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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
OVERCOMING THE HABIT.
How One Man Found Out He Could Do
without Drink.

81 read something the other day"
said a jOvial fellow who is classcd among
the good fellows" about break
ing off the drinking habit. l have
been a drinking man for number of
years, drinking as much for the good
fellowship of the thing as for anything
else. And this kind of drinking l
want you to understand is the worst
way to drink. My wife is the most
sensible woman in the world. She
never tried to get me to give up the
rum habit, but what she did say to me
was this: Now. Frank, you are very
apt to injure your health if you keep
up this drinking habit. Why don't YOU
limit yourself to SO many drinks Il day?
Of course, if you We're to break off en-
tirely you would feel disguised with
yourself when you really wanted to
drink. But allow yourself so many d
day to go on and use those up as you
see fit Of course my wife is always
right in everything she advises, so 1
tried it. l allowed myself six drinks q
day. Now, here's the funny part of it.
| was SO afraid that ] would exhaust
my six and then find that | wanted one
that | boarded them up until late in the
day. The result was that | frequently
came home with some of my drinks to
my credit. 'Jen,' | said to my wife,
your scheme works beautifully; only
find that my limit is too high. l sell
dom reach it now Well she said,
try five then No l answered, I'll
try four l tried four and generally
had something coming to me, so l cut
it down to two. Sometimes | do not
take drink at all Meanwhile my
wife smiles and tells me that l am q
sensible man, and l begin to believe
her IN v Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
CURIOUS CEREMONIES.
What Was Done When the Crown Prime
of Siam Became of Aye.


of Siam Became of Age.
The crown prince of STAN became of
age the other day, and in accordance
with the custom of the country he had
his hair cut with great ceremony. The
hair in question was in the shape of a
top-knot, which had been sedulously
cultivated since he was a baby. Every
Simease boy or girl is subjected to this
process, the boy when he is supposed to
be old enough to be withdrawn from
the control of the women of the harem
and the girl when the manageable age
draws near 1t is a time of great re-
joicing even with the humblest, and in
the case of a scion of royalty there is as
much preparation almost as there is for
a coronation. The heir-apparcnt is
fourteen years old, and for three days
there We're professions to and from and
invocations at the principal temples of
the capital.
The principal feature of these process
sions consisted of battalions of young
men and women in the costumes of the
different provinces of the kingdom. Five
hundred girls. keeping exact time in
their marching, formed the van, the
officers armed with baby swords and
the rank and file with toy rifles. 'At
the sides of the procession" writes a
correspondent, went lictors clad in
green and blue. soothsayers of all ages
and sizes wearing their tall pink and
white conical caps, pages in gaudy ap-
1At
foot III Mephistophelian scarlet. Then,
in the main contingent, We're dark
skinned Highlanders in kits and plaids,
d;minutiYe sheil1s and stumpy grenada
ers, Goorkhas and Sepoys, and score
of other mimic warriors. John China
man was there in azure pantaloCns, well
pig-tailed. well-fatted, Northumberland,
and well-fanned; nor was Japan nor
any part of India left without represen.
tatives in the march. Behind the royal
palanquin came Whitehead angels
crowned with the ringed and pointed
crown, and bearing sort CT thyrsus
meant for gold and silver flowers.
Countless drummers, pipers, and trum-
peters encouraged the processionists on
their way, and brass bands Numbered
forth European airs at the seasonable
moment"
The cutting of the top-llnot took place
in the palace yard with consecrated scis-
sors, and then the boy was taken Up tic
the summit III mountain that had
been constructed specially for the Occa-
sion. Here, in an artificial lake, he I'M
derwent the ordeal of a bath, ard ther.
was invested with the five insignia OF
r0yalty-the crown, the sword, the fan,
the slippers, and the five-storied UNI
brells.-Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
SHORT SPECIALS.

IN London alone last year five hun
dred children under ten years of age,
fifteen hundred under fourteen and two
thousand under twcnty-one years were
picked up in state of intoXication.
OUT of three hundred and twenty
railroad accidents which happened in
this country during the past year, only
thirteen came from causes beyond hui
man control. Every one of the others
was due to drunkenness or carelessness.
The Idea.
DIR. NANsEN, the Greenland explorer,
is teetotaler. Never in his direst
straits did he cheer himself, he says in
his newly published book, with any
thing in the shape of alcoholic liquor.
THE only use ever made of brandy
during my tour through Greenland was"
he tells, ito melt the snow when we
wanted water. 1t does that admirably
MAKE men see and feel that a saloon
is more positive evil to a neighborhood
than a shanty filled with smallpox
patients, and a fire will be kindled
which will purge the country of its
whose colossal shadow envelopes Chris
tendon and carries thrill of misery,
pulsation of vice, a throb of degrada-
ton wherever it falls.-The Arena.
A RECENT shocking drink tragedy of
a four-fold character occurred at Bates
vile. Ind, wherein a frenzied drunken
hotel keeper, mad with jealousy, shot
his wife in the head with revolver,
then shot through the heart his three
year-old daughter, next shot his cook
in the back, inhicting an ugly flesh
wound, and then cut his own throat,
falling dead on the floor! And yet it is
claimed that a ''bar" is Indispensable
to a hotel, and that license for the
liquor traffic may properly be upheld
by a Christian public!-National Tenn
perance Advocate.
THE drink bill of the people Of the
United States is increasing in far
greater ratio than the population. Nine
hundred million dollars was spent in
this country in 1890 for spirituous and
malt liquors, S122, 800, 900 for coffee and
$50, 900, 900 for tea. The amount paid
for liquors would have more than paid
the entire interest-paying debt of the
nation, and yet every dollars worth of
that enormous expenditure disappeared
as soon as it was swallowed. In addi-
ton to this great loss of wealth was the
suffering and additional loss involved
in drunkenness, destruction and death
from the sale of the liquors, which UNI
doubtedly excelled the original ex'
penditure. 1t is fearful record to
contemplate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
SLAVES FOR LIFE.
Chloroform Drunkenness and Its Disas-
trous Effects.

ChlorOform Drunkenness and Its Disas-
trous Effects.
Chloroform drunkenness is the new
est vice.
Its work is silent but deadly SO in
sidiously does it steal upon it's victim
that he never knows that he is a slave
until he tries to free himself from his
bondage.
Then, too late, he finds that he is in
She hands of a master absolutely resist
less. His struggles are useless, and
each leaves him weaker than before
and a more easy prey to the awful
power that enchains him. He feels the
hopelessness of striving to throw off his
shackles, and, like a beaten slave, he
sinks into a submissive lethargy from
which there is but one release-death.
Modern science is responsible for
many of the most evil habits. 1t has
made known to ignorant people the
pleasures of the opium-eater's dream;
it has made morphine almost a house
hold article, and cocaine very nearly
as common as smelling salts were a
few years ago. But of all the wrecks
lelI III INC PAIN VI scleHcc' JIG ChloIo
form drunkard is the most pitiful. The
very lowest and most debased opium
''fiends" may by strong effort of will
break off the habit Morphine eating
may be cured, as was proved in the
case of a western criminal who, after
being victim of the drug for seven
years, spent five years in Joliet prison,
in good health, although deprived of
the narcotic. But the chloroform
drunkard cannot reform. Once slave,
always slave.
The vice is steadily gaining ground.
Once victim of it was regarded by
physicians as curiosity; but now the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

books of private refornatorv tastitu.
lions show the extent to which il has
spread.
In an asylum for inebriates on the
Hudson river, not far from Newburg,
there are four persons suffering from
the use of narcotics. One OF these is a
physician who, in his experiments, fell
victim to cocaine. The remaining
three are chloroform drunlards.
The habit is formed in simple way.
In every case the drug is first used for
legitimate purposes. Perhaps deli
cate surgical operation renders neces-
sary the use of an annsthetic, and
chloroform fills the want Afterward
the physician, to deaden returning pain,
may again apply the drug. Very like
ly he suggests to the patient that the
latter apply the deadly vapor himself.
Soon the sufferer is ready to inhale the
sleep-producing fumes at the slightest
suggestion of pain. Then he no longer
waits for the excuse of pain, but flies
to the chloroform bottle to induce
slumber. An Unsuitable craving fills
him. lie must have the drug, no mat
at what cost. His days and nights are
spent in the deadly sleep. He no soon
err RECEIVERS from one stupor than he
plunges himself into another And then
he is a chloroform drunkard.
The most peculiar fact in connection
with the vice, and one that makes it in
eXplicable, is that there is no pleasure
to be gained from it. The Chinaman,
throwing himself on his bunk, with
pipe and lamp and shell of dope"
knows that visions of beautiful lands
and cOmely maidens will soon be his.
The hasheesh-eater knows, after one
experience, that the green paste which
he swallows will fill him with god
like sense of power, feelings as though
he could bear the earth on his Shout
ders. But chloroform gives no dreams,
no visions, no mighty strength. 1t
stupeties; that is all. The chloroform
drunllard is slave to his own morbid
ness and no more.-N. y. journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
THE P.ETHoRIc PURSE.
Why Goslin Wanted His Friend to Favol
Him with a Vigorous Kicking.


April fools day.
"Hello!" exclaimed Goslin to his
friend Dolley, while on their way down
town; ''here's luck.'
Following Goslin's glance, Dolley
saw on the pavement a little way in
front of them a plethoric purse.
Looks as though there was some
wealth in it, doesn't it?" asked Goslin,
Fastening to pick it up.
Don't you know what day this is?"
asked Dolley, holding Goslin back.
"Why, it's-well, now, don't know
whether it's Tuesday or Wednesday;
but let me Get that purse"
Its the LIST of April-All Fools
day"
glad you reminded me. Half a minute
more, and l would have made n fool of
myself by picking the thing up. sup
pose some boy put it there and is now
waiting behind the next corner to give
Some one the grand laugh"
The purse looked very inviting. Its
sides bulged out, and it looked as
cidentally by a farmer, an ice man, or
some other wealthy citizen. 1t was an
old one, too, with an air of much as
sociation with wealth; but that fact
only rendered the young men the more
suspicious.
1--WE have a quarter of an hour to
spare said Dolley, consulting his
watch; ''let us stand in this doorway
where we shall be unobserved and let
us see who gets fooled by that bait"
Good enough"
People went by singly, and by twos
and threes: but the fact that it was the
LIST of April seemed to be known to all
1t made them suspicious of everything
and everybody; and especially sus-
picious of purses on the sidewalk.
Nearly everybody pretended not to
see it at all, as though on the first day
of April it were a sin to be caught with
ones eyes open. Some looked shyly
around to see if anyone were watching
the purse; and others made detour to
avoid stepping on it.
Meanwhile the purse lay there, mute
~ iiNlUihS p''9HcISo1S W l"Ac IL III ou0
of the cold.
A fat woman, accompanied by a little
girl and a big basket, approached; and
the woman stopped and was about to
stoop with outstretched hand, when the
little girl said:
Don't touch it, mamma. It'sj just an
April fool"
bad luck to it," exclaimed the
woman, as she trudged on.
THAT was narrow escape" re-
marked Goslin.
Ssh" whispered Dollcy. "Here's the
chap especially destined for the victim
of this little game"
The chap was evidently from the
country, and one who seldom visited
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
GosLIN AND DOLLEY.

the city. He had no fear of the 1st of
April before his eyes as he shambled
along, with his mouth open wider than
his eyes, as if he would not only see
all there was to be seen, but apparently
wanted to breathe in the very spirit of
the city.
He seemed to be trying to gaze over
the top of the tall buildings into the
next street as he bore down on the
purse, ard so he did not see it until the
toe of his extensive boot touched it and
knocked it two or three feet from its
original position.
This attracted the attention of the
rural delegate to the purse, and he bent
his uagainly form to secure the tempt
ing looking prize.
The watchers kept their eyes upon
the honest son of the soil, and they
heard him chucllle in greeful anticipa-
ton as he exclaimed;
"Ephraim, you are in the biggest
kind of luck. Here's Vanderbilt or
somebody dropped his purse, just where
it would be handy for poor farmers
boy to come along and pick it up!''
'Look, he's going to open it," said
Goslin.
They looked, and watched the country
mans eyes grow larger as he took from
the purse thick roll of notes, and
Strengthened out ten-dollar bill, and
then a five. at this point, however,
Ephraim seemed to remember that he
was in the city, where people would be
likely to see him. SO he thrust the roll
into the furthest recesses of his pocket
and went on, pursuing up his lips and
whistling low tune to himself.
well, let's go!' said Dolley, with a
sigh, as the raan with the purse disap-
peared.
Say, Dolley," added Goslin, "this
does seem to be All Fools day, don't it?
And think l could tell you where at
least two of the fools are. You will do
me favor by kicking me vigorously
when we reach the office. WIN. IL.
Siviter, in Munsey's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

cliff brought her much into the society
of army officers. While mere girl she
composed waltz for the band of the
Twenty-fourth regiment of foot-after-
ward annihilated by the Zulus at Isan-
dula-and she was adopted as a
daughter of the regiment. She devel-
oped great proficiency at the piano and
her voice was admirable, but her forte
was composition from the first. Among
her best known songs are my Lady's
Bower" in Sweet September" and
Thoughts and Tears" She has re-
Gently made up her mind to try her
hand at an operetta, The story is laid
in Spain and is treated by Gilbert Bur.
CESS, promising young librettist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

HooDoos OF THE NATIONAL. PARK.
tude of animate and inanimate objecti
can be traced in the rocks, the variety
being limited only by the imagination
of the beholder. The storms of ages
have worn deep channels among the
rocks, through which the visitor wan
ders as in a bewildering labyrinth. II
is weird spot, ard one never tires o.
threading it's rocky mazes and gazing
upon times sculpturings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01


DERs. the crown. King
Leopold is only fifty-six years old, and
is still in vigorous health, so that in the
natural course of things his brother,
who is but two years his junior, cannot
hope to enjoy the throne long, should
he outlive the present king. Prince
Albert was born in 1875 and has only
just entered the military school. He is
strong and healthy, but the death OF
his elder brother and the recent seri
Gus illness of one of his sisters have
left feeling of uneasiness in the royai
family as to the future. The Count OF
Flanders, his father, married in 1867 the
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigm
ringen. On his fathers side he is related
to the English royal family.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
ODDLY SHAPED ROCKS.
Popularity Known as the HOodOos of Yel'
Iowstone Park.

Popularity Known as the Hoodoos of Yel'
lowstone Park.
One of the wonders of the Nationa,
park of the Yellowstone are the barrer
and oddly shaped rocky columns known
as the "Hoodoos, because of their re
semblance at distance to fantastical
ly dressed human beings.
Hoodoo mountain lies about fifty
miles to the southeast of the CRANE
canyon of the Yellowstone, and form:
a distinct attraction by itself. High uE
on the side of the mountain, and Oh
scured from view at short distance
lies low, fiat tract, or basin, contain
ing large numbers of rocky pillars
shafts and spires, worn into the mos
grotesque shapes by the action of the
elements. The forms of animals
human beings. churches and q multi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
MISS HOPE TEMPLE.
Bright English Maiden Who Is Rapidly
Becoming Famous.

I Bright English Maiden Who Is Rapidly
Becoming Famous.
Miss Hope Temple is rising musical
ght in London. She is composer,
ed many of her productions are row
vorites in the music halls. She was
ot trained for a public musical career,
at got such teaching only as would
8ake her shine in the family circle. 1t
fas case of natural talent asserting
aself and forcing itself to the front.
ihe was born and brought up in Kent,
and the proximity of the family resi-
lence to the garrison town of Dover
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

the heir pre-
sumptive to the
Belgian throne.
L h e pre- sent
h c ir apparent
is h is father,
Philippe, Count
of Flanders, the
only brother of
King Leopold.
The king has
no IN a l c chill
dren, a n d the
Sale law, which
prevails in Bel
GUM, prevents
h S daughters
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
Her Idea of u

Mrs. Cullen--Are we gong to be home
this evening, George?
Mr.. Cullen-Yes, | guess so.
Mrs. Cullen-Then don't you thinl
that if we are going to stay home Wa
might as we'll so the overwhelmingly
Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

Cha1lie-What an annoying thing!
Blank, the tailor, has offered my ac-
count for sale.
Amy-And suppose it was bought
by somebody who will force you to
pay?
Charlie-No. Nobody would make
him any offer for it.-Munsey's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
Likely to Be Left.

"What'll they do for grandpa on the
day of Judgment" asked Willie.
what do you mean?" asked his
mother.
Hes so deafh never hear Gabriel's
tootinKI"--Judgo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
ALBERT OF FLANDERS.

What Belgium's Youthful Heir Presump.
tive Looks Like.
Prince Albert, the younger and only
brother of Prince Baldwin of Flanders,
has become by the death of the latter
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-10-08
The Heart OF 1t

There is no law more imperative than
| this work inevitably manifests the work
er. The work Of thoughtful man will
be thoughtful, and the work of a shsl-
low man will be shallow; and the work Of
silly woman will be silly work, and the
work, of cOnceited people hlaZDn forth
their couceit, whether they wish IL or not
We can put no more truth or beauty
into our work than We have in us to put
We must first possess the truth in our
own hearts before we can speak or act
1t out. We may possess a truth actually
from our own experience, or by the force
of stroug Imagination. Either way it
must be clearly ours before we can sue
cessfully show it to Others. our words
will be heartess and our sections llfeless
If they are merely words and actions.
They must be more; they must be the
irreprcsslble outcome Of truth-.he truth
which underlies all good work.
To begin to create good work from the
outside is wasted time and fruiless labor
We must start from the centre; we must
put the thought in the middle and work
It toward the outside. If nobility is there
noble deeds will spring forth. If single
ness of purpose, sections Will be direct
and sincere. If knowledge is there, words
will be wise II love and humility abide
there, they will shine with a light VIII oh
can never be concealed. If truth be at
the centre, if can show only truth.
There is 30 getting around this law or
away from it. The loud 5. rafting of
words cannot conceal their emptiness
If they are empty; the showiest action
cannot long cover the meanness of the
motive-if HE motive is mean. If there
is nothing underneath, the VOID will sure.
~ be discovered. IL fasehood. the false.
hood will speedily proclaim itself Those
who must always tremble lest their hid
den thoughts come to light, aud their cen
cealed life be revealed, live In constant
fear OF this law To whoever, with a
quiet courage, acts and speaks directly
from the heart OF things it has no terror.
We may first need light to ind the truth
and then strength to secure it, but when
it is once ours, and we simply work from
the heart Of it, wha, is there to fear
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Odd Bits of Useful Knowle dge


The O-sin Jaf Visiting Caris-lt is
said ina; ,ee Nc he invention Of visiting
cards TO the Chinese. aud that even 81
long ago - the Tong dyussty tfl> 2a7#
visiting cards were used in CHINA NJ
nation observes 50 strictly the c,remou
les u regard to the paying Of visits u The
Chinese do. but the cards they use for
this purpose are very d ftreut from oar
daiuty bits OF white pspcr, being iarse
enough to foli twice, and of bright rel
color.
A Birthday Every Week-There is al
old saying that the sun always shines on
his own birthday.
How many Of you ever thought of the
sun as having birthday, or know what
day of the week il comes on! Yet theru
is little doubt but that most OF you have
read all about it in the first chapter OF
Genesis, beginning ut the l+lh verse. II
not, do so on the next anniversary, which
always comes on 3 Wednesday.
An Effort to Speak-Dogs in native
or wild state never bark; they simply
whine, howl, and growl; the noise Which
we call barking is found only among
those that are domestcated. Columbus
found that to be the case with the dogs he
first brought to America and left al large,
for on his return he tells US that they ha!
lost their propensity TO bark. Scientific
men say that barking is really au ,ilurt
on the part of the dog to speak.
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Thoughts for the Day.

The powers of the soul grow in pro.
portion to their use. -Ozinanl.
If it is not right, do not do it; If it is
not true, do not say t.-Antoninus.
All the while thou livest i'll, thou hast
the trouble, distraction, Inconvenience
of life but not the sweets and true use
of it.-Fuller.
Has it never occurred to us when sur
rounded by sorrows that they may bt
sent to- us only for our instruction, as W,
darken the eyes of birds when we wisll Il
teach them to siug?-Rich,er.