February 12, 1880

Beading Boom of the British Mu seum. Scientific American. - The dome of the British Museum reading-room, in which the electric A. REPUBLICAN SEWSPAP'ER. light is now used, is 140 feet in diame ter and 106 feet high. In th is dimen sion of diameter it is only inferior to PiJ«l,!SHRD EVERY THURSDAY the Pantheon o f Home by 2 feet; St. Peter’s being only 139; Sta. Maria, in Florence, 139; the capitol at Wash J O H N G- H O L M E S . ington, 1351; the tomb o f Mahomet, Bejapore, 185; St. Paul’s, 112; St. Sophia, Constantinople, 107, and the Teriiis ’—8 1 .5 0 per Y ear. Church at Darmstadt, 105. I^PATiBIX IN JJUMBEB -J The uew reading-room contains 1,- rOLUMI BUCHANAN, MICH., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1880. 250.000 cubic feet o f space, its “ sub XIV. urbs” or surrounding libraries 750,- OFFICE —In Record BaildUi£» Oak Street. 000. The building is constructed, principally o f iron, with brick arches At Last. “ ‘I-wonder i f it isn’ t an engine the cuteness has brought us a.ll out o f a Servants in Italy. between the main ribs, supported b y bad scrape,’ Bn sirs ess Directory. old man is sending down to Jamaica In Italy the vocation o f servant is an twenty iron piers, having a sectional B r c a r l o t t A p e r r t . to the shops for repairs? said Jake. ‘I “ In a few seconds the lantern of the honorable one in itself; or, at least, as area of 10 superficial feet to each, in saw the Ben Franklin standing on the train behind us was getting dim in the SOCIETIES. it implies no, personal inconvenience cluding the brick casing, or 200 feet in s at Into her life a brightness, sweet and swift, side track w ith steam up just as we distance. W e slacked speed and hack or sense of inferiority, the self-respect all. This saving o f space b y the use Shone with a glad snrprise', started. From the way she overhauls ed down to see what was the matter I. O. O. F. is inviolate, and the innate manhood of iron is remarkable, the piers of sup Proudly, to meet the longed-for, royal gift, us there can’t he much o f a train be with Simpson,' as Jack said. There or womanhood of the valet or maid is port on which the dome rests only The roeuUr raee'ings o f BuUkuimi badge No 75 are She lifted happy eyes. stood the old Ben Franklin, puffing he’ d at tlttir hall. In Boehtnan. on Tnoadar evening hind'her.’ on a level with that of the master or thus [occupying 200 feet, whereas the D. * chweeh.atT o'c nefc. Transient brethren in “ I did not know hut that Jake and snorting and pawing like a mad mistress, and always so recognized and piers o f the Pantheon o f Borne fill 7,- cooc st-^p'Sing ate cordially Invited to attend. She saw the light o f such a glorious morn might be right, for I had seen the bull, the "driving-wheels buzzing W. W. f 1UTH, S. 0 . J . DICK.. ec. As never dawned before; respected. Their manners, too, are 477 feet of area, and those o f the tomb Franklin standing in the depot when around on the greased track like all fashioned after the politeness of good of Mahomet 5,593 feet. Upwards of Her heart, to welcome in the strange* new we left. That engine was just as fast possessed, but not gaining an inch. SUMMIT LODGE NO. 192, dawn, society; so that, in courtesy of speech 2.000 tons of iron have been employed as our own, and if it was without a We sanded the track and Dore down and general deportment, both classes in the construction. The weight--of r . M holds a resul.r m.-et!n« every Monday Flung open wide its door. on the old machine. Jake was the 'ev-mi.s o n o-h «oreth e lull or the moon, in each train attached, as Jake supposed, are virtually on the same footing. the materials used in thedome isabout might'ea&ily gain on us, as it seemed first aboard, spoiling for a good The oldest civilization of the globe has 4,200 tons, namely, upwards o f 200 i[_ y MvWRI-Y, M'_ M. B B ,lU tP tB ,lel The blessed light, ltorwakened spirit through, chance at the engineer, Simpson.' But Thrills o f great rapture sent; to be doihg. ‘A t any rate we shall interpenetrated deeply in the habits tons on each tier. no sig:. of an engineer, fireman or any For she had walked in shadowed ways^and see when.we pass -Jamaica station, of thought and customs of each, estab The uprights or standards o f the BUCHANAN LODGE NO 68. other living being was to be found. knew * Whether Jake’ s theory is correct,’ I lishing distinct permanent classes, to bookcases in the British Museum read e , 1 n Tfc« fc«lv cninan c. i us*'1 Ilda holge Tlie engine had only a tender attached } , ,1 ».o i >i >«. on Fr d-y veningnt, or F ull w ell w hat darkness m eant.' thought^ and said to him. common advantage, free of mental re ing room are formed of wrought iron, and although there Was a full head of U .. th . 11 of «!.« w aa in etch entn “B.y this time the fireman, acting as proach, or prejudice, and singularly galvanized and framed together, hav 'KllSnl’i! W M h P. 'WtUMI* sac And, as o f old a statue thrilled with song engineer,’’had given onr engine all the steam the fires were getting low! W e free and easy in social relations, with ing fillets of beech inserted between At rising o f the sun, steanislie would take, and we were made short work in pushing back to out the slightest disturbance to the tlie iron to receive the brass pins upon a t t o r n e y s . She felt that in her heart, voiceless so long, slashing,along at a lively rate, I tell Lakeland. W e reached the station and respective parts they fill in life, and which the shelves, rest. The frame L ife’s m usic had begun. you,” said- the conductor. “The good got fairly upon tlie- switch when the those individuals whose living de work of the book case forms the sup E . M. PLIMPTON, people along the road who were out Greeuport train, which we should pends upon the transitory wants of port for the iron perforated floors of , r or and tVr..»t"l\>r at tow . and iolicit 'r in wi^m Hm m m ^M ^usm fDER^Fo/fecQAsm sx^ She heard rare melodies around her roll. of their beds must have thought that meet there, came in, and were waiting travelers, can form hut an inadequate the gallery avenues, and which are Cli ti- e v . IS e over Sohle'a Store lmthanan, Tender and sweet, as when a railroad! Gilpin was riding another as if nothing had happened, and as if i .tvn.t' a -y - ’th The stars of the morning sang; and from her idea of the actual relation between the generally 8 feet wide, the central 6 race according- to the new style. I we hadn’t been fifteen miles out on the feet being appropriated to the perfor soul road to meet it a few minutes before. two social extremes o f master and ser VAN RIPER & WORTHINGTON, was angry, enough to have sent a bul vant in the average Italian household. ated floor, and. the remainder being a Up rose the glad Amen: let at the crazy engineer following us, “The telegraph operator at Lake \U insets and Counsellors tit tovr, and Solicitors in N ew Emtoi,©isles',iesl land handed me a dispatch which read It is almost patriachal in character. clear space between the hack of the Chancery Collections mule and proceets prompt!} and, T determined that my first busi I have known three generations-^ hooks and the flooring, b y which con remitted Office,over II It. Kiny tn’s store, Bnchan- One little day she walked in perfect light, ness' the. next day should he to com as follow s: And wore it like a crown; “ ‘To Conductor C------: The Ben mother, daughter and grandchild—iif trivance the light from the skylights i .e.ivortbivoto*: plain. to the su perintendent o f his fool service in the same* family. A s in (in all cases extending to the full One little day she sang her songs—then night hardiness... I thought that possibly, Franklin has broken loose and is com New Trim iniup! Sudden and sw ift came dow n— marriage, both sides, are inclined to width of the avenues) is thrown down DAVID E. HINMAN, being for the moment his own master ing up the road. Turn switch-at Lake and no longer under the immediate land and run her off the track. keep together until death do them the hack o f the books on each story, Utirnev and Counsellor at totr, and Solicitor in Chan- Came down and elosed'ahont her like a pall, part, unless for some cogent reason. that the lettering may he easily dis orders of a conductor, lie was indulg “ ‘B arton, Superintendent, ' cerr 'tVltoriona made and pro e d< promptly re And shut out all the day— There is nothing like caste in the ser cerned throughout the hook ranges.

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