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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

He has been coming here for yearA
A quiet. scholarly man. who earned his
living by translating. He was no doubt
very poor, but thorough gentleman.
He was quite a young man when he
first came here and seemed to be bril-
liant fellow, full of hope and courage.
He worked hard. l understood some
how that he was going to marry. But
he never did marry.
''As years went on l watched him
grow thin and old before his time.
apparently Stunned his old compan-
ions and would barely answer in gen.
tie voice ii spoke to him.
Whatever his trouble was, it was
too much for him to bear. But l never
thought it would end in-that," glanc-
ing at the dumb, motionless figure on
the bench beside him. whatever it
was, it robbed the world of a good man
who might, perhaps, have been a
great one"
While the librarian was talking volu-
bly,, the coroner's physician was ex-
aiming the body. glanced at the
dead mans face. II had a look of great
age and WEAKNESS. inexplicably sad in
so young a man. There had been in it
noble meanings and sweet, fine ten
derness.
The doctor held the mans hand, and
pushed the sleeve up Npon his arm. Ao
beckoned to me.
There was his trouble"' he re-
marked, pointing TO countless minute
scars on the dead arm. There are the
brands of n slave owner that drives
more men and women into old age and
death than any ordinary disease"
"What has made them?"
'Hypodermic injections of morphine.
This poor fellow had some pain-neu-
ralgia, or poverty, or heartache-and
one day discovered that prick of a
needle would bring relief There is
the end. Oh. | have heard the same
story SO many tines"
He rose and covered the dead face.
What more could we do? The tale Of
that life was told. Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
PASTURES FOR SHEEP.
Changes Frequently Made VIII Assure the
Best Results.


Because the sheep will eat weeds,
sprouts and much growth that other
stock will refuse, is hardly sufficient
reason for compelling them to live on
these alone. One of the advantages in
keeping sheep is that they are good
scavengers, and will aid materially in
keeping the pastures and meadows
clear of weeds and sprouts. Sheep do
not thrive well on low or moist lands
Dry, rolling land. well seeded to a va
riety of grasses and provided with a
shed or sufficient trees to furnish a
shade, makes the best pasture for
sheep.
The objection to pasturing cattle and
sheep together is that the sheep eat
very close to the ground, and when the
pasturage begins TO get short the sheep
will be able 10 get their share when the
cattle will be on short rations. When
there are weeds and sprouts that it is
desired TO have the sheep keep down,
allow sufficient number of stock to
keep the grass a little short, but not
enough to starve them, as il is very i'm
portant to keep the sheep in a good
thrifty condition. AS with all stock
better results can be secured by divid-
ing the pastures and changing from
one to the other. Not only will the
sheep keep in better condition, but
they will keep the weeds and sprouts
down better. Sheep when eating in the
pastures will keep on the move good
part of the time, and will nibble at
everything that comes in their way,
and in this way they destroy lots of
weeds and sprouts that other stock let
alone. Rural.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

ALCOHOL AS A POISON.
Tho Records Prove the Harmfulness Of
Drink.

The Records Prove the Harmfulness Of
Drink.
SIS alcohol a food, and does the hui
man system crave it as it does tea. cof-
fee, cocoa, etc? That question" said
learned female physician to Globe
Democrat reporter, was discussed by
the st. Louis Medical society at recent
meeting. l could hardly believe was
living in the close of the nineteenth
century when these sons of Esculapius
undertook to indorse such sentiments.
How did men live before its discovery
in the thirteenth century? Since that
time it has been proved that alcohol is
not food, but a poison. 1t enters the
stomach as alcohol, passes through the
system as alcohol unchanged, is found
in the tissues and brain after death as
alcohol and will burn as alcohol then.
1t is not converted into tissue building
or bloodmaking, and not assimila ted
anywhere in the system as food. Alco-
hol will retard destructive metamor-
phosis of tissue in diseased body. and
may thus serve as a medicine, a stimu-
liant to tide over the disease, as arsenic
and strychnine do good as medicines
often, though deadly poisons. That al
cohol is assimilated in the system and
aids in building muscular tissue is false.
Temperance societies have P.o~~~ 49,
it is not a necessary stimulant in dis
ease, for in Chicago hospital has been
opened in which alcohol is prohibited,
and the records of recovery are proof OF
its success. The people of India never
used it until British rule came there .
few years ago. Then the spirit of gain
induced Great Britain to send barrels
of the liquor to destroy the men of that
country."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
STRUCK HIS DYING WIFE.
An Instance of Awful Cruelty Caused BY
Drink.

Drink.
II won't go home till morning"
roared the drunken man, as he stag
gered up the stairs to his apartments on
the fourth floor Of a New York tene-
ment.
Hush, papa" said his little girl. who
met him at the head of the stairs,
mammals sleeping"
''What right has she got to be asleep?
Let her get up ad be jolly"
The doctor said that mamma is going
to die" pleaded the girl. ''Oh, papa,
please don't make noise
Liquor, however, had inflamed the
mans evil disposition. He was long
shore,nan. His wife, Mary, had been
i'll for some months and several weeks
ago the doctors gave her up. She was
believed to be sinking and the priest
had been summoned to administer the
last sacrament Instead of watching
at the bedside of his dying wife the
husband left the house and filed him
self with liquor. He approached the
bedside where his wife lay dying,
roughly seized one of her arms and
tried to awaken her.
You're not sick" he shouted; ''get
up and have a drink with me; do you
hear?'
The wife looked up pitifuliy at him,
but was too weak to make any protest.
won't get up. eh?" now beloved
the Infatuated fellow. iii make you,
or I'll kill you"
The next instant he dragged her out
of he'd and pulled her into the other
room. The woman did not offer the
slightest resistance, but her eyes filed
with tears.
steve" she said simply. don't hit
me. won't be much longer in your
way
lie struck her in the face. however,
and the poor woman fell back uncon-
scioCs. In the meantime the little girl
had opened the window and shouted a;
the top of her lEags. a policeman re-
sponded, and the husband was locked
up. liz was arraigned in court, where
the justice told him shat twenty lashes
on his hare back oaght to be his pun
ishmen4 Three mOGths was his SEN
tence.-Ghicago Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
THE VITAL ISSUE.
The Burning Question in England Is That
of TemDerance

fhe Burning Question in England Is That
of Temperance.
All great reforms pass through four
stages They are ignored, ridiculed,
abused and then recognized as, at any
rate, of vital Importance. When the
latter stage is reached, the promised
land is in sight, and the warriors who
have fought their way through the
previous conditions can raise a note of
exultation.
Slowly and laboriously the temper
ance movement in England has held its
own; it has had many times to fight
not only the powers of the liquor traffic,
but the giant despair in its own ranks
In early days the odds were desperate,
the battle well-nigh lost, when but be-
gun; but like all causes where the Di-
vine is working out eternal principles
through the human, the end must be
victory. At this hour the hearts of all
those good and true men and women
who, in the midst of chilling discour-
agement and fierce opposition. have
borne the brunt of the fight are iubi-
liant with hope. On the eve of a gem
eral election, when questions long at
the front would seem to warrant the
undivided attention of statesmen. when
the difficulties surrounding the future
of the relations of England and Ireland
are multiplying, when the complica-
tons of the labor question are thick
ening on all hands, the theme of every
political speech, the plank on every
liberal platform, the hot question at
the elections, the burning subject Of
the hour is temperance reform. Mr.
John Morley, who occupies, next to
Mr. Gladstone, the foremost rank
among liberal politicians, speaking re-
Gently said, after dealing with the Irish
difficulty, labor problems, and the
eight-hour bill: 81 am not quite sure
that the temperance question is not the
greatest of all. 1t is the greatest NOR
al movement since the movement for
the abolition of slavery"
Among the liberal leaders the dis
cussion on the fitness of candidates for
seats in parliament is constantly
spoken of thus: is he right on the
temperance question:" To those who
have fought long against the awful
odds of the influence that has upheld
the liquor traffic, and the absolute
apathy of public opinion, this language
calls forth first a smile of Joy and then
fervent thanksgiving. We ask our
selves, however, what has produced the
change, and the answer is: 1.-The great
masses of the people have spoken"
The north--strong land true and ten
der" have with sturdy persistency
demanded reform legislation, the voice
of that stronghold of liberalism could
not be ignored, and has caused an ar
rrst of thought at estminster The
foundation Of all edifices lie hidden
from sight, the tapering spire or the
stately tower rest on the unseen
strength Of masonry that is buried be-
meath the soil. Public opinion built
during patient years of toll into the
thought and conscience OF a nation will
at last always produce solid results.
For this the white ribbon army have
worked long and one day they will see
reaching upward toward Heaven the
great edifice of a pure government
whose first concern is to protect hu-
Manity.-Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

Dimensions Of timbers same as in side bent
butchering. The house will take /, RS
feet of siding and 5000 shingles.
The hogs are admitted through the
driveway to the pens, and doors can be
made on the outside for ingress and
egress to and from the yards.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

or the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has per-
manently beneficial eject on the human
system, while the cheap vegetable extracts
and mineral solutions, usually sold as medi-
clnes, are permanently injurious Being
well-infornied you will use the true remedy
only. Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
4 SLAVE-DRlvER.
The Relentless Master THAT Pursued Its
Victim


Victim
The newspaper reporter in large
city sees proba bly, more strange phases
of life and haman nature than most
other men. and if it were his business
to preach sermons could find texts far
reaching and impressive. A reporter
on New York daily told the following
incident the other day:
A man last week committed suicide
In public library. l was assigned to
"eover" the case. The body still lay in
q corner of the reading room. No
friends had claimed it. The librarian
said:
81 do not know his private history.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
FIG. 4.-MIDDLE BENT.

Dimensions OF timbers same as in end bent.
The driveway door can be made just
as wide as will best suit the convenience
of the builder, and, if necessary, the
window can be omitted altogether.--0.
II. Polling, in Ohio Farmer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
Do You Travel This Summer

Then you need to take Dr. Hoxsie's Ger.
tain Group Cure with you, for the promp.
cure OF Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, and
Mhooping Cough, while for Group and
Diphtherla II 10 without doubt the only specific
kno~n. II contains no opium. 10 Cents
Prominent druggists East and West sell it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
The Only One Ever Print ted Can You Find
u

THERE'S inch display advertisement
In this paper, this week, which has no two
WORDS alike except one word The same 10
true u each new one appearing each week.
1rom The DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This
Nous places Crescent on everything
Sshes make and publish. Look for IL. send
them the name of the word and they will
return YOU book, beautiful Autographs or
samples frae.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

AMAN in New Jersey lighted cigar, cor
meDccd smoking II, and then shot himsel
The brand of the cigar is not stated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

THE man who puts heart In his work vii
always have work to put heart tn.-Ram'
Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

IL you want to enjoy the sunshine, don't
find fault with your shadow.-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

WHEN it comes to talking OF this coun-
try's crops, the hair-cutting barber unQues-
E94ak.i'- -'--@- 80 49, $3.50 "~.'-A-'--@'-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

THE only way it pays person to be hi
own lawyer is to keep his own counsel
Philadelphia Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

THERE is always room at the top, espe.
cially for the largest Strawberries In the
box baltimore Anne rican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

OTHE cabbage crop is about the only thin
o farmer can raise to get head.-Bini
bamton Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

THERE is always hand Of welcome ready
10 be offered to the strange umbrella
Pittsburgh Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

"SARIE, wot you keep such a roarin' fab
foi BODY KANT git close nun to de stove
ter git vain !'-Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

OF Z.
b, plate, exc; A, AKA. D, posts, exc; braces,
sX4; c, sill, SKIS.
for straw and litter for bedding Drive.
way runs the long way of the shed on
one side, which gives a chance to clean
out the pens and to put straw over
head The driveway can be used for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

AFTER all man cannot contract bad
habit too much Columbus Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
CONVENIENT HOG HOUSE.

Plans and specifications Based on Actusa
Experience.
The hog house here illustrated is
S0x20 feet square, with 15-foot posts. The
siding is pine, weather-boarded up and
down. There are two or three windows
on side and one or two in each end,
with a slat window in each gable end.
Windows have 12X16 inch glass. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

IT was very tender-hearted young lady
who refused to strike an octave.-Boston
Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

THE girls cannot resist the impression
that there is something engaging about the
marriage proposal -Bineh amton Leader,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

THE value Of a farm product is not always
declining whet it 10 on the wain.-Boston
Courier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

ABoYs idea Of liberty is to eat the cak,
and ask his mother afterward If he ma,
~ it,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

THE man who strikes an attitude inag-
ines that he is making great hit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

TIE spider probably thinks that the be-
Is wasting time in making honey.-Ram'i
Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

HALLS CArARRH Cure Is a Nquid and is
taken internally, and acts directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Drug
gists, $50. F. J. CHENEY & Co, Proprs.,
Toledo, O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

A LEFT-FIELDER is in the game along witt
the rest
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
CoIumbus, Idea Of the World.

Columbus believed the solid part of
sne sphere to be larger than the liquid
part and the distance by the sunset
road between the East Indies and west
ern Europe to be less than it Is. But in
those two capital errors lay the great
incentive to the execution and success
OF his purpose. Had he known the vast
planetary spaces covered by the waters;
tne continent interposed between his
own Europe and the land of diamonds.
goid and spices; the difficulty and peril
OF the passage yet to be braved in the
Tar regions of the antarctic pole in order
70 sail from our continental Europe to
the oriental Indies by the western way,
ne would perhaps have shrunk back in
alarm and dread-Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

HANDS up" exclaimed Old Time, stern
" And the frightened clock tremblingly
STRUCK twelve.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

Are produced by q drenching cathartio
why use such an irrational means of rem
eoylng costivenessf That pure, botanic,
painless, philosophic remedy, Hostetter's
stomach Bitters, produces the desired re-
suit deeisively, but without Inconvenience
or gripping. Dyspepsia and inaction of the
liver and kidneys are likewise rectified by
this benign restorative of health. There is
no finer tonic for the debilitated and ner.
vous Cures malaria and rheumatism.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

TIE thief would take things easy IL IL
were not for the minions Of the law
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

THERE are fifty-one metals, but il YOU
have gold you will not worry about the
other fifty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

The bad habit is one thing that grows
larger and larger the more it is contracted
Dallas News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

NERVOUS, bilious, disorders, sick head
ache, indigestion, loss of appetite and cons
tipation removed by Beecham's Pills
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

De man dat STAINS still loses groun'.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

HALF-cURED eruptions will return. Erad-
fcate them with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dive. SO cents
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
FIG. l. - PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF FOG
HOUSE.

sills are SKIS inches square, and posts,
beams and plates are inches square.
Pens are all on one side, size sxlO feet,
or they can be made larger if wanted
SO. There is a 5-foot story overhead
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

No MAN ever sells out at his own estimate
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

THE Rams Horn is published at Indian
apolis, Indiana, at 81 so per year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

FAST and loose-A runaway horse.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-12-24

none was better pleased to promote than
the COMMANDMENT Chief.
lad, as he was called at home, was his
tather's idol and constant companion.
Scarcely day but he could be seen
trudging along the country roads near
thelr summer home or in the city itself,
ms small figure in comical contrast to
the PRESIDENTS tall, lank form. In these
walks they had chats which were to the
10y as precious memories. His early
death was calamity, for on his return
from Europe he promised everything
hne, manly and noble which his father
had hoped for.
A characteristic incident, which he
nlmseIt related to the writer occurred
DAY or two before his entering, tempo
! Tarily, foreign school. A rather snoh-
blsh young gentleman of rank, not
knowing who young Lincoln was, in
CURED, as boys will of each other, who
ms father was. Tad, with the slow, re-
Elective smile which was his sole point Of
resemblance to his father, answered:
"A wood-chopper."
'Oh, indeed ~ was the rather sneering
answer. And for day or two the high
born lad turned the cold shoulder to the
new boy"
Judge Of his feelings when, very soon.
the American lads prestige being known
TO all the school, he found that he had
made himself ridiculous. Tad, however,
was TOO much of little gentlemen not to
accept, the friendship, however tardily
onered.-HarDer's Young People,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-12-24
As OTHERS SEE US.
Claim That Other Countries Adopt
But Improve Upon American Ideas.

a Claim That Other Countries Adopt
But Improve Upon American Ideas.
An eminent English electrical engineer,
on visit to this country, spoke recently
IN nigh praise of American originality in
electrical work. He also stated that Eu-
ropeans wait for US to develop a new in
dustry, but when they do Introduce it
they do it so thoroughly that we are LETT
Tar In the rear. An instance of this is
found in electric lighting. A few years
ago London had very few electric lights
| compared with American cities. Now it
lar exceeds any of our large cities, not
only IN the number of lights, but more
especially in the thorough, careful, we'll
designed and permanent construction Of
the plants. The same sOlidity and excel
lence of construction obtain in Berlin and
Parls. While in America we were try
ing TO make ourselves think that under
ground lines were not practicable, in Eu-
rope they were introducing nothing else
put such wires. Much of this is due to
the TACT that we have been doing pioneer
work, and many of the older installations
partook necessarily of the temporary
character OF experimental plants. But
the standard of construction Is rapidly
rising, as good work is found cheaper in
the end
1t is pointed out, however. by a leading
electrical journal that while we NAV well
take lesson from abroad in the building
OF our plants, there exists still one great
drawback in the want of proper muni-
clpaI participation in our large cities,
without which we can never expect to
have such general and complete systems
as abroad. A municipal control in which
poodle" and franchises play an I'M
portant part must necessarily be unsatis-
factory and expensive. The way in which
the progress of the storage battery in this
country has been retarded by litigation is
also alluded to and thus commented on:
More money has been expended in the
legal controversy than in developing and
exploiting the several storage systems
Despite this fact, the companies now en-
gagged in the controversy are in practi-
cally the same relative positions that they
occupied several years ago. 1t certainly
does not look well to see the electrical
companies of Europe instilling storage
battery plants wherever electric lighting
plants are found, while in America the
plants of any consequence do not exceed
dozen in number"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-12-24
CHRISTMAS BELLS.

How many memories gather round the sound
OF bells, those silver monitors to u.s.
Whilom, they peal dire dangers, and the
ground
Trembles to tramp of feet fear-furious;
WhllOm, they toll above some burial mound.
Again, they summon souls to praise or prayer;
They mingle in with music when it PLAYS
MelodlouS, so that all of life seems fair;
Or tinkle dimly III the covert ways
Where wethers lead the flock that Is their
care.
Whilom, at sea they hoarsely boom, and
fright
The good ships from the rocks; on land they
The time o day by morning, noon and night;
Chime DER the sleeping city: All is well,
Or bid the folk be up with early light.
But where be bells so buoyant sweet and
strong
Upon the air as these of Christmastime!
So traught with precious meanings is their
song,
So swelling with a hope and JOY sublime.
Christ's bells, TO you all benisons belong!
Richard Burton, in Gcdey's.