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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07


after dark, but whether night run
makes a man superstitious or not |
would not like to say. had a peculiar
experience myself on the mountain
some years ago, one which led me to
ask for a day run, although | didn't
get it. At that time | was taking the
fast line east, leaving here about eight
o'clock in the evening and getting into
Altoona little after midnight That
night we pulled out of the union depot
half an hour late, the Fan Handle con-
nection being that much behind time.
The first section, which | took out,
consisted mostly of baggage and eX-
press cars, there being but two pas
sengcr coaches coupled on behind.
The sleepers We're on the second sec
ton, which followed us about twenty
minutes later. You know how wild
and lonely the country is along the
Pittsburgh division, and that outside
Of GrcenSburg and JohnStown there 5
no settlement worth mentioning.
''When we reached the narrows east
of BlairSville intersection rainstorm
set in. The wind howled through the
forest and blew Il regular gale, the oc-
casiOnal crash of a falling tree on the
mountain above showing how the storm
was raging. Jack, my fireman, got
scared and begged me to stop the train
for fear we would run into log or Il
landslide.
IL didn't dare to do it, for as | said
before, we left PittSb urgh half an hour
late, and so far had not made up one
minute, and besides it wouldn't do to
get on the time of the second section.
| shut off steam little so that i'll case
we should strike any thing we would
not be likely to roll down the rocks in
to the Conemaugh river
1--WE passed through the Pack Sad
die all right, however, and reached
Johnstown near midnight. This was
years before the great flood and | was
glad when we came in sight of the
furnace fires and electric lights of the
iron works, for somehow felt nervous
and out of sorts.
when we got away from JohnStown
and began to climb up the mountain we
were again i'll the wilderness, for, as
you know, the stretch of track on the
western slope between Cresson and
Johnstown runs through about as desc
late a section as you would find any
where. We were the only crew on the
hill that night, and l said to Jack that
there must be block on the west
bound track on the other side of the
mountain, for we usually passed half a
dozen trains of empty coal cars after
leaving JohnStOwn.
We'll, we found there had been a
landslide near Alleg:ippus when we
reached Gallitzen, but it had been
cleared away, and three west-bound
extras had already reached the summit
1t takes three engines to bring up an
ordinary freight from Altoona, two in
front and one behind. The two help
ers are cut off at the top of the noun
tain and run back light to Altoona for
another trip.
when we reached the summit, there
fore, there We're six empty engines
waiting to follow us down. You want
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
'YoU WANT TO KEEP A MOVE on"


TO keep n move on one of the freight
engineers yelled to me as we rolled
slowly by, were going to chase you
down into Altoona yard ahead of the
second section
II laughed, and when my train got
fairly over the summit and began to
slide down the grade, shut Off steam.
/ knew the engines which would fol-
low us would be kept far enough in
the rear by the signal men in the
towers. We soon plunged into the
tunnel and ratified along at a lively
gait, with that clicketN-clack of the
wheels which makes it plain to every
one that the train is running down
grade by its own weight.
Il kept the air on pretty closely and
so held the train under control, for if
the brakes failed to work when needed
going down there it would be good-by
John when the first curve was reached.
/ got to thinking of that as we swung
down the track that night and fell tic
wondering what it would look like to
see an engine or car roll down the
mountain to the bottom, hundreds oi
feet below.
1.-THE air was misty, the rain having
ceased, but now and then gust Of
wind would blow away the fog anG
for an instant the mountain tops and
sides could be seen. Then the fog
would fall again and shut out every
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

The study of the classics is less to be
regarded as an exercise of the intellect
than as discipline of humanity. The
peculiar advantage of this mode of edu-
cation consists not so much in strength
ening the understanding as in softening
and refining the taste, 1t gives men
liberal views: it accustoms the mind to
take an interest in things foreign to
itself; to love virtue for its own sake;
toprefer fame to life, and glory to riches,
and To fix our thoughts on the remote
and permanent instead of marrow aud
aeetlng cbjects,--N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

1t is not everybody who can make
bed well. Beds should be stripped of
all belongings, and left to air thorough
ly. Don't, however. leave 4 window
open directly upon the bed and linen
with fog or rain prevailing outside.
1t is not uncommon to see sheets and
bedding hanging ont OF window with,
perhaps, rain not actually falling, but
with ninety per cent of humidity in the
atmosphere, and the person sleeping in
that bed at night wonders the ne'st day
where he got his cold. A room may be
aired in moist weather, but the bedding
and bed must not absorb any damp
ness.-Ladies' Home journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

A palindrome is a line or phrase that
reads the same backward as forward
The Latin language is full of such lin
guistic frealls the English has but few.
One at least is imitable; it represents
our first parent politely introducing
himself to Eve in these words
Madam, I'm Adam" The following
phrase lacks but one letter of being
even more remarkable: "Lewd did
live, evil did DWELL From the Latin
we hayet Roma tibi subtle motibus
ibit amor Rome, love will come tc
you suddenly with violence).-Detroit
Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
How to Make Good Lemonade.

Every housewife imagines she kr.9ws
how TO make good lemonade, but the
feeble, insipid connection so often of
fered is a convincing argument to the
contrary. Good lemonade. requires
plenty of lemon and sugar, and is inn
proved by the addition of other fruits.
A good rule calls for three lemons to
one orange, one scant cupful of sugar,
and one-third of a eupful of strawberry
juice; add a pint of pounded ice. stir
well, then add quart of iced water
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
WILLING TO FACE 1T ALONE.
Only the Ambulance Surgeon Seemed to
Have Plenty of Time.


Have Plenty of Time.
A hod-carrier had been badly crushed
by the fall of scaffolding while he was
at work on a tall building in Wall
street. His fellows had picked him up
as tenderly as possible and had borne
him bleeding and dusty to shady spot
to wait for the ambulance. 1t was a
long wait for the man in torture, for
the day was an intensely hot one, and
people were being Frustrated by the
heat all over the city, and the ambu-
lances had been on the run all day. An
hour is not a long time for an ambu-
lance to set out from a hospital, bring
back patient and then reach another
one, but to those who slowly watch
man slowly bleeding to death for want
of medical assistance, it seems an age.
Big, rough men stood around the fall
len hod-carrier with tears in their ewes,
uttering low curses at the hardness of
the ambulance. But the victim of the
contractors greed or carelessness was
the most patient of them all. As the
minutes passed along he uttered no
word of Impotence, only he looked
wistfully on those around him. After
about half an hour of this suspense a
doctor who was passing was called
over. He knelt down by the man. felt
his crushed-in side and examined his
fractured skull. Then he sht,71sg 49,
head and asked softly.
Has he any friends among yol?"
''None of us knows him, Sir, said the
foreman. ''lIe struck me for job this
morning, and as | was shOrt-handed,
put him to work without asking him
any questions"
well, if any of you cln get any in
formation from him about his people,
you'd better do so at one. He'll soon
become unconscious AMI will die, with
out doubt, before night, no matter if
fifty ambulances came for him. Moth
ing can save him. It's only question
of few hours"
A flask of brandy vas procured and
few drops put between the sufferers
lips. They seemed to revive him, and
he opened his eyes md looked around,
but to all questions as to his name, his
home, his parents his wife, his chill
dren, etc, he gaveno answer.
"Well, old man said the foreman at
last, tenderly, I'VE can't do nothing at
all for you, the doctor says, though you
know we would # we could. The day
is wearing on ard our job must be fin
ished. The ambulance will soon be
here, SO you won't take it hard if we
leave you now, will you?'
The hod-carrier looked up at him
slowly and spoke with a great effort
I've got to die. eh?"
Doctor says So
How SOON"
Before SHUTDOWN, my boy"
NO help for it?'
No"
well" with a long sigh you go on
with your work and III go on with my
dyin'," and he turned his head-shut his
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
A Very Modern Maiden.

"What was the subject of your com
mencement essay?" he inquired quiz
ideally. "'Beyond the Alps Lies Italy?"'
Il did use the idea admitted the
sweet girl graduate. But | modernized
it into Over the Fence is Out. '"-Indian-
apolis Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07
CHASED BY AN ENGINE.
An Engineers Story of a Wild
Railroad Ride.
Making Mile a Minute to Escape Death
in Hot Pursuit-Why One Engineer Is
Looking for a Daylight
Run.

ELL, yes said
the engineer,
putting content
e dl y upon his
pipe and gazing
w i t h lovin g
prid a t his
e n g ne as it
S too d in the
yard near the
L n 10 n depot,
waiting for its
train, I'VE do
see some very
strange S ig h t S
along the road
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-07

well" with long sigh, you go on
with your work and III go on with my
dyin'," and he turned his head-shut his
nd-waited.-N. \. Tribune.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
QUEER supsRsrir.ons.


 lS Yorkshire the English peasant fl he happens to see the new moon with 0ut having piece Of silver money in his pocket immediately turns heels over head to change bis luck
 Tx parts of Scotland if a pedestrian, on first seeing new moon, will stop instantly, kiss his hand three times and bow he is quite sure to find something Of value within the next thirty days
 I'HE coasters of the Fiji islands will not eat until they can sit flat upon the gronnd directly ss=sr a q iangie made cf three small fishbones: then they only handle the food with the left hand.
 TaE first visitor in a shop or market of Paris is believed by many to de- termine the fortunes for the day. In some eases the tradesman crosses him self with the money received and says: God bless the hand who pays it p
 THE jettatura, or evil eye, is one of the most common superStitiops of Italy. To guard against this charms are worn almost uniTerSslls, =s ..AAsss,J- ..AAsss,.J- 5,is,J are in Spain, Portugal, Austria, Russia and other countries to prevent disaster and bring good luck.
 k Cornwall a piece of money is ex. hlbited sa the new moon when first be- helds if this money is ''ths first taken on market day" is duly spit on and turned three times toward the person who shows it, good luck is almost sure to follow.
 TIE inhabitants of the interior of the Fiji islands will not pa-talle of food while cloud is in sight, especially If the cloud lies in the west, fearing that the Great Air Whale" whose below ing tthundeT) is often heard in that country, will bounce upon and ut- teriy annihilate them for such irrever- Ern4
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
PURELY PERSONAL.

ANDREW LANG has never been in TO- hI'st health, and now he is said to be fast becoming 8 galctudiaarian.
 MURAT HALsTEAD has ten living ehil- dren-seyen sons and three daughters- and has buried two sons.
 PAsrEUR is famous for his absent mindedness. 1t is said he would ire quently forget to eat his dinner if some one did not remind him of it.
 DAVID DUDLEY FIELD at eighty-six says that even if the figures standing for his age were reversed they would make him toe old for his fcelings-and the adage says that "a man is no older than he feels"
 HENRIK ESSEN was little boor in his boyhood and even his brothers and sis ters disliled him. In revenge for his meanness and unsocial ways they used to pelt him with stones and snow-balIs.
 MBs- MAY FRENCH SHELDON. who is about to invade Africa in search of the noveA-and curious, was a Pittsburgh belle In her youth. It is even declared that she was the most beautiful woman that ever graced the society of the Smoky city.
 MGE. SARAH BERSHARpT expects to return from her tour in America mil hODaire. She is to receive S260 day for hotel expenses and 5000 for each performance, in addition to a third of the gross reeeIpJs. She has good grounds for her relief.
 THEgE is :ss: q richer or more sought after man i1 the New York clergy than Dean Hoffman of the German thcoiog- ical society. IIc is philauthropist and is worth something over S5, ,033, ,0Oa. Be- sides being a lucky and learned book collector, Dean Hoffman is a charTaing speaker and a judge of curious bric-a- brac
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
FACTS sr E,u~21S.

THERE are 2.O00.OO0 head of sheep ant
 goats ia New Mexico.
 Tu0UGu the population of tbc Upitcr States is in excess of tbat of Gvra Brftain, the British railways last yes
 .arried T5j, 01e, ,OOo passengers, a. agaiRs I95,0OO. coo in America.
 FORESTS occupy @ per cent of thu total area of Sweden, 3g per cent. O. Russia, g of Austria, 2s of Hungary. 2. ef Germany 24 of Norway, I9 of Bel yium, iT of France, ls of Switzerland. r. of Spain, l2 of Italy, 4of Great Britain and Ireland and ts Of the United States. ACCORDING to statistics recently pub lished there Is more salt consumed in England than in any other country iE Europe. Tn France the eonsuBption is IS kilOgrammcs head; In Italy. 10; i1 Russia, 9; in Austria, s; in Prussia, ': in Spain, 6: in Switzerland, I; in En- gland, 20 kilogrammes.
 LAST years floods sent about 400, ,0oe.- Oo0 feet of lumber down the Susquehan- na, and a lumbeFman's exchange was crgznized at Columbia to reap some benefit from logs easght To-day they have lo,O0o, coo feet of lumber in stock in the yards of sheir saw-miil. and to date tbe exchange has divided $500, ,0o0 among its members. It is estimated the profits WiiI reaeh s50o, ,09s.
 TIE present economical condition Of Franco Is considered unusually favor able by her statesmen. The harvest this year was about I29, 900, ,0G0 hecto-
 iters iioo qnartsl of grain, the largest of the last decade. Tho export of man ufsetures has increased as geli as the import Of raw materials Almost SsJa.- 008,00o lie in the savings banks. The railway prOfts have also increased. EXTENSIVE tests hare recently been undertaken in Russia as to celor-bliad- ness among tbeyarIeus railway servants. The result vas that of f2,582 points men, 6s were color-blind; of 4,020 sta- iioa-mssteTs, 17 were eolor-bliud; Of 6,22I maehinists. 2i were eolor-biind; and of Is.G00 watehmen on the railways. t46 were coior-Iiind The various color blind officials have now been either transferred to occupations who're tbis defect Is of no importance, ot dismissed TIE emigration from China in the ten years isSo-so was ,591. .SGy persons. of whom I.995, ,6s5 have returned home: i.165,000 e8igrants went to the Strslts Settlements on the islands. such ss samatra, BoTneo, Java; l07.o0o of the returning Chinese came frnsa Nes.h. America and 5sl.o0o from the Straits Settlements. According to the passon- gor record at Hong Kong, Annoy and sEataH She increase of Chinese emi- grant population for the dcrala xas in North America sG.sss: in ihs Straits Settlements. ss7,e9o; in Siam, 3l ,ss4. is AustFalia, 4.000.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
Society Notices.

u c soloaos legcE aa. $. E,&AH. R MEETS THE THIRD SATTR 5N- day n each month at Masonic Hall A 4 Al Visiting Brothers ia good sIandins are iny1sd Co attend Special m ei. Hgs when ttIe flag is hoisted on the Hal.
 CaAS. SMITH, ". M. A, l.. GROW. Sec.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
CHOICE SITS or HuMoR.

E
 PRouD MOTHER tpiqued that her chiids advances meet with no response from fair strangerl l-'.Why, baby, dear, that'S Rot your grandmar'
 "Wax Sc downeast95 ''I lost mag niseent umbrella yesserdayP' Leave it in the traiu2' No; met the owner of il in the city, and he recognized it at onee.7
 AReHITEcr-sHave you any suggest 9aiekrioh--''Onlyt that if must be brown. Great thinkers, understand, are gen sraily found in a brown study"
 ISDIeSAST LASDLoRDlte lte tenantoff ffet) -'1 thought yOu said your children were all grown up, and here you have three noisy babies in the house" Tenant ''Yes, these are my grandchildren"
 WOMAN to tramp who had eaten . whole miRee pie}-"You seem to have a good appetite" Tramp with tears in his syesl-''Yes, madam, this is all have in tue world which I can rightly call my own"
 cHOLLEY tWhose legs are a trife bowed, to a tailor)-"Aw-I'u very par ticular v know, about the 1t of my trousers" Tailor-s'The fit will be all right, sir. I'll cut the cloth with a pair of bent shears"
 INDIGNANT yIsrr0R-fI told yoa five or six times to wake me up this morning at seven. Here it is ten o'clock. Why didn't you wake me up sooner?" Hotel Porter-''I did wake you up sooner, sir, only you didn't heaE me-"
 FIDDLER tin eoncilfatory tone)-"I presume those lovely children in the yard are yours. madam?" Madam tfrigidlyl-'I have no children" Ped dler-'Pardon me; since I see you more closely I see that the brats could not possibly be yours"
 ~ WXNTED-reliable men," read Mrs. Bascom from the advertising columns Ot the paper. Then she raised her glasses upon her forehead, looked severely at her husband and remarked: And the world Il wait considerable number of centuries yet before it gets 'em."
 ''I've gotta complaint to make" said Rn office boy to his employer. 'What is tt?" The boOk-keepeF kicked me, sir. ] don't want no boOk-keeper to kick ne" ''Of course he kicked yon- You Son't expect me to attend to every thing, do yOu2 can't look after ali the little i.etails of the business myself"
 UNCLE RAsrUs Ito his young hopeful)- "Dolphus, yo' young rascal, yo' take dat slate pencil ogten yO' nlOuf an stop chewin' it!7 DOlphus--Yes. pa" Un- ele Rsstus- Don 70 know it am dan gerous to de Iinin' ob de stuumack to chew slate pencils? Some day eddica- ton will kill yO', chile-kill yo', sho',"
 A YOUNG fellow, not quite so wise as solomon, was eating some Cheshire cheese, full Of mites. one night at tavern. Now saia be, II have done as much as Samson, for have slain my thousands and my tens of thousands" ''Yes. answered one of the company, land with the same weapon, too - the iaH bone of an ass"
 BLIND BEGGAR-s'Alasl madam, | am starving!=' Charitable Old Lady-"Poor creature, l am sorry to say have noth- ing smaller tsEEissG1 tssfI-tioiiar gold piece tSbe opens her purse Not a single smaller piece of money" Blind Beggar -''I beg your pardon, madam. ] see s hve-dolIar bill. iHe draws bis purse from bis Pocket) can easily change that for you.7
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
THE OLD STORY
The I, $, Grand iulY Again Sit Down OR the Bareau With a Sick.
 eRiBg Thud.

Nothing could be more gratifying to the Tombstone public than to hea that two more oi her citizens wns have sacrificed tl sir time and mone 10 satisfy the greed of hungry horde Of U, s. officers and boomers of sr adjacent town, have, after 6 iull snt impartial hearing, been acquitted o the charge of smuggling.
 No one who kne=s .tise.fs 5T5T eA pected that they would be held t. rHswer, and all who knew them an' the circumstances connected with Ih, case, recognized the same old fnger marks which have been left OF th, emptied pockets of dozens Of our besl citizens.
 The case c. L. Cummings and ", ". Whitney, it will be remembereu bought band Of sheep of Sonors sheep Faiser. They were driven over the line and inspected, the duty paid ana the sheep driven up to a corral near Hereford. The money Eas pail, by the purchasers and nothing sp parently was out of the way. Tin, next day an officer appeared on th, ground and .iszed the sheep cIain.Ht that there were eco sheep too many. Another count vas made and ihe iAcr established. The sheep were ail con fiscated and the innocent purrhaSers arrested on q charge of smuggling.
 They have been put 10 any amount of trouble, have been compelled to g to Tucson twice and put to any amount of expense.
 The drag net has been put to Work Witnesses have sprung up who offered to sell out to the highest bidder and have been taken down to Tucson to aid in besmirching the chg raeters of honorable citizens.
 How long will the people Of Cochiss county stand these outrages3 Is it not time that protest was sent to Washington and this kind Of work stopped. Of the hundreds of citizens whose business has been ruined; Of the hurdreds who have been taken from their pursuits 10 pay tribute to the greed oi those who uphold such a systsm of all the victims of this spirit of avsriee, not one has ever been con- victed of the crime of Hlliel. !.e was charged, but as victims of a society as contemplate as that of Italian brig andage, they have been let down after ihe last nickel has dropped into the slot.
 The citizen in any walk of life may well shudder at the picture and ask, sf0 neXtl
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19

The Presbyterian minister, whose los has been cast among us, is also one ef as. Alter painting pictures of Hea- sen on tbe interior Of hls church oH Sundays he dons tbe gaFb Of knight Of the brush and puts an earthly aye Hpon the exterior on week days. The Iittie building win look 59 per cent nearer heaven than 1t did before, when the Bev. Nugens sIlaiI have finished il.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
aa~k,ea,s Arasea naIye.

TIE BKsr SAbyE in fhs world for Cuts. Brnises. Sores. Ulcers. Ssi. Rbeum. Fever Sores, cbsppea Hands. ChiIbisiDs. Corns. asd all Skin Erup- tons, and positively cures Piles, UT no psy required. It is gnarsn'eed to give perfect satisfaction. or money refund cd. Price s5 cents per box. For ,als by I. Yohze.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19
ABOUT THg RAILROADS.

Bur ore mile of railway was built in Iowa last year.
 THE AroostoOk tMe.) Pioneer says that g, 7Oo, ,o0o has already been prom ised for the Burleigh railroad in that county.
 TIK maximum speed which French passenger trains are permitted to make Is about seventy miles an hour, and this'is uncommon.
 TiIE locomotive engine is said to have a maximum life of about thirty years The annual cost Of repairs is from ten to fifteen per cent. of its first cost.
 SPEAKING of railroad niclxnames Chaunecy A- Depew says he has heard the Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne < Chicago road called Paddy FiRnigan's Wife and Children"
 TIE highest bridge in the world Is about to be constructed between Shum- Ia and Flanders. in Texas, and will be- iongto the Southern Pacific railroad It Is to span the Peeos river, and will measure I,20o feet from cliff To- cliff, and the central part will be SIS feet above the water.
 PRESIDENT MoFFATT. of the Denver & Rio Grande road, travels about the country in private ear q-!.ich aS,st ssj, 0o0, which is more than he paid for his home at Denver. Bat he says jolzingly, that his wife makes it so uncomfortable for him every time he eoDaes back from trip in this palatial coach that he wants to give the blessed thing away.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-04-19

The Yuma sentinel ==ys Shat ::hi.=;s tire Fremont Post c 4. E. wired an invit- ation to President Harrison. 10 attend reception of tle c A. R. on the ecca. sion ef his pAssiag through Yuma. and that tue prss.dent immediately ae- kbowleiled the same and accepted lhs inyisstiOn.