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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-03-20
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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-03-20
MERCHANT TAILORING.

We have a stock of fine
imported Cloths, Cassimeas
and Worsteds, which We
take much pride in showing
We own them en- the very
best terms they could be
bought for with The cash.
You. know our way of get
ting, up, which is ..the very
best in style, trimmings and
make.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-03-20

DUBLIC SALE-WILL BE SOLD IA
the late residence Of Dr. swithen Cha a.
Ter. near Brandyw ne Springs, on Thurs, Az
March ~ lSS5, at l. u'cI',ck n m, all of Ga
personal property OF the deceasId. viz: n snae-
hOlh goods, fnrn turc OF all kind, vn. dhbie
library; two good horses, COW, carriaR .har-
ness, hay, corn, etc.
II. A. CHAN
X. q. Jus Is,
MIDST AdminlxTAto's.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-03-20

OF good quality, among which are l parior
pet, 2 mattresses pillows, Holsters and bed
ding, walnut centre table, / walnut exter.
sion table, Q walnut dining room coairs, 3
rookers, hat rack, l whesler 4 WilGcn
hewins machine, In gsod order; brussels,
parior, halt and stair carpets, about it0
yards ingram ,arpet, gilss and queerswAre,
oiuding china tea set, stonsrare din.
ner set, cook ttLve ana kitchen utensils.
Also one lawn mower. Sale positive, to dis.
continue housekeeping.
W. A. hUklJ.I,, AIctioneer.
ID. Muiherin, Olerk. nile OF
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
To Prevent Feather Pulling.

This isapure habit, which is brought
on in focls that have not enough to
occupy their time and attention. When
they once get a taste Of tie meaty end
of the feather they are liable to extend
their picking to something more than
feathers, taking advantage of the naked
condition Of their companions by nip
ping at all exposed bloody parts, and
allowing the poor hens no peace till
they or their suffering mates are taken
out Of the pen. During the winter con-
finement of fowls they should be kept
as busy as possible by scattering their
grain among leaves or chaff, SO that
hard scratching will be necessary on
their part in order to get enough to eat.
This will take their time and be liable
to keep them out of mischief. AS
further prevention, some trim the
edges of their beaks, 50 that when they
attempt to pull feather it will slip
through and they can not hold it.
Another remedy is to put on the fowl
an appliance called poultry bit, which
can be obtained of almost any dealer in
poultry supplies,-Farne and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
WONDERFUL BLIND MAN.
He Knows How to Work Type Writer
and Can Play an Organ.

anu Van ray an organ.
The Rev. f. R. Donehoo, secretary of
the Pittsburgh association which pro-
Noses to erect an institution for the in
struction Of the blind, has received a
remarkable letter from Alden F. Hays,
prominent blind citizen of Sewickley.
The letter is in the clear and pretty
characters of the typewriter, and was
written upon the machine by that gen
tleman himself. In it Mr.. Hays briefly
tells Mr.. Donehoo his own history, to
show what wonders may be worked
among the blind people by education.
He was for eight years q pupil in the
Philadelphia Institution for the Blind,
where so many blind boys and girls
from Allegheny were trained. He is
now a man of about thirty-eight years
of age. His career since leaving school
and his present mode Of life present
some marvellous facts. A few of these
he relates to Mr.. Donehoo as an evil
dence of the bright future that is pos
sible for every blind person, if school
ing advantages were only more COM
mon.
Mr.. Hays is son of the brilliant
General Alexander Hays, whose heroic
services in the late war ended with
death in the Wilderness. He is now,
and has been for several years past,
coal merchant, supplying most Of
Sewickley with fuel. He conducts the
entire business himself-without cler-
ical assistance.
He is totally blind, yet he writes all
his OWL orders by typewriter for coal
from tie mine operators, takes the car
numbers when the coal arrives; weighs
the oal by the wagon-load for custo-
mer'i gives the drivers properly filled
out tickets, or makes out the receipts;
receives money, counts it, and makes
change; keeps set of books; walks to
and from his home without company,
and in fact goes anywhere in Sewickley
by himself and without cane.
He is an accomplished musician. For
eighteen years past he has been organ
list in the Presbyterian church, and he
still takes every Friday afternoon from
his business to rehearse the music for
this church on Sabbaths. Pittsburgh
Cor Boston Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
WAR CYCLORAMAS.
An Artist Explains How They Are Painted
and Put Together.

ana Put Iogether.
The popular idea of how the war
cyclOramas, like the Blttle of Gettvs-
burg, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of
Chickamauga, etc, are painted, APP
pears very laughable to a person who
knows how the work is accomplished.
The Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege
of Paris have been shown for several
years on opposite sides of Hubbard
court, in Chicago. and the stock paid
large dividends. Each was advertised
as the work of celebrated French
artists, father and son, and the popular
idea is that these gentlemen painted
them. The fact is that, beyond a
general outlining of the work, which
was probably faithfully made after
maps procured from authentic sources,
and general direction of the plan of
the work, the artist-in-chief had very
little to do with it. No man engaged
in Il battle sees it, and an accurate
painting of two armies in combat
is impossible. The general features
only are known. For instance. In the
Gettysburg painting there are accur-
ately defined the roads, Crown Hill,
Little Crown Hill, the wheat field
in which a memorable charge was
made, one or two buildings which
were headquarters of the leading~-sSa-
erals, and, with reasonable accuracy,
the topography of the country is de-
picted with excellent perspective. But
the details of the battle, the actual
clash of arms between this and that
division or brigade, is left a good deal
to the imagination. The artist-in-
chief hires some men to put in the sky,
other men to put in the trees and
foliage, other men to put in the men in
action. Attention is paid to develop
ing this or that memorable incident,
as, in the Gettysburg painting, the
death Of the cannoneer, the amputation
Of the soldiers limb beside the hay
stack. Take it all together it makes
up picture that is thrilling enough to
arouse the most intense interest on
the part of the old soldier l remem-
Der standing by the side of veteran
at the Chicago picture of Gettysburg.
He was explaining to a companion the
details of the fight, in which he had
borne an honorable part. Say, Bill, u"
said he, lat that stone wall there lost
my hat and, by gosh, if there amt the
DID hat lying there yetr In painting
pictures Of battles shrewd artists never
TAIL to bestrew the field with lost hats.
muskets and canteenS. 50. Loais
Globe Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
Sweet Use of Adversely.

The touch of adversely is Just as
necessary to bring out the best there
is in some men as is the touch of the
frost to reveal the glories of the
autumn. What is more beautiful than
a tree or forest flashing with all the
colors OF the rainbow How delightful
is a drive with these bouquets Of
nature lining the roadside! 1t is said
these splendors of the autumn foliage
are the sunshine which the trees have
been silently storing up during the
summer when the sun has been shining
upon them. Happy is the man who,
in the sunshine of prosperity, has en-
riched his life with those graces of
character which will shine out most
beautifully when the touch Of adversely
Or sorrow comes!- Christian Inquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
DUCK AND CHICK.

Said downy young duck
To a fluffy young chick:
Come down to the water and swiml
BY fine bit of luck,
The right path can pick,
And the horse-trough is full to the brim,"
81 really don't dare :"
Was the prudent reply;
VI have often been cautioned you know.
With the greatest of care
To walk where it was dry,
And with glddy young ducks never CO."
She replied with a sheer:
ITO me it is clear
To your mothers tail feathers you are tied;
You run at her cluck,"
Said this naughty young duck
Al don't think you have much pride"
The chick hung his head,
While with bushes he said;
81 never have learned to swim
You see that by my toe;
But would like to go
1 suppose 1 can walk on the rim"
With his thin yellow legs,
Like long scaly pegs.
He walked on the perilous rim;
He watched his friend dive,
And come up still alive,
Though she paid no attention to him.
His mother, the hen,
Called again and again.
But her darling child never replied.
With motion too quick,
He had slipped-the poor chick
And he fell in the water and died.
-CIara O. DoLli0er, in our Lille ones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
In LIONS DEN.
A Welsh Professional Boxer MingIes with
Savage Beasts.

A Welsh Professional Boxer Mingles with
Savage Beasts.
An announcement made by the crier
the Other evening that a man named
William Samuels, local innkeeper
and the champion boxer of Wales,
would enter alone den of lions at
menagerie, located at Swansea, caused
considerable excitement in the town,
and drew great crowd to the show.
At nine O clock the band played For
He's Jolly Good Fellow" and then
Samuels, accompanied by Mr.. Bostock,
the manager of the show, walked up
to den containing a lion and about a
dozen lionesses. A great crowd at
once assembled round the cage. Mr..
BostOck mounted a platform and in
formed the public that his old friend
Samuels had volunteered to per-
form deed Of daring such as had
never been done in the menagerie since
it's establishment in 1905. Mr.. White
head, he said, recently at Cardiff,
entered the cage accompanied by Nine.
Saliva, the lion-tamer, and had by his
action caused a great sensation in South
Wales. But Samuels was going to sur
pass this feat, for though urged to let
Nine. Saliva accompany him, he de-
clined to enter the den at all unless
allowed to do so alone. This he was
now about to do.
The announcement was received with
great cheering, though it was evident
that, on the part of many present, there
was feeling of considerable anxiety
and alarm. Samuels, however, seemed
to share none of these feelings of I'M
easiness. Attired as prize-fighter
and with blue rosette on his breast
he appears at the entrance of the cage,
and, cudgel in hand, boldly entered it.
The lions appeared in no way to relish
this intrusion, and it looked as though
Samuels would have had a warmer
welcome than he bargained for. Pos
sessed apparently with nerves OF steel,
the man walked undaunted up to the
end of the cage where the animals were
huddled together, awaiting only the
slightest encouragement to spring on
the intruder, and held his cudgel
threateninglY before the nose of the
fercest. Growls of rage greeted this
act; but Samuels, in no way discOm-
posed, walked among the animals, and
made them fly right and left before
him. This he did several times, and
on one occasion acted so rashly that
grave fears were entertained for his
safety by those in charge of the eXhi-
bition. These-who as a precaution
were armed with red hot irons-were
ready to act promptly, when Samuels
again obtained the mastery over his say
age companions, and showed his fear,
le8sness of them by fringe loaded pisto
in their faces. Then, his courage
maintained to the last, he went to the
gate of the den and waited in q dan
gerous position while Mr.. Bostoch
presented him, amid the cheers of those
present, with a unique chain composed
/ of spade and crown, and with d certifi
! cate recording the fact that he had &C
/ complished his purpose. Immediately
afterward the band played "See thu
! Conquering Hero Comes" and Samuel.
was borne in triumph out of the men
/ agerie and through the streets.-SOutI
| Wales DaiIy Ne2OS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
CURE FOR BLINDNESS.
operation Which Relieves the Brain
and Restores Sight.


and Restores Sight.
English surgeons have devised a new
anu oenehcent operation by which the
sheath OF the optic nerve behind the
eye IS opened and not only is the pres
sure upon the nerve removed, and to-
tal' or almost total, blindness cured,
out the brain itself is relieved. The
membranes which invest the brain,
ana are continued down to the eye in
Inc form of q sheath which surrounds
Inc optic nerve, secrete a certain
amount of fluid, and whenever there is
an excess Of this secretion, or by other
means, as by the growth of a brain
tumor, the pressure within the cavity
OF the brain is increased, a super
abundance of fluid is apt to find it's
way down the nerve sheath to the level
OF the eye, subjecting the optic nerve
TO injurious pressure and frequently
destroying the sight. This blindness
may be permanent, even though the
pressure in the brain cavity which
causes it be only temporary and be
cured. DR.. Dewecker, of Paris, six
teen or seventeen years ago, suggested
that it was possible to open the
optic-nerve sheath, and thus not only
to relieve the nerve from pressure,
but also to drain the brain cav
ity and relieve the brain pressure
IerA. He made two experiments in
fshis fine upon two nearly hopeless
cases,tbut he tried to feel his way to
the nerve without the aid of sight, and
to cut The sheath by means of an in
strumht carrying a concealed knife
which was projected by means of a
sprlng.AOnly one other attempt of this
sort wa made, and the results not
being satisfactory, the experiments
were dropped until last year. DR..
BrudenellCartsr, of London, devised a
method OF operating by which the
sheath was exposed to view, and every
step OF the operation was guided by
the surgeons eye In a paper read
before the British Medical Association
at its recent meeting at Glasgow, DR..
Carter told Of four cases in which he
had performed the operation. In one
! the result was negative, so far as the
sight was concerned; il the other three
the patients were not only quickly re.
stored to sight, but Were relieved OF
cured Of headache and sickness arising
from pressure on the brain. DR.. Car.
ter claims that the new operation could
be performed with certainty and with.
out risk either to life or to any i'm
portant structure.
DR.. Bickerton, of Liverpool, at the
same meeting said that after hearing
of DR.. Carriers first case, he has per
formed the operation himself in two
cases, in one of which temporary res
toration of sight was followed by re
lapse, but in the other one the result
was favorable. ~ 7. Cor. Cbicqqc
To,y,.,,aJ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
TRAINED SENSES.
Some Instances of Extreme Skill with
Eye and Hand.

We hear great deal about the won
derful precision and accuracy of ma
chinery in these days, and of course it
is wonderful; but the degree of accuracy
to which the human hand can be trained
is equally wonderful.
Playing cards are required to be cut
with the sides quite parallel to each
other, because if a pack be trimmed by
the machine slightly wider at one end
than the other, and they become turned
lend for end" in dealing, the excess in
width of some cards over others at the
end of the pack will be double the vari-
alton in any one card, which would
facilitate cheating, very minute vari-
alton being perceptible. The men who
test these cards for this, make calipers
of their finger and thumb and by pass
ing them along from one to the other,
detect a difference in width between
the two ends which it is difficult to
measure by any other means.
There are men employed in factories
where dried yeast is made whose bust
ness it is to put the yeast into packages
weighing certain amount each. 1t is
on table in front of them in large
plastic mass, and there are the scales
for weighing it. But the men do not
use the scales. They simply separate
from the mass with their hands lump
of it and put it up, and you may choose
at random and put it on the scales, and
it will weigh exactly the right amount,
the scales beam just balancing.
Where large numbers of eggs are
handled and shipped to market there
is a process known as ''candleing" eggs
when consists in taking them up in the
hands casually two eggs in each hand
at time) and holding them up before
lighted candle. The light shining
through them reveals to the practiced
eye the exact condition Of the contents.
But some of the men soon get so that
they do not need to use the candle, the
mere contact of their hands with the
shells denoting the condition Of the
egg just as infallibly and much more
quickly. And they distinguish in that
way not merely eggs, which are decid-
eddy bad, but those which are just be-
ginning to lose their freshness.
Here are three different ways in
which extreme skill of the hands is
shown by persistent training; First, in
detecting slight differences in magni-
tude; second, in weight, and lastly, in
texture or character Of surface handled.
american MdchiniSt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
MISCELLANE OUS.

A Port Huron, Mich, undertaken
has large tent for funeral purposes
Whenever he has funeral on rainy
day he places the tent over the grave
so that services may be held with but
little inconvenience.
"A young man who presented
forged order to Detroit theater mana
ager swallowed the paper when the
fraud was detected. No bad results
followed, as he was regular eater al
the depot lunch counter.
"A little pamphlet called "Humor
in Ye Sixteenth Century" shows that
ye joker of that period borrowed
great deal of his wit from we humorlst
of the Nineteenth century, without
givinga particle Of credit.-Norristo'0n
Herald.
Now" said the choir director,
"sing the third stanza very softly. 1t
is necessary to do so to bring out the
spirit of the composition. Hymn
No. &C." broke in the clergyman,
"omitting the third verse" And the
singers enjoyed it more than the di-
rector.
Shakespeare, who left his wife his
second best bedstead, has been sur
passed in Indifference by a modern En-
glish testator, who bequeathed his
wife one farthiug, which he directed
-; 60 ,,,l = l..
unpaid, as an indication of his disgust
at the treatment which he had received
at her hands, and especially in respect
of the abusive epithets, such as "Old
Pig" that he considered unjustifed
Bees and homing pigeons recently
raced between Hamm and Rhynern,
Belgium. The towns are an hour apart,
and the bet was that twelve bees would
beat twelve pigeons in making the dis
lance. Four drones and eight working
bees well powdered with flour and re-
leased at the same instant with the
pigeons at Rhynern. A drone reached
home four seconds in advance of the
first pigeon; the three other drones and
one pigeon came in neck and neck, and
the eight working bees came in just a
trihe, about a length ahead of the ten
pigeons
In sinking large pits and wells in
Nevada stratas OF rock salt were out
through, in which were found imbedded
perfectly preserved fish, which are
probably thousands of years old, as the
saltfeld occupies what was once the bot
tom of large lake, and no such fish are
now to be found in Nevada. The speci-
mems were not petrifed, but flesh, and
all were preserved in perfect form, and
after being soaked in water for two or
three days could be cooked and eaten,
but were not very palatable. After
being exposed to the air and sun for a
day or two, they became as hard as
wood.
"A novel and very pretty spectacle
was introduced at a Brooklyn swim
ming school exhibition. 1t was called
the chariot race. Two little papier
mache chariots were constructed and
in each one was four-year-old child
Harnessed to the chariots were two lit.
tie boys, who SWAN over the course
drawing their fair freight after them.
The lads were about six years old, yet
they made very good time and the win
ner was presented witha fine fishing
pole. The children in the chariot en-
joyed the race quite as much as the
bOvC
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20

Mrs. SANDs-Oh, knowl 1t is easy to
say don't let them read trash" but how
do you know just what books to put into
the hands of your girlsl You certainly
have no more time than |, yet you always
seem to know exactly the right thing to do.
FRIENo-Well, Sarah, in this instance, l
get my information from Den,orests
Monthly Ma dzine They are now publish
ing some capital articles on the subject Of
Reading for Girls;'' and now that you
speak of it, l will let you into little
secret. You always say that l am so we'll
up on the matters OF the day, and | really
think am; yet the fact is l only get time
to read my magazine; but when have fin
ished it, know pretty much what is going
on, in Dem0reSt'S they do seem to cover the
ground on all subjects that each MEMBER
of my family is interested in. Why John
is US anxious each month for it to arrive as
am
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
An Albany lady tells of an alb

An Albany lady tells of an abnor-
mally bright boy in Amsterdam who
called at the house OF an aunt, where he
felt at liberty to do about as he pleased.
There We're some beautiful oranges in
sight. The lady had evidently forgot
ten that boys are always hungry and
did not offer him one; perhaps she had
forgotten that there were any in the
house. The young visitor concluded
that something would have to be done.
and said; "Auntie, please give me an
orange She told him that she hadn't
any oranges, to which he promptly re-
piled: You lie!" Frightened to think
how it sounded, he ran home and told
his mother, who immediately sent him
back to apologize. The young man i'm
proved matters by saying; "Auntie, l
am sorry for what said to you, but
but, Auntie, you did lier-AlbWIy Jour-
nal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20

A knowledge of Human Nature
And so your nice clergyman is going to
be married, Miss Marigoldl | hope
you'll like his wife as well as you like
him. "Well, ma'am, Pm sure | hope
so-but we generally find that when the
gentleman is han'able, the ladys 'augh-
tyw-LoRdon Punch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20
Start at tho Starting Point,

Dyspepsia, in case OF nervousness which
is not obviously due to a mental cause or
deep-seated organic malady Ordinary nerv.
BUSINESS can not be overcome by sedatives.
They may placate, but can not cure it
Stimulate digestion with Hostetter Stom.
ach Bitters and relief soon follows. Use
this benign remedy also in malarial disease
biliousness, constipation, rheumatism, kid
new COmDlaint.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20

The largest johnny-cake known to
have been made was thirteen feet long
and in twenty-six parts. each repre-
5enting a State. 1t was made by ladies
during the former Harrison campaign.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20

DATES are duty free, so that woman
past thirty can tell the date Of her birth OF
not, just as she pleases
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20

-Bella's little sister was asked to de-
scribe Bella's lover by friend of the
family; she did very well till she came
to the whiskers and then she hesitated
They're some kind OF lovely meat
whiskers, but it isn't beefsteak, and |
can't think She had heard Bella say:
THE mutton chop is so becoming to
you, Algornon. "-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20

-Retribution. What is the matter
with your eye, Dick?" asked his en-
ployer on noticing that Dick wore a
green binder. mot much. There is
an actor living next door to me. and he
kept me awake nights rchearsing
heavy stage dialogues; so | tried to
square accounts by giving his boy a
drum. The actor found out who gave
the boy his drum. -DrdbcS Maqazi,se.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-20

THE Public Awards the Palm to Hale'i
Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothacho Drops Cure in one minute