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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05
The Most Costly Mansion.

The largest and costliest private man.
sion in the world is said to be that be-
longing to Lord Butte, called 'Mon-
stuart" and situated near Rothesay. 1t
covers nearly two acres, and is built in
gothic style, the walls, turrets and bal
comics being of stone. The immense
tower in the center of the building is
100 feet high, with balcony around the
top. The halls are constructed entirely
of marble and alabaster, all the rooms
are finished in mahogany, rosewood and
walnut; the fireplaces are all carved
marbles of antique designs. The exact
cost of this palace is not known, but il
Sos never been estimated at less than
81, 900, 900. This proves the greater pur-
'Aasing power of money in Europe, since
the New York court house cost about
that sum, and is mere shanty in COM
narison. The Pittsburgh court house
cost inside of $4,000, OOO.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05
NEW ENGLAND MOTHERS.
The Types Presented In the Literature OF
the Present Day.

The Types Presented In the Literature OF
the Present Day.
In direct contrast are the New En-
gland mothers of Mrs. Stowe-Mrs.
Katy Scudder. with faculty." and Mrs
Badger, who mothered every body.
black and white, within radius of fifty
miles. Their personalities are like
electric currents, clean and stimulating
Mrs. Whitney is the portraycr of the
mothers of girls. with Mrs. Holabird
it was always we girls in her heart.
since girls mothers never can quite
lose the girl out of themselves" Mrs
Goldthwaite, Mrs. Strong, Cousin De-
light, Mrs. Gartney and Aunt Faith are
fine examples of mothers after the flesh
and spirit.
Howells, in "a Modern Instance"
writes OF a type possible only in this
country. A silent effaced woman going
into the kitchen when her daughter en-
tered the sitting-room, and leaving her
to manage the social affairs of the fam
lily. In these delineations of unfortu-
nate actualities Howells excels.
1t is a relief to read Little Men" and
wholesome souls and the family history
issweet with true maternity. In Work
Mrs. Wilkins, though minus teeth and
many freckled, has face gloriied with
mother love and a heart large enough to
hold her own brood and all orphaned
ones.
AS we read modern fiction we are i'm
pressed with the fact that the domestic
novel is dying out. The spirit of indi-
vidualism characteristic of the age gives
US the novel embodying some scientific
truth, some physiological problem or
some spiritual struggle. The heroes
and heroines, God help them, are incu-
bated by mans invention, not brooded
over by mother love. No wonder Hag-
CARDS arise to plead for the blessings Of
barbarism and return to nature, tbs
mother of the race.-;larpers Bazaar,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05
An Important Invention.

An invention has been perfected in
the glass industry which, it is stated,
will accomplish complete revolution
in that branch of manufacture. Until
the present it has been possible to pro-
duce sheet glass only by blowing a
hollow cylinder, which was then cut of,
separated and polished. An American
manufacturer has now succeeded in pro.
ducing glass plates of great breadth and
of any desired length by means of roll.
ing. Glass thus produced is said to
possess far greater firmness and trans
parency. The rollers seize the sticky,
liquid glass which is conducted to them
from the bottom of melting tub, with
out the Intervention of any other APP
paratus whatever.-N. Y. Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05
JUDICIAL QUALITIES.
Advice That Is Given for the Guidance o
Lawyers, Young and Old

Advice That Is Given for the Guidance of
Lawyers, Young and Old.
Durand enumerates sundry judicial
Qualities which counsel might praise
End magnify; "but be careful about
all to one person" In other
words, keep reserve stock OF COM
pliemntary phrases, suitable for other
Judges. Be careful not to say any thing
to offend, ''for it is hazardous thing to
have suit before an offended judge"
1t might even be well to convey hint
that he knows every thing, while your
knowledge is infinitesimal. Manner,
also, is all important. 1t is we'll to rise
gracefully, not arrogantly, and to put
on an affable and pleasant look, even if
the feelings be the reverse.
sDo not move your head or feet awk-
wardly." One would almost imagine
that some modern counsel must have
been present, at any rate by sort of
anticipatory metempsychosis, when we
read that certain advocates rub the
face, push their hair behind the ears,
blow the nose loudly, clear the throat,
examine their hands and their dress,
alternately lift their eyes to heaven and
bow their head, wrinkle the forehead,
compress the lips, frown and fix their
hands on their hips"
These old counsel had a trick, it ap-
pears, of keeping the advocate on the
other side waiting so long in court as to
wear out his patience. Or they would
cunningly pretend to be asleep during
his arguments. Durand disapproves of
this. He also advises that the opposing
counsel be not left behind, lest he should
earwig the Judge. The advocate of old
standing was to beware of the younger
ones. They had the law fresh and
kept themselves informrd on recent de-
cisions. By diligence and desire for
barren honor, they sometimes won a
victory over their seniors, who became
idle and careless. 1.-THE junior is to
speak first. The senior is to follow, in
order that his specious and experienced
may be better remembered
by the Judge. But both should agree on
the course that their speeches take, and
if one of them is making mess of it
the client should stop him, for an OK
and an ass should not pillow together"
Finally the advice is given not take a
low fee for pleading, lest reputation
should be lost. undertake those causes
only which you can conscientiously ad-
vocate. If cause be desperate give it
mn" 1t will be seen that most of the
types of legal character delineated by
Eurand are still existing. Much of his
advice seems to be practised, and the
remainder is not undeserving of careful
reAection. Graphic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05
ANIMATION OF YOUTH.
1t Can BE Retained by Occupation of
Mind,uH1art and Vands,

It Can BE Retained by Occupation of
Mind,uHSart and Vands.
Few women realize that the secret Of
retaining the animation of youth is
found in occupation of mind, heart and
often hands. A woman without an OBJ
iect in life is the most wretched and
restless of mortals. There is a per-
petual glow about some women; they
always impress you, as Helen Hunt said
OF one of her heroines, as having Just
heard some good news, their lives seem
keyed to melodies unheard by the ordi-
nary mortal. They are rarely sick,
never sad and never idle. And it will
be found that every day in the lives of
this class has it's appointed duties-not
mechanical routine, but hours filled
with varied interests. The home claims
a part of the time, the church another,
society and some literary pursuit yet
another. All of these things help to
produce HARMONIOUS development of the
entire woman. There are no moments
for idle repining or morbid brooding.
A woman of wealth and leisure be-
lieved herself suffering from nervous
prostration and sought famous physi-
clan. Madam, can do nothing for
you," was his reply to her appeal for
help. "You need only great absorb
ing interest in your days, something to
rouse you into sympathy with life."
Formerly it was believed that wo-
mans interest should be bounded by
the four walls Of her home, but the
world is growing broader, and realizing
ship in the great human family are its
valued helpers.
Women in the country grow old faster
than their city sisters, because of their
isolation from centers of activity, cen
ters not of locality, but of thought.
1t was meant that heart and mind
should develop through all the years of
existence, yet how few realize the rela-
ton of such progression to health and
happiness. Fashionable women are be-
ginning to realize it, and to appreciate
the Importance of mental stimulus. In
deed, they are often more earnest than
the class by whom they are regarded as
frivolous and shallow.
For the few years succeeding her de-
but modern belle may surrender her.
self to the designations of society, but
few women past thirty spend their lives
in one round of gayety. The society
woman realizes that in order to main
tain her popularity as the years go by
she must possess versatility, and to this
end she is an unflagging worker. Music,
literature, the study of the languages,
nothing is neglected that can add to her
attractiveness in the social world And
in consequence she yields at forty a
power she never had at twenty-five, and
has, withal, physical beauty which is
the wonder of the uninitiated.
People who live upon the material
plane, whose lives are void of all ami
mating impulse, are those who are dull,
istless and aged before middle life is
reached. The men and women who
never grow old keep young because
their pulses beat in sympathy with the
worlds great arteries; they are the
ones remembered and honored in the
social and literary world; and they are
those who make all life richer for hav-
ng lived. -Jenness-Miller Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05
THE PERFECT HOME.
1t Is Pervaded by an Atmosphere of Love
and liberation.


and federation.
There is term rather vaguely used,
and which yet holds in itself peculiar
significance, that of atmosphere, which
is as important to the home as it is to
the artist in his picture. The result of
immaterial causes, it is potent in it's in
tluence on the practical and directive
side of life. The atmosphere of home
does not depend for its charm on luxury,
but on neatness, grace, harmony and
sweetness of spirit. However plain or
primitive may be the appointments, the
grace of cleanliness and arrangement
may always be achieved. The cheerful
ness of spirit that can estimate acct
dents and mishaps at their true value,
as not worthy any lingering regret, is
wonderful invigorator. Better lose even
your favorite china pitcher than to lose
your temper. There are ways of teach
ing children and servants the beauty of
order and care in domestic handling;
but this teaching is only we'll and
wisely done in patience and good
feeling. Nothing is so utterly fatal
to family peace as i'll temper. Moth
ing is so useless and so corrosive in its
effect on all the gold of life. The story
of the early life of Harold Frederick,
who is now making such name in fic-
ton, is fully suggestive. The mother,
in peculiarly hard and limited circum-
stances, still held fast to hope and be-
lief, and trust in better days to come.
The future novelist, as a child of seven,
was obliged to rise by daylight, attend
to the cows for his mothers dairy, feed
and drive them to pasture. and carry the
milk to the factory. He wore shabby
clothes, and had scant time for study.
But the wise mother made the most of
every hour. The frugal meals were
made to the children beautiful time,
in the fund of stimulating thought and
information upon which she drew for
her conversation; the essentials of the
home life, in sunny sweetness, in cour-
age and cheerfulness, were kept even in
all their barren poverty. And so the
atmosphere was favorable to the intel
lectual development of the boy, devoid
as it was of all luxury, and even of most
of the ordinary comforts of life. One
reads the lesson between the lines, and
realizes anew that the atmosphere Of a
home is its most potent charm.-Boston
Ruduet
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05
QUAINT DEFINITIONS.
CuriosIties Contain ed in the English Die
tiOnary of 1926.

contained IN the English Die
tionary of 1926.
Many of the definitions in the English
dictionary of 1926 are amusing, and some
If them ludicrously absurd. The "pole"
S described as the end of the axle-tree
Hhereon the heavens do move" very
primitive explanation. The 'Hebridean
wave" seems rather a poetical substi-
lutte for the Irish Sea; and a badger
IS still more extraordinary equivalent
Tor corn merchant-'one that buys
,orne or other victual in one place to
sell it in another" Still funnier are
some of the natural-history definitions.
A ''baboon" is said to be "a beast like
an ape but fare bigger" ''lynx" is "a
spotted beast-it hath most perfect
sight, insomuch as it is said that it can
see thorow WALL The account of the
''salamander" reads like an elaborate
joke-'a small venomous beast with
foure feet and short tale: it lives in
the fire, and at length, by his extreme
cold, puts out the fire."
Turning to more general topics, we
have the alphabet" defined as 1.-The
cross rowe of letters" and IAN abece.
darian" is lone who teaches the cross
rowe" According to Cockeram, ian
idiote" is IAN unlearned asse"; a
"labourer" ''swinker'; and a ''here.
tick" is sketched more roundaboutly,
but with clear assertion of the right OF
private opinion, as ''he which maketh
choice of himselfe what poynts of re-
ligion he will believe and what hee will
not" Then from classic times the
"Olympic games are solemn games OF
activity" and "Amphitrite" is not, as
usual, the goddess of the sea, but the
'sea'' itself. "Mathematicks'' and
''mathematicians" are hardly dealt
with. The latter means ''a soothsayer,"
and the science, as defined, includes
nearly all knowledge-''the arts Of
arithmetic, musick, geographic, geome-
trie, astronomy, astrology, cosmo-
graphy," reminding one of tie trivium
and quadvirium of the schoolmen of the
Middle Ages. "Actresse" has a very
literal and interesting signification-''a
woman doer," but at this decade of the
seventeenth century there were no
actresses in the modern sense of the
term, the female parts being taken by
boys or young men. Women actors first
appeared in 1660.-Chambers journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05
FAMILY CARES.
Little Mabel Speaks.


Ny cares arc quite as many as
The flowers on my gown, .t-.s
And oft have to sigh that things
Are more than upsidc-down.
whenever attempt to knit
Belinda's airy sacque,
/ learn that Bertha's playing on
The parlor railroad track.
Now Ance, who's precious pot.
Blueeyed and swectly fair,
With roses on her china checks
And sunbeams In her hair
Good gracious, she Is in the rain,
Upon the kitchen stoop,
And lust as like as not tonight
She'll suffer with the Group!
And then have cunning Jap,
In broidered gown and shoon,
With half-closed, dreamy, laughing eyes,
And face Just like the moon;
And now, to shatter my repose
And give my nerves shock,
He's clambered to the mantelp iec0
And perched upon the clock.
When Arabel is bright and clean
The precious little bud
I find Lucrctia in tho yard
A-SoaKlnS IN the muu.
And when Maud's hat is shining now
In ribbon and in rose,
From Arabella's button shoes
Peep out ten tiny toes.
That's why my life is full Of caro-
That should be bright and gay.
have so much to worry DER
haven't time to play.
But II had dozen dolls,
Like Evelyn Bartoo,
1 con not tell you what in tho
Wide world I'd ever do.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05
Could Not Bear 1t.

The little Boston boy walked in and
sat down with grieved and disap,
pointed look on his face.
"Why, Osgoodson," said his mother,
"what is the matter? Have you quar-.
relied with little Elliott Fields James?
81 have not, mamma" answered Us.
goodson, wiping his glasses thought
fully, "but can not associate with a
person who chews gum."-Chicago Trib'
une
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05

He wrote: 81 luv you. You have
throne a spell around me-" And she re
piled: why don't you use it?"-Boston
Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-05

The Spiritualist hasn't ghost of
show" in this world. --Kearney Enter
prise.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-16
rhe Robber,. DOG was ragged.

Chief of Police Speers received letter
from the chief of police at Kokomo, Ind,
stating that daring burglary had re-
Gently been committed in that town.
The robbers who did the work, the letter
stated, had dog with them, and there
was also dog on the premises of the man
whose house was burglarized. The two
dogs got to fighting, and the robbers
dog was killed and its owners left its
carcase in the yard where it fell.
Around the dead animals neck was a
collar; and fastened toit was Kansas
City dog tag that showed that it had
been issued in 1889. Chief Speers
turned the letter and the number of the
dog tag over to the city clerk, who by
looking over the records for 1889 found
the name of the man to whom the tag
had been issued. His residence was
given as East Seventeenth street. .A
When the city clerk looked in the
directory to see if the man still resided
on East Seventeenth street he found
opposite the name in brackets the words,
Removed to Kokomo, Ind" The au-
thorities at Kokomo have been notified.
Kansas City Times. ao
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-16
A Snake in the yvat4r Pine.

An incident happened in The Tribune
building which may be an efectual
warning against drinking water from
open faucets or from any vessel in the
dark. Mrs. Finn, one of the women who
clean the offices, was drawing water from
a faucet at "a sink on the seventh floor
when she was startled by the sudden APP
pearance of an extremely lively snake
about two feet long. Mrs. Finn wasn't
looking for snakes or thinking about
them Just then. and when this one
emerged from the faucetshe dropped her
mop and pail and fled screaming through
the corridors and down the stairs.
The janitor finally caught her and OBJ
tanned somewhat incoherent explana-
tion. Seizing stout stie1F, the janitor
hurried up to the seventh floor, where
he found the snake crawling in lively
fashion over the tiled feer The janitor
was not frightened, and he soon crushed
the reptiles head. 1t was common
water snake, not poisonous, but de-
cidedly unpleasant thing to come across
in water used for drinking purposes
New York Tribune. s' -Sv>M
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-16

An unusual electrical exhibition is
said to have been seen in the neighhor-
hood of Fanwood during heavy thun-
der storm. A freight train on the Cen
tral railroad was running along in the
darkness, when the engineer and fireman
heard above the roar of the storm and
the rumble of the train q strange, in
cessant, cracking sound. Looking out
of the cab windows the men say they
were astonished to see vivid electric dis
charges flash from the telegraph wires
on one side Of the track through the To-
comotive to the wires on the other side.
The display back and forth continued
some time and was repeated at intervals
along the road to Westfeld. At times
the locomotive seemed illuminated with
a pale blush fame, giving weird effect,
and whatseemed to be ballsof fire shot
out toward the wires Suddenly there
came heavy crash, which dazed the en-
gineer and stunned the fireman. The
manifestations then ceased. = Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-16

A few days since gentleman with
two or three ladies rowed up Deal lake
to explore the head waters of that beau
tiful sheet. Thinking he mightsee some
game he took his gun along.
Not having used the gun lately on the
way up he thought he would fire It of
just to.seei If it was all right. Standing
up IN the boat he discharged the piece,
but the recoil of the gun overcaine his
equilibrium and over he went into the,
lake.
The Ladies', of course, screamed, and
onescaught him by the heels, thus duck
ing his head under water. As soon as
he could get his head to the surface he
told her to release his feet. But no, she
would not see him drown, and 80 she
pulled again, and under went his head q
second time. It was repeated, and the
young man began to fear she was bent
on keeping his head under water, and
with violent kick he released her hold
and soon was able to take care Of him
self,-Asbury Park Journal fsrgN Il.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-16
Price of Peanuts Going Up.

Hard days are coming for those who
love to crack and MUNICH the savory pea
nut, and the small boy especially can
prepare for misery, for the price Of the
peanut is moving skyward. The high
price is due, it is said, to the short crops
Of last year and the year before. The
best grade of Virginia hand picked pea
nuts is now selling at nine and a half
cents a pound, and it is stated by dealers
that soon the price will be ten cents a
pound. The peanuts coming to this
market are mostly from Virginia. The
Virginia nut is medium sized, with a
well defined and pleasant flavor. The
North Carolina nuts are smaller than the
Virginia, but have about the same kind
of inside shell, New York Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-16


A few choice spirits in the Partisan
fashionable world are wearing fiannels,
with straw hat and chamois leather
shoes, IN town this summer, Just As they
would at the seaside. The daring inno-
vator who conceived this brilliant idea
showed himself for the first time in this
guise in the Jardin de Paris two weeks
since, and was much compl;mented by
his friends, who Immediately made up
their small minds to follow his lead.
What fun for the street boysl The fin
de siecles shame the women with their
love for fine clothes. Colored coats have
quite taken the place of black for balls
and larties with the younger members
of the community. The latest fashion
in coats Is olive green, with crimson fac
ings.
But not content with getting them
selves up like gacdy parrots or perform
ing monkeys, they must do the clown
also. Their coats are of one color and
lined with another, and so made that
they can be turned inside out. In the
middle of the evening, when the girls
may possibly be tired (they think) of ad-
miring their faces or their green get-up,
they disappear, turn their coats, and re-
appear in vieux rose or ''Eiffel" red-a
transformation which earns them the
applause of their own clan, and fresh
batch of admiration from their partners
poor dears-who are so simple that
they do not notice how much their own
toilets lose by not having the usual black
background.-Table.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-16

A new variety Of cotton plant, pro-
ducing q much larger proportion Of cot
ton to seed than any other known kind,
and having the additional advantage Of
being earlier and less susceptible to at
mospheric influences, sounds like good
news for the Lancashire mills. The
newcomer is known as tho mitaffe. It
was discovered a few seasons ago at
Benha, in Egypt, though it has only
lately been planted on anything like 4
large scale. Mitafte is admitted to have
its faults. It is shorter in the staple
and not quite so good in quality as the
ashmouni plant, but for all that II ap-
pears to be driving the ashmouni plant
out Of the field. Vice Consul AIban re-
ports that last years experience was so
encouraging that in some provinces Of
lower Egypt it has this year been almost
exclusively sown.-London News.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-16
A nrermnId m ths orLnsr..

An interesting spectacle has recently
been seen in the Orkneys. 1t is proba-
bly, the first of its kind ever authenti-
Gated in living memory. A correspond
ent writes: "What is said to be a
mermaid has been seen for some weeks
at stated times at Southside, Deerness.
It is about six to seven feet in length,
with little black head, white neck and
snow white body and two arms. In
swimming it appears just like human
being. At times it will come very close
inshore and appear to be sitting on a
sunken rock, and will wave and work
its hands. 1t has never been seen en-
tirely out Of water. Many persons who
doubted its genuineness now suppose il
to be a deformed seal. TABLE.