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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21
MAMMOTH ICEBERGS.
How the Ocean Off the New England Coast
Is Chilled in Midsummer.

How the Ocean OFF the New England Coast
Is Chilled in Midsummer.
70 the limited number of persons
whose business or enterprise takes
them into northern seas, the sight of
majestic icebergs is offered when voy-
ayers by more southerly routes see
little or nothing of these floating ice
mountains. 1t is true the New York
and Liverpool steamers and the German
lines sometimes encounter these I'M
pleasant travellers at points not far east
of Newfoundland; the fine steamer
Saale, on a recent trip out from New
York, reports seeing a majestic berg
which looked like great marble
lowered cathedral. But it remained
for an incoming sailing vessel from far
northern port to encounter the largest
number. The bark lvigtut, from the
lower Greenland seas, has reached Phil
adelphia, after remarkable stormy
and perilous passage, occupying in all
forty-eight days, during which forty
seven icebergs were passed. She sailed
on June 6, and on that day became
fast jammed in an ice-pack which
extended beyond the reach of vision.
After battling for seven trying days
and nights with the beleaguering
ice.field, the vessel managed to get
into clear water; but day later as
the temperature of the water had al
ready warningly indicated, she saw
twenty-five great glittering bergs, all
In one view-seventeen of which were
veritable mammoths.
These floating ice-mountains show
only about one-eighth of their bulk
above water. If the visible part rises
| $50 feet above the waves, what a vast,
tremendous bulk of ice exists in every
such instance below the seas surface!
This is all frozen fresh water. 1t is
the product of the Greenland glaciers.
1t melts. hundreds and hundreds of
such great bergs. in the warmer water
south of Cape Race; and this chill in
fuence is felt even in the tropic seas,
! just enough to temper and render de-
| lightful the east winds that blow
across the West India Islands and
make their otherwise insufferable heat
an enjoyable air. The same cause
chills the ocean off the Southern New
England coast till mid July-then
| (along the Sound particularly the
water temperature is good for bathing,
most of the time, till September. East
of Cape Cod-alongthe shores of Cape
! Ann on most of the Maine coast, there
is no comfortable sea-bathing at any
time, so chill is the water.-Philadel-
! phia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21
WHY LEAVES TURN.
A True and Scientific Explanation Given
by an Eminent BOtanist.

"A True and Scientific Explanation Given
by an Eminent BOtanist.
Probably not one person in thou
said knows why leaves change their
color in the fall" remarked an emf
nent botanist the other day. "The
common and old-fashioned idea is,
that all this red and golden gbry we
see is caused by frosts. A true and
scientific explanation of the causes of
the coloring of leaves would necessi-
tate long and intricate discussion.
Stated briefly and in proper language,
those causes are these: The green
matter in the tissue of a lkaf is COM
posed of two colors, red ND blue.
When the sap -ceases -te~ 4e6I IN me
fall, and the natural growth of thetree
ceases, oxidation of the tissue takes
place. Under certain conditions, the
green of the leaf changes to red; under
different conditions, it takes on a yell
low or brown tint. This difference in
color is due to the difference in COM
bination of the original constituents of
the green tissue, and to the varying
conditions of climate, exposure and
soil. A dry, cold climate produces
more brilliant foliage than one that is
damp and warm. This is the reason
that our American autumns are so
much more gorgeous than those of En-
gland. There are several things about
leaves that even science can not ex-
plain. For instance, why one of two
trees growing side by side. of the same
age and having the same exposure,
should take on brilliant red in the
fall and the other should turn yellow;
or, why one branch of tree should
be highly-colored and the rest of the
tree have only yellow tint, are ques-
tions that are as impossible to answer
as why one member of family should
be perfectly healthy and another sickly.
Naples and oaks have the brightest
colors. Field and Forest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21
FACTS ABOUT VERTIGO.
In Persons of Full Habit 1t May Preceds
an Attack of Apoplexy.

| IN Persons of Full Habit 1t May Precedd
an Attack of Apoplexy.
Any disturbance of the blood circu-
lation in the internal ear, especially in
that portion known as the semicircular
canals, will give rise to feeling OF
dizziness or vertigo. This symptom is
by no means uncommon, and is so often
felt by persons who are otherwise in
perfect health that little attention is
generally paid to it. 1t is true that in
many cases one may be perfectly safe
in not needing it, yet recurring or pro-
longed attacks of dizziness should
never pass unnoticed.
In what is known as Meniere's Dis
ease, which is associated with a chronic
affection of the internal ear, the patient
suffers paroxysms of intense dizziness.
accompanied with loud ringing in the
ears, the attacks becoming more and
more severe and prolonged as the dis
ease progresses.
In the great majority of cases, how
ever, the explanation of the vertigo is
to be found in some local departure
from the normal condition, the real
source of the trouble being, perhaps,
at some distance from the parts affected.
In the ear itself we may have a
foreign body pressing on the drum
membrane, or an increased pressure in
the drum cssvfftty, srchas happens when
the passage to the ears is stopped and
an excess of fluid accumulates. The
same condition may arise also from an
rror of vision, in which case it can be
xplained only by the intimate nervous
c,nnection between the two organs, an
oIer-straining at one portion of the
nSve- circuit showing its effects at the
other.
Most interesting of all, however. is
the connection between this symptom
and certain disturbances of the stom-
ach. Vertigo and nausea often go to-
gether, as in the case of persons who
swing violently, or in those who are
sea-sick. By means of the intimate
nervous connection, any irritation or
disturbance of the functions of the
stomach will react on the blood supply
OF the ears, and vertigo may thus be an
indication of indigestion or an over
loaded stomach.
The hearts, still another organ con-
nected with this same nervous chain,
and this fact explains how it is that
palpitation is sometimes met with I'M
der similar circumstances. This fact
may serve as an additional warning
against the use of alcohol and certain
drugs which cause dizziness when
taken into the stomach.
In persons of full habit, with large
excess of blood, vertigo may precede
an attack of apoplexy. In any case,
the wise course is to avoid all effort
and remain in reclining position
while the attack lasts.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

believe that there was at least Ifrfect
confidence on her part in me. IN
Il was younger then, and |ull OF
strength aud assurance OBJ yed a
summons to hasten to her side. When
she alleged acute lung and hea diffi-
Guilty / smiled incredulously a told
her she was as well as |, and til sn told
her what / had done in her caseN Her
head was half averted as / con nued.
so that could not study as l would
have wished the effects OF the refela-
ton. When l had done she turned
about, regarded me with look oil in
effable scorn, denounced me as AMI i'm
poster and quack, and forbade me ever
to enter her house again. | sought af-
forward reconciliation, but without
avail. She is now an active disciple of
the faith cure school, but since my ids
missal she has paid many cool hum
dred annually into the purses of med
ical men less scrupulous thanI; for her
delusion still clings to her, and doubt
less will until she dies"
The practice of medicine is grand
art, and should not be prostituted. Yet
there are times when deception can
only be avoided at the sacrifice of life
ITSELF 1t is not a year since was sent
for to see a man who had taken big
dose of poison. When / reached him
he insisted that he would die and that
no remedy should 60 down hiasbha6at.
To the-horror of his wife andfl fAisnd
or two who were present. heartily
agreed with him that death wal desira1,
BILE for him, that life had lost all it's
sweets and that were lin his place 1,
too, should die. l thsn inquired of
him the quantity Of poison he had
swallowed. and wheDhe told me de-
clared he was in no danger of dying,
and made a motion as though should
leave him. With a look of agony he
beckoned me to his side. when l
reached over ard whispered to him
that if he would not betray me l would
give him dose of fatal poison, one
that would be sure to end his agony.
To this he readily assented, and by the
means l saved his life. Here was rank
deception, but what else could l do
when the man resisted all persuasion
to accept relief. Had l not deceived
him he would have been dead within
two hours, for he had taken enough
poison to kill half dozen men,
Chicago Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21
a MEMORY.

He left us 1t the close OF one bright day
And no one saw him go;
Without one farewell word he went away
From us who loved him so.
The sun went down, the evening star came out
And made a shining track;
We called his name with merry echoing shout,
But, ali, he came not back.
The soft frankincense of the dewy night
Perfulned each tree and flower;
The whip poorwill, in melancholy plight
CALEB from its tree-top tower.
We gathered all his playthings from the floor
His bells and balls and toys,
And laid them up with hearts distressed and
sore
To hear his welcome noise.
Would He who careth for the sparrow's fall
Regard our idle fears,
Nor let harm happen to a thing so small,
We asked ourselves with tears
We looked upon his cunning, pictured face,
Gazed in his wistful eyes,
And wondered at the tender human grace
Beneath that rough disguise.
We dvelt upon his soft caressing touch,
The trust so freely given,
And sighed to think not even one of such
May ever enter Heaven.
How OF that love and loyalty till death
No 1.-THE is set apart
Beyond survival Of this feeting breath
Dust unto dust thou art"
So passed the long night hours-at early dawn
neighbor called, who said
That near q corner of his oaisied lawn
A little dog lay dead.
Mrs. NJ. L. Payne, in Detroit Free Prss.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21
GRADED MOURNING.
The Kind of Grief That Inspires Yer
Little sympathy.

-------- Little Sympathy.
Two columns of fashion letter are
devoted to fashionable mourning" to
the minutie of texture, cut and finish
imperatively demanded of those who
mourn by milliner's chart. If this
sort of mourning were rare, such let
ters of description and advice would
never be written as business or paid
for by newspapers. To go into mourn
ing, to wear black clothes when some
one dies that we love, is as natural as
the tears we would hide behind thick
wells, but the grief that expends itself
in the niceties of mourning, in style
and etiquette, is grief that is COM
forted by the advertisement that it
makes for itself. Grief that is con-
cerned with the depth of hem, width
of handkerchief border and the length
of time it must be adopted, is of that
quality which wins the envy of other
mourners and little sympathy from
amused observers.
Dress-makers, when interviewed,
claim that mOurners are their most
fastidious customers, as the sombre-
ness and unbecomingness of dead
black must be overcome by artistic
arrangements and ingenious adorn-
ment. The length of time that deep,
half and light mourning shall be worn
is nicely graded by conventional rule.
The husband heading the list, and the
time exquisitely adjusted down to the
mother-in-law and the mother-in-law' $
relatives; when mourning by the cal
ender is fully understood. how to do it,
and in what, is explained by card ETH
quette and fashion plates. At certain
stages of sorrow we may admit certain
friends alone, with cut-jet and patent
leather slips. Later on mere acquaint-
ances may visit us, in the stage OF
''pale lavenders'' and soft dove
shades" While all mourners receive
due attention, the widow is the pivotal
strength OF the mourning business.
The sanctity of her grief meets the
most obsequious Difference from silk
worm to the shopkeeper. She is even
told the width of her cap border, and
whether it is black, edged with white,
or pure white this season."
In this progressive age, marked par
ticularly by the emancipation of wo-
men into larger lives and higher am
billions. it is singular that fashionable
mourning" with its pretense and affec-
tations of grief. mourning as pastime,
a diversion and fashion can be toler.
ated. That deadly fear of convention
in which women have so long beer
trained, is the probable reason; a feal
which puts thousands of women into
mourning who feel no grief or in
wardly rebel at the parade and show
ing over a breaking heart.-Washing
ton Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21
TWO SMART FOxES.
They Protected Their Home by an In
geniOus Stratagem.

| Sehlous Stratagem.
1t is doubtful if there is any other
animal in the world so cunning as the
fox. 1t certainly exercises reason,
since it provides against new contin-
gencies as fast as they arise. Here is
story which exhibits almost human
calculation.
A pair of red foxes took up their
home on Dakota farm, on q knoll! in
wheat-field, where they began to rear
four little foxes.
Every day, while narrowing and
sowing wheat in the field" says the
farmer, 81 saw the two old foxes lying
on the little mound in front of their
home. The kits rolled about in the
sun, played with the bushy tails of
their parents, and enjoyed themselves
apparently as much as a group of kit
tens.
Gone morning a neighbor came
to work in a field adjoining, bring
ing with him dog, and the
dog, with all the curiosity of his
kind, soon began the investigation of
both farms. He was still long dis
lance from the fox-den when | heard a
sharp, warning bark and saw the kits
disappear. AS looked, the mother
fox lay on the mound, her ears erect,
her nose on the ground, all attention,
The father of the family, with his big
tail swinging in the wind, trotted
toward the dog.
Can he intend to attack himp |
wondered. had never heard of such
a thing, and the dog, though not a
large enc, was still larger than the
fox. But reynard knew his business
better than |. He approached the in
truder until the dog saw him, when
both stopped for an instant, and then
the dog gave chase. The fox, with a
bark of defiance, turned and ran in a
direction away from his home.
"At first the dog seemed to gain
rapidly upon the fox, but l watched
them for nearly mile before they dis
appeared in the prairie grass, and con-
cluded that the fox was able to keep
out of the others way.
I'm about an hour the dog returned
from fruitless chase, and for a time
he contentedly followed his master.
Then he began prowling around again.
"All this time the mother-fox had
remained on the mound. picture of
quiet vigilance; but now, as the dog
again ventured near, she rose and
trotted toward him, and the dog was
soon chasing her over the prairie.
Hardly had they disappeared when the
male trotted back from some hiding
place and took the position vacated by
his mate. The dog returned after a
time, unsuccessful as before.
During the day he was again and
again tempted to chase, first by the
male and then by the female, and
while the one kept him busy, the other
watched over the young, who did not
show themselves after the first sight of
the dog.
at is hard to say which we admired
most: the bravery of the pair in chal-
longing the dog to race that would
have proved fatal had he caught them,
their ingenuity in taking turns, so that
each might be fresh when chased,
their skill in leading him away from
their young, or their cleverness in
throwing him off their track when far
enough away" --Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

"A venerable member of the House
had watched the pages fitting up and
down the aisles, and had INDUCED in
considerable speculation as TO why they
were there. A day or two ago his
curiosity became so great that he asked
fellow member: "Say, John, who
are them boys that play around the
hall?" why" was the reply, they
are pages" Gosh all thunderr' said
the astonished gentleman, ''you don't
mean to tell me them's all Sam Pages
boys do ye?"-Concord IN. H. Mon
itor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21
He Took the Money Back.

The Emperor of Russia, when upon
a tour of inspection in his provinces,
passed the night in the simple hut of a
toll-taker. Before retiring he was
pleased. as head of the church, to
see the old man take up his Bible
and read chapter. ''Do you read
often, my sonP" he asked. Eyes, your
Majesty, every day." "How much of
the Bible have you read, NJ skopp"
During the last year the~Ol61Ista-
ment and part of Matthew, your MAJ
esty." Thinking to reward him, the
Gar placed five hundred roubles be-
tween the leaves of the book of Mark
on the following morning, unknown to
the toll-taker, whom he babe farewell.
Several months passed away and the
Emperor returned, upon second
tour, to the toll-taker's hut. Taking
the Bible in his hands, he was sur
prised to find the five hundred roubles
intact. Again interrogating the toll
keeper as to his diligence in reading.
he received an affirmative answer and
the statement that he had finished the
chapters of Luke. "Lying, my son, is
great SIM" replied his Majesty;
'.give me the Bible till see" Open
ing the book, he pointed to the money,
which the man had not seen. ..Thou
hast not sought the kingdom of God,
my son. As punishment thou shalt
also lose thy earthly reward" And
he placed the roubles in his pocket to
distribute among the neighboring poor.
Christian Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

Catching frogs to sell them to res
taurants is brisk industry around
Chambersburg, Pa. The hunter car
ries torch which he flashes on tho
stream, and if a frog is there it sits
dazed, and with dexterous thrust of
a spear he pins it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

There are five girls in one OF the
HUMPHREYS families of Fleming County,
KY, and their names are Arkansas.
Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida and Vir-
ginia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

"A bee-farm near Becton in Canada
covers four acres, and the owner, in a
favorable year, secures not less than
10000 pounds 81 honey from his 19, OOO,-
900 little workers..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

Nor YET-We have often been asked
why we did mot establish Daily
Kicker, and many individuals have
promised us their hearty support. In
the first place we are now running
under one roof great weekly news
paper, harness shop, a grocery, a
feed store and great boot and shoe
house, and we haven't much spare
time; and in the second place when we
have any money to throw away we'll
do it by establishing school of phil
osophy for Indians. We've got good
thing as it is, and we don't sigh for the
whole earth.-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

A POSSIBLE MIsTAKE.-Colonel Keho
Jones, who was pulled up to limb by
the boys the other night as a warning
than no snide games will be allowed in
any gambling house in this bailiwick,
has called at the Kicker Office to pro-
test that we were mistaken in the way
we sized him up in our local columns.
He showed us letters of recommended
ton from prominent parties in Wash
ington, Philadelphia and New York,
and he exhibited the Testament given
him by his mother twenty-three years
ago and worn over his heart ever since.
We may possibly have been mistaken
in writing the gentleman up as forger,
embezzler. bigamist and escaped con-
vict, and in encouraging the boys to
pull his neck as warning. If so, we
are very sorry. The only way he can
satisfy us of his integrity is to frown
upon any thing like skin game in his
establishment in future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

SOLE AGENT.-We have been APP
pointed sole agent in this town for the
Kentucky Hemp Company, limited, and
will be the only one handling their ia
nous mo. g. rope. This rope, as most of
our readers are aware, is made for and
exclusively used as neckties for bad
men. 1t will stand the greatest strain,
run easier, fit tighter and give more
general satisfaction, than any other
hanging rope in the market. No matter
what sort of a neck a man has, this
rope settles to the right spot at once.
We sell it in twenty foot lengths at two
dollars per length, and where more is
wanted the price will be made salts
factory. Give us a call before purchas-
ing elsewhere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

THERE is ONE.-In answer to ''corres-
oondent" last week, who asked if there
was railroad line running through
this town, we replied that if such line
existed we had never heard of it in the
Two years of our stay. We now desire to
inform him that there is a line-a branch
Of the u P. Road-and that it runs two
rains per day and gives excellent
service. The manager of the line, Mr..
Ben Davis, called at our Office yester-
lay and handed us an annual pass over
the line, and we take pleasure in say
ing that the cars are of the best make,
.he fare reasonable and that the line
has done much to build up our town.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Truthful Statements Contained In
Recent Issue of the Sheet.


Recent Issue of the Sheet.
IT HAS FALLEN.-Mr. Wanamaker
has refused to appoint us to the post
mastership of this town. The blow
has at length fallen. Honesty. integ-
rity, merit, intelligence and enthusi-
asm have gone for naught. A wall
eyed, hump-backed ignoramus, who
can't spell gum, and can scarcely add
two and two, is retained in preference.
Do we turn the other cheek?
Not much! The first thing we did
after receiving the news last night was
to burn up a vest which was purchased
at Wanamaker's ten years ago. We
shall never, never buy another dud
from his establishment. We ask our
friends to make the same resolve. The
Nero must be brought to terms. His
naughty form must be rubbed in the
dust. He must be given to understand
that the bulwarks of American liberty
still tower aloft, and that no free-born
American can be trampled on with i'm
punity.
Sic Sen1per tyrannis! Which means
that We have camped on his trail.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-Together with
about twenty other gentlemen, we
We're sitting in front of the Crook
House last Tuesday evening. when the
Tuscan stage suddenly drove up, hav-
ing unexpectedly arrived fifteen min
utes ahead of time. One of the outside
passengers had the appearance of
detective, and there was sudden
scatteration of loungers. 1t was laugh
able to see Colonel Jones, Major
Wickham, Judge Perdue, Professor
Wise and others tumble over each other
as they broke for the sage brush. An
unfortunate accident occurred in this
connection. The Hon. Timothy Shocks,
late, of Indiana, probably believing
that he had been sent for for barn
burning, or horse stealing, fell over
bench in his hurry to abscond and
broke his left leg, and it will probably
be two months before he will be able
to be about again.