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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06
PlSCATORIAL KNOWLEDGE.
Habits of a Fish That Were Exceedingly
Disappointing.

Eyes; an he's d whopper, too. /
amt quite sure whether I've hooked
him. Yes, there he IS | feel him
a-wrigglin' on the line. He's a great
big striped Dream
How do you know what kind of a
dsh it is'''
How do | know?' repeated the old
nan, as he began slowly and deliber-
ately to haul in his line, and he threw
supreme pity for the ignorance inn
olied by the question into his voice.
How do I know? Why, young man, l
IAN tell what kind of a fish it is by the
way he bites. Now, there's an eel; he
kind o makes little bits of peclls at yer
inc, and then he takes hold and swims
away with your line, sort o easy like.
Then there's the pike: he sucks yer
bait, an We can't hardly feel him pull.
An then there's the perch: he takes
hold right away and swilns off like a
streak"
And how does the Dream bite?" in
terrupted the young man.
!, 20, he monkeys around whole lot
tand then he takes hold all of "A sudden
,and swims away down stream. l
knowed right away when this fellow
took hold he was a Dream. | never
made no mistake. !"
II just then the old mans catch came
to the surface, 1t was cast-otf boot.
q-Tid.BitS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06
THE FIRST HANGING.
John Ellington. Who Came in the May
flower, Was Executed for Murder.

John Ellington. who Came in the May
flower, Was Executed for Murder.
John Ellington then spelled Billin-
tom was executed for murder in 1880.
In the enumeration of the Mayhower
passengers made by one of their num-
Der, Gov. William Bradford, is the fol-
lowing entry:
John Billinton, and Ellen, his wife;
and sones, John 4 Francis
In 1850, or thirty years subsequent to
the landing of the Mayhower, Gov.
Bradford in taking "a view of the de-
crossings and increasings OF these per
sons, and such changes as hath passed
over them and theirs, in this 30 years"
refers to John Ellington in these words:
John Billinton. after he had bene
here 10 yers. was executed for killing a
man; and his eldest some dyed before
him; but his .. some is alive, and mar
ried, & hath s. children"
Gov. Bradford, in his "History of
Plymouth Plantation" thus refers to
the circumstances attending Billing
tons crime. trial and execution:
This year (163O} John Billinton, We
elder lone that come over with We tirst),
was arrained, and both by grand and
petite jurie, found guilty of willful muir
der, by PLANE and notorious evidence.
And was for the same accordingly exc
cuted. This. as it was We first eXecu-
ton amongst them, SO it was a matter
OF great sadness to them. They used
all due means about this triale, and
toole we advice of Mr.. Winthrop and
others We ableSt gentleman in We Bay
of We Massachusetts. that were then
newly come over, who concured with
them vt he ought to dye, and We land
to be purged from blood. He and some
of his had often been punished for mis-
miscariags before, being one of We
prOfanest families amongst them. They
came from London, and l know not by
what friends shutled into their com
pany. His facte was, that he waylaid
a young man. one John New-comin
about former quarele), and shote him
with a gune, whereof he dyed
The ancient Hubbard, in his History
of New England, says: The muir
therer expected that, either for want
of power to execute for capital offences,
or for want of people to increase the
plantations, he (Billington) should have
his life spared; but justice otherwise
determined, and rewarded him. the
first murtherer of his neighbor there,
with the deserved punishment of death
for a warning to Others
This criminal seems to have been a
troublesome fellow in the settlement,
for the first otfenses committed in the
colony was by Ellington, in 1921, who,
for contempt of the captains lawful
command, with opprobrious speeches,
was adiudged to have his neck and
heels tied together, '-Chicago Times,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06
NOTES BY THE WAY.

IN the Durieh lunatic asylum one,
fourth of the eases were ascribed tc
drink.
A STATEMENT was recently made in
the German Reichstag that there are
eleven thousand persons in hospitals
in Germany who are suffering with de-
lirium tremcns.
The slave trade has heen to Africa a
great evil, but the evils of the rum
trade are far worse.-Rev. James John
son, Missionary in Africa.
IN 1893 one in seventeen deaths which
occurred in Switzerland were ascribed
co drinking habits INCLUDING women
and children.
IN the city of Fort Worth, Tex, fiji.
teen hundred arrests of women We're
made in the last year, nine-tenths OF
the number, at least, for drunkenness.
THE Canadian Temperance league re-
Gently presented a gold medal to the
pupil in the public schools OF Toronto
who passed the best examination in the
study Of temperance and physiology.
TIE Massachusetts legislature adopt.
Cd an investigation law, giving the
state bureau of statistics five thousand
dollars with which to conduct an inves.
! LEGATION of the relation of the liquor
traffic to crime, pauperism and insanity.
THE native kings are petitioning the
/ government to stop the liquor traffic.
1t is running their people. One king
says, if they continue, it will cause him
to leave his country and &C where the
white mans rum can not reach his PEG,
ple.-Hon. b. Bowrer, United States
| Consul at Sierra Leone.
-''Harl>, the glad sound" is regarded
as the masterpiece of Philip Doddridge.
it was written by him to be sung at
the close of Christmas service in 1875.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The New Cooh-''Ah! this is a splen-
did kitchen; why, there's room here for
whole regimen" Presse.
-Teacher-'You are the LATEST boy
l ever saw. How do you expect to earn
a living when you grow up?" Lazy Boy
yawning)-'Dunno. Guess III teach
school"
-Teacher-''I am glad to see YOU
working SO diligently at your writing
lessons Little Boy-''Yes'm: I want
to get so | can write my own excuses"
-Penman's Art Journal.
Omaha Tsacher-''Can any of the
class explain to me why the way of the
transgressor is hard?" Omaha Spark
Il guess it's cause it's travelled SO
much, Omaha World.
Her Father find. sir, that you
have no money and no credit" Young
Smart-"G You do me an injustice sir. |
have easily borrowed several hundred
since it became known that | was en-
gagged to your daughter. It'll Bits.
The Reason Why. --Carleto There
We're twice as many trolley accidents
this week than we ever had before"
panies have been experimenting with
some new life saving tenders"
Il love the music of her eyes" sang
the poet. What idiots you poets are"
cried the critic. Music of the eye,
How the deuce can the eye be musicale"
why not?' retorted the poet. It's
certainly an organ. '-Harper's Bazaar.
-Teacher-"Who was the first man."
Pupil-''Adam. ''Who was the second
man." Adam" ''How do you make
that out?" Because he got married,
and p% says that always makes another
man of fellow. '-Current Literature.
-Teaeher-''T Tommy, how far is the
sun from the earth?" Tommy prompt
ly)-"Ninety-four miles" Teacher Jim
pressively} 'Ninety-four millions of
miles, Tommy" Tommy-'O, yes,
ninetyfour millions. l knew for sure
1t was ninetyfour something. N. y.
Evangelist.
School SUPPLEMENTARY say
the boy is noted for Eis untruthfulness.
Have you tried all legitiH2 t. means to
correct him?" Teacher-''G but it's
no use Fact is, it's a case of heredity.
His father is an eminent lawyer and
politician and his mother was formerly
saleswoman at a bargain counter. -
Penman's Art Journal.
BY Their Works ''-Chicago girl
You have heard of our Mr., Goldbag.
of course.?" Boston 'Goldbag-
| Goldbag. HIM. VIII you name some
| of his works?' Chicago Girl-''O,
| there's the Consolidated sausage fac
| tory, the South Side packing house and
any number OF others. Puck.
-Visitor-''Well, Tommy, how are
you getting along at school?" Tommy
| (age eight)-'First rate. amt doing
as well as some of the other boys,
though. l can stand on my head. but
| have to put my feet against the fence.
| | want to do it without being near the
fence at all, and can after | have been
to school long enough. buffalo
| Courier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06

-"Hark, the glad sound" is regarded
as the masterpiece of Philip Doddridge.
it was written by him to be sung at
the close of Christmas service in 1875.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06
SUGAR-CANE CULTURE.
II calls for Special Training i'll Practical
and Scientific Methods.

and Scientific Methods,
After many years of experience the
sugar planter has realized the neces-
srty of inaugurating a school wherein
can be taught the practical and scien-
tific methods of cane culture and sugar
manufacture, and with that end in
view, in 1885 there was organized at the
expense of the Louisiana planters, a
corporation known as the Louisiana
Scientific and Agricultural association.
Inns corporation made up the sum of
twelve thousand dollars for the pur-
pose In view, and subsequently, when
by virtue of the congressional apprO-
prlation known as the Hatch bill the
Louisiana State University and Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college was
enabled to establish experimental agri-
cultural stations in the state, the legis-
lature authorizing the consolidation of
one-third of the Hatch-bill fund with
The sugar planter fund to establish and
support the station near New Orleans.
Ihe two other stations of the State
University are in Baton Rouge and
Calhoun. The first-named station was
located some fifteen miles above New
Orleans until 1889. when an arrange
ment was made with the city whereby
portion of ground some fifty acres in
extent was allotted from what is known
as Audubon park for the use of the eX-
perimental station. 1t will be remem-
fSered that in this park the Cotton Cen
tennial Exposition was held in 1854,
and. strange to say. this same park was
the former De Bore plantation, where
he successfully made his first sugar
crop one hundred years ago.
Here a sugar-hOuSe has been erected
with nine-roller mill and every style
of modern improvement and machinery,
at cost of siXtyfive thousand dollars,
with necessary laboratories and access
sories, and in 1890 it was formally
opened. Besides the experimental feat
ure it has regular sugar school with
corps of professors. at the head OF
whom is Prof. w. c. Stubs, professor
of agriculture at the State University
and Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege.
This sugar school aims to give a
three-years' course in chemistry, sugar
making. mechanics. drawing and prac-
teal agriculture. and it seems fitting
and proper that its first finishing class
will be graduated the centennial yeal
of sugar raising in Louisiana, on the
very grounds where sugar was first
made. The rates of tuition are one
hundred dollars per year for Louisiana
ans, and two hundred dollars for out
siders, while all graduates of the State
university get sugar education free
There We're forty pupils at the sugar
school this year, Of whom eight came
from Cuba one from United States OF
Colombia, one from the island of St
Croix two hailed from Hawaii. one
from California, one from Kansas City
one each from Chicago and Nebraska
and twenty-three Louisianians -Har
per's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06
WILES OF THE CIRCUS MAN.
How He Barriers with the Farmer for 4
Barnside.

The sun is just peeping over the first
chain of hills when we rouse the far
mer from his breakfast He has a nice
new barn fronting the road, which the
bill posters measure with greedy eyes
The one who is boss for the day Jumps
down and goes to the door. The far
mer comes out in his shirt sleeves and
argues with him, He says he has no
prejudice against the circus; but he is
a member of the church, and is afraid
the neighbors will talk. The old man
keeps his eye averted from the ticket
order which is prominently held in the
temptcr's hand, for fear he will be I'M
able to resist Time is precious, how
ever. and the circus man runs down the
walk and remounts to his place. and
we drive on.
The next place is all right. The bill
posters know it before going to the
house, because the marks of the last
circus bills are hanging in tattered
remnants to the old barn. While the
boss goes to the house the other man
get, out his buckets and brushes and
goes for water. He considers permits
sion Il dead sure thing" The other
man carries a little order book, each
leaf of which contains contract to
the effect that the owner of the place
gives permission for posting bills on
his barn or stable or shop. and promises
that the bills shall be allowed to re
main there to a certain date, in consid-
Grafton of which he receives from two
to six tickets. The circus man offers
him the very lowest number and gener-
ally keeps him down to two but the
smart farmer makes the man give him
three or four. Then the owner signs
the contract, very reluctantly always,
as a farmer hates to sign anything; the
circus man places little square across
the leaf. and tears off the order so as
to include the printed number agreed
upon. enters the mans name on the
corresponding stub up against the
house and then bolts down to the road.
The other fellow, as soon as he sees the
farmer laboriously writing his name,
gets water from the well or spring and
vanlis on his Overalls. Within the next
half minute both men are sopping the
sides of the barn with paste.-N. y.
Advertiser
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06

The Russian peasant has such an in
born dread of water and water spirits
that he will not battle without a cross
fastened to his neck by cord soaked
il holy fluid of the same sort, nor will
he ford stream without first making
the sign of the cross in the water with
his knife, sword or some other piece of
metal. In all parts of the cars vast
empire this senseless superstition pre-
walls, being most common in localities
where one would naturally expect most
enlightenment. Itiseven a common say
ing in the cities that ''yod," or coun-
trvman. doesn't know enough to sign
a cross on water" The priests of the
Greek church say that the Russian
dread of water is on account of belief
among them that Pharaoh's drowned
hosts have been transformed into water
spirits. and that they are ever lying in
wait to drag believer in Christianity
to watery death.-St Louis Republic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06

The French mode of conducting auc-
tions is rather curious In sales of
Importance the affair is placed in the
hands of notary, who for the time
being becomes an auctioneer. The
auctioneer is provided with number
of small wax tapers, each capable of
burning about five minutes. As soon
as bid is made one of these tapers Is
placed in full view of all Interested
parties and lighted. If, before it eX-
pires. another bid is offered, it is inn
mediately extinguishe0 and a fresh
taper placed in its stead, and so on
until one flicllers and dies out of itself,
when the last bid becomes irrevocaole.
This simple plan prevents all conten-
ton among rival bidders and affords
reasonable time for reflection before
making a higher offer than the one
preceding. BY this means, too the
auctioneer is prevented from exercising
undue influence upon the bidders 81
hastily accepting the bid Of a fayorl'e'
Jewellers Circular.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06
FASHION AND FANCY.
Fresh Hints and Suggestions Concerning
Woman's Dress.

Summer-reSOrt dresses and the wide
range of style suited for the afternoon,
house and piazza wear, show few more
desirable models than those that come
to us in India silk, French bastite and
the various zephyrs, satines and or
CANDIES.
The fancy for accordion plating still
holds. An exceptionally pretty dress
is of silk-striped muslin. The accor-
dion-plaited skirt has band of trim
ming made by sewing on insertion in a
sort of braiding pattern The design is
repeated in the waist and sleeves in
smaller pattern, and is the only trim
ming with the exception of velvet col
lar and belt.
Lace was never used in such profu-
sion, and it may be said never with such
excellent taste. Beadings are set on.
row upon row, in some instances form
ing a band eight or ten inches wide Just
above the hem of the skirt. Into these
are drawn ribbons in color matching
the dress. or in contrast, and these
have rosettes at intervals around the
skirt The overSkirt idea comes on but
slowly.
A dress of rich black silk, brocaded
with tiny spray of bright rosebuds.
has drapery of silk muslin in accor-
dion plaits. The drapery hangs irreg-
ularly over the skirt, the points where
it is drawn up highest being finished
with large bows Of ribbons with ends
Among the coolest and most comfort
able of hot-Weather dresses are those
made with alternate rows of material
and insertion. The goods may be the
width of the insertion or double the
width, according to fancy, the inser-
ton being set in from neck to belt.
The sleeves of some of the newest
dresses have the insertion set in from
shoulders to elbows over the fullest
part. Some styles show cuffs and col
lars of insertion over the material. 1t
IS very easy matter to make up these
dresses if one has the time and patience
10 hand-sew the strips of material and
the insertion together. This is liked
much better than when put together
wtth the sewing machine, although the
latter is much more expeditions and is
usually seen in all but the highest
priced costumes. N. y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06

''IIe is very cultivated" said Maud.
Il don't see evidence of it." replied
Mamie.
"Why, he has been all over the world.
lie just told me that ne has been trav-
cling in China
Il know it. He is drummer for q
crocllery house. Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-09-06

Do YOU ask me TO give up what to me
IS lawful qualification because an
other man is drunkard? Yes, if you
do not need the total-abstinence pledge
for yourself sign it for the sake of
those who are weak and need help
John D. Cough.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-09-15

Here he chuckled, for he seldom
laughed heartily. lie always was
kind, social and lovable to me. Sc
closely had ! cntwined myself about
his heart that / could do with him
about as ! pleased. remember how
my mother and the neighbors, espec-
tally the latter, used to look askance
when l would climb onto his knees
and braid his long, whise beard into
q silken cue, and then ask him II he
hadn't rather l would make two
braids instead Of one.
Everybody who knew him loved
him, though at times he was quiet
and apparently shut up in himself"
Mrs. Francis J.. Dawes, who to-
gether with her husband and Mrs.
Warner, lived for twenty-four years
on the Bryant homestead, Is scarcely
less replete with interesting remin.
iscence than her daughter. Mrs.
Dawes is now well along in years, but
as bright and sociable and enthusi-
astic over the poets name as any
body.
Mrs. Dawes told the Recorder cor
respondent Of an interesting scene
on the piazza of the Bryant house.
1t was before the death OF Charles
Sumner, and he and George William
Curtis and Bryant were having con-
versation about. the threatened down.
fall Of the Republican party.
So much intelligence, such repre-.
sentative men, had never before
rested on Cummington soil, and the
neighbors, one by one, slipped around
back Of the house and entered q
room adjoining the piazza, and to-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-09-15
How Shsimps Are caus ut.

The shrimp sold in the city are
caught during TIE night before by
"casters," who 60, two in boat, to
some favored locality and there
east all night long for the deli
cious little crustacean that Is served
up ut nearly every breakfast table in
the city in the morning. Casting"
Is the throwing widespread on the
water OF circular net, the edge OF
which is weighted with leaden balls
and provided with drawing strings,
which, passing through the centre Of
the net, IRE alta ahed to the edges.
The net when east in the water, OF
course, sinks more rapidly ut the
edges than in the middle, and con.
fines within its meshcs the shrimps
over which it may have fallen. The
rope to which Is attached the draw
ing string being pulled, the net closes
ut the bottom and is lifted into the
boat with its contents.
When Aurora begins his work OF
tinting the eastern sky, those hardy
casters are on their way to the city.
Here they hand over their booty to
men who cry them about the streets,
measuring the shrimps out to them
from their boats by the plates" or
pan, the seller agreeing to sell the
shrimps and hand over the proceeds,
less liberal commissioner Charles
ton Is. CO. News and Courier.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-09-15
Better Than . Steam Foshorn

While travelling through southern
California few years ago." said
Matthew l.. Gregory OF Minneapolis,
! came across an interesting curiosity
known as the whistling WE'LL 1t
was on a farm and had been dug q
number Of years previous and aban-
doned, as no water had appeared. A
short time after it had been dug it
was noticed that a strong current Of
air kept rushing in and out OF the
well, and a fiat stone with hole in
the center was placed over it. Into
this hole a whistle was fastened,
which changed its tune as the air
was drawn in or blown. out, and it
was soon found to be reliable
weather barometer. In pleasant
weather the whistle was silent, but il
storm was brewing its approach was
heralded by the warning shrieks Of
the whistle as the air rushed in and
out Of the well. When the storm
passed the current Of air changed and
the faithful whistle told the story by
its changed tune. list. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-09-15

arms, and over afterwari we were
the best of friends.
During the several months Of va
cation which Bryant spent every
year Mt the home we had many merry
romps together. He was shy and
unapproachable even with the neigh
boring families, as | recall him, and
often reticent with those who knew
him best, but l always found smile
and kind word, even though, when
he was hard at work, brought up
my pies to his study to be admired.
Sometimes he tossed me into his
waste basket, and. taking it to the
door, tilted it until rolled out. And
then | knew | must run away.
Again, he would tell me that might
stay If would not talk-a sentence
which he well knew would deprive
him of my company. And, then
again, placing me on one corner OF
his writing table, he would read to
me such queer words from books in
which the letters all looked dizzy.
Then all would be still, save the
scratching of his pen rs it went over
the paper till slipped of the table
and out into the sunshine. Or, hav-
ing been very good. | was rewarded
by having both hands filled with
goodies from the glass jar in the cup.
board under the bookshelves, and l
munched them contentedly while he
wrote.
| Years afterwari / learned that
those queer words were Greek, and
this was how Bryant translated the
Had and the odyssey.
zone rainy day, after long hour.
Of work with the study door shut, he
found me waiting rs he came out
and a famous romp we had through
the halls till he caught me and helt
me fast to rest. nestled down nnt
began, One, two to which he re
piled, Buckle my shoe, and humor
ing my whim, answered with origina
rhymes as counted far beyond til,
Mother Goose limit.
II recall that IN 1877, the year be
fore his death, he came out into the
kitchen where / was washing dishe
and said, as he leaned up against
shelf, Mary, here is something
think you will appreciate AM
then he read some lines said t
have been written by young lad.
for her own consolation upon tn
death of her father.
You must never give up In despair an
grief,
For according to Gods dispensation
The trials of earth are trifling and brief
Compared with eternal dannation.