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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
A GERMAN TRADITION.
An Ancient story Concerning the Origin of
Brandy.

An Ancient story Concerning the Origin OF
Brandy.
The Germans have a tradition that
on one occasion the devil had differ
ence with Steinbach man, who by
some trick inclosed him in a hollow
tree and left him there for a great
many years. When he finally succeed
ed in making his escape Satan returned
to his own place and to his horror
found it empty. This would never do,
so he set about repeopling hades ar
quickly as possible, and as the best
means he could adopt went to Nord-
hansen and set up distillery.
AS the story ges the scheme was emf
nently successful, for more human
souls, it is said, go to the lower regions
because of brandy than from any other
one agency. This devils drink" as it
was henceforth called, was first dis
titled in the seventh century, but was Of
no practical utility until the suspicious
year 1918, when Villeneuve, French
chemist, made use of it in medicine.
He called it IAN emanation from the
Deity" and gave long list of maladies
cured by it.
1t soon, however, passed out of medi-
cal into common use, and for ages was
a prominently respectful BILE drink, more
than one potentate both in England
and Germany having been grossly ad-
dicted to it as tipple. In the time of
the Spectator it was a favorite drink of
Queen Anne, who by one of the lively
writers of that period is thus described:
at would make a man smile to behold
her figure in the front box, where her
twinkling eyes, by her afternoons
dram of Ratifee and cold tea, sparkle
more than her pendants. Her closet is
ALWAYS as well stored with restoratives
and strong waters as an apothecary's
shop or distiller's laboratory, and she
is herself so notable a housewife in the
art of preparing them that she has
larger collection of chemical receipts
than Dutch mounteba AS soon as
she rises she must have a salutary dram
to keep her stomach from the cholick;
whet before she eats to procure APP
petite; after eating, a plentiful dose of
connections; and, to be sure, bottle OF
brandy under her bedside for fear Of
fainting in the night" According to
DIR. johnson brandy was the drink OF
heroes, he having poor opinion of any.
thing weaker than this drink of the
gods-Chicago News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
TEMPERANCE BREvlTIeS.

| ONE thing that might be done il
/ Europe, in view of the short rye crop
! there. is TO make it all into bread in
stead of whisky.
TIE white men of South Africa talk
unblushingly of the day when the ma.
/ tves will all be killed off by rum and
/ they can have the land Men, women,
/ children and babies can be seen lying
along the roadside drunk.
! SEVES-TESTHs of the slaves of drink
are content 70 be drunkards. or else
ence will never discover any mineral,
/ liquid or gaseous substance that can
/ reform an impenitent drunkard.
/ IT Is a singular thing; we forbid the
/ i'm portation Of paupers and criminals
and insane, and yet we all the time
manufacture them in every one of oui
saloons l. not this protection o:
/ home industry carried to an extreme
/ THE initial efforts of temperance re
! form in Germany seem inadequate anC
crude from the American sta ndpoint
| but they prove the fallacy of tn,
argument that beer-drinking in Ger
many is free from the evils of intem
/ perance.
I FIVE thousand chattel mortgages OF
nine thousand saloons in New Yori
city are held by twenty brewers, dis
tillers and wholesale liquor dealers
who thus control forty thousand votes
No other monopoly can compare will
this twenty men syndicate in respect t.
possibilities of evil
THE steadily increasing liquor pro
duction, rs shown by the official re
ports of the internal revenue depart
ment. both Of distilled and fermenteC
liquors, may well cause all friends 0.
temperance TO inquire anew as to what
can be done to most effectively arres;
and TO turn back this rising alcoholic
! tide.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

the devastations of war, famine and
pestilence, the latter can be considered
responsible for only a small proportion
of the misery met in the world; and vet
this awful amount of crime aud wretch
edness is sanctioned by law. Could it
be supposed possible that people could
be so demented, so utterly base and
cowardly, so oblivious to all decency
and common sense as to tolerate such a
vile, destructive traffic, and even sane
ton it?
Could we be transported to some dis
tant point and hear of such base and
dastardly wickedness, or learn of all
the terrible evils that have been toler-
ated, we could not do otherwise than
conclude that this was the most faith
full representation of hades, that no.
torious recklessness had taken possess
sion of the minds of the people, and
that nothing short of miracle from
Heaven could save them from entire
disintegration and humiliation.
Yet while we have only a faint
glimpse of the horrors ard degradation
that are prevalent in all sections of the
country, this serpent of intemperance
is reaching cut to every household with
it's poisonous fangs. The whole people,
and, to some extent, the Christian
church, are largely involved, and in
completely with this vicious business of
rum selling. Each one in the COM
munlty is personally responsible for
this horrible debauchery when he does
not insist on the humiliation of this
poison of alcohol as a beverage.
The means and tears of widows and
orphans, the crime, pauperism and
wretchedness that have flowed from
this awful curse, are sending up wall
of woe that calls to Heaven for VEN
geance: and we shall yet hear a chorus
of heroic workers rejoicing over a final
deliverance from this monster vice that
has threatened to engulf our nation in
vortex Of destruction. 1t will be
hurled into oblivion by an exasperated,
determined public, with condemnation
so effective that no vestige of its hid.
eous proportions viii be tolerated by
an enlightened and regenerated people.
-Demorest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
FACTS FOP FARMERS.

CLOVER loosens up the soil by pcne.
trating it and when it decays helps the
soil mechanically.
The same principle which has caused
the wholesale slaughter OF birds and
animals ana the waste of fertility and
timber in this country is shown in the
manner in which our highways have
been treated or left without treatment
THE only solution for the diversity of
opinion and results obtained in various
farm practices is the difference in men
and their adaptability to carry ont in
practice the various methods and prac-
tees on which successful agriculture
depends.
If the pig must be fed on slop let the
slop consist of wheat middlings or
bran and skinned milk Such slop
will make pig grow rapidly, and if it
also has the run of clover field it
should keep in good health, as IT, will
not be liable to disease of any kird
BESIDES the three ingredients in fer
tilizers which are commonly mentioned,
the soil must have humus-vege table
matter-to hold moisture and to make
plant foods available. A plant takes
food only in liquid form-that is, the
mineral foods. Clover will furnish
humus if plowed under
WOMEN who are willing to work have
their attention called to the dairy. The
work in it can be readily superintendent
by them, and most of it is what they
can readily do. Their neatness and
easily acquired skill is needed IN it.
They can build up the private dairy and
make it popular everywhere
ONE of the sources of profit when
such concentrated foods as bran, mid
dlings or oil meal are fed is the manure
made from such foods. A ton of manure
from rich and nutritious food is more
valuable than three tons from some
other substances. There is more in
the quality than in the quantity Of ma
Dure
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
August.
Flower

1 used August Flower for Loss Of
vitality and general debility. After
taking two bottles l gained 60 lbs.
/ have sold more of your August
Flower since have been in business
than any other medicine l ever kept.
Mr.. Peter Zinville says he was made
a new man by the use Of Angus,
Flower, recommended by me. ]
have hundreds tell me that Angus,
Flower has done them more good
than any other medicine they evel
took. GEORGE w. DYE, Sardis
Mason Co., KY. q
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

The water is drawn from the upper
pail by capillary attraction, keeping
the canvas blind saturated with water.
The air before passing into the room
has to pass over and under this sat
urated blind and, owing to the evapora-
ton, is considerably cooled The poor
air passes out of the hole in the door.
Experience has proved that such a
room is at least twenty degrees colder
than the outside air. 1t is strongly re-
commended to set banana trees all
around the house if possible and much
better results are obtained from their
use, the difference in temperature
sometimes being twenty-five or thirty
degrees. and Home
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
THE DREADFUL DRINK TRAFFIC.
wretchcdness Produced by Dep-aved APP
pctites.

pctites.
The heinous character of the LIQUOR
traffic is too dark and dismal 70 admit
of any liberation. much less TO be iusti-
fed by legal sanction.
The dia bolism Of rum-sellinr is best
known by the wife of the drunkard.
We may try and sympathize with the
poor, wretched woman who sees her
once loving husband. whose fond smile
and manly form were the Joy and glad
ness of her life, now Il bloated, maud
lin fool and raving maniac, coming
with oaths and curses. into what is left
of desolate home. recklessly using his
hands. or whatever comes within his
grasp. to wreck his vile passions on the
poor woman and the helpless children
who crouch beneath his blows.
This is kind of wretchcdness that
can only be known or fully realized by
actual experience. 1t is no uncommon
thing that happens in some remote sec
ton of the country. to be told as a
legend of crime or human infirmitv. but
1t is an everyday occurrence in mum
Der IF wretched households all over the
land; and vet this dia bolism, this awful
misery, is brought about and fostered
by open dens of perdition called saloons
of which there are over ten thousand
in the city of New York, dealing out
their poisonous liquids called beer.
whisky, brandy. etc. TO CRAFTY the
perverted and depraved appetites of
not less than one hundred thousand
human beings All this vile, poisonous
stuff produces 50 much misery, crime
and pauperism that, when compared 70
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
The August Wide Awake

Is veritable vacation number, es-
peclally noticeable for short, practical
papers on out-of-doo< doings: How
Botanic Annie Sawyer Downs; Star
board and Port" Capt Julius A. Palm
er, Jr.; Lets Have Fire" Willis
Boyd Allen; How Not to Get Lost, "
Prof. Charles E. Fay; Hints for
Trampers, Charles NJ. skinner; How
to Put Paddles on a Rowboat," Vesper
l.. George: and such summer articles as
sport in the Water" by Alexander
Black; "A Mountain Pageant" by Mrs.
A. G. Lewis. There is capital story
of camping out, French Leave" by
Gertrude Adams; Margaret Sidney has
q striking and dramatic story of life liz
the "Sky Country" of North Carolina
''Tryvneny's Bicycle;" Robert Beverly
Hale contributes In Thunderstorm
to the Fair Harvard Series of stories;
Willis Boyd Allen has a characteristic
story of life and adventure on an ocean
steamer, The Crimson Handkerchief, >
and the serials-Kirk Munroe's 1.-The
Coral Ship" and Kate Epson Clark.
That Mary Ann" are equally absorbing
Price 20 cents a number, 81 40 a year
On sale at news stands, or sent postpaid
on receipt of price, by ID. Lothrop Com
pany, Publishers, Boston.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
Prof. Cooke's SaItpeter Rcmedr

Dissolve one tablespoonful OF salt
peter in pail of water. pint poured
around each hill of cucumbers or
sQuashes is very good Cor the plapts and
very bad for the bugs, both striped and
black, which burrow at night in the
earth about the plants Cut worms are
also said TO dissolve like earth treated
with saltpeter This is a remedy which
would certainly be very useful TO the
plants, and if, as is claimed, it de-
stroys or keeps away insect marauders.
1t will prove most valuable This salt
peter solution is useful to any plant
which is attacked by insects which at
any time burrow in the ground. 1t
does not appear TO be wholly certain,
however, that it is as efficacious an in
secticide as could be wished
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

II you are calculating on spending your
summer vacation in Colorado, You should
consider the most comfortable way to get
there The handsomest train in the world
rms daily from Chicago TO Pueblo, Colo
RADIO Springs, Manitou and Denver without
change, over the Santa Fe Route There II
10 other through car line TO Manitou, the
great Colorado resort. You must transfer
sid change cars if you go any way other
than over the Santa Fe Route from Chicago,
Don't forget this, it is an important fact
through car runs on through Manitou, Ute
Pass, Cascade Canyon, Green Mountain
Falls, Buena Vista and Glenwood Springs
to Ogden and Salt Lake City, without
change from Chicago. On any other line
you can doit. For further particulars ad
dress j. M. Council, city passenger agent
2l2 Clark street, Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

To the representations of unscrupulous
dealers who tell you that their bogus nos
trums and local btters are identical with
or akin to Hostetters Stomach Bitters
Such statements are false. Ask for, and in
sist upon having, the genuine article, which
is well-ascertained remedy for malaria
dyspepsia, liver complaint, rheumatism
kidney disorder and the infirmities incident
to age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

The State Of Kansas is again attracting
the attention of farmers throughout tn,
country because of it's series of successful
the large movement of sgriculturists int
that State, the Land Department OF the
Santa Fe Road is having prepared new
folder descriptive Of the resources Of the
State, with revised maps, reliable statistics
and other information Anyone interested
in this can obtain a copy free, by making
son, Topeka 4 Santa Fe K T., Chicago, Ill
A MODEL woman-a poser.-Texas Sift-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
COOL DAIRY ROOM.
4 Building That Can Be Kept at Low
Temperature without Zee.

Temperature without Zee.
The cross section of a building which
may be kept at comparatively low
temperature without ice during the hot
summer months is shown here. 1t is
much used in Australia. The building
has a latticed veranda on three sides
and may be briefly described as rect
angular room or box l2xS feet and 10
feet high. This room has window at
one end and door at the other, the
side which has the veranda- The cross
section shows the roof as not touching
the cool room by space of 6 inches.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

VIII take cold boating, bowling and brows-
ing about town. Hay Fever is one Of the
most Irritating visitations at this season
DIR. Hoxsies Certain Group Cure ioM soo,,
remote altrdces Of the disease No opium, so
cents. Sold by prominent druggists
Throughout the state. A. r. HoxsIE,
Buffalo, n, Y, manufacturer and sole pro-
prietor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05


Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the KidneyA
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels co..ds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs ID the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing TO the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
it's action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, ita
many excellent qualities commend it
10 all and have made it the most
poruier remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Doc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
loUieVjIis. XIV NEW YORK. Nh
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

WE will give 800 reward for any case OF
catiirrh that cannot be cured with Hall's
Catarrh Cure, Taken internally
F. j. CHENEY Il Co. Props Toledo, O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

THE old age we are taught 70 reverence
never dyes It's beard. Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

and all Bronchial, Throat, and Lung affec-
tons, that is the only remedy so unfailing
that il can be guaranteed. If it doesn't
benefit or cure, you have your money back.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

No matter how long you've had Caterrh,
or how severe, DR. Sage's Remedy will effect
q permanent cure. $500 reward is offered
by the proprietors of this medicine, for an
incurable clse of Catarrh
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

A LITTLE behind hand-The train bearing
page Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

RED, angry eruptions yield TO the action
OF Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills HAIR and Whistler DYE, so cents
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

THE Rams Horn IS published at Indian.
apolis, Indiana at 81 50 per year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

HEALTH TD-BrTs save weak, nervous men
81; G !al Ice. Ohio Chem cal Co Cincinnati. {
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

ARD lines" said Mr.. Flunker, when he
couldn't translate a passage in Homer. =
Vale Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
A FOOTHOLD

II TDJI-FICJlI/
for Consumption is whit you
are Offering, if your blood is
impure. Consumption is sirnp-
Ky Lung Scrofula. A scrofu-
ylous condition, with a slight
cough or cold, is all that it
needs 70 develop it.
But Just as it depends upon
the blood for its origin, 50 it
depends upon the blood for
its euro. The surest remedy
for Scrofula in every form,
the mast effective blood-cleans-
er, hesk-builder, and strength.
restorer that's known TO medi-
cal science, is Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
For Consumption in all its
earlier stages, and for Weak
I dr1erc a cfhrua Sk.xynr.f. 'f,1lerhS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

CROPS that grow by the electric light
wild oats
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

A FOOL thinks nc is right because he cal
see very Iar-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find

IN summer hotel there always seems K
be room al the top.-Texus Siftings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

The Only One Ever PriDted-Can You Find
the Word?
There is 3 inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word The same is
true of each new one appearing each week,
from The DR.. Harter Medicine Co This
house places Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for it. send
them the name OF the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

THE exercising of horses Just before {
race is the preamble
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05
Summer In Colorado.

TINE md tide wait for no mans thre
monthGSbote, Texas Siftings
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-05

A MODEL woman-a poser-Texas Sift
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-01
TWO RAILROAD BILLS.
Of Considerably More Than Ordinary
Importance Made Into
LAWS BY THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
The Senatorial Bribery Investigation Completed and
Sherman and DaugGsrty EXonerated-A Day
for Adjournment Under Consideration.
Senator's Lose Their Pay Checks.
special telegram 10 the Reois,s,.

COLUMBUS, O.. March 3l.-Winn's House
bill providing that railwty employees shall
not be employed more than fifteen consecu-
tive hours without eight hours rest, passed
the House to-day. The penalty for the
first offense is from $500 TO 81, 900 fine, and
for the second from 81, 900 to $500.
Harshbarger's bill requiring railway
companies TO issue 900 mile tickets TO all
persons at the rate of two cents per mile,
passed the House to-day with the amend
ments that il shall not apply to roads less
than twenty-five miles long, and such tick
cts shall be issued to be used by one of five
persons named thereon.
The Senate concurred to-day in Winn's
election law amendment and IL is now
law But one Assessor will therefore be
elected in townships having more than one
precinct.
Representative Doty offered a joint re-
solution providing for final adjournment
on April Is.
The House passed Gayman's bill quieting
the title to land whose conveyance is in
doubt because of transfer made prior to
1850 without the two witnesses now re-
quired.
Eighteen Senators to-day gave Frank
Chestnut, a Senate page, their vouchers,
to draw their salaries for them from the
State Treasury The total sum was 200
and the page lost them in some way and
after looking everywhere reported the
loss to Chief Clerk Caine, who al once
stopped payment on them at the Treasury's
office Later they were found and the
Senatorial pulse became normal again.
Representatives c. II. Strock, j. c
Henlein, w A. Reiter and d. Baird,
the committee appointed by the Ohio
House to investigate the charge that
Representative II. w. Daugherty ac-
cepted a bribe to vote for John Sher-
man in the Republican Senatorial eau
Gus, to-day made their report, unani-
mously exonorating him. The report
goes further and says the committee
found nothing to indicate that any one
was improperly Influenced in that eau
Gus. Strock and Henlein are Republi-
cans and Reiter and Baird Democrats.
The report on the Spencer street rail-
way franchise bill was adopted and then
on motion of Senator Nichols of Bel
mont consideration was postponed TO
next Tuesday. The Senate passed the
general appropriation bill with amend
ments reducing the totals Sos, 900. The
amendments are immaterial and it is
believed the House will readily agree.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-01
BARDsLEY's sTEALINGS.
The Councils Committee of Philadelphia
Finally Makes Its Report.

Finally makes AIs hepOIA
PHILADELPHIA, March 31.-The Com
mittee of Councils which was investi-
eating the affairs OF ex-City Treasurer
John Bardsley made its report to-day.
A recaptulation of accounts shows
that BardSleY'S net deficiency, without
counting Sl,121, ,O43 sunk in the Key
stone bank in due bills and checks, is
$3.50. S35. In addition TO this his unlaw-
full gains swell the sum TO S7GS,935.
This is an exhibit of Bardsley's de-
ficiency to the city and State together
1t is not intended to represent an ac-
count as between the city and the State.
There are some differences which will
likely arise when such an account is
made, and there may be slight reduc-
tion in the account actually chargeabe
to Bardsley.
Should the city and county Of Phila-
delphia be finally charged with the
amount Of personal property tax due
and remaining unpaid to Pennsylvania
June /, 1891, and should all payments
made by .Bardsley out OF commingled
funds prior to June l, 1891, be regarded
as legitimate, irrespective OF the sources
from which the moneys paid, were de-
rived, the total possible losses TO the
city are estimated at 81, 96S,5e9.91