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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-24

A novel method Of Kidding steamboats,
Of rodents has been successfully tested
at Pittsburg. The youngest son of The
captain Of a river steamer was some time
ago presented with a pair Of spotted
snakes which, as they were perfectly
harmless, were deposited in the hull of
the boat until they could be conycn-
iently housed. A few days ago a great
commotion was noticed among the rats,
which always infest STEAMBOATS, and
barges in great numbers, and hundreds
Of them were observed scampcring
ashore on the handspring and stern
lines. The evacuation continued II
night, and in the morning the captain
found both snakes dead, having been
literally torn to pieces by the infatuated
animals, but not one of the latter was
found on the boat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-24

The larynx of the recently deceased
tenor, Gayarre, has been preserved in
the Anatomical Museum, Madrid, and
It is said that the Spanish surgeons
have been struck by the fact that they
found Gayarre's voice box" unusually
large and the vocal chords uneven All
theories in regard to the latter fact
have. however. been unset by the die
the changes after death are so great
that there is little difference between
the larynx of a tenor and a street cricr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
WISDOM'S EMBLEM.
The Struggle for Supremacy Between til
Philosopher and the Owl.

The Struggle for Supremacy Between the
Philosopher and the Owl.
Once upon time the directors of
large public building devoted to learn
ing met to decide upon a proper emblem
for wisdom, whose statue they desired
should be upon the topmost spire of the
structure All manner of created beings
contended for the honor of typifying
wisdom and the strife waXed vehement,
insomuch that the directors were sore
perplexed. At last the contention was
narrowed down to two, the Philosopher
and the Owl.
81 am in the human form divine"
said the Philosopher. II embody the
knowledge of the ancients and the dis
coveries of the moderns. l can commu-
nicate my knowledge by spoken words
and by written signs. Moreover, am
representative of the only race of
mammals that is endowed with wisdom
tooth. l claim to be the best type of
wisdom"
81 do not profess to embody all knowl-
edge" hooted the Owl, ''but have that
which Is better. l possess the art of
concealing my ignorance"
Whereupon the directors unanimously
chose the owl as the better emblem of
wisdom, and they placed it's statue upon
the pinnacle of their temple of lo arning,
where it may be seen TO this da..-Chi-
Sago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
GLADSTONE ON AMERICA.
He Advises Englishmen to Study the His
tory of the American Revolution.

He Advises EngIishmen to Study the His
tory of the American Revolution.
In his recent speech at the opening Of
a free library at Saltney, near Chester,
England, Mr.. Gladstone said:
My last recommendation to the stu
dent is one | have been in the habit of
making for the last fifty years, because
| then adopted the sentiments upon
which it is founded, and | now make it,
therefore, with greater confidence after
the lapse of fifty years. That recon-
mendation is to those who are able to
carry it out to study the history of the
American revolution. That is an extra
ordinary history. 1t is highly honora-
BILE to those who brought that revolu
ton about, but also honorable in no
insignificant degree to this country, be-
cause it was by this country seeds of
freedom we're sown in America-because
it was by this country that the love of
freedom was sown in America. In
this country we have happily had
to great eXtent-and | hope we
shall have it still more-what is
called local self-government; not mere
ly one government at a central point
composed of parties and eXerting a
vast power over their fellow-citizens,
but system under which the duties of
government are distributed according to
the capacities of the different divisions
of the country and the different classes
of the people who perform them, in such
away that government should be prac-
ticed not only in the metropolis, but in
Sfesery county, in every borough, over
erery district, and in every parish, and
| that has tended to bring home to the
mind of every father of a family sense
of the public duty which he is called
upon to perform.
| "That is the secret Of the strength of
America. The colonial system in which
| America was reared, was in the main a
free colonial system, and you had that
| in America. These two things combined,
the love of freedom and respect for
law and a desire for the maintenance
of order, and where you find these two
things mbined-the love of freedom,
together with respect for law and the
desire of order-you have the elements
of personal excellence and national
greatness. l believe it is not eXtrava-
CANT to say that, although there were
but 2, 600, 900 of people in the thirteen
American colonies at the time of the
American revolution, yet from among
these 1000, 900 of people there proceeded
at that epoch group of statesmen that
might defy the whole history OF the
world to compare with them in any one
country or at any period of time. Such
were the consequences of well-regula'
ted and muscular freedom"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
MARKING AND GRADING.
Some of the Defects of Modern Educa-
tionaI Methods.

tionaI Methods.
At recent educational conference at
Providence, r. l., Professor Ballet, of
Springfield, Mass, said that nobody
could do good teaching who undertakes
to mark each pupil during every recita-
ton. Imagine the attempt to do such a
thing in a chemical laboratory. How
would the teacher succeed who should
occupy three-quarters of the hour while
the boys were at work in putting down
marks by which he should attempt to do
justice to each one? Suppose that the
father of five children, say six, eight,
nine, ten and twelve years old, should
undertake the marking system in the
,.e1iily This man has bad cook in the
kitchen, who has by degrees saddled the
dyspepsia on the whole flock, so that no
one of them can relish his breakfast.
So when they gather around the
table some morning the father makes
little speech to them after this
fashion: Children, l have for some
little time observed an indisposi-
ton on your part to eat, which must
in some way be counteracted because it
is absolutely necessary to eat in order to
sustain life. Now propose to inaugu-
rate the marking system on the scale of
100. To-day the boy who eats all of his
meals as he should eat them will receive
100 for each; the girl who swallows only
thlee-quarters of her breakfast will only
get IS, and If any child refuses to touch
his food. mark of zero will be scored
against his name. Then at the end of
month l shall draw off an average
from these marks" Don't you think
that it would be a better plan for that
father to discharge his bad cook?
But how would the graded system, as
we often see it carried out, work in the
family? Suppose that this same father
should carefully estimate just how much
food, how many pounds of beefsteak and
loaves of bread the six-year-old boy
ought to eat between the first Monday
in September and the last Friday in
June, and should set himself to work to
see the programme faithfully carried
out. OF course, if half the prescribed
amount is not consumed during the first
twenty weeks of the course, large pro-
portion must be made way with in the
second twenty, so that the boy can be
promoted into the next grade. But i'm
agine this father taking a longer look
ahead and making out a bill of fare for
the boy from the time he is six, when he
is supposed to enter the primary school
till he is eighteen, when he is supposed
to leave the high school, or suppose
when he is six he takes the boy to a
sfififor and orders suit of clothes that
shall fit him when he is fourteen. The
tailor does the best he can under the
circumstances, and then the father takes
the hoy home and begins to feed him
with the idea of making him grow to
the suit.-N. y. Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
WOMEN AT HARVARD.
What They Have Accomplished During
the Past Ten Years.

the Past Ten Years.
The first announcement that courses
Of study were to be offered to women by
professors of Harvard College, says Sec
rotary Arthur Gilman in his tenth an
nual report, was made in circular da-
ted February 90, 1879, and the first
examinations for admission to the
classes occurred in September of the
same year. The report which is now
presented is. therefore, for the tenth
year of completed work. The first year
began with twenty-five students, who
called for SO many courses of instruction
that they formed twenty-nine classes,
and brought into its service Immediately
seven professors, four assistant profess
sors and twelve MISUNDERSTANDING
three teachers. The tenth year finds us
with 115 students, distributed into fifty
five classes, and directed by fourteen
professors, eleven assistant professors
and sixteen Instructors rty-one teach
ers in all. From the first year to the
close of the tenth there has been con-
tinual growth.
The following table exhibits the grad
ual increase in the number of students
during the first ten years of our opera
tons, and also the income from tuition
fees, and the OUTLAWS for Instructions:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A carpenter would be handy in a
BARRIERS shop, especially the one who is
a good lather.-Kearney Enterprise.
-Wife-''I believe you only married
me for my money" Husband-"Every-
body else thinks the same thing. -
Epoch.
Brazil has had a successful revolu-
ton. Would that SO much could be
said for tho Koely Observation-Disclosures
Press.
-Tommy-"Paw, what is the last
word in the dictionary" Mr.. Figg-T
don't know. Don't bother me. &c ask
your mother: Terry Haute Express.
-Spiritualist-'I have related my
wonderful experience; upon what theory
can you explain it?" Skeptic-"Upon
the theory that you are liar."-N. Y.
Sun.
do you remember how ten years
ago in this place you offered yourself to
me?" so, yes, and you refused me-"
81 have been reconsidering the matter"
$50 have l. "-Fliegende Batter.
-Husband-"Didy you ever notice, my
dear, that loud talker is generally an
ignorant persona" Wife-"Well, you
needn't talk so loud; I'm not deaf
Yankee Blade.
-Bashful Lover-"My dear, do you
know there are over eight hundred
terms in the English language to ex-
press the state of being in love?" I'M
patient Maitland can't you think of
one of them Rome Sentinel.
-Irate Housewife-"Say, you tramp,
that dog of yourn has run off with one
of my new-baked pound cakes!' Tramp
30, don't trouble on his account,
ma'am. He's good deal tougher in the
constitution than he looks!''-Grip.
Miss Snapper-"Stop the car! I
won't ride if can't have seatw The
conductor with an air of gentle re-
proach)-'I have to stand up all day,
ma'am!" eyes, but you don't have to
pay five cents trip for itr'-Boston
Times.
Visitor from the West)-'I am sur
prised, my dear, to find that you do not
move in society here" Gotham SADLY
81 can't get in. When l was abroad
l wasted my time among art galleries
anu Olu rulllS lUSJtdu VI SIdy lllS III lOH-
don and picking up English slang."-N.
Y. Weekly.
He was tall, thin and hungry look
ing" and when he told the editor he was
poet the editor didn't say disputatory
word. But he didn't get his poetry in
the paper, just the same, and the man
with the blue pencil and the preoccupied
air made several remarks. poets are
born, sir!' he said haughtily, as he
rolled up his manuscript. 'And I'm
doggoned sorry for it, said the editor
Merchant Traveller.
An old bachelor was rather ia
ken aback one day as follows:
Picking up book, he exclaimed,
upon seeing a wood-cut represent
ing a man kneeling at the feet of
woman. "Before | would ever kneel
to woman l would encircle my neck
with rope and stretch it," And then
turning to a young lady he inquired,
"DO you not think it would be the best
thing l could do?' sit would undoubt-
eddy be the best for the woman" was
the sarcastic reply.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
CONSOLATION.

Pale grief came in and dwelt with me,
I said: "Unbidden guest, thou art
Not welcome;" said she: "Verily
Thou and will never part"
Ny head was bowed with weight Of woe,
My heart was trembling with its fears,
could not see the way to go, =.
So blinded were my eyes with tears,
And every thing seemed mocking me,
The golden glory of the sun;
And singing birds, and humming bee,
wished the weary day were done.
When evening shades did softly fall
1 sat within my lonely room,
And seemed to hear dear voice call
Gently to me through the gloom.
Grief fed away, cen as to me
The message came that solace brought;
All sorrow banished utterly,
For diviner strain l caught.
1t sweetly said: Heart, be of cheer,
In Paradise above the blue,
Where love perfected casts out fear,
= wait for you, wait for you"
Nellie C. Tucker in Christian at Work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
"Little girl.

''Little girl
looked up at him, and smiled and
shook my head.
t'Little woman corrected.
"Ah, yes, little woman. But is it my
little wonan-my own?" he said.
l gave tim sufficient proof that he had
not guessed wrong, and on lovely day
in the new year DR.. John and l were
married.
I have found out since that he is a
dreadful tease, and he makes me give in
to him in every thing. But the only
real difference" we have ever had was
when we were going to name baby.
wasmad for five minutes, and then
well-what can do? When am angry
DR.. John just kisses me, and lit takes
two to quarrel" you know.-Richard
Dare, in Leeds Mercury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

1t is said that platinum can be sol.
dered to gold by first sweating some fine
gold into the PLATINUM at high heat.
The gold soaks into the PLATINUM, then
solder will adhere to it.
-Kilowatts is the term which is TO
be used hereafter to express the power of
electric machines. The word ''horse-
power" will be no longer employed in
referring to the power of any electric
motor.
The increased binding power of ce-
ment due to the addition of sugar is said
to be due more to mechanical than to
chemical causes. Sugar retards0rather
than accelerates the setting of the &C.
ment.
While the use of electricity in Lon
don for illumination is steadily increas-
ing, the use of gas is also rapidly on the
increase, the demand for the latter for
heating and cooking being greatly in ex-
cess of former years.
"A new process for burning coal with
out smoke, it is said, has lately been
discovered. 1t consists in sprinkling
water containing a special preparation
of resin over the coal, and the result is
that there is no smoke, and the glow is
as intense as coke.
"A blue soap, the use of which obvi-
ates the necessity of employing bluing
in laundry work, is made by incorpora-
ting with ordinary soap solution of an
lime green in strong acetic acid. By
Dff 1n 81 e IL
green is converted into blue, uniformly
coloring the mass.
, -Sapolini, of Milan, has described a
method of his which he states he has
successfully employed in sixty-two cases
of deafness of old age. 1t consists in
hopping the membrane tympani with
a weak oleaginous solution of phospho
rus. He claims that the treatment di.
minishes the opacity of the membrane,
increases the circulation, and improves
the hearing. City Medical In.
dex.
A remarkable feature of the East
Indian trade is the large number OF
umbrellas imported. Last year the total
received in Calcutta alone was 1921, 745
This was by far the largest import re.
corded for any one year, and it is not
surprising to hear that the trade was
somewhat overdohe, and a consequent
glut resulted. The United Kingdom has
virtually monopoly of the business.
The yearly manufacture of flour in
the United States is about $4,000, 0O0
barrels. of which g., 900, 600 are required
for domestic consumption and 100000
to 100000 barrels for export. This
estimate for home consumption is in ac
cordance with the basis which for many
years has been found an approximately
correct one-that of one barrel of flour
on an average, to each individual of the
population.
In the biological department of the
University of Pennsylvania experiments
are being conducted in regard to the
processes of the mind. Three of the
principal kinds of experiments now be.
ing made are those to measure the
memory of sensations of sight, sound
and feeling: those to measure the time
taken to express a sensation, and those
to measure the time taken to receive an
impression through the eye. etc. The
means used to make these investigations
are weighted wheels. gibbet-shaped ma.
chimes, pieces of iron arranged to fall
upon touching lever, pivoted hammers,
of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04
IDEAS OF ARABIANS.
What the Sons of the Desert Think OF
Caucasian Travellers.

Caucasian Travellers.
Their general opinion of an English
traveller is. that he is either a lunatic OF
a magician: a lunatic, if. on closely
watching his movements, they discover
he pays little attention to things around
him: confirmed lunatic, if he goes out
sketching, and spends his time in spoil
ing good paper with scratches and
hieroglyphics: and magician. when in.
quisitive about ruins. and given to pick
ing up stones and shells, gathering
sticks and leaves of brushes, or buying
up old bits of copper. iron and silver.
In these cases. he is supposed. by aid of
his magical powers, to convert stones
and shells into diamonds of immense
price: and the leaves and sticks are
charms. by looking at which he can be-
stow comforts upon his friends. and
snakes and pestilence upon his luckless
enemies. If traveller pick up a stone
and examine itcarefully. he will be sure
to have at his tail host of malapert
little boys deriding him, though keep
ing at very respectable distance, in
Difference to his magical powers. Should
he indeed turn round suddenly and pur-
sue them a few steps, they fly in an
agony of fear, the very veins in their
naked little legs almost bursting, and
they never stop to look back till they
have got we'll amongst the crowd again,
where. painting for breath, they recount
to their auditors the dreadful looks that
devil of Frank gave them, making fire
come out of his eyes and adders out OF
his mouth.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-04

Thirty-tWo of the students were dur
ing the tenth year enrolled in the four
undergraduate classes. Nine were fresh
men, seven were sophomores, eleven be-
longed to the junior class, and five
seniors. To the members OF the senior
class certificates were awarded at the
close of the year, certifying that they
had during the previous four years
pursued a course of study equivalent
in amount and quality to that for which
the degree of Bachelor of Arts is con-
ferred in Harvard College," and had
''passed in a satisfactory manner exams
nations in that course corresponding to
the college examinations. At the
same time, on the recommendation of
the committee of classical instructors of
Harvard College, certificates were given
to one candidate for final honors in
classics, and to two candidates for second
year honors in classics.-Boston Herald
Close to the Truth.
A boy with sled on Cass avenue was
waiting for ''hitch'' on a carriage,
when thedriver of the vehicle called out:
'Boy, you keep away"
''Can't hitch?"
''No, sir"
"Just block?"
"No, sir!''
'"Ten feet?"
"No, sir!"
Say! 1 know what's the matter!'
shouted the lad. You're afraid the boss
will die and fall over on me, and you'll
have to pay pa one dollar for damages!'
Detroit Free Press,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-19

committee, with the assistance Of
Architect Louis ii. Brooino and
Thomas McDerlnott, who were en-
gagged as experts. made a thorough
examination of the and found
that the brick used was of the best
quality and the workmanship excel
lent and up to the requirements OF
the contract. The committees report
was adopted, which settled all dis
pute-
A social entertainment for the BEN
eft of the St. Johns p. E. Church
building fund was held last evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs X. w.
Morse, of No. 72 West T~hirty-second
street. The chief feature of the pro-
gramme was a rendition of the farce
entitled IAN Electric Episode The
cast of characters included Misses
Nellie b. Inness and Annie Townsend
Messrs. III. Longear and Russell
Morse. Mr.. zimmerman sang THE
Two Grenadiers'' and other selections,
and Mr.. Thomas P.Swift recited THE
Flremen's Wedding Miss ]. Sloat
and Mr.. s. Thompson sang several
solos. Refreshments were served the
guests during an intermission.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-19
NORTH HUDSON.

Some mysterious individual has
been breaking the windows in the
residences of John Rider and John
MARROW, on Angelique street, West
Hoboken, for some days past. The
police are much mystified.
The Lyceum Circle of Union Hill
will dance at Ruth's Town Hall on
November 20. 1t will be a select
affair.
jackson Lodge No. 100, /. o. o. F.,
will hold its annual ball at the New
Casino, in West Hoboken, on Decem-
Der Is.
The Union Hill Gun Club will have
a pigeon shoot at the New Durham
Hotel on Thanksgiving Day.
George Micken, a ~five-year-old tot,
was picked up by the Union Hill DO
lice last night and returned to his
parents. in Ino street, West Hoboken.
The West Hoboken Town Council
will meet tonight.
David and Seymour Rose, of De
Bots street, West Hoboken, have been
committed to the County Jail on a
charge vf committing an atrocious
assault on Frederick Denning, of
North Bergen.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-19
WEST BERGEN.

George E. Camp, of No. Sc West
Side avenue. will leave next week for
a short trip to Canada, where he will
visit friends.
The Union Glass Meeting was held
in the III. K. Church last evening. The
meeting was well attended and proved
to be very interesting.
The Epworth League will con-
duct the services in the
M. Z. Church ON Sunday
December Is. The pastor of the NJ.
K. Church will participate in the SER
vice. A sermon of special interest to
young people will be preached by the
Rev. j. Atkinson next Sunday. The
subject will be Hold Your Tongue
A special meeting of the ladies of
the N. E. Church will be
held at three o'clock this after
noon in the church parlors.
Tea and refreshments will be
served. The contributions of clothing
aud other useful matter, which have
been received by the ladies. will be
sent to the Daven Home, Savannah,
era. The ladies desire to thank
through THE NEWS all those who
have contributed to this worthy
object.