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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Not at aokes.-Tracer-"Do you
suppose that the editors of comic
papers ever smile?" Spacer-"O, yes;
when they are not working Vogue.
-He-"Can do anything to break
you of saying sarcastic things?" She
-"Yesh He-''What?" She-"Keep
out of my sight N. Y. World.
-lIe-"Dearest, can you keep a Sc
cret?' She-'Of course can. Neither
you nor anybody else knows my age"
N. Y. Press.
Solomon was esteemed a wise man
in his day; but then in Solomon's day
no one had ever seen a Harvard sophie
more. Texas Siftings.
"A heavy mustache was on her liz,
But it didn't disdgu-e her 'phiz
In the eyes of her lover, because you see,
The heavy mustache was his.
Buffalo Courier.
STANLEY promised his wife that she
should have all the money to spend
she wanted when they were married. "
lawfully rash, wasn't he?' mo; you
see the money is hers. Inter Ocean.
The Whole Truth. -Mother-'I no.
tice, Martha, when Mr.. Smith calls on
you, you generally turn the gas low.
Do you do it for economy's salle?"
Daughter NO, mother, for Mr..
Smiths sake. Yankee Blade,
That's Why She Got Poor Cigars.
Husband-"When you buy cigars for
me do you always pick out the box
with the prettiest pictures?" "Why.
yes" Husband-'I thought so. "-Yan-
kee Blade.
Miss Walfour is much more senti-
mental than | thought. She keeps
every letter that old lover of hers
writes her" That isn't sentiment
my dear, it's good, hard breach-of-
promise sense boston Post.
Fond Mother listening to baby
cries a sweet-toned voice she
has, dear! She'll be a splendid singer.
We must send her to Italy and have
her voice cultivated" Brutal Father
trying to sleep)-'Send her now"
Madam" said the tramp, cant
you give me some work to do?" Yes
There some coal | want brought up
out of the cellar" Thanks, madam,
but don't like to do that. l am I'M
kempt, and my hands are dirty.
should be sorry to soil your COAL
1arper's Bazaar.
-Gave Him a Cold?-D octor-''How
did you take such cold" Chappie-
81 don't know, WEAKLY. l haven't
stirred from the fire for week, don't
you know But, bah Jove, now | We
member! Yesterday awfternoon me
man wead me an article in the papah
about Nansen's preparations fob his
Awtic expedition. Spare Moments.
AT a certain place of public enter
tainment student was Dragging of
his manifold accomplishments until at
length one of the company lost pa
thence and said, in grutf tone: Now
we've heard enough about what you
can do Come tell us what there is
you can't do, and I'll undertake to do
it myself" WAL" replied the stu
dent with yawn, Il can't pay my ac-
count here; so glad to find you're the
man to do it" And the crieic paid,
amid roars of laughter from the audi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21

her with all the power of my soul, of
my conscience, and of my probity. De-
void of feeling as | may appear, my
heart is all her own, admire and
adore her! All! why is she not poor!
You would sec-you would see then,
julia he added, relapsing into his
darker mood.
The eventful day was fixed. The bans
were to be published,
After dinner, the lieutenant, accom-
panied the ladies home, walking by
their side along the road At the door,
they babe one another good-by. After
that word had been spoken, Antoinette
| remained at Frederick's side, very close
! to him. She appeared to await some
thing. 1t seemed as if her forehead
was bending toward her betrothed's
lips
He understood. And, once more low
ering his eyes, he saw the red ribbon
lit by the last rays of the setting sun.
And, as in an Authorization, in the rust
ling of the leaves he thought he heard
again: 1T would not be acting like a
gentleman"
Then, dazzled, he stepped back and
in choking voice: Listen! my heart
is bursting. Even if unsettled every
thing, must speak. must tell
you"
What? Everything! He stated every
thing, indeed; the situation, his scru-
piles, his great sorrow.
| Antoinette and her mother sought tc
interrupt him, repeating: "But-but-'
He did not listen; he went on to the
end. And then only were they able &c
finish their sentence:
| "But-we know it,
What! You know that my sister
and her husband are threatened with
Certainly, we know it." said the
widow. And this is why we hurried
the conclusion which will. at last, give
US the right to ward off the misfortune
they do not deserve"
And you, Antoinette?"
Somewhat confused, she replied:
II! Oh! had but one fear-not L
please you'll"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21
TEXAS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.
Enormous Extent of Territory Within It's
Borders.


Borders.
The fat boy in the museum remarked
one day that proportions such as his
had their great disadvantages. This
statement of a profound truth, based
upon personal experience, seems to
apply very we'll to the state of Texas.
There are disadvantages in bigness.
This fact will impress any one who
reads the important report recently
prepared by Gen. Adolphus w. Greedy,
chief signal officer on The Climatic
Conditions of Texas" The geogra-
phies. as rule, do not help one to ac-
quire correct notions of the size of
Texas. The state is so large that few
atlas sheets show it on the same scale
as other states, except on the general
map of the country. Studying Ala
bama on one map sheet and Texas on
another, the atten ton of the student
is seldom called to the fact that Texas
is shown on much smaller scale than
Ala bama, and very likely he leaves
school with quite erroneous notions of
the size of Texas as compared with
Alabama and other states Gen. Greedy
gives some striking facts which convey
more adequate idea of the enormous
area of Texas than many people enter
tain.
Although Texas belongs to the drain
age basin of the Atlantic it's extreme
western part in FL Paso county is about
two hundred miles nearer to Pacific
waters than to the Gulf of Mexico. A
part of the panhandle is nearer to the
Great Salt lake of Utah than to the
Gulf of Mexico. Fourteen of the two
hundred and twenty-eight counties are
larger than the state of Delaware. The
distance from Ell Paso to the eastern
boundary of the state is as great as
that from New York City to Chicago.
The northwest corner of the pan-han-
die is as far from the southern bound
airy at Brownsville as Chicago is from
Mobile. While the extreme northern
part OF Texas is in about the same lati-
tude as Norfolk, the most southern
part of the state is scarcely one hun
bred miles north of Key West. Texas
is one of our great seaboard states,
only California and Florida exceeding
it in length of sea coast; and vet there
are large regions that are further from
the sea than many of our political di-
visions in the interior, such as Idaho,
Nevada, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Ohio.-N. y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21
PROGRESSIVE ANIMOSITY.
1t Descended Upon the Office Boy In
Series of Jumps.


He was a very down-hearted and dis
gusted-looking boy, with torn clothes
and rumpled hair, and few suspicious
bumps on his face; so | stopped and
asked him what the matter was. apd
whether | could be of any assistance
to him.
Nav, yer cant do nothing fer me;
it's business trouble" he explained.
"Ah! have you lost your position?'
asked.
Nav: and wouldn't care if l had.
The president of our company is the
worst old duffer in New York"
Does he ill-treat you?' said kindly.
Nav: he doesn't even know me BY
sight: but he came into the Office cross
as hornets this mornin' and climbed up
the secretary's collar the worst you
ever seen"
but how did that affect you?'
"Why, don't you see?' the boy asked
impatiently; the secretary had to get
square somehow, SO he jumped on the
cashier with both feet; and after the
cashier d thought it all over and got
good and mad, he jumped on the book
keeper, and the booilkeeper jumped on
the entry clerk, and the entry clerk
jumped on the bill clerk, and he just
sailed in and gimme particular rats.
An there wasn't no one fer me ter
jump on, so l thought I'd go out and
lick district messenger
swell, couldn't you find one to lick?"
asked.
'Oh! found him quick enough; but
didn't lick i'm
why not?"
cause he licked me!"-Harry Ro-
maine. in Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21

A copartnership in the glass vo<ks
amounted to a wise, advantageous IN
vestment, since, without the present
embarrassment, the affair gave good re-
suits. And Julia. moved to tears, was
saving:
And then Jacques is so kind, so dill
gent so honest! If you only knew,
Fred, how he loves your sister and
what happiness she owes him! All!
Ruin, privations-that Is nothing! The
hard part is that man like Jacques
should bear the undeserved stain of a
kind of disgrace. VIII it ever be
granted to me to console him."
In his turn the young man kept quiet,
lowering his eyes, thinking of this mar
riage which might have saved his rela-
| tives.
But while lowering his eyes he saw
his red ribbon, and it seemed to him he
heard an interior voice repeating the
sentence he had just uttered: 1T would
not be acting like gentleman.
He also saw that Martha no longer
curled her dolls wig. Sitting on the
ground, motionless and silent, the
child was looking at her mother, who
wept silently. She wept-in silence
also.
Julia" said the young man, soberly,
Ego, in my name, and ask for Mile.
Bourgeois hand"
AT last" triumphantly exclaimed
Antoinette's mother, after julia had
formulated her request. Then, calling
her daughter, she added in the same
joyous tone: ''Come-he has come to it!
Answer, darling. Tell-tell how back
ward we found him.
| A lovely smile, so chaste in its frank
ness lit up the young girls face, and,
without speaking, she advanced toward
Nine. Duchemin with extended hands
Then, kissing her:
Il am so happyw she exclaimed,
bravely.
The very next day Frederick began
his 'wooing" as 1t is called.
Yet, what strange thing! He, so
outspollen till then-so open and so gay
was formal now, circumspect, stilted;
| almost unpleasant. Goodbye to init
mate chatter" to all freedom! He
chose his words carefully. No more
jokes now!
At first, Antoinette was disconnected
by it. But, surrounding her painful
impression, she appeared happy enough
for two. She was the first to speak Of
their plans, saying, as if inadvertently,
these dear plans"
He still called her 'mademoiselle,"
while she called him plain Frederick. "
She consulted him about the details of
their future home. What shade did he
they were passing the glass works,
STOPPING to kiss Martha, she prompted:
Say: Good morning, Aunt Fred ="
The attorneys had taken the matter
in hand. Everything was ready, for
the lieutenant had told his sister:
Act for me. Have the settlements
drawn to suit yourself"
AS for him, to all questions he as
sw cred:
YES. All right. AS you please"
So much so, that at last Julia took
him aside, and said to him:
Take care, Fred; take care lest you
grieve this child"
"Grieve her!" he repeated, startled.
at would cause me the most bitter re-
morse"
"Yet one would think you do not love
her."
Not love her!" exclaimed the young
man. 81 would be the most migrate
full fellow. Oh! on the contrary, l love
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21
A Summer Suggestion.

The disposition of garbage in sum-
mer is problem the solving of which
is not easy especially where the use of
gas or oil stoves prevents its burning,
as is easily done during winter with
the range and furnace in full blast.
Any lessening of the garbage is al
ways gain, and clearly householders
endeavor to reduce the refuse. The
husks and cobs of sweet corn largely
increase the kitchen refuse. The
homely old-time practice of drying the
hushs, a practical method of utilizing
this share of the refuse, might be
profitably revived. Cooks will scarcely
care to do this, being conservative and
despisers of small thrifts, but if the
husks are freed from the corn silk and
cobs and dried outdoors in the sun
they will be found helpful in filling
those countless cushions which are SO
pleasant feature in modern houses.
If the husks are spread in a shallow
basket or filled loosely into an old
peach basket they will not blow away
except under great provocation. The
husks should be turned once or twice a
day, and when Thoroughly dry can be
j tored away till called for" Corn
'husks will not make soft and dainty
cushions, but they will be found ac-
ceutable for stuffing foot-cushions, has
socks for the children of the house,
who sit too low in ordinary dining
chairs when they have outgrown their
hi0h chairs and for niaZza seats A
top coating of hair feathers or cotton
batting will soften cushions filed with
dried husks.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21
Wise Chickens.

Little Dot-ChicSens is pretty smart,
isn't they?
Mamma-In what way?
Little Dot-Why, papa and other
folks always says blessing before be-
ginning to eat; but chickens don't own
anything, and isn't sure what they Il
get, so they don't say any blessing till
they get through eating and begins to
drink. Good News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21

Dental floss, to be procured at any
first-class drug store, is recommended
by dentists for regular use after each
meal. Nothing can so effectually re-
move any foreign substance from the
teeth 1t is likewise advised that the
teeth should be brushed up and down,
not sidewise as is the common custom.
St Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21

Mamma saw you playing In ths
lot, Johnnie.
Johnnie-I know you did.
Mamma-How did you know it?
Johnnie-'Cause you JUS told me 80.
Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-21

copyright, 1893, by
the Author.
NCLE + Il + ID
was simply a
very nice fell
low w h o S e
name was Fred
erick Barrois.
He was of a
good is posi-
ton; that could
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

IT takes a knowledge of God to tell
man what he is.
SAYING good bye to our sins one at
time is slow work.
THE man who is resting in God is
always busy for Christ.
WHOEVER opposes truth is bound
to come out loser by it.
THE place for the revival to begin
is in the preachers heart.
MEN are most like Christ when
they are suffering for him.
THE man who thinks as Christ did
will try 20 do as Christ did.
LOVES name can be written only
in blood drawn from its own heart
SOMETIMES little troubles on earth
-------il very big windows in Heaven.
THE devil has no fault to find with
the man who is in love with himself.
HUMAN nature on the throne is nc
better than human nature in the gut
ter.
IT is a grand thing to belong to
church, but grander one to belong
to God.
people are scarce who do not talk
more than they should about them
selves
PEOPLE sometimes make the most
noise in church when they are sound
asleep.
THE man who talks much about
himself will always have tired au-
dience.
SOME preachers fail because they
preach about Christ instead of preach
ing him.
EVERY man who is right with God
is man on whom the devil keeps
close watch.
TIE world is full Of people who
want to do good but are in no hurry
to commence.
THE heart is the largest thing in
the world, because it taxes more than
the world to fill it.
ONE of the saddest sights upon
which angels have to look is the life
of a lonely child.
WHETHER we get to Heaven or not
is to be decided by what we love, not
by what we know.
If you want to have power to lead
others, learn to control the man who
wears your own hat.
WHEN we get to Heaven we will
all find that we have had something
to do with building it,
THE woman who paints her cheeks
and the man who dyes his whiskers
never fool but one person.
OUR first parents made Gods bless.
ings means Of cursing themselves.
People are still doing that
THE fact that the devil is opposing
4 man ought to be sufficient evidence
that he is on the Lords side.
EVERY time a man sins he has one
more reason for trying to prove that
the church is full Of hypocriteS
WHENEVER Il good thought knocks
at the door of the mind, Jesus Christ
is asking to come into the heart
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

Many stories have been written
about mlrages and decisions but
none more interesting and curious
than that Of the Silent City Illusion,
which makes its appearance near the
Pacific Glacier, in Alaska.
The discovery Of this wonderful
mirage was made by the Indians,
who often tell Of the city which was
built in the clouds, The mirage can
be seen in the early part Of July from
to P. m 1t rises from the side of
the Pacific glacier.
II appears like heavy mist and
soon becomes clearer, and one can
distinctly see the spectre city, we'll
defined streets and trees tall spires,
huge and odd-shaped buildings.
which appear to be ancient MOSQUES
and cathedrals.
1t is a city large enough to contain
%, 600 or 80, 900 inhabitants. AS vet
no one has been able TO identify it,
although several have claimed to
recognize the place. There is no city
Ike 1t in Alaska, nor in any country
about 1t for thousands Of miles
Some claim 1t is city In Russia.
Others say it is a city in England. but
none can tell what or where it is.
The mirage was given the name Of
"silent CITY," as it appears to one
like dead city; there is nothing Ia
indicate that it is the pictured refiec.
ton OF an inhabited place
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

A very satisfactory receptacle fol
soiled clothes can be made. says the
Country Gentleman, by covering a
barrel with what used to be called
furniture calico, but is now sold un.
der the name of comfortable print.
The barrels that pulverized sugar
comes in are CT good size for this pur-
pose. Carefully break off all mails
that project, both on the inside and
outside Line the inside of the bar
iel with smooth, brown paper. or
remnants of wallpaper can be used,
using -four paste to fasten the paper
in. Measure four pieces of print the
depth OF the barrel, allowing four
inches extra for the drill at the top.
Join the pieces and run strong
thread around the lower edge to draw
1t on; fold over two inches at the
top, and gather at the bottom. Draw
this cover over the barrel, even the
fullness, and secure it in place with
small tacks. Place a two.inch band
Of silesia around the top and bottom
to hide the lacks Cover the lid o.
the barrel, inside and out with thu
print. Make a knob in the center o
this lid. by putting screw through
the hole in medium-sized spool ant
screwing it firmly in place. Cove
the spool with sllesia like the band
on the hamper. This makes $500.
and handy place to keep soile'
articles, and each week when they ar
removed the hamper should be givel
a few hours exposure to the sun ant
air.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

An old almanac for 1914 gives the
following as the rates Of postage pre-
yailing at that time: For every sin
gle letter by land for 40 miles, 8
cents; 30 miles, 10 cents; $50 miles,
II! cents; 800 miles, II cents; 500
miles, 20 cents, and for more than
500 miles, % cents. No allowance to
be made for intermediate miles.
Every double letter is to pay double
the said rates; every triple letter,
triple; every packet weighing
ounce, at the rate of 4 single letters
each ounce. Every ship letter orlgi.
nally received at an Office for delivery,
cents Magazines and pamphlets,
not over 80 miles, l cent per sheet;
over so miles and not exceeding lC
miles, IL cents per sheet; over l0C
miles. 20 cents per shet. Quincy
Patriot
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

'apcr money developed from the
hills 0t exchange ar certificates of the
tanks and was prolia ~ E.St issued by
tic llal an lankcrs ot the fourteenth
century Governments found IL an
easy way Of obtaining money in tim IS
Of necessity, being in CT ect, forced
loln from the people Paper bills are
promises TO pay and when the Gov
crnmcnt issues them in exchange for
supplies or services it has actually
borrowed just so much from the man
to whom il pays them. 1t, however,
allows him to pass this note in pay
ment OF his debts, so instead of being
a loan from him singly, 1t is loan
from the whole people.
The ease with which the notes may
be issued has led many Governments
into disastrous experiments in time
OF war and stress the promises being
issued in such profuslon that they be-
come of no value.
The continental currency issued
during the Revolution by the AmerI-
can Congress and the assignats OF
the French Revolution NAV be in
stanced. Paper money depends for
its value on the ability of the au-
thority that issues it to give value
tor it when payment is demanded.
When the issue OF the Civil War was
in doubt the value Of the greenbacks
issued by the United States sunk to
One-third their face value, due partly
to lack of confidence in the Govern
ment, and due still more to the GER
taintY that payment of the notes
must be indefinitely postponed.
Even when the war closed and there
was no longer doubt Of the Govern
ment, the currency was deprecated
for thirteen years. The Government
was in the position of the man known
to his neighbors as good but slow
pay" His notes pass at discount.
The Government was known to be
good for thu amount and it was GER
tam that it wolld be ready to redeem
It's notes some Gay, but that was not
enough for the man who wanted to
see the money right away. He thus
passed the note at discount.
The value OF paper money thus de-
ponds at any given moment on the
promise of the Government to redeem
it, If the promise will be met when
the notes are presented they pass at
their face value. If there is doubt
on this point the notes must pass at
a discount, greater or less, according
to circumstances If there is no
chance that they will ever be paid
they are worth nothing at all AS
the United States Government has
stood ready since 1879 to redeem in
gold any notes as SOON as presented,
its currency passes without question
at its face value
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

Westinghouse, the inventor and
electrician says: ''There is no CUES.
ton about the development OF 4 much
higher rate of speed than that which
even the fastest service on the rail-
roads of to-day maintain / presume
that speed OF from ninety to one
hundred miles an hour could be Sc
cured with modern locomotives which
are sure to come. But l am inclined
to think that other influences may
operate to prevent in the next CEN
tury the running Of railway trains at
such speed l have seen mentioned
in some of the newspapers. 1t is not a
question Of attaining speed, but a ques-
tiOn of the control OF the train after
great speed has been secured. / am in
clined to think that the development
Of railway travel in the next century
along the present lines will be not so
much great speed as uniform speed.
The ideal speed, / think. will he
about forty miles an hs-.-- VA,
maintained from the time OF leaving
one terminal to the arrival at desti-
nation. That will give most salts
factory results l am also satisfied
that the immense cost of furnishing
power for electric railways, which
some persons seem to think can Sc
cure and maintain speed Of 100
miles an hour or more, will make such
a development commercially unprotit-
able, although there is no doubt that
electricity as a motive power for pas
senger traffic will be extensively used
in the next century"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

The number Of pledged articles at
the Mont de Piets, the national
pawnshop in Paris that have been
renewed during the year is 30, 3le.
The term renewed indicates tAat a
small sum has been paid 10 order that
the objects may not be sold, but ie'
main in pawn for further term
There is a timepiece VIII ch was
pledged for So in 1885, and which has
been paidhnnually ever since.
A silver dish-coyer has been pledged
for seventy years, and a piece of lace,
upon which only l2f was lent for
seventy-tiy years.
The fact hardest to explain is the
presence OF an UMBRELLA green
Bingham of enormous dimensions tho
original proprietor of which. or his
inheritors, have duly paid the fee for
its renewal for the last sixty-three
wears