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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
A PANTHER FIGHT.
The Fur Often Flies Until One or Both of
the Combatants Dies.

have often wondered what hindered
the cougars from being very plentiful.
They are monarchs of the woods, and
are very shy, with plenty of game and
cattle to live on. This spring | was
talking with an old cruiser "a man who
hunts for timber and good land claims),
who had followed the business for the
last twenty years in Oregon and this
State. He never takes a gun, but car
ries only blanket and small axe. He
related that one night when he was
camping in the head Of a ravine about
dark he heard cougar scream on
one of the ridges, and this one was
answered by another on the opposite
ridge. They kept working toward the
head, until finally they came together
some three hundred yards above him in
some quaking aspen; and such row
and racket as they made he had
within one hundred yards of him; and
he says that he was pretty well scared;
but he kept up a big fire and stayed be-
hind that. They quieted down in a
couple of hours, and the next morning,
when it was light enough, he went on
to the battle ground. He found one Of
them lying there dead, all cut and torn
to pieces. 1t was very large one.
-Four days afte rwards, as he was coming
back the same way, some five hundred
yards from where he had found the first
one he had stumbled upon the other
one, dead. This, too, was all cut and
torn as the first had been. At another
time, in Oregon, he heard big fight
going on, but did not go to see the re-
suits. He was stopping one night with
an old Indian, who had hunted and
trapped all his life, and was telling him
about the fight, when the Indian said
that that was the way when two old
males met; one or the other was killed,
and very often both; and that whenever
the male would find the young ones and
the mother absent he would kill the
last one of them, but if the mother were
with them she would keep him off.
That must be the reason that the mother
goes with the young until they are
nearly two years old. They say that
all the cat kind will kill their young.
We know that this is SO with the
domestic cat.-Forest and Stream.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10


ever. For the first six months, however,
he had things pretty much his own way,
as the troops in garrison were not strong
enough to take the field against him, and
some of the posts were even besieged now
and then. Our lines of comm unication
had to be kept open, and this duty de-
volved upon the scouts. Sometimes we
rode in twos and threes, but generally
it was safest to make the trip alone. In
such cases we travelled by night, and de-
pended on lodging the Indians.
The direct route between these posts
was over an open country, broken with
dry gullies, as the plains always are,
but never took that route. l kept to
the west to get the cover of the foot
hills, and, although this heightened the
journey by fifty miles, had show for
getting safely through. l had made it
three times, when the Indians became
so troublesome at McKavett that the
commandant at Concho was ordered to
re-enforce the garrison from his own
weak force. 1t was decided to send ten
men, and scout named Rogers and my
self were to pilot them. The day before
we left Concho the Indians drove in our
herders and were SO defiant that we
knew they must be in force. Not
outstanding this fact, when we got
ready to 90 the Lieutenant in charge of
the party determined to take the most
direct route, which covered a distance
of about sixty-five miles. He further
planned that we were to ride all night
and finish the rest of the distance by
daylight. The name of this officer was
Walton. If l remember right he had
been Major in a colored regiment during
the war, but had seen no service. After
the war he had been transferred to the
regulars as Second Lieutnant. | had
scarcely noticed him while in and out of
the post, and now when | came to size
him up l was greatly disappointed. He
knew nothing whatever of Indian war;
fare, but was very conceited and egotis-
tical. His instructions TO us were:
1--WE will head straight for McKavett
by the shortest route, and if we meet
any Indians we will ride them down"
When Rogers and l were alone he
said to me:
IBID everybody long goodbye be-
fore you start, for you are going to your
death"
"You don't like him?"
His ignorance and conceit will be
the destruction of the party"
l felt so, too, but it was no use to
argue the matter. Like many other
fresh officers, Walton looked upon the
Indians as towards, who attacked only
lone or defenseless settlers, and who
would be overawed by the sight of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
A GIRLS OWN BROTHER.
Why lie Should BE Treated with Courtesy
and Consideration.

but, he's my own brother"
Is that any reason why you should
take his courtesies for granted, and
never say ''thanll you?"
Is that any reason why you should
not try and make an evening at home
pleasant for him, instead of forcing him
by your selfshness to seek his happi-
ness somewhere else?
Is that any reason why you should
not think his opinion of your frocks.
your bonnets or your looks worth con-
sideration?
Is that any reason why you should APP
pear before him in clumsy wrapper
and with your hair in papers?
Is that any reason why, when you
have man visitor he should be made
to feel that you endured your brother
when there was nobody else, but that
when there was-well, then it was diff
ferent?
Is that any reason why you should not
be glad of dance or game with him
as your partner?
Is that any reason why you should not
listen to his word of advice about other
girls or their brothers?
Is that any reason why you should
not be interested in his story of the
shooting or the hunting, when you are
in the same tales from other people?
Is that any reason WY you should
push him to the wall except when you
need him, and then claim his attention
as your right?
Because he is your very own brother
you ought to be ten-fold more consid-
crate of him than of the brothers of
other girls. Because he is your very
own brother you ought to study his
tastes and cater to them; read the books
that he likes and suggest others to him,
study the songs he fancies and be glad
to make new ones known to him. In
this way you will make your brother
your gery Oioa, and to him SISTER" will
be the most delightful among girls.
Are you your brothers keeper? Yes, in
a way; but you do not keep him by
letters formed of ill-temper, untidiness
and lack of courtesy, but by one made
of every feminine grace and frightened
by sisterly love. That is the keeper
that will give you your brothers. love
and make you worthy the heart CT some
other girls brother, too.-Ladies' Home
journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
ROGERS AND I GOT TWO SHOTS APIECE.

ROGERS AND GOT TWO SHOTS APIECE.
flag OF truce was sent forward. We
were complimented on our bravery, but
told that there was no possible help for
us. If we would surrender we would be
treated like brave men, but if not they
would put us to the torture before sun
down. We sent the fellow back with q
defiance, and half an hour later every
Indian mounted his horse. The band
divided into four parties, so as to- take
us on all sides, and it now seemed as if
the pinch had come. If they had the
grit to charge up they could pour
plunging fire down on US from their
saddles. We were as ready as we could
be and expecting every moment to hear
the signal, when the party on the north
suddenly withdrew, and in five minutes
was followed by all the others. They
gathered in mob, held council for a
few minutes, and then the entire gang
rode off to the west and were soon out
of sight. We suspected trap, but after
waiting until four o'clock and seeing
nothing more of them we turned out
and headed for the fort and reached it
without further adventure. The Indians
had withdrawn because they knew it
was losing game.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10

1t is considered a disgrace for Mex
lean lady to earn her own living. The
men do the cooking and male servants
do the housework. If a young lady
should learn stenography and typewrit-
ing or should try in any manner to earn
her own living she would be ostracized
socially. There are many heiresses
there, and there are many Mexican ad-
renturers who make their living marry
ing them. They are handsome, indolent
spendthrifts, and the ladies fall in love
with them. A Mexican woman's beauty
fades early, and when a wealthy heiress
marries one of these men she never
lives long. don't know why. When
she dies her husband invariably marries
another wealthy girl. 1 call to mind
one man in the City of Mexico who
married three heiresses in quick sue
cession. He became one of the richest
men in that part of the country, but
what spendthrift he was Once he
visited the United States, and at every
city he stopped, instead of writing
home, he would telegraph long mes
sages. Hundreds of words. At one place
his telegraph bill was $780, This is but
a sample of his extravaganza. He would
lose fortunes at the gambling table. He
was finally killed in a quarrel. N,
Y. Telegram.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10

could say, but We meant to give them
good fight.
1t vas about 10 o'clock when they
moved on US. AS was expected,
they first sent flag of truce, demaud-
ing our surrender and promising US good
treatment. When this was refused they
began circling our defense and firing
upon it. They had no idea Of its
strength, or they would not have wasted
their powder. The circle kept growing
narrower as they rode, and by and by
Rogers and l got in two shots apiece.
and each dropped warrior off his horse.
That broke them up, and they retiredfor
council While they were holding
confab | slipped over the rocks and Sc
cured the rifles and ammunition Of the
three dead warriors and got safely back,
and now we were ready for their next
move. They had concluded on sur
round" and four-fifths of their number
scattered on foot and formed cirle.
Then they advanced by creeping and
crawling and taking advantage Of snch
cover as they could find. Each Indian
fired as fast as he could. They prcba-
bly, hoped that some chance bullet
might kill, and they reasoned thst a
hullabaloo might affect our nerve. We
knew that it would end in a chaEge,
and we held our fire and made ready for
the critical moment.
We were under fire for full hOur,
and the line was in some places oily q
pistol-shot away, when the sigr, swas
finally given. never could recall Sust
what took place. l know that some of
them gained the top of the rocks, and L
know that Rogers got flesh wound
and his horse was killed, and all of a
sudden the redskins reiterated. Two
warriors had fallen dead inside our de-
Tense, and when we came to look about
we found three more outside, and were
sure the Indians had carried off num-
Der of dead and wounded. For an hour
after their defeat the redskins were in
council and out of range. Then another
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
VISITING MANNERS.
Little Points of Etiquette That Should Be
Carefully Observed.


Carefully Observed.
Many of uswho pride ourselves on our
good-breeding are singularly blind as to
what is due to friends who are visiting
people unknown to us, or who are en-
tertaining guests whom we have never
met. Nor are we more assured as to
some Of the points of etiquette toward
our own guests and to our own hosts
when we make an occasional fitting
from home.
IL is useless to decry etiquette by say
ing that the best manners in all cases
are those which hurt no one. This is
true as a general law, but there always
are some points which leave no room for
experiments as to what will hurt an
other, and which yet may be settled
once for all by few rules.
If you have an acquaintance who is
entertaining friends whom she wishes
you to meet, it is your duty to call
promptly, and if possible offer some hos
pitality to both guests and hosts.
If the position is reversed, and your
friend is visiting people unknown to
you, never go to see your friend with
out leaving a card for the hostess. If
you give any entertainment for the
friend, be very sure to invite her hosts
also. 1t does not follow that your invita-
ton will be accepted, but if it is, the
hostess must be treated as the guest of
honor and shown every difference. If,
for instance, the entertasPmept is
luncheon for young ladies, she may be
asked to take the seat at the end of the
table opposite to your own.
If the mutual friend is your guest, you
may be sure that, if she is woman of
good breeding, she, in turn, will accept
no invitation which does not include
you, although you may think best to
decline it and insist upon her going
alone. Nor will she receive visitors
without asking you to join them in the
parlor, should her friends be rude
enough to have sent you no cards.
Here, too, you may excuse yourself, or
at most, join them with such delay as to
give them a short interview alone.
These same rules hold good for you
when you are the guest. Before you go
to make the visit, send word to your
friends where and with whom you are
to stay, so that there may be no idea
that you are in a clearinghouse, and
therefore mistress of your time and sur
roundings. This constant Difference to
your hostess should lead you to order
all letters and packages to be addressed
to her care.
AS to the disposal of your time, when
you are visiting, no etiquette requires
you to accept all the plans of your
hostess, if you feel unable to do so: but
care is needed to show that refusal
means lack of strength, not lack of in
terest and inclination. With little
tact on both sides, you will have many
| hours for your own.
Indeed, skilful hostess will manage
to secure you this privilege, and not
make the mistake of working too hard
to amuse you, and so absorb every mo-
ment of your visit into her idea of what
is pleasure for you.
No greater compliment is possible
than the quiet acceptance of your pres
ence in the intimacy Of family life. "A.
K. Ramsey, in Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
LOOKING BACKWARD.

The melancholy days have come,
The saddest Of the year,
When 1 am forced to face the fact
That summer time is dear. =.
Alasl I've not a dollar left,
And what have to show
For all my six months savings
That drew a month ago?
My pretty flannel trousers
Are besmirched with grassy green
Ny blue and white-striped blazer
Is too dirty to be seen.
My tennis cap is faded
To color without name,
And the laundress has reduced my shirts
To something like the same.
Flowers and ices drives and bon bons,
Any man is sure to find
viii make his substance vanish
Like the chan before the wind.
What with dancing and with tennis
Though improbable it sounds,
I weighed myself to day, and found
I'd lost just twenty pounds.
And seated at my desk, ask
If it is worth it all;
In spriLg l always answer Eyes,
I'm doubtful in the fall.
But though I've found this outing,
Like all Others short and dear,
Ny inner conscience tells me
That I'll do the same next year.
-Cornelia Redmond, in Jury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
THE WORLDS COFFEE.
Where 1t Comes From and What 1t Is
Worth in Cold Cash.

"orlu III Soiu Casn.
OF the vast quantity of coffee supplied
to the United States something like
two-thirds of the whole comes from
Brazil, which country, it might be men-
TONED, produces considerably more than
one-half of the worlds total supply of
that article.
Not long since Ceylon was the third
coffee country in the world. and prom
ised to be second, but the crop in that
country has fallen off from 9SS, 32S hum
dred weight in the season of 1S74-75 to
100000 hundred weight in the season of
1SS7-SS. Such sudden and almost COM
plete collapse of a great industry has
se1dom beca known.
The coffee plant itself is best do
scribed as a shrub Its appearance is
graceful and attractive, and under favor
able circumstances it will attain a
height of from fifteen to twenty feet.
The seeds are commonly termed coffee
beans, not because they resemble beans
proper, but from the Arabic word
''bunn." The berries are not usually
picked until they become fully ripe.
~ 10 UoAlSNSu OudO 10 OWluB W INC
careful attention to the matter of pick
ing by the Arabs that Mocha coffee, al
though inferior in size and appearance,
commands its high price in the market.
Brazilian coffee stands in value much
below even the natiYe. ceylon and East
India coffees, because Of the fact of
being carelessly grown, gathered and
cured.
The imports of coffee in the United
States in 1921 were 10, 1S6, $50 pounds; in
1924, sc, Sol, 172 pounds; in 1927, SAT, 49,
2O2 pounds; from 1921 to 1887, $40, O00,-
900 pounds. The receipts of coffee at
all ports in the United States in 1887
were nearly $3.50, 100000 pounds; consid-
erably more in one year than one-half
of the imports of the sixteen years be-
tween 1921 and 1887.
We give below some interesting fig
ures of the worlds production and con-
sumption of coffee.
The worlds present production of cof-
fee:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
WITH TAIL IN AIR.
Tho Main Part of Tree Is That Which
Is Underground.

Yes, a tree is an underground crea-
ture, with it's tail in the air. All it's in
telligence is in its roots. Think what
sagacity it shows in it's search after
food and drink! Somehow or other, the
rootlets, which are it's tentacles, find
out that there is a brook at a moderate
distance from the trunk of the tree, and
they make for it with all their might.
They find every crack in the rocks
where there are few grains of the
nourshing substance they care for, and
insinuate themselves into its deepest
recesses. When spring and summer
some, they let their tails grow, and de-
light in whisking them about in the
wind, or letting them be whisked about
by it; for these tails are poor passive
things. with very little will of their
own, and bend in whatever direction the
wind chooses to make them.
The leaves make deal of noise whis-
pering. | have sometimes thought |
could understand them as they talked
with each other, and that they seemed
to think they made the wind as they
wagged forward and back. Remember
whit say. The next time you see
tree waving in the wind, recollect that
it is the tail of great underground
many-armed, polypus-like creature
which is as proud of its caudal append
age, especially in summer time, as a
peacock of his gorgeous expanse of
plumage.
Do you think there is any thing so
very odd about this idea? Once get it
into your heads and you will find it
render, the landscape wonderfully in
teresting. There are as many kinds of
tree tails as there are of tails to dogs
and other quadrupeds. Study them as
Daddy Gilpin studied them in his
Forest Scenery" but don't forget that
they are only the appendage of the
underground vegetable polypus, the
true organism to which they belong
Oliver Wendell Holmes, in Atlantic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
Prof. Newcomb's bad Break.

Prof. Simon Newcomb, of Washing
ton. is known as man whose scien-
titic studies have tended to exaggerate
a natural disposition to mental abstrac-
ton. The professors friends, who are
also his strong admirers, understand his
popularity, and overlook in him what
might not be excused in an ordinary
person. A Washington lady is very
fond of telling this incident: She was
at reception given at Prof. Newcomb's
house. The occasion had been made de-
lightful by the professors wife and
daughters, and every thing was very
enjoyable. Toward the close of the
evening, the lady, who had enjoyed the
affair greatly, approached the host and
asked him with much enthusiasm: How
often do you have these delightful re-
unions, professor?" "But once year,
madam-thank goodness!-but once a
year" There was no polite prevarica-
ton in that reply.-Golden Days.
-Discolored rattan chairs are made
pretty by coating Of black or golden
brown paint, finished with handsome
cushions
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
A Lovers Description.

Miss Mugg-I don't see how it is your
sister failed to find me at the station.
You said you would describe me to her.
infatuated Lover (who sees a good
deal more in Miss Mugg than other folks
can)-Yes, 1 told her to look for beau
tiful girl, with the face of Madonna,
and the form of a sylph. It's queer she
missed You.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
DOWN In TEXAS.
How a Party of Soldiers Were
Led on to Death.

VAS acting as
G ov II ment
scout, and rid
ing mostly be-
tween L Or t S
c 0 no and
McKavett, i n
Texas. That
was during the
las t outbreak
of the Texas
Indian, and he
g O t NC h q
thrashing that
his power was
brOk en- for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10

"Who is the hero in that novel?"
Hero? There is q prig, a dude, a
minister and fool, but you don't ex-
pect hero in modern novel, do you?
Pshaw! if it was not for the villains it
would not be worth reading"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10

twelve men riding across the country.
by Rogers advice we took extra am
munitiOn and extra rations and each of
us had an extra canteen of water We
left the fort about nine o'clock of a July
evening, and the soldiers made noise
enough with the carbines and sabers to
have warned any Indian mile away of
what was taking place. We headed
straight for Little Concho river, every
horse Cd gallop, and l was amazed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-10
Total

The value of the worlds production
of coffee say 100000 hundred weight,
would be about S266, 900, 900 in the
wholesale markets.
The worlds consu Il. ption of coffee:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
SWantOn.

Kelita Knox. wn0 was injured by
falling tree short time ago, is able
to he out again but unable TO work
yet.
The house of Levi Comp caught
fire from the stove pipe one day last
week and had 1t not been for the
amount of snow upon the roof would
likely have burned down.
Miss Allie Frantz, our teacher,
takes great interest in her school. and
is making it a success. There should
be better school house and an as
sistant teacher at this place.
The new school lieuse built by A.
+. George near John B. Friends. is
nearly completed. The school will
be opened with the new year.
The Sunday School entertainments
at the two churches of this place,
given by Mr.. Lohr, of Bittinger.
were amongst the good things for the
children of Swanton and vicinity
this week.
Miss Ella LaughIin. Of Deer Park
was visiting relatives near Swanton
last week.
The youngest child of Mr.. Truman
Mosser has been sick for some time.
Mr.. Thomas Coyle. of Terra Alta,
while attempting to board the west.
bound accommodation Saturday
evening, had narrow escape from
being injured or killed. .a.
The Mountain Democrat seems to
dote on quoting from Murat Hal.
stead, so here is something from him.
He says that in 1892 the Republicans
will sweep this country with such a
tidal wave as has never been heard
of. He predicted after the great
Democratic success in 1874 the Re.
publican victory in 1876, and sure
enough 1t came, and now it seems
that thew are gong to he defeated.
In hopes of obtaining U. S. Senator
in Illinois, George Adams has iu>t
beef sentenced to i've years in Il e
penitentinry for obtaining naturaliza-
ton papers under false pretenses and
Representative Van Praag is under
indictment for having Induced Adj
amsund other men to commit perjury
and obtain false papers. Van Praag
Is q Democrat and the chances are
that he will go to the penitentIary
! insletd Of The legislature and General
John Palmer will thus l0se another
vote.