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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09

"Is he not handsome9" she inquired, gaz-
ing fondly on the smiling face.
HE is indeed, | returned, feeling the
tears gathering in my eyes.
"Dear Shane, what deal he must have
gone throughl But he is really coming to-
night, ali yes, and then how happy we
shall be. | may not tell you my dream to-
kday," she added with little laugh; but
will look in tomorrow be-
pre- you go to churchl Then, my dear, you
Ishall know aI.''
HI gave the desired promise, and shortly
after bent my steps homeward, meditating
son poor little Miss Moonshee's sad history
and harmless delusion. The morrow found
me an hour before church time at her door
Z 1t was opened by Mally. miss Kathleen
has oversight herself" she said; ''but I'll
just tap and ask if she won't see you in
bedn
Repeated knocks at her mistress's door
eliciting no response, the old Irishwoman
turned the handle and peeped in. ''She's
I'D asleep, poor darling" she whispered
st cast your eyes on her, miss, and see
pleased she looks."
lid so. The expression on her face was
sed happy one; but there was that
ward and lay my hand lightly on the
4 / wv of the sleeper. 1t was icy coldl Yes
had come for her at last, the long-ex-
| Ifted lover For, gazing on the placid
Maintenance of the dead, who could doubt
INV a vision of the beloved one had glad
h he'd the soul of the sleeper, and left its
fbbress on her smiling face, ere death had
D lined its prey!
/ fTwould be a sin to wish her back, so
! kbpy she looks,n walled poor old Mally
/ ssIut oh, Miss Kathleen, darling, why
| Unit you take me with your
/ Hhe separation was but of brief duration.
/ Dhe faithful old Irishwoman soon followed
! Hbor little Miss Moonshee to the grave; and
| Avhite marble cross in the corner of the
telbor vne Cemetery marks the spot where
t'et land maid sleap their last sleep.--
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09
HIGH ART.
How Young Chicago Artist Turns Out
Lightning PICTURES.

How Young Chicago Artist Turns Out
Lightning pictures.
Yesterday afternoon Gustav Klatt,
the young artist, stood up his easel,
seized hold of some clean brushes, and
put next him BIZ board covered all
over with large and small Jumps Of oil
colors, like flies sticking on fly paper
in the summer time. Then some one
placed canvas on the easel. A re-
porter was the audience.
'What snail paint?" he asked in
German.
can Italian moonshine landscape
Away he went like race-h0rse.
A big splotch of whitehead, almost cir
cular in shape, was first stuck on al
most in the center. Then came lots of
Prussian blue, spread on with the
broad brush like butter on a slice of
bread, varying in intensity. A few
more turns and twists of the brush,
this time charged with ne tint of
coloring, and patches of clouds began
to appear near the moon. Another
manipulation, and slice of unrutfled
lake began to show through chaos. Then
thick layer of asphaltum. That was
the soil. A rock pine tree arose like
magic under a score of motions of that
untiring hand in which slender brush
had been grasped. A few switches
with the dull edge of an Of knife and
rocks and road appeared. At last an
Italian contadina, of majestic gait and
supple waist, was put in, carrying an
amphora on her proudly re; ed head
and the painting was finished Time,
eight minutes twenty-five seconds.
The picture actually didn't look bad.
The reflex of the moon in the still water
was even faithful to nature, and the
chiar-oscuro of peaceful Italian sum-
mer night was quite remarkable. The
tree showed a graceful outline. The
only fault that could be found with the
picture was an air of roughness per-
vading it and the too darksome shade
of the sky.
"What will you have nowP"
"a small marine scene"
"All right" Another canvas, and
away sped the brush again. This time
it took eleven minutes and fraction,
but the picture was better one. Three
or four other paintings were ''turned
OUT in equally short order.
The artist is the young man who has
been paralyzing the natives at the New
Orleans Fair, where he once painted
large tropical scene in half an hour, on
stage, with orchestral accompaniment,
and at an other time got through his
task in four minutes. Mr.. Klatt's ac-
count of himself is to the effect that he
is graduate of the Berlin Academy of
Art, after studying four years, and that
he setup as a landscape painter there.
Now ne is devotng himself for a
stated salary to Chicago firm which
has been selling thousands of his paint
ings.- Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09
STYLISH HOGS.
Prominent Features of Correct Breeding
and Fattening.

frominenG featureS OF correct Breeding
and Fattening.
Hog growers are just now advocating
hogs with more lean meat. This is a
move in the right direction. The
stylish hogs of the past decade have
been but little more than Jumps of ami
mated lard. Give the hogs range
with pasture and feed less corn. That
will certainly improve the quality of
the pork We would go little further
than this and advise the breeder of fine
pigs to select his stock with view to
their final development. The Neapol-
itan hog is at the bottom of all this ex-
cessive fairness. We find it strongly
impregnating the blood of some Berk-
shire families, while it seems to have
taken possession of everything but the
color of the small Berkshires. The best
hogs for shoulders and hams, the most
valuable part of the body, are the
American breeds, such as Chester
Whites and Poland Chinas, and these
can not be given too much exercise when
they are young, though they should be
literally fed all the time to keep them
sf0wing right along. A pig to thrive,
should never be allowed to become
tunted for the want of sufficient food,
ind then it can safely be penned when
bull grown, for economical fattening.
The farmer should not forget that two
great factors in fattening hogs with
1he greatest economy are confinement
dnd warmth. An exposed pig in cold
or wet weather will exhaust fully one
third of its feed in sustaining bodily
warmth, thus creating a direct loss to
the farmer of nearly one-third of the
food consumed. Sanitary conditions
must be attended to in raising pigs and
fattening them. The young should have
only the earth for travelling and sleeping
on, but the full-grown hog may be con-
fined and fattened on boards alone, and
its quarters should be contracted; it
is always best to have a hard floor
that can be kept clean. These are
few of the most Prominent features of
correct pig breeding and hog fattening
that have been so grossly neglected on
many farms that the great epidemics
called hog cholera have been allowed
to do inestimable damage in great sec
lions of our country Orange County
Farmer.
Kentucky has been honored with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09
q TINY SHOE.

They found him by the roadside dead,
A ragged tramp unknown;
His face upturned in mute despair,
His helpless arms out thrown.
The lark above him sang a song
OF greeting to the day,
The breeze blew fresh and sweet and stirre
His hair in wanton play.
They found no clue to home or name,
But tied with ribbon blue
They found package, and it held
A haby's tiny shoe.
Half worn and old, a button off,
1t seemed a sacred thing;
With reverence they wrapped it close
And tied the faded string;
And laid it on the peaceful breast
That kept the secret well;
And God will know and understand
The story it will tell
OF happy times and peaceful home
That dead tramp sometime knew,
Whose only relic left him was
The baby's tiny shoe.
IN. Y World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09
Surgeons on Alcoholic stimuIants.

In recent meeting of the surgeons
along the Bee Line Railroad, held at
indianapolis, Ind, for the discussion
OF railway surgery, among other bust
ness the following resolution. offered
by DIR. Hyatt, was adopted:
ResolUed, That in the Judgment of this con-
venton the practice of administering alco-
holic stimulants to persons suffering from
railway injuries, attended with "Shock", by
employees or other persons, is highly detri-
mental TO the injured and should be prohib-
tied.
The resolution was based upon pro-
fessional grounds, and discussed from
a scientific standpoint regarding the
effect of alcohol on the human system.
1t was adopted unanimously.
This action was highly approved by
the management of the road, and will
be observed as far as possible.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09

Careful examination shows that in
Massachusetts, thirty-two per cent. of
females in the laboring classes and
eleven per cent. of males work on Sum
day, in addition to their weekly service.
-BoS.Jn Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09

Mr.. SHAw-LEFEvRE, ex-Postmaster
General, said lately that there are L.
100000 children in England who do not
attend school by reason of the poverty
of their parents. 1t may be added that
in half of these cases drink is the cause
of it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09


on the lower rung of the ladder leading
to the loft and wiped the cold sweat
from my forehead.
Snakes, by Jerichor' exclaimed,
That means business
Then l stared straight across at a
corn-stalk that soon began slowly to
wrIggle and curve. With bursting eve
balls and all the strength of mind 1
possessed | forced that corn-stalk back
from The animal to the vegetable king
dom, and then [ staggered feebly out
INTO the open air. l leaned against Al
fence, and, for fear | should see more
OF those horrible twisting things, [
chung to post and closed my ewes.
''Time is called, Jim, [ said to nv
self, whisky and you part company to-
day, and soberer than | had been fo,.
many months, though with no more
strength than baby, 1 managed to get
back to the house.
"There was fight, though. l didn't
tell my wife; for 1 had made good
many promises that hadn't held water,
and l thought I'd 90 it alone for
awhile. l got up in the morning, after
a terrible fight, with the thirst of a.
quench it, and l tried milk / crept
INTO the milk room, slipped straw
INTO the edge of a cream-covered pan,
and sucked out the milk until only the
cream was left, lowered smooth and
unbroken to the bottom. Then tack
led another and another, until the fierce
craving was somewhat dulled. 1t was
a household mystery what became of
the milk. No cat could lap it, my wife
said, and leave the sides and cream I'M
touched, and where did it goP
let them talk, for the struggle was
too sore and fearful to be spoken of.
and | went on drinking the milk.
" The road from my house to my
shop lay by the groggery. When /
left my gate in the morning took the
'i9ad s.,llt, - on a 2 40, =
sued, | made the distance. / ran hard
all the way home to dinner, and back
after that meal, never, in fact, trust
ing myself to walk, or even take to
the sidewalk for months The cure
was slow. 1 keep all the brakes hard
set yet. A single glass of hard cider
would undo the work of all these
years, but you can bet that glass
doesn't touch my lips while the
memory of those little, crawling, black
reptiles stays with me-.
" And did your wife finally learn
what became of the milk?" he was
asked.
g Yes" and his voice broke. Il
told her on her deathbed."
g Jim, DEAR she said, when | had
finished, with her hand clasped in
mine, Jim, l knew it all the time. ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09

gentlemen were head and ears in love wita
my Young ladies. But Miss Kathleen had
no eyes save for her cousin and Miss Ellen
houted them all to their faces, all but :
young English officer, who had smile now
and again from her-Just to keep up his
heart, she said.
1--WE took close on five months to make
the voyage; and pleased all on board were
when the anchor was dropped in Hobson's
Bay. Melbourne was small place in the
year we landed more like a village than
the great city of to-day. But the young
folks were in high spirits, ready to make
the best of everything, even the dirty inn
they were forced to put up at the first night
ashore. Next day, the gentlemen hired d
small four-room cabin, into which we
moved, and where the young things were
as happy as the day was long. 1t had been
arranged that Miss Kathleen's wedding was
not to take place until Masther Shane and
young Doyle had built their house on the
land allotted to them somewhere in the
Western District the ladies remaining in
Melbourne under old Mally's charge during
their absence.
1.-THE night before they left, was cooking
the supper in the kitchen, when Masther
Shane called me into the parlor. The
young Doyles were out and he and Miss
Kathleen were sitting together on the sofa.
Her head was hidden on his shoulder, and
she was crying bitterly; while he, poor
boy, troubled look on his handsome face
was trying to comfort her; but 'twasn't 4
bit of use. Shane she sobbed, tits tn
first time we've been parted, and my head
tells me we shall never meet again
Mally,' says the masther. despairingly,
what can Isay to comfort herl' Then sud
den thought striking him, he turned to his
cousin with a smile, and 'Mavourneen,
says he, ''you haven't forgotten the ould
story we read long ago of the brave Sir Ro-
land, who sounded his horn in the Pass of
Roncesvalles in the Pyreni IS. whep he was
sore beset by the Moors, and h6F W
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09
The HOT-AIR FURNACE.
A. Great Institution for Impatient Mer
and Women.


and Women.
That eXasperating contrivance known
as the hot-air furnace is again at its
diabolical work in the cellar Few per.
sons can live through a winter in a
home with a hot-air furnace and pay
the coal bills without using language
unbecoming a husband and father.
tried to get along with one last winter
without having to go off every day or
two beyond the hearing of the children
to speak my sentiments in regard to
the hot-air furnace, but l held out only
until December 5.
The directions for running a hot-air
furnace are quite simple. You begin
by merely buying four or five carloads
of coal and hiring an industrious and
able-bodied boy to shovel it into the
hot-air furnace according to the air
furnaces appetite. Then, if the day
be cold, the family gather around the
kitchen range or go off to a neighbor's
to keep warm.
The hot-air furnace which l took into
my home in an unguarded moment
basely deceived me. Warmed it in my
bosom, as it were, and it turned on me
and tried to freeze me to death During
the warm, sunny days of autumn it was
quite ardent in its work. 1t made us
hoist all the windows and 90 out of
doors to cool off Up to that time | had
never seen a hot-air furnace work so
hard to show what it could do in the
-s.a- a-4.- fs.A a.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09

~ " Se'Sf>'s
family in one easy lesson. But we got
along the best we could with it, trying TO
feel happy in the thought that neither
cold waves nor billiards could have
more terrors for us.
One night the first cold wave came
prancing merrily along, and in the
morning we all rushed to the hot-air
registers. But they were not hot-air
registers that morning. They belched
cold air and ashes. Early in the night
the hot-air furnace had consumed its
allowance of fuel and in the midst of
the cold wave it was taking q calm and
peaceful rest. After little time it was
fired up again. and then it heated the
cellar splendidly.
During all that day the hot-air pipes
had reversed draft; they drew well,
exceedingly well, toward the cellar.
We lived in the kitchen until the
cold wave spent its force and was sue
ceeded by warm spell, and then our
hot-alr furnace again warmed mp to it's
work, and filled the house with unen-
durable heat. We stopped putting on
coal, hoping the furnace would soon
0ooA Oh % vi, DuG IL went rl.EnG
on, working with all its might
for two days without fresh fuel,
until another cold wave cut short
its heated career. We then built a new
fire in it and set it going again. The
boy who had been secured at great ex-
pense to feed our hot-air furnace with
coal was faithful to his trust. You could
hear him down cellar working and
mlerrily singing all day long and far
into the night.
In the spring l gave the coal dealer
the proceeds of sale of my personal
property, including the hot-air furn-
ace, because he insisted that | should.
and for the remainder of my winters
coal bill he was willing to take mort
gage on my house. I IN not now run
ming hot-air furnace. Detroit Free
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09
Reliable Tests for Determining the Fast
ness of Many Colors.

Reliable Tests for Determining the Fast
ness of Many Colors.
In order to determine the fastness of
colors with which fabrics have been
4 dyed the following tests may be made:
\ RedS-Boil a small strip of the tissue
4 to be tested in soap-water and another
| strip in lime-water. The color should
change very little. If, however, it in
either case turns yellow or brown the
color is not fast.
He3toa0s-Boil strips of the tissue in
water, in alcohol and in lime-water. If
In the two last boiling solutions the
tissue takes a yellow color, and the
liquid reddish color, the dye is not
fast.
BlueS-Fast blue when boiled in alco-
hol should not affect the color of the
bath, and the color itself should not
change to red or reddish brown. When
dipped in warm solution of muriatic
acid and water. OF alcohol, and the
bath takes a reddish color, the blue is
not fast.
VsotetS-When violet colors boiled in
mixture of equal parts of water and
alcohol give up their color or change
to reddish brown, or brown when boiled
in dilute muriatic acid, giving a reddish
color to the bath, they can not be col,
ored fast. Of violet shades only nader
violet and the combination of indigo
and cochineal can be considered fast.
Greens-When boiled in dilute alco-
hol, fast colors should not color the
bath green, yellow or blue. In dilute
muriatic acid the bath should not be-
come either blue or red.
Br0Uns-Browns which, when boiled
in water, color the bath red or, when
LEFT for time in alcohol color the bath
Yellow, are not fast colors.
4 Btoc6S-If dilute muriatic acid So
luton is colored red on dipping in it
+ Strip OF black tissue, the color of whic
changes to reddish brown or to brown
the color is not fast Qogwood). If tn
color of the tissue changes to blue, tn
black has ground of indigo and it
degree of fastness depends on tn
deepness of the indigo bottom shade
Black may be considered perfectly fas
| when, being boiled with dilute muriati
acid, the liquid is colored yellow. T,
discover whether black tissue has
bottom of indigo, boil strip in sod
! bath. If indigo is present, the tissu
retains its black color OF changes t.
blue or green, but if the black is pur
tannin black it will become brown
journal of Fabrics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09

Kentucky has been honored with
the speakership of the House of Repre-
sentatives eleven times. Next comes
Virginia with seven elections, followed
by Pennsylvania with five.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09
TEMPERANCE.
THE GOOD WIFE KNEW 1T
Experience of Drunkard Who Broke the
Habit that EnsIayed Him.

Experience of a Drunkard Who Broke the
Habit that Enslaved Him.
There is retired cobbler living in
this place who deserves the respect Of
his countrymen for moral courage.
Ten years ago he was, and had been
for a long time, confirmed inebriate
not periodical spreer, but genuine
soaker, warranted not to draw sober
breath from sun to sun. Occasionally
the fumes of the whisky with which he
piled himself would clear away from
his befogged brain, and at such times
his mental equilibrium would Wrestle
with the problem of total or even par
tial abstinence, to be utterly wrecked
at the sight of his haunts or the first
faint call of his system for the stimu-
liant which long use had rendered per
emptory.
One day, however, halt was called,
and this is the way he tells of it:
81 was on my way to the barn when
| saw small snake in my path. I
kicked it with luv boot, and it turned
to a bit of cooked twig, which I
snapped in my a;nd and threw away.
| thought nothing more of the matter
until reached the barn, when, direct
ly before me, second snake twisted
across the boards. With a quick
spring l seized it, and it proved to be a
whip-lash. A sudden horrible fear
made me faint and weak. sat down
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-09

TYSSv9.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-06-25
How to get Along.

Don't stop to tell long stories i
business hours.
III You have a place of business b,
found there when wanted,
NO man eau get rich sitting
around stores and SALOONS,
Never "fool' in business matters
Have order, system, regularity.
aud above all promptness.
Do not meddle with business Won
know nothing of.
Do not kick everyone in your
path.
More miles can be made in a day
Dy going steadily than by stopping.
Pay as you go.
A man of honor respects his
word as his bond.
Help others when YOU can. but
never give what you cauuot afford
TO, simply because 1t is fashionable.
Learn to say no. No necessity
swapping it out dog fashion, but
say it firmly aud respectfully.
Use your brain, rather than those
OF others.
Keep ahead rather than behind
The times.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-06-25

smile hangs o. a glrrs face for
Iuisg I'VE minutes after she has met
ana spoken 10 n hansome ronnr
man on The street.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-06-25
Short on Months.

johnson came down town tht
other morning looking like bis
motler-in-law had just arrived will
a full purpose of remaining all
summer.
. .HellO, old fellow exclaimed a
friend meeting him, .'what's the
awful matter With you anyhow n
: "Why you see," replied johnson,
leaning up against a lamp post aud
JabbiDg tue toe of his boot by fits
and starts against a brick in the
pavement, in ID reflective way, Hny
trouble dates back several wears,
When was a young married man,
sixteen or eighteen years ago, [
w"s romantic, and when the first
little johnson appeared to bless
our happy home, | didn't want to be
Wosaic aud call him Thomas or
John or any other of the ordinary
nameS, 50 | concluded I'd name him
january, and follow this calendrical
idea in naming such others as the
Lord in His goodness saw fit TO send
our household"
THAT was an excellent idea"
renal ed his friend, tor it not only
"onld keep you posted as to their
order, but it saves your friends
asking questions as to the prece
dence i'll age.'
"Just it," smiled Johnson bright
enln9 /; sit caught me exactly in
the same place, and everything
vent lovely, and when the last
came three years ago, we called it
and thought our cup of
bliss and II family were full"
"Well, wcrentthe n Interrupted
he friend.
Eyes, nutll this morning." went
ohnsOnl, shut this morning at one
twins came, and here | am
my time of life with the calendar
HE'D up and ii pair on my bands
With nothing to draw to for names.p /
"Bad, bad" said the friend sym.
'athetically.
ut isn't the twins | care so much
bout, as the names of them" pur.
uet the detected father, ''for |
mt like lots of men who might
lck on twins, when they had
lready set twelve plates on the
able, but IT'S the miserable poverty
ne culpaOle i~ncapacitieS of the
lmanac that | enter my protest y
gainst. 1t is too much, too much w
:" eS, two TOO muph y tpS,oUI.d
re friend, aud taking Johnson by
arm he led him into a drugstore
mere they sold poisOus, pIasters, q
hIca, and tooth brushes, but il y
none OF these the friend asked 4
e druggist TO pOnr out for the q
'a~ft.broken sire OF the surplus
lnS.-MerChdRt Trdreler.