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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18
ABOUT UMBRELLAS.
Semi-Civilized Countries Where They Are
Considered Marks OF Honor.

Semi Civilized Countries Where They Are
Considered Marks OF Honor.
1t certainly is strange that in almost
all nations and in all ages there should
have been this same singular jealous
regal monopoly of so useful an object
as portable sunshade, which was also
available as protection against rain.
But so it has ever been, even in the
highest civilizations of early ages. We
find it depicted on some of the most,
ancient sculptures of Persepolis, and
llso on those Of Babylon and Nineveh,
)ut always as a distinctive mark of
honor for the great men and rulers.
The Assyrian bas-reliefs show slaves
holding ELECTROMAGNETIC umbrella
Dove the head of the monarch, not
)nly in scenes of peace, but even in
ime of war. 1t appears to be fringed
With tassels, and is provided on one
tide with an embroidered curtain. In
these sculptures this mark Of A'7tinction
IS reserved exclusively for the monarch,
Ind it never overshadows any other
person, however eminent. The same
hing is observed in the sculptures Of
Babylon and Nineveh, in which the
King alone is thus distinguished. OF
the ancient Mexican Emperors it is
likewise recorded that not only were
they borne by relays OF great mobiles,
but also that four more mobiles of high
estate were appointed to uphold the
sacred umbrella which added dignity
to the imperial procession. Even in
the beginning of the present century
the Mohammedan rulers of Hindostan
claimed monopoly of the use of the
sunshade, and no one was permitted to
carry an umbrella in the imperial
presence. Thus it is recorded that
certain English merchants having been
admitted to an audience with the King
of Delhi, the ladies who were Of the
company were ordered to dispense
with their parasols, as being an in
fringement of the great Mogul prero-
gative. So they had to protect their
heads as best they might from the suns
burning rays by heaping on heavy
folds of drapery. The magnifcence Of
the Indian state umbrellas was aniaz-
ing. Some were of crimson velvet,
richly embroidered in gold, and the
heavy golden handles, which were
eight feet high, were incrusted with
diamonds. That of the Queen of Luck
now, which is now treasured in the
South Kensington Museum, is of blue
satin, embroidered with gold and seed
pearls. Some were of cloth of gold,
others only Of gilt paper. Some were
even covered with gay feathers. but all
had Cor have) long handles, either Of
beautifully inlaid wood or precious
r.etals, or even of carved ivory. The
state umbrella of Indore is shaped like
a mushroom.-EngitSh IiItstratea Mag
RziRe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18

How the Natural Taste May BE Initiated
in Childhood Few Thoughts for
f. Conscientious Notes..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18
AN ARCH FIEND.
His Caldron of Temptations-Wha He
Has accomplished in the World.

His Caldron of Temptations-What He
Has accomplished in the World.
An arch fiend arrived in our world,
and he built an invisible caldron of
temptation. He built that caldron
strong and stout for all ages and all
nations. First he squeezed into that
caldron the forbidden fruit of para
disc. Then he gathered for it distilla-
ton from the harvest fields and the
orchards of the hemispheres. Then
he poured into this caldron capsicum
and copperas, and logwood and deadly
nightshade, and assault and battery,
and vitriol, and opium, and rum and
murder, and sulphuric acid, and theft,
and potash. and cochineal, and red
carrots. and poverty and death and
hops. But it was dry compound, and
it must be moistened and liquifed, and
so the arch fiend poured into that cal
dron the tears Of centuries, of orphan
age and widOwhood, and he poured in
the blood of 10000 asassinations. And
then the arch fend took shovel that
he had brought up from the furnaces
beneath, and he put that shovel into
the great caldron and began to stir, and
the caldron began to heave and rock,
and boil and sputter, and hiss and
smoke, and the nation gathered around
it with cups and tankards and demi-
johns and kegs, and there was enough
for all, and the arch fiend cried:
''Aha! champion fiend am |. Who has
done more for collins and graveyards
and prisons and insane asylums, and
the populating of the lost worldP And
when this caldron is emptied I'll fill it
again, and I'll stir it again, and it will
smoke again, and that smoke will join
another-the smoke of torment that
ascendeth forever and ever.
q drove fifty ships on the rocks of
Newfoundland and the Skerries and
the Goodwins. l defeated the North
ern army at fredericksburg. have
ruined more Senators than will gather
next winter in the National councils. l
have ruined more Lords than will be
gathered in the House of Peers. The
cup out Of which l ordinarily drink is
a bieache-i human skull, and the up
holstery of my palace is so rich u
crimson, because it is dyed in human
gore, and the mosaic of my flowers is
SO made up of the bones Of children
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18
THE MASCULINE HEAD.
A Hat Dealer Asserts That 1t Is Growing
Larger in This Country.


at is interesting" said hat sales
man yesterday, "to notice how the
shape of a mans head gives away his
nationality"
"Can you tell where a man was born
by sizing up his head?"
Certainly, but not before he tries
a hat. Americans have long, narrow
heads, and when an average American
comes in for a hat the chances are that
if it is long enough fore and aft it is too
wide at the sides. If it fits exactly at
the sides it has to be pulled out in
front. Now, with Germans it is the re-
verse. The heads of Germans are wide
at the temples. and if the hat is the ex-
act length, in nine cases out of nit has
to be stretched SIDEWAYS to fit"
"How about Englishmen's heads?"
embellishments heads are not so pro-
nounced in width. There is more of
sliding scale with them as to relative
length and breadth. Irishmmen have
oval heads and they are generally
easily fitted.
"Some people with apparently small
heads require large hats, and others
who seem to have large heads wear 81
small hat. A man may have large
face, and yet the part which the hat
covers may be comparatively small.
Taken altogether, heads seem to be
growing larger. l have been thirty
years in business, and when | began to
sell hats the average size ranged from
6B to 7. Now the average is from to
7I.N-N. Y. IeLearam.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18
TWO GOOD REMEDIES.
How to Cure Gapes in Chicks and Proven
Lice in Their Nests.

Lice III lnelf Nests.
For gapes in chicks there are several
good remedies. Fumigating with car
bolic acid and the lime remedy, are
probably the surest. The lime remedy
is the handiest and the safest,
and its effect on the cape worms
causes them to loosen their hold on the
lining membrane of the windpipe, sets
the chicks to coughing and sneezing,
and the worms are thrown up. l have
never heard of a case that this treat
ment did not cure, provided it was APP
piled atany time before the chick was too
far gone to cough. In addition to this
treatment scatter little air-slaked
lime in the coop, and when you move
a coop that has no floor, scatter the
lime freely over the old spot.
Sulphur is useful to kill and prevent
lice in the nests of setting and laying
hens, but have entirely discarded its
use on chickens, or on hens that are
running with chickens. Carbolic pow
der, or insect powder, is much better.
TO use the powder for lice on chickens
that are running with a hen, take the
hen after she has gathered her brood
under her for the night, and dust the
powder thoroughly into her feathers.
The chickens will get enough of the
powder as they nestle under the hen,
and it will have all night in which to
do its work on hen and Chickens
Fannl Field, iN Ohio Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18
She Was Merely Joking.

They weYe on their bridal tour, and
she said, gaily:
''Now, Fred we don't want every
body in the car to know that we are
newly married, and have them all
staring at us. Let us act like real old
married people. It'll be such jolly
fun.
IAN right" said Fred, calmly. "You
just let me have that end of the seat;
it's lots pleasanter than this. I'll take
the pillow, too, and l guess I'll go to
sleep for three or four hours. You
wake me when we come to the dinner
station. Spread that shawl over me,
and -"
30, l don't care who knows that
we're just married." she said. Sit
where you are, dear, aud hold my
hand, Tme.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

OF cabbages, cucumbers ana tur'
nips, the Londoner eats more than the
Partisan, but with the exception OF
these, and also potatoes onions ana
tomatoes, Paris is much the largest
consumer of fruits and vegetables.
Soprano lin organ loft-"Iha'
was lovely solo our new basso gave
u.s." Tenor-"Yes, rather. But ne
shouldn't play ball every day in the
week. 1t isn't right, you know" Alto
I'D like to know what you mean
Tenor-''Wen, that lovely basso is
catcher on week days and makes bass
hits on Sundays. "-PittSburgh Bulletin.
1t was his first visit to the city.
AS he stood on the shaking his
sides with laughter he was accosted BY
a policeman, who said: Whats the
fun, stranger,Pn Fun! Can't you see
itP just look how that thing (point-
ing to watering car0 leaks; why, the
man won't have drop left when he
gets home. "-NeU Hdren NeeoS.
"A man in New York went before
q Judge for naturalization. ''What is
your nationality" ~ don't know. ]
wish you would tell me. My father
was an Englishman, my mother was a
Spaniard, and l was born at sea, on a
French ship flying a Dutch faglf
want to become an American citiEei
and make the rest of the voyage uidel
the Stars and Stripes"
President Willis, of the Agricul-
tural College, of Michigan, while he
disputes the exercise of % direct indu-
ence of forests in promoting moisture
saying that all the trees in the world
will not put it where it is not-believes
that the moisture on the continent is
advancing toward the west, and that
the planting of forests and increased
cultivation will cause the rainfall to
advance farther west every year. Seven
hundred thousand acres of forest have
already been planted in Nebraska; the
cottonwood and the willow first, and
then the soft maple and the hard
woods.
Concerning Holsters, experts say
that young crustace1ns have to be put
in the sea almost as soon as Matched,
and they begin to feed voraciously
They are born with sense enough to
know that Holsters make delicious
food, and they attack one another saw
agely and hungrily. For a few days
they swim on the surface, where they
find the food suited to their early re-
quirements. Here their destruction is
enormous. In a few days the Holsters
walking or crawling members are de-
yeloped, and he sinks to the bottom,
where he makes his home.
In the vicarage garden at Evenly,
says an English paper, is a lilac tree in
which pair of robins built their nest
A cat climbed the tree and killed Mrs.
Robin. Mr.. Robin, however, kept the
eggs warm by sitting on them for sew
eral days, but lady who watched him
says that he used to go away some
where for long intervals, but not long
enough to let the eggs get cold. AT
last he returned from one of his tours
with another Mrs. Robin, who immedi-
ately took the place of the deceased
wife and in time Matched the eggs, and
behaved just as if they were her own.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,


Pure iron can not be made perma-
nently a magnet, but its magnetism
only lasts while current of electricity
is circulating around it, and hence it is
called an electromagnetic.
Careful experiments have shown
that waste silk is the most effective OF
all non-conducting coverings for steam
pipes, and the demand for this purpose
promises to be great, Notwithstanding
the high price.
DR.. G. Keller, of Zurich, claims
from careful observation of their
habits, that spiders by destroying
aphides and insects perform a very
important part in the preservation of
forests.
"A London company is reported to
have secured patents for the chemical
production of aluminium, sodium and
potassium; and to be able to manufact-
ure aluminium at considerably less
than one shilling per pound.
1t has been found in California
that a cold-air blast dries fruit in the
most satisfactory manner. Samples of
fruit dried in this way-prunes, april
cots and apples-two years ago, are
still in a perfect state of preservation.
In preparing chocolate, the pow
der is made into a paste by grinding
between hot stones. Vanilla, cinna-
mon and other spices, with a certain
amount of sugar, are added, and well
mixed with paste. While still hot,
this paste is put into molds to harden.
The new gas engine, known as the
silent engine, invented recently in En-
gland, is coming into use on account Of
it's simplicity of construction and ex-
cellent results. 1t has an ignition at
every revolution, instead of at every
two or three revolutions, as in the Otto
and other gas engines.
The deleterious effect of arsenic on
the skin was recently discussed in the
Pathological Society of London. 1t
seems that the skin is the tissue on
which arsenic has the most marked in
huence, and the poison may spoil the
complexion instead of improving it,
by making it muddy and unsightly.
Tea drinkers will welcome a new
competitor in the tea-markets of the
world. A few years ago an English
settler in Natal planted a few acres
there with tea. His first crop, pro-
duced in 1881, amounted to no more
than 800 pounds, but the production
has so increased since then that last
year Natal put upon the market about
10000 pounds of tea. The industry is
spreading rapidly, and it seems likely
that before long South Africa will be-
come q serious rival to China and India
in this trade.
1t has been proposed to do away
with the use of explosives in mines
where their use is attended with dam
ger, and substitute the lately invented
cartridge-one portion of which is filed
with mixture of finely divided zinc
and zinc oxide, which collects in the
condensers of the zinc retort, while the
other part is filled with dilute sulphuric
acid. According to the requirements
in this case, the cartridge is put in its
intended place, and then, by suitable
mechanism, the acid is allowed to flow
into the zinc. Hydrogen is then evolved,
and, by it's expansive force, the rock is
broken down, without combustion or
! violent explosion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18

THE various computations of the
amount spent yearly in this country on
liquor are very curious. One speaker
at Temperance meeting the other
night asserted that from the sums spent
every year on liquor a thousand one
dollar gold pieces might be put on each
word in the Bible, and that even then
there would be $50, 900 to spare.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-18

DRUNKENNESS is flattering devil,
sweet poison, a pleasant sin, which
whatsoever hath, hath not himself;
which whatsoever doth commit doth not
commit sin, but he himself is wholly
sin. st. AuguStine.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04
The Sp ? eaking Saturday.

Saturday the Democratic camdl- dates for Governor spoke here to 9 large audience. The candidates are. Gov Hughes, Fletcher, fishback, Eagle, and Rector. and spoke in the order named. two in the afternoon and three at night. They are all good, true men and either would make . good Governor. Our limited space torbids a fnli report of the fine speeches delivered All were listen ed to attentively and patiently. Col. Fletcher made a fine impression, and we might well say each did. but he seemed to be the choice of our people.
 Col. W. E. Atkinson met the can didates and their fricncs at the de pot and escorted them to his home where a sumptuous dinner had been prepared he also apportiOned them among our prominent citizens. during their 24 hours stay. Col. AS. hos pitable treatment, as well as that of our citizens, was highly praised and appreciated by the gentlemen. Their stay among us was alike pleasant to them and us.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04
The Democratic Central Com-
 mittee Meeting.

The regular meeting of the Demo- cratic Central Committee of Nevada county, in compliance with the order of the chairman, was held on March 3lst. at the office of D. B. Madden. Nine following townships were repre- sented: Missouri, Boughton, Red Land, Union, Jackson. Parker, Leake, Caney and Emmet.
 It was submitted to the committee whether the county, judicial, con gressional. and state nominations of the county be by primaries or con- ventions. It was moved and second ed that in each instance the conven- tion system he adopted. The motion was carried.
 It was moved and adopted that the vote of Gov. Hughes in 1886, be adopted as the basis of representa- tion. and that each township be all lowed one delegate for every twenty five such votes and one for any mum Der of votes in excess thereof,'t Ito at tend the County convention, thus giv- ing to each township the following number of representatives; Ala bama, l. Albany, &; Boughton. 5: Canev. 5 Emmet, 2; Georgia, 3 7; Jackson. , Leake, Z Missouri, II; Red Land, 2 Parker, 1 Taylor, i ; Union. 1,
 IL was moved and adopted that the Township conventions he held on May l2th, for the purposes of elect ing delegates to the County conven- tion. 10 be held at Prescott, on the 2Gth day of May, for the purposes of of electing delegate, to State, Con gressional and Judicial conventions. to be held thereafter.
 It was moved and adopted that Township conventions he held on the lst Saturday Cor Eth day) of Ju- ly. to elect delegates to the County convention, to be held at Prescott, on the 2nd Saturday Cor l4th day) of July, for the purpose of nominating Democratic candidates for county of ticers for the ensuing county elec- ton.
 It was further recommended that the Township conventions, held on July Eth, each township elect it- Central committeeman for the follow ing two years.
 NJ. NJ. SrEAR-. Ch'm'n.
 D. E. M NpnEN. Sec'N.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04
PRESS NOTICES.

The following very friendly and complimentary press notices of Col. w. F.. Atkinson, candidate for At torncv General, we copy from lead ing papers of the State, and it cer- tainly looks like the colonel will get there:
 Mir. AtkinsOn's s announcement for Attorney-General has created con siderable comment from his personal and political friends in this county. Without some unforeseen event. 1t is safe to predict that he will carry this county in the convention.-Nan Buren Democrat.
 Hon. W. F.. Atkinson is annonnc- eel as candidate for attorney-general and is being favorably accepted by the press of the state. As the Ga zette has before remarked MT. Atkin- son is one of the most brilliant law vers in the state and worthy of any honor which his fellow citizens may confer on him.--Hope Gazette.
 W. F.. Atkinson. of Prescott, is an announced candidate for Attorney General of Arkansas. He will sue ceed in keeping the flies off of all opponents if his success goes no fur ther. but the indications are that he will be nominated by quite a hand some majority. It is sometimes a difficult matter to follow the holy command to love our neighbor as our selves, but in the case of Will Atkin- son it comes just as natural as putting on an old shoe. He is well known and highly esteemed by the citizens of Hampstead and will, We think, certainly receive their support Washington Press.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04
Notice

Prof. l.. White. the noted cancer eradicator, will remain at Prescott. until further notice is given of his departure, as he has several eases now on hand and new ones are daily oming, even from Texas. He was Il that state in July and Angus and has proved there as well as he has in this state. that he is one of the most successful cancer eradica- tors in the world.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04

The Prescott Dispatch has lawyers on the brain, and its last issue is fill ed with crusade against them. thus continuing it's efforts to create discord among the classes. But poor Ansley is crazy -TeNarksna Independent.
 No, Ansley is not crazy only his "much learning makes him mad 7" He is really a good Achievements well, we would f,in think, but a fool -a crank on abstract thoughts that mean nothing. The Prescott Plea yune thus sizes him up," in it's com ments on the above extract from the Independent. Ii says:
 Poor Ansley's" attacks on law yers. merchants, doctors. ct al. are so monotonous. and his crazy edito- rials so long, not half these classes ever read them. Many an unsuspect- ing farmer, however, swallows his words as the truth. and thus preju- dice iS founded, Co the detrimcnt of society ana the country.
 That spreciscIy all there is of An sley and his paper. It don't amount to much. and has absolutely no influence except 10 iniure and make more unhappy those he pretends to desire to benefit.
 But the ~pccia trouble and leading error with Anslcy comes of the fact that in his school days he read some ancient history" and has not read any since. and from a now confused and somewhat diseased memory heat tempts to apply dead issues and ob- solete maNms and aNioms and apho- Tislns to the stateSman>hip of Amer ica and the living issues of to-day. and thus becomes so tangled in thought as to make of himself yer itahle human ass an object of pity mingled with contempt with all intelli- gent and we'll posted men of the hour with which sort and character he dare not come face to face before the people. little Rock Republican.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04

Gov. Hughes, in his speech here and at other places, abuses and be- littles the newspapers, unqualiliedly, because, forsooth, they they have seen fit to criticise his wholesale par doning of conyicts His unworthy little thrusts do the press no harm will only fall back OH his own head as coals of fire. to consume his polit- ical aspirations. Lay on NJ Duff. '
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04
The Wonderful Healing Properties of Oar by's Prophylactlc Fluid in Case Of hc' cidents, for Burns, Scaids, Cuts,
 Wounds, etc

Its prompt Use will invariably re- lieve pain, promote healing and pre- vent Erysipela>, Gangrcnc. or Proud Flesh. Owing to the cleansing 9nd purifying qualities of the Fluid the most obstinate rlccr,, Boile, Carbuu- cles. and Running Sores are 'euder- ed pure and healthy and speedily pared, no other application being necessary.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04

A littIe fire is quickly trodden out, which being suffered. riycrs cannot quench. The same may h. said of human diseases. A little lu- digestion, a slight disarrangement of the bowels, a torpid liver. lead to serious complications and results These can be avoided hy the use of Morris Cascarine.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04
Gov. Hughes called Col. Rector a

Gov. Hughes called Col. Rector a demagogue because the latter hit him hard as to the third term idea. Gov. II. is showing poor judgment, in these displays of temper. One thing sure the people want no third termers or wholesale convict pardoners, But two or three States of the Union have ev- CT broken this unwritten law as to third terms for Governor. It only ap- plies to this office and President.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04

The convict camps at Coal Hill has been abolished, by order of the peni- tentiary commissioners, on account of the barbarities recently exposed there. A good move.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-04-04
FOR coNGRES>-rHIRp DISTRICT

We are authorized to announce Ihos. C. McRaC of this county. as candidate for Congress in the Third Congressional District, subject to the action of the Democratic Convention.
 We are authorized to announce D. F. Barker, of Drew county, aS a candidate for Congress in the Third Congrc ssional District subject to the action of the Democratic Convention.