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Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22

The students of Rust Normal
School, now Central Alabama
Academy, met at that institution
last Tuesday night and completed
the organization of the Alumni AS
sociation. Mr.. H. &. Binford CALI
ed the meeting to order, after singing
and prayer by ElderW esley Pretty
man the association proceeded to bus
mess. The paper by Mrs. M. E
Hall on the history of the school
was valuable one. The paper by
Mrs. Lucy d Pope on memoirs.
was valuable acquisition to the
association. The election Of officers
resulted as follows: Mrs. L. d
Pope, president; Mr. Patrick Perk
ins, vice president; DR. L r Fearn
recording secretary; Miss Lila E
Rankin, corresponding secretary;
Mrs A r Cooper, treasurer; Mrs
Maria B Powers, Historian; w L
Riley, prophet. After adjournmen
they repaired to another room
where an elegant repast awaited
them, prepared by the faculty and |
most enjoyable evening was spen
and the members repaired to thei
several homes wishing for many re
turns of these reunions.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22

We represent the LEADING CON.
I TANIES of America, being prompt,
liberal and fair in all their ADJUST
ments.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22
scanlon Removed to white Plains.

NEW YORK, Sept. William J.
Scanlon, the actor, who was adiudged
to be insane by sheriff's jury, after
having been an inmate Of the Bloom
ingdale Insane asylum for more than
two years, has been removed from that
institution to the new building at White
Plains. N. Y.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22
SATURDAY, SEPT. 22nd 1894.

Capt. D. D. Shelby having de-
clined the nomination for Congress
the Republican District Committee
met and endorsed the candidacy OF
Mr.. Lee Candall.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22
Ambassador Bayard's Visit Home,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-Hon Thomas
F. Bayard, ambassador to England. is
expected to sail for home by the steam
er Paris Saturday He will join his
family i'll Washington, where he will
remain several weeks in consultation
with Secretary Gresham.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22

Our communication from Greenbrier
was crowded out this week.
Our South Atlanta letter was crowded
out.
The gas posts are being erected pre-
paratory to lighting the postofflce Octo>
ber LIST.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22

The large and repre- sentative at
tendance at the District Republican
Convention held at Decatur, Wed
nesday, is pretty convincing evil
dencs of the strong and healthy and
growing Republican sentiment oil
this district.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22

Parties wishing to improve their stock
of cattle will find the Registered Hol-
stein Bull, Pet Duke, formerly owned by
Major Stevens, at the premises of J. Fl.
Ewing. Service fee So so 9.6 3m
Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22
N. c. & ST. L. r. r.

N. G. & ST. L. r. r.
TRAINS NORTH.
No. 192-Leaves Gadsden :55a 10
Guntersville $50 m
Arrives Huntsville 2:01 p m
I" Flora 2;57 p IA
No. 194-Leaves Huntsville 500 m
= Flora $50 N
TRAINS SOUTH.
No. 191 Leaves Flora 11:22 m
Arrive Huntsville 1919 D m
" Guntersville 4:35 p m
d" Gadsden $50 a m
No. 1873 Leaves Flora 8:OOp m
Arrives Huntsville 9:10p b m
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN SOUTH.
No. 1877 Leaves Flora 7:3O a m
Arrives tfun tsville 9:20 m
" Hobbs Island 0:40 m
ACCOMODATION TRAIN NORTH.
No. 19S-Leaves Hobbs Island 1915
Arrives huntsville 1:05 D m
g Flora $50 b n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

know that if we fold a sheet of paper
on perfectly plane table, the line OF
the folded part will not be changed be-
tween either of its parts, but will be
perfectly straight line.
The square is also an instrument in
dispensable to the draughtsman.
We can also make this of a sheet of
strong paper. by folding 1T first IN
two. and then il four, taking care to
make the two parts of the first fold
coincide exactly with the others. The
second fold will be perpendicular to
the first, because it forms with the first
fold two adjacent equal angles, con-
sequently two right angles, and the
angle which has it's summit at the
meeting point of the two folds will
form the right angle of our square.
Now l will show you how to impro-
wise pair of compasses. Take a
penknife with two blades, the larger
/ the better. The point of one of the
blades will be the sticlling-point of the
| compasses. We stick it at the center
of the circle Tor of the arc of the cir
cle) which we are about to trace. Now
fasten firmly the end of the ether blade
in piece of pencil. whose length will
vary according to the size of the knife.
This will be the tracing point. Now
we may cause the opening of the blades
to vary according to the radius of the
circumference which we wish to trace
and we should hold the instrument
lightly by the end of the handle near
est the tracing point, as shown in oul
illustration.-La Nature.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
INSECT PAPER-HANGERS.
a Bee That Makes Bright Hangings fol
Its Fine Chamber.

a Bee That Makes Bright Hangings for
Its Fine Chamber.
small bee, with a long Latin
name. "Anthrophora argentata." is a
very fastidious little animal with re-
gard to her dwelling place. This
insect bores a vertical hole into the
ground and lines its sides with
pieces of flower petals, especially
those of the poppy, which make very
bright hanging for such tiny cham
Der. Before harvesting time sets in in
the summer this little insects COM
Portable nest can be found in anv of
the paths that lead through the fields
grass blade pushed down into the
hole brings to light narrow red pass
age way several inches long, and moist
with drops of honey of a somewhat
sour taste.
An observant person wandering
through the corn and wheat fields will
come across many poppies from which
tiny pieces seem to have been cut as
accurately as If done with pair of
scissors. These pieces are ali oval.
half an inch long and little less than
haIf an inch wide. These little pieces
the bee carries toits little house .crawls
in first and drags them in after. then
smoothing them out and FASTING them
10 the sides. 1t takes through enough
such pieces to reach around the wall.
and they are put on double Three or
tour are piled up at the bottom to !
make snug little bed. The bee Sc
lects the petals of the poppy because
they are thinner and finer than those |
OF other wild flowers, and can be more
easily handled by this small paper
hanger. The honey furnishes the
necessary food for the young bees.
sometimes ants discover the tiny stor-
age-house and carry off it's sweets.
The next day, however, the entrance
one c6ufh}P ilfn d i it agaIn, hnless ne Rad
marked the spot. In closing up its
abode. the bee pushes down the top
leaves. thus stripping the upper walls
of their tapestry hanging. If the hole
has been closed up on June % the
maggot changes into a chrysalis on
Julv,1. 1t is not yet known when the !
bee develops, nor how it works itself |
out of this place, but it is supposed |
that it does so by gnawing through
the top leaves and pushing the earth
upward until it reaches the surface
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation;
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance. :,
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
eists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

gion, was deprived of the light of day
for years. BY some curious process,
which has puzzled the most distin-
guished veterinary surgeons of both
continents, his hair began to curl. The
hair became woolly in it's texture en-
tirely by natural processes Gentle
men, he is the only one of his kind
Poor Old Woolly had to endure this
day after day. He lost his spirits and
began to grow i'll. The hot, sitting air
OF the museum aggravated his illness,
until one day, as the Snowman was de-
llvering his speech to the gaping crowd,
OId Noolly quietly lay down and
oreathed his last.-Youth's Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
Ubiquity of Micro Organisms.

heterogeneous are present in the
air, the water and the earth. They
are not only on the earth. but the upper
layers of terrestrial crust are teemine
with them. They are carried by the
atmosphere as dust and deposited upon
the surface of all objects. They exist
in vast numbers upon and in the human
body. They are present with the body
in life and do not leave it in death until
1T is resolved into the elements. Hence
there can be no doubt but they are an
important factor in nature. Ohio Den.
tai Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
HIS PAS BUSINESS.
Willie Made the Confession Rather Re-
luctantly.


willie Made the Confession Rather Re-
luctantly.
The principal of Philadelphia Sun
dav-school has fondness for statistics,
and the other day he directed the
teachers to ascertain the occupation of
the parents of all the scholars in their
respective classes The inquiry pro-
crossed smoothly until 1T reached the
infant class, where one small red
headed and freckled boy obstinately
refused to give any information.
Isn't your father living, WillieY
inquired the teacher.
''Yes'm."
Doesn't he work?"
Nom"
But he supports you and mamma
doesn't hep
The small scholar assented emphat-
ically.
Then isn't he in business?'
kind of"
Visions of a gambler in a checked
suit and diamond studs, or saloon
keeper dealing out fiery fluids, crossed
the teachers mind.
William" she urged apprehenslve'
ly. what does your father do?'
There was a moments pause, while
the sobs in the small boy began &c
| rise to the freckled surface. MY pa
he said weepingly, "ain't in any regu
| lar business. He's the bearded lady IL
de museum, and ma said eff l give II
away she'd whale me.-Detroit Free
| Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
Remarkable Little Magnets.

A magnet which the great Sir Isaac
Newton wore as set in his finger
ring is said to have been capable of
raising TAG grains, or about $50 times
it's own weight of three grains, and to
have been much admired in conse-
quence of its phenomenal power. One
which formerly belonged to Sir John
Leslie, and which is now in the Royal
Society's collection at Edinburgh, has
still greater powers. 1t weighs but
little more than Newton's curiosity
even 81 grains-yet it is capable Of
supporting 1850 grains, and is, there
fore, the strongest magnet of its size
n the world.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

THE SNAIL'S MOUTH.
It Contains a Tongue I:uilt on the Prin
cip;e of u Bahdsaw.

cip;e of a Bandsaw.
IT'S fortunate thing for man and
the rest of the animal kingdom" said
the naturalist that no large wild an
imal has q mouth constructed with the
dcvouring apparatus built on the plan
of the Observation-Disclosures snaiIs
mouth. for that animal could out-de-
YOUR anything that lives. The snail
itself IS such an entirely unpleasant,
not to say loathsome. creature to han
die. thai few amateur naturalists care
to bother with it, but by neglecting
the snail they miss studying one of the
most interesting objects that come I'M
der their observation.
Anyone who has noticed a snail
feeding on Il leaf must have wondered
how such soft, fabby Shiny animal
can make such sharp and clean-cut
incision in the leaf, leaving an edge as
smooth and straight as if it had been
cut with u knife. That is due to the
peculiar and formidable mouth he has.
The snail eats with his tongue and the
roof of his mouth. The tongue is a
ribbon which the snail keeps in a coil
n his mouth. The tongue is in reality
a band-saw. with the teeth on the sur
face instead of on the edge. The teeth
are so small that as many as $4,000 of
them have been found on one snails
tongue. He can uncoil as much of this
as he chooses and the uncoiled part he
brings into service. The roof of his
mouth is as hard as bone. He grasps
the leaf batuaan his tonrua and that
hard substance and rasping away
with his tongue, saws through the
toughest leaf with ease, always leav
ing the edge very smooth and
STRAIGHT"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
INSECT GODS.
orange Fables About the Sacred Beetle
of Egypt.

orange Fables About the Sacred Beetle
40 of Egypt.
frlmltlve observers never suspected
:, inyth1ng so commonplace as the pres
nee OF eggs in the middle of the ball
ae beetle had made; that sort of ex-
nanatlon belongs only to the age of
pence. The Egyptians saw the beetle
| Jury the pellet, and they saw a new
osetle emerge from it in due time, and
oley leaped straight to the not I'M
| natural conclusion that here was a case
| Vi spontaneous generation. The pious
seara b, they imagined buried the balls
Vi dirt as they themselves buried their
nummied dead and new scarabs sprang
from 1T under the vivifying rays of the
supreme sun god, as the gloritied body
would spring in the end from the dried
and withered dust of the human
mummy.
1t was as an emblem of the resur-
rectlon, then, that the scarab attained
such immense vogue in the Nile Valley.
Nothing could be more natural than
that mummy-making race should see
III It's proceedings an undoubted argu-
ment for the Immortality of the soul
and proof of the continued existence
OF the spirit after death. Everything
consplred to produce this impression.
The earnest way in which the good
beetles devoted their lives to the pious
task'of rolling their balls of manure to
The chosen burying place was lesson,
as II We're, to careless humanity to
look to the end-a perpetual coleop-
ferrous memento mort.
All sorts of strange fables rose up
accordingly about the sacred insect. 1t
seems that for twenty-eight days the
pals remained under ground, through
whole lunar revolution. During that
mystic time the beetles grew within
by spontaneous generation. On the
twenty-ninth day, which the insect
knew as the moment of the conjunction
of the sun with the moon, the ball
opened of itself and forth sailed, in
1ull divinity, newborn scarab. Later
on, when the cult of Ra, the sun god
became the chief element in the wor-
snip OF Egypt eclipsing and absorbing
into itself the earlier ancestral wor-
ship OF Osiris, yet another point of
sanctity was discovered in the scarab.
The balls he rolled behind him SO
assiduously, being round and revivi-
ned, We're considered as emblematical |
OF the suns disk, and the beetle him
self was almost regarded as an avatar
OF the solar deity. To such a pitch of |
dignity may honest industry and ster-
ling earnestness of purpose lead in the |
end even despised carrion beetle. Il
Cornhill Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

Tim sort of April fool" said the
man with the wart on his nose.
Born the first day of April?" casu'
ally inquired the man with the gray
spot in his mustache.
mo Married"
81 don't know whether that made
you an April fool or not, said the man
in the macintosh, lighting cigar
'but whoever picked you up for a val,
liable package that day got badly April
fooled"
And there was most unanimous
and approving silence all around tbs
board. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

Adirondack Guide-Hear them dogsS
Jest you rest your barrel on that log.
In a minute you'll see 'em break into
the clearin'
Young City Sport forty seconds
later as buck springs into sight,
There he comes! There he comes! o,
there he goes! There he goes!
Guide-Did yer think he was goin' to
camp here over night? Pick up your
gun!--Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
HELPS FOR DRAWING.

How to Make Compass, Flat Ruler and
Square ut Home.
If you have to make a geomctrical
drawing. and you have neither com
pass, fiat ruler, nor square. you will be
somewhat embarrassed, will you not?
Wen, here is method of supplying,
by common objects always at hand,
the three instruments that are want
ing.
never straight enough 10 replace TIE
fiat ruler of the draughtsman. A sheet
of strong paper will furnish much
better ruler According to the geomet-
rical theorem, straight line is a line
whose direction is not changed be-
tween any two of its points. Now we
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
WHY OLD WOOLLY DIED.
Killed by Having to Listen to Daily Dime
Museum Lectures.

| AANhcU ny having TO Listen TO DAILY DlmG
| Museum Lectures.
He was just an ordinary, everyday
colt, and an ordinary, everyday young
| horse. His master had neither time
nor inclination to give much attention
to the horses toilet. Nevertheless. a.
strange thing happened. His hair, day
after day and month after month, grew
more and more curly until finally ''Old
Woolly" haeame one of the features of
the town.
I'll give you two hundred dollars
for your horse" said a stranger one
day.
You can have him. was the reply.
as that was about twice his real value.
The stranger was from q dime mu-
scum, and Old Woolly's hard work was
over. The rest suited him well enough,
but amid the din of street noises and
the footing of a band, Old WooIly
listened daily to talk like this
Here, gentlemen, is most marvel
Gus freak of nature. Our agents dis
covered him in the mines of Siberia.
Working underground. Old Blofskv,
famous among the miners of that re-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
I'LL DO WHAT | CAN.

may not set sAe world on fire,
Nor start grand ''combire;"
nor De triple millionaire
Or own diamond mine.
lnever may be president,
Or any famous man;
But there is work for all to do,
And I'll do what can.
II Washington had said: Dear me.
There's nothing can dc.
The country's bound to go TO smash.
Ana precious quickly, too"
Most likely we should still have been
oppressed by Britain's clan;
But Washington did what he could.
And I'll do what can.
Ben Franklin did not loaf around,
From morn till set of sun,
Ana grumble that some other man
HAD wealth when he had none
Whlle yet the stars were in the slSv
His daily task began:
he ala whatever he could do,
And III do what can.
we may not ali be Ciceros
Ana charm admiI1ng throngs,
nor write immortal treatiscs,
Or sing immortal songs;
But each can I'LL some little groove
In natures wondrous plan,
ANA help the world to turn around.
So Ill do what can
-Aelcn w. Clark, in Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
Had Thought 1t Over.

Agltator-Do you ever stop to reflect,
Sir, on the condition of this country?
Citizen-I have thought much upon
the subject, thought long and deeply.
"Ah, am glad there is one besides
myself who has given this great sub
Jectattention. What, in your opinion,
does this country most need at the
present time?'
"a fool killer IN. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
We'll Stumbled.

Don't you want to buy some combs?''
asked the commercial traveller
"Combs?' echoed the landlord of the
tavern at Pokerville Junction. What
makes you think l need any combs?
Didn't you see that one hangin' in the
Mushroom? It's been there since be-
fore the war and it's purity good com b
yet. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
Classical and Appropriate.

Mrs. Tremont--Tm going TO pun
Welcome the Coming, Speed the Part
ing Guest" over the door of our new
house. l wish you would suggest a
good inscription for the great fireplace.
Mrs. Westerly-How would is II
hot enough for you" do?-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
ly made.

"AND put motto on the fireplace, Mr.
Planns." "Um, yes, East or West, Homes
Best or something like that2" ''No; put
on: Poke This Fire and It'll Expire Scare
off the women folks from monkeying with
it, you know. IN. Y. Recorder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

-High-heeled shoes first appeared in
the reign of Louis XIV. The heels were
often five inches in height, and walk
ing was thus made very difficult and
painful, but the sacrifice was cheerful
ly made,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
would Have the Fun Afterward.

Eis Mother-Tommy, if you fight
with little Willie Walters to-day shall
put you to bed for two hours.
Tommy-Put me to bed, now, ma
Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15


rapid growth demands still
the largest sales of any kidney remedy And what more has acquired its popularity
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

ShE-"They say my sister has prettier
figure than |. But tsure of her answer)
whose figure do you like best, Jack, dear?'
He fervently) fathers, darling.',-
Brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
Are You Going to California to ATTEND
the Midwinter Fair

II so read this:
On account of the Midwinter Fair now
being held at San Francisco, the BIG Fonr
Route has placed in effect VERY Low RATES
from ALL POINTS on its great system of rail.
roads to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San
MIA and the West, Northwest and South
west, and will sell tickets via either of its
three gateways, ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO OR
PEORIA, with return limit until April 3Oth,
1894. Solid vestibuled trains run daily to
each of these cities, with elegant sleeping
cars, private compartment buffet sleeping
cars, parlor cars and dining cars, and afford
ing choice OF routes from Cleveland, Gin
cinnati, Columbus, Springfield, Dayton, In
dlanapolis and intermediate points. This
excellent service is unexcelled by any other
line, and all persons going to California this
winter should by all means consult the
nearest representative of the Big Four
Route for rates and all other information
pertaining to the Great West.
B. d. MARTIN, G. P. and T. A.
E. o. MCCORMICK,
Pocc Two f1ip No,o~n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

"WHERE do we get cream of tartar?" asked
the pretty schoolmaam. From Russian
cows" was Johnny Snagg's prompt answer.
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

IT'S called cold cash from the natural dig
position to freeze onto it. Philadelphia
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

SOMETHING every man has to part with
@ comb,-Philadelph Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

ALARGE part of the average hacllhan's
success is doubtless due to his knowing how
to take people.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

WHEN a friend turns out not to be
trump. then is the time to discard nlnl'-
Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

TRYING to put on fine airs is a good deal
like frescoing pole rafter ceiling.-Young
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

HoJAcK-"NIrs. Chambers can read her
b,Ieb"nd like a hool1n Tomdik-'Yes, and
She can shut him up like one, toe" PUCK.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

:. A FOWL blot-the scrub chicken.-Rural
New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

He MEANT IT-She-'I don't think you
love me any more" He (devotedly)-"l
couldn't. '-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15

If YOU must go on FOOLS errand, don,I
bring L fool back with you.-4 Dung Men D
Era.