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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03
DECEPTION IN ALCOHOL.
Extract from Lecture by DIR. j. II. KEEL
logg, of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.

Extract from a Lecture by DIR. j. II. Kel-
logg. of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
In my estimation alcohol need occu-
Ply but very small place in thera-
peutics-a little place on the top shelf,
out of the way, where it can hard v
ever be discovered and not often
brought down. ! think it could be dis
pensed with altogether. 1t is not
needed as a medicine, and certainly I'M
necessary as a beverage. We some
times use it as matter of convenience,
when dissolved with other medicines,
but in those cases we need to exercise
care that we do not give it in such
doses that we get the effect of the al
cohol instead of the medicine. AS an
outward application it is very good
astringent to the skin, but internally it
is neither a food nor a stimulant. but
rather narcotic If alcohol were a
stimulant you would never find a man
sound asleep on the sidewalk from it's
effects. You might give a man any
amount of red pepper and it would not
put him to SLEEP. but alcohol makes
him first stupid and dull and then he
kotS ~ siccp, ueE'u III uuh. we III ~ III
call alcohol an anvesthetic, for it puts a
person to sleep, just as opium or NOR
phiDe first produces SUPPLYING effects,
and then sleep.
But" You SAL, sis not alcohol a
tonic? Does not a man feel stronger
when he has taken a drink of it than
he did before?" Yes he feels stronger
and thinks he is stronger, but when
you test him by making him lift it
will appear that he cannot lift as much
As he could before. He feels warmer
after a drink of alcohol, but his tenn
peratnre is really lowered, as can be
demonstrated any time by use Of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03
a Concealed Bar.

Mail news from Montreal states that
another novel method of selling liquor
without a license will be heard in the
recorders court. For several months
past Sergeants Gauthier and SPEEDING
have been trying to discover how men
got drunk at go st. Lawrence street, a
private house kept by Michael Renaud
The place has been raided several times
of late. Each time the officers had to
retire discounted. They fond many
men in the place, but never drop Of
liquor, although the house was searched
infinitely. On the night Of the Sd inst.
the mystery was solved. The sergeants
mentioned raided the place on the pre-
vious night. Again they were foiled.
AS they sat discussing the matter on
the Sd inst. a man came in and gave
them hint how to outwit Renaud.
The sergeants. with three policemen,
were soon at the door. They were
coolly told to look wherever they
wanted. They did so. They got upon
the roof, where they found regular
bar with all kinds of liquors. BY the
aid of small pipes liquor was conducted
from the bar. through the walls, into a
certain little room, where it was let out
by a small concealed tap. The police
carted the liquids away, but are still
wondering what will be the next dodge
of liquor-sellers to escape from paying
the license fee.-Pall Mall Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03
oKINe ALCOHOL IN GERMANY.
The Costly Burden Borne by the Suffer.
ing People.


In survey of the imperial statistics
of the consumption of alcoholic drinks
in Germany DR.. William Bode saws
that the production of the raw materia,
manufactured into wine, beer or spirits
occupies about one-fifteenth of the
cultivated land of the empire. On this
area of farming land enough rye might
be grown to supply $500 millions of
pounds of bread, which would make 66
pounds of bread more year to every
one of the so, 600, 900 of people inhabit-
ing Germany, or $50 pounds to an aver
age family of five persons, which is the
entire food needed by the family for
nearly fifty days, or about one-eighth
more of food than they can enjoy at
present. One-fourteenth of all the pro-
ductive forces of Germany is engaged
in this pernicious industry. The amount
of money spent on drink has been esti-
mated at about S120, 600, 600 a year, or
s.. 40 to each inhabitant. or Sl2 to each
average family of five. Prof. Schmol-
Ter, the economist, says: Among our
working people the conditions of do
nestle life, of education, of prosperity,
of progress or degradation, all are de.
pendent on the proportion of income
which flows down the fathers throat.
The whole condition of our lower and
middle classes-one may, even without
exaggeration, say the future of the ma
tion-depends on this question. If it is
true that half our paupers become so
through drink, it gives us some est.
mate of the costly burden we tolerate.
No other of our vices bears comparison
with this. "-Chicago Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03
A Drummer's Dilemma.

Coming from Rochester TO Buffalo, on
the empire state express commercial
traveller recently had a singular ride.
He arrived at Rochester just in time to
purchase his ticket and rush to the
train-room door to see the train pulling
out He ran across the tracks and sue
ceeded in catching the rear platform of
the last coach. He expected, of course,
to secure an entrance TO the car, but he
was disappointed The vestibuled plat
form was secure against his efforts to
get in, and as it was on the rear end of
the last car there was no occasion for
the conductor or any one else To enter
the vestibule. So he was not discov-
cred. The noise Of the train prevented
him from making himself heard, and
the speed was too great to permit him
TO get off. lie was in a dangerous pre-
dicament; and as the train makes no
stops, the unlucky passenger had to
hold on for dear life for an hour and a
quarter on one Of the fastest trains in
the world, in dangerous proximity 70
switch bars, stationary freight cars and
passing trains When he alighted az
Buffalo, his only regret was that he had
purchased ticKet-Golden Days
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03
BITS AND BREvlTIES.

THOSE who advocate the use of light
wine as preventive for drunkenness,
and point to France as an illustration,
should read an article in recent issue
of Petit Journal, Paris, which declares
that of all the dangers menacing the
agricultural population of France the
gravest and most difficult to fight is the
alcohol power.
The Massachusetts, anti-saloon league
is new temperance organization
which proposes to unite the forces of
all the churches whose aim is by a de-
termined enforcement of existing laws,
and by the ballot, to destroy the sa-
loon. The organization has enlisted
mady of the most prominent clerymen
and laymen throughout the state
AN exchange tells of the dreadful
mistake" made by an 'honored citizen"
who, when reaching for his whisky
bottle in the night, got bottle of poi
son by mistake, and was found dead
with it beside him. Another exchange
of the same date tells of another man,
not an honored citizen, but a tramp,
who was found dead, and beside him q
bottle. He had made no mistake in the
bottle. 1t had whisky in it, but he had
mistaken, just as the honored citizen
had in yielding to habit which led to
his death.
''THE Russian peasant is undoubtedly
incorporate" said Mr.. KEENAN, in
late interview, but this evil. too, is
due to a considerable degree to the
government, and, l may add, to the
church also. A large proportion of the
governments revenue comes from the
tax on spirits. AS there is always
greater demand for money than can be
supplied. the government has no in
centive to encourage temperance; on
the contrary, it does what it can to en-
courage intemperance, for the more
vodka consumed the greater the rev.
enue. The church likewise does moth
ing to promote sobriety. In fact, it as
sists materially to increase the con-
sumption of spirits. On feast days the
priests encourage the peasants to drink,
and on such an occasion | have seen a
whole village drunk. Is it any wonder
that they are intemperate?"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03
DISHONEST PRACTICE.
The Way Many Men Justify UnprincipIed
Dealings,

A few years ago a well-known finan-
cier died in New York. His family were
overwhelmed with grief. He had been
a faithful and tender husband and
father. The servants of his household
stood sobbing around the door of his
chamber when he was dead. He had
been always, they said, kind and just to
them.
When the estate was settled there
was not the claim of penny against it
from any tradesman. Butcher. baker.
all persons whom he employed, had
been paid cash dav by day.
One of his maxims had been, ct rs
dishonest to owe a poor man for his
labor. That is his capital. Pay him
cash or allow him interest"
Yet this man, who in his Individual
dealings was scrupulously honest and
kind, had gained his fortune by shrewd,
remorseless management of a great cor
poration that controlled monopoly.
and fattencd on the necessities of the
people The public was prcyed upon
by the monster as by some ravenous
beast, and whole community suffered
that it might grow rich and powerful.
This man used to try to answer the re-
proaches of his conscience by saving,
with laugh:
Il am not personally responsible. 1
keep my own hands clean. You must
not look for soul or conscience in a
corporation"
His peculiar moral blindness is a
common disease, and his method OF
reasoning popular one.
Corporations, firms, town councils,
even school committees will be guilty of
unjust, cruel and sometimes dishonest
acts from which the individual members
would turn with indignation in pri-
vate transaction. A merchant who
would scorn to cheat a customer by
adulterating his goods will join cor
poration in watering stock, and thus. by
enriching himself. will rob every ignor-
ant purchaser who may afterward be-
come shareholder.
The corporation, it is true, has no
soul of its own, but the soul of each
member Is responsible for its acts if he
aids and approves them. He forgets,
too. that there will come a day of reck
oning when God will deal, not with
rings, or clubs or firms, but with each
man who has belonged TO them
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03
NEW KIND OF a SKIRT.
IL Is Exceedingly Brilliant and Very Prett,
How to Make 1t.

Its Exceedingly Brilliant and Very Pretty
How to Make IL.
A welcome relief from the overworkcd
bell skirt idea is the daring innovation
of famous French milliner, and ex-
pressed in one of the dainticst of sum
mer materials, striped MORE, cream
white, with lines Of the pompadour
colors, blue, green, and pink. The
striped material is draped in fitted
tablier over plain petticoat, orna-
mentcd with three ribbon ruches, each
made of the three colors in the stripe
as follows: Ribbon, two inches in width
green in color, is plated in box plaits,
and through the center of this the pink
ribbon half an inch wide, is plated and
overlaid in turn by the blue, still mar
rover. The single row of stitching
through the middle leaves the loose full
edges to futter out in soft frcu-frou
of color. Through the center of this
tablier the stripes meet in "A succession
Of mitred points, which continue up in
to the bodice. tiyht-ftting jacket Of
rich lace covers the bodice in the back
and slopes back in front, exposing a
girdle of the plated ribbon. Full sleeves
finish at the elbow with broad lace ruff.
hcs over undersleevcs of lace The
train, cut in the conventional lines. Is
finished on the underside with ruch
Of ribbons, which makes pretty effect
when the gown is lifted up in walking
N. Y Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03

Among the institutions of Detroit is q
club whose fundamental law is the cul-
tivation of bright fellows" and abso-
lutte informalitv in its proceedings. Re-
Gently the subject of adulterated
liquors was up. 1t was discussed from
the hygienic point of view. from the
commercial point of view and from sun
dry other points OF view. Many good
things were said. and all the partici-
pants seemed to feel that they had en-
joved profitable season. A practical
scientist-a member of the club to
whom the tough questions are usually
referred for final dispoeition-had been
an attentive listener, but had taken no
part in the discussion. At the last one
of the members asked: "Brother -,
what in your opinion is the worst thing
in the liquors we commonly drink"
Alcohol" was the laconic reply
Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03
TEACHING HORSES TRICKS.
Infinite Patience Is Required to Accom-
plish Anything.

plish Anything.
II requires an immense amount OF
time and patience to teach a horse the
tricks with which he astonishes ar
audience. Take, for instance, the find
ing of the handkerchief that has always
surprised children since the first circus
took the road.
First the horse must be taught tC
bite. To do this the trainer ticllled the
animal on the shoulder. 1t made nc
impression at all, apparently, for near
ly half an hour. At last the horse grew
tired of it and made snap at the hand,
The hand was taken away and the
tickling began again an instant later
Another snap and another tickle, until
finally the horse realized that there was
a method in all this seeming madness
and responded with snap directly the
hand approached his shoulder.
Then a handkerchief was introduced
and more time was consumed before he
could get it through his head that he
must take it in his mouth, more time
still for him to understand that he must
pick it up from the ground, and then
came the burying of the handkerchief
and the finding it, which invariably
awal1ens enthusiasm.
Here the whip comes into play, but
never as an instrument of torture. Mr.
Dockrill believes that nothing was ever
gained by striking a horse. The whir
is used only as a pointer Three or foul
mounds of sand are formed, and the
handkerchief buried in one. The whip
leads the horse to all of them in success.
sion, and remains by the last one, and
so the horse is told that the handl<er-
chief is there. In the same way a horse
is taught to take silver dollar and even
live fish from tub of water, but the
time required would break an ordinary
mans heart.
Practically everything is done by
touch. In this pretty stepping that a
horse does when woman is on his
back, every move is directed by the
riders heel on one side, the gentle
touch of the whip on the other, or both.
If he is to walk, raising his feet high in
the air, the rider presses her heel into
his side, and an attendant raises one of
ihio ioiclcCu, urging thcHl lOI w dTu db
the same time. This Is repeated time
after time and time after time until the
horse understands what is wanted.
Press a tiny boot against his side
while he is standing in the stall, and
one of his forefeet will go up as though it
were operated by some kind of mechan-
ism.
There is one good thing about a horse
he never forgets anything, and he is
always looking for a reward, if that re-
ward partalSes of the character of some
thing good to eat. Neither will he do
wrong after he has once learned that a
certain act on his part is to be followed
by an unusual and disagreeable act on
the part of his master.
While, of course Mr.. Docl<rill's esti-
mate of horses intelligence is exag-
Grated, there is no question that he can
be taught wonderful lot of tricks, but
the man not possessed of patience out
shining Jobs would do well not to take
the contract to become his instructor. -
n, Y. Recorder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03

Gallant Rooster Ito his harem) Come
to luncheon, ladies.
The Hens fin choru>.-Thank you,
Colonel, but we are busy now laying
eggs.
Rooster-Pshaw, You have each laid
your allotted egg this morning
Hens-liut we have just learned that
the Go-easy Burlesque Company appears
in the town hall tonight. We know
the duty we owe to society, Colonel
National Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03
PHILOSOPHICAL CALENDAR,
According to 1t, We Now Live I'm the Iro
Are,


From theosophical point of view the
four ages are as follows: Sata Yuga
golden age), 1,72s,0OO years; Tresta
Yuga (silver age), 1,2O6, 900 years; DIVA
para Yuga "copper" or bronze age), S64,
900 years; Kali Yuga iron age), 49,, 900
years. The total of these four ages
make one Maha Yuga, or great age, of
100000 years. One thousand Maha
Brahma, equal to 1920, 900, 900 years,
after which the night of Brahma, "a pc
Rod of equal duration, comes on, and
the earth vanishes from the objective
plane of existence. Three hundred and
sixty days and nights of Brahma make
one year of Brahma and 100 years of
Brahma make the Great Kalpa, "A period
of 81 ,0l0, 900, 100000 years, after which
the entire solar system passes into its
night, and everything in i is destroyed
on the objective plane. The great
night" then lasts for an equal period,
and then a new sun arises on new
solar system, and evolution begins once
more, the Karma of the previous sys-
TEN being carried over to the new one
According to the Secret Doctrine" we
are now living in the Kali Yuga, the
last of the four ages, and il began near
ly 5000 years ago, with the death of
Krishna, Il. C.. 3lO3. The first minor
cycle of the Kali Yuga will end in the
years 1878. We have still some Az, 900
years left, however before we arrive at
tho end of our present age. The Kali
of spiritual darkness, and during its ex-
iStence the human race pays up for its
misdceds in the previous ones. -Balti-
more A American
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-06-03

may make him think he is rich, when
he is very poor indeed Alcohol is in
every way a deceiver. Shuu ire
ported by Helen L. Manning.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-04
By THE OILY ROUTE
DiSConsoiate Barber in East
Saginaw Suicides.
TOOK A DOSE Of cR0T0N OIL
And Dlea in Twsnty Miuutss--Hss wife
ant Children Died Of Cholera
81 Russia.

sAcINsw. Mich. sept s-Paul Kav-
itchkoWsky, bs.rbeT living on Mack.
nav street, committed saiclde fhs
morning by swallowing croton OIL. He
had been subject % the deepest uisl-
ancholy FOR some time. caused 10y tie
death u he slfe and three children Ia
Russia by oholeTs early ne July. Up
on receiving tie lntelhgenes he became
unfit FOR work, and having saved up
little money with which he hoped soon
10 besble TO bring his family 10 AmericS
be spent hls time lu moang about aud
lRmenung .he fate of hls uafortuuaie
family. About z o'clock tins morn
ing kRvNIichkoWsky went into q drug
store and asked for q small bottle II
croton OIL. processing by lAylng hls
hand - lie stomach al ludlspOsi ton
IA that region. lie seemed very auN-
ious ~ know the eXaci quantity 10
take, upon which the clerk showed
hIm the directions on the bottle. Raw
wltchkoWsky could nOt read. 90 ne
clerk described the dose by pouring cut
several drops into spoon and empty
lng them back In the hottie, When
next seen he Was lylEg upon nls bed n
his boarding house grOsnng With
agony. The bottle stood upon . table
near a. hand half empty. physician
was summoned, but could DO nothing,
and the sufferer died twenty minutes
afterwards
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-04

LUDINcToS, sept. 3.-The body q q
man was discovered on the beach yes-
terday by one Of the live-ssvlng crew
about two miles south ~ the piers.
The coroner held an inquest and found
no appearance Of fOul play. The body
had been q the wster bat a short time.
A railroad pass % saginaw, S. in money
and berth ticket on the Flint 4 Pere
Marquette steamer No. 4 we're found
on the body. The remains were rec
ognlzed by friends g. John il. Aeu-
mann Of saginaw, = married man.
The Saginaw German A q ciety 81 q
n man tonight for the remains. Neu-
mann was aged about 90 and eaid 20
friends Yesterday that he Vs. on hs
way home from Milwaukee. He vas
seen lsst, yesterday afternoon about
O'Clock. He NSs \ softer man, and q
n thought that he comm tied suicide.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-04
Steamship Europe Passes.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-The steamship
Europe of the National line arrived in
port yesterday and was reported TO
have landed its passengers and fr eight
this morning. 1t was rumored that
Collector Hendricks might possibly
step IN and prevent the vessel from en-
terIng the city and when called up this
morning TO ascertain what stand he
would take IN the matter, said: 81 see
no reason why should interfere with
the landing of the Europe, and If she
has been inspected by health officers
and their consent gwen for her 10 un-
load, why / then suppose 1t Is all right.
The vessel was afloat when the presl-
dents proclamation was issued and
both the health authorizes and my
men are now acting under orders.
do not believe any case of sickness was
reported aboard, or DR.. Jenkins would
not have allowed her TO pass.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-04
For.iyn RD.s

LoNnoS. Sept. SIT a reported that
Colonel North OF Chilean nitrate fame
hss secured from ths king OF the Bel
gisus some important concessions for
the cultivation OF tobacco IN the Congo
region.
LoNnoN. sept. S--A movement q on
foot among yscht owners TO sal direct
70 Chicago 90 visit TIE worlds expos
uon nevt vesr.
P.sfs. sept. 8 Three .scks o. regi.
tered letters. valued a about 1000
francs. nave been stolen from the raj.
vsv station a. MOnthsrd, on the rail
wsy froo1 PsTis g. lyons.
WRsHfNoroV. sept Ths 2~ss
charge a aftsirs hss comn1u cated 20
tae Hon. A a Adee. the setting secf--
tarv 81 state, the respouses ~ ire 80 a.
federal cuuucil n regard 70 the srrsst
~ Ir George. aecisring the Incident
ended = a mast a. sfsef0ry manner
and conveying thsnks Ter tne prompt
courteous and Efficient sfestmsnt 81
tas matter.