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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

| THE devil has both arms around the
man who feels confident that moderate
drinking won't hurt him. Horn.
SCIENTIFIC temperance textbooks
have been translated into the Swedish,
Finnish, Norwegian, japanese and Chi.
nese languages.
THE most determined evil which af.
ficts the clerical force and the officers
of the government is the habit of using
Intoxicating liquor. L. NJ. Nor,
rill, in United States Senate.
OVER thirty thousand railroad men
in this country are wearing little
button upon the lapels of their coats
bearing the letters ''R. T. A" which
means Railroad Temperance Associa.
ton
In one place in Africa one missionary
and $4,000 barrels of whisky were
landed at the same time. From Jan.
uary l, 1890, to January /, 1891, there
were 1,OlS,59l gallons of rum shipped
from Boston to Africa. In 1891 the
trade was almost doubled.
GEO. C. RANKIN, who has been work.
ing among the poor of Glasgow for
| forty years, says that he can assert
without Il moments hesitation that
nine-tenths of the pauperism is direct
result, either primari ly or latterly, OF
the use of strong drink.
THAT the injurious effects of social
drinking extends to che educated is
demonstrated by a physician in Aus
tralia who has been Investigating the
damage done to the bachelors of medi.
cine in Melbourne university. More
than eleven per cent of the medical
men trained in that school are dis.
tinct alcoholics"
ALCOHOL in some cases produces in.
tense depression of brain activities
The hearts action is lowered, and a
sense of construction and feebleness
comes on. This may become frontal
headache. Champagne not unfrequently
depresses both nerve and muscle func.
tions, and is avoided. This effect Of
spirits is not noticed except in a few
cases, but it occurs in all, only in a
varying degree. journal of Inc briefly
PUNCH was the favorite drink in good
Boston society century ago, and the
punch-bowl crowned every buffet.
Punch swilling was carried on far into
this century. In 1872, in BOSTON, there
was a famous dinner of eighty persons,
They drank one hundred and thirty.
six bowls of punch. with twenty-one
bottles of sherry and large quantity
of cider and brandy" We find to-day
in barroom vernacular many terms EN-
ployed in those carousing days, as a
nip of grog," a tod" and brandy
sling" A man could get 'fox'd" very
readily in those days on bellows
top" "a stonewall," or "a calibogus,"
or bogus" or with a draught OF
BLACK strap" That was a mixture oi
rum and molassss, sweet and insidious
Temperance reform, mooted at thl
close Of the last century, came none to.
so on in New England
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

this new, fresh juice; he goes down
cellar to last years barrel, if per-
chance there be any left, and drinks
cider year old, which is as damaging
20 the man as plain whisky.
Now these remarks will be ckas.
lenged. We shall be told that cider is
necessary to correct the bile; that it is
necessary as spring medicine. In
fact the same arguments are used for
the cider drinker that an old rum
soaker uses. 1t is good to keep out
the cold in winter and good to keep
out the heat in summer. Anything
for drink.
1t is, therefore, no sentiment merely
that leads our temperance workers,
and especially women, to insist that
young people shall not drink cider. 1t
is but step from sucking sweet cider
through straw, to drinking old cider
out of spigot, and that is short step.
And the haggard, lean, sunllen-eyed
man, prematurely gray, cross and gem
orally out of order, is the quick result
ant from the young mans oat-straw
imbibing.
AS matter of fact, medical man,
if he is honest, will say that among the
various articles which men use for a
beverage, hard cider is the most de-
structive. 1t destroys the mucus MEM
brane in the stomach; it eats out the
digestive organs and has a most pecul-
lar effect upon the brain.
A person connected with a we'll
known cure made this observation re-
Gently, that in his experience of over
two years, looking at all classes of
drinkers who came for treatment, it
was found fully as hard, if not
harder, to restore an old cider
topper than to care for almost any
other diseased man; there was so little
to build upon. And the process of re-
covery was SO slow that the insidious
effects of cider were not apparent until
in many cases it was found to be too
late for recovery.
Now then, young men, look at this
fact. Let cider alone. There is as
much of the devil in a cider barrel as
there is in whisky. 1t is far more po-
lite and respectable, perhaps, to drink
cider, but there is death in the cup in
the one case as there is in the other.
Very few men will stop with cider
drink. The idea of something running
down the throat gains in power as the
practice continues. And it is the honest
confession of many man who is to-
day confirmed topper that his earliest
lessons in intemperance began at the
cider mill, or at the spigot of the cider
barrel.-Banner of Gold.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

Mirth is an act, but cheerfulness is a
habit of the mind; therefore, the latter
is to be preferred before the former;
mirth is short and transient, cheerful
ness fixed and permanent. Those are
often raised into the greatest transport
of mirth, who are subject to the great
est depressions of melancholy. On the
contrary, cheerfulness, though it does
not give the mind an exquisite glad
ness, yet it prevents us from falling
into depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a
fash of lightning, which breaks
through a gloom of clouds and glitters
for moment; but cheerfulness keeps
up kind of daylight in the mind and
fills it with a steady and perpetual Sc
renitv-Addison
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
The Agreeable Women.

ii II, as Frederixa Bremen says, "the
great duty of life is not to give pain"
the well-schoolea society dame is per-
forming the great duty of life with adj
lmirable success. She not only does
not give pain, but she bestows positive
pleasure. Even to these who know
that her words are meant only to
smooth the passing moment, and must
not be taken too seriously-her little
"euphuisms" are grateful. Among the
better class of well-bred people COM
ailments are not laid on with a
shovel" nor dragged in by the hair"
they flow easily, for they are the re-
silt of lifetime of effort to make one
self agreeable to everybody. so far as
fhle can do it within the limits of truth
The unfailing aplomb of the well-bred
woman assists her wonderfully here.
She recalls clearly at the first glance
the peculiarities and the circumstances
other visitor; she sorts out the pleas
amt from the unpleasant, and she in
valiabl alludes in her remarks to the
pleasant The transplanting, without
its, luxurious effusiveness, of this good
custom into the home life and into the
narrow circle of the outs" could re-
suit only in good. Philadelphia Ledger.
Nell, Bellman, Bellerman came
.roA the name of the former town
crid as also do Cryer, Creyer and
G, ssrman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
SATAN IN CIDER.
An Insidious Agent of the Fell DESTROYER
of Men.

An Tnsidious Agent OF the Fell DESTROYER
of Men.
If there is any one drink more de-
ceptive than another it is cider, and
if there is any one delusion about
drinking weaker than another, it is
that man who drinks cider is in no
danger of being a drunkard.
The fact is, that a persistent cider
drinker is the meanest kind of a drunk
ard. lie is not one of the kind who
get jolly drunk and are put under the
kitchen table ont of the way, or one
of the kind who on the way home
from the village get as far as the gate
of the house and lie outside of the
gate all night in company with toads
aud beetles. But cider drinlSer is
cross and mean. He scolds his wife.
he makes himself disagreeable around
the house to every body. He talks
about being bilious and dyspeptic,
when in fact if he would stop his cider
he would be all right. And this is one
of the delusions that especially trouble
men in country towns.
They scott at the Siea of drinking
whisky and speak in, contempt of the
average tipplers, while they them
selves will guzzle cider by the quart
and knock out their stomachs and di-
gestIve organs much faster than would
be done by plain whisky or rum.
In the time of year when the cider
barrels are being filled small boys
suck tho juice through. the straw;
young men drink it in bulk, but The
old cider urinker is not caught with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
A WICKED FRAUD.

Oh, Barleycorn. John Barleycorn.
think It's time to quit
hundred times since was born
You've made me hit the grit
planked the cash, you had the fun,
You old deceitful son-of-a-gun
Oh, Barleycorn, John Barleycorn,
I've heard the night owls boot,
In deep and lonely depths fcrlorn
The mournful hugags toot,
Where snakes ana monkeys cut for deal
And jacli-o-lanternS dance reell
Oh, Barleycorn, John Barleycorn,
You make fellow pose
Most picturesque while you adorn
With sunset tints his nose,
But while he mourns for his last dime
You keep in spirits all the time!
Oh, Barleycorn. John Barleycorn,
You promise JOY and bliss,
But your delights are in horn
And mostly so amiss;
or all deceivers you stand first,
The BLACKLIST, blandest and the worstl
Oh. Barleycorn, John Barleycorn,
The matter I've revOlyed,
And declare, this blessed morn,
Our partnership dissolved;
You are q fraud. I've proved it so,
And that is all 1 want to know.
NJ Folsom. in Atlanta Journa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
Work of the Drink FIend.

Strong drink is the occasion of many
tragedies and of untold brutality.
Among the recent incidents of tene.
ment-house life in Brooklyn, which
caused for a time great excitement
among the tenants, was the shocking
ly brutal conduct of a husband who
had been drinking, and who in his
frenzy seized his wife and held her
upon hot range, burning her fearful.
ly, but finally making good his escape
when he heard her neighbors coming
to her rescue. There has been good
deal of discussion latterly of the prob,
lem; SIS marriage failure?" 1t would
seem to be something worse than a
failure in such a case as this. Alas,
how many homes have been broken up
by the drink fiend.-National Temper.
ance Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
CAME OUT EVEN.
The Peddler and the Woman Have Con-
test of Wits.

Mrs. Nuwed conceived the idea of
buying her husband a birthday present
out of money she had saved and earned
herself. So every cent she could scrimp
from the household allowance was put
away, and many other little devices re-
sorted to in order to get the required
sum. One of her plans was to save
rags. She instructed the servant to be
very careful to save every piece of old
cloth that could be found, and she her.
self spent hours in gathering all sorts
of odds and ends and stuffing them into
the ragbag.
One day the bag was full and man
came along the street shouting:
"Wrags. Wrags!" Mrs. Nuwed opened
a window and said: Here, man, I've
got some rags to SELL"
The ragnan came in and the portly
bag was produced. He lifted it and
then attached his scales to it, '"Tweluff
pounds" he said.
"What's that?" inquired Mrs. Nuwed
sharply.
''Tweluff pounds, lady"
"Why, the idea, | weighed them my
Sell yesterday, anu Cllere were thirty
two pounds there"
"Vill de lady loog for herselluff?''
asked the ragman, attaching his scales
to the bag again and holding it up.
Mrs Nuwed looked. The scales reg
istered twelve pounds and no more.
"Why," she said chow could l have
made such a mistaken and she tool.
what the ragman offered her and went
into the house.
That night she was telling her hus-
band about the transaction. I'm
sure" she said, chat those rags
weighed more than twelve pounds, but
there was no getting around those
scales. Why, he didn't try to cheat a
bit. He held them right mp and let me
see just where the pointer stopped"
"What kind of scales were they?"
asked the husband.
"Why, those common scales like we
use in the kitchen"
And did you ever stop to think that
the capacity of those scales is but
twelve pounds"
A faint light began to dawn upon
Mrs. Nuwed. "What difference would
that make?" she asked, TREMENDOUSLY.
so" replied Mr.. Nuwed, sit wouldn't
make the least bit of difference. OF
course not. Only if those rags weighed
a ton that honest ragman's scales would
have registered them twelve pounds"
Then Mr.. Nuwed laughed boisterously.
Well" said his wife, sharply, you
needn't make such fuss about it. I
guess those two paving stones put in
made up the difference all right
Buffalo Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04

First Church Usher - Bald-headed
gentleman in the aisle waiting to be
placed.
Second Church Usher-All right; I'll
show him to a back pew.-N. Y. Week
ly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-01-13
Call early and get any kind you
desire before the stock is broken.
Boston Clothing Store,
Barker Block. John Heavenrich, Prop

A visit among the ranchers shows
that their cellars are filled with fresh
meat and all kinds of vegetables,
and that they have grit. They are
looking forward to the coming season
for a plentiful harvest, and when sill
yer is enthroned, Neihart in full
blast producing the precious metals,
the coal banks of Belt fully develop
ed, the Burlington road here with a
station in our vicinity; then Kibbey
shall rejoice, and blossom as the
rose. All of which will take place
within the space of two years.-"W.
c. L." of Kibbey in G.. f. Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-01-13
Stockholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the
postponed annual meeting Of the
stockholders of the Omaha Mining
Company will be held at the eastern
office of the company in the city of
Minneapolis, on the first Tuesday in
February 1894 at 2 p. m. for the
election of officers, making the stock
of the company assessable and the
transaction of such other business as
may be necessary.
WILLIAM l.. GoEBEI.,
Secretary.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-01-13
CAMP NOTES.
Masquerade next Friday.

bOrhood this week.
The Preston Grocery believes in a
judicious scattering Of printers ink.
The best homemade bread @ 5
cents a loaf at the Vienna Bakery.
Joseph Hegener, Prop.
Preaching in NJ. E. church morn
ing and evening tomorrow; fifteen
minutes song service before the ev-
ening sermon.
Richard Bennett has the agency
of standard companies of life and
fire insurance. See him in reference
to such business.
J. S. Gordon and Geo. Parry went
to Kibbey Wednesday. Said they
were in search of beef cattle but the
public is gravely in doubt about the
matter.
P. H. Donovan, an early settler
here and we'll known to business
men, is now at Bakersfield, CAL,
whence he writes us a pleasant let
ter and RENTS $500.
James l.. Moore, who may reckon
his friends hereabouts by the acre,
has been appointed deputy sheriff to
serve in and around Townsend, this
county. Good appointment.
b. L. Murphy, past under sheriff
in this county, has resigned his Of
fee and the resignation has been ac-
copied. If HE ~ces has been
named we have not heard of it.
School started up Monday with a
good attendance and everybody feel
ing profted by the past vacation.
This term promises to be one of
more than ordinary success in every
department.
Our friend William Nc Farlane
lately engaged at the Broadwater,
has accepted a situation as assayer at
the Queen. Billie is a competent
man at his profession and we trust
he may prosper as he justly deserves.
All mails have been delayed this
week by immense drifts of snow and
high winds impeding traffic by train
or wagon. No train could get into
camp since Monday, but our popu-
lar station agent Wyman promises
to 60 good for its appearance this
evening.
The Installation and ball of the
A. O.. U. w, Monday evening, was
a social success. Professors Pierse
and Scherrer superlntended the VIC
Inns, Mrs. Pierse and Miss Hamilton
in turn presiding at the organ, and
the music was splendid. O, we'll
those A. O. U. w. people always
have a good time.
A jolly crowd took in the skating
rink Sunday afternoon last. Cassidy
& Powell, the proprietors have com
r pleted their house for the accommo
dation of visitors and promise to put
; up lights for the benefit of evening
parties. A lot of new, skates hav,
arrived to be used by those who have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-22
nay WITH THE WILD WEST
nrFFALO BILLS MEN IN CAMP.
, no OF THEM LIVE LIKE AN ARMY
IN THEIR TENTS.

BRILLIANT rEATs OF HoHsEMANsHIF IN THE
&c ARENA-cArALRYMEN FROM THE 77H
.r T. 6 A.. FOREIGN SOLDIERS.
.,,,vs AND OTHERS IN THE RANKS
FUR RIDING OF RECKLESS COWBOYS
.vn DARING CossACXs - LIVING
,,cr1,REs OF WESTERN HISTORY.
core-aI sherman. that grim old warrior
"n'" me will always recall from Atlanta 70
who'e Cyst saw Buffalo Biils Wild West ne
the s. h,s old scout with tears in his eyes
tui he said with that affection which the ola
n''' a,sr,aved toward my boys" "for my chill
so'os d Grandchildren who can never see these
ore" a. we saw them thank you"
tn,n .' W,ld West then was only handful OF men,
IN, army Is encamped on the shores OF New
80. raw II lives under canvas. like soldiers IN
i"sd The white tents stretch out IN perleCt
'n ",ant over a green plain. as II In the rolling
. Soldiers in uniform stalk along the niue
We" bs,ween the canvas walls. A guard stands
A"' uenge A man who goes the wrong way. ana
10 Stretched at full length in their tents look
"A Nth lazy indifference 10 what does not
So 49,, them. There is a military air everywhere
80 carp The notes OF buse float over the
~. IN the morning. and at evening they SOUND
Vs. For all that appearances count here IS an
med body Of men resting Tor uaS' u '"Ae up
49,, march perhaps tomorrow
~, e the Wild West OF today. encamped on
.arv acres OF Ambrose Park at South Brook
."' 1nsre are 200 men within its lines-and such a
H "u,,,g o. men. The German soldier dreaming Of
-. pb,ne sleeps In tent that is nelghbor TO one
uso.s occupants sing the "Marseilaise. Cossacks
~. daring riders OF the Russian steppes' are here
"a soldiers from the Royal Irish Lancers sweep
.,o,s with men Of Clusters own 9TH Cavalry. There
Az. Mexicans. South Americans cowboys. Arabs
r,,nelinr with all there is the red man from the
wes.
:, ,s safe 70 say that not many people who go
A.. sss a performance Of the Wild West recognize
INV much they are seeing or appreciate how dra-
r,,,c and tragic part some OF these cowboys Ind
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They nr. AL horsemcn now: Indians. comma"n'i
each band by chief; cowboys. headed by u"'"
leader n Swapping. dark faced. handsome ''"o"'
and each troop OF cavarymen by sefg''"" ''',
are waving swords are drawn. ana sharp co'''""'''
are ringing out-n French whore the tricolor waves
e., corrn,n where the Emperors flag shows. over
claiming helmets and shining breastplateS. Inv
I,sans criee are high pitched ana shril but wh're
the Irish .ancers sit under Great Britain Nl'"'''
and where the Stars and Stripes float the English
commands are clear and sharp.
THE FIRST ENTRANCE
The riders keep their restless horses refined up ehch
r.,,orality in rank or groups. Before them IS an
accent then descent and then wall OF scenery
,,hore tho gate is From the tower the signal j.
,iven and the gate swings back. dark -sknh'n'
almost naked. group moves swiftly OUT Iro'" NV
Heterogeneous mass. horses al trot win "A sn'l"
cry n band Of Indian horsemen appear over '"e
ascent Straight and swift. Ike f"athered arrow
the group shoots into the open. taking us hsn'
down the plain to where the applause is swelling
u,ub a swoop II curves at the end. spreads ike an
onenins fan circles and Il stretched across inc
main motionless. Another band follows thls loT
lowed by another and still another crying Sni"S'
singing In thin voices or chanting mourhiuIS' ~
hind Them with a splendid sweep. ride the irish
Iancers by fours. leaning far over In their saddles
-. ,h.v turn at the end, and still with galloplng
horses they fall In behind the Indians. with
that swift rush there come on Wild 'oSshcks' 'he
whoopng cowboys. the Arabs. with their strea''''s
draperles; the Mexicans. with VIDE soihDre'o anu
dapplng trousers; the heavier Germans. tho saHhh'
Frenchmen and then the horsemen or the 'th Win
,he,r yellow braid and plumes. the stars ana stripes
with them BY tours and skies they have made
that rapid flight along the plain coming arouhu !"
wheelng alignment at the turn. and circling ike
moving wave Of color until the ranks rest on"
behind the other. Behind them all rides Buhalo
PHI bowling as his horse gallops with long and even
c,,rls breeze,
held above his head.
II "a n sr,iendid picture then-rank after rank
Of horsemen from all the nations stretching across
the plan shining with steel and afame with color;
tossing mane4 running along the lines like wheat
moving under breeze; above them the plu1nes and
the bright crests. and etrl higher held IN up
stretched arms the white flashing sabres. until at
n signal the ranks melt into moving streams OF
color and light the horsemen threading their way
in and out past one another. circlins mating al
yancing receding, reforming by fours and skies.
trailing In single file. moving ribbons OF men
and horses spangled with cleaning metal. until
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the long rows 0, tents soldiers wearing the colors
and tokens OF the greatest Powers OF the world to
hurry away 10 the OF the big arena. there to
mount and ride out gallop before the specta-
tors
He SOUNDED THE CHARGE TO BATTLE.
on cold day OF December four years ago this
Fame buglers horse stood on a slope with troops
assed behind him. The cavalryman was erect
ana attentive in his saddle, his bugle in his hand.
~ signal he raised 1t TO his lips. calmly as you
just saw him raise IT, and sounded the charge OF
.ne th Cavalry at the Battle OF Wounded Knee
Creek
some OF those Indians who Just trooped forth
''on Their dingy tepees were in that same cam
SAsn' and the boys In blue" whom you just
-" going 10 the stables with their clanking
words were there, too So was Colonel Cody. with
ny n. state troops OF Nebraska. Of which he Is
sadierGeneral. And to-day you see them
EARNING at the lower end OF the camp, they are
essed and equipped just they were In the
BAD Lands
a" you 90 TO the Wild West, walk directly down
s e broad way. enter the grandstand and walt
w .ne show 10 begin you will applaud the Indians
hsy come racing out. band after band. on their
x'es' fo- the Irish lancers bold and dashing'
iAerchiefs wave and hands clap. The heavier
wang German cuirassiers. with their crea m white
oim. brilliant breastpla;es and shining helmets
4. Nes's' move you to deeper feeling than can
" expressed with bits OF lace or linen and you
s"p your feet. The Cossacks riding like mad.
tipping wildly. leaning far over. swinging and
laying make you cry out with enthusiasm. You
o.. ,or the Mexcans. laugh at the squaws greet
oouth Americans generously. and begin to yell
an 'hose reckless. devil-maycarc cowboys come
s"'hs like mad down the plain clrcling mt the
~: as all the others have done. as swiftly
Ao curved flight OF bird. sweeping around and
acrn.u .. the others now formed M long ranks
su oss the arena. and coming to a halt In perfect
,s"ment When the 7th enters the arena, away
49,. .here. with yellow plumes streaming out be-
co.. CIV aem and sword blades glittering a:oft and
sss .s rushing down toward you-well. that is the
h.s "n-Custer's 7th-the cavalry that has always
a,s,H "e orunt Of the fighting when there has been
sH"s 70 do. and that is the same old nag, the
% ~ and Stripes. whipping splendidiy in the air
we coior-bearer's galloping horse dashes along,