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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23


Lets itemize this again." he said, pick
ing up the terrible book. doctors bill p
it's only fair to mark that out; I'm just as
likely to be sick as you are; hot water
bag "-cross that out, too, for itisessen-
TALLY a family article-be good for cold
feet; roses for friend '-we wont let that
stand, for politeness should never be con-
sidcred an extravaganza; gloves for forty
nine cents r-that's so shamefully cheap,
'twould be money in your pocket to.bud
more, land so on facetiously to the eny
of the list.
A silence followed this generous reading,
varied only by small shifts from Maria's
crying, which had now reached the chronic
stage where tears cease and little gasps at
regular intervals are the only external
symptoms.
At length John spoke.
"Maria!n
There seemed such an awful solemnity in
his voice that Maria's suspiration immedi-
ately became normal.
Maria, l am twenty-six years old, and
you-- well, if you were a man you could
vote. Now don'tlet's be children any longer.
We are at odds and acting foolishonly be-
cause am not candid with you. Don't cry
another tear, but come and sit by me-"
She went gladly to the chair he Indicated,
docile always when he chose to be serious.
"You see. Maria, fellow likei to be
thought we'll of. He don't want to announce
to the world, nor to his wife, since bot, con-
cede him to be young, strong giftsSedas
Gated, prosperous, that he failed miseraby
in his boosted profession, and that he nov
uota 0plxy S1E A..
lous. 1t reflects on his capacity. 1t Lowers
his standard. It's far pleasanter to e
thought pocketing big fees, and to be LOOKED
upon as the possible guiding spirit in sore
stupendous public scheme, isn't itln
II suppose So"
"A fellow in college has plenty Of timeto
initiate himself. It's only after experience
has punctured the wind bag that 1t ia nos
sible to know its true size or carving
capacity. Since l graduated the world has
heard no voice from me except that Of
escaping gas. You and the friends in
Clover-camp thought it the music of the
spheres. In Chicago they call me a show.
hard It's vulgar, but it's pretty near the
truth, guess"
10, John"
"Why, Maria, thought 1 was GREAT
man: didn't deceive you any more than !
did myself. thought the whole world was
waiting for me, and that l could piclr M
riches with one flexile condescension of nv
spine. had only to stoop-so, gaily. and
had pocket full. But the world wasn't
waiting-I had to scramble hard for NV slS
per week Interpretations at thatn
why didn't you tell me, Johnf"
II was my own dupe, and in my epreo;ous
vanity dragged along with me yon INV
little winsome country sweetheart Won
believed l was great mana man II
affairs, didn't you, Mariar'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23
THE ReD-HEADED GIRL.

She is coming Make way for her chariot
wheels;
I. She drives but white horses, the editors say e;
Let pedantry take to its loud Boosting heels,
While honesty, simple and genial, feels
thrill of new life from the power OF her
sway.
She mounts to no platform-she never may
vote,
And little she mourns for the rights of her
race;
But dishonor and fraud-she can read them by
note;
She judges no man by the cut of his coat.
But will tell your true life by the lines of your
face.
She may not be handsome, or witty, or gay;
She may never set any mans head in a whirl !;
But she buckles TO work, while her mates are
at play,
And the flash Of her eyes seems plainly TO say !;
1.-The world shall yet honor one red-headed
girl"
score Of white horses may walk in her train,
And newspapers publish the stale paragraph,
She passes them by with happy disdain-
With malice toward none, and no personal pain,
She cheerfully joins in the general laugh.
They say that the gallows has finished its day;
Electricity soon will give culprits whirl
OF into the future-be that as it may;
You had better be hung in the good old way
Than to merit the scorn of red-headed girl.
Emma Lyndon. in Yankee Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23
THE FARMERS HEALTH.
Simple Precautions Whose Adoption Would
Greatly Reduce Doctors Bills.

Simple Precautions Whose Adoption Would
Greatly Reduce Doctors Bills.
The farmers health is vastly more
important than the health of his stock
or the dimensions of his purse. Next
to a certain provision for the great
beyond, the health of the farmer and
that of his household should be his first
concern. Oftentimes he makes it his
last concern. His table might be
spread with the ,purest health-giving
food in the world, and yet oftener it
groans beneath heaps and heaps of
dyspeptic germs in great variety. But
this is rather for the consideration of
the farmers wife than for that of the
farmer. Then that cesspool of abom-
nations, the receptacle Of the Stops OF
the house is again, on the approach OF
warm weather, commencing its work of
death. The air above it becomes con-
taminated with the virus of disease
which finds its way into the farmers
lungs. and preys upon his vitality.
Then its hidden percolations find their
wav, perchance, into the well, and ul-
timately into the system of the inmates
of the house. The farmer is by nature
so situated that he might enjoy larger
measure of health than any other class,
and vet he does not. The extra vigor
given him by perpetual inhalation of
fresh air is more than neutralized by
improper conditions of living, self
imposed, and these. like stern min r
chipping away at the foundation OF eY
istence, deprive him of his great
strength. There is no item of farm
expenditure that runs up 80 fast as a
Doctors bill, and nothing so destruc-
tive of the material interest of the
farmer as the deprivations of sickness.
Christian at Work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23
ELEPHANTS AT LARGE.
How a Couple of Colossal Pachyderms En-
Joyed a Two Hours Liberty.


Joyed a Two Hours Liberty.
The circus elephants had q lively
tramp around the environs of Toulon
the other night. The colossal pachy-
derms were literally "out on the loose"
for they had managed to burst their
bonds of captivity after the circus WAS
over, and, while their keepers were
soundly asleep, they wobbled out ON
the main road of La Seyne. Finding
themselves free. they began to flourish
their trunks about vigorously and to
skirmish for provender. They first
made an incursion into a number of
market gardens, where they battered
down walls and palings with the great
est alacrity, and proceeded promptly
to root up and to stow away down their
capacious mouths various specimens of
vegetable produce. They next wan
dered along by trim villa, the grounds
of which they entered and demolished
a conservatory therein. After this they
shifted around a bakers shop at the
entrance to the suburb of La Seyne,
being thcreunto attracted by the
pleasant odor of new bread. The head
baker of the establishment was at his
door and saw the dim colossal forms
approaching him in the darkness. He
thought the end Of the world was at
hand, and retired inside with trepida-
ton. having we'll barred the door. The
pachyderms came on and halted before
the doors, which they began to batter
with their trunks and to crush with
their bodies. Luckily for the baker his
door was good stout one, so he was
able to await a possible catastrophe
with comparative calmness. Finding:
the doors too strong for them, the ele-
plants broke a few windows in the
bakery and took to the road again.
Spying a gypsy encampment on their
way, they reconnoitered it; knocked
down few of their huts, and caused %
terrible uproar in the nomadic settle
meut. The women and children
shrieked, and the men turned out
with pitchforks to do battle with the
strange foes. BY this time, however,
the pachyderms were missed by their
keepers, and the hue-and-cry had been
raised. Before the gypsy encampment
was completely demolished the circus
people and the police came to the res
cue; the elephants were secured. and
were duly marched back to their en-
closure.-St. James Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23
MIGHTY HARD LUCK.
Why Young Journalist Has Discarde
His Best Clothes.


His Best Clothes.
A good story is going the rounds of
the hotels and cafes uptown about a
young journalists experience with Mr..
e. w. Childs, of Philadelphia. It is
said to be true and has not been printed.
The journalist was in financial con-.
dition bordering on bankruptcy. His
assets when duly inventoried, amounted
to one dime. Only one man in the
city owed him money. and his ambition
was to make the ten cents pay the car
fare until the debtor was reached. It
was desperate case, and seven
chances out of ten the debtor would
have some excuse and not pay. The.
debtor was a queer kind OF a man, and
always seemed to be more generous
toward the prosperous than the pow
erty-stricIen looking individual. For.
this reason the journalist clad himself
in his finest suit of clothes, wore a.
beaver hat, kid gloves, patent leather
shoes and carried silver-headed cane.
He got on the Sixth avenue elevated
downtown, paying half of all his
financial possession for the fare. In
the car he sat opposite George W.
Childs, the well-known philanthropist.
just before reaching the Twenty-third
street station Mr.. Childs took out o.
roll of bank bills, put several large
bills in an envelope and placed it back
in his coat pocket. The train stopped.
Mr.. Childs arose with the bank bills i'm
his right hand, walked out on the plat
form and then showed the bills, as hes
thought, into his inside coat pocket.
They missed the pocket and fell to the,
floor. The journalist with FIVE cents,
in his pocket picked up the money,
overlook Mr.. Childs and gave it to.
him. The philanthropist took the
roll Of greenbaclks, counted out three
bills of large denominations, and
started to hand them to the lucky and
honest finder. Before it reached the
hand of the latter Mr. Childs drew
back, took a careful survey of the ele-
gantly -attired gentleman before him.
blushed, put the money back with the
other bills, pulled off his hat and in
that polite tone of voice that means
to say Observation-Disclosures
take. said: Sir, really beg your
pardon; thank you very much"
The journalist went home and
changd his elegant suit of clothes for
an ordinary ten dollar Bowery-looking
suit. He thinks now with Emerson,
that it never pays to seem what you are
not.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
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"Better men than are going IA r. ,,,o1l
every day, Maria" he said solemnlv
Would she never find out he wa. not in
business for himself, nor ever had been
really, unless he fired it at her from a cata.
pult1 Would this precious feminine in FAINT
never discover he was not the hero her
maiden fancy had painted him. aided nv
fulsoTs items in the country newsnaners,
To her the glamor had never fallen from, anv
thing but his disposition.
"John Skipping" she murmurea nal.
pitatingly, "don't keep any thing from me-
1t is my duty as your wife to cheer vo,, and
help you. Have you lost money, Joiner
'Not-much," another fierce twirl ~ the
mustache being necessary to cover his
sense Of the righteousness of her Question.
Not much, Maria, but you know mon a
young man whose only capital is his brain
period of such financial oppression as this
crowds pretty hard"
swell, John, there's one comfort 7
don't spend any money. For whole month
haven't spent thing-only little car
fare, perbaps-and some-triies.n
by tbs way, my dear, how does the &C
count book come on? Let's have look at it. u
"All right, John. set down every thing.
I'll get it." rising with alacrity "0f course,
haven't added it up yet"
"H'm'mi" purmured John, as be east his
eyes over the pages. She stood attbe hack
of his chair, looking down over hisshonlder.
The first entry was ''car fare, teucents;"
the next, DOCTORS bill, 5000" John read
them aloud.
10, don't think that doctor'shill ought
to count. It's permanent you know, 1
went to DR.. Sproggs about my catsrh.n
Hot water bag, $1.75." bR
"But that's permanent, too, Johnat really
isn't present expense"
"Roses for friend, $3.50"
sit was very little buneh.'4- N8eS
'Box candy, so cents; kid gloves, ~ cents
cab, 25 cents; Turkish bath, s1.G0; postage,
$1.00: house plants, $780,"
Just three bulbs and glasses, John. OF
course could have done without them.a
--"Ribbons for sachets, $2.15; powder
ditto, so cents; embroidered muslin robe
$500; slippers, $500; candy, so cents; cara
mels, 10 cents; oranges, IS cents; Browning
Club, $500; candy, so cents; subscription
book, $300-good heavens !-theater tick
cts, $500"
lnterspersed Throughout this was car fare
every day, and quite as frequent recur.
renee of caramels. AsJohn read his wife
became silent; he could not see her face.
He made a rapid summary of the items,
no more embarrassed by sevens and mines,
Maria observed than she would have been
by ives and oughts. Nor did she once de-
tect him in adding by means of his fingers,
which gave her an increased opinion Of his
busi2ess capacity.
He announced the result, 1859.
20, John, why do you so delight to tease
me7" cried Maria, with nervous little
laugh, at can't be half that"
John made another agile computation
aloud to verify the first; Mrs. Skipping
grew fairy dizzy at the buzz of the addition.
She had seated herself from sheer weak
ness, and John couldn't help feeling of
pity as he saw how pale she was.
II was so certain hadn't spent any thing,
John, she gasped.
20, never mind" he said cheerily,
"what is $50 to bloated bond-holder like
me-"
- Fo1l
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23

Johns creditors grew more bold and tor
menting. Poor Maria almost dreaded to see
him come home for fear of lecture. She
grew wary, too, and instead of having her
packages delivered when she had made any
specially fine bargains, carried them herself
so there need be no danger of their arrival
while John was there.
She wondered what had come over him.
All he thought of was money, money. She
eased her desperate thoughts by wishing
first that she had some particular talent or
accomplishment by means of which she
could earn her own pocket money, and
second that she was man.
John was so absorbed in his own awaken
ing to the world and in the dubious outlook
for them both that it kept him in ignorance
of how unhappy he made her. He was de-
ceived by her volubility, and set it down to a
childish lack Of Judgment
She could talk, always talk, and seeing no
visible signs that his economic homilies had
taken root, he went on preaching and dwell
ing upon the need of saving and self-denial,
until there was scarcely any other subject
preached between them.
One day few weeks after the first ami
versary Of their marriage bright idea
struck Maria. At one happy blow it cut the
knot that had SO long baff1ed her. How
strange she had not thought of it before!
20, john" she cried, as her husband en-
tered the room an hour before dinner, 1--WE
such splendid ideal'
''rhat 500" said John calmly, shaking the
snow from his hat into the coal scrttle, TAX
ing off his coat ard carefully putting it over
shoulder wire before hanging it behind
the bed room door.
Maria was in such fervor of satisfaction
with herself she was disposed not to be too
sudden with her revelation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23
MRS. SKIPPING.
The Story of Her First Efforts to
Economic.


M sa7ED HE future was golden
SNAGd with promises to the.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23
A Reporter's Estimate.

One Of the problems with which a
reporter has to deal is the probability
of finding at home the men whom he
is assigned to interview after eight
o'clock in the evening. Long expert
ence teaches him that the vocation, age
and social position of the person
sought will enable him to estimate the
chance very accurately. Assumin g
100 to represent the certainty of find
ing his man, the probabilities will run
about as follows: Clergymen. on Mon
day and Saturday nights, &c; other
nights. 40; old lawyers, Is; young
lawyers, unmarried, %; capitalists and
bankers, IS; politicians, between cam.
paigns, 80; during campaigns, 8; clerks
living at home, &c; clerks, boarding,
10; physicians. so; merchants, 60; me-
chan;cs, 20; young women, unmarried,
so; married women in society, 60; mar
ried women without special aspira-
tions, 80; old people past 20 years, 95:
After ten o'clock at night the chances
of finding middle-aged people at home
are double the eight o'clock chances,
while the younger ones, on the aver
age, come strolling in about twelve
o. clock. Buffalo FIX .ess-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23
Compulsory Education in England.

In school dislr.ct in London there
were many parents who reported no
children in their families. In order to
find just how many children were thus
being kept from school, the schoo.
authorities got two monkeys dressed
them gayly, put them in a wagon in
which was brass band, and started
through the district. At once crowds
of children appeared and followed the
wagon, which drove to neighboring
park, when the school officers went
among the children distributing candies
and getting their names and addresses
They thus found that over sixty parents
kept their children from school; and as
result of the monkeys, the brass band
and the candy, about two hundred
little boys and girls have been set at
study.-Journal of Education.
In China people in easy circum-
stances buy their collins long before
they need them, and exhibit them as
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23

with promises to the.
now Mrs. Skipping.
At the time of the
marriage that event
was announced in the
Clovercamp Express
under the head of "A
N o table Wedding, "
and the special cor
respondent had the
enterprise to send it
with that caption to
the city papers. 1t
was only in q local
journal, however, that
a list of presents was
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-11
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Produce Commission Men Pray for a
Drop of the Mercury.
GAME AND POULTRY POOR STOCK.
The Supply Of Choice Oats and Old Corn is
Not Up to Demand.
HAY F1RMER. FLOUR STILL QUIET
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
TUESDAY. December 10, 1889.
=
Country Produce-JobbIng Prices.

Country Fredericksburg Prices.
Soft weather is responsible for the blasting
Of great expectations cherished by commission
men. Poultry and game are exceedingly slow
by reason OF weather. A season Of crisp, frosty
weather, with the mercury around the zero
point, would put many dollar into the pock-
cts of produce dealers Creamery butter Is
very firm at quotations. Country butter is slow.
Potatoes are in good demand, and the drift Of
prices is upward. There is also an improved
demand for sweet potatoes, and, in fact, every
thing in the vegetable line. Prospects are for
higher prices at an early day. Tropical fruits
are in plentiful supply, and markets are weak.
BUTTER-Creamery. Elgin, 2911@3Oc; Ohio
do, 2714@28c; fresh dairy packed, AQ26c; coun-
try rolls, 23@Ac.
BEANs-Navy hand picked beans, 81 25@2 80;
medium, 81 1902 20
wGx-$@3Oc p for choice; low grade,
18020c
CIDER-sand refined, Sc 5O@7 50; common,
So 5O@4 90; crab cider. s. OO@8 so q barrel;
CHEsTSGTss-s5 ;rs OOaS 90 p bushel; walnuts.
60G70c p bushel.
CHEEsE-Ohio, n@ll1Ic; New York, I17<c;
& &H3oqFgeE sgeii weit4e1 a1nsssc s"et1er n
EGGs-24@26c % dozen for STRICTLY fresh.
FRUITs-Apples, fancy, 81 5O@3 so q barrel;
California pears, So 50@4 90 box; cranberries
IS 50Q9 80 q barrel; Malaga grapes, large bar
rel, IS 90.
GAME-Squirrels 75c@sl p dozen; quail, 81
p dozen; prairie chickens. "a 5005 90 p
dozen; pheasants. 81 5O@5 90 y dozen; rabbits,
81 50@I rs p dozen; venison saddle, 15@l7c q
pound: venison carcass. 12@l3c % pound.
FEATHERS-Exma live geese, 50060c; No. l.
do, 40@45c; mixed lots. 30@35c y b.
POULTRY Live chickens, 5O@65c a pair;
dressed. SQ9c pound; ducks, 65@75c p pair;
geese, 81 25@1 30 d pair: live turkeys, 1o@11c p
d: dressed turkeys 2@l4c p h.
SEEDS-CloVer. choice, 62Bs to bushel, 81 20@
4 (H bushel; clover, large English, ,62bs. 81 $50
60; clover Alsike, s. 90; clover white. 50; timo
thy choice. As ms, 81 so; blue grass, extra clean
IA Bs, 81 25@l 80; blue grass, fancy IA Bs 81 30;
orchard grass, IA fbs 81 40; red top IA MS 81 %;
mllet, 50 ms. 81 90; millet 6O@7Oc p bushel;
Hungarian grass, so MS, Csc; lawn grass
mixture of fine grasses, So 90 q bushel of IA
ms.
TAILow-Country, &c; city rendered. ~
Qoc
TROPICAL FRUITs-Lemons, common, 81 so
@3 90; fancy. 81 OOQ5 90: Florida oranges. So so
@3 90; Jamaica oranges. S5 5006 so q barrel;
bananas, 81 90 frsts, 81 so good seconds,
q bunch; cocoanuts, 81 00G4 so p hundred;
figs, S%G19c p d; dates, 572G61zc p d; new layer
figs. l211@l515c; new dates. nc q b.
VEGETABLES-Potatoes from store, 55@60c:
on track, 45@50c; cabbages, 81 0O@8 90 hun
dred; celery, 40c q dozen; Jerseys, 81 00@4 Is;
turnips 81 00@1 80 a barrel; onions, 81 q barrel.
BUCKwHEAT FLoUR-275@2SSc q pound.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-11
BUSINESS NOTES.

THERE was very little outside business done
on Fourth avenue yesterday, owing to the rain.
COLONEL JAMES ANDREWS, the eminent
civil engineer, was a visitor on Change yester.
day afternoon.
The number of mortgages recorded yester-
day was 33. The largest was for $4,000. Eleven
were for purchase money.
THE demand for business houses down town
almost equals that for small dwellings. Both
are scarce. 1t would pay to supply the want.
Mr.. JOHN C. BULIITT, lawyer of Ph1ladel-
ph1a, has just finished the draft of the largest
mortgage ever given in this Countrywide in
denture Of the Northern Pacific Railroad for
$3.50, 900, 900.
The policy Of secrecy so long adhered to by
the La Noria people is beginning to bear fruit.
The stock seems to have lost all its friends.
Even those who stood by it in former crises
nave fallen away.
The Financial Chronicle reports the gross
earnings of 50 roads for the third week of No
vember at So, $40 484 an increase of $3.50 356 and
those of 42 roads for the fourth week S. 218, ,056
an increase of $475, 402
The Hostetter Coke Company is having
serious trouble in building its ovens, owing to
the inclement weather. The mud is SO deep as
to prevent hauling. Six hundred ovens will be
built, 200 Of which are already completed. The
ovens are situated near Latrobe and southeast
of that point.
THE Westinghouse Airbrake Company has
declared its regular quarterly dividend of per
cent and an extra dividend of 2 per cent pay
able on January J. 1890. The net earnings of
the company for the year ending September l,
1889, were 81 375, ,000 out of which $500 600 was
paid, leaving surplus Of over S5OO,000
AT the annual meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture, to be held at Harrisburg January
q and @, 1890, the subjects of roads, road con-
structon, road repairs and road laws will re-
ceive special attention, and one more ses-
sions will be devoted to their consideration.
Numerous essays from practical writer's will be
read and discussed. Governor Beaver will ad-
dress the meeting on the subject of the roads
and road laws of Pennsylvania.