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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, $780,
Secretary Tracy is as anxious as any,
body could possibly be that the
United States should have the best
armored vessels afloat, but being a
careful, pains taking official he has
not lost his head on account of the
recent tests of armor made at Annap-
oils, as some other people seem to
have done, therefore he proposes
moving slowly and cautiously about
spending the special appropriation of
one million of dollars made by Con-
gress for the purchase of nickel,
The only specimen of armor that
stOcd the test was the nickel'steel
made by firm in France, and the
Secretary has no idea of making this
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-07
~ HEN " SANi
Oakland, Md

Election is over and somebody is
disappointed, but all such can be
made glad by going to Garthright's
for a good, cheap overcoat. suits,
boots and shoes, of which he has a
large stock and bought for the cash:
Beef hides, buckwheat flour and
other produce wanted at highest cash
prices.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-07
IfYou Have a Tritling Cough

Don't neglect it. Use Rogers Specific Dug |
Cure. Price 25c.
For Sprains, Burns. Bruises, Collie
Cholera Morbus, &c, use Specific Liniment.
Roger Cocaln Pile Rem edy has no
equal.
Use Rogers Worm yrup-safe and
pleasant.
Frangipan Curative Balm. Indispen
sible Tor the ladies' toilet
You will find the above at A. G. Sturgtss
Drugstore, and Country Stores.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-07

For RENT.-A large store room
and dwelling house in Oakland. VIII
be rented separately or together.
Apply to
38-3t THOMAS j. PEDDICORD.
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THE majority for license was 70.
THE Prohibitionists. as usual, came
ont at the little end of the horn.

GARRETT County did nobly last
Tuesday. giving Mr.. McComas a ma
iority of 254.
The advocate., 1890-11-05

child in this goodly heritage Of Kansas
fail 70 remember the following words
from ingalls,;
Suffrage under our political system, has boon
extended 70 the extreme limit consistent with MT
tOnal safety We have reached the danger line.
10 is TOO late 10 cure the evils and correct the
mistakes OF the past. They are irremeUable and
lrrepnrabe.
Such a misanthroplc statesman(O to
be countenanced as a United States Sen
ator from Kansasl Forbid II, Almighty
God!
But hear the ending Of the screed Of
this conglomerate matter emanating from
this most brilliantly y writer on "the six.
teenth amendment
Whenever woman wants the ballot, and sOcie,
BY needs her enfranChlsement then the sixteenth
amendment will be adopted. TIL then they H.
Dor I'm vain that build II. There Is no legislation
that can annul the ordinances OF nature or abrO.
gate the statutes OF the Almighty
Now, in 1890, does this puny trifer, In
order 70 curry favor with the Kansas
Equal Suffrage association, propose him
self TO "abrogate the statutes Of the Al
mighty" What a worthless fellow.
The advocate., 1890-11-05
Wholesale GHOCGTS,
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FARMERS, RaDchmsn Oranges, FWmoFS'
Alliances, Etc.
Goods sold on 80 days time % responsible par.
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FREQ on application.
The advocate., 1890-11-05

We call attention Of all who are inter-
ested In securing thorough business or
shorthand English education TO the ad-
vertsemeRt Of the Kansas City Business
University, Kansas City, Mo-, New York
Life building. Send for their large IL
Illustrated catalogue, one Of the finest
published This institution claims to be
one Of theNost popular and best schools
In the country.
The advocate., 1890-11-05

VKTICHITA AND SOUTHWESTERN KEN
wv NELS-D. T. SMOKE, Veterinary Surgeon,
proprietor, No. 1927 u Wichita st., Il. B. $50,
Wichita, KS Breeder OF Imported Dogs, Leon
burg ~. Bernards, NewiOundlands English
Coaches, German, English and Irish Pointers,
Buii Terriers ana Pigs, Fox Hounds, Large and
Small BlaCk-and-Tans, Irish Settlers, King
Charles, Cocker and Japanese Spaniels, English
Shepherds, Scotch Terriers, Hairless Mexicans,
POOdles and others always on hand Address
with stAmp. Mention THE ADVOCATE
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23
SPECIAL LOCAL NOTICES.
Artists material at P;cken's.

Jail -pi'
Buy your cooking stoves from M.H,
Jennings Sc Co., near market house.
Salem avenue. t
For fire insurance call ut tho Office
OF the Roanoke Trust, loan aud Safe
Deposit CO. dec28-tt
Beer from wood at the White Ele-
plant Saloon, No. 10, Nelson street.
Five cents for schooner, the finest
saloon in the state. mar11-1m
Stoves! stoves stoves cheaper
than ever at NJ. II. Jennings & Co.,
Salem avenue, near market house.
oct7-tf
The Havana Star Cigar is an all
Havana filler, and is offered to the
trade by the wholesale house Of M. FL.
Jennings 81 Co. feb2G-tf.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23
WANTED.

J1TANTED.-PARTIES TO LIST
W their property with
DYER, WINGFIELD u CO,
mar9O-tw los Salem ave.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23
Te Prevent Railroad Accidents.

Francis b. Kemp s. Co. are now
exhibiting wonderful invention at
their office. 1t consists of an electri-
cal device to prevent accidents of
every description on railroads, and if
claimed for it travellers can feel safe,
and accident policies be at discount.
Batteries and the proper belts and
connections are placed in each engine,
q central conductor laid parallel with
the rails, and a railroad is equipped.
Should two trains approach a danger
Gus proximity an alarm is sounded in
each cab on an electric gong, and the
steam whistle blowing. The engineers,
knowing danger is near, stop the train,
put telephones tie their ears and yell
the familiar Hello !" They commu-
nicate with perfect ease, either when
the engines are stopped or running at
full speed. An automatic signal is
also given should a switch be mis-
placed or a bridge burnt or washed
away. Additional batteries are placed
at the stations along the road, which
work the alarms should those placed
on the engines become broken. The
company controlling this simple,
though wonderful, device has J. T.
Odell, general manager of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, for president,
and James R. Branch, secretary and
treasurer. This courteous gentleman
informs us he is here for the public
benefit, and will take pleasure in
showing the invention to any one in
terested in his or her own safety.
Call at once.
FRANCIS B. KEMP & co.
mar23-tf
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23

$4,000 to lend on city real estate.
Terms and conditions liberal. Time
and payments to suit. John w.
Woods, room No. l, Moomaw Build
ing, Jefferson street, Roanoke, Va.
mor10-tf
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23

Mt ANTED.-A WHITE BOY, AGE
II about IL years. that can read and
write to stay in Office at % Salem ave-
puo. marl8-lw
DR CANNADAY
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23

James S. Simmons & Co., real estate
agents, have placed the property of the
Ingleside Land company Oh the market
at $3.50 per lot, on terms of225 cash and
$40 per month. These lots arc unsur-
passed for beauty of location, and all
parties wishing a desirable site fer a
home should call at once Mt the Office OF
JAS. S. SIMMONS s. Co.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23

Plaster your house witt! Marble
Rock lime, best on the marke+. Ifyou
don't believe it, call on Garner 81 Co.,
sole agents. Remember they are the
cheapest sash, door and blind manuiac-
turers in the city. Satisfaction guaran-
tnnl
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23
Indies.

You are respectfully invited to at
tend our spring and summer opening
of latest importations in hats and
bonnets and other novelties, March
81, % and 90, when we will take pleas.
ure to. introduce our milliner, Miss
] Leonard, from New York. s s
Respectfully,
STRAUSE'S MILLINERY BAZAAR,
Is Salem avenue s. w,
mar23-4t Roanoke, Va.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23

While other agents are advertising
for lots to sell in the Lewis Addition,
Francis B. Kemp s. Co., have and are
selling daily the best and cheapest
lots in this addition. Call on them ut
once, if you wish bargains.
FRANCIS b. KEMP |. Co.,
A rants
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23
To The Public.

am now prepared TO furnish in
any quantity picket Wire Fence" |
manufacture my own goods and can
sell as low rs anybody. y full supply
kept on hand. l also keep dressed
picket for yards. Orders receive
prompt attention. Ny Office is corner
Park and Loudon streets, on dummy
line; p. O. Box 253. Awaiting your
orders, | am respectfully,
WILSON VERT,
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-23

Ifyou want lots in Hyde Park
calliat once.
noI5 If i FRANCIS B. KEMP & Co.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

PRESIDENT CAESor has accepted a
copy OF the Breton Bible, the first and
only translation from the original
tongues existing in this language. Tile
book was presented by the Rev. DIR.
Bnllinger on behalf of the Trinitarian
Bible Society, of London, the publish.
ers. and by Pasteur Lecoat, of Tremee,
Brittany, the translator, who were re-
ceived in audience by special appoint
ment. These gentlemen presented at
the same time to NJ. Carnot n copy OF
the first and only collection of Breton
hymns, by NJ. Lecoat, set to sixty-six
old Breton airs, collected by DR.. Bull
linger from the lips of Breton peasants
and afterward harmonized.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

TmE old adage. that "there is no fool
like an old fool" receives fresh illustla-
tion from West Union, Ind. A dis
patch from there says: paul Hill. an
old resident, over seventy years of age,
was called recently to Pennsylvania 10y
the spirit of his former wife through a
medium. Taking his earthly partner
with him he went to Hop Bottom.
where he was induced to leave his wife
and live with his spirit affinity. The
medium obtained his money-S3.O GOO
and his wife came back. His eyes are
now opened to the fraud, and he will
try to recover the money he gave up.
1T is said that his wife's spirit wanted
some apples, %wicrcupon he bought and
gave the medium 300 barrels. Silk
dresses and other material things were
offered to the ghost. and appropriated
by the woman of flesh, until he is pen
niless."
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

the side Of q hill. AS I went I passed
many funeral PROFESSIONS, consisting Of
stalwart Japs in blue gowns and bowl
hats, four of whom carried O box swung
on q pole which rested on their Shout
ders. This box was much like q child's
playhouse, and il had its roof and its cur
tained windows. l was told that it was o
coffin, and that each party carried q
corpse. These collins were about four
feet long, two feet wide and four feet
high. They were made of thin white
each coffin is burned or thrown away at
the same time of the burning of the body.
The crematory itself looked much like an
American engine-room; the furnaces
might have been made in America, and
they were built SC that they opened into
an aisle running around n large room.
Wood was piled al their doors and q
furious draught sucked tho Dir into their
mouths, and tho great flames roared as
they ate up the hnmnn fuel which wal
piled in the vaults above them. There
was but little smell as l entered the
building, but / could hear the cracking
and frying of the flesh, and the whole Of
the burning could be plainly seen. A
hollow-eyed, bald;headed ghoul presid-
cd over them, and he stirred up tho fires
us he chatted with me in regard to his
business.
we have" said he, first, second, and
third class cremations, and we graduate
our rates according to tho age of the
body. A man or womnn can be burnt
here in first-class style for $3.50. We
will give either a good second class burn.
ing for $l.25, and VIC can send a man of
in very respectable style for 81. Chill
dren under 8 years are burnt according
to the class for 81, IS cents, or 60 cents,
and boys and girls from 3 to l2 years of
age arc burnt for from Sl.50 to IS cents
apiece. We burn the bodies rs soon as
cremations a day. We give the bone
ashes to the families of the dead after
the cremation il over, and they take
them away and bury them IN their family
tombs."
Siam is the land of cremation. It costs
more money to die there than to 1.-Two, and
the funerals of Congressman, which are
paid for at %extravagant rates by the Gov
ernment, cost but little in comparison
with that of n Siamese noble. When a
king dies in Siam the whole nation takes
part in the funeral, and $l,OOo,O0 and
upward is sometimes spent in the turning
OF the royal embalmed body into ashes.
The last queen who died ut Bangkok was
seated in a golden urn for q number of
months after her death, and the foreign
merchants in Siam bought thousands Of
dollars worth Of goods from Europe and
China for the king to give as presents to
those who came to the funeral. A great
temple or palace with roofs covered with
gilt paper was built as her bier, and the
funeral car was overlaid with pure gold
and set with jewels. This car was six
stories high and it was surrounded by
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

PARCELS sent by post are subject to
hard usage before they reach their des-
tination, and if carclessly tied up the
contents arc apt to he lost or Destroy
ed. Whatever the contents they must
he us snugly packed as possible and
tied with II strong cold. The narrow
pieces of ribbon that often come around
llandkerchiefs, and the bits of nice
Irvine ii saved will come handy here.
Ii photographs. cards, pressed flowers.
etc, are laid between two pieces of
pastcboard % little larger than the
thing sent. and notches made in the
center of all four sides i'll which to
tightly tie the strings. they will, as IL
general thing. come ont in good condi-
tion. Stout, white paper is the hest
for the outside wrapper. and the adj
dress written clearly in some conspicu-
Gus place will help insure for it Il safe
delivery.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

house of the charerone, and thence they
would go tho round of six honored domi-
Giles. finally bring up at the Metropolitan
with the always envied load. MI. Ken
nedY was q handsome old man, large of
stature, with o ruddy, beaming face, and
suow-whitc hair. 1t was an odd spectacle
to see him i'll his box surrounded bya bevy
OF vivacious girls, handsomely costumed
and profusely deckcd with the roses of
his providing. After the opera was over,
no always took the party to one or another
Of the most fashionable restaurants,
where he treated them to a magnificent
supper. The cost of this weekly enter
tainment could not have been less than
five hundred dollars. MIR. Kennedy died of
heart disease. Now, how many of my
readers will fail to remark that of course
no old widower's heart could stand such
n complex strain as that?
When Il mnn's afraid,
A beautiful maid
Is u cheering sight to see.
That is what you heard the maiden sing
in THE Mikado." She was telling about
n capital punishment which she had wit
messed, and her declaration that the
doomed man, just before losing his head.
gazed upon her pretty face for courage.
was always taken as a Gilbert phantasy.
But h idea is actually put into practical
use in the largest of New York establish
ments where teeth are extracted under
laughing gas. ] have been there two or
three times, and have watched this fea.
ture of the BUSINESS with amused inter-
est. Now, MS you already know, laugh
ipg-gas renders the patient oblivious but
not insensible. He feels all that is done
to him, and often makes q lot of fuss
about it, but upon awakening he can re.
call nothing that had happened. 1t is
when the mans afraid" that the sbeau-
tiful maid" is placed before him as "a
cheering sight to see." In other words,
ut one side of the victims
chair, with the gas bag ready for him
to breathe out of, o girl with IN amiably
pretty face takes q position close to the
opposite arm. She gazes sympathetically
yet smilingly into his face. She isn't
coquettish about 1t. 1t may be described
rs q sort of cousinly smile-that is,
somewhere midway between a sisterly
grin and m ogle with no tie of consan-
guinity in it. As the man breathes in
the gas, and loses his senses, the last
fading vision is that of the girls encour-
aging face. Theipractical value Of this
device lies in the fact-and I have this
on the authority OF the boss of the place
SOoutS pHopoAsiO0V VI JIG p6tleulB
would become obstreperous and violent
while under the influence Of the gas Dut
for the effect Of the girls presence.
That may seem like nonsense, but in
practice it proves to be good ense.
When the man awakes he finds that his
guardian angel is still there, and departs
feeling, I suppose. that she has taken q
deep and poignant interest in his particu-
lar case.-NcW pork letter to Chicago
| Ledger.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

tiers Of golden umbrellas. 1.-the foreign
diplcmates attended the burning, and
there was a tiger fight, Q lion dance, and
. tournament among the celebrations.
The king lighted the fire at 6 p. M, and
he gave presents Of gold and silver ss
we'll as a dinner to the most noted Of tho
mourners. Il took q full week to per-
form the ceremonies, aud at the close the
ashes we're taken in Q royal barge and
strewn upon the waters Of the Mepam
River.
Every man in Siam hos as good q burn.
ing as his purse will buy, but few are able
to undertake the expense Of building Q
palace in which to be burned. The aver.
age cremation takes place on q pile Of
wood laid crossweys, and after it Is over
the bones ere gathered up aud tied up in
. rag to be kept as relics. The most hor-
rible of funerals are those Of the very
poor Of Bangkok. The bodies of these
are taken to o temple known as the Wat
Sab Kate. Imagine an Enclosure of many
acres. filled with bushes and Whispering
palms. OF the feet Of which arc plies Of
collins. and along the roots Of which
skulls are lying. Enter this garden path
IL you dare. There are no men to stop
yoN, and SOU wander in and out through
the trees, snafledpt by lean, h~ungry.look-
ing dags, until at last You come TO 1
number Of Low brick buildings. Here
you viii meet . lean, toothlsss,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

JEFFERSON DAVIS first became a c
quainted with Lucius l. Nortllrop at
West Point, the latter being one of the
Youngest cadets. One day an officer
on duty insulted young Northrop and
the fiery South Carolinian resented it
with a blow. III was Davis duty us
captain of the corps of cadets, to re-
port the matter, bnt he had noticedthe
unproyoked insult and admired the
spirit with which the young cadet
promptly resented it. and he passed
the matter w From that moment
Davis and Nortlnop became friends,
and when the Southern Confederacy
was organized at Montgomery, Ala,
with Jefferson Davis as its provisional
President, he invited Northrop to be
come the Commissary General of the
Confederate army.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

A TREASURE owned by Mr.. Bernard
Quaritch is the Ms. praycr-book car
ried by the first Earl of Shrewsbury
at the battle of Chatillon in l44:3,, in
which both he and his son was slain.
Ut was discovered, as is supposed, after
the fight by some Bretons, who took it
to their province, where it remained
until about forty years ago. There is
some reason to think ii was written
during the Earl's captivity in France,
and it is probable that it was the work
of his chaplain. 1t contains many
English devotional and patriotic
rhymes in the style of the Bencdictine
monk Lydgate, some OF whose poctical
work it includes. by a fortunate
chance, several missing pages, long
separated from the main work, have
now been recovered.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

tho hammock. He had nothing on but
his mnffler, q short undershirt and the
hobnailed shoes. Instead of getting ac-
ton en- the hammock Bill sat down on
the mess-table, with his feet on tho bench,
and commenced to swear. Good Lord,
how that old man did cuss! It was awful.
The most sublimely terrific flow of unstud-
led, sulphur-tainted blasphemy and
torchlight profanity I ever heard rolled
out of William Henry McTumble. He
cursed himself and every living and IMAM
innate object in five tongues, aIdthe damp
mir blowing in off tho bay precipitated
the phosphorus in his languages till it
hung in festoons, blue and dripping, from
the beams overhead.
Bill was still looking at his hammock
and using those fearful languages when
an officer grabbed him and his bed and
stood Bill up on the quarterback with the
hammock over his shoulders. They made
him stand there four hours in his shirt
tail with the hammock on his shoulders,
and it nearly broke the old man's heart.
He hadn't much meat on his legs and the
calves were slowed around to the sides,
which made the %sailor's laugh. And the
very men who thought Bill was SO smart
came round and guyed him and threw
sticky ends If tobacco big as walnuts ct
his bare legs.
that, and seldom spoke unless he had to-"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31

other day. Her clock in some name,
went wrong, and while all tho scholars
in the other school-rooms were dis
missed for dinner she kept on teach.
ing, entirely ignorant of time or any
thing else. She had charge of a lot Of
little folks, and it was not until q num-
Der of anxious mothers appeared at
the %school-room door that she discov-
cred anything wrong. Then she learned
that instead of its being eleven o'clock,
as she supposed, it was in reality al
most one o'clock.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-31
PEELED by the sanity expression ON that
individuals face. So he went ON with his

PEELED by the sanity expression ON that
individuals face. So he went on with his
story.
.Of course, this everlasting talk and
reading got William Henry q reputation
among the men for being smart, and
some Of the sailors thought he was o
great deal smarter thnn he was. They
thought that II o man talked he must be
smart, no matter what he said, and Will.
lam Henry's Utmost thoughts bowled
alonginthe same channel. 1t was generally
conceded that Bill knew something about
everything, but Que day he lost his grip
and dropped astern. And it all came
about through his inability to swear and
do quick work with his hammock lashing
OF the same I me.
Like lots Of old people, William
Henry had to get up early in the morn
ing. an hour or so ahead of other folks.
The regular hour for turning ont was 6
o'clock i'll the morning, but this old man
felt that it was a duty he owed TO the
Government to roll out nj 4 o'clock and
lash up his hammock. If he had been
decent about it nobody would have
kicked. but he wasn't. lie slept along
side of u mess-table, and when he got up
he would put on his hobnailed shoes The
slept with his muller on) aud stant on ],
bench while he dashed his hammock. He
had thirty feet of role with which 10