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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
WHAT TO DRINK.
Plenty of Refreshments without Resorting
to Intoxicants.


to Intoxicants.
Miss Ruth Hays was the leader of
temperance band of ten little girls
They met at her house each week, read
temperance news and stories. sang
songs, spoke pieces, recited temperance
lessons and talked freely on all that
concerned temperance.
One day Lizzie Noyes said: my
Aunt Louise in the city says if we can't
have any wine, egg-nog or punch at
parties and dinners it is just impossi-
bic to entertain company, and one can
not be in society at all"
1t was evident that all the girls who
belonged to well-to-do families thought
that this would be dreadful state of
affairs.
Are there no temperance drinks?"
asked Anna.
Mrs. G. says that there are none
fit for anything" replied Fanny.
Now, girls, cried Miss Ruth, Il will
invite you all to lunch party here for
Thursday at three o'clock. There are
ten of you, and L make eleven, and
will engage to give you only temper
ance drinks, and each one a different
drink"
When the girls were seated at table
CD Thursday Nora handed about the
drinks, and here is the list, which Miss
Ruth declared to be better than any
wine list ever published:
l. Anna-Lemonade
2. Laura-Iced tea.
3. Mary-Choeolate
4. Kate-Coffee with whipped cream
5. Susan-Currant sherbet.
8. Ada-Raspberry vinegar with ice
water and sugar.
Z. Belle-Milk.
s. Jane-Shaved ice, pineapple and
sugar, with water.
8. Milkshake.
10. Nell-Fruit-ade the juice of many
fruits with sugar and water.
II. Miss Ruth-Water.
Don't think l have used up all the
temperance drinks" said Miss Ruth.
"Nora shall have some hot tea with
cream; that will be the twelfth drink.
l could serve you a lovely drink, made
of the strained juice of berries in
water, sweetened to taste, and served
with the white of an egg beaten in
eaah glass. I think cup of clear beef
tea, or bullion, is a delightful drink
that is fourteen; and hot milk, which
is wholesome and delicious, will count
fifteen. In the country we could have
buttermilk for sixteen, and drink
made of cold water, ginger and molasses,
beaten together, which is very refresh
ing on a hot day, that counts seven
teen. A glass with cream or new
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
HIS SPEECH BETRAYED HIM.
How Beggar Proved Himself to BE an
Arrant Impostor.

Look out fora young man with sandy
mustache of diminutive proportions
fair complexion, and light blue eyes,
and an imitation British accent, who is
going around the city appealing to the
sympathies of those whom he Judges
by their appearance to be Englishmen.
He is an arrant impostor, deserving Of
punishment instead of sympathy.
The other night on Madison street he
unfolded tale of woe which was any
thing but confirmed by his well-fed APP
pearance. listened to it with de-
gree of skepticism which was the inevi-
table product of previous experience
with beggars of various types.
Glow long since you left England?"
| asked.
six weeks. he replied, volunteering
the additional but entirely uncalled-for
information that he had not slept in
bed for five nights.
what We're you doing in England
before you left?''
II was a clerk, pronouncing it as it
was spelled lin store in Liverpool"
You haven't yet become an expert
professional beggar," l said to him,
although you seem to be making
pretty good thing outof it. If you had
only left England six weeks ago you
would have said that you had been
clark in Liverpool shop. Just re-
member that when you next try to take
in an Englishman and it may be dollars
in your pocket"
But the ungrateful scamp, instead of
approaching my disinterested advice,
hurled this at me:
"You are Mr.. Mean, from Meanwhile,
and | wouldn't take dime from You if
the drinks went along with it,
That speech betrayed an intimate ac-
quaintance with American slang which
it would take an Englishman long
years to acquire. Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

However the summer bedroom may
be furnished and whatever part of the
house it may be in, it should be well
ventilated, and yet arranged so that all
the glare of the morning light may be
shut out. Young people, who are good
sleepers. do not notice such irritating
conditions so much as older people,
who become more sensitive as their
nervous system becomes worn. The
heavy. thick, green shades which peo-
pie sometimes add in addition to the
regular shade, are Objectionable, be-
cause they also shut out the air. Inside
blinds, with awnings over the windows
to shade the light from the top, seem
to solve the problem as well as it can
be solved. Where there are no inside
blinds lattice screen and an awning
shade the window in an ideal manner.
Outside blinds are too cumbersome to
open and close every day, and they are
virtually abandoned, the more pictur-
esque awning being substituted for
them.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

Intemperance in drink heads the list
of physical causes of insanity, and do
mestic trouble and grief the moral
causes, but out of over 1000 cases of
insanity we find intemperance in drink
the cause of SIT cases, or PA per cent.
and domestic trouble and grief in only
- cases, or "a per cent. There can be
no doubt that intemperance in drink in
duces insanity in fully 25 per cent. of
all the insane cases in the United States,
either directly or indirectly. 1t is also
responsible for very much of the i'm
becility and idiocy of the offspring of
incorporate parents. Fifty per cent.
of all our idiots and imbeciles are with
out doubt the offspring of drunkards.
Where strong liquors are increasingly
consumed we find a proportionate
amount of alcoholic insanity. Where
the consumption of alcohol doubles,
there we find the cases of insanity from
intemperance will rise over fifty per
cent. National w. c. Il. U. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

milk, an egg, beaten, the white and
yolk separately, a little sugar and
little vanilla or fruit flavor, makes a
fine drinkable lunch for a feeble per-
son: count it eighteen. The Scotch
make very nice drink of oatmeal
stirred in water, with a little salt,
nineseen; and barley, boiled to jelly,
strained, favored with sugar and
lemon and reduced with pure cold
water, is an admiral BILE drink to rank
as number twenty. Now what do you
think of temperance people who have
nothing to drink?" - Julia McNair
Wright, in National Temperance AL
manao
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
ABOUT SQUIRTING.
Some Cures That Were in Vogue Half q
Century Ago.

Century Ago.
The most common form of ''Squint"
is that in which the globe of the eye is
turned inward. Fifty years ago cross
eyed" persons must have been much en-
evidence, Judging from the forms OF
treatment laid down in the standard
text books of that period for the relief
of the deformity. Nothing was then
known of the science of its causation,
and the treatment of it, of course, was
entirely at fault. Most elaborate rea-
sons were ASST gned in the endeavor to
account for its appearance. One dis
tinguiShed author attributed ''squint"
to 1.-The bad custom which nurses some
times have of laying a child in such
position in its cradle that it sees the
light or any other remarkable object
with only one eye"
Reading between these lines, it is al
most imposs ible to avoid eXclaiming:
"Poor nurses, poor children" for under
these circumstances nurse would be
certain to be Gems ured for her alleged
careleSsness, and a child as it grew
older would be certain to be subjected
to treatment of rather excessive
disciplinary character for having had
the audacity to acquire 'squint.' But
it was in the treatment of this affection
that our predece ssors eXcelled them
selves gravely. 1t was laid down that
one method of curing squirting eye
was ito make child look often in the
looking-glass. because the child will
see the squint and correct it, 1t was
further pointed out that this was u
useful means of cure when vOlition is
sufficient, as it sometimes is, to prevent
the squint."
Imagination pictures child being
dispatched to its bedroom every day for
half an hour for the purpose of gazing
at itself in the looking-glass and having
to perform this inane task with the
same regularity as that of learning it's
scales on the schoolroom piano. Again
the expression, Poor children uncon-
sciously suggests itself When the
''cure" after this method was unsatis-
factory. doubtless the failure was at
tributed to some defect in the wolf
ton" for which, of course, no one could
be blamed except the child. In some
cases the squirt was attributed to
childs bad temper, b ut the eventual
ties suggested by the mention of such
a subject as this h ad better be left un
discussed. -Nineteent Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
THE ARCH ENEMY.
Wreck and Ruin Wrought by the Demon,
Drink.

Wreck and Ruin Wrought by the Demon,
Drink.
Tonight it enters humble home to
strike the roses from a wOman's check,
and tomorrow it challenges this repub-
lie in the halls of congress. To-day it
strikes crust from the lips of a starry
ing child, and tomorrow it levies from
the government itself There is no cot
tage in this city humble enough to es-
cape, no palace strong enough to shut
it out 1t defies the law when it can
not coerce suffrage. 1t is flexible to
cajole, but merciless in victory. 1t is
the moral enemy of peace and order,
the despoiler of men, the terror OF
women, the cloud that shadows the
face of children, the demon that dug
more graves, and sent more souls I'M
saved to judgment than all the pesti-
lences that have wasted life since God
sent the plaques to Egypt, and all the
wars since Joshua stood beyond
Jericho. 1t comes to ruin, and it shall
profit mainly by the ruin of your sons
and mine. 1t comes to mislead human
souls. and to crush human hearts under
its rumbling wheels. 1t comes to bring
gray-haired mothers down in shame
and sorrow to their graves. 1t comes
to change the wife's love into despair,
and her pride into shame. 1t comes to
still the laughter on the lips of the lit
tie children. 1t comes to stifie all the
music of the home, and fit it with
silence and desolation. 1t comes to
ruin your body and mind, to wreck
your home, and it knows it must meas
ure its prosperity by the swiftness and
certainty with which it wrecks this
wOrld.-Hon. II. w. Grady, in National
Temperance Advocate
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09
HEMLOCk BARK IN VERMONT.
An important Industry of the Green Noun
tain State.

tain State.
Inc manufacture of leather depends.
to very large extent, on the chemical
property, which fannie acid possesses.
Of uniting with albumen and forming a
hard, 1nsoluble compound. which may
be said to be the basis of leather. Tan
mic acld-or, as it is more commonly
called, tannin-is found in the bark of
nearly every species of forest tree. but
the quantity i'll most trees is small. In
fact 1T Is found in but four species of
trees In sufficient qua City to render
the bark of those trees an important
article of commerce. These are the
sumac, palmetto, oak amt hemlock. OF
these, the hemlock is the only kind
found to any extent in Vermont. and
the preparation of its bark forms an
important and profitable industry for
the farmer and lumberman. There are
no accurate statistics available relating
to the production and consumption of
hemlock bark, but from such data as [
have been able to obtain by personal
inquiry at several tanneries, the amount
consumed in this state alone cannot be
less than ten thousand cords This. at
SIX dollars per cord-which is about
the ordinary price-would amount to
sixty thousand dollars. In addition to
this, the United States annually i'm
pos, from Quebec and the adjacent
PROVINCES, hemlock bark to the value of
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
HemlOck lumber is coarse grained
and not very strong. 1t takes no polish
and cannot even oe planed smooth,
hence it is not very valuable. Still, it
is durable and makes good fencing and
is much used in building, and for stable
flooring it is unexcelled. OF late years
it has been much used for making
shingles. For fence posts hemlocll is
classed equal to white cedar, though
far inferior to the red kind. 1t will
thus be seen that the timber products
of the hemlock are by no means incon-
siderable, and the bark equals in value
all the rest of the tree. Ordi narily we
can calculate upon cord of bark for
every Thousand feet of lumber. The
price, delivered, is the same, and the
wood from the tops will pay the differ
ence in hauling.
The method of preparing the bark
for market is very simple. The tree,
after being cut, is marked off into sec
tions of four feet each; then the bari,
is cut through at each section, longi-
tudinal incision is made the entire
length, and with an ron-pointed instru-
ment designed for the purpose the bark
is pried off This work can only be
done during the summer months. The
bark should then be dried for two or
three days, when it is ready to be piled,
or it may be marketed Immediately. No
estimate can be given as to the amount
of bark a man can peel in a day, as it
will vary according to the size and
shape of the trees. If the trees are
large and free from limbs the bark will
be thick and come in wide strips, and
two, or even three cords. will not be an
unusual days work. If, on the con
trary, the trees are small and bushy
the bark will be thin and narrow, and
man may not be able to peel half a
cord in day.-American Agricul-
turist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

In some of the more strictly French
sections of New Orleans the supersti-
tions of the tickle European republic
still survive. One of the most peculiar
of these is that loaf of bread thrown
into water will act as divining rod,
and locate the presence of a dead body.
Some time ago small party of citizens
of French extraction We're trying this
experiment. One of their friends had
been missing for several days, and the
impression had gained ground that he
had drowned himself in the river Sc
curing boat and a loaf of bread, his
friends had started out to ascertain
definitely whether this was the case.
When l saw them they had been work.
ing for more than an hour, and waited
long enough to see them abandon the
task. The general satisfaction all felt
was due to the fact that the bread had
simply floated in the river, and had not
been attracted to any specific spot,
this being in the opinion of the search
ers proof positive that the man had
not been drowned in the river at ALL
st. Louis Republic.
Pneumatic tires have been found
Ii A. L.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

II think Mrs +. is the homeliest wo-
man ever saw. "Why, she's homely
enough to stop a--a--'
"Clock?"
"No; a trolley car. '-3rooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

The United States manufactures
more iron, steel, copper and Lead than
any other country on the globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

"A company is forming in st. Peters
burg for the purpose of establishing ex-
tensive cotton plantations on the Box
hara banks of the Amoo- Darya, the
great river of central Asia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-09

Pneumatic tires have been found
very serviceable on hospital ambu-
lances. .-.
The Washington times., 1894-09-17
Entries at the Other Tracks.
ArGrav.esenh.


First race-Five furlongs. Truepenny, los;
Kennel l0.; Parthenia ana April Fool, l05 each;
Lobcngula and Tuscan. I02 each: Buck Massie,
Niccnlini. Acniever, and Milton T., 100 each;
CEicol Sir John, NiEevah, Enchanter, and Cherry
Blossom colt. 9S each, and Export, g5
Second race-SiX turlOngs Charade, 1l2: Der
farEilla and Little Billy, 109 each; Ingomar and
Discount, lG1 each; Chswick, l05; Melba, 104;
Poor jonathan, Nah jim, Integrity, and Bean
sey. lO2 each; Rosa H., My Gyps, and Mendicant,
~ each; Ellen and Milan, 90 each, and Bimbo,
ll2
Third race-The Clinton stakes. One mile and
one-siXteenth Beldemere, l24; PocahOntas. 119;
Lightfooi, III, and Star Actress and Kentigena,
IL each
Fourth race-The WoodIawn handicap One
mile and three-siXteenths Banquet, 12j; Henry
OF Navarro, Il9: Sir Walter, l16; Faraday, l0S;
Patrician and The Pepper, l07 each; Saragossa,
Jos: Cleaning. l02, and Hornpipe, so.
Fifth race-For two-year olds. Five furlongs.
Gotham, l23; Bellicose, ia; Applause and Havoc,
IL each; Jrania, Ill; The Coon, 40; Slvie, 109;
L)ttie Easton, JOG; Cromwell Jos; Magian form
ctly Magnetism colt, l04: Roundelay, 102; Php-
bus. 100; Moderoccio and Hanwell, 81 each, and
LobenEula, %.
Sixth race-one mile and furlong Ingomar;
Harry Alonzo, and Jordan. l07 each; Hume, 102,
Long Tim and Emin Bey, 100 each; Coquette, 49,;
Prince Karl, Jack Rose, and Sam Bryant 81
each. and Live Oak, %.
At Latonia:
First race-0ne mile Rem Avon, 81; Gloriana,
81; Equator, l0l; Footrunner, l02; Kindora, l04;
Pirate King. JOG; Press Connolly, 101, and Excel
siOr and Early Rose. l10 each
Second race-One mile and seventy yards.
Philopcna, s9: Pttsburg, 80; Arapahoe, 100;
laghtmore, lOi: Dolly Mithers, l07; Eli, los, and
Phil0ra, 10
Third race-one and one-sixteenth miles Po-
tentatei Peytonia, and Pearl Song, 100 each;
The Washington times., 1894-09-17
LUTHERAN LYCEUM.
Its First Meeting Held and Several Ad
dresses Delivered to the Members.

Its First Meeting Held and Several Ad-
dresses Delivered TO the Members.
The first meeting of the Lutheran Lyceum
was held at o'clock yesterday afternoon at
the Church of the Redeemer (coIored Luth-
eran), Eighth street northwest, above Florida
avenue. Thelyceum was organized last week
for the literary and social advancement of the
younger members OF the congregation.
Miss W. Jackson, of Southwest Washing
ton, delivered an essay on "What can young
women do?" Addresses were also delivered
by Messrs. John T. Davis. of the Second Bap-
tist Church Lyceum, by Mr.. W. T. Thompson, ,
and Mr.. Lones. of the West Indies, on the
Advantages of lyceum associations" The
choir, under the leadership of Prof. Joseph
T. Amos. rendered some suitable music
AT the Sunday-school meeting at o'clock
the children were addressed by Rev. J. G..
Butler. of the Memorial Lutheran Church OF
Thomas Circle. Pastor D. E. Wiseman of
the Church of Our Redeemer. preached yes
terday at the Second Baptist Church on
Heavenly rest"
The Washington times., 1894-09-17
solika, 1Oi; oakwood, 10Y, and Rey El Santa

Selka, 1O4; Oakwood, 10Y, and Rey Ell Santa
Anita, 1l2.
Fourth ace-Eleven-sixteenth of mile Two
year-olds Vernon, Prairie, Uncle Henry, and
Insomnia, 100 each; Mercury, 103; Signora and
Julia O., l05 each; Eva L., Repeater, and Buck
fly, 10, and Sunburst, ll3.
Fifth ace-Nine-sixteenths of mile Maiden
two-year-old nllies Marie Shreve, Lottie Aller,
Hndoos Dream, Faba, Silver Roll, Pleasantly,
Rebecca, Toloche, Our frankie, Madge, Miss
Florist, Hagar, Doorga, Aunt Tabitha, Ada,
Aimee, Goodwin, sevilla, Leafiet, and Adah FoY,
los each
Sixth race-one mile Zeophille, 81; Bedford
and John Berkeley, lO5 each; Baby Bill, l07; Alta
man and Remorse, 1l0 each
First race-one mile. Oracle c., Jennie w.
Artie Fern. Minnie Mackin, and Folly, 105 each;
Queen Best, Leo, Full Measure, Abbess, The Kit
ten, and Mariel, 100; Lulu T., ia; Florence
Dickey, Lorena Mac, Mary j., Fiction, Dotsie
Dimple, Fullerton, and Lass, lOl each, and DAM
ask, 106.
Second Iace-Six furlongs. Tartarisn, Josie
n, Mother of Pearl, and Krikina, l06 each;
Booze, Red Glen, and Geld Dust 100 each; Oc-
cula S5; Motor, Whitestone, and Cass, l03 each;
Wells Street, 9S; Senator Irby, Ill; Diggs, 93;
Florry Meyers, 100, and Glee Boy, l09
Third race-One and quarter miles. Willie
l. and Joe Murphy, 104 each; Hawthorne, 40:
Nolsey IS; La Gascon, So; Buck McCann, 1Ol,
and Fakir, %.
Fourth race-Five furlongs Momus, Loretta j.
SDOuglass, and Martha Griffin, l0l each; Bob Lee,
Corrine, NIrge Dor, Alice W, Linnette Baldur,
Ellie T., May Rose, My Hebe, Shellbark, Screw
driver, and Little Billy, 81 each; Ruth en-, Hes
sen, Blackjack, and Tremor, 100 each; Chenoa
and Freedman, 10 each. and Joe Mack, l0i
Fifth race-Six furlongs Warsaw, l0S; Prince
Regent Texas Star, Morre, Southern Lady, Ad-
versity, Good Day, and Oscar, l06 each; Marine,
III; Blackbird, Katie Darling, Nirena, and Mic
aragua 100 each, Jim T., 40; Little Con and
Danton, l07 each; Encoria, l04, and Jimmie X
100
Sixth race--Six furlongs. Tee Ia May, 107:
Spendoline, 115 Bell Guard, 107; Virgo Dor,
lis; Sprte, 1O7; South Park 107; Ed. Greenwood,
IO9; Dockstader, I07: Innovation, Ii3. Paulus
100; Van Zant IO9 Della, lOO HilIsboro, 1O6;
Icilius, l03, and Idyle, 100
The Washington times., 1894-09-17
GRANGE CAMP FAIR.
List of Sterling Attractions Pro-
yided for This Week

A-lSt VI otS1ilhE EIO-
yided for This Week.
The programme for the fair OF the Grange
Camp Association of Northern Virginia on
Alexander Island this week contains some
very interesting features The past week has
been devoted to preparations in the main, but
this week the fair will be ready and some
handsome prizes in cash and trophies are to
be contested for.
On Tuesday there will be bicycle contest
for handsome prizes, handicap races, the en-
tries for which close on Wednesday, among
which are about fifteen from the District OF
Columbia and Maryland.
On Wednesday there will be steam fire
engine contest for prizes amounting to $3.50,
at which officers of the Washington fire de-
partment will act as judges.
On Thursday there will be grand military
drill for prizes aggregating $3.50 for Virginia
companies only. Officers of the Morton
Cadets. of Washington, will act as a reception
guard to escort the competitors to the grounds
and will give a special drill after the contest
There will also be Il riding match for lady
riders for prizes.
Fridays programme includes a military
drill between Virginia, District Of Columbia,
and Maryland troops. Entries will close
Wednesday. To the $500 prize since the Ma
tional Fencibles and Emmett Guard will
compete, the association have added a second,
a handsome stand of silk colors. The War
Department has designated as judges of this
contest Capt. J. NJ. Bell, Capt. NJ. f. Steele,
and Lieut.. Alexander W. Perry, from Fort
Myer, Va.
The fair will conclude on Saturday with a
grand Virginia tournament for prizes and the
Grange Camp lance, much sought for
trophy.
Secretary Weddcrburn on Saturday depos-
tied 500 in the Traders National Bank with
which to pay the bicycle prizes.
s. H. Hamilton, of Staunton Va, arrived
on Friday with forty pens OF fine sheep and
hogs which are now on exhibition. Over
900 chickens, by well-known breeders from
several States, have been entered.
Cattle from New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and Virginia have been entered,
and this feature is expected to eclipse any
thing of the kind ever seen at local fair
Secretary Wedderburn wishes it known that
the fair is ut the second station from Wash
ington, and not at Jackson City, and that
every courtesy will be shown ladies and chill
dren and various amusements and entertain
ment will be provided for their comfort.
The Washington times., 1894-09-17
BIG WORK DONE YESTERDAY.
The Friends of Both Lieut.. Kelly and Pri
vatc Pearson Showed Their McrtIe

The Friends of Both Lieut.. Kelly and Pri.
vatc Pearson Showed Their McrtIe.
Yesterday was day of rest with everybody
except coupon hunters. More ballots were
put in than on any other day since the con-
test opened, which shows that like other
good things it grows better as it grows older
The Kelly men gave their favorite long lead
and put him COS votes ahead of his nearest
competitor, Private Pearson. who also made
tremendous jump and placed 800 votes to
his credit since the polls closed Saturday
night. Both men certainly have many and
warm friends and it looks as if neither would
win without the utmost good natured effort
The friends of the other leading candidates.
however, do not admit this ana contend their
men will win. The ballots will decide
At the request of Acting Detective Hartigan
his name has been dropped from the list
Candidates and their friends are reminded
that all votes received after O'Clock will not
be included in the score published the fol-
lowing morning, but will be held over for one
day.