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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
TWO GREAT SOLDIERS.
Field MarshaIs Won MoItke and Blu
menthal at Railway Station.


menthal at Railway Station.
At the height of the munching of
sandwiches and the quaffing of beer, an
old man, with face like shciveled
parchment, spare figure, and a be-
nevolent smile, tottered through the
doorway. 1t was Moltke. The in
slant he appeared every military man
in the room shot to his feet as though
blown from a gun. Officers of the
highest rank stood at attention as q
common soldier does at the appearance
of his commander. The famous Field
Marshal saluted in return, but with an
indescribably meaning smile as he put
his two fingers to his forehead. Then
sat down like the rest, barred his head
for breath Of air, and, waving his
hand comprehensively around the
room, smiled and nodded in cheerful
and suggestive way. The pantomime
said as plainly as words could have
done: Thanks. Sit down. 1t is
very warm" Then Won Moltke laid
his famous Field MarshaIs baton
which is not such a gorgeous bauble
after all-on one of the tables,
Strengthened his back, and. selling a
glass of beer that was held out to him,
drained it to the dregs. A man of evil
IDENTIFY high rank in the army stepped
forward while Won Moltke was drinking
the beer and, raising the baton from
the berry table, held it reverentially to
him. He evidently regarded the en-
blem of too exalted a nature to permit
of its contact with beer-soaked table,
but Moltke had apparently forgotten
all about it, for when he boarded the
train half an hour later, the officer still
walked behind carrying the symbol of
the highest post of the greatest army
in the world.
The only other Field Marshal in the
German army, Blumenthal, exhibited
like disregard for his own baton,
which. by the way, was given to him
by the Emperor Immediately after his
accession to the throne. Blumenthal
| had handed his coat to one OF his aides,
| his hat to another, and his baton to a
third, when he entered the restaurant
| for glass of beer early in the day.
From that time he paid not the slightest
attention 70 his three aides, but sat
solemnly in the corner wagging his
head in a melancholy fashion, and
pounding the table vigorously as he
whispered in the ear OF I'm Austrian
Prince. Both of the great Field Mar
shals wandered off when the train came
into the station, but the instant they
left the dining room they found guards
Of honor in every direction, and passed
through long files of officers in the GUS
tomary pose of military homage
BlGkety Halls Berlin Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHERS.


PrOHtaDle business.
There are $1,000 Photographic estab-
lishments in the United States at the
present day. They furnish employ
ment to about forty thousand people.
When it is remembered that fifty years
ago there was not a camera in the
world it will be seen how rapid the
growth has been.
Photographers are frequently puzzled
to find means of dispOsing of the many
toilet articles which ladies leave be-
hind them in the dressing-room. Paints,
powder, false hair and channels skin do
not retail at very profitable price
secondhand. A Philadelphia photog-
rapher has established a connter where
he sells these articles as a sort of an
mex to his regular business. The
goods" are fixed up, put into new
boxes, and sell nearly as well as when
new. OF course the ladies never return
to claim the property.
Photography on a small scale and
with amateur equipments, is now a
favorite pastime with Englishmen of
leisure. Even the peers have taken up
the craze and carry their cameras with
them to the race-tracks, cricket
matches, and rowing regattas-every-
where in fact where pretty picture
may be caught. The spectacle of a
member of parliament on crowded
race ground planting his tripod and
aiming it at some famous horse or
noted jockey must be rather strange,
but according to an eastern correspond
ent it is not rare one.
Almost every photographer studio
OF any Importance in the country has,
at one time and another. been visited
by some notable people, and there are
not few in the business who can tell
very amusing stories about the whims
of greatness when it sits for its picture.
Politicians and members of the legisla-
ture are not, as general thing, hard
to please, as they are almost all so
used to the proceedings that they grow
careless about it, but actors, ministers,
literary people, and artists are in bad
favor with the knights of the camera.
One of the most troublesome features
OF the photographers profession is the
business he gets from people who want
their pictures to look great deal pref
tier than they do. They want the
wrinkles taken out, the warts removed,
the nose Strengthened, and the cheeks
made plump and smooth. 1t was one
OF this class who tried to get out Of
paying "a New York photographer be-
cause wart which he had requested
should be removed was taken out of
the picture. For some whim or other
he was not suited with the likenesses
and so refused them for the very thing
which he had requested. The threat
Of suit brought him TO terms.-CA(,
cag0 News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
ODD WEDDING RINGS.
How the Natives of the Upper Congo
Country Dispose of their Savings.

How the Natives of the Upper Congo
Country Dispose of their Savings.
Lieutenant Won Francois, the African
explorer, has recently described a
strange custom among the BayanM,
who live for many miles along the Up
per Congo. The custom would seem
to make life good deal of a
burden to their married women.
Brass rods, which are the fa-
vorite currency in the country, are
welded into great rings around the
necks of the wives. Many of these
rings worn by the women whose hus-
bands are well-to-dO weigh as much us
thirty pounds, and this burden must
be carried around by the poor women
as long as they live.
Frequently" says Lieutenant Won
Francois, zone sees q poor woman
whose neck is raw and sore under the
heavy weight, and in places the skin
is rubbed off by the ring. This is a
sure sign that the ring has been re-
Gently welded around her neck, for
after a time the skin becomes calloused,
and then the strange ornament pro-
duces no abrasion. But the weight is
an inconvenience. They never get
used to it, and it is a perpetual tax
upon their energies. In every crowd
of women may be seen number who
are supporting the ring with their
hands, and thus for time relieving
their weary shoulders of the heavy
burden. 1t may be said that with every
movement of their bodies the rings
give them discomfort.
"A ring is never put around wo-
mans neck until she is believed to
have attained her full physical devel-
,opment. Once on it is no easy matter
to get it off. The natives have no such
thing as a file, and though they can
hammer lot of brass rods into one
it is very difficult for them to cut the
thick mass of metal in two. Women
who increase largely in flesh after the
rings have been fastened on their necks
are in danger of strangling to death,
and instances of this sort have been
known to occur.
'sYet these women regard the cum
brous ornament with pride, imagine
that it enhances their Importance and
beauty, and wear the burden with
light hearts. Brass is the money OF
the country, and by putting it around
their wives necl1s the men are pretty
certain that it won't be stolen or fool
ishly expended. But it is an odd and
cruel sort of a savings bank"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
SPOOKS AND SPECTERS.
Anecdotes Which Explain the Cause o
Their Departure.

Men now living can remember when
every town in New England had sew
eral haunted houses and a score OF
ghosts. But some night the ghosts
went away never to return. Perhaps
these anecdotes, taken from the Ills
tory of Weare, N. H, may explain the
cause of their departure.
One night John Hodgdon, strong
nerved, clear-headed man, was riding
home on horseback from Hillsborough.
The night was dark and windy, and as
Hodgdon came near his farm, he looked
over into a cornfield, and saw, standing
upon a knoll, something that for mo-
ment made his flesh crawl. 1t stood
still for moment, then it disappeared,
with a weird sound, and again returned
to the knoll. The farmer soon recov-
cred from his foolish fright, dismount-
ed, climbed over the fence, and walked
to the knoll. He found that his men
had left a large basket in the field,
which the wind blew up from a small
hollow upon the knoll; then when there
was lull it would roll back.
An old shanty in the town was
troubled with ghosts. Rappings were
heard in an unfinished room over the
family living-room. A strong-minded
woman, Mary Peaslee, visited the
shanty to hear the ghostly rappings.
Shortly after her arrival, she heard,
overhead, bump, bump, bump, then
rap, rap, rap. She placed II ladder and
wentup into the unfinished room, where
she found an old hen, whose feet and
legs had been frozen. 1t could not walk
without falling, and the falls made the
humping noise. The raps were caused
by its picking up something to eat.
That ghost was laid by carrying the
hen to the room below.
In another haunted house there were
queer noises and strange objects were
seen fitting by the window. After sew
eral days, these wonders ceased, and
then some one ventured into the unin-
habited house. He found a dead cat.
left alive by the former occupant. The
cries and the efforts of this cat to get
out had suggested a ghost. KQutk'S
Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
GO SLOW, YOUNG MAN.
1t Is Those Who Can Wait and Work Who
Succeed in Life.

1t Is IhoSe VINO can wait and WORK VINO
Succeed in Life.
"Give to each proportioned thought
its act. Hamlet. Which simply means
Ego Slow" and when in a hurry wait
until your hurry is over.
A proportional thought is a clear
thought 1t is the plan which one sees
perfectly outlind in his or her mind, as
you may see on paper the architects
plan for building. To carry out this
proportional thought" in the mind
with the body, it is necessary to go
slow in order to get ahead fast
Let US, then, learn to initiate Nature.
The sun never hurries while setting.
Neither does a hen. Both set in har-
mony with Natures laws. Were the
sun in as chronic a condition of hurry
as are one-half of us miserable sinners,
we should have sunrise half an hour
after sunset and no night to sleep in;
were hens in as great a hurry about
setting as we are about living, there
would soon be no broods of chickens
brought to light, and with the failure
vi ClllCh6uS Gu6E6 WOulu SOOil DO ldllUE0
of eggs!
What if Mother Earth hurried her
orbit round the sun, and completed
year in six monthsP Would she be any
better off or we be any better off with
rent doubling up on US?
Go slow. It's the old hunter who
kills the most ducks, because he waits
for hours where they come to feed in
stead of rampaging over miles of coun-
try like the young man searching for
ducks to shoot and showing the
ducks himself and his gun and what
he's after. Hurry reveals lots of
secrets which, from a business and
most practical point of view, it pays
better to keep to yourself. Hurry
shows your opponent your cards and
your ''hand' in your face. What is
time good for but to use to think in,
and isn't time money?
Go slow It's the little touches, the
merest "dabs," the finest possible
standings of the picture that produce
the effect and these, on the artists
part, are the result of study, time, re-
pose, deliberation. The artist paints
his mood of mind as well as the picture.
He must not even move his brush or
mix his colors in hurry. There's a
thought in every shading and an idea
in every hairs touch of his brush and
these can't be transferred to canvas at
at 2:40 break-neck pace.
Go slow. Ideas are not Matched by
straining and grabbing for them. They
come to you when the mind is in d
mood to receive them. You would call
a farmer a fool to throw his seed on
unplowed ground a month before the
proper season for planting because he
was in a hurry for the crop. There's a
vast amount of human effort made
about as sensible.
Go slow. Many of the things man
hurries after are not worth the hurry
ing for. A young man was once in a great
hurry to get married. He got married.
Within years time he was in as great
hurry to get unmarried. Soon he was
in as great hurry to get married
again. But this is no way to rush in
to such a serious and important bust
ness. Had he gone slow at the start
he would probably have saved himself
lots of trouble, expense and sad ex-
perience. Prentice Milford, IN N. Y.
Star,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
The Perfect Farm Hog.

Acommittee of experts at the Ameri-
can Swine Breeders convention gave
the following as a standard of hog
best fitted to meet the requirements of
the market: "Such a hog must have
short head, heavy jowl and thick,
short neck; ear small, thin and toler-
ably erect, but is not Objectionable if
1t droops slightly forward. 1t must
be straight on the bottom from the
neck back to the flank, let well down
to the knee in the brisket, and possess
good length from head to tail; back
broad and slightly curved or arched
from the shoulder to the setting on the
tail; ribs rather barrel-shaped; tail
small. The hams should be loag from
the back to the letting off at the loin,
and be broad and full; shoulders not
large, and yet sufficient to give SYM
metry to the animal; hair smooth and
evenly set on; skin soft and elastic to
the touch; legs short and small, set
under the body, and the space between
wldei good depth between the bot
Eom and top Of the carcass"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
AN Ex.sENATuR,s STORY.
He Tells How He Made the Lucky Hit OF
His Social Life.


al shall never forget a voyage l
made from Glasgow to New York
nearly twenty years ago." said the
Hon. Archibald Linn, ex-senator from
Maine, who spent few days in Detroit
not long since.
"The ship surgeon" said Mr. Linn,
''came to me one afternoon quite late,
and taking it for granted that l could
sing, asked me to take part in con-
cert that evening"
As l understood it was to be purely
amateur affair, somewhat of burlesque
nature. | was not aware of any con-
cert company being on board. l read
lily agreed to do my part and did not
give the matter another thought until
we had assembled in the cabin for the
performance.
The first number was piano solo by
little Frenchman with long black
hair, and mustache out of all proper
ton to his size.
was surprised, for it struck me that
his playing had a very professional air
about it; but when the next number-a
solo by Miss Clara Louise Kellogg
was announced, I could hardly believe
the evidence of my own ears. l sat as
in trance and heard:
way down upon the Swanee Ribber."
ThenI had no more doubts, and 1
would have given something to have
had big wave come and wash me out
of that salon.
The next number was mine. l did
not know one key from another, but
went desperately to the piano and sat
down.
rolled up my cuffs, ran my hands
through my hair, brought them down
on the keys with a crash! bang! and
then struck off noisily into an imitation
of runs, trills and arpeggios.
happened to glance aside just in
time to see a look of professional hor-
ror on the little Frenchman's face as
he rose and rushed from the room.
l was down for song and sing l
must, so l began:
SANDY he belonged to the mill
And the mill belonged to Sandy still
There was discouraging silence but
l kept on bang-crash:
For Sandy he belonged to the mill
And the mill belonged to Sandy still"
| announced the number as | went
on and | hadn't reached the third verse
when peals of laughter and shouts of
applause greeted me, The absurdity
of it had struck the audience with full
force.
l bowed my thanks, saying as | did
so: "Please do not interrupt me;
have only begun and | think | must
have sung twenty verses to the ever
increasing applause and amusement OF
my audience, when l stopped with a
grand flourish on the instrument.
afterwards became well acquainted
with Miss Kellogg and she said to me
one day before we parted company:
Mr.. Linn, l was fairly worn out
with laughing at your song. | wish
you could be induced to repeat it.
don't know when L have enjoyed any
thing so much"
And have always remembered it as
the lucky hit of my social life.-Detrojt
Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

This is a nice box to be in" as
The fellow said when he found himself
locked up in the refrigerator Dan
yille Breeze.
"A country editor wrote at consid-
cradle length upon The Future of Hog
Raising" and rival editor advised
him not to be so anxious regarding his
descendants Teas SJtings.
"A first class spread at a Chinese
restaurant in New York, costs $50, but
it includes about forty courses and
takes two days to get through with,
and is set for dozen people.
"A Georgia man has mule that is
driven to school of week days, and to
church on Sundays, and is so intelli-
gent that if given the reins he will go
straight to his destination according to
the day.
Nine years ago a Mrs. Manning, of
Paris, H., vowed that if her son mar
ried a certain young lady who was OBJ
iectionable to her she would go to bed
and stay there until she died. The
marriage took place, and the mother,
true to her resolution, never left her
bed until she was borne to her coffin.
Wanted to Take Hand. -Coun-
tryman Gin front of Stock Exchanged
"What's all that yellin' and shoutin' in
there, mister?" Citizen-"Bad break
among the 'grangers'; they're being
knocked all to pieces" Countryman
(whipping off his coat -"Whoop!
femme git in there an I IL do some
paralyzin'. Tn a granger myselfn'-
Epoch.
The Scotchman has long been
noted for his fondness for vowels, a
popularity in language illustrated by
the following story: Going by a
diapers shop a man noticed a coat
and asked cav oo?" "Aye, aw'
'oo," replied the shopkeeper. "Aw'
a 'oo?' was the next question. "Aye,
aw' a Co.," was the reply. In English
the dialogue would have referred sim
ply to the fact whether the coat was
all wool and all one wool, the answer
being Eyes" to both questions.
An experienced shoemaker says
that backing greatly shortens the life
of shoes. As backing can't very well
be dispensed with, though, he advises
that the shoes, or rather those parts
which are polished, be literally rubbed
with oil. Such treatment, about once
every two weeks, or thereabOuts, but
after the backing has first been
scraped off, will, he says, not only
make the leather more pliable, and
consequently easier on the foot, but
materially curtail the shoemaker's bill.
"A traveller from Iceland asserts
that the people of that country are so
honest that crime is almost unknown.
They never lock their doors, and but
two cases of thieving are known to
have taken place within many years.
One was an Icelander who had broken
his arm, and whose family in the winter
were suffering for food. He stole sew
eral sheep and was finally detected.
He was at once put under medical care
for his injury, provisions were fur
nished for his family, and in time he
was given work. This was his punish
ment. The other case was a German
who stole seventeen sheep. He was in
comfortable circumstances and the theft
was malicious. His punishment was to
sell all his property, restore the value
of his thefts and leave the country, or
be executed. He left at once.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22

Through a lawyer may be long
winded his business is usually brief
1eras SUlings
The South western news., 1888-04-11
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7z7a'a---=z-a=a - s---H
GEORGIA GIRL.
HeSs Cherokee Indian, 4 Romantic Mar
ria9e IN Morgan County.

Atlanta Constitution
Mr.. j. S Lamar and his bride
passed through Atlanta Yesterday.
Their marriage is full of 70
nance.
Tie nAwspapers through the
country nave Rad a great deal to
say about the marriage of Miss Eel
lows to halfbreed Indian, hut
here is Georgia girl who has wed
ded Cherokee Indian.
The bride is Miss Emmie d.
Sims, daughter of Mr.. Thomas
Sims, one of Morgan county's SUBJ
stantial farmers. The groom, as
stated above, is Cherokee Indian,
his home being at Vinita, Indian
territory,
The ceremony was performed
yesterday morning at residence of
the brides father, near Madison
Rev. w. E. VAUGHN. of Mississip,
pi, now of Emory college, perform,
ed the ceremony, and Mr.. Z Milan
drum, of Vinita, also student Of
Emory, acted as the chest man" fei
the groom,
Miss Sims, handsome young
lady, has visited Oxford quite fire..
quently. During one of these Wis.
its, she met Mr. Lamar, who is 3
member Of the senh'r class at En-
DRY. and as their acquaintance rip
ened into friendship, the young
man, one Of the most enlightened
of his race, fell deeply in love Will
her, sought Ter hand, and was ac.
cepted; ard yesterday their vow:
were made sacred before hymen'.
threne,
Mr.. and Mrs Lamar left Tor then
far off home in IuGian territory,
passing through Atlanta on theil
way.
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AscEE5 IN CHURCH.
DIR. H. c. K088iS0HREsUKEs 4 COUPLE
Who Talked and Giggied During SerUtA,
at the Fi5si Methodist.
A tlanta journal.

Atlanta journal,
There came very rear being a
sensation at the First Methodist
church last night, and nobody would
have blamed the preacher if there
had been.
DR.. H. c. Morrison, the pastor,
filled the pulpit, and tie church
was well crowded considering the
weather,
DR.. Morrison began very III
terosting sermon, hut there was a
couple, a young lady and gentle
man, who were more interested in
themselves than in the sermon.
They talked and eiegled until the
preacher thought it about time to
call a halt, and he paused in his
.ermon and eeparkcd,
II would be nothing less than dis
graceful if Ishould teel called upon
to robuke a lady and gentleman tor
misbehavior in church in a refined
city like Atlanta
DIR. Morrison eyed the couple
sharply as he spoke, dHd 'tion prs
ceeded with his discourse.
In a little while the young man
and lady were seen engaged in con-
versation again. DR.. Morrison
paused in his sermon again and
said:
81 have given couple in thi:
congregation warning, and will dis.
like greatly to have 10 rebukt
them"
The sermon was PR ceeded will
once more, and once more the
couple began to t"lk. but a look
from the preacher siIenced them.an
t1ev subsidized for the evening.
OF course there was MUCH look
ing and craning Of necks to Sc,
who the young people were, arC
the general opinion of these pre- EN-
was thet the preacher had done ex
actly right.