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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
EXCITING SPORT.
--SeSsting with, Tame Lecpards at Dhar
Central India.

Central India.
The following account of hunting
with tame leopards. of the species
called the cheetah, at Dhar. in Central
India, is contributed by Colonel Ward
Bennitt: 1--WE were staying with the
Maharajah of Dhar, and one day he
said we should see cheetah-hunt; SO
we started on horseback about four
o'clock in the afternoon. The Chez
tabs looked lovely and seemed quite
tame, following the shillaris like dogs.
We went about five miles over very
bad ground, and it was exceedingly
hot. At last, to our delight, we saw
herd of deer about a mile of. and
we at once stopped, while the shikari
went forward with two cheetahs.
Presently one of the cheetahs stood
still, peered about ana lay down,
slowly whisking his tail from side tc
side. The men said, he has seen
the deer Soon he got up again,
and went after his companion.
and seemed to communicate to
him that deer were in sight
Then they both lay down at once.
After little time they got UP
and began stalking the deer through
the grass. 1t was very difficult to dis
tiuguish the cheetah5, as they were
much the same color as the ground.
Presently the deer became aware
something was up. and stopped and
looked about; then. suddenly. they all
got together. and began trotting off,
followed at once by the cheetahs, who,
although far behind, gained ground at
every stride, and we could see that
they had each singled out black buck,
taxing no notice of the rest of the herd
tearing off in all directions. Luckily
they came toward US, and we saw one
cheetah give high spring. about if-
teen yards, and seize his buck by the
throat and roll it over. We did not
look any more; we knew nothing would
induce the cheetah to leave its prey till
the bucks throat was cut and the ami
NAL was enticed away with ladleful
OF blood. The other cheetah having
missed when it sprang. gave up the
chase and came straight bacR to his
master with his tail between his legs.
We were very lucky to see the hunt,
for l find many old Indians have never
had the good fortune to witness one,
and the Maharajah seldom allows his
cheetahs to indulge in this sport. -
London Illustrated News.
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The usual method of taking HOLSTERS
is by means of the pot. The pot is a
trap baited with fish. and which is
sunk to certain depth. These traps
are marked with buoys. left for tide,
and then the lobsterer goes out in his
boat. hauls up his trap, and secures
his Holsters. At times, however, of
the coast of Maine there are estu-
aries, which are of great length, rum
ming between the lodges of rock.
Pools are many and of considerable
depth. When Holsters are plentiful, at
certain seasons, they run in from the
sea, and seek these estuaries for food,
small fish being abundant. AS the
tide recedes, the Holsters remain in
some OF the rocky basins. and can be
GATED. The gaff has a stout hickory
stock, and the gait itself is generally
three-pronged, and made out OF the
best steel. A good gaff is rarely bought
ready-made, but is turned out by the
village blacksmith. Its temper must be
excellent, as it must neither be too soft
nor brittle. To use the gaff requires
no small amount of skill. for in the
water the movements of the lobster are
rapid. He can back or turn in the
fraction of a second, and then in color
he assimilates to the shade of sea-
water. Many of the largest lobsteEs
are taken in this way, but are not
brought to market, because gafling q
lobster generally kills it, and dead
lobster is not marketable. Harper 8
Weekly
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on the way home she poured into his sym.
pathetic cars the story of the missing bon
net
"You are sure you took it with you9" he
asked, when the recital was ended.
Jack! OF course Pm sure! You don't
suppose I'd have gone off without it, after
buying it on purpose to wear it when at
home?'
"Hardly; but never mind, dear; all you
have to do is to go to Madame LIE Grandes
and duplicate it," said Jack, eager to COM
fort her.
81 may go to Madame LIE Grande's and
order another, but shall not duplicate it."
said Mrs. Prindle, with much dignity; give
no wish to have my bonnet a companion
piece to Mrs. Bates. That woman ought
to be brought to justice, and as soon as
we're through breakfast, Jack, want you
to take a description of the bonnet to some
detective and put him on" the watch for
her."
Jack barely succeeded in suppressing
whistle.
Wouldn't 1t be better-' he began; but
the stopping of the sJreet-car in front of
their own door served to change the SUBJ
ject II feel like q famished hunter" said
Jack, as he turned the latch-key.
Mrs. Prindle, too, was hungry, and when
Jack had deposited her parcels she asked
him to tell Bridget to put breakfast on tho
table at once.
"Tll be down in nome Mt" she added, as
she pulled out her hat-pins.
Jack started to obey, but before he was
halfway down the stairs cry from Mrs.
Prindle caused him to face about, and on
regaining their room he found her standing
-, g. 6 ~
way at the upper shelf.
''Jack," she whispered huskily, "is that
bandbox up there?"
Jack himself seemed little dazed. "It
looks very much like one, my dear" he
said, slowly; "but of course it is not the
one you took away with you.'
'rm-oh, I'm afraid it is, Jackr gasped
Phebe, as Jack took down the box; ':or
rather I'm afraid didn't take it, after all.
remember now telling Bridget to put it
with the other things in the carriage-she
had my bag and umbrella in her hand at
the time-and just then the door-bel rang,
so I told her to go on and I'd bring the box,
but didn't think of it again till was at
the gate, and then Bridget came running
out with it, or at least with something that
Isupposed to be it, and slowed it into the
carriage; but now I think of it, it must
have been the lunch-box. Oh, Jack, what a
goose I've been!"
Moral" said Jack, taking the bonnet
from the bandbox and perching it on his
own head.
"Pease don't, jack" entreated Phebe.
''Wcll, then, let's have breakfast" said
Jack, hungry enough to be glad of truce.
But though the subject was not alluded
to again that day, whenever Mrs. Priadle
shows disposition to be a little over-pos-
tive, Jack, with masculine memory for
feminine shortcomings, mildly reminds her
of the lost bonnet.-Mary B. Sleight, in Har-
per's Bazaar.
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marked Tom, with q boys repugnance to
having p ,ople suspected.
But Mrs. Prindle, convinced that the band
box was in the waitin g-maid's possession,
insisted on going herself to SOC the cap
tain.
The captain, who had just risen from
breakfast when the carry-all stopped at the
gate, listened to Mrs. Prindle's story with
courteous patience. Mrs. Bates had been
on the boat for thirteen years, he said, and
he had never had cause to suspect her hon
esty; but he was more than willing to in
vestigate the matter. 1t was possible that
Mrs. Bates had taken the box to her own
room simply for safe-keeping, he suggested.
But Mrs. Bates, who had just finished
putting in order the state-room Mrs Prin-
die had occupied denied all knowledge of
the bandbox, and was so indignant over
Mrs. Prindle's implied suspicion that the
captain had some difficulty in preventing
scene.
''It's very strange" said Mrs. Prindle,
stifly, as the captain helped her over the
Fang-plank. GA box like that couldn't
nave gone off without hands. Somebody
must know something about it, and if 1t
isn't the maid it must be some Of the pas
sengers."
But all the passengers had left the boat,
and Mrs. Prindle herself had to admit that
70 2snd a search-warrant after them would
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
PERSONAL MENTION.
Extracts from the Society Notes OF tho
Pushville Enterprise.


Mrs. W. K. Smythe, wife of the proprie-
tor of the only first-class notion store IN our
city, has gone up to Peakville to stay over
Sunday.
Mrs. J. G. Heep, our ever and deservedly
popular fashionable milliner, who keeps
the finest line of first-class millinery IN our
city, was guest of her mother in Front
Town for two days last week.
Charlie Smythe, proprietor Of the largest
and best gents furnishing goods house in
Pushville-every thing strictly first class
attended the ball in Peakville Monday
night.
Miss Pet Mcbride. of Shrimptown, was in
our city one day last week smashing hearts
as usual. Pet is a mighty nice young lady
anyhow, and we don't wonder our boys wilt
IN her presence.
Our wife is spending a week with her
mother in Danbury, and we ere grass
widower for the time being and rather en-
joy it; but don't any one tell our wife that
we said so. Ha, ha, ha!
Mrs. II. ]. jenkins, wife of Mr. H. j. Jen.
kins, Of the firm Of Jenkins & Jones, deal
ers in dry goods on K street. has gone
to Henryville for few days, where &. J.
will meet her on his return from Chicago
with the largest and best assorted stock of
dry goods ever brought to our city. II, J.
is rustler an vhow-Tlme
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THE KING OF QUAcKS.
impudence and Success of the n
toriOus DIR. Graham.

Ampudence and Success of the No.
torious DIR. Graham.
Inc recent experiments with DR..
DroWn-Sequard's Elixir of Life" re.
eau to memory the once famous DR.,
oraham, who for some time persuaded
the people of England that he could
ieaa them to the fountain where played
sne waters endowing man with eternal
ana vigorous youth. DR.. Graham,
VINO was perhaps the most stupendous
auaek that ever gulled the most guilt
ple Of patient publics, first appeared
In london in 1882, and opened man.
sion which he called the Temple of
Health" The facade was ornamented
WIN an enormous gilt sun, and colos-
sal statue of Hygeia. The rooms were
gorgeously decorated. and the mirrors
Nefe so arranged as to give the whole
tnfappearance of an enchanted palace.
nealso hired the hungry and heart
45pken beauty, who has since be-
enc famous in story as Lord
Neeon's Lady Hamilton, - ard
e<ebited her as the Goddess of
Aelth," lectured upon her as the re-
80 of his system, and drove half the
1astonable women of the day crazy to
beOme like her, glowing with health
Mpdsplendid with beauty.
..ssz3Ne admission to his lectures cost
tsnSollars-a sum readily given. The
Go5dsssof Health usually delivered a
supplementary lecture after the learned
doctor hal concluded. When ten dol
lar auditors were exhausted, his two
gigantil parters decked in gorgeous
liveries. delsged the town with bills
stating Mat The lectures would be de-
liVered at five dollars each. The de-
scending 'cale Intimately reached fifty
cents, and at length he exhibited the
Temple ofHealth itself at twenty-five
cents per head. The quack promised
such RESULT from using his Elixir OF
Life" that nany people of high rank
and responsibility were known to have
given five thousand dollars for sup
ply of it. He then, when dupes were
not grown searce but required variety
in the means of impositions, took to
the practice and public exhibition of
earth-bathing. He and his Goddess
stood an hour each day immersed to
the chin in earth, above which their
heads appeared, dressed in the ex-
travagant fashion OF the hour. In this
position he delivered u lecture on the
salubrity Of the practice at sums for
single admission which commenced at
five dollars and ended at twenty We
cents. When all London had heard
and seen him he made provincial
tour; but, in spite of his elixir of life,
hesuccumbed at the early age of fifty
two; and, in spite of the facility with
which he gained money, he died in
poverty. In the profession OF quackery
DIR. Graham has never been equaled,
either for impudence or the success
which attended it.--Once a Week.
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be an unwarrantable proceeding. Beyond
question the bonnet was lost, and she re-
turned to Hutchinvllle feeling that the
pleasure Of her visit was already at an end.
Even the fact that her travelling hat was
a pretty affair, and not at all out of style,
afforded her little consolation. Still, shs
could have worn the travelling hat in
most resigned state of mind had the
weather been such as to make the other
seem trifie in advance of the season; but
from the hour of her arrival until she
turned her face homeward, scarcely cloud
marred the serene azure of the skies. The
air was full of subtle hints of bursting
buds, and robin songs filled the perfumed
dawns, while up and down the streets from
morning till night the merry children
trundled their hoops, and high above the
tree tops scared the inevitable kite; but to
Mrs. Prindle, bereft of her bonnet, these
unmistakable signs Of spring served only to
intensity her sense of loss, and she was
scarcely sorry when the time came for her
to return to town. The loss, trifling in it.
self, took the beauty out Of the velvet lawns.
Jack, like the dutiful spouse that he had
always proved himself to be, was at ths
landing to meet her the next morning, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
Alcohol and Apoplexy.

Tho Irish World presents to it's
readers the following wholesome les
son concerning alcohol and apoplexy,
at is the essential nature of all
wines and spirit; to send an increased
amount of blood to the brain. The
first effect of taking glass of wine or
stronger form OF alcohol is to send the
blood there faster than common.
Hence the circulation that gives the
red face. 1t increases the activity Of
the brain and it works faster, and so
does the tongue. but as the blood goes
faster than common to the brain it re-
turns faster and no immediate harm
may result. But suppose II man keeps
on drinking; the blood is sent to the
brain so fast in large quantities that
in order to make room for it the arter-
les have to charge themselves. They
increase in size, and in doing so they
press against the more yielding, flaccid
veins which carry the blood out Of the
brain and diminish the size of the
pores, the result being that the blood
is not only carried to the arteries of
the brain faster than is natural or
healthful but is prevented from leav-
ing it as fast as usual. Hence double
set of causes of death are in operation.
Hence a man may drink enough BRAN
dy or other spirits in few hours, or
even minutes, to bring on fatal at
tack OF apoplexy. This is being liter
ally dead drunk"
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At a Dinner Party.

Mr.. Hodgkins (aside to Mrs. Hodg-
ns)-Gosh, Maria, got no less than
six forks by my plate.
Mrs. Hodghins-Hush! You must
not notice it.
Mr.. Hodgkins-But thunder! there
must be some mistake. don't want
to corner the fork market
Mrs. Hodgkins-No, it's all right,
JEFF, tell you.
Mr.. Hodgilins-Well, OF course it's
all well enough to have plenty of forks;
but / amt never goin' to drop that
many on the floo- at one m eal. Chi
cago American.
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LOOK NOTI TASTE NOEI

Look not upon the wine,
Though rich its CRIMSON bel
IT'S but the fatal sign
OF shame and misery.
Taste not it's tempting flow,
Sweet though The draft may seem,
Reason twill overthrow,
Death turks beneath the stream
In Araby twas told
A fisherman one day
Brought up casket old
And moved the lid away.
When from it's depths arose
A demon, fierce and tall,
That ever larger grows,
Iu strength o'ermastering all
So will this tempter grow,
II thou its power free,
And thou bondage know.
From which thou canst not fee.
Well doth the Scripture say:
Strong drink but evil brings,
IT'S Ike serpent in the way,
And like an adder stings!
w. w. Caldwell.
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THE International Royal Templar
relates an incident concerning Il Lon
don drayman that illustrates the real
value of beer drinkers health This
man was in the habit OF showing his
great by taking u full barrel of
beer, raising it and depositing it gent
ly on the dray. One day while por-
forming this feat he received slight
scratch on his hand. So thoroughly
poisoned by beer was his system that
in spite of every effort to save his life
he died in three days.
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A Narrowing Suspicion.

He-And you are sure that am the first
and or ly man who ever kissed youa
She OF course, am sure. You do not
doubt my word, do youl
He-Of course 1 do not doubt you, my dar-
ling. love you too madiy, too devotedly for
that. But why, o why did you reach for
the lines the very instant ventured to put
my arm around you II you bad never been
there before1-Terre Hauts Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

THERE is not a single whisky shop
in Tyrroll County, N. c., aud the law
yers c getting to be so lean that they
can crawl through picket fences.
Burlington Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

AN English guide. while showing
the beauties Of the little town Saitaire,
where no liquor is allowed to be sold.
explained that the late of morality"
was remarkably high while that of
mortality WAS very low. being about
thirteen 10 the thousand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

The reason that some men can't
make both ends meet is because they
are too busily engaged in making one
end drink. Baltimore American.
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(atheromatousl degeneration Of the
walls of the arteries, weakening of
the coats OF the capillaries, causing
their permanent distension (the cause
of the chronic rcdness of the nose and
face from drink; and these largely in
crease the liability to apoplexy, which
is simply the rupture of a blood-vessel
in the brain.
AS an index of the fatal effects Of
the drink habit. we quote the follow
ing tabular statement, taken from
Prussian statistics, giving the proba-
bic duration of life-the number of
years man at that age may be ex-
pected to live yet-of drinking and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12
MRS. PRINDLE'S BONNET.
The Perverse Thing Persisted in
Staying at Home.

Rs. PRINDLE stood
in front of the pier
glass trying on a new
bonnet. She was a
plump little woman
with a fair, baby-like
face, and no one could
blame her for gazing
at herself with some
complacency, for the
dainty bit Of millin-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

The man who knows himself may not al
ways be proud Of the acquaintance
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3d.. l.i6 Ha5
o5... Qua VIZ
The London Lancet recently gave
series of tables, showing the death
rate. between the ages of 25 and 65. of
men engaged in occupations that put
before them constant temptation to
drink, and those who were not tssssa.
exposed. These showed that for
every 1877 deaths from liver diseases
in the former class, there were but Sc
in the latter; and that to 1872 deaths
from kidney diseases among the
former, there were but 107 among the
latter. And in the cases of deaths
from diseases of the heart and of the
circulatory system, All died OF the
former class to $50 of the latter That
is, the death rate from diseases OF
these three great organs is more than
twice as great among the classes ex-
posed to the temptation of drink as
among those not SO exposed.
There is long train of other
troubles due also to the liquor habit
Inflammation of the lining membrane
of the stomach, resulting in dyspepsia
IN its most distressing forms; various
nervous affections, due to the in
furious effect of alcohol upon the deli
cate structures OF the brain and
nerves, and many minor evils, which
we lack space to describe fully.
Enough has been shown, however, to
convince any thinking man that alco-
hol in any form is simply a poison.
and that indulgence in it, in any way,
largely increases the liability to the
gravest disorders. Nor will it escape
the attention OF the observant reader
that the diseases of the three great
organs of the body, enumerated above,
resulting from the use of intoXicants,
are all of them of most dangerous.
and often of a necessarily fatal, char
acter.
The law lays it heavy hand upon the
sale of all other poisons, and hedges
it about with the utmost precautions;
but the sale of alcohol, in it's myriad
seductive forms, is unrestricted in any
such way. Yet more men die of this
poison per annum than of the aggre-
gate of all others for a score OF years!
This is fact that is we'll worth the
attention of every friend of Temper
ance. Why this broad distinction in
favor of one poison? Simply because
there is an enormous profit in its sale.
The rum power battles against all
legislation aimed at putting this sale
under proper surveillance from the
purely selfish motive of sordid GAIN
Toledo Blade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-09
DIED.

AMOS AMOS; On Sunday, september 8 1889, q IL nm.
Funsrs Ma Seaoy ss wife Of James Amos
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THE INDIANS WILL SIGN.
Success Of the Commissioners in Treat
ing With the WinnebagOshish.

CHICAGO, Sept "a dispatch from Lake
Winnebagoshish reservation, Mimi, says: The
members of the Chippewa commission, con-
sisting of ex-U.S. Senator H. NJ. Rice, Dr.
Whiting and Bishop Morley ofBakota, have ar
rived here from Cass lake. The act Of Con-
gress was explained to the Indians at that
point and the differences between it and the
treaty made three years ago through the north
west commission pointed out Complaints
about the nonpayment OF the damages caused
by the reservoirs on these lakes were forestalled
by statement regarding the prospects Of pay
ment. On Monday the Indians begged
the commissioners to have patience with
those who were not ready to sign and to re-
main until Tuesday, but the statement that
there were no more rations brought the In
dians TO time, so that at the opening Of the
council in the afternoon the chiefs signed and
before the day ended the signature Of all the
male adults Of the band save two had been Sc
cured. The Cass Lake Indians are in an iso-
lated position, as their reservation can only be
reached by canoe. They have no saw or -four
which are needed in farming communi-
sioners and the Indian agent, Major
Shuler, to recommend to the Interior depart
ment that these things be furnished to them.
The Winnebagoshish Indians were found at
Bowstring Lake gathering the wild rice crop.
They at first refused to come over to Winnie
bagoshish, having been Influenced by messen-
gers and letters received by them from the
same parties who have in other places en-
deavored to defeat these negotiations, but the
chiefs finally arrived. The act Of Congress
was fully explained to them and they APP
peared to be satisfied with its terms. The
of securing the signatures Of the majority of
the Indians is favorable.