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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-21

Mrs. Sarah Howard, of Houlton has
two queer pets-a couple of muskrats
that came up the drain into her cellar
and thence even into her kitchen. They
have now got so tame that they eat out
of the cats saucer and show no fear of
that individual, who on her part does
not deign TO notice them. though her
kittens sometimes cuff the rats. One
day they got straw and pieces off the
broom and made nest under the cup
board. They will come close to ones
chair and smell ones hand when
reached down to them. When eating
milk they sit beside the saucer, thrust
both paws into the milk, and then lap
it from their paws, sometimes taking u
half hour to consume a small saucer of
milk -Lewiston Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-21
BRILLIANT COLORS.
Beauties That Meet the Eye Approach
ing the Bermudas.

Beauties That Meet the Eye on Approach
ing the Bermudas.
The attention of the traveller is at
first attracted by the colors of the
waters as he approaches land, and in
the innumerable bays and inner sounds.
The blue reminds him OF the Mediter-
ranean, where the Mediterranean is at
its best, but among the islands the
blue changes to emerald as vivid as the
pope's ring, to Tyrian purple, to a
blending of purple and maroon in the
shallow bays, while if he looks across
any wide stretch of it there is an ire
descent appearance, shimmering of
shifting colors like changeable silk,
only the colors seem more solid, and
one doubts whether they are sky re-
Elections. and not solid colors of the
bottom seen through the transparent
water. For the water at great depth
is absolutely transparent On the east
ern coast of Sicily, below Taormina,
are seen just such wonderful colors
along the shore, just such sparkling
blue in the sun, and there it is associ-
ated with ages of romance and adven-
lure, WITH Suggestions OF treasure
wrecked along the coast in the galleys
of Phnnicia and Greek voyages. 1t is
here difficult to believe that these bril-
liant colors are inherent in the water,
and the fancy is quiclened by some of
the fish that sport in these halcyon
seas. One of these is the angel fish,
fiat and oval in form, of cerulean blue,
with two long streamers edged with
yellow, apparently one of the happiest,
as he is one of the most graceful of all
marine inhabitants. Another is the
parrot fish, larger animal, so called
from his colors of green and brown,
who moves about vigorously with his
long fins, that initiate in their motion
the stroke and recover of the Yale boat
crew. His head is brown, his back is
vivid green in shining scales, and his
tail is brown again, with fine shadings
of green. lie knows that he is one of
the handsomest of swimming things
Charles Dudley Warner, in Harper's
Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-21
ALCOHOL IN THE SYSTEM.
Chronic Ailments Brought on by the Use
of Liquor.

of Liquor.
The immediate effect of a moderate
amount of alcohol is feeling of in
creased vigor. Ideas are increased in
quiclneSS, but lose in concentration.
The system soon demands the stimu-
liant more freqently. Abstinence is
followed by suffering. The hand loses
its steadiness, the brain its clearness.
Insomnia add to the drain on nervous
forces, and the patient instinctivelv
resorts for relief to the poison which
is thu direct cause of his condition. In
time these symptoms become
intensified, and evidence of chronic
degenerations manifest themselves.
scarcely an organ in the body is exempt.
Alcohol in the stomach retards dipes-
ton by paralysing terminal nerves,
and by a chemical action on the pepsin
of the gastric juice produces changes
in the secretiOns of the liver. and VIII
ates the processes throughout the whole
alimentary tract, by causing perverted
action of the sympathetic nervous Sys-
TEN. Partially digested food passing
from the stomach to the intestines be-
comes subjected to abnormal fermenta-
tions. As a result, poisonous products
designated by modern chemists as
ptomaines and leucomaines are formed
Elimination is retarded by alcohol
consequently these products are alb
sorbed into the system and an auto
poisoning results. The lungs and skin
undertake to assist in relieving the sys-
tenn of effete material, as shown by the
peculiarly disagreeable odor of breath
and perspiration persisting for days
after cessation from the use of alcohol.
These patients will be found to suffer
from chronic catarrh of most of the
mucous membranes, notably the stom-
ach, and chronic liver and kidney
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-21
PERSONAL RIGHTS.


Drunkenness.
The drunkard insists on destroying
himself, his family, his property, and
breaking down all law and order. and
is literal anarchist. Society endures
this, and the plea of personal liberty is
raised when his conduct is questioned.
Science indicates that such conduct
is insane, that the drunkard has no
right to any liberty that brings peril tc
himself and others. He has no right tc
be a source of suffering and loss to any
community, That he has no right to
marry and entail on the next genera
ton weakened vitality, diseased ten
denotes, and incapacities to live normal
lives.
No man has right to destroy his
reason by drink, to become diseased by
drink, to destroy his moral sense an9
conception of right and wrong.
The higher laws of duty demand that
such conduct be repressed by depriving
the victim of liberty which he is so OBJ
viously unfit to enjoy.-Journal of In
ebrietV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-21
IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
The Way to Avoid an Unpleasant Hospita
Experience.

Experience.
1t is an unusually careful woman
who provides herself with any means
OF Identification when she takes her
walks abroad. The popular impression
In the feminine mind seems to be that
when woman is run over by q cable
car or faints in crowded stora or sue
cumbS to heart disease on the street
some heayen-born knowledge will come
TO her reScuers as to her identity. She
relies on chance to spare her family
hours of agony, or may be days of I'M
certainty, as to her whereabouts and
condition. In her pOcketbook may gen
orally be found samples. little change,
two or three cards with the names and
addresses of recently moved friends, a
sentimental clipping or two, a recipe
for face lotion and the like, but
nothing to give man or woman who
picks her up in a swoon the slightest
Idea of her own name or address.
OF course, there are women whose en-
broidered hankerchiefs and underwear
give their initials. whose monographs
adorn their umbrella handles and
whose cuff buttons are also a means of
identification, but these are compare
lively few, and initials are but poor
substitute for full names and address.
If Miss A. L. D. is picked up uncon-
s1lpus in the street or suffers in a railway
,secident, her family does not
know of her plight until their
own searching or the newspapers bring
them the information. But if Miss An
ME Louise Dobbs, of the Lebanon, New
York City, is found injured, or uncon-
scious, it is a comparatively easy mat
ter for the ambulance doctor to see
that her family is informed at once of
her state. If Miss Annie Louise Dobbs,
of the Lebanon, New York City, has,
furthermore, line about her some
where saying, Notify L. Il. Dobbs,
Boston Trumpeter," the task is made
doubly easy and the delay lessened.
There are careful fathers and mothers
who have imposed upon the ambitious
young women of their families who
live and study in distant cities prom
Use never to go anywhere without full
means of identification. A card with
the young wOman'S name and New
York address and her fathers address
constitutes the usual Identification GER
tificate. But card cases have been known
to be mislaid. For the benefit of young
women who have the reprehensible
habit of not knowing what they have
done with their belongings, a stationary
Identification card is necessary, One
young woman has had made a broad
silver bracelet, on which her name and
address are engraved. This is not an
ornament, for the young woman abhors
bracelets, and, consequently, she clasps
it above her elbow. She is happy in
the thought that the railroad disaster
or the swoon will not find her unpre-
pared. -Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-21

The gentleman from Boston was stop
ping with farmer landlord, and new
guest arriving, he was much impressed
by the conversation of the Bostonian.
Later he was talking with the landlord,
who was not anything like so Ian
guagenous as the guest.
by the way" he said, that gentle
man has an extensive vocabulary
hasn't hep"
The landlord was greatly pleased.
"Well," he responded, you'd ought
to a seen it when he first come, 'twan't
nothing to speak of; he's only been
boardin' with me two weeks, and he's
had to let his waistban' out four times.
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-21
Reign of White Petticoats.

The reign of white petticoats pre-
dicted for several months, approaches
slowly. The lifted dress coat skirt
still shows the dainty silk and lace
trimmed pctticoats in more bewilder-
ing variety than ever. For wear under
white and delicately tinted lawns,
mousseline de soies, and other gauzy
materials nothing is so satisfactory as
silk, imparting finish and effect that
are impalpable, yet missed without it,
and except under gingham gowns of
the p ainest variety the muslin or cam
brio petticoat has no sphere.
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-21

changes leading to cirrhois and Brignt's
disease. Degeneration and resultant
weakening of the walls of blood-ves-
sells predispose to rupture usually in
the brain), producing apoplexy.-Dr. E.
f. Arnold in North American Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-06-21

Were we to take as much pains to
be what we ought to be as we do to dis
guise what we really are, we might APP
pear like ourselves without being at the
trouble of any disguise whatever
Roehefoucauld
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
AUGUST 2. 1894 ,
The Silk Industry.

Mr.. Thomas Katsunume brought a
marvel to the Salt Lake Tribune
Office recently-two marvels for that
matter. One was common sage
brush plant covered with cocoons,
and the other was limb OF a poplar
treo covered the same way. He is
brother of S. Il. Katoge, famous
Japanese cultivator of silk. Mr.. Kat
sunume has a room in the Bee Hive
house, where he has been experiment.
ing in silk culture all Summer, and
where he now offers the eggs of the
silk worm for sale. He plants the
eggs ON the poplar tree and on the
sage brush, but he feeds the worms
on the mulberry leaves, and, by the
specimens he brought to the Tribune
office yesterday, it is only matter of
q little care and great deal of in
dustry to make Utah the foremost
producing Safe in the Uuion.
More than that even, to make in Utah
Il Will bS w U1ilD
country what the silk industry is to
France. 1t is n great chance for the
girls in this Territory who are not
going to get married until the year
after next. 1t is easy work, and would
not require much effort to make it
enthusiastic work among the young
ladies. There it no end of profit in it.
The market for silk is like the market
for champagne; it is practically mex
haustible. If it could be systematized
and put to work in good form, in IL
little while our region would have
such fame as Tyre of old and when
she made the "dyed garments" which
old man Isiah could not help but
notice, devout as he was; when Tyre
was browning the city, whose mer-
chants were princes, whose traffick ers
were the honorable of the earth--the
joyous city whose antiquity was of
ancient date.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
His Point OF View.

An odd illustration once given En-
ersOn, the philosopher. Of the fact that
the laws Of disease are as beautiful as
the laws of health is reported in his
lecture on The Connie"
Il was hastcning," he says. ''to visit
an old and honOred friend. who. was
informed, was i'll a dying condition.
when / met his physician, who accostcd
me in great spirits.
And how is my friend, the reverend
doctor?' | inquired.
"'Oh, I saw him this morning. It is
the most correct apoplcXy have ever
seen; face and hands livid. breathing
stertorous, all the symptoms, perfect.
And he rubbed his hands with de-
light, for in the country wc cannot
find every day Il ease that agrees with
the diagnosis, of the books"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
Picturod IN wo-<,L

The Bronx Valley, for many miles Of
its course, is a marvel Of fog and cloud
effects these winter mornings. When
neighboring hills have long emerged
into the clear sunlight the depths of
the valley just along the stream
are still clad in thick clouds, mixed
with fog, and with smoke and steam
from the hundreds of railway trains
that ceaselessly speed up and down the
valley. The deepest parts of the val
ley, as seen from near hillsides, seem
level full with an almost snow-white
fluid mist, and this trails in long strata
across the face of wooded hillsides,
with riffs here and there that give
e limpses of bareheaded tree trunks. A
few miles southwark, where the valley
broods in the east, Bronx Park looms,
fairy-lil1e, through thinning mist, and
the sun floats, round and pale, shorn of
its kecner rays, while. just below, the
picturesque grounds and buildings of
st. Johns college at Eordham take on
Il quaint and antique air that doubles
their charm.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02

SIXTY million dollars worth nf
leather is required every year tu pro.
vide boots ard shoes for the inhabit-
ants of Great britain.
DURING the six months ending July /
there were 3,S3o."i5 pounds of meat
fish. fruit and vegetables destroyed by
the health department of the city of
New York.
THE New York Journal of Commerce
says: The fire losses of the United
States and Canada for the month of
July. as compiled from our daily rec
Ord%. amounts to the important total uf
si2. us 100, or over half q million more
than the aggregate for the same month
of 1900" ...s.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
\ Long-Lived Race.

Hans Larsen, ono of the owners of
the Paymaster mine, in Say canyon,
comes of a long-lived race, His great
grand father died at the advanced
age of 136 years, his father at the age
of LOT, while his mother, who is li,-
ing, has passed 100 years upon this
earth. Mr.. Larsen, who is now 70
years old, is much younger-appearing
than the average man of 40 years, and
is as active as a cat.-Kennedv New.
Era.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF British birds the cuckoo has the
smallest egg in proportion to it's size.
THE most ancient title is that of king
1t or its equivalent is found in every
known language.
KEGS used for the transportation of
gold hold fifty thousand dollars each.
AMERICAN tools are far better than
those of European make.
A REGULAR funeral service was held
several days ago over the remains of
the crack race horse Prince Deceiver
at Latonia, Pa, who was then buried
in the center of n large field and a
handsome headstone erected over the
grave.
CHARLES FRANCIS GoUNoD, the emf
nent French composer, died at Paris,
October is. aged seventy-five years.
His fame rests chiefly upon his great
opera, Faust" composed in 1859. He
divides with Verdi and Wagner the
operate honors of the century.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
A Delicate Mechanical Feat.

E. A. Williams, matchmaker of
Broadway, New York City, recently
accomplished remarkable mechan-
ical feat-that of drilling a hole
through the entire length of a COM
mon pin, from head to point, the open
ing being just l,.rge enough to admit
of the passage of IL fine hair.
Mr.. Williams is the mechanic who
two years ago cut sewing needle in
two lengthwise and then drilled holes
and fastened it together so nicely that
the slit could not be seen with the
naked eye.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
n Declaration by Dcbs.

CHICAGO, August Id will never
again be connected with any strike
organization" said President Dcbs of
the A. K. U. to-day. "This strike has
developed the fact that the sentiment
of the people of this country ie against
strikes and the Government stands
ready to put down such movements
at the point Of the bayonet. | shall
hereafter advise all workingmen to
seek redress by the ballot"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
STRAYED.

Strayed from Cherry Greek, Ne.
vada, about eighteen head of mules
and horses, branded with "a "heart' on
neck.
The undersigned will pay liberal
reward to anyone giving information
that will lead to their recovery.
Address J. M...Mateer, Elko, or the
owner,
S. p. BILYEU,
Cherry Creek,
1-2.lm Nevada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
s,amsse judicial Procedure.

German papers tell of a queer method
OF judicial procedure in parts of the
kingdom of Siam. In the absence of
trustworthy witnesses, the learned
judge orders the two contestants to
dive in deep water. He who is able to
remain below the surface the longer
time is the winner of the suit! The re-
port further declares that particular
ly quarrelsome merchant, who consid-
cred himself too old to try the ''cold
water proof process" had a famous
swimmer train his son to perform mar
Vicious aquatic feats. In all the subse-
quent suits the father was represented
by the son, and as result was always
victorious!
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
CLOTHES FOR OUR GIRLS.

BROWNS. of all shades and blu and
green in the darker hues are preferred
for street wear for girls.
GROWING girls, quite as much as their
grown-up sisters, need have special at
t"n'ion paid to harmony in color.
GIRLS wear hair-ribbons matching
the leading color in their dress. It is
also well to have the ribbon on the hat
to match.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02
Special attention paid To
Transient Cu'tsns and Freight Teams
HORSES KEPT BY THE DAY, WEEK OR
MONTH.

Having leased the Stoker sheds and
Darn, l am now prepared to accom-
modate and feed seventy head of
horses. Plenty of corral room for any
number Of stock is also attached.
DR-I also run a dray in connection With
the above, and will attend promptly to ,
work hat line.
ej 1stf. H. 8. VANDRGILHN, Proprieto,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-02

Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Azure Grape Cream Of Tartar Powder.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-04-25
Clean Yaur Ears With Your Elbow.

'On no area of the human body is tn;
legend handle with care SO plainly stamped
as upon that narrow wax guarded canal
and the little cavity called the drum Just
beyond it, Yet it is pohed at, scratched.
scooped out and irritated hecdlessly, when
an equal amount of impossible abuse. If di
rected against the eye, would cause the de
struction of sight" is the opinion Of an
eminent ear specialist reported by The
Rural New Yorker He furt her says:
Two distinguished writers ON This sub
ject record these classic truths: The dean
est people are generally those who pack the
most dirt into their ears In explanation.
the narrow passage to the ear drum is far
from being straight. Just inside its opsn-
ing is an abrupt angle, so that particles OF
wax and dead skin are easily forced back tt
a point where they are apt to lodge and
form the nucleus for a large collection OF
debris, the least effect of which is to cause
temporary deafness. Clean your cars with
four elbow,' was the response of still
more distinguished physician. In otLei
words, the ears do not require cleaning ex
cept they are diseased, and then the neccs.
sary cleansing should be attempted only by
one who can see the offending material
The tissue which covers the ear canal grows
outward, much like fish scales, and as these
scales loosen from natural causes the
force of gravity, together with the various
attitudes Of the head, accomplishes thei,
escape along with the old. digcolored wax
uualded."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-04-25
To Replace the Trolley Wire.

The Boston Journal of Commerce de-
scrbes magnetic street railway system
Just introduced into Salem, the purpose of
which is to do away with the peril and in
convenience of overhead wires. The wires
corresponding to the present overhead
structure are buried between the rails in
an insulated conduit. over which is laid a
brass tube that projects a trfle above the
pavement. This tube is filled with wood,
in which is a slot containing Il quarter inch
iron rod lying loosely and connected with
the feed wire in the conduit. This tube is
in leagths of 10 feet, carefully sealed at the
ends and separated from each other by in
teryalS of six feet.
The car equipment, besides the ordinary
motor, has near each end of the car an elcc-
trio magnet and a metal brush hung to run
on the surface of the brass pipe. AS one OF
these magnets comes over the brass tube 1T
attracts and lifts up the iron wire resting
in the slot in the core This closes the Cir
cult with the feed wire, and the current is
taken up by the brush running on the brass
pipe and transmitted. 20 the motor. The
"live" condition of the brass pipe is main
tained only while an end of the car is over
it, and at all otlSr times it is as harmless
as the rest of the pavement As soon as the
magnet passes of from q section of pipe
the iron wire in the slot drops away from
contact with the pipe and destroys the Cir
cult of that particular section.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-04-25
The win i.c,,ste, ID.

Fashion has given its sanction to the
use of the singh, bed, and large numbers
OF the so called twin bedstead," are now
in the market, mal.y Of them made of cost
" woods rich with carving They arc so
designed that when placed side by side the
effect is that Of ore wide bcdstnad, wherc-
as separate spring mattress and bed cloth
ing are provided for each one.
The Decorator and Furlishcr also notes
that two iron bedatcads painted white
each feet wide-placed side by side, look
we'll if dressed with IA spread of pretty,
light colorcd chintz and a round bolster
covered to match. This is the ncatest and
most tasteful way of arranging a bed in
the daytime and seems to be coming into
very general use. The old time valance
has also been revived, and this. if used,
should be of the same chintz as the cover
ing, or all in white if the bed is so drapcd.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-04-25
When Painting on Glass.

For those who wish to avoid employing q
glazier or to save the expenses of the dia-
mond that most readily cuts the tinted
glass to any shape required, press heavily
upon the glass with steel cutter: then lay
upon the scratched line length of linen
thread soaked in turpentine. Press the
thread to the surface of the glass and set it
on fire. This will heat the glass around the
marked line. While heated throw upon it
q few drops of cold water, and it will then
readily break into the desired form.-Art
Amateur.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-04-25
Mr.. B. S. Pope of Manchester, the well

Mr. B. S. Pope Of Manchester, the well
known pomologist was in the city, yester'
day. He Gays that in looking through
hi, large orchard this week be found
promise Of an unusually large crop OF
apples. The trees are TO be loaded
with blossoms. While there is good
promise in this State of bountifu! apple
crop there is also likelihood of fair pri> es
Frost and storm are reported to have done
much damage to the fruit trees South ant
West the past few weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-04-25
A PONPADOCR BAG,

trast. a square ag is. however, made on
rev lines Th3 l,csc l.; composed of four
pieces Of cardboard covered with silk and
edged with cord. Into this the soft silk
bag with :. heading Is fixed
a cap&cioUs pocket. suitable for either
shopping or nccdlcworly is made in some
of the numerous fancy materials in linen,
,ror512d or sill St;!tlded with TIM flowers
and further or lanccd with two smart bows
in gay ribbed sill; L.r.nonizing with the
lining