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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
DREAD SIBERIAN MINES.
Scene of Unspeakable Cruelties
That Seem Almost Incredible.
Russian Professor Dragged Into Exile
from His Wedding - Sent to Live in IL
Moidy Cellar. More Gloomy Than
the Grave, Until Deaths Release.

A collection of the letters of pro-
fessor who was condemned to hard
labor for life in the Siberian lead
mines has appeared at Berlin. The
book contains, if possible, more har-
rowing descriptions of the safferings in
the mines than are to be read in Mr.
Remnants work on the subject For
two years Jaksakotf (the writer of the
letters) dragged the wheelbarrow in
the lead mines, and then he sue
cumbed, A heap of crumpled closely
written sheets of paper, which he con-
fided to a young friend named Balkal-
jeff, was all he left behind him. They
are letters written in secret to his re-
lations, and are of n most touching
character, showing in their warm
words that the poor man, bnried alive
as he was, nevertheless hoped that
they would reach those dear to him.
though he himself would never see
them again. Seven years ago, and u
month or two after JakSakoff's death.
Balkaljeff managed to escape. lie was
young, athletic fellow of twenty five
or twenty-six, and after wandering
lOi WV y liC lCdCHtu dFlS,
and later on proceeded to Hungary.
In Pesth he handed over Jaksakoff s
letters to friend to be published.
There are seventeen bearing dates be-
tween February :, 1882, and January
II, 1885.
The 18th of January, 1882, the Russian
university professor, Vassslei Jaksa-
koff. aged twenty-eight, was married
to the beautiful daughter of rich
Moscow merchant. In the evening the
bridegroom was sent for, and he left
the room without any of the wedding
guests noticing it Three detectives
were waiting at the door, and they in
vited him to drive with them i'm
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
FIERCE BIaD-EATiNG SPIDERS.
They Big and Have n Constantly Vo-
raciOus Appetite.

They are Big and Have n Constantly No-
racious Appetite.
Among the new attractions at the
Geological gardens, Regent park, Lon
don, are a couple of bird eating spiders,
presented to the Geological society ly
Mr.. 7. Terry, of The Grange, Borough
Green, Kent, who brought several of
these interesting arachnidians from
Port of Spain, Trinidad. Spiders at
large are perhaps not very attractive
crtatures-regarded, that is, from a
popular standpoint, but closer ac-
quaintance with their habits will serve
to interest even the most casual of OBJ
servers. OF course spiders are not lin
sects" at all. Though they belong to
the same great division of the animal
world, they form quite a different
branch of the genealogical tree which
includes the Holsters and crabs, spiders,
insects and centipedes among it's be-
longings.
An insect has only six legs, II spider
has eight-the two front ''legs" of "a
spider are really APPENDICES of it's
mouth, so that its ten-legged appear
insect has its head, chest and tail dis
tinctly marked, the head and chest
being joined in spiders. There are no
feelers or antenne las such) in the
spiders, and they breathe by lung sacs.
and not by air tubes, as do insects,
while, finally, wings are never devel-
oped in the spider class. The bird-eat-
ing spiders cannot legitimately be called
''tarantulas;" more probably they are
related to the Mygate group, of which
the trapdoor spiders of southern Europe
are examples.
There is spider common in the
southern states of America which
makes its net so strong that it captures
small birds. The tarantulas are not, as
a rule, of big size, and the story about
their bite causing dancing madness
is, of course, pure fiction.
The bird-eating spiders of the 400"
are male and female, and, as usual in
the spider class, the female is the big
ger. for the spiders long ago satisfac-
torily solved the woman's rights ques-
ton, and not only domincer over their
husbands, but often end domestic diff
ferences by eating them. The poison
apparatus exists in the mouth, the man
dibles, or big jaws, being provided each
with pois n fang, which draws its
store of venom from poison gland
Mr.. Terry says there is no doubt his
spiders kill small birds Mice they will
sometimes capture as we'll He feeds
his spiders on cockroaches. beetles and
moths, and has tried them with very
young sparrows. With regard to the
effects of the bite on man, Mr. Terry
says they often cause death; but one
may be pardoned for being somewhat
slxeptical on this latter point, though
there is no reason to doub, thai, as with
the bite of the scorpion or of big CEN
tipede, severe inflammation NAV follow
the wound made by u spid.r.-K lnsas
City Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
NAPOLEON THE GREAT.
Description of Ore Who Saw Him
Borodino.

Description of ore Who Saw Him aA
Borodino.
Maj. Gen. Yakovitch, OF the Russian
army is one of the few men now living
who saw the great Napoleon on battle
field The old gentleman saw the French
emperor at Borodino At that battle
Yakovitch, then mere boy, served
with battery in the grand redoubt,
which was the ce inter- of the Russian
line He gives a vivid description of
the battle. When morning broke sea
of gray mist shut out the held from
view. The voices of the enemy were
heard, the neighing of their horses,
and the rumbling of artillery wheels.
Then came the thunder of cannon, MAX
ing the very earth tremble. Three times
all the Russian gunners were killed and
three times new men took their places.
Bullets flew thick as hail and men
dropped dead or mangled every mo-
ment
At last a strange sound was heard in
the distance like rain pattering on
withered leaves. 1t grew louder and
louder until it filed the air like the
roar of stormy sea. All at once a
great wave of bright swords and he'll
NETS and horses heads came surging
up over the breastworks. 1t was the
imperial guard. Before the shock of
that mighty wave the Russian center
crumbled away shattered wrecks. When
Yalovitch came to his senses and opened
his eyes he saw around him the corpses
81 his father and comrades. Suddenly
the trampling OF hoofs called his atten-
ton to group of gayly dressed officers,
and Napoleon's staff came riding over
the field. The young Russian peered
anxiously into their faces In his graphic
language:
There were the hard faces of Rapp
and Darn and broadchested Sebastian
and Nansouty, with the saber scar
across his cheek, and the low, broad
forehead and bulldog jaw of grim old
Ney, the bravest of them all. There,
too, was Murat, with his white plumes
and his braided jacket, his riding whip
in his hand, just like circus rider
And then the group parted suddenly
and there was the man himself in the
midst of them, with his face hard and
immovable as marble amid all that
blood and agony and u far-away look
in those cold gray eyes of his as if he
saw Moscow somewhere up in the sky
but could see nothing between. "A
glorious victory. cried Murat, waving
his hand. What a stir thcre'll be
among the good folks in Paris when
the bulletin arrivesr We've lost half
our army in doing it, though, growed
Ney. Hadn't we better fall back
little and wait there for reinforce
ments? Then Napoleon turned his
head slowly, just as the statue might
do, and looked him in the face. Thou
advising retreat, Michael? That is
some thing new, indeed! Mono fall.
ing back now. | must date my bulletin
from Moscow. AS for the army, you
can't make an omelette without break
ing few eggs" Yakovitch says
when he heard that he knew that God
had forsaken Napoleon, for no man
save one doomed to destruction could
have spoken SO lightly of the slaughter
of thousands of brave men. In three
months from that day the French
emperor was flying for his life across
the border with the Cossacks at his
heels like hungry wolves.
Inter Ocean
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
CHANTREYS GREAT SHOT.
A Sculptor Kills Two Woodcocks at o.
and lmmortalizes Them in Marble.

A Sculptor Kills Two Woodcocks at o. ce
and lmmortaiizes Them in Marble.
The most remarkable shot that is re-
corded in the annals of sport is that
made by Sir Francis Chantrey, the
sculptor, November 20, 1929, at Holk-
ham, in Norfolk, England. On that
occasion the famous artist while visit
ing his friend Mr.. Coke, of Holkham,
brought down two woodcocks at one
shot.
The whole shooting world was para
lyzed for time by this feat, and it has
been more or less of a wonder ever since
The woodcock, it is hardly necessary to
say, is a very difficult bird to shoot even
singly. Its fight is rapid and twisting,
and it always keeps to trees and bushes,
making its detection difficult matter.
So when it was announced that Chant
roy had killed two at shot he was i'm
mediately made hero, and congratu-
lations began to pour on him in great
multitudes. The sculptor himself, much
elated by his good fortune, decided to
erect a monument to the fallen game,
of which he should be the designer.
Inscriptions were invited from the
men of letters of the day, but in spite
of the fact that some very celebrated
writers were among the contributors
none of their efforts was considered
worthy of adoption.
Later in life Sir Francis acknowledged
that the shot was a scratch and that he
saw but one bird when he aimed. The
carved effigy of the woodcocks which he
made was very poor work of art
Black and White
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

weakness, if it ever fails to benefit or
cure, you have your money back. It's
an invigorating, restorative tonic, a
soothing and strengthening nervine, and
a safe and certain remedy for woman's
Ills and ailments. 1t regulates and pro-
notes all the proper functions, improves
digestion, enriches the blood, dispels
aches and pains, brings refreshing sleep,
and restores health and strength.
Nothing else can be as cheap. With
this, you pay only for the good you get.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

In the Country. -Jimmy-''I was
walking in the woods, when all at once
came on the biggest kind of rattle
snake" Pa-"How do you know it
was rattlesnalle, Jlmmy?" Jimmy
by the way my teeth ratified as soon
as | saw him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

MRS. TuTTLE-"W hat made Mrs Snapper
give.that old man her seat in the cara" Mrs.
Observation-Disclosures he said: Pardon me,
mss when he accidentally stepped on her
dress. Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

SOME of the most disappointed people in
the Judgment will be those who could have
had more religion, but thought they had
enough.-Ram' Horn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

PHILANTuRoPIsT-"Wh do you not lei
whisky aloneF Hungry Higgins - 81
wouldn't have no excuse for being poor if
did. indianapolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

If cats could only hold their bacl1-fence
carnivals in the daytime they wouldn't new
till-late nights so.-Rochester Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

ALUMINIUM buggies are now in the mar
ket. They should lind special favor, as they
will be light even on the darkest night
Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

"ToM,n she whispered, Suppose shoulc
die" There's no suppose about it, re
sponded Tom, you've got to-some day.
Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

MINNIE-'That horrid Shah of Persia has
four hundred wives, so the missionary said"
Mamie-"I suppose that makes him belong
TO The four hundred, doesLg itq'-Indian-
apolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

JENNIE, do you know what miracle is2"
"Yesm. Ma says if you don't marry our
new pastor it will be miracle '-Brooklyn
Life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

"Well," said the impatient street-car con-
ductor to the corpulent party trying to
catch the car, ''come ahead or else go afoot."
-Lampoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

WHEN does man really steal9 When he
robs a house, or when he makes up his mind
that he willl-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER.

If you're q weak
or ailing woman:
that there's only
one medicine so
sure to help you
that it can be guar
Gnteed. It's DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. In
building up over
worked, feeble,
delicate women, or
in any 6 female
cOmDlaint" or
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

IT Is said that care killed the cat One
annot use too much care in dealing with
ones neighbours feline favorite.-Alton
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

HE-"If you were not so tall I'd propose
TO you" Shelf you did, you'd see how
short could be."-Har per's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

WE eat too much and take too little out
door exercise. This is the 1ault of our mod
ern civilization. 1t is claimed that Garfield
Tea, simple herb remedy, helps Nature to
overcome these abuses.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

WE suppose n sailor comes to be ''tar''
as the result of the pitch of his vessel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

81 HAVE been occasionally troubled with
Coughs, and in each case have used Brown's
Bronchial Irocles, which have never failed,
and l must say they are second to none in
the world. "--Felic 4. May, Cashier, st. Paul,
MINI.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12
Florida and the Sunny South via The Big
Four Route.

To all persons contemplating southern
trip, the Big Four Route offers special at
fractions and advantages possessed by no
other line. Solid Vestibul d trains, heated
with steam and equipped with palace sleep
ing cars, reclining chair cars and elegant
parlor cafe dining cars run daily, making
connection in Central Union Station, Gin
cnnati, with through express trains Of the
Queen Il Crescent Route, Louisville &
Nashville, Kentucky Central and Chesa-
peake Il Ohio Railways, avoiding the
tedious transfer necessary via other lines,
and affording practically through train serv
ice to Old Point Comfort Asheville, Chat
tanooga, New Orleans, Savannah, Jackson
vile, ST Augustine, Tampa, Indian River
and all winter resorts of the South. Tour
ist tickets via the Popular Big Four Route
at special low rates are on sale at all coupon
ticket offices throughout the country. Ask
the agent for tickets via the Big -Four Route.
d. B. MARTIN, General Passenger q Ticket
Agent, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

JIG-DANCING music is the kind that reaches
the sole.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

Mrs. McGLoNE says she can never trust
her husband QUITO her sight unless she is
with HIM. Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

''To ERR is human and to stick to it is
more So.-Galveston News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-12

How MY THROAT HURTS Why don't you
use Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tara
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
Hon. Iames BIonnt.

Here is a good one from the New
York Tribune on Hon. Jim Blount:
"Farmer Jim Blount, as he is
commonly called in the vicinity OF
Macon, has long been regarded as
one of the ablest of the Georgia
statesmen politicians. He never
stopped to anything like peanut
politics, us they are understood in
this State. He is of the Cincinnatus
order; he always wanted Office, but
being a modest man did not boldly
seek it. He liked to be caught in
the field blowing when there was a
political Office in sight, SO that the
rest of the farmers might think the
Office wanted him more than he
wanted the Office.
Mr.. Blount learned that trick
from old "Joe" Brown, the most
celebrated of the modern Cincin-
natuscs. After pulling all the wires
in the State for months to get the
nomination for Governor, he put on
a mantle of humility and retired to
his farm the day before the 'conven-
ton met. Everything being cut
and dried, he was nominated, and a
committee was appointed to inform
of that fact. Its members were
mostly farmers, and their delight
was unbounded when they found
the wiley old "Joe" in the field with
a cradle trying to cut wheat.
"Joe's" surprise at the announce
ment was SO we'll feigned that some
of that committee believe to this
day he had no hand in the nomina-
ton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
Senators Score Judge Speer.

The other day on the floor of the
Senate Mr.. German, who had been
reading Judge speer's decision
against the engineers in Macon. Ga,
arose to his feet and addressed the
vice-president. he referred in
scathing terms to the decision of the
federal judge declaring a strike to
be in violation of the law. he de-
clared his ruling, along with that of
Judge Taft, of Toledo, to be revo-
lutionary in the extreme, that it was
the act of a car, and he further
urged that the next congress should
regulate acts to protect working
men or else circuit judges would act
in the capacity of czars. He refer
red not only to Judge Speer, but to
all federal judges who were greedy
after grasping power.
Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana, made a
ringing denunciation of what he
termed the grasping federal judici-
aries. Judge speer is not to blame
in the matter but the fault was in
the law. The federal lencroachment
on the individual were becoming
more marked every day. He de-.
nounced the law and quoted the
law holding a man could not leave
the employment of any corporation
at any moment he choose without
being guilty of misdemeanor. Be-
fore criticising the judges, the
senate should clear it's own skirts of
curbing the freedom of laborer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
A "soeIety" Argument.

In the best houses in New York
the second man, who sometimes re-
ceives the misnomer of the butler,
never brings in your card, but de-
posits it in some receptacle. OF
course at dinner you should be an
nounced, this time by the butler, but
otherwise an introduction is per
fectly absurd. Your hosts friends
are your friends. You are living in
the same city, and you are either in
society or out of it. Your host or
hostess would never pay you the
equivocal compliment of inviting
you to meet some one who is simply
clinging to the fringe.-vogue.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
mesnarlrabis Rainsails.

Throughout most of the United
States tho amount of rain which
falls in "a hours rarely exceeds an
inch, which means 100 tons of water
to the acre. There are exceptions to
all rules, of course, and occasionally
the fall is much more remarkable.
Thus at Flatbush, N. Y, on the 2ed
of August, 1913, inches of rain fell
in less than s hours; at Catskill,
N. Y, on July 26, 1919, Is inches of
water fell in 6 hours; at Whining
ton, DEL, on July 80, 1884, st inches
fell in less than q hours, and at
Fairfield, o., on the 18th day of Au-
gust, 1861, 8 inches of water fell in
IL hour4
Such phenomenal showers are
necessarily quite limited in extent,
for if every particle of moisture were
wrung from tho atmosphere it would
cover the entire globe to depth of
less than inches.-St. Louis Repub-
lie
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

The sky is ashen gray, and DER its face
Is spread n sullen, angry scowL From far
As eye can picIce the trembling snowfakes
fall.
Like pretty butterflies they dip and dart,
Now right, now left, as II in very play.
With streaming hair and cheeks with health
aglOw.
Tho little children, just let loose from school,
To catch the feath'ry sprites all madly run,
But strive they as they may tn elusive flakes
BY many devious paths to earth descend
And find their bed with myriads beneath.
Reverbernting through the cold, crisp mir,
Their merry voices ring in boist'rous glee,
Frightening a scene most melancholy else.
Her ladyship, proud earth, like some grand
dame,
Is robed in warm, soft cloak of ermine rare.
The tim'rous birds the elements defy
And wing their fight despite the driving storm;
With nimble fect some dash tho drifts aside
To gather sust'nance mid the wintry blasts.
From every cave pellucid pendants hang
And bide the coming Of the suns first rays
To catch their warmth. then disappear from
view.
ALI nature lies in sweet repose. But, lol
Upon the ear the sleighbells' Jingle falls
In rhythmic cadence. II unmusical,
But faint at first, then with gradual swell,
Clear and more clear tho chime. till all the air
Is filed O'eriowing with u wild delight.
Michael Joseph Donnelly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
PIsnsantri.s ofInri.ts.

When Judge Bond of the United
States circuit court was holding a
term once at Raleigh, he was invited
to meet several members of the bar
at adinner, among them the late Hon.
Henry A Gillian, with whom the
judge was very sociable. but who was
just then rather out of humor at
some rulings his honor had made
against him. In a spo1tive humor
the judge placed hogs head, which
happened to be in front of him, and
of which Gillian was known to be
very fond, on plate and sent it to
Gillian with his compliments. Gil
liam received it with great compla-
cency, and taking it by one car, while
he went to work on it with his& &nife,
remarked, with bow, "I am glad
that have at last got the ear of the
court. Green Bag.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
His Simple Sincerity.

They loved each other devoutly,
Notwithstanding he weighed 12O
and sho netted 175.,
For three hours all the furniture
in the room might have been taken
out and they would not have miss,
ed il.
"Henry," she murmured, her arms
about his neck, "do you love me?"
"More than all the world" he an
swered sincerely.
"And do you love me the same,
whatever my moods may be?"
"Just the same, dearest.
"But not this evening, Henry?"
"Why not this EVENING"" he asked
reproachfully.
Because 1 have such cold, and
1 feel SO dull and heavy"
"Why, dearest, you are not"
"Stop Henry" she cooed, as she
put her soft hand over his mouth.
"Don't you really think am dull
and heavy this EVENING""
Henry twisted about just a trifie.
"Well, dearest" be hesitated, ali
I-if may say SO, you are not at
all dull, but, dearest. you-you are
just a-wee bit heavy" and he
shifted one foot slightly to the
northwest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
Facts About London.

London has 100000 dwellings,
10000 new ones every year; 81 900
marriages annually.
Its 10000 streets would reach from
New York to San Francisco.
More Scots than Edinburgh, more
Irishmen than Dublin, more Jews
than Palestine.
One million souls or more who
are occasionally objects of charity.
Burns 6,OOO,0OO tons of coal per
year.
Shelters thirty persons whose in.
comes areIover $500, 900 a year each.
Spends s6,OOO,OOO daily.
Has ninety-nine banks. One
the Bank of England-turns ont
s96,OOO,OOO in notes per week.
The clearing house business is
s4O,OcO,OOO.
There are 400 newspapers in all
languages, circulating 3O,OOO,oOO
copies per week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
The YnIne Of Kindness.

We have all read of the lucky lady
who was left large fortune by the
elderly gentleman to whom she
showed kindness when he was seiz-
ed with faintness or some vertigin-
GUS attack as he was watching the
debutantes vending their way to
Buckingham palace. History of all
kinds repeats itself. Thackeray, in
his Sketches and Travels in Lon
don," tells the tale of gentleman
who, when a crowd. of young bucks
and bloods in the crushroom of the
opera were laughing and elbowing
an old lady there-lonely, ugly and
unprotected-went up to her re-
spectfully and offered her his arm,
took her down to his own carriage,
which was in waiting, and walked
home himself in the rain-and 20
years afterward had $4,000 a year
left him by this very old lady as a
reward for that one act of politeness.