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course; but if she should not be-al-
though love you-I could never coun-
tenance such thing You must
choose between the child and me"
Her eyes were still fixed upon him,
seriously, ponderingIy; then she
looked down at the child sleeping now
upon her breast. Il am afraid she
Will be claimed" she said, very quiet
ly, but in any case, Mr.. Whitney, l
| have made my choice. | thank you for
the honor you have done me, but
gool night"
The child soon Weakened, and Mrs.
Catherwood, receiving ready sympathy
and help from her kind old companion
friend, fed her wee guest her supper,
and tried to learn her name. But the
little one only laughed and stretched
out her chubby hands to the blaze.
Baby" she said, and pity, pity"
as the soft coal flame fared bright
Then Mrs. Catherwood, with gentle
unaccustomed hands, gave her a warm
refreshing bath before the fire. and
had just sung her to sleep and laid her
in her own soft bed, when word was
brought that some one was waiting be-
low to see her.
Descending with-a new and almost
nervous dread, Mrs. Catherwood found
an officer with woman who had come
for the missing child. Not one of her
own, the woman explained, but the
child Of young couple-strangers in
the town, who had lived in the house
with her, and had died within a few
days Of one another the month before
She had taken the child herself then,
because, poor little soul! there had
been no one else to care for her.
Let me keep her." said Mrs Gather
wood, "and l will bring her up as if
she were my own"
SO it was settled. And then, with a
new sweet feeling of tenderness in her
heart, Mrs Catherwood left the sleep
ing little one in her companions care,
and went out, accompanied by her
maid, to buy some little necessary gar
ments and toys for her Christmas
Treasure.
She saw no familiar faces among the
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death that night, but in the gray dawn
of Christmas morning their victory was
won, the child's labored breathing be-
came easier, and as her pitiful suffer-
ing ceased she had fallen into a quiet,
refreshing sleep
"All danger is over now" the doctor
said, and Thank God" Mrs. Gather
wood murmured from her heart.
you don't know how l feel" she
went on, brokenly. "She only came
to me last night, but it seems as if she
had been sent-a Christmas gift-to be
my very own"
DR.. Harmon took Mrs. Catherwood's
hand in both his own and seemed to
forget to let it go.
Let me thank you for the conf
dence that you have shown in me to-
night" he said. 81 misunderstood
you once, and you have judged me
even more harshly than | judged you;
but you are a noble woman. 1t is
Christmas morning now" he went on,
and with that large charity you have
shown towards this little child, will
you not give me the privilege of learn
ing to know you better, and of over
coming your dislike to me-if l camp"
And Mrs. Catherwood answered
yes. judith Spencer, in N, Y. Oh:
server
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But was he the man to help her up
ward to the broader, nobler life for
which she yearned, and which she
found so hard to reach? Alas, she
knew too well that all her higher as
pirations would soon wither in his
keeping; and yeti was so sweet to
be loved, and she was so alone!
A wilder gust of wind came rushing
down upon her, and almost took her
off her feet. She caught a low-hang-
ing branch to steady herself, and at
that moment she saw a tiny barehead-
ed child, hurrying, stumbling, actually
blowing toward her, n helpless thing
in the power of the boisterous blast.
Mrs. Catherwood put cut her arms,
as, frightened and exhausted, the little
one dropped at her very feet. In an in
slant Mrs Cottonwood was kneeling
over her. christening her costly furs,
she wrapped them around the little
shivering form, and tied a handker-
chief over the wind-tossed curls.
That the child had strayed away and
was lost was as evident as that she
was perishing with cold, and without
an instant's hesitation, Mrs. Gather
wood lifted her up and FASTENED upon
her way.
This piercing cold which her warm
furs had before kept from her now
stung her llncenly, and her arms ached
under their unaccustomed burden; bat
! the words: zone of these little ones
''in My name"-''ye have done it unto
Me"-seemed ringing in her ears, and
| awakened a new warm throbbing in
| her heart.
She hastily gained the town and
found her way to the nearest chemists,
where the child was soon revived.
! Then, having sent description of her
to the police, Mrs. Catherwood carried
the child away to her home, where she
found her impatient sutton awaiting
her.
AT last" he exclaimed. Then catch
ing sight of furry bundle in her
arms, he added: In the name of com
mon sense, what have you there?'
Mrs Catherwood's lovely eyes were
very bright, and there was an unusual
flush upon her cheeks.
My Christmas gift" she said, her
low, clear voice vibrating with emo
ton. "a little child; and if she is not
| claimed"
you will put her in your pet Or
phanage, of course"
mo, ! should lille-to keep her for
my own" Mrs. Catherwood said soft
| ly, with a quick. upward glance.
She saw the wave Of annoyance that
oversprcad his face.
"Alrs. Catherwood - Estelle! You
cannot be serious; a child of common
parentage! She will be claimed, of
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THE WORK OF LEAVES.


Upon Them Depends the Life of the Plant,
In the fall of the year the deciduous
trees shed their leaves, the organs by
which they derive nutrition from the
atmosphere in the form of carbOnic
acid. During the period of growth
each leaf is an active chemical labOra-
tory, drinking in carbOnic acid, decom-
posing it, assimilating the carbon and
giving off the superfluous oxygen. This
decomposition of the carbonic acid
takes place only during the day. Light
is essential to the process and on short
winter days do not furnish it in suhi-
cient quantity; moreover. leaves are
delicate structures, affording very lit
tie protection from cold to the sap cir
culating through Them and would,
consequently, if they remained on the
tree, be killed by the first frost, causing
sudden arrest of all the functions of
life. and a consequent shock to the sys-
tenn which would almost certainly be
destructive of life,
The Transportation of plants is a very
active process; the water taken up by
the roots carries small quantities of
/ Tiutritive matter in solution; this is as
simulated by the plant, and the water
given off by the leaves. An idea of the
activity of the process will be gathered
from the statement that a sunt1ower
three feet high respires double its own
weight of water every twentyfour
hours. With a fall of temperature,
the roots cease to take up water. The
pores of a pumpkin root close at a tenn
perature of 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
The leaves continue to transpire, and
the plant gradually dies; the leaves
wither for want of moisture and are
no longer capable of performing their
functions. The fall of the leaves at
the beginning of winter is thus neces-
sary to the plants protection. If they
We're killed Ots suddenly by frost while
in the active exercise of their functions
the congelation of the large quantity
of water circulating through the plant
would rupture the tissues and cause
DEATH but the water in circulation
having been gradually evaporated at
an earlier stage, the plant is in no dam
ger from this cause.-Self Culture.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

Cast iron weighs 444 pounds to the
cubic foot, and a l-inch square bar will
sustain a weight of IS, 500 pounds
bronze, weight 525 pounds, tenacity
$500; wrought-iron, weight $50, tenacity
$4,000; hard truck steel, weight 400,
tenacity ~ 900; aluminium, weight lGs,
tenacity 1000. We are accustomed to
think of metals as being stronger than
wood, and so they are, generally speak
ing, if only pieces of the same size be
tested But when equal weights of the
two materials are compared, it is then
found that several varieties of wood are
stronger than ordinary steel. A bar Of
pine just as heavy as bar Of steel, an
inch square, will hold up l25. 900 pounds;
the best ash 10000 pounds, and some
hemlocll POO O0O pounds. Wood is bulky.
Ii occupies ten or twelve times the
space of steel. The best steel castings
made for the United States navy have
a tenacity of $4,000 to Is, 900 pounds to
the square inch. BY solidifying such
castings under great pressure tensile
strength of $4,000 to $50, OOo pounds may
be obtained. hallway Review.
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"Body Rested, Mind at Ease"

That is what it is when travelling on the
fast trains of the Chicago, Milwaukee e
st. Paul Railway; besides there is no chance
to 'kicl1, for the accommodations are up to
date the trains keep moving right along
and get there on time. These lines thor
oughly cover the territory between Chicago,
La Crosse, st. Paul, Minneapolis, Aberdeen,
Mitchell, Sioux Falls, Sioux City, y ankton,
Council Bluffs, Omaha and Northern Mich.
lgan All the principal cities and towns in
that territory are reach ed by the st Pau"
lines, connecting at st. Paul, Council Bluffs
and Omaha with alllines for points in the far
west. Write to George II. Heatford, General
Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago, Ill,
brochure giving a description Of the Com.
partment Sleeping Cars Tickets furnished
by any coupon ticket agent in the United
States and Canada. The finest dining cars
in the world are run on the solid vestibuled,
electric-lighted and steam-heated trains OF
.hA Chicago, Milwaukee q st, Paul Rail
way.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20
EATING WITH a KNIFE.
The Puritans Were Not Up In the Science
of Living Well.

of Living Well.
To be able to eat skillfully with
knife is a sure sign of Puritan ances-
try. The quick lunch restaurant is the
preparatory institution for the tomb.
Every person must build the abode for
his own soul by eating, and most men
do it as though they had a contract job
on hand.
If you wish to see people eat in an
ideal manner, go to an Italian restau-
rant. There may be dirt on the floor
and dust on the windows; but the food
is good and the leisurely subjects of
Humbert know how to eat. They APP
pear to derive fully as much satisfac-
ton from looking at their food and
fondly regarding it, as from eating it.
They eat leisurely and enjoy it. Not
so in the average downtown reStau-
rant. The man of business or the clerk
comes in. He orders from the time
table" he chafes until he gets it; then
he swiftly and sllillfully arranges each
dish around his plate in such manner
as to lose as little time as possible, ties
of the knot stick up behind his head
like mules ears, takes his knife in
one hand and the fork in the other,
casts determined look around him,
land then the knife and fork begin to
play back and forth from his plate to
his mouth, and the only wonder is that
they don't clash on the way.
The quicll-service restaurant is not
responsible for all the anguish of mod
ern existence l can conscientiously
extol the old style of New England
cookery, but the modern New England
cookery is the great toboggau which
brings up in Paradise-or some other
seaport town. 1t is a delusion and Il
snare. The great trouble is that the
modern family cook is afraid of fire,
and that snowy" product of her skill,
which she boasts SO much about, Is an
emblem of mourning The hutngS
around the edges of her pies are sug-
gestive of the corresponding decoration
around the edge of Il casket. The av-
erage person does not know the differ
ence between good food and poor food
People are not good livers, and conse-
qucntly their lives are always all out
of gear
Much Of the food consumed by fami-
lies in the country is not half cooked
and just as sure as fate the American
people of to-day are engraving their
own epitaphs with the table knife, and
beating the last tattoo on the frying
pan.
With all the glitter, the mirrors, the
tiles and the display of our restaurants,
most of them fail to be attractive.
They lack the ease and relaxation
which should pervade place where we
go to re-enforce our mental and phys
zeal energies, There is also too much
noise-and I hope the day will come
when some noiseless signal system will
supersede the female walters with
steam calliope voices,-Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20
A WOMAN'S HEART.
One Disease That Battles the
Physician
The Story of a Woman Who Suffered for
Nine Years How She Was Cured.
From the Newark. n. J., Evening News,

From the Newark, n. J., Evening News)
Valvular disease of the heart has always
been considered incurabe The following
interview, therefore, will interest the med
ical profession, since it describes the sue
cessful use of a new treatment for this dis
ease. The patient is Mrs. George Archer,
of Clifton, n. T., and this publication by
the News is the first mention made of the
case by any newspaper. All physicians con-
suited pronounced the patient suffering
with valvular disease of the heart, and
treated her without the slightest relief.
Mrs. Archer said II could not walk across
the floor; Mother could 1 go upstairs with
out stopping to let the pain in my chest and
left arm cease. felt an awful construction
about my arm and chest as though l were
tied with ropes. Then there was q terrible
noise at my right ear, like the labored
breathing of some great animal. I have
often turned expecting to see some creature
at my side.
Last July" continued Mrs. Archer, 81
was at Springfield, Mass, visiting, and my
mother showed me an account in the
Springfield Examiner, telling Of the won
derful cures effected by the use of DR.. Will
hams' Pink Pills for Pale People. My
mother urged mo to try the pills and ON
November 18th last bought box and began
taking them, and l have taken them ever
since, except for a sh ort interval The first
box did not seem to benefit me, but l perse-
vered, encouraged by the requests of my
relatives, After beginning on the second
box, to my wonder, the noise at my right
ear ceased entirely. kept right on and the
distress that | used to feel in my chest and
arm gradually disappeared The blood has
returned to my face, lips and ears, which
were entirly devoid of color, and l feel
well and strong again.
My son, too, had been troubled with
gastritis and induced him to try the Pink
Pills, with great benefit. | feel that every
body ought to know of my wonderful cure
and bless God that have found something
that has given me this great relief
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are now given to
the public as an unfailing blood builder and
nerve reStorer, curing all forms of weak
ness arising from a watery condition of
the blood or shattered nerves, two fruit
to- These pills are also a specific Tor this
troubles peculiar to females, such as sup
pressiOns, all forms of weakness, chronic
constipation, bearing down pains, etc, and
In the case of men will give speedy relief
and effect a permanent cure in all cases
arising from mental worry, overWorlI, or
excuses of whatever nature The pills are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid
on receipt OF price, go cents box or
boxes for S250--they arc never sold in bulk
or by the 100 by addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20
The Old-Time Warming Pan.

Warming pans are as much thing of
the past as spinning wheels, and are
seen in modern homes, like the latter,
only as quaint ornaments. Yet it is not
SO many years ago that they held an
important place in the domestic econ
omy and were the source of otherwise
unattainable comfort in the icy cham
bers where breath CONCEALED and the
sheets on the bed were like glaciers A
lady who is now elderly, though not
yet old, tells of the perforated brass
warming pan of her childhood, and
says when company was in the house
little sugar was sprinkled over the
curis in the warming pan in their
honor Pepys presented Capt. Becllford
with a noble silver warming pan" in
1GG9.-Philadelphia Press.
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5000 to California

Is prioe of double berth in Tourist Sleeping
Car from Chicago on the famous phillips
Rock Island Tourist Excursions" Through
cars on fast trains leave Chicago Tuesdays
via Fit. Worth and Ell Paso, and Thursdays
via Scenic Route. Write for particulars to
A. p. PHILLIPS q Co, 1914 Clark ST., Chicago.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. p. A, Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20
On Christmas Night.

The Christmas stars glow overhead,
The Yule log on the hearth flares bright.
" Good will and peace to all the world"
She saith, this holy night"
Her hands the curtains wide l4aYA drawn,
"Oh, Yule-tide fire shine bright, quoth she
The wandcror led here by thy beams
Thrice welcome shall he bel'
" On Christmas night" the good wife saith,
The children listen in their play
" Let no Wayfarer pass our doors
Lest Christ should come this way"
Her fancy is it? Well who knows?
Her womans eyes are quick to see
Christs meaning through a beggar's rags
" GC did it-UutO me-
judith Spencer, in Good Housekeeping
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

Col. Aligore TAT restaurant)-W
a glass of water, if you please.
Friend-What? A Kentuclian call
ing for water?
Col Allgore with lofty dignity
Don't you suppose, sab, that the gods
on high Olympus got tired of nectah
occasionally, sah?-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

Nov, Goth, Dec. 4th and 18th the Missouri
Kansas and Texas Ry. will sell tickets al
greatly reduced rates to all points in Texas.
Eddy, New MeXico, and Lake Charles, La
For particulars address II. A. Chemir, Room
IL Che Rookery, Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

HEARD in Lawyers Office.-First Law
yer-"Shall we go out and take somethinr?n
Second Lawyer-"From whom2"- n. Y.
Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20
Hairs Catarrh Cure

THE bashful lover who gets hold of his
best girls arm often manages to say great
deal in a pinch Courier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

"WELL, how are you doing?" asked the
passenger. Fare, replied the conductor.
Philadelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

Mrs. HoUsEn What is stage business
anyway, dcarW Rouser-"E getting di-
vorces, principally, l believe" - Buffalo
Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20
Shoot Folly as 1t Flies,

Says the bard. The difficulty is that the
cite, as a forciole illustration, the folly of
people who keep on dosing themselves with
Objectionable drugs for disorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels, easily and pleas
artlv durable with Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, which not only remedies these, but
also restores vigor and strength, and ban
ishes malaria, rheumatism and nervousness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

OLD STAGER says that they used to hunt
with horns, but they fish with them row.
Philadelphia Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

We have not been without Pisos Cure
for Consumption for 20 years.-ITzzIE FER.
REL, Camp St, Harrisburg, Pa, May !, '94.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

KITTY-"What do you suppose her age
isto TONI don't know But wOmans
age doesn't matter SO much as how long she
has been that age PUCK
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

MARY, Queen of Scots, once paid s., 900
for q dress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-12-20

FoRTIFY Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hale's Honey Of HorehOund and Tar,
Flke's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
FALL sTILEs-the ones pigs are in.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-18

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 17.-ChaIr-
man Babccck. of the Republican Con.
gressional campaign committee, to-day
issued tho following formal statement
10 the Press:
Ihave to-day besn handed what pur-
ports to be All advance sheet oil docu.
ment now being printed in this city. 1t
is entitled "a bold appeal to bigotry.
Republicans circulating A. P. A. litera.
ture. Tho congressional committee do
ing the work, but Sinking the respon-
sibIlity."
The document is made up OF extracts
from newspapers, and ia 90 utterly de-
void OF truth that It would hardly seem
necessary to deny any such issue OF base
fabrlcations, all Of which arc false upon
their face. l have repeatedly stated to
the press that the Republican congress
sional committee had absolutely no
connection of any kind, either directly
or indirectly, with any secret society,
or, in fact, with any other society; that
it has conducted the campaign strictly
upon tho lines indicated in the last ma
tional platform. realizing that the COM
mittee has no authority to make or in
ject any issues into the campaign not
authorized by its party platform. We
have worked steadily on this line, and
all Of the literature that has been pub
lished or handled by the committee has
been exposed for the public and for the
public uses in our reception room at the
headquarters, No. 2l0 Delaware avenue,
Northeast.
No one has ever been refused any OF
the documents published by or issued
from the committee. and they have all
beon scattered broadcast over the land,
as tho committee thought and still
think, In the interest OF good govern
ment and protection TO oil. desire to
say once more that the statements made
in this pamphlet or folder, so far as
they seek to connect the congressional
committee of the Republican organiza-
tion in charge Of the campaign with any
organization OF any kind, are absolutely
and unqualjledly false in every parti-
cular; that there is not nor has there
been any connection, directly or In
directly, with any organization outside
OF the authorized state central and dis
trict congressional committees. nor has
this committee handled, mailed, or ask
cd to be mailed, aay literature Of any
kind except that exposed for public use
in its reception room.