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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
NO ALCOHOL NEEDED.
A Physicians Testimony the Son-Al-
coholic Treatment of Disease.

"A RnysiclanS testimony on the NOn-AI-
coholic Treatment of Disease.
Referring again to the mortality in
the five hundred eases under review, |
feel quite content to rest on the gener-
al results. By comparison with other
hospitals, it would be easy to show
that mortality of ia per cent. ont of
so many examples of acute and serious
disease is as good return as could
have been obtained in any other hos
pital. Throughout there was no selec-
ton of patients for the trial. On the
contrary, the instruction was for the
resident staff to receive every case
however severe, and so soon as con-
valescence would allow for the re-
moval of patients under recovery their
beds were vacated at once in order that
new and pressing occupants should
be admitted. The wards were al
ways well charged, therefore, with per-
sons suffering from acute or very Sc
rious chronic disease. The general re-
suit is, consequently most satisfactory.
Nevertheless, do not rest on the gem
eral outcome. Having no prejudice
against alcohol as a medicine. and hav-
ing no desire to breathe word that
leans improperly on one side or the
other; having no object in view but to
collect facts derived from natural OBJ
servation, | have questioned myself
seriously whether there was single
case ending fatally that could have
been benetited-shall l say saved-by
the administration of alcohol? Unhesi-
Uatingly and conscientiOusly, | believe
there was not. When | was accustomed
to prescribe alcohol | should have pre-
scribed it in every one of the fatal
cases, not, in all probability, with
the expectation that they would
have recovered under its use as
matter of necessity, but from
habit, and from so ingrained an idea
that its employment was such a neces-
sity that if they had died in large num-
bers | should still have believed that
its administration was right. In Ike
manner, and for the same reasons, l
should have administered alcohol
largely in the sixty per cent. of cases
that recovered, and in the twenty-four
per cent. 'of cases that were relieved:
and if any of these had died l should
not for a moment have assumed
that alcohol had anything to do with
the death. l should also have been
sure to have believed that in every in
stance where alcohol was given, it had
assisted the recovery; a belief which
we now see had no actual foundation.
since recovery without alcohol was
certainly as good, and in many in
stances better.-Sir benjamin Ward
Richardson, NJ. D., in The Asciepiad.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
BEES ON A . BOUT.
DisprovaI of the Story That Mankind Only
becomes Inebrated.

Disrroval of the Story That Mankind Only
Becomes Inebriated.
Who ever heard of a drunken bum
blebee? The idea seems absurd in
itself; that an insect should prefer a
stick in its honey; but such is fact,
as my personal observation has proved.
A few years ago l was spending my
vacation at Englewood, n. j.. pretty
town Just back of the Palisades on the
Hudson river, and where, by the way,
a good deal of wealth and style con-
centrate. My favorite corner of the
veranda was shaded by fine old wis
taria vine, whose magnificent clusters
OF lavender bloom hung like punches
of .grapes, forming a superb cornice
the whole length of the piazza.
One morning while lying in my ham
mock my attention was attracted to
the vine by an unusual commotion
among the insects. Dropping papers
and cigarette, ! arose to investigate,
and found the vine alive with the larg-
est bumblebees | ever saw, big, shin
ing black fellows with yellow plush
trimming. any one of them would have
been fine specimen for an entOmolO-
gist. They were humming and biz-buzz-
ing in the drollest manner, pushing
and fighting with one another greed
lily for the possession Of certain flow
ers, until the one who had been at it
the longest would loose his head and
tumble through the leaves and
branches, buzzing in the most helpless
manner, to the ground, where he
would lie in somnolent condition for
few minutes. Then the fun would
begin. He would raise his legs and
one wing little way; buzz
down they would go again:
then he would push himself down and
try to gather himself together; buzz
no go; another wait, then another trial
of legs and wings, still pretty dizzy, a
final effort like a drunken man when
he makes up his mind to walk straight,
and Mr.. Bee would sail off about two
feet from the ground, thinking, no
doubt, that he had been transformed
into "A tlat-iron with wings. Whether
he went home a sadder but wiser bee
/ do not know, but hope so. found
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
Excellent Furniture Polish.

Incombustible paint for woodwork
may be made by mixing the desired
color in powder in water saturated
with potash, to which little starch
paste and common clay has also been
added to stiffen it. Woodwork coated
with this paint will not burn nor bis
ter in the neighborhood of stove or
gaslight A polish" preferable to
varnish for furniture may be made by
boiling a saturated solution of potash
in water, and adding, while it boils.
pieces of beeswax. When cold, this
makes mass of the consistency of
soft soap, which may be applied with a
brush, and which, with a brisk rub
bling, will give a fine polish. Much Of
the artistic ironwOrk now in use is held
together by screws and nuts. These
are liable in time to become loose, and
i is well to know that the joints may
be made tight again by simply ham
mering the nuts on the edge, which
makes them smaller and enables one to
screw up the piece as firmly as at first.
-Cbiporo Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-She-"Do you believe in fortune.
telling by cards?" He-'No; but l be-
lieve in fortune losing that way
Boston Beacon.
Little Man (golf enthusiast Why
don't you play golf?' Big Man-(blasej
why? Because I object to chasing
quinine pill around COW pasture -
Vogue.
-Mabelle-''Where is that perfectly
lovely necktie you had on yesterdays"
Millicent-"My brother is wearing it
himself to-day. Brooklyn Eagle.
Managing Editor-''Which beat in
the Ping Yang engagement" Tele-
graph Editor-''Both sides: one to-day
and the other yesterday" - Boston
Transcript.
-Lady-"You said this coal was eco
nomical; why. it won't burn at all"
Dealer-"Well, ma am, what could you
have more economical than that?"-
Tid-Bits.
What you been dom all summer,
Chimmy?" Been workin at a summer
hotel-waitin' on table trough de day
an leadin' de dancin' at night. "-Indi-
annapolis Journal.
Amateur Poet-"It was at the time
when my fiance Tilted me that discov-
cred my poetic vein and Good
Friend-''Ies, yes; a misfortune never
comes alone. "-Fliegende Batter.
-Tommy-"Paw, what is bigamy?'
Mr. Fight has reference to a man
having too many wives 1t has nothing
to do, however, with mans wife being
too many for him. Cincinnati Trib-
une.
She Gust taking up palmistry)-'I
don't suppose you believe that fortunes
can be seen in ones hand?" He-"O,
yes, do; if the hand is the best one
and there is no limit to the game
Buffalo Courier.
This paper" said Mr.. Rafferty,,
''says that felly wore blase. What's
blase?" ''Thot," said Mr. Dolan, lis
the failin' that comes ter man who's
got so lazy that loafin' is hard worruk "
Washington Star.
-Mills-''How is it that Dallas is so
unpopular in your town? He is rich,
DuG ut ID NGi Iell anu ptu6T~
GUS" Jameson-''Yes he loaned his
lawn-mower to everybody that wanted
it; but he couldn't expect to be popular
when he kept it so dull. Boston
Transcript.
The other day Boston publishing
house, which had recently brought out
an edition of The Complete Angler"
received a letter addressed to Izaal1
Walton, Esq. 1t was from a clipping
bureau, informing that gentleman that
his book was attracting considerable
attention, and requesting to be al
lowed to send notices from all papers
in the United States and Canada-Bos-
ton Herald.
"A teacher gave out words for analy-
sis. 'Bank-note" was one of them, and
the teachers establishment may be i'm
agined when one young lady brought
the following unique analysis: Bank
note is a compound, primitive word,
composed of bank and note. Bank
is a simple word, meaning the side of a
stream; note to set down. Bank
note to set down by the side of a
stream. '-Vineland Independent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

A well-known Leeds banker possesses
an immense number of different bank
notes issued at various times by banks
that have come to grievous smash and
which have involved thousands of per-
sons in their ruin. Not alone are bank
notes included in this curious collection
of relics of broken banks. which must
start world of painful reflections in a
commercial community-but also bonds
relating to celebrated undertakings
which have proved sources of immense
loss to spectators, these including
scrip of the South Sea bubbles, of
many of the schemes of Hudson, the
railway king, and of the Tichborne
bond enterprise. SO far as the bank
notes are concerned, it is astonishing
to see what a large number of estab-
lishments they refer to; and the whole
collection represents the names of
schemes which have drained the in
vesting public of hundreds of millions
sterling. The collector relates that on
several occasions visitors who have
seen the collection have, on coming to
some particular note, burst into tears,
for they have been directly connected
with the ruin wrought by the crash
indicated by that same note.-Cornhill
Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
THE NATIONS BILL FOR DRINK.

Figures Which Show an Increase in the
Consumption of Intoxicants.
1t is comparatively easy to obtain the
figures as to the number of gallons of
Intoxicating liquors of all kinds manu-
featured within and imported into the
United States, through the medium of
the official records of the treasury de-
partment; but it is very difficult to
ascertain what the people who consume
these liquors pay for them. We can
estimate the number of single drinks,
of average size, contained in gallon,
and figure on the basis of the retail
price paid over the bar per drink. This
gives us at best only an estimate but
this is the nearest it is possible to come
to an ascertainment of the nation S
drink bill
Let us take the official figures, and
make such an estimate for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1898. Within that
twelvemOnth there were consumed in
the United States, as a beverage and
in the arts, %, 800, 1871 gallons of dis
titled liquors. We will deduct y per
cent. of this sea of liquor for the guam
ivy uSIu III IuG dTIS, anu dul ID per
cent. for the water used to dilute it
down to the average retail strength.
This gives 101, 0S9, 015 gallons consumed
as beverage. The average price of a
gallon of whisky, when sold at retail
over the counter, is 81, 80 Hence the
people paid S454 900, 957 for it.
Besides this there were consumed
1907, 422 gallons of imported spirits,
which, at So per gallon, cost SIG, 459, 376;
of domestic wines, 26, 391, 235 gallons, at
81 per gallon, So, 1872, 40: of foreign
wines, 1896, 5s4 gallons, at 81 per gal
Ion, S22, 3S6. $50; of domestic beer, 1,071,
1873, S27 gallons, at so cents gallon;
S535, 59l, 914; of imported beer, 1862, 500
gallons, at 81 per gallon, So, 362, 500.
Adding these items, we obtain grand
total of Sl,079, 4S3, 172 as the nation S
drink bill for that year.
This is simply Acknowledgements the
people of the United States will thus
tax themselves for something which
is in no wise of the slightest benefit to
anyone, hut rather an injury. DR..
FranTiIn, in his Poor Richard" say
ings, told homely truth when he de-
clared that what maintains a vice
will bring up two children and it is
certain that what the vice of intemper-
ance costs many man in this country
would carry out the truth of the say
ing. But this is not the worst of the
matter. The total volume of alcoholic
intoXicants consumed yearly is increas-
ing steadily-and increasing at much
greater ratio than is the population.
The following figures show the in
crease in the cost of the liquors com
sumed for the past ten years. The
same method of computing the
amount paid was used as in the
computation for 1898, given above:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Dutch BunS.-MiX one pound OF
-four with one pound of sugar and a
dozen cloves pounded; add four well
beaten eggs and teaspoonful of car
Donate of soda dissolved in a little
milk; work the dough well; put little
balls the size of large walnut on a
buttered tin: put on each ball split
almond or a piece of candied peel. Set
them at once in moderate oven.-N.
Y. Observer.
Grape Marmalade.- is made of
ripe or green grapes. Pick from the
stems, rinse we'll, cook gently in a por-
celain kettle for ten minutes in just
enough water to keep from sticking.
Run through seive. To pint of sifted
pulp and juice add three-fOurths of a
pint of sugar, and boil till of the con-
sistency desired. A large quantity will
need to cook two hours. -Housekeeper.
Apple Custard. Pare quarter and
core tart apples, season with sugar, a
little water and few bits of butter
and bake tender, but do not break.
Make a boiled custard of three teacup-
fuls of milk, three teaspoonfuls OF
sugar the yolks of four eggs, and what
ever flavoring is preferred. When cold,
turn it over the prepared apples and
serve.-Ohio Farmer
-Caulihower Salad. Boil one large
caulidower with two quarts of water
and one tablespoonful of salt for hall
an hour. Take up and drain. When
cold divide into small tufts. Arrange
on Tho 70 IF h I, ' D.,
border of strips of picked beet. Pour
cream dressing or a cupful of mayon-
naise dressing over the caulifower.
Arrange star of the picked beet in
the center. Serve immediately.-N. Y.
Ledger
Fruit Macedonia. Peel half dozen
oranges and cut them in lengthwise
slices. Peel two bananas and cut them
in thin round slices. Put a layer of
oranges in "a glass dessert dish, then a
layer of bananas and sprinkle them
with sugar and maraschino. Continue
until all the fruit has been used then
as finish sprinkle a cupful of grated
cocoanut over the top. You will need
about half a cupful of sugar and four
tablespoonful of maraschino for the
tiavoring. boston Budget.
Dried Peaches. - Prepare yellow
peaches by peeling and cutting from
the stone in one piece. For each six
pounds of the fruit allow two pounds
of sugar, and make sirup by adding a
little water. Allow it to boil, then
put in the peaches and let them cook
till quite clear, take them up carefully
on a dish and set them in the sun to
dry. Strew powdered sugar over them
on all sides, little at time, and if
any sirup is left remove them to fresh
dishes. When they are quite dry lay
them lightly in jar with little sugar
between each layer food House
keeping.
Stuffed onions are delicious They
should be gently boiled for an hour in
plenty of clear water and then the
center should be removed from each
with sharp knife. Two tablespoon
fuls of minced ham, three of bread
crumbs, one of butter, three of milk
and egg, half a teaspoonful of salt and
a grain of cayenne should be mixed
and the hollows in the onions filled
with the composition. Then they should
be sprinkled with dry bread crumbs,
and a teaspoonful of butter should be
put on each onion. They should be
baked slowly for an hour and served
with cream sauce
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
"SPOkEN" AT SEA.
How News Is Exchanged Between Ships
En- Route.

Many of the newspapers published in
our seaports give column to shipping
news. One of the most frequent an
nouncements is to the effect that a
ship named was spoken" on a given
day, in certain latitude and longitude
The meaning of the term cannot be
mistaken, but how communication was
held may not be 50 easily understood
OF course the expire ssion, spoken at
sea-" came into use when it was the
custom for two vessels whose courses
came near crossing to hail each other
through the captains, using the speak
ing trumpet. By this means news
was received and sent. But this occa-
stoned loss of time, if it did not neces
state a change of course. In later
usage the spy glass has taken the
place of the speaking trumpet, except
in cases where the vessels are coming
near together in their regular courses.
Communication is now made by sig
Mailing, and the code is very simple.
Every merchant vessel in foreign trade
has a registered number by which it
can be identified in any part of the
world. Two vessels exchange numbers
by signal, and that one which first ar
rives at any port connected with the
rest of the globe by cable reports hav-
ing spoken the other in such and
such latitude and longitude, all we'll. :"
The report is made public through the
shipping newspapers. Of course the
correct form of statement at the pres
ent day would be, in a majority of in
stances, seen" rather than ''spoken;"
but nautical terms are not easily
changed. Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
CHARGING A CACTUS.
The Painful Experience of a Terrified Hun.
ter In Texas,

Gen. Maury says that when he was
in Texas he heard a great deal about
the ferceness and activity of the wild
cattle, and determined to find out the
truth of the reports. So, one morning
at day break, he set out with Juan, the
guide, and two other men, with pack
mules to bring in the meat they ex-
pected to kill. After two hours pur-
suit, he came in sight of huge, white
bull which broke away from them at q
rapid gait although he was severely
wounded. The writer continues:
Again, after half an hours pursuit,
we came upon our bull, and, as before,
dismounted, and ran up to make a
sure shot, and running closer to him
than before, delivered it. Old Juan
was too wise to dismount, though
had not observed this
As my rifle cracked I heard the
bushes rafting, and the men cried out:
Look out, lieutenant! he is charging
you!'
wheeled, and ran Cor my horse; but
the bull was too close for me to stop to
mount, so as | heard him close at nv
heels, turned suddenly to a huge cac-
tus l was passing, and sprang into it,
struggling through it and tumbling
fat upon the ground on the other side
In all my life | had never been so
terrified, and was 50 tormented by the
great cactus spikes, which had pierced
my body, that for an instant would
have welcomed the bull or anything
else that would have relieved me of my
misery.
After some moments | ventured to
rise and look about for the animal an
action which l Immediately regretted;
for he instantly saw me, and made an
other dash for me, the men crying, as
he did so: Hes charging again.
l whirled through another cactus,
the twin one l had just left, and lay
as fiat and still as a dead man. and | al
most wished | was dead, for in my
flight l had acquired a second supply
Of cactus spikes.
They are of the size of a large darn
ing-needle, with barbed points, and
when one is pulled out it leaves the
barb in to mark the place.
The bull was gone, but alas the cac-
tus spikes remained. Later in the day
we had better success with our game,
and went home driving the mules
packed with meat.-Youth's Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
Judging by IA Sure Sign.

A gentleman paid a visit to large
mandatory and on leaving asked the
foreman which of the three roads was
the nearest way back to the village.
81 have not measured them" replied
the manager, but have no doubt the
left hand road is the longest and the
right hand one the shortest
What makes you think SO, may |
ask?"
well, you see, sir, have noticed
that when the bell rings for leaving off
work our men go home by the right
road, but when the signal is given for
commencing or resuming work they in
variably come by the left. London
Tid-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

A most important branch of tIsiness in
the human mechanism is that transacted by
the kidneys. If your kidneys have gone out
Of business, look outl Soon they will be-
come diseased, unless they resume the pay
ment of therdebt to nature. Use Hostetter's
stomach Bitters at the start and all will be
we'll Employ it, too, for malarial and dys-
peptic troubles, constipation, livercomplaint
and feebleness
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

Suburban woodlands produce the
deadly amanita mushroom made IA
nous by Hamilton Gibson. 1t is one
of the most beautiful of the mushroom
family, being nearly pure white in
color, straight and sturdy of stem, and
with "A glossy white cap of perfect
form. 1t is easily distinguished from
other mushrooms by its cup at the base
of the stem and the veil little be-
meath the cap. A person unacquainted
with its highly poisonous character
might easily mistake it for a peculiarly
wholesome mushroom. Chicago Jour
nal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

SHE-"What can a woman do for amuse-
ment when she has no moneyF He-"Go
shopping l-BrOOklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
When Nature

Needs assistance it may be best to render it
promptly, but one should remember TO use
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The best and most simple and gen
tie remedy is the Syrup Of Figs, manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

APPLIcANT-"Do you need cookl" Mis-
tress-"fes. II did not wouldn't keep
one. Truth.
New-York tribune., 1894-04-14
INCREASE OF ACTIVITY.
TWO STOCKS MOST PROMINENT
THEY WE'RE ATCHISON AND SOuAI' ~"
FININGTIE GOLD ENfohi'
HAD LITTLE EFFECT.


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