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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

Mrs. HUMPHREY WARD, Miss Olive
Schreiner and Mrs. Margaret Deland are
called the agnostic trinity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

WE recommend ''Tansill's Punch" Cigar.
ENGLISH fakirs paint sparrows yellow and
sell them fog canaries.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

A GEORGIA hen had in her gizzard TWEEN
ty-seven horse-pistol. cartridge shells, 81
buttons and piece of lead.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

For all arrangements of the liver, stom-
ach and bowels, take Dr. Pierces Pellets.
One dose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21
Salt Rheum

Often causes great agony with its intense Itching
and burning. Hoods Sarsaparlla, the great blood
purifier cures salt rheum and all skin diseases IL
| thoroughly cleanses, renovates and enriches the
blood. Give it a trial.
after the failure of three skllful physicians to
cure my boy of salt rheum, tried Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and Olive Ointment. have now used four
boxes of Ointment and one and a half bottles of
Sarsaparla and the boy is to all appearances COM
pletely cured. He is now four years old, and has
been afflicted since he was six months of age"
MRS B. SANDERsoN, s. Newhall St.. Lowell, Mass.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
by c. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

THE room should be kept thoroughly vent1-
lated and a temperature not lower than sixty
eight degrees nor higher than seventy de-
grees. Ifthe patient is kept warm air may
be freely admitted without the least dan
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-21

n "A m NFR and Tumors Cured. no knife book
H1 IA NHW1E e free. Drs. GratIgny az Bush,
V&AEV " Enka 1853 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
MS-NAME THIS PApERsr r,tirs YOU write.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
ro nn AWAY wien l,runksnn.ss.

81 notice." said Col. John j. to The
Man About Town, ''that the, daily press
of the country is beginning to agitate as
a means of doing away with the evil of
drunkenness remedy which / adyo-
Gated several years ago. My idea was
to build at public expense asylums where
drunkards could be sent and kept in con-
finement until pronounced permanently
cured by competent physician. 1t was
my opinion that these institutions should
be maintained by money secured through
tax levied on the keepers of saloons,
and | do not believe that there is one
saloon keeper out of hundred who
would not favor such plan. Such in
situations, properly conducted, with a
law requiring the confinement therein of
every man detected in state of intoxi-
cation would, think, go far toward
bringing about an abatement of the evil.
It would cause a large percentage of the
faen who now make practice of getting
drunk to hesitate before making the ven
ture. had even gone so far as to draft
bill embodying the provisions outlined
above, with the intention of having it
introduced in the legislature, but at the
earnest solicitation Of a few friends. who
deemed it an unwise measure, allowed
the matter to drop, although / felt then
and still feel that it would be good
thing for the state to have some such
law in operation. st. Louis Republic.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18

sides the main organization there are
thirty branch societies. 1t was the Peace
union that recommended the system OF
International arbitration that resulted In
the Geneva tribunal and the Berlin con-
ference. It has aided in securing the
abolition of capital punishment in seven
states and sixteen foreign countries. The
movement in favor Of arbitration now
gradually making its way in most civil
lied countries is due to the quiet work OF
this admirable organization. It has been
able to avert several Indian wars in this
country, Mr.. Love says.
But there Is one point on which this
admirable society is way off. 1t is try.
ing to abolish our national guard, en-
deavoring by all the means at its COM
mand to do away with the state
militia regiments. 1t is also endeayor-
ing to make schools and colleges drop
the military drill. Don't do it, Mr..
Love. Military drill adds much to the
health and gracefulness of the school
boys. It is one of the finest of physical
exercises.
Besides, although we all hope sincerely
there will never be war i'll our noble
country again, still there might be war,
you know. In self defense let us keep
our state militia up to a point of spien'
did efficiency.
While you were trying to make all the
world honest, you would not cease to
put bolts and locks on your doors. would
YOU?
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
Wool ana Harmony.

Two hundred and fifteen OF, the most
influential of the wooden manufacturers
of the country, mostly from New Eng
land, have sent petition to congress
asking for the importation of wool free.
The farmers of the west declare they
are going to have trace chains, blankets
and manufactured clothing brought into
the country free. or know the reason
why.
The farmers of Ohio cry aloud that
the duty on wool must be raised higher,
much higher, without distinction of
party; then the poor farmer can at least
pay the interest ON the mortgage on his
land. When Ohio men want a thing,
the country finds it out.
The farmers of New England don't
care to any great extent whether wool is
imported free or not, since they are not
sheep farmers. But they would like to
see Justice done in respect to getting
manufactured articles cheaply. There
fore they want the duty taken off such
articles as the New England farmer finds
necessary to his comfort
Congress will hardly dare to neglect
entirely the petition of the wool manu-
features. But how, then, about the Ohio
farmers and the rest?
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
Lucky Guesses.

A San Francisco newspaper offered
5000 to the one who would correctly
guess the number of types in a jar ex-
hibited in the exposition there. Two men
were successful. naming the correct
number, $4,000. How they came to hit
on that number is interesting. One of
them once guessed the number of shot in
Jar about the same size as the one con.
tanning the type. There were 95.6o0. He
thought there were one-third as many
type as shot, and so divided $4,000 by 3,
and he said, ''added a little to make ii
even" The other man saw a crowd
around the jar, and felt in his pocket for
a pencil with which to write his number.
He couldn't find one, and moved on; but
afterwards, feeling strongly impelled to
make a guess, felt again for pencil,
and found an old lottery ticket, on
which was the number $4,000. He bor-
rowed pencil, put down the number,
and won S100.--Inland Printer
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
The Brick Making Industry.

When Lawrence Washington, brother
of George, built the house at Mount Yer
nor, brick for the walls was imported by
sailing vessel from England. 1t was not
thought that America could furnish
proper clay for brick making. Even so
late as the close of the last century this
belief still prevailed. and many an old
historic mansion of revolutionary times,
and even later, was built of imported
brick. IL g.
Yet in 1880 the brick product of the
United States is valued at $40, 000, 900.
Ten billion brick were made. They are
in many shades of color, from the rich
dark red of the Philadelphia article to
the pale cream of the Milwaukee brick.
1t has been found that no country is so
rich in varied and beautiful clays as our
own. We have here the material alike
for the finest porcelain and the most sub
stantial brick. The beautiful and artistic
ornamentation our workmen are learning
tofashion from red thing clay are opening
our eyes to the splendid possibilities that
lie before us here. One part of the Union
after another has been supposed to be de-
fcient in brick clay, only to be found on
examination to possess it in rich abund-
ance. There is scarcely section of the
Union that has not fine, rarely tinted
clay peculiar to itself, SO that the expert
knows the moment he sees a building
whence the brick in its walls came.
The history of our brick work, especially
the story of brick making machinery,
forms one of the most splendid chapters
in the development of American in
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
BLACK Is White.


The word black (Anglo-Saxon rblac,
black, bleak is fundamentally the same
as the old German biach now only to be
found in two or three compounds, as
blachfeld, level or plain; blachmahl,
the scum which floats on top when silver
is melted, and blachfrost; and it meant
originally s.level, s'bare" and was used
to denote blackness, because blackness is
apparently bare of color. But the nasal
lied form of black is blank, which also
meant originally bare, and was used to
denote whiteness, because whiteness is
(apparently) bare of color. The same
word was used to denote the two oppo-
site things. From which it would seem
thatlblack is white.
To any one who shall point out flaw
in this genealogical argument ! shall
endeavor to be grateful, provided he does
not disturb the very satisfactory conclu.
sion. This should naturally resent. It
may help him to conclusion and serve
as further support to my contention to
point out that black in Anglo-Saxon actu-
ally means sswhite' as well as .'black, .
so that it is not in itsnasalized form only
that the same word is employed to ex-
press opposite things. Why is this, un-
less that to the primitive mind both
white and black appeared to agree in
being bare or void of color, and for that
reason to deserve the same name? And
here, i cannot help harboring q suspicion,
suggested by the old German blachfrost
(which appears TO be nearly obsolete, or
only used in some localities), that our
"black frost" meant originally frost
bare of accomplishments, as hoar, rhine,
and it is coincidence only that it should
be black IN color and blacken the vegeta-
ton. But we have long lost hold Of the
original meaning, and believe it to refer
to the color. Votes and Queries.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
A Helping Hand.


Frederick Greenwood, in an article in
The Nineteenth Century, makes a point
infavor of helping the man who is in
temporary trouble rather than the
chronic poor. The point is a good one.
Every well to do man can, by keeping
his eyes and heart both open, keep from
dropping into the slums some family
that has met with temporary disaster.
Those who are trying to help themselves
are the ones least likely to get helping
hand. One church in northern city
keeps q private register of the financial
conditioner all members, and has it as
the duty of tho deacons to see that no
ones misfortunes lower them in social
position or break them up. Any one dis
covered to be in need is promptly, but
secretly, relieved. = st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
The Smooth Shave.

A fewtyears aao. if anywhere was seen
a man with a smooth shayen face. the
pres,,mption was that either he was a
preacher or a comedy actor. Ninety
nine times out of a hundred the pre-
sumption would have been correct.
In the last wear or two, however,
smooth faces are becoming more and
more common. A man with good COM
plexion and features does not see why he
should veil his classic countenance under
covering of hair, and he does not thus
veil it. In cities the movement for the
smooth shave is most popular among
young men who dress fashionably. A
beard, like top boots and q shirt open in
front, is coming among these to be re-
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
Probation for the Dead.

1t seems to have suddenly occurred
allie to Prashsteriaus, EpisUopaliaaas
and Congregationalists to fall to pom
dering the passage of Scripture which
tells us that the Lord Christ went for
a while and ministered to s'spirits in
prison." What does it mean2 There
are those who declare plainly it means
that these were spirits undergoing a
publication preparatory to being finally
judged.
An Episcopalian clergyman in Con-
necticut not long since talked to his
congregation of his belief in state in
which the dead were purified and purged
of their sins before finally becoming fit
company for the perfectly holy and blest.
Uneasiness under the doctrine of i'm
mediate and final damnation for the
dead, for the heather who never heard
of Christ, and for infants mot span
long, has fermented among the Presby-
terians to such an extent that Professor
Briggs, one of the ablest theologians in
that denomination, said recently that
the call for revision of the Westmin-
ster confession was the beginning of a
theological reform that would sweep all
Professionalism.
If the dead are not really dead, if
their souls are immortal and they are
permitted to purify themselves after bay
ing off the flesh, why would not prayers
from, mortals strengthen them and help
thern just as they might have done while
the souls were yet prisoned in the fiesh2
That is question thousands of Prot
estants are beginning to ask.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
Uncle Mos philosophy.

De mo- locks and keys the less honesty.
De hen dat won't lay must mix wild de
potpie. ~ w.. Ill.,. ..r,
Aftah lekshen a-many wish dey'd soi'
dair vote. '',.-
Yo' rumytiz may ache yo' bad, but yo'
doan wantoe die. 49,.
Eff de peacock cud see lis feet he nebbah
brag oh his tail. -.. &c..
De medicine dat tas'es de wurss er
i'ble toe do de mos good.
Ef de OK knew how high he cud jump
he'd git in dat medder.
When man er mad he doan' membah
dat dar er SIGH ting es law.
A-many dat er scarf obah de notion Of
ghos' wudn' know ghos' eff dey shud
see 'im.-Judge.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18

KIRK ),
:. I HGlN
"A MlL-Y
CA

Mr. LEE "Why, Addie. you needn't cry aD0ns
it, | only said Mrs. Allen was very we'll
informed woman, and wished You would follow
her example"
wished could mana @ to look as stylish as Mrs
Allen-and she 4akr> all her own clothes. buf
she has what haven't"
Mn LEE What is that ~
Mrs LEE. '.hell, she gets all OF her informa.
ton from the Magazine they take. admit that
she knows all that Is going on, and is bright and
entertaining in conversation but could do az
well as she does If ] had the same source OF
Information She lent me the last number OF her
Magazine lately, and learned more in one hours
reading about various social matters and the
topics OF the day, than ] would pick up in amonth
by nv occasional chats with friends. 1t certainly
savers every topic Of interest from the news OF
the day down to the details OF housekeeping;
and everything is so beautifully illustrated. too.
Every time Mamie goes over to the Aliens she
comes back and leases me to get you TO take
Demorest's Family Magazine. as the stories are
SO good Eve tn boys watch for 1t every month.
rs place il found for them also in its pages. and
Mr. Allen swears by il It Is really wonderful
how it suits every member Of the family !"
Mr., LEE. IA ell perhals had better send Tor
Specimen Copy; for, if tits anything like what you
.iyiti- it will aInuse and iDstruct the whole Of u.s.
IN. publishe" Is East j tn Street. New York, is
oiTerin. Ia send Specimen Copy for IL cents, so
We can't lose nythins. ~ each number contains
a Pattern Or cr' eEtitt ng the holder to any
rattern she may choos,', and in any size which
alone makes each copy worth 80 cents: and Just
want jacket pat ern like Mrs. Aliens. The
substitution prize is only Sc 90 o year; and
must say l can't see how they can publish %
elegant Magazine for SO little money"
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18

Everything is said to have its para
site, and the cable at the bottom Of the
sea is no exception. Cables have been
taken up from;a depth of a mile and a
half with the hemp covering badly eaten
away, and at depth Of over half a mile
strong currents of the ocean have rasped
the armored wires on the rocky bottom.
Experience has not yet determined the
full lasting qualities of electric cables.
Specimens have been taken up which
show no signs of deterioration after
having been in the water for more than
thirty five years Water, and especially
salt water, seems to be preserver Of
Insulating compounds. ri
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
AN OVERSIGHT OF Make UP.
Aswses little baby brother

Asweet little baby brother
Had come TO live with Flo,
And she wanted Il brought to the table.
That IL might eat and grow
.'lt must walt for awhile. " said grandma.
In answer to her plea.
ssFor little thing that hasnt.
Z Cant eat like you and me.
sWhy hasn't It got teeth. gran8imai''
Asked Flo In great surprise
ooh, my; but isn't Il funnyf
No teeth. but nose and eyes
Z guess. ! after thinking gravely.
ksThey must have been forgot
Can't VI buy him some IKE grapdpa,sf
III IKE to know why not"
chat AFTERNOON to the corner.
With paper and pen and Ink,
Went Irlo saying: "Don't talk tol me-
If you do it'll 'stirb me think
I'm writlng.a letter. grandma
To send away tonight,
An cause It's very portant
want TO get it right" .--.
At lasi the letter was finished. }
Awonderful thing to see,
And directed to 'God In heaven"
"please read It over to me-"
Said little Flo to her grandma,
ITO see II it's right, you know"
And here Is the letter written
To God by little Flo
"DEAR Con. The baby you brought US
Is awful nice and sweet,
But cause you forgot his toofies
The poor little thing can't eat,
That's why I'm writing this letter
A.purpose to let you know;
Please come and finish tbe baby.
That's all From LITTLE Flo"
--Pittsburg Post
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
Mental Powers of Criminals.

The bearing of education on the char
acter and reformation of criminals is dis
cussed by Dr.. Hamilton D. Way in pa
per on the physical and industrial train
ing of that class, which is published by
the Industrial Education association The
author assumes that sit is q mistake to
suppose that the criminal is naturally
bright. Moral failure and blunted intel
lect, as rule. go hand in hand. If
bright, it is usually in a narrow line and
self repeating" The criminal's malprac-
tice has its origin in blunted or monde
veloped nervous areas. and is Indicative
of wrong medicines Whatever may
be said of the motives or incentives that
led to crime. the fact remains that the
head of the criminal is wrong. The time
has gone by in which to argue that to
educate the criminal is to make him
more accomplished and successful
scamp. sit is through physical ana
mental training and their composite la
Dor that the slumbering germs of man.
hood are fructified, maturing under a
firm and unrelaxing discipline"
The criminals mind, ''while not dis
eased, is undeveloped, or it may be alb
normally developed in certain directions;
the smartness resulting therefrom par
taking of low cunning and centering
about self. He is deficient in stability
and will power. and incapable of pro-
longed mental effort and application.
His intellect travels in a rut, and fails
him in an emergency. His moral nature
shares in the imperfections of his physi-
cal and mental state" A training is adj
vocated by the author that will awaken
the slumbering faculties, and thus set the
mind in normal condition. This train
ing had best not be given by persons con-
nected with the prison, for it might
thereby be unpleasantly associated with
penal features, but by teachers brought
in for the purpose. DR.. Way gives an
interesting relation of experiments which
he has made with prisoners in accord
ance with these views, the average re-
suits of which are very encouraging.
Popular Science Monthly.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18

The story that the pope was to establish
a vast banking business in the United
States, with capital of hundred mil
lions. was a very wild yarn indeed.
The venerable Archbishop Purcell, OF
Cincinnati, undertook a banking business
for bis parishioners quarter OF GEN.
fury ago. Widows, servant girls, wash
erwomen, grocers and milkmen deposited
their savings with the archbishop for
years, with no thought but that they
were as safe as if laid up in the kingdom
of heaven. Result: \ failure for 81 ,0OO,-
900. great storm. needy depositors and
legal complications that have not yet
been settled and never will be.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18

1t would t2 strange outcome II the
troubles between the British and French
Canadians should result in war between
France and England. The French-C Cana
dams have appealed to France to inter
fere in their behalf with England.
France thereupon determined to examine
the terms of the original treaty by which
French Canada was coded to England,
and find whether Great Britain has vio-
lated those terms in any respect. This
would be foreign intervention into the
affairs of the British government
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18
Wages enough for them to save some
money and buy homes for themselves.

Henry George exhibits Q grim humor
in his paper, The Standard. under the
heading Society Notes." One item re-
counts the wealth and the doings of the
families of fashionable millonaires. The
next item tells the story Of mother
who. crazed by poverty. killed her chill
dren that she might not see them starve
before her eyes. Such notes alternate
throughout the column.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18

Chicago yaunts herself on importing
Patti direct to open her new and magnifi-
cent opera house, the Auditorium, with
out New York having anything to do
with it. Whereupon New York retorts:
Who wants to hear Patti anyhow, with
her dyed hair?
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18

Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard has given
500, 900 home to the working young wo-
men Of New York. There is only one
thing that would be better than this
That would be to persuade the working
young wonnen's employers to pay them
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18

An electrical expert says that enough
Of the current comes through any wire
that is strung overhead to destroy the
life of q man.
Morris tribune., 1889-12-18

AZ DRuaalszs AID DRAIxns.
IHE cHaalEs a. vpaELER CO., saIslnuFs. NJ.
Wichita eagle., 1889-12-15
GERMAN GOSSIP.
Political and Economic Questions Agitat-
ing the Capital.

Copyrighted 1889 by the New York Associated Press
BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE success of the
Center party in the vote in the rechstag
relieving all theological students from
military service has stirred up good deal
of breeze in the upper world of politics
and Prince Bismarck complains in refer
ence to it that the highest interests Of the
government service are neglected for per-
sonal interests of individual deputies. The
National Zeitung announces that the gov
eminent will not accept the decision and
thus the accident of the absence of the
Cartel deputies will not change the fixed
policy of the government on this very i'm
portaDt subject.
There is an apprehension in the govern
ment groups that the very admirable or
ganizatlon OF the socialists and their party
discipline will make them trou hlesome
customers and may enable them TO carry
many seats at the coming election. The
socialists themselves are hopeful on this
point and believe they will make thirty
five members in the next reichstag. Many
mass meetings to be held tomorrow will
probably approve the manifesto of tbs
Bonnie miners demanding increased pay,
reduction of the hours of labor and
the abandonment of all repressive meas
ures against the mems leaders. The very
general movement for strikes everywhere
has aroused discussion on the project to
import Chinese labor. Economic socialists
generally look upon it as a thing of doubt
full utility.
The Portuguese government has applied
to the Frankfort and Berlin banks to ne
gotlate loan Of 100000 refs, ostensbly
for use in adjustment of the floating debt
and for the execution of various public
works. The bankers refused TO sign. They
We're alarmed by advices from Lisbon
touching the negotiations there that have
for this objective point the declaration of
a Portuguese republic.
Dom Pedro is preparing manifesto to
the Brazilians defending the acts of his
ministers and explaining the overthrow of
the empire. He says be will await tram
gully the expression of the peoples will,
hopeful that in the coming elections the
people will announce freely in favor of his
government. In all illusions to Dom
Pedro the semi-of1icial press here continues
TO treat his return TO Brazil as improba-
bic and undesirable.
DR.. Park telegranhs that Emin Pasha
improves slowly: that the bad symptoms
are disappearing, though the cough is still
severe, and that lie can now move his
limbs more freely, and with much less
lar