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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
THE OLD GARRETT.
No Place Like 1t for a Good Old Fashioned
Rummage.


There was one delight. said man
who was reared in small town, that
l suppose many children born in great
cities never know, and that is the de-
light OF playing in the garnet. Many
city children, to be sure, have relatives
in the country, or in smaller cities or
towns, whom they have visited, who
live in houses with garrets, and these
know something of the delights of the
garnet, but there must be many chill
dren who have never even heard the
name.
For myself, l remember we'll gar
ret to which | used to climb in rainy
weather up a steep and narrow fight
of stairs. 1t was warm and rather
stutfyA ~ tie garnet, but the rain made
music oli'the shingled roof and the gar
ret itself was full of treasures. There
was room, to begin with-space to move
about in-though you needed to look
out little for the timbers in the slop-
ing roof. There was a swing from the
two beams, and we used to swing and
swing in that and never got tired of it.
There was chimney up through this
garret-a great, big, friendly chimney
and we used to play tag around
that chimney until we couldn't run any
more. There was a great lot of old
magazines, and these were an unfail-
ing source of delight. There were old
books in queer type and with strange
looking pictures; there were queer old
hair-covered trunks with round tops,
studded with brass-headed nails. In
these trunks and around in the garnet
were curious, old-fashioned mems
clothes and the most extraordinary
gowns and capes and hats of women;
not fancy costumes, but the real things,
such as they actually wore many years
ago, and looking strang2 than any
thing you could hire at a ostumers.
We used to dress up sometimes in these
old, old things and parade around in
the garnet and have great times gener-
ally, and so forgot ourselves in the de-
lights of the garnet that the very world
itself looked strange when we came
down stairs and back to it.
What is there in the big city that
takes the place OF the garret?-N. y.
Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
DUE TO MARRIED PEOPLE.
Social Rule to BE Observed by Youn,
Persons.

A little observation will convince any
young person that it is important to be
able to command the fullest respect and
confidence among the home controllers
of his or her acquaintance; for, in our
country especially, social success be-
gins and ends in the home, and there is
no royal road to the happiness looked
forward to by youths and maidens save
that which leads through the howerv
gateway of a suitable marriage.
1t is to married people then that
young persons must look for introduce
ton. instruction and advancement. and
from them they must receive almost
everything preliminary to a full draft
of rational and healthful amusements.
pastimes, recreations, as well as all of
those broader yet more formal oppor-
tunitieS to see life at its best in the sea-
Bon of greatest receptivity and capac-
ity for enjoyment. This is the prac-
teal basis upon which rests the social
obligation binding the young to treat
married people with certain formal re-
spect and to concede to them LEADERSHIP
and at least conventional precedence
and superiority. The moral obligation
holding young people to strictest rev.
erence of age and wisdom need not be
considered here. The rule of social
life is that, for all practical purposes,
married people are not to be classified
by age. What is due to one is due to
all. woman of twenty, married and
the mistress of home, is queen, and
her husband, though a mere youth, is
a king. so far as absolute power in
that home is concerned. Marriage has
invested the twain with dignity which
demands the respectu of all the world
and has given them an influence in So
ciety which can be of immense benefit
to their young unmarried friends.
The respect due to married people
from young persons, considering it with
the most practical view to social econ
omy, and leaving ethical elements out
of sight. is debt of honor; in paying it
youth shows both prudence and fine
business tact. 1t is one of those OBJ
legations which when discharged turn
themselves into lifelong annuities of
profit line Bryce Martin, in Chau-
tauquan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25

spectacle. wealthy, esteemed drunk
ard" You could feel the scorn ia his
young voice, then it grew unutterly
sad. My brother, Walter, the pride
Of us all, lies out in Colorado, a victim
to the same curse. | have nGrer touched
drop of the burning stuff, but, Madge,
oh, my wife, that l must say i'll
Madge, the desire OF it. the love of it is
in my veins, and to-day, when the
smell of that sauce crept into my
senses, | knew if l but tasted it | was
lost. | have felt that before, but l
have avoided it in every way, and 1
have Herer yielded, for | would rather
die, yes, die with all that life holds for
me now, than to fall as they did. No
one here knows of the sorrow that
has been mine, of the burden ! am
bearing-save one: he knew my broth
er, and he knew it was an Inheritance
Bob Chambers, Madge, and he knew
would understand when he sent the
little gift. Why, Madgew
He looked little hurt as she Slipped
from him, and left him without word,
but in moment she was back again,
and in her hand he caught the glitter
and heard the jingle of cut glass. He
looked at her in establishment; he had
never seen her cheeks glow so, nor her
eyes with such a sparkle in them; the
reXt instant he Sprang to her side in
alarm. Was she crazy? Down on the
broad, tiled hearth went the tinkling
glasses, shattered into thousand
pieces. She turned to her wondering
husband, and there was smile on her
quivering lips:
80 perish all the enemies of our
dear homer then she stretched out her
hands to him, and the tears rolled over
her'cheeks. "Oh, Ed, can you ever for
give me for putting that awful stuff
before you But didn't know, l didnW
and oh, I'm so glad you told me! My
poor, poor boy"
He held her close to him. Then you
don't despise me Madge?'
''Despise you" came the wondering
echo. "Despise you! Why? For re-
sisting SO nobly the terrible tempta
tions that must be always around you;
for fighting so steadfastly that awful
inheritance; for being victor over all.
No, thousand times. no! I'm proud
of my husband, my brave husband!
Never, Ed, nerer again shall a drop of
it be brought into our house, and yaa
and l together toW win!'-Gisela A.
Dittrick, in Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
DRINKERS CHILDREN.


The hereditary consequences of
strong drink are sometimes appalling.
A specialist in childrenS diseases, who
has for twelve years been carefully
noting the difference between twelve
families of drinkers and twelve families
of temperate ones, reports that he
found the twelve drinking families
produced in those years ffty-seven
children and the temperates sixty-one
OF the drinkers twenty-five children
died in the first week of life, as against
six on the other side. Among the
children of the drinkers were five who
We're idiots, five so stunted in
growth as to be really dwarfs,
five when older became cpl
leptics; one, boy, had grave chorea,
ending in idocy; five more were dis
eased and deformed, and two of the
epileptics became by inheritance drink
ers Ten only of the fifty-seven were
normal in body and mind. On the part
of the temperates, two only showed in
hcrited nervous affects five died in the
first week of weakness, while four in
later years of childhood had durable
nervous diseases, and fifty were in
every way sound in body and mind
There could scarcely be a more con-
elusive demonstration in favor of abb
stinence from intoxicants on the part
of those who assume the responsibility
of parentage. Temperance
Advocate
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

To write we'll is to think we'll, to
seel well, and to render we'll; it is to
possess at once intellect soul and taste.
Button.
My Lord said an ovel worked
parson to his bishop, Il have not had d
holiday for five years" Il am very
sorry for your congregation replied
his lordship with smile.-Tit-Bits.
"A Problem. ones-'A mans sue
cess is according to the square of his
honesty Brown-"Do you mean that
the less square the honesty, the greater
the success?"-Detroit Free Press.
Lieut.. Nj say, old chappie, you
haven't heard that | yesterday won
100000 marks in the lottery?' Lieut..
H.-"You don't say so? Lucky dog, why,
you needn't get married.
Batter.
How will Senator Sorghum come
out of the next election?" asked the in
terviewer He won't have a chance
to come out of it at all, replied the
voter. He won't be in it. Washing
ton Star.
The Shopper-''Td like to buy that
lovely lamp shade, but | can't afford to
pay $40 for it." The Salesman We'll,
madam, I'll make the price 50. 90" The
Shopper-"Oh, how good of you; I'll
take it. "-Chicago Record
Professor Occurring on the gOrilla)
-"Gentlemen, you must give me your
undivided attention. 1t is impossible
for you to form true idea of this hid
eous animal unless you keep your eyes
! =. - I
letin.
Mr.. ustjoined--"What on earth
are you trying to do?" Mrs. Justjoined
Il was reading about cooking by
electricity, so hung the chops on the
electric bell and I've been pushing the
button for half an hour. but it doesn't
seem to work. brooklyn Eagle.
Exactly as Represented. She (at
the ice-cream freezer)-'There's one
thing about ice, it doesn't make any
difference where it comes from, it is
thoroughly reliable" He-'I don't
know about that" She-''Well, you
ought to. Isn't it always what it is
cracked up to be?"-Detroit Free Press.
Van Dyke-"Do you know that
most of our currency is very inartis-
tic? For instance, any artist could tell
the government that the design of the
new one hundred-dollar bill is very
poor one" Van Daub-''Yes. But no
artist ever saw one hundred-dollar
bill."-Kate Fields Washington.
That is wonderful work of ma
ture," said the man who was visiting
Niagara Falls for the first time.
"Pretty big" replied the hotel keeper.
81 don't see how anybody could con-
template it without feeling terribly in
significant" ''Well, l suppose good
many people do feel that way. But,
you see, most of the people who stop at
this house are brides and grooms. -
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
AN ODD VESSEL,
The Ola of the Indians of Southern Ari-
IONA.


There are two tribes of Indians in
this part of Arizona-the Mohaves and
Hualapais (Wal-a-pi). The Mohave In
dams resemble the Apaches in appear
ance, being tall and straight-in fact,
they are a branch of that tribe. Both
the men and squaws wear their hair in
long false curls made of kind of mud
or clay.
The squaw's dress consists of skirt
of calico coming just below the knee,
short calico waist, long shawl, which
is worn both in summer and winter,
moccasins, and a necklace of blue and
white beads, ten-cent pieces, or shells.
The Hualapais are different in every
respect from the Mohaves. They wear
long unkempt hair, which has never
known a comb unless it is on the head
of one of the bellies of the tribe). When
ever a squaw's hair is cut short, she is
in mourning for a pappoose, and when
it is clipped close to the head, her buck
has died.
The squaws are very untidy-looking,
wearing about a dozen gaudy calico
skirts of different lengths, kind of
blouse waist of different material, an
old red calico or flannel shawl, and
necklace of beads of every size, shape
and color imagina bile. They very often
go barefooted, but sometimes they can
boast of pair of old shoes, and occa-
sionally you will see them wearing
moccasins. Their houses are generally
made of old railroad ties, boxes and
sacks, making a very untidy appear
ance. Some of them have old stoves,
but rarely cook on them, using them
chiefly for heat.
The MohaveS are very industrious,
thrifty and much more intelligent than
the Hualapais. They raise corn, mel
ons and pumpkins on the shores of the
Colorado river, and exchange them
with the Hualapais for beef and flour
which the government supplies. Their
melons and pumpkins are not very de-
sirable for food, because they so often
get the seeds mixed. They also make
baskets bows and arrows, all kinds of
pottery, and ollas (o-yahs.) Their
pottery is very unique, and finds IA
ready sale among the passengers on
the trains. Their ola is an article
which is seen on every porch of the
white peoples dwellings. 1t is large
earthen bowl, made of clay and lined
with pitch, which holds water, and is
kept cool when hung where the wind
can strike it. Most people prefer it to
ice water, as it is nearly as cold and
much more healthy. difference L.
Cowan, in Harper's Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
DISEASES FROM ELECTRICITY.
Painful Affections of the Skin Produced
by the Light.

In the train of modern scientific and
industrial achievement has come a num-
Der of new physical ailments-thep price
that ei@slization appears to be called
upon to pay for it's advancement. Elec-
tricity is credited with two or three of
these recently diagnosed disorders, and
physicians are now paying more atten-
ton than ever before to the effect of
the electric current and electric phe-
nomena on the human body. Just now,
in France, some of the doctors are en-
deavoring to find a remedy for what
has borne the clumsy and misleading
name of electric sunstroke." This
modern affection frequently befalls
workmen employed in factories where
metals are fused or welded by the arc
process The light produced during
the period of connection is, of course,
intense, and even at distance of thirty
feet the rays produce painful, hot,
pricking sensation, like that of burn
on such uncovered portions of the body
as the throat. face, and more especially
the forehead. The skin of the parts
affected is said to become either copper
colored or assumes a bronze hue: the
eyes, in spite of black glasses, are so
intensely dazzled as to be useless for
some minutes, after which anthopsia
or yellow visions set in, everything ap-
pearing saffron-colored; the junctiva
are infamed and there is a gritty feel
ing as of sand under the eyelids there
is frequently considerable pain, also
sleeplessness, and in some cases fever.
The physicians have discussed the eff
feet of the binding flash with much
learning, but have as yet produced no
better remedy than that which would
naturally suggest itself to any layman
perfect rest in subdued light. SO
long as the voltaic arc is employed in
metal working it is not likely that any
means will be discovered to prevent oc-
casional temporary injury to the eyes
of the worllmen.-Western Electrician.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
TEMPERANCE TiDlNGS.

New South WALES drink bill for
1898 was sTo2, 100 less than that of 1892,
which was E4,0l1, 500.
ALCOHOLIC insanity is twice as com.
mon now in France, the land of light
wines, as it was fifteen years
TWENTY-FIVE temperance bills have
been introduced in the British parlia-
ment during its sessions since 1892.
IN his annual statement of the
liquor statistics for England in 1893.
DR.. Dawson Burns reported crafty
ing decrease in the sum expended for
liquor, amounting to G2,011, 433.
ACCORDING to the statistical abstract
of the United States, the total cost of
the liquors of all kinds consumed in
this country is over sixteen dollars per
capita, about eighty dollars year for
every family, twice as much as the
total amount of the federal revenue.
1--WE meet some sad cases." said a
saleswoman in ''Paddy's Market" elias
cow to pressman. Il have known a
woman to sell the family blankets for
drink, and even her baby's clothes. 1t
seems hard to outsiders, but if we don't
take them another will"
A CHICAGO writer gives the following
reasons why there is now so much pow
erty, crime and misery in that great
city: There lives but one baker to
each seventy families, one grocer to
every eighty-nine families, and one
liquor saloon to every thirty-five fami
lies.
DIR. B. w. RICHARDSON states that in
nine thousand cases treated at the Lon.
don Temperance hospital the death
rate was only Ga per cent, a rate which
is on a par with, if not lower, than that
of any other hospital. He also said
that in the seventeen cases in which
alcohol had been administered at the
hospital he did not believe it had done
bit of good, and that he never pre-,
scribes it himself
THE brewing of lager beer in this
country was begun about fifty year.
ago in the outskirts of Philadelphia
Before that brewery products were en-.
tirely ale and porter. Now, however
nearly all the output, which last yeaI
amounted to 33, S92, 900 barrels, is OF
lager. Each barrel contains 24S pints
or 496 glasses; therefore, according tG
the latest internal-revenue returns,
there was made and sold last year an
average of a glass of beer for every
working day to every man, woman ans
child in the United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
SILK Blouse in the Wash Tub.

To wash silk blouse proceed as fol-
lows: Make good lather with white
curd soap and hot water in small tub
or pan and add a small wineglassful of
vinegar, pouring the same amount into
another pan containing about two
quarts of cold water. Place the blouse
in the water, holding it by the neck
band and rub it downward, taking care
not to drag it in any way and never to
rub soap upon it. As soon as it appears
to be clean place it in the cold water,
stir it about to remove all trace of soap
and squeeze carefully, but do not
wiring; roll in dry cloth for few min
utes or pass through an India rubber
wringer, and iron on both sides, keep
ing the grain of the silk quite even. If
the blouse needs stiffening it can be
passed through solution of gum ara
bic made by adding a quarter of an
ounce of gum arabic to one quart Of
boiling water) and then ironed, but the
use of the gum spoils the texture of the
silk. Chicago Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
Red Pepper as a stimuIant.

just now green peppers are sweet
and tender and very cheap. Remove
the seeds and use them in soups, gravies,
croquettes, omeletS sauces and stews
This is the time of year to get the com
plexion and digestion ready for winter,
and the vegetable is prime for both
Powdered red pepper, sold under the
name of capsicum, is also promoter of
good digestion; it is used to season
soup sauces and meat. This condiment
has the stimulating influence of alcohol,
with none of its after effects. The
Romans, Hungarians~a and Austrians cs-
TEEN paprika, mild red pepper, for
similar benefits A dish for beauty
that is also a delicate and appetizing
food is any boneless fish, such as cod,
halibut, striped bass, lobster or bonita,
boiled and served with brown gravy,
notified with quarters of sweet peppers.
st. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25

sit, stand, or lie on the earth conversing
with those who come near.
Ihey are now awaiting the decision
OF his majesty, who that morning has
passed upon the list of sentences.
The scene of death in Pekin is called
The Vegetable Market Place" Here
are three tents-one for the prisoners,
one for the officers deputed to attend,
and third called the sword tent for
use of the executioner and his instru,
ments.
A touch of mercy not in keeping with
the other barbaric methods has caused
the erection of the condemned tent
where naught of the execution prepare,
lions can be heard by the criminals
awaiting.-N. Y. SIM.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
Coats for Stout Women.

For full figures and stout women who
cannot wear belted waists that define
their size, the graceful princess coat is
still highly popular with skirt to match
of serge, sacking cloth, or the more
dressy fayetta of crepon. These coats
have continuous breadths fitted to the
waists, then widening out into bell
back. The fronts for these matronly
forms fall straight, and open with a
long pointed shawl collar, to which a
collarette is sometimes added.-N. Y.
World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
Acquiring Knowledge.

Miss Toune says she is so glad she
went to farm this summer; otherwise
she might never have known that leg
horn fowls were SO named from the
horns growing from their ankles
Judge.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-29

This country can congratulate it.
self upon the fact that when Cor
bett and Pete enter the ring it will
not be within the territory of the
United States.
No matter what the reason that
induced Kaiser William to extend
the olive branch to the old Chan
cellor, the act was graciously done.
IfTalmage's venture in Brooklyn
cannot maintain itself financially
where is the liberality Of the
church that is so much bOasted?
Southwest Texas suffers less in
the destruction of her cattle than
southeast Texas did. This is a
daisy country, this southwest.
1t is dollars to dough nuts that
California will not knock out At
RIGA as readily as the act was per-
formed for England.
The tariff will now run the
gauntlet of the Senate and there
will be no gag law in operation to
prevent discussion.
Judge Peckham has joined the
Hornblower combine and is wait
ing to see what Hill will do about
it.
The wool growers will reach for
Wilson's wool about next Novem-
Der. If they are wise they wool.
The Hogg people are ready and
willing for harmony, with the
Clarkites outside the party fold.
The Democratic doctors should
take out patents for their different
brands of "harmony OIL"
"Fools rush in where angels fear
to tread" Jackson rushes in where
Mitchell broke his head.
The Democratic party is indus
triously pulling the wool over the
eyes of the sheepmen.
Governor Mitchell's late appear
ance in print was a first-class job
of free advertising.
Can Senator Mcpherson take the
curse off the acts of Treasury Sec
rotary Carlisle?
If there is no stone of stumbling
in the old hearth stone life goes on
smoothly.