Fan GU. at sea-
Above there CLEANED the boundless sky;
Beneath, the bQuJldless ocean sheen;
Between them danced the butterfly,
The spirit liz, OF this vast scene,
Far out at sea-
The tiny soul that SCARED away
Seeking the clouds on fragile wings,
Lured by the brighter purer ray
Which hopes ecstatic morning brings
Fal out a. sea
Away be sped, with shimmering glee,
Scarce seen, now lost, yet onward bornel
Night comes with wind and rain, and he
No more will dance before the morn,
Far out at sea-
He dies, unlike his mates, ween.
Perhaps not sooner or worse crossed;
And he hath felt and known and seen
larger life and hope, though lost
Far out at sea.
Richard Hengist Horne
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
Indian slavery in BrazIl.

Indian slavery is said to have replaced
negro slavery in Brazil. Mr.. Wells, Q
great Brazilian traveller, says that lin
the widest regions of the tributaries of
the Amazon bands ofIndia rubber gather
ers carry on an inruitous traffic with
many Indian tribes, from whom they ac-
quire captives from other tribes. The
lawlessness of their proceedings is fully
admitted by the Brazilian government,
but over the vast areas In the distant
regions through which they roam it is ab-
solutely impossible to maintain any check
over them.-New York Sun.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

Boils and pimples and other affections
arising from impure blood may appear at
this season. when the blood is heated.
Hoods Sarsaparilla removes the cause OF
these troubles by purifying. vitalizing and
enriehing the blood, and at the same time
1t gives strength to the whole system.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

The first lead mining done in America
was by Julien Dubuque, near the site OF
Dubuque, la.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for chill
dren teething, is the prescription of one of
the best female nurses and physicians In
the United States, and has been used for
years with never-faiiing success by millions
Of mothers for their children. During the
process of teething its value is incaleulable.
1t relieves the child from pain, cures dyson
terry and diarrhea, gripping in the bowels
and wind collie. By giving health to the
child II rests the mother. Price 25ca bottle.
'.What did Jonah do when he got out of
the whale? ?" Told some fish story, sup
pose"
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

II is estimated that the annual log output
of Puget Sound is AIS. 900. 600 feet.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

Agent. No. IL. Pub. Landing. clneinnasi. o
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

Co. nAA- ANCo Al ehC oSSouo hdS-
There he is now, coming down stairs"
A keen eyed, long whiskered man shook
hands with Frank and invited him up
stairs.
"Mr. Marley. you have half sister by
your name"
Yes"
"WheIe is she9
Il don't know. haven't heard of her
for three years"
Frank was struck dumb for moment.
Was this the result of his 'fine work
to run up against stone wall Just as he
hoped for successs
You don't mean that?" he said, plead
ingly. You know where she is. Come,
man, think again. You certainly know
where your sister is"
mo, don't; and don't want 10 know
where she is. d. herr have no use for
her. She and 1 got through with each
other long time ago"
But can't you suggest some way for
me to find herr
mo, don't know anything about her.
But, say, I'll tell you what I'll do, if you
want to find her right bad, If you'll give
me IS I'll go into trance and tell you
where she is"
Here was new ray of hope. "In go
you," said Frank "Get into your trance
right quick, and here's your money as soon
as you come out of it with Marys address. !"
"Oh, but can't get into trance any
time want to. replied Marley, evasively.
II must have two or three days, may be
a week, before one of them catches me. :"
Il can't wait SO long" said Frank. 81
must know within an hour. Here, I'll
give you IS to tell me where she Is, and
you needn't go into the trance. What do
you sayf"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
NUMBER 23.
What did men Like these Know

What did men like these know
of enuui? And if we descend
fr0mthese imperial heights 10 the
lowly livers whose work is done
day by day-as ever in the great
Taskmaster's eve" with regard
to them, too, we may ask the same
question, knowing well what the
answer will be. 1t is good for most
OF us TO be chained for life 10 some
occupation from which we cannot
escape at pleasure. Even Charles
Lamb, with all his intellectual ac-
tlvity, and in contradiction 10 the
joyful expectations he had formed
OF freedom, when he left the India
House, felt the burden of no defin-
ite occupation hard to bear, and We
detect more than once in his letters
the yawn OF ennui. He had-as a
footman was once overheard to say
plenty of nothing to do. For
years he had planted after what
he calls divine leisure-the power
TO "drink of Times rich cup and
never surfeit )" but when the leis-
ure came he wrote TO Bernard Bar
nard Barton, the Quaker poet and
bank clerk, II sity you for over
work; but l assure you no work
is worse. The mind preys on itself
the most unwholesome food. l
Dragged formerly that | could not
have too much time, have a sur.
felt. With a few years TO come,
the days are weariSome;" and, to
keep up his spirits and escape from
ennui, he would walk ten miles a
day, always up the road, dear Lon
donwards." Unfortunately, one
object that led him abroad daily
was ''saunter to the Red Lion."
OF Lamb not a harsh word will be-
spoken by any one who knows him,
in spite of his trailty, he lived a
life rich in good deeds, and with the
noblest sense of duty-a life intin.
itely, but full Of courage and beau
Nv,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
LOVE AND THE LOCUST BUSHES.

LOVE AND THE LOCUST BUSHES.
About forty years ago there was a
young lady in Lincoln county who
had two sweethearts, and, not be-
ing able to decide between the two,
she set out two wild locust bushes
III the yard, naming one for each of
her lovers, and believing in the old
adage "if he loves me that bush
will grow" and according TO her
faith, so it happened unto her"
One Of the bushes very soon with
cred, but the other fiouIished, and
IN course of time she married the
gentleman for whom the growing
bush was named. They raised
large family, who are we'll known
throughout several counties, and
The locust bush also grew and null
tiplied. Time has laid bare The
spot upon which the old dwelling
stood, and nothing remains to mark
the site Of this once happy home
but the locust bushes, of which
there is a complete hedge about
100 yards IN length. This may
seem TO some fairy tale, but it Is
absolutely true. The lady is a
Methodist minister's daughter and
the gentleman a Baptist ministers
brother.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

There is now on the stocks at
Waldboro, Me-, one of the most re.
markable vessels ever built in the
United States, five.masted cen.
treboard schooner, which will be
the largest vessel of its kind aflOat.
Her length of keel is 225 feet,
breadth so feet, depth of hold 81
feet, and her measurement will be
1,S00 tons. Her masts will be of
Oregon pine and her foTemasl,
mainmast, mIzzenmas!, spahker
mast and ilgger, will be each 115
feet in length, while the topmasts
will be each Sc feet. The diameter
of the top of her mas!s at the cap
will be twenty-five inches. There
will be used in her construction
450 tons of white oak from Virgin-
ia, 100000 feet of hard pine from
Georgia, and 175 to 200 tons of iron.
Her outboard planking will be six
inches thick from keel TO top, and
her inside ceiling will be from ten
TO fourteen inches in thickness.
She will have two full decks run
ming the entire length ofthe vessel,
with nine matches. She will be
launched in October,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
a NUISANCE.


Of all the pestilential bores
That maeks this life a state
Of constant torment, most dread
The man who's always late.
lie never keeps his word, but let's
His friends anticipate
His coming for a weary while,
The man who's always late.
He says he'll come at halfpast six,
You wait till long past eight,
And haven't seen q sign of him,
The man who's always late,
With stale excuses, glibly made,
He tries to palliate
His tardiness, but you don't lOve1
The mans always late.
He never cares for others plans.
"Oh, hang them! let them wait "
He says aloud, or to himself,
The man who's always latO.
But some day punishment will fall
On him, as sure as Pate,
And he'll be sorry that he is
The man who's always late,
When he comes up, all out OF breath,
10 old st. Peters gate,
st. Peter II say; "YOu can't come in,
This time you're much too late"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
THE COURTS.
THE REGULAR TERMS.
CIRCUIT COURT-SECoND DIST.
SAMUEL II. TERRAL, Judge.
JAMES II. NEVILLE, District Attorney.

SA MUhlI IL. AEhhAb JuuBc'
JAMES II. NEVILLE, District Attorney.
In the county of Winston, on the third Monday
of January and July, and continue six days.
In the county of Lauderlae, on the fourth Mon
day of January and July and continue eighteen
days.
In the county of Noxubee, on the third Monday
of February and August, and continue eighteen
days
In the county Of Kemper, on the second Monday
of March and September, and continue twelve
days.
In the county of Clarke on the fourth Monday of
March and September, and continue twelve days.
In the county Of Wayne, on the second Monday
of April and October and continue six days
In the county of Greene. on the third Monday OF
April and October. and continue ak daYa.
In the county of Perry, on the fourth Monday OF
April and October and continue six days.
IN the county of Marion. First District, on the
second Monday of June and third Monday OF De,
cember and continue six days. In the Second
District ON the third Monday Of June and second
Monday of december, and continue six days;
In the county of Hancock, on the second Monday
of Nav and November, and continue twelve days.
In the county of Harrison, on the fourth Monday
of NAV and continue twelve days, and on the
fourth Monday Of November, and continue six
days.
In the county of jackson, on the second Monday
after fourth Mo day of MAY, and continue six days
and on the first Monday after the fourth Monday
Of November, and continue twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
CHANCERY COURT-SECoND DIST.
CvIUANTrS EVANS Chancellor

In the county of Lauderdale, on the first Monday
of JanuaIy and July, and continue twelve days
In the county OF Newton. on the third Monday
of January md July, and continue six days.
In the county, of Haacock, on the first Monday Of
February and August, and continue six days
In the county Of Harrison, on the second Monday
of February and August, and continue six days.
In the county of jackson, on the third Monday
of February and August, and continue six days.
In the county of Clarke on the first Monday OF
March and September and continue six days.
In the county Of Jasper en- the second Monday
of March and September, and continue six days.
III the county of Perry, on the thir Monday of
March and September, and continue six days
In the county of Marion, First District, the
third Monday of May and November and continue
six days. In the Second District, on the second
Monday ofMay and November, and continue six
DAYS.
In the county of Jones, on the first Monday of
A pril and October and continue six days.
In the county of Covington, on the second Mon
day in April aud October, and continue six days,
In the county of Greene, on the third Monday of
April and October, and continue six days.
In the county of Smith on the fourth Monday of
April and October, and continue six days.
In the county of Wayne, on the first Monday of
May and November and continue six days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

The Philadelphia Ledger, a Re-
publican journal whose editor, Mr..
q. w. Childs was an especial friend
Of Gen. Grant, thus refers 10 Presi-
dent Cleveland's pension vetOes:
"There have been few Presidents
Of the United States who have so
conspicuOusly displayed so high a
degree Of moral courage in the DIS
charge Of the duties of their high
Office. as Mr.. Cleveland Sas shown
ia dealing with private pension
bills. Ii is worth the while Of the
people 10 consider that there is
something better than partisan su-
premacy; that fidelity shown in
the administration Of the Govern
meni is much better, and that there
can be no partisan necessity so
strong as 10 warrant the c0ndemna-
lion, through misrepresentation, Of
The Executive for doing that which
u u his duty 10 do"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

The best thing on this earth is .
happy marriage, ana the worse
thing an unhappy marriage. Whom
God hath joined together let no
man put asunder. But whom the
devil hath joined let them 60 TO
Chicago. ANA lover OF children.
When God gives a man a wife and
six or eight children, He has done
something for him. But when He
gives him a wife and a canary bird,
He has Just thrown of on him.
Sam J0Res.