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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
WILLIAM AT HOME.
Like His Grandfather the Young En-
peror Loves to Live Simply.

Like His Grandfather the Young En-
peror Loves to Live Simply.
A writer in the Berlin Tageblatt
gives some interesting particulars con-
corning the home life of the Emperor,
William Ii. Like his grandfather, the
Emperor loves to live simply, and.
when his habits are not interfered
with by tho presence of distinguished
guests at the castle, he rises at seven,
breakfasts at 1880 and dimes with the
Empress at the questionable hour of
one. His favorite relaxation is to play
with his children.
Every day he receives upon the
average about six hundred letters.
These are brought to him on a salver
as they arrive, and he opens those letters
which bear q handwriting, a coat of
arms or d postmark which is known to
him or excites his curiosity. The rest
of the correspondence goes unopened
to the Civil Cabinet, the members of
which deal with it as may be necessary.
The majority Of the envelopes contain
begging letters or personal petitions.
The Emperor has only one body serv-
ant at time in attendance upon him.
and this man shaves him, takes care OF
his wardrobe, and affords him what as
sistance he requires while dressing.
Much of the Emperor's time is spent
in his private library. where he writes
much and rapidly. Every new book
and every newspaper dealing with
military or naval subjects, whether it
be in German, French Russian or En-
glish, is seen by him, and besides being
a regular bibliomaniac so far as re-
CARDS books on strategy and military
history, he is an enthusiastic collector
of portraits and autographs of his more
celebrated contemporaries. he leaves
the education of his children entirely
to the direction of the Empress, who is
not only strict disciplinarian, but also
extremely attentive to the religious
training OF the young Princes. This
she at present herself undertakes. The
children have various masters and
governnesses who visit them; but they
have as yet no military governor, or
even any personal servants or attend
ants beyond such nursery staff as
might be found in any well-to-do bour-
geois family in Berlin. At the outset
of his reign the Emperor rendered him
self somewhat notorious by his readi-
ness to speak in public. Curionsly
enough h" has the reputation among
his personal friends of being one of
the most silent of men, save on the
rare occasions when he throws off the
monarch and gives reign TO his natural
high spirits. so much is this the case
hat in his household the saying is;
The Emperor never SPEAKS; he only.
| orders"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

1ahe line or railway on which
there IS a section of rather sharp,
grading. fifteen feet or more. of ascent
to the thousand, what would be the
popular judgment should the COM
pany supply engineers and conductors
for it who were habitually given to
drinking intoxicantsP We can not
wonder that an engineer needs to be
'laid on occasionally to recover his
mental equilibrium, for the strain Of
daily operating a locomotive is great
and the most robust constitution must
weaken under it in time. 1t is the
sharp grades and curves that try
these guardians of human lives.
But there are ways of getting on The
down grade" in our everyday life
that have a more destructive outcome
than railway train running. Social
habits are the rails on which young
and old launch the car of lite, often
regardless of the sharp descent. 1t is
easy to float with the tide"-to do as
others do-because that means run
ming on the down grade.
We meet with people who are on
this down grade and with full knowl-
edge OF its dangers. They like the
company on the train and vo,uatSvily
seek 1t, but seem to think that they
can put on the brakes when they like
and control the downward movement.
What mistake! Thousands make it,
waEl q time there comes terrible
avn hing to the reality.
Wkaave known the awakening" to
como in the morgue, the hospital, the
asylum.
One awakening gentleman had
which was of very strange nature,
but by no means an isolated case, as
Dr. Crothers tells us. This gentleman
took hisglass daily in a social way or
at dinner-never to excess, and no one
dreamed that he was on the down
grade, but one day it was announced
that Mr.. had disappeared" Fam
lily, friends, business associates were
shocked and COMPOUNDED, and several
days passed without solution of the
human enigma.
At length dispatch was received
by his family, dated at city some
hundred miles from his home, inform
ing them that he was there and would
return shortly. After reaching home
his only answer to their earnest in
quiries was: Yesterday l awoke and
found myself in Philadelphia-how
came there | am unable to say, and
what had been doing / can not say"
He had become an tnebridte from his
moderate drinking, and, in q stage Of
unconscious cerebration, in an in
ebriate trance, he had left homo and
friends to wander far away, following
some impulse that he could not recall
any more than one who has been
hypnotized can in the waking state
recall his conduct while entranced.
Fortunately, such cases are rare,
but their occurrence is an emphatic
warning to all who indulge the ap-
petite abnormally by even an occa-
sional glass of Intoxicating liquor.
1t is the hlghly-organized brain that
exhibits this strange phase of in
21ftary action, and. onco mani
Tested, it indicates an important
change in the nervous constitution Of
the man, q deterioration that may
parcict for tho ramoip6a,. pf life -
chronological journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Tannin has been discovered as an
animal substance by M. Vilion,
French chemist, who finds that corn
weevils contain about three per cent
of it.
"A curious cropis harvest of 4, 900
sponges. 1t was obtained by an Aus
trian savant as the result of an expert
ment of literally sowing small parts of
living sponges in a soil favorable to
their production.
Does your doctor wish to compare
your cough at Christmas with your
April cough? Then all he has to do is
to use the graphophone. So, at least.
says Dr. Richardson, of London, who.
by means OF that wonderful instru-
ment, has successfully recorded the
coughs and pulses OF his patients.
In the juices of the healthy stom-
ach noted physician has found nine
new forms of microbes in addition to
seven previously known. These mi
crobes must play an important part in
digestion, but their principal effect
upon the food seems to be after it has
passed from the stomach into the intes-
final tract
"A new and very good use for cast
away tin cans. The tin is Strengthened
out, cut into rectangular pieces about
three times longer than broad. These
are automatically fed into machine.
which squeezes them up into square
11ail oh nnd 10 hnoA b
The result is a nail stronger than the
ordinary nail. and one which can be
driven into hard wood without break
ing.
The supposed remedial agency of
the odor of COWS and cow-stables in
cases of consumption is to be tried at
Reinickendorf. near Berlin, on a unique
scale. A vast circular building has
been erected. in the basement of which
several hundred COWS will be kept, and
the odor of the stables be conducted
to the rooms in the upper stories. In
the center of the building is a largo
yard, for which a whey-cure, bathing
rooms, etc, are planned.
Most persons who have walked on
q railway track have observed how
much rustier rails that are infrequently
used are than those in constant serv-
ice. A French scientist thinks he has
found an explanation OF this phenome-
non in the fact that when a mixture of
iron rust and iron is submitted to great
pressure, the magnetic oxide of iron is
formed. In the case of rails in con-
slant use, he thinks that q superficial
coating of magnetic oxide is formed by
the compression of the rust on the
metal by the passage of trains.
One of the most wonderful things
that have been discovered of late is the
new glass which has just been made in
Sweden. Common glass contains only
six substances, while the Swedish glass
consists of fourteen. the most impor-
tant elements being phosphorus and
boron, which are not found in any
other glass. The revolution which
this new refractor is destined to make
is almost inconceivable, if it is true. as
positively alleged, that, while the
highest power OF an old-fzshioned
microscopic lens reveals only the one
four hundred-thousandth part of an
inch, this new glass will enable us to dis
tinguish one two -hundred-and-four-m
lion-seven-h hundred thousandtn part of
an inch
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

The story is told OF a Frenchman
who went into shoe store in one of our
cities and gave the clerk no end OF an
noyance. At last the clerk sought to
get revenge, after having shown nearly
every style of shoe on his shelves, by
bringing forth pair of boots and plac-
ing them before the customer with the
remark: Now, sir. here's an excel
lent thing, just suited to you in every
way, half sole and all French calf"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01
DUE TO MOTHERS.

The Story Told by "Self-Adade" Man
His early Struggles"
A wealthy business man not long ago
made short visit in his native town,
"a thriving little place. and while there
was asked to address the Sunday-school
on the general subject Of success in life.
But l don't know that l have any
thing to say, except that industry and
honesty win the race" he answered.
Your very example would be in
spring, if you would tell the story of
your life." said the superintendent.
Are you not a self-made man?'
81 don't know about that"
"Why, I've heard all about your ear
iy struggles! You went into Mr.. Wheel
wright's office when you were only
ten"
$50 did! SO l did! But my moth
err got me the place, AMI while l was
there. she did all M washing and
mending, saw that | had something to
cat, and when l got discouraged, told
me to cheer up AID remember tears
were for babies"
while you were there you studied
by yourself -
"Oh no, Hos you, no! Not by my
sef! Mothe heard my lessons every
night, ard made me spell long words
while she beat up cakes for breakfast.
/ REM m )cr one night | got so dis
couraced | dashed my writing-book,
ugly with pot-hooks and trammels, into
the fire. and S G burned her hand pull
ing It out"
'Wsll, it was certainly true, wasn't
ii. tn 1t us soon as you had saved a lit
te money, you invested in fruit, and
10 ;an to peddle it out on the evening
tr>L.n?"
The rich mans eyes twinkled and
then grew moist over the fun and
pathos of some old recollection.
YES" he said, slowly, land should
like to tell you a story connected with
that time Perhaps that might do the
Sunday-school good. The second lot of
apples I bought for peddling were
specked and wormy. l had been
ShCIbCo NY bllO lllttll vi MllOul nb
them. and l could not afford the loss.
The night after discovered they were
unfit to eat, l crept down cellar and
filled my basket as usual.
"'They look very well on the out
side, thought, and perhaps mono of
the people who buy them will ever
come this way again. I'll sell them,
and just as soon as they're gone
I'll get some sound ones Mother was
singing about the kitchen, as came up
the collar stairs. hoped to get out of
the house without discussing the sub
ject OF unsound fruit, but in the twink
ling of an eye she had seen and was
upon me.
Med said she, in her clear voice,
what are you going to do with those
speclled apples?'
"'Se-sell them stammered I,
ashamed in advance.
Then you will be a cheat, and l
will be ashamed to call you my son.
she said, promptly. oh, to think you
could dream of such sneaking thing
as that" Then she cried and l cried.
and-Ive never been tempted to cheat
since. No, sir, haven't any thing to
say in public about my early struggles,
but wish you'd remind your boys and
girls every Sunday that their mothers
are probably doing far more for them
than they do for themselves Tell
them, too, to pray that those dear wo-
men may live long enough to enjoy
some of the prosperity they have won
for their children-for mine didn't. -
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

"A sandwich company, which pro-
poses to sell its wares in offices, on the
streets and in bar rooms and cafes, has
been established in New York. The
company will have uniformed peddlers
who will carry neat willow baskets.
The sandwiches will be sold for five
cents each
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

"A German fell into lager beer
vat the other day, and seeing his dam
ger began to drink as hard as he could
to save himself from drowning by re-
ducing the depth of the fluid, and it is
thought he would have succeeded had
not a floating cork got into his throat
and lessened his swallowing power
n. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

"A Hays City (Kan.) paper recently
printed the following remarkable caro-
of thanks: "Mr. and Mrs. Garland
wish to express their thanks to the
friends and neighbors who so kindly
assisted at the burning of their hotel
Monday morning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

In tho town cf BeSsbroot, Irc;Ard
where John 6. Richardson cTplcys
5000 people in Ito maHu's>;n-. Of
linen, no liquor hHs been sold :or forty
years, and as a res:i!I :hH:n q ne!ii.er
prison, pawn-shop r3r ra32s1 IA tae
town.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

First old-time parson (dejectedly)
There are no pulpit Founders nova
days. Second old-time parson (more
deiectedly)-And there are no pulpit
expounders either.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

1t is stated that the smallest steam
engine ever made was recently CON-
pleted, after two years of labor, for the
Paris exhibition. 1t is composed Of
1870 pieces of metal, is shade under
three-fifth of an inch in height, and
weighs less than one-ninth Of an ounce.
A matchmaker made it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-01

Superstition among fashionable
people is on the increase. Boston Sat-
urday Evening Gazette
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-23

So destructive are the depredations of dry
rot that it may well be called the terror and
despair Of architects and carpenters No care
or preaution eau bs too great to prevent its
entrance into a building, for If once it finds Q
lodgment its eradication is herculean. If not
an impossible task. Professor Burnett,
competent authority, graphically relates how
a house he occupied was twice renovated in
four years, and had ultimately to be pulled
down In the old era Of oak built ships, they
were sometimes found to be unsea worthy be-
fore they left the stO'ks, with such celebrity
does it do its deadly work
As for remedial measures, prevention is
the only certain cure. The selection Of
sound, well seasoned timber is Us essential as
the avoidance If damp and the securing OF
adequate ventilation in every part of the
structure. The most e. -rious prophyl Tactic
is satdrating the TIL .si with creosote under
high pressure, 70 thoroughly permeate
every portion of tue wood This has been
practically proved in coal and other mines
where this destroyer runs riot, and its raw
ages entail much expense and insecurity,
and where its waving fakes Of heecy white
have most weird and ghostly effect in the
darkness visible of the pit In certain
mines in the north of England where only
cretSoted timber has been used for the last
thirty years. the extra cost has been amply
repaid by the comparative indestructibiiity
Of the timber thus treated In house build
ing wise preraution is the well snearing Of
all underground floor bearing walls with tar
or pitch, which prevents the mycelium find
ing Judgment among the mortar in which
i. revels and disintegrates Its adhesive prop
erty. Chambers Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-23

There, ems something - grew~ouse and
mystsrlous in my lind fhzt wante<t to run
away s.sDsid have been no more Mrprfsed
70 find Q steamhr,as resting there No emf
grant had ses dared tsenetrnte - far into tn
Indian country in thar direction, and IL ras
far sway fr,xu the overland trail 10 Calfor-
MIA. The presencs Of thase wagons meant
sra-sfy. and was 18th b ncgin an iiivesti-
CATION waikst ahous the cove seeking TO
brace my courage. and few yards beyond
the Wagons ! came upon q heap OF boises
which knew 10 have belonged to hor~es or
cattle. A hit further on huge fireplace had
been Constructed Of loose scoGes against the
face 81 q cliff. and the smoke red bIackesssd
the wall for distance Of forty feet from the
greusd There was no sign Of the presence
IL any human beilg Il had been long
time since tue last IRE was built. as the gra~s
was growing srrong the asaes and esrberS
The Key 10 the mystery ,if.st he hhi,ien in the
wag snx, and | returned to overhaul them
You can hardly realize the lonesome look Ut
those vehicles They were standing one be
ulEd the other as closely as they could be
drawn aud tue sight Of them was proof that
years had gone by since they were parked
there should say that il would take at
least tsn years To bring about such decay as
"
made Of the osSt materials, and yet shake
would have brought any of them 70 the
ground.
began With the first wagon, and can
easily recall the contents Of each. The first
wagon wa piled full Of harnesses. or the re-
u1aif.s Of them. Time and decay had efi
little except the buckles. aud they were badly
rlsted should say the heap contained the
taarnesses Of at least a dozen teams In the
second wagon were a chest, two iron ket les,
a luz AMI a heap Of mold which prob.,bly
represented clothing hauled the chest out
and kicked IL apart, but the contents had
gone To mold. except In the case Of fifty
Mexican silver dollars. which had probably
been 10 bgekskin bag The third wagon
alao held a chest. but found nothing Of value
In It, found in tins wagon tie rustei re
mains of several picks ami shoyels aud heaps
Of mold which represented either clothing
or provisions The fourth Wagon WAS empty
The fifth contained picks and shoyels ami
rough wooien box From tins box rescued
a small one made u tin, and ! broke that
open 10 Rnd so m state bank bills, rude
napevidenliy representing the Copper mount
aims and neig hburhood. and four five dollar
American gold pieces.
The fifth wagon had evidently been stored
with provisions, but | found nothing but
mold La the sixth were three chests, two
shoves, three picks, rhe barrel Of rife,
rusty Ak AMI keg which held whisky. In
one Of the three big boxes | found silver
tobacco box containing $50 in Mexican gold
and a note or description 1t had been writ
ten on heavy paper and with good ink, but
some Of tue words had faded entirely away
and others ha.i TO be guessed The following
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-23

A Trout which had been caught by an
Angler pleaded piteously for mercy you
see am distended with spawn" it cried,
and in few weeks I shall d. osit my
eggs. and these viii bring you thousands Of
trout II you kill me all these will be lost n
The Angler turned a merciful ear to these
pleadings ard placed the Trout back in the
water
few months afterward the Angler again
caught this trout. 1t pleaded for mercy.
Il have within me, it said. the germs Of
hundreds Of trout. and these will all be lost
II you kill me-"
The Angler, as be placed the Trout Tn his
creei- replied: Your pleading avails you
nothing The return you offer me for my
investment is too far distant, and | NAV
never catch any Of your young. Besides
that, if | were to listen TO all your plead
inas l should always go hume With IN empty
creel New York Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-23
MARKET REPORTS.
Now York Produce Market.

Nkw YORK. Aug .,
FLOUR Receipts. q 81 packages, eSporv. I, sol
barrels; sales. i5i.dp Repeat quotations lneiuiirs
CITY mill II q, ~ l5aft 70, patent, ~ 7pa
o. 0D; supernns. " ssa<a %. extra No. 4
- eoat, %. Winter wheat low grade. ~ ASaf IL
nnuesptn cStre, - iiifo 20. southern hour
dull; Rye -four dull
wnKAr-R Receipts, s!p.7oo. exports, 7s,'54. 4alo.
us 600, weaker, No irring nominal. -;
No red, 81, No. ed, ST. 'ic ator, 50 ISL 'ot
a6iAs7A delivered, No. r-1, loinipai, ~lav9i NJ
white nominal. ssas6t
kvE-.hrm.
bARLEv-- nominal
CoRR. Receipts. 1919 900 exports. SO sac. A6
900. weaker steamer. ~ n, No :, oetii
store and elevator. 'it4ti delivered.
OATS kesoitts, 5000. eSporis. eos. Stis., ~,
600. weak. 70 /, sS /" shitr assg7A. No ; lsia2s,
% white. rais. No. |, ~. do white. 81
4iHed Western, S3sss. white do. esi0
CoFvxE--.fsir. Rio. fair, 81.
SuoAR-kaw dull, refined steady, dem lnd %
lower. crushed 6is6a. extra crushed .sipri rhi1e
extra crushed. Tla;i, cut loaf a. sranust-d. Il
rErRoLErN- hrm, quiet. Va
FORK steady,
bSEr-lulet
LARD weaker, western steam. q az o ~
olOainG ~ 20 city u o r-4.i,', fai
continent ~ eh7 %. s. A. ~ ;,
BUrrKR--luist easy, western DAIRY q
i2A do creamery. isai7.
CwRRnx-- drm -re,sh's to Liver oil
arm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-23

Darling" said the young man, ~ he TEN
DERBY ra~sd the lovely head from the place
where 1t had rested An hour or mors. got up.
sst down again on the other side Of the beau
tifni tnapissi. aud once more drew the golden
euris 70 bls bpsosn, you have no objecton
" this slight change Of positioSs have your
"No, Alfred. she murmarst soffiS Your
haart " on this side,
"Ye-, my darling. responded tbs young
man his yo,cs trembling with deep fssiing.
"snd uiy yest Will now he soilssi aIks On both
Sides ~ hteaQo Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-23

What 10 this "nervous tro1ele" with winch
- many seem now to be Adi.eted7 II you
viii remember . few year, ago the word
Malaria was comparatively unknown--so-dAy
h 10 - common ~ any word in the English
language. yet this wori covers only the mean
Nc Of another word used by our fore-fathers
n times past So it 10 With nervous diseases,
- they and Malaria are intended to cover
WHIT car grandfathers called Biliousness, AMI
I'll aRe caused BY troubles that arise frcci
dieoAssd condition Of the Liver which in rer-
fesning ~ functions finding il cannot disposs
ct - MI through the ordinary chanr 81 |.
eea1elled y pass h Of through the sysseus.
eanslne nerroas tronhles. Malaria, Rilioup
Fewer, ssc. You Who are suffering can well
epprccinee cur. We recommend Grees,s
Asgast Flower. Ia eures are uarvelous.
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