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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Not Such a Pleasant Period as Some
Would Have Us Relieve.

NOb Such q fleeSant ferlOu as soma
Would Have Us Relieve.
A story is told in Sunshine of fami-
ly living in colonial times, whose ex-
travagant habits excited the alarm of
the village. The oldest son bought a
pair of boots, the second son invested
in an overcoat, the third brother
bought a watch, and the fifth pair Of
shoe bucklers. The neighbors all
shook their heads and whispered to
each other:
THAT family is on the high road to
ruin"
Legislation in New England tried to
restrain extravaganza in dress, and
laws were passed against wearing
laces, embroidery, needleworl1 caps and
'immoderate great sleeves"
By way of silently reproving the van
ity of their wives and daughters, the
sterner sex appeared in immense pow
dered wigs, stif1y-starched ruf1es,
glittering knee and shoe buckles, en-
broidered silk vests, white silk stock
ings, and coats of every hue but black,
trimmed with great gilt or silver buc-
kles; with these elaborate wardrobes
to keep in order the women had very
little time to cultivate their ''squir-
rel's brains," to quote one of the gal
liant (?) ,croakers of the time. Mrs.
Adams, however, had a will of her
own. She wrote to her husband and
asked him to send her from Philadel-
phia, in 1775, two yards of black Gala
nance for shoes, saying she would
not wear leather if she went bare
footed"
The shoes We're of the same material
as the dress, often skillfully embroid-
cred. Country girls sometimes carried
the broadcloth shoes with peaked toes
in their hands until they reached the
church, but the pink satin and yellow
brocade shoes of city maidens were
supported on clogs and pattens.
After ALL we fancy the most ardent
lovers of the past would not be in favor
of reviving the time-honored customs
of the early days of the republic. With
the mahogany siSeboard rescued from
oblivion, the spinning wheel set up in
the parlor, and the quaint china teaset
upon the closet shelves, we can all cry:
"Oh! those pleasant times of old, with their
chivalry ard state,
Hove TO READ their chronicles which such brave
deeds relate.
I love to sing their ancient rhymes to hear
their legends told
But we've reason to be thankful that we live
not in these blessed times of DID,
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heater would bring it to the proper
temperature of $50 degrees, and keep
1t there for fifteen minutes or so to ef-
feet the sterilization of the milk, and
then draw off into bottles already heat
ed to the same temperature through a
pipe from the copper heater Then, seal
ing the bottles Immediately, the proc
esq would be finished without any
special trouble or expense beyond the
cost of the little fuel and the time
spent. The hot water left from the
process would be useful in the wash
ing and sterilizing of the dairy vessels.
The sterilizing process is effective most
ly in the continuance of the heat for
the time mentioned rather than from
the degree of it. With this arrange
ment of the steam after a few trials
the quantity of steam needed to heat
so much milk to the right temperature
would become known, and when it was
turned on would do the work effective
ly without any watching.
When engaged in this business, and
before anything was known of what is
now called sterilizing, we used heater
made of half-inch lead pipe, made into
a coil and fitted into a suitable tin yes
sel, which was filed with boiling water.
The milk was strained into sort of
hopper attached to the pipe, and as it
passed through this it came out at
heat of about $50 degrees, not any too
much for the present method of steriliz-
Ing the milk. The bottles were placed
on folded wet blanket as they were
filed, and none of them ever cracked.
AS soon as filed, they were closed and
set away in the delivery boxes The
milk thus prepared kept in good condi-
ton a whole week, and the cream rose
In the bottles very quickly. The diagram
shows how the apparatus was made
The cost was, l think, less than 81 The
milk of 10 cows was used with it, and
1t enabled the work to be done in the
evening instead of, as previously, in
the morning. The milk in the bottles
was left to cool on the table slowly.
The heater was occasionally replenished
as the water cooled down. -Country
Gent eman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10
An Ancient Snake story.

The greatest of the miracles attri-
buted to st. Patrick was that of driv-
ing the venomous reptiles out of Ire
land, and rendering the Irish soil, for
ever after, so obnoxious to the serpent
race that they instantaneously die on
touching it. Colgan seriously relates
that st. Patrick accomplished the feat
by beating drum, which he struck
with such fervor that he knocked a
hole in it, thereby endangering the
success of the miracle. But an angel,
approaching. mended the drum, and
the patched instrument was long ex-
hibited as a holy relic. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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he was more than that. Twelve?"
No, wrong again. "Thirteen?" 1 see
1 shall have to help you guess-he was
twenty-six years old, and weighed one
hundred and sixty pounds; and it was
good thing he was so old and big, for
if he had been small boy it would
have seemed very careless trick in
deed; but as it was, people only said:
Dear, dear, dear! Well, accidents
will happen!"-Mary Bentley Thomas,
in st. Nicholas.
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turn to the land when his master called
him.
At the house of his owner lived
dear little baby boy. One day baby's
mother rocked him to sleep and
laid him in his little bed. Then she
went out, leaving the door open, so
that she might hear him if he awolle.
He did not awake; but after awhile
mamma came into the room again.
There was the great seal close to
baby's cot, looking into his face just
as if he would like to kiss him.
Mamma was frightened and
screamed. Then the seals master
came and ordered him out. He
foundered away to his shed. The
seal would not have hurt the baby.
Seals are very loving creatures.-Julia
A. Tirrell, in Our Little Men and
Women
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Where's your eyes-don't you see it
coming right under the door?"
And so 1t was!
Fortunately, the first speaker knew
where Mr.. Gray's brother lived, and
fastening to the place, he told Mr..
William Gray that there appeared to
be something the matter. Within an
hour the front door was unlocked and
a deplorable sight was revealed. The
beholders might have said with the
Ancient Mariner, that there was
water, water everywhere" for it was
flowing gently down the front stair
way, dripping from the ceilings, ard
each floor was full of little pools All
the carpets had been left on the lower
story, and they had been saturated to
such an extent that the sensation was
that of walking on sponges; from the
lrlor walls hung long festoons of rich
velvet paper.
Uncle William, almost raising an
umbrella in his excitement, rushed up
to the third-story bathroom, and there
was tub overlooking on every side,
and a full head on in the spigot Jacky
had forgotten to turn back. Well,
they stopped it, you may be sure, and
''the long tongue" as the Indians call
the telegraph, said to Mr.. Gray, down
ut Cape May; Come at once. House
damaged by water" He came by the
first train and he sent for women with
cloths and buckets, and for plumbers
and carpenters and painters and paper
hangers and upholsterers, and he spent
more than three thousand dollars
cleaning house" that autumn.
Now, how old do you suppose Jacky
must have been to have done all that
mischief? Ten" did you say2 No,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10
JACKY'S LITTLE MISTAKE.
This Tale his Friends Call the True
Story of the Flood.

This Tale his Friends Call the True
Story of the Flood.
Jack Gray's father and mother lived
In New York eleven months in the
year, but the whole family almost in
variably spent August at the sea shore
Or in the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray had purchased a
lot on Fifth avenue long before so
much wealth and fashion congregated
in that particular section of the city,
and, although there were many more
pretentious homes than theirs on every
side, still their house was handsome
without, and the books, pictures,
furniture and carpets were what might
be expected in that locality, notwith-
standing the fact that they regarded
themselves as plain people, who had
not pursued, but been overtaken by,
fashion.
sultry morning, the last day of
July found the furniture covered up
and packed away for months nap,
and a carriage at the door ready to
take the Grays to the station.
AS Mrs. Gray passed through the hall
she noticed that one piece of baggage
was unmarked. 'Jacky, DEAR" she
said, please run upstais and write
fathers name on a card for the leather
trunk; it has all our bathing suits in
it, and we must not risk losing it,
Jacl1y flew to the third story, his
especial property, and he wrote
Jonathan Gray" with such a flourish
he splashed ink all over his fingers.
He went to an upstairs bathroom to
wash his hands; but the water would
not come, so he rushed down to the
second story bathroom, made himself
presentable, and was in the carriage
by the driver before his mother thought
it possible.
Mr.. Gray locked the front door, and
sending the key to his brothers by
servant, started on his summer holiday
with the comfortable feeling that he
was taking a needed rest and leaving
everything safe in his absence.
About ten days later two policemen
were Longing by lamp post near the
house. 1t had been raining for twenty
four hours preceding, and, although
the sun was now shining brilliantly,
the caves were still dripping, and from
the marble steps ran steady little
stream to the street.
Il say, Bill" remarked one of the
men to his comradc, 'it's a monstrous
quare thing, but l b'lieve it rained
more on this one house yesterday than
any three in the city; every time 1
passed there was reglar pond on the
pavement, and it's still a-comin' down
them steps"
You everlasting igiot!" returned
Bill, Its a-running ont of the house!
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eases, and the Danger of Incorrect Di-
agnosis.
In the former issues of this paper atten-
ton has been called to the importance OF
recognizing the peculiarities or idiosyncra-
sizes of every constitution, upon which the
correct treatment of every chronic ailment
depends.
Not less important is the absolute neces-
two or more diseases which in all the lead
ing features are alike, and is the cause of
much fallacy in treatment, and in the con-
tinuation of disease this all important diff
ference may be sight-yet the health, COM
fort, and life of the patient may hang upon
this thread of differential diagnosis.
1t is difficult to realize, appalling to con-
template, the amount of suffering now be-
ing endured, because Rheumatism, Specific
Rheumatism, Govt Arthritis, Synoyitis,
Tenosynovitis, Thecitis, Chondritis, are be-
ing treated one for the other, while each
one should be treated absolutely different to
be cured, or saved from further injuring
the patient.
knowledge and experience are necessary
for correct diagnosis of such special dis
orders.
The success of Drs. Beekman & Pixley,
of p West 122nd St., New York City, fully
demonstrates their possession of these
requisites, and their original and searching
method, which has been developing for
years, brings prominently to notice every
feature of disease and constitution, either
hereditary or acquired.
Their Individual Statement Blank, which
is furnished on application, is only the first
step in their system.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10
The Vale of Minnekahta

let recently issued, descriptive of the Hot
Springs, South Dakota, and the efficacy OF
their waters for the cure of rheumatism,
neuralgia and kindred diseases. Copy of
this pamphlet will be mailed free by w. A.
Ihrall, General Passenger Agent Chicago q
North Western Railway, Chicago, Ill, upon
recelpto OF request, enclosing two-cent stamp,
"PAr1 seems to me to give an awful pile
of farewells." eyes, but it isn't her fault if
she's encored. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10
A Great Success.

Young Mr.. Fitts-That pie you gave
to the Commercial club for the poor
has been one Of the most successful
contributions of the year.
Young Mrs. Fitts-Indeed!
Eyes, indeed. 1t has been presented
to no less than seven poor families so
Ear. "-Indianapolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10
THE tanned SEAL.

He Went into Baby's Room and Looked
Wise as an Owl.
A great many seals are killed every
year for their soft, fine fur. Among
the Shetland islands the people used
to think that harm would come to any
one who killed a seal.
A number of these animals were
caught and trained. One was a very
large fellow. Two men could hardly
manage him. He was soon tanned, and
had shed for his home. Every day
he would go to the sea for food, and re-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
ALADDlN'S LAMP.

You have read the famous story
OF the lamp Aladdin owned;
How it brought him wealth and glory
Won b i'm wife DER realms enthroned;
And have wished, no doubt, when reading.
You like magic power possessed
That desiring aught or needing,
1t might come at your beheSt,
But methinks deeper meaning,
One may in the fiction find;
Truth moments thoughtful cleaning,
viii reveal unto the mind
For deem the lamp is waiting
Still the touch of heedful hand;
TITS not fancy's idle stating,
Man to-day may fate command.
Would you then the gift be granted,
Like Aladdin, now to do?
(Recolect his lamp enchanted,
Seemed mere copper to the view.)
Well, the charm in which such wonders,
Little guessed, yet latent Turk,
Is, unless my judgment blunders,
Just old-fashioned, common work.
Philip B. Strong in Golden Days
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

A VIEw.-''Man originates-the monkey
initiates said the professor. Then that
settles the question of the origin of the
Species" returned the student. MAN is the
original; the monkey the imitation"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

PURcuAsER-"See hero! you said this nag
went a mile last month m 2 :25, but can't
get a four-minute clip out of him" Dealer
S"Well, sir, to be candid with you, he made
that time coming through from Canada on a
cattle train. Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10
Would Not Sound Well.

Clara-The paper says that in Italy
they have begun to number the clocks
from l to "a, beginning at l o'clock in
the morning.
Dora-That's horrid Just imagine
how pa would look if we had to tell
him that Arthur and Gus staid until %
O clock.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

BANGs-''Terrific storm we had last night
terrible thunder and lightning" Bings-
"Wel, you see, l reached home about two,
and didn't hear the storm outside. Inter
Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

AGSEs-"Well, want husband who is
easily pleased" Maud-'Don't worry, dear
that is the kind you'll get."-Tid-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

THE musical composer is singularly sensi-
tive about his notes going to protest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

COURAGE is something that a coward can
only imitate.-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

The most wonderful thing about a her
ring is how the meat ever got between the
bones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

SIS HICKS wife nice housekeeper7" Mr..
Hacks-'Well, 1 should say so. Why, half
the time Hicks can't find anything that be-
longs to him"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

A DUDE is gentleman who tries to be-
have in lady-like uanner.-Boston Tran
script.
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A CYCLONE never looks well, no matter
what amount of baggage It carries along
with it.
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years and
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free
FL. CHENEY 81 Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills, 25 cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

No SYSTEM of mnemonics can equal that
arising from the persistent habit of telling
the exact truth-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

THERE is something so imposing about a
silent man that we hardly ever reflect that
he very probably has nothing to say.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

IT is well-known if rather paradoXical
Fact in the jewelry trade that cut-diamond
rates are higher than the original price.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

SUFFERERS from Coughs, Sore Throat, ETC.,
should try "BrolcIfs Bronchial Troches."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

BENEvoLENCE without love has no more
heart in it than grindstone-Ram's Horn
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A LEGAL necessity-Attorneys' fees.
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THE sight draft A cyclone.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-10

TINE is infinitely long, and each day is a
vessel into which great deal may be poured,
If we actually fill it up.-Goethe.
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Similarity of symptoms in Chronic Dis
eases, and the Danger of Incorrect Di-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-08
CHINESE ALONG rHE soxpKA.
Six Hundred Coolies Not Content sa
Wait Tor the Treaty.

TsooN,. April 7,--TSpecial. IA general
alarm has been sent out from Washington
City notifying al customs officers to stand
In readiness 10 move simultaneously upon
Go Chinese reported to the treasury de-
partment To 10 in camp along the inter-
national boundary from Puget sound to
the Great Lakes. The Cinnamon are In
charge of men experienced in the SNUG
Cling business. and sn attem pt is to be made
to smuggle them into the United States
before the law requiring Chinamen to be
registered or leave the country goes into
effect May 1. The Cinnamon now hcrdsd
along the boundary are reported a. arriv-
ing by the last two Canadian Pacifi,
steamers. The treasury department. has
perfected plans TO head them OF. and pre-
vent nearly all OF them from getting into
the country.
Today another trunkful OF opium vas
brought here from Portland. where it was
seized. and James Brooks. Of Vancouver.
II. c., arrested, charged with smuggling
the contents. sixty pounds of prepared
opium. into the country. Brooks plead
guilty and was held in 81. ooo bonds. The
trunk was shipped from Whatcom. and
Customs Officer Jessey Was at the Port
land express Office when it arrived and
Brooks called for it, Jesscy claimed the
trunk. telling Brooks it was not his prop
erty. Brooks tell into the trap and estab-
iished proof Of ownership. whereupon he
was Immediately arrested.
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nouss wAs witness lively scenes in the coke
reGsonA The csvescrsnents TO-DAY gave
SUBSTANTIAL proof that the collapse of fhe
strike vas only temporary. aud that she
end las not yes been reached The men at
toe davidson works refused to 20
ID work today. fearing trouble. The
strikers are said 10 be located on the hill
ABOVE the works ready for an attack. bat
the houses Of the men at work have nos
been disturbed. Meetings were held at
different points last night, and in every
case the Hungarians voted 70 hold out 10
the end and compel the operators to ac-
cede 20 their demands. The leaders OF the
siavs aud Hunearians claim that the
strike Was the result of . conspiracy OF the
Irish aud German elements of the coke
reg;on 20 get the Hangsriaus expelled.
USrosrows. Pa. April The plants of
the southern end Of the coke region are re-
Stunning op~rssions under the protection OF
deputies. No Interference was attempted
al any but the Lemont works. where Hun
gsrsans assaulted the men with clubs aud
stones. driving them from the yards.
Hundreds of men are ready 70 return to
work, but are afraid. The strikers at the
oiiver plant threa.ea TO stop the pumps
and fiood the mine. Trouble is expected
when the company resumes.
MeSloy. vice president of the miners
district union, was captured last night and
brought TO Union;own. where he was
placed in the county Jail. charged With
the murder of ]. +. Paddock.
lhe strikers are lubiiant over the result
of the convention at Sco.tdale today. and
are generally getting drunk on the
strength OF 1t. They are making great
preparations for tomorrow. when they
say the strike will be begun again.
lacy say not a plant will be al
lowed to operate on Monday. A
march OF all the Hungarians from this
end of the county 10 Mt. Pleasant ON
Monday morning for the purpose OF fore
ing the men out at all the plants by which
they pass wiii be attempted and there may
be trouble. Tomorrow . big mass meeting
OF all the Hungarians in this section will
be held at Mountain View Park for the
purpose Of arranging for this raid. A gen.
erai invitation to the Hungarian element
has been issued. and at least 1900 people
will be present.
Sr. Louis April The conference
committee of the master horseshoers ard
the Horseshoers' Union met today. The
bosses accepted the terms originally Of
fercd, and the strike Was declared otf.
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roadheNa by the lake It constructed dyke
fsensy feet wide 20 protect the county
road. as wea - railroad property. Some.
BODY malacioEsiy cut hole in the dyke.
which broke away. letting the entire body
OF water against the county road. forty
feet wide. and the only meaas Of retaining
the waier IN the lake. Adjacent property
owners have discovered where the work of
destruction VAS further carried on BY the
Use OF well augar, with which q hole =
foot wide had hesa bored under the road
bed for distance OF ten feet, Timely dis
cosery prevented further prosecution of
the work and obvisted a food, which
would necessarily have resulted had the
entire body of water thus been Turned
loose. The natural course Of the water
wouid have been down Deschutes river.
endsngeFing the olympia electric light
plant. gvist mills and dwellings. as we'll N
the bridges along the course OF the river.
The road Is being watched day and night.
and Union Pacific officials have been noti-
he'd OF the imminent danger