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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08
Emma Abbott. Early Pluck.

The "early bird" does not always catch
the worm" Twenty years ago. when
Emma Abbott lived In the backwoods Of
Illinois, she tried to get an appointment
to teach school She read an advertise
ment In some paper of q teacher wanted
in the next township. The town was sew
enteen miles away. and there was only
one way for brave little Emma to get
there. and that was by walking. She set
of. however. on the lonely and hazard
Gus journey. only to find when she
reached her destination that eleven other
girls had got there In advance Of her.
Footsore and weary she crossed the
threshold of the room In which the other
applicants were sitting. A man was cross
examining one Of them, and as she en-
tered all looked up. They were not . lit
tie surprised as she gasped out. Il have
walked seventeen miles to get this place. q"
The man jumped up from his seat and ex-
claimed, And you shall have it. Last
come first served. this time"-New York
Press
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08
THE CHURCHES TOMORROW.

First Lutheran church-The newly fur
nished and improved audience room Of the
Se
At 1880 a. m. tomorrow. There will be preach
ing morning and evening by the pastor. Rev.
J. d; Helwig. Evening services at 7:3o. Special
music has also been prepared for the occasion.
st. Paul NJ E. church. Yellow Springs. and
Washington streets. Sunday school at $50 a
m. Preaching l0:30 q. m. by Rev. James L.
Rodgers. OF this city. Preaching 7:30 p. m. BY
Prof. W. S. Hoskinson. of Wittenberg college.
Prayermeeting Wednesday evening. The pub
lie cordially invited to all services.
Second resbyterian-Preachinga at II q. m.
and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor. Rev. g. II. Fuller
NJ. Prayer meeting at s Wednesday even
ing. All are cordially invited to attend
these meetings.
Second English Lutheran. Clifton and Pearl
streets. Sunday school 1T q m. Preaching
service at 1880 a. m. by Rev. DR.. S. A. 0rt. No
evening service.
High Street NJ. E. Church-Preaehing by
Rev. p. b Davis at IL a. m. Sunday school At
e:3s a. m. No evening service. All are well
cJme.
First Congregational-washi street,
between Center and Factory. old G. A. R
building-Sunday school at $50 a. m Ser
vices conducted by the pastor. Samuel Palmer
Dunlap, at ii a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Bible school
$50 a. m. T. P. S. c. L. meeting at $50 D. m.
Christian. on High street, between Mechanic
and Plum - Sabbath school 1t $50 q. m
Preaching at II n IN. By the pastor. Rev.
Byron K. Long. All are invited. There will be
no evening service.
Christ Church-Wiliiam W. Steel, rector
Services: Holy communion at 9. m. except
on first Sunday In the month, when IL 10 at II
.. m. Young mems Bible class 10 a. m. Sab
bath school at 9:45 q. m. Morning service at
ii a. m. Evening service 7:30 p. m. Wednes-
day service 1901 m. Friday litany . m.
First PRESBYTERIAN, corner Main and Fisher
Rev W. Q. Falconer, ID. d.. pastor. Services
by the pastor at II a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Sunday school at $3.50 O.. m. Young peoples
meeting at $50 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednes-
day evening. The public cordially Invited to
all services.
Third Lutheran, corner Center and Liberty
s'reets-Rev. E Lee Fleck, pastor. Sunday
school q. m. Preaching by pastor at ii q m.
Young peoples meeting at $50 p. m. Evening
services at 1850. Seats free, and everybody
welcome.
Wilton Boone. pastor. Sunday school at
$50 a. m. Preaching by the pastor at ii a. N
aud $50 p. m. All are invited and made well
come
Lagonda avenue Wallace
Pierce, pastor. Res, 1874 Lagonda avenue
Regular service at 1890 and 1880 Sunday
school at 2:30. Y. p. S. c. 4. meeting at 6:45
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:3O
Strangers will be cordially received By pastor
and people.
Advent Brethren-Those believing in the
personal coming and reign Of Christ, and the
great events to take place In the near future
on this earth ASSEMBLIES every Sunday morning
at 5000. in the room known as Zittle's hall.
over the Rouse x Parsons's shoe store. on
Market street. All interested in the above
subject are cordially invited to attend.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08
Frsjsv.lsky o, His Travels.

fre5evAlsky OF His Travels.
Russia's most brilliant explorer, Gen. Pre-.
jevalsky, starts in few days in quest Of new
discoveries In Central Asia. He takes with
him fine equipment and force Of forty
men, expects TO be gone two years and hopes
to do for the geography of western Thibet
what be has already accomplished during his
four previous journeys in eastern Thibet
and IN great region north and northeast Of
that country. Hewili try once more to reach
Llasa, but it win not be surprising if he fails
He has already been twice repelled on his
way to the holy city Of the Buddhists, whose
approaches are now more jealousy guarded
than ever,
Cen Prejevalsky has done far more than
any other explorer to open the sealed book
Of central Asia The man who has given to
the maps the great mountain range of the
Aftian-tagh. which buttresses on the north
the lofty fhibetan plateau, and who was the
drst to trace the sources Of the Hoang-ho
and the Yanste-kiang as they spring from
the Kuen Lun mountains, deserves to rank
among the first explorers Of his time He
was the first traveller in modern times to
visit Lake Lob, described by ancient writer's,
and he made the surprising discovery that
at the west end Of this salt lake its waters
are sweet and potable where it receives the
Tarim affiuent He was the first traveller
since Marco Polo, six centuries ago, to see
the wild camel Of the Lob. desert, and he has
enriched the museums of his own country
with thousands Of specimens OF the imper.
fectly known dora and fauna Of the lofty
plateaus and immense deserts OF central Asia
But the greatest Of Prejevalsky' 3 discoveries,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08
Inrsres1ing scnooI statlst,cs

The Statistical Abstract for 1887, Just
issued, gives the following interesting
figures in regard to the schools Of the
United States. In 1871-72 there were in
this country Il, 82s. BAT children Of school
age. Of whom 2, Az, ,656 were enrolled in
the public schools. These pupils were
taught by s1.509 male and ia. 1870 female
teachers. to whom aggregate salaries OF
$37. sos. 800 were paid. The total txpen-
diture for the schools that year was $70.-
e91, ,374. In 1884-S5 the school population
had increased to II. 764, ,658, and the num-
bef Of pupils enrolled in the pubhcschools
to II .484. .66f. The number Of male teach
ers was 1O9. .632. and Of female 199, ,422,
to whom salaries amounting to $78, esq.,
06S were paid. The total expenditures
upon the schools for the latter year were
t111. .521. .6l2.-Public Opinion.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

What Civil Engineer Sayr Of the Out
iook-Ciimate and Health.
A prominent civil engineer who has
been engaged in the survey Of the Mica
ragua canal spent few days recently In
enthusiastically of the future Of the en-
terprise. and says that outside the ordi-
nary difficulties Of engineering In . wild
country, there viii be nothing to delay
the work. once It commences. 1t is ex-
pected that November will see large
force Of men engaged In building the
canal, which Is now marked out from
ocean to ocean. The weather. although
warm. was not uncomfortsbly 80. the
thermometer rarely passing 90 degs The
best wear he found to be thick woolens
and canvas trousers. and thu laAa aleo-
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08
,,oi,c I,o,,c-s Dafts.eti Of the Better. I

lrolic liutors pattskeh Of the better Ths
construction company Under which the
survey was fnade issued orders that three
ounces Of spirits should be given to every
laborer when his days work was done,
and of course the men were In many in.
stances able to buy brandy, which is very
cheap at Nicaragua, there being no Gus,
toms dues in that happy country. The
best spirit, however, to drink, II some
thing must be taken, Is rum, which seems
to suit tropical climates better than any
other, aud which can easily be procured
from Jamaica, from which island large
numbers of negroes are imported, who
prove to be the best lsborers under the
hot sun.
A proof of the salubrity Of the climate
was found In the lack of mortality.
Among the $50 men employed on the sur
vey there was not q single death, and yel
low fever is absolutely unknown. This
Is curious circumstance, as at Colon,
Just below, and at Honduras. just above,
the "vomito" Is nearly always rampant.
The explanation Of this freedom from
fever is probably due to the confguration
Of the country. Half way between Grey
town. where the canal viii begin on the
Atlantic coast, and its outlet on the
Pacific, Is the lake which is to be utilized
by the canal The slope to the west of
this range has regular rainy season of
four months, and during ten months Of
the year regular trade winds blow of the
Pacific ocean. As the land Is low right
across the isthmus these winds sweep
over to Greytown, which thus enjoys the
Atlantic and Pacific breezes and the germs
of fever are dispersed. The Atlantic
slope to the eastward Of the lake has .
much poorer climate, as it rains almost
ten months out of the twelve. One con-
sequence Of this difference Of climate is
that almost the entire population of the
country is settled upon the western slope.
A curious circumstance in connection
with the lake, which Is of course fresh
water. is that 1t swarms with man eating
sharks. which prevent any bathing in its
waters. The country abounds with game,
principally wild turkeys and a smaller
bird something like the prairie hen. Wild
pigs of excellent flavor are numerous, and
an amphibious animal closely resembling
the manatee of Florida and apparently an
product Is still to be found.
Its flesh is somewhat like coarse beef, and
as 1t grows to the respectable weight Of
800 or 800 pounds. there is always enough
fresh meat in the camp to go round when
one is killed. OF course there are lots of
monkeys and big lizards for those who
like such food. but otherwise the campers
out have to rely upon beans, rice, and
canned meats and vegetables.-Ne York
Evening Sun.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08

Mr.. II. Il. Johnston, the British consul
at CAMERON, recently made Q trip up the
Cross river. which empties into the
Gulf of Guinea, about $50 miles east of
the main branch Of the Niger. Mr.. John.
ston is well known by his geographical
work on the Congo and his book on Mount
Kilima-Nj Njsro. He had not ascended the
river more than fifty miles before the
people he met began to be very wild and
excitable. In communication Just pub.
lished in the Proceedings Of the Royal
Geographical Society, Mr.. Johnston says
the people are all inveterate cannibals.
They are continually fighting with each
other in order to supply their larders with
fresh food. In one hut which he entered
q smoked human ham was hanging from
the smoke blackened rafters, and above q
hundred skulls were ranged around the
upper part Of the clay walls. One old
chief who wished to convince Johnston
of his very friendly feeling took . neck
lace from his neck and presented 1t to the
white man. The ornament was made Of
human knuckle bones.
At one point ON the river where the
traveller was received with great apparent
friendship, he learned that the natives
WCiO oooothi6 LILO quootioA whOthch w
treat the visitors as honored guests or to
eat them, or at any rate to eat tine Kroo
boys who had padded Mr.. Johnston up
the river. He decided that 1t would not
be safe to extend his explorations fur
ther, and he started down the river while
the natives were still debating what to
do with him. As he turned his canoe
down stream, however. the noisy villa
gers gave chase. and there were few
minutes sof terrible anxiety when the
canoe ran aground, and hundreds Of the
yelling savages attempted to wade eeross
the shallow water and seize the fugitives.
Even little children, Johnston says.
armed themselves with knives. and.
standing ankle deep In the water,
shrieked at the top of their voices that
they would like to eat the white man.
The explorer, however, managed to keep
out of the clutches Of the savages, and to
get away without fring.-New York Sun.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08

via l. .; w. rou.s 70 lnlportan, polhts In
braska, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Indian
Territory and eastern Colorado, September
10 and IL, "a and 25, October and 23,
1sss. Only one fare for the round trip.
Tickets good thirty days. Good to stop
anywhere west of Missouri river. On Sep
tember 11th the o. l. & w. railroad will
run free chair car from Springfield, O., to
Kansas City without change. For seats in
chair car, rates and general information
write to or call on C. l.. Hilleary, passen-
ger and ticket agent. union depot, Spring
field, Ohio.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08

-squivens has broken himself com
pletely down
Browu-Ahi how sol
smith-Practicing on the hsaith lift-Ds-
truit Free PresA
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08

A boy Of u years In on City. Pa. b .
somnambulisk and his disease assumes the
form Of getting up In tho msddlsof ths night
30 play The piano it b undoubtedly ths
vuzse cass On record d-Lowsn CitissR
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08

Sales of structural steel in Chicago
amount to not less than 81, 900. 600 per
year.. Many building schemes are delayed
because 1t is impossible to get the material.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08

Ivory Starch, o little warm water, Q Titles
Bsrch. quick. economical, beautiful. 8rooers.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08

Don't ask q lady at dinner II she will
have the gizzerd. Louis manual Of
etiQuette.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-08

Saratoga has ''brick queen" her hus-
band having made his money In that line.
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
STEEL rails last on an average about eight
ecn years.

STEEL rails last on an average about eight.
een years.
AN cight-whecl passenger locomotive
costs about $500,
THERE are 100000 freight-cars on the
various railroad lines in this country
TIE railroad bridges in this country if
placed continuously would reach from New
York to Liverpool.
TIE manufacturers of locomotives and
cars have all been taxed beyond their ca
pacity during the past year to supply rolling
stock and there is no prospect of any imme-
diate slachness in this work.
For every one thousand inhabitants the
United States runs trains 300 miles an
nually, while the train mileage of Great
Britain on the same basis If 1900; Belgium,
1850; France, $3.50, and Germany, $3.50.
THE fastest long-distance run on a rail
road west of ChicagOis claimed to have been
made on the Union Pacific line, when a
special train made an average rate of speed
Including stops, between Cheyenne and
Omaha, of forty-nine miles an hour.
RAILROAD statistics tell us that of all tha
passengers carried by all the roads in the
country, only one in ten million is killed.
There are over million persons in the en-
ploy of railroads, and amongst this class,
probably the proportion Of fatality is far
greater.
TO-DAY there are within the boundaries Of
the United States of America more than
l50,0 900 miles of railroad. With the country
well-developed in all its parts, it is safe to
say that this mileage might be enlarged to
600,0OO without exceeding the demands that
would be made upon 1t.
THE fastest trains in this country are two
Ayers on the Baltimore q Ohio road that
are-scheduled to run the forty miles be-
tween Baltimore and Washington in forty
five minutes. The slowest train is North
Carolina "express," which consumes nine
hours in running 100mies.
A "TRACTION INCREASERn is the name Of
Il powerful device now being tested on three
freight engines of the Pennsylvania rail-
road. 1t is drawbar firmly fixed between
the locomotive and tender, and it automat
ically throws part of the weight of the
tender on the driving-wheels Of the engine
In proportion to the load the latter has to
pull This makes the locomotive heavier
when it should be so, and increases its
pulling power and speed.
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
HERE AND THERE.

Middle Tennessee has shipped this
season to the North $750,000 worth OF
Irish potatoes.
Corn is the most profitable cereal
crop grown, as the value of the fodder
is sometimes more than equal to that
Of the grain.
The youngest cowboy is said to be
Logan Mulhall, of the Cheyenne Ma
ton, who is six years old. He owns
more than q hundred cattle, has his
own land, hires his own help, etc.
Bees will find but little to work on
at this season, but they may be assist
cd if a crop of buckwheat has been
sown. Any attempt to supply the bees
with sugar or other material will re-
suit in an inferior grade of honey.
Tho man who expects to raise a
50, 900 colt from an almost worthless
mare will find it uphill work, no mat
ter how well her breeding looks on pa
per Irdividual merit is one Of the
chief elements Of success HOrSenldn.
1t is surprising how many insects
flock of turkeys or guineas will de-
stroy in day. If given u large range
they will be industriously at work all
the time, and will need no feeding at
the BARNARD at this season of the
year.
Hens like to roost high. The
roOsts should, therefore, be all on the
same level to prevent crOwding. AT
least one foot of space on the roost
should be allowed for each full-grOwD
fowl, and the roosts should be eighteen
inches apart.
One of the latest phenomena in
kentucky is a filly that will not be two
years old until fall, sired by Red
Wilkes, out of the dam of Ellerslie
Wilkes. Although scarcely broken to
harness she recently paced a half in
1:19, and can show 2:30 gate.
1t seems next to impossible to tame
the Indian and teach him civilized
methods, but we are in a fair way to
extinguish the gamey Odor of the cow
boy, judging by the way he is taking
to haymaking on the plains during the
summer.
ALL surplus fruit should be dried
or evaporated. 1t is a waste of land
and fertility to allow fruit to fall and
rot. It is expensive feeding for hogs
considering the value of the land. Oc-
cupied by trees, and, unless all fruit
grown can be sold or applied to family
use, it VIII pay to cut down the trees
and devote the land TO some other
crop
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
How to Help Your Digestion.

Almost every day we feel the unpleasant
sensations of indigestion. Try ALLCoCK's s
Porous PLAsTERs and be relieved. j. F..
Davenport, of Canarsie, New York, writes;
l have been very much troubled with
violent pain below my chest bone l was
told by several physicians that 1t was
rheumatism of the diaphragm. 1t resulted
from cold and exposure. had very little
appetite and digested my food with great
difficulty. Iplaced one ALLcoCK's Porous
PLASTER below the breast bone and two on
each side. In the course of twenty-four
hours all pain ceased, and l was able to
eat and digest a good square meal some
thing had not done before in two weeks.
got better constantly, and at the end OF
seven days found myself entirely we'll
Since then have used ALLCoCK's Porous
PLAsTERs for colds, coughs and pains IN
my side, and l have always found them
quick and effective.
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
CORRECT CONDUCT.


WEIL-BGHAvED ladies never turn round
to look after any one when walking on the
street
A LADY never accepts seat from a gen.
tleman in street-car without thanking
hin.
LET no one be so intent upon the mote in
the eye of his neighbor that he will forget
the beam in his own.
LADIES Of culture never accept valuable
presents from gentlemen acquaintances
unless engaged to them.
A SENSIBLE lady never snubs other young
ladies even if they happen to be less popular
or well favored than herself.
A LADY of good taste never wears
clothing so singular or striking as to at
tract particular attention in public.
NEVER lend a borrowed book, but return
it as soon as you are through with it, so that
the owner may not be deprived of its use.
Too COMMONLY the fact is ignored that a
mans opinions and convictions are his pri-
vate personal matter, with which no one
else has right to meddle.
In politics, the spending of money, in
social life, in dress and education each one
should scrupulously avoid acting as censor
ofothers who may differ with himself.
A PRUDENT young lady never takes sup
Der or refreshments at restaurant with a
gentleman after attending the theater un-
less accompanied by lady much older than
herself
A MAN may believe in homeopathy to the
highest dilutlon, but that belief does not en-
title him to the privilege of calling his
neighbor to account because he chooses to
seek relief by means of mercury and
qainine in as heroic doses as he may fancy
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
THE YZALCO VOLCANO.
Something About the Most Wonderful
Mountain Upon the Globe.

Mountain Upon the Globe.
The volcano of YzalcO, in San Saliva
dor, is for many reasons the most
wonderful mountain upon the globe.
1t rises several thousand feet high,
almost directly from the sea, and is
surmounted by an immense column of
smoke broken by masses of flames, a
thousand feet in height, and rising
with such regularity that the mountain
has been called The lighthouse of San
Salvador" Rumbling and explosions
are constantly going on within Yzalco,
and are audible at the distance of a
hundred miles. Its discharges are
very regular, but it is chiefly remark
able as being the only volcano which
is known to have originated in America
since the discovery by Columbus.
In 1869, the region now occupied by
1t was a level plain, forming the coffee
and indigo plantation of Senior Don
Balthazor Evazo. In December of
that year, the gentleman was absent
from home, and his servants became
so alarmed by frequent earthquakes
that they fled from the place. When
they returned, week or two later, it
was to find that large orators had been
opened in the ground, giving vent to
smoke and flame. On the 23d of Feb
ruary, 1770, a series of terrific eXplo-
sions took place, the crust of the earth
was lifted several hundred feet, while
fames and lava issued from the rent in
its surface. An hour later, there was
another convulsion, which hurled into
the air rocks weighing thousands of
tons, and elevated the earth alb out
three hundred feet.
Discharges of lava and blistered
Stone continued for several days, and
In less than two months, the level
Held had become a. mountain of a very
considerable height. Constant dis
Charges from its crater have since
raised it to over four thousand feet
above the sea,-Youth's Con1Danl0n.