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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
PUNGkNT PARAGRAPHS.

Patron This set of teeth you
maze me is too big" Dentist-''Yes.
sir. Sit down in the chair and | will
enlarge your mouth little"
Guy, do be quiet" said mamma;
you are so noisy" I'm obliged to
make a noise. mamma; somebody might
take me for a girl. Philadelphia
Times
"A Desirable Forfeit.-"Wiu you
eat philopena with ne, Miss Emily?"
What if l lose?" Then | win kiss"
And if VIM" Then | have TO kiss
you. '-Fliegende Blatter.
- Something About Marriage. -
Young Man-''What do you think is
the best day to get married on, Mr..
HenPeck?" Mr.. Henpeck decidedly
-''On the Goth of February. Yankee
Blade.
Van Pelt-"Isn't four dollars day
rather high for hotel in the noun
tains?" Landlord-"But, my dear sir,
you should think of the scenery" Van
| Pelt-''How much do You charge for
that?''-N. Y. World.
WHATS the matter with that
horse?" said the animals owner at the
race track. He's fast asleep" replied
the stable boy. "Well, leave him that
way. It's the only time he is ever
fast. '-Washington Star.
Stout Lady-'Sir. | beg that you
will desist from following me, or l
shall call constable" Perspiring
Stranger-''Pray don't do so. It's the
only bit of shade III the whole park.
I'd do as much for you, but my shadow
isn't worth mentioning"
Captain (who is questioning his
company on different subjects)-"Now,
der never lose his head in battle?"
Private Sniffpowder (mistalling the
question: - Why, sir, because he
wouldn't have no place for to stick his
bloomin' at on, sir!"-London Chips.
What's the matter?" asked the
policeman haven't you any place to
go?' ANY place ter co. replied Me-
andering Mike, with contempt. I've
got the whole United States before me
I've got so many places ter go to dat
it's worryin' me dizzy maxim up me
mind Whlch way ter start. W aShlng-
ton Star.
"A pious old citizen of Carroilton
went to the cars the other day to see
his daughter off. Securing her a seat,
he passed out of the car and went
} around to the car window to say a
parting word. While he was passing
out the daughter left the seat to speak
to friend and at the same time grim
old maid took the seat and moved up
to the window. Unaware of the inn
portant change, he hurriedly put his
head up to the window and said: "One
more sweet kiss, pet" In another in
slant the point of cotton umbrella
/ was thrust from the window, followed
| by the wrathful injunction: Scat, you
) grayheaded wretch He seated
, Newman Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
VARIOUS NOTES.

ONE of the greatest enemies the
saloon has is the mother who teaches
her boy to pray.-Ram's Horn.
In the Argentine Republic when a
man is caught drunk he is made to
sweep the streets for eight days.
DRINKING makes thinking possible.
Thinking will yet make drinking i'm
possible. People.
The twin villages of Plymouth and
Terryville, Conn, have had mo
license" for nineteen years.
TEN bishops of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in the United States af-
fixed their names to the Polyglot petit.
ton.
IN one year over a million dollars
worth of property was destroyed by
the failures of beer-drinking engineers
and switchmen.
THE amount of New England rum
sent from the port of Boston to Africa
has decreased in two years from 1,O25,.
226 gallons to sol, 265.
THE saloon begets the drunkard, the
drunkard begets drunkenness, and
drunkenness begets the whole shame
less progeny of crime and squalor un
der which society staggers to-day
Rev. DIR. +. NJ. Ellis.
In recent table made from personal
investigation it was found that So pei
cent. of the boys between the ages OF
10 and 81 used tobacco, 80 per cent
used liquor and 4S per cent used pro
fame, vulgar or indecent language, -
Iowa Commonwealth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29

An open can of gasoline or an I'M
corked bottle of benzine in a room
where there is flame of any kind is
about as dangerous for the occupants
of that room as would be keg of gun
powder, possibly little more danger
Gus, for the vapor escapes from the
fluids named that may lay train from
the flame to the can or bottle. The
powder must be touched by the flame
before there is an explosion. Notwith-
standing these oft-repeated facts, users
of these two highly dangerous fluids,
because they have long stood over a
Vesuvius and not been hurt, grow more
and more careless until finally the
undertaken is called in. Pity that some
substitute for these two destroyers cam
not be found.
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Who was that forlorn looking Great
ure that was tossed ruthlessly into
the street? A mani Well, he had no
money to pay for his drink. Having
drank all his earnings, he was hun
CRY and so came for glass and free
lunch. Throw hin overheard! He
was caught, it is true, but he was not
. fat trout. He is bleeding and torn!
He is struggling to free himself! He
cries for pity! All! he was caught by
the hook, and then being a worthless
thing, he was flung into the raging
waters.
The magnetic baitl Why not have
it in the home, like the children's toy
Let me whisper word to the women.
Wife, can't you remember time, when
you were very busy, and had no time
for cooking? You asked your husband
to go just once to restaurant and get
his dinner. | remember two such
cases. and both husbands died drunk
ards They were tempted by seeing a
Iplass of liquor added to the menu.
This led them to repeating the same
act when their wives were busy. You,
perhaps, are glad to be released for a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
IN THE FLORIDA PINES.
A Country Where Legal Restraint Is Not
Very Irksome.

a country w mere Legal RESTRAINT rs MOI
Very Irksome.
The courts in that locality were but
the faint and sickly flame of taper
offered at the shrine of justice which
was traditional only, it seemed. Moral
forces having ceased to operate, the
large owners began to brand every
thing in sight, never realizing that
they were sowing the wind. This
action naturally demoralized the cow
boys, who shortly began to brand a
little on their own account-and then
the deluge. The rights of property
having been destroyed the large own
ers put strong outfits in the field COM
posed of desperate men armed to the
teeth, and what happens in the lonely
pine woods no one knows but the
| .esperadoeS themselves, albeit some
If them never come back to the little
fringe of settlements. The winter
visitor from the north kicks up the
jacksnipe along the beach or tarpon-
ICES in the estuaries of the gulf, and
when he comes to the hotel for dinner
he eats Chicago dressed beef, but out
in the wilderness low browed cow
folks shoot and stab each other for the
possession of scrawny creatures not fit
for a pointer dog to mess on. One can
not but feel the force of Buckles law
of 1.-THE physical aspects of nature in
this sad country. Flat and sandy,
with miles on miles of straight pine
timber, each tree an exact duplicate
of its neighbor tree, and underneath
the scrub palmettoes, the twisted
brakes and hammocks, and the gnarled
water oaks festooned with the sad
gray Spanish moss-truly not a coun-
try for higl:-spirited race or moral
giants.
The land gives only tough wiregrass,
grass, and the poor cattle, no bigger
than the donkey wander half starved
and horribly emaciated in search of it.
There used to be trade with Cuba,
but now that has gone and beyond
the supplying of Key West and the
small fringe of settlements they have
no market How we'll the COW boys
serve their masters, | can only guess,
since the big owners do not dare go
into the woods, or even to their own
doors at night, and they do not keep
light burning in the houses. One, in
deed attempted to assert his rights,
but some one pumped sixteen buckshot
into him as he bent over spring to
drink, and he left the country They
do tell of late encounter between
two rival foremen, who rode on to each
other in the woods, and, drawing,
fired, and both were found stretched
dying under the palmettoes, one call
ing deliriously the name of his boss.
The unknown reaches of the Ever
glades lie just below, and with half
hours start man who knew the coun-
try would be safe from pursuit, even
if it were attempted, and as one man
cheerfully confded to me: "A boat
don't leave no trail, stranger"
OF course each man has adjusted
himself to this lawless rustling, and
only calculates that he can steal as
much rs his opponent 1t is rarely
that their affairs are brought to court
but when they are the men come en-
masse to the room, armed with knives
} and rifles, so that any decision is bound
to be compromise, or it will bring on
general engagement Rem
ington, in Harper's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
FROM AeREWER's STANDPOINT
Root Beer Declared by them an Alcoholic
Beverage.


''We often hear of temperance
drinks, all of which, when examined,
turn out to be devices for affording the
total-a bstainer a mode of obtaining the
stimulus which his system Graves,
without mourning the reproach that he
has broken his pledge. One of these
is known as root beer 1t is nothing
more nor less than a mixture OF
molasses and water, favored by ex-
tracts of roots and banks fermented
with yeast The sucrose, which is in
the form of inverted sugar, gradually
changes the proportion of it's constit-
uents until it becomes glucose, when
the yeast induces the fermentation
which splits it into carbonic acid
gas and alcohol. 1t is nearly
the same beer as would result if the
glucose instead of that in malt. and
substitute bitter extract for hops.
If well fermented, and given a suffi-
cient age before use, ii contains soma
fUe to eight per cent of alcohOL-about
twice as much as in lager-beer; but has
no nutritive extract, or heterogeneous
matter. II is purely and simply an alco-
hoLic Sttmulant, but is by no means I'M
| wholesome unless used in immoderate
quantities. But it is usually drank
while still sweet, and when the fer
mentation is imperfect, and apt to de-
range the stomach. The extracts, if it
undergo perfect fermentation, give
! it some alternative properties and also
some tonic power; but less Of the latter
tLan well-hopped beer. Beer Hand
bill No 80
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The total number of applicants Tor
pensions from 1861 to 1894 was 2,o74,-
$40. OF these the number of claims
allowed was /, 397 ,006; the total amount
of disbursements during that time
was 81, III, 275, 1880
The Apache. Navajo and Ute war
began in 1S49, and ended in 1855. The
total number of regular troops en-
ployed during this war was 1900,
while the volunteers and militia num-
bered LOCI, the grand total being
2,56l.
The men of our army are believed
to be, physically, the best chosen body
of soldiers in the world. At a recent
examination of applicants for enlist
ment in western city coo presented
themselves, ald all but four were re-
jected.
Each state is supposed to have a
militia, composed of men from eighteen
to forty-five, capa bic of bearing arms,
but in nearly all the states the militia
organization is very incomplete. The
number of militia actually organized
is not far from 100,0 900
Many women in Lewiston and Au-
burn are, and have been for some
time, wearing rainy day costumes
with skirts which reach only to the
tops of their shoes. The townsfolls
have become accustomed to the inno-
Vation and the dress does not now at
tract any attention, except in the way
of commentator for the common sense
features of the costume.
"A man in Morgantown, w. Va,
has trained his dog to act as a cash
boy The animal carries in his mouth
letters, written orders to the butcher
and baker and money to pay bills. He
has only one weakness. Whenever he
meets another dog he swallows what
ever is in his mouth and proceeds to
fighting Thus far the owner has lost
seven dollars and fifty cents, but still
perseveres.
Mrs. Jonathan Rowe, OF South At
kinson, Me, who has been totally
blind for twenty years, experienced an
odd partial recovery of her sight few
days ago. She suddenly became able
about two o'clock, but her vision was
totally obscured again in two hours.
Since then she has been able to see
every day between about two and four
o'clock in the afternoon, but during
the rest of the twenty-four hours is as
blind as formerly.
While conducting a series of tests
with a one hundredton testing ma
chine at the Yorkshire college, in Eng
land, which included the testing of a
steel wire rope, Prof. Goodman stated
that such ropes were not a modern in
vention, and that he had recently seen
a bronze wire rope, one-half inch in
diameter and from twenty to thirty
feet long, which had been found buried
in the ruins of Pompcii, and which
must have been at least nineteen hun
dred years old.
The battle of San Jacinto was
! fought on April 81, 1886, resulting in a
victory which was one of DO ordinary
character, for it struck the letters for
ever off the hands of Texas, deciding
at once a contest between an empire
numbering eight million iphabitaut'
and one of its small provinces contain
ing a handful of men. The first result
of the battle was to drive back the
standard of Mexico, compelling it t.
retire beyond the Rio Grande, never
to return except in predatory ant
transient incursions. The victory
opened the way for American progress
toward the south.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
my BOY, STOP AND THINK.

Ny boy, when they ask you to drink,
Stop and think.
Just think of the danger ahead;
or the hearts that in sorrow have bled
Ger hopes that were drown in the bowl,
Filled with death for the body and soul.
Yes, when you are tempted to drink,
Stop and think
OF the danger that turks in the bowl,
The death that it brings to the soul,
y The harvest of sin and of woe,
And spurn back the temper with mo-"
e. T.. Rexford.
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Our army does more travelling
than any other on the glo',. When
troops are moved in France or Ger
many is only short distance, but
shifting the position Of regiment in
this country sometimes involves thou
sands of miles of travel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29

-"They say this railroad is losing
money" They're right; it is always
losing time, and there is reason to be-
lieve that the philosopher was right
who said that time was money"
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
Did Not Complete the Ticket.
WISCONSIN STORM.
lightning, Wind and Hail DO Consider
able Damage.

Lightning, Wind and Hail DO Consider
able Damage.
MILWAUKEE. June 26.-An electrical
storm Of unusual severity passed over
this county during the afternoon. Sew
eral houses were struck by lightning
and caught fire. In the Menominee
valley 600 feet of roadhed GO Tho Cnl-
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
was washed away.
MARINETTE. June 26.-Louis Howe. o
teamster, was struck by lightning and
killed during terrific thunder shower.
Two women and man in the wagon
with him were rendered unconscious
by the bolt.
MARsHFIELD, June 26.-The hardest
hail and wind storm ever experienced
here struck this city during the day,
breaking windows and stripping off
tin roofs. The track of the storm was
about mile wide and all growing
crops in its path were levelled to the
earth.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
WELCOMED By WALES.
International Railway Congress Meets IN
London.

international Railway Congress Meets in
London.
LONDON, June 27.-The fifth meeting
of the international railway congress
was opened at 3 p. m. in the Imperial
Institute by the Prince Of Wales in a
felicitous speech which was loudly ap-
plauded. He paid special compliment
to the American delegates, saying this
was the first time the railway congress
had the pleasure Of welcoming them.
After an address Of welcome from the
Rt. Hon. James Bryce, IL. P. presi-
dent of the board of trade. the congress
adjourned for the day. The American
delegates were delighted at the speech
Of the Prince of Wales and with the
cordial manner in which they have
been received here.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
assumed command of the rebels.

assumed command of the rebels.
Saldanha da Cana was born in Rio
de Janeiro, and was descended from
the Hirole Portuguese family, the most
illustrious of whose members was the
celebrated Vasco da CANA. Some of
the family now hold high Office in the
Portuguese royal court.
Da Cana was one of the ablest and
most influential officers Of the Brazil.
ian navy. He was held in the highest
estimation by Dom Pedro, the Brazil
ian emperor, and was always a strong
monarchist. When the revolt against
Peixoto occurred about two years ago
he remained neutral for some time, but
finally decided to join the insurgents.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
THE NEW CABINET
Prime Minister Salisbury Sc
lects a Number of His
Assistants.
BALFOUR AND CHAMBERLAIN
Slated For Responsible Posi-
tionS Under the New
Regime.

LONDON, June 26.-Tuesday was a
day of accomplishment rather than
speculation, and it is apparent that the
crisis has been temporarily smoothed
over, if not entirely passed. The house
of commons held a brief session and
adjourned without attempting to trans
act any business. The Marquis of
Salisbury held conference early in
the morning with Rt. Hon. A. J. Bal
four, the Duke of Devonshire, the Rt
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain and others.
The outcome of this meeting was q
hasty visit on the part of the marquis
to the queen at Windsor, where it is
assumed he presented list of names
of members for proposed new cabinet,
and that they were approved by her
majesty. Later in the day the official
announcement that the Marquis of Sal
isbury had formally accepted the pre-
mierhip made vacant by the resigna-
ton Of Lord Rosebery was made In
London. This news
Created Somewhat Of Sensation,
as it was believed that under the exist
ing circumstances the Tory leader
would hesitate about, if not decline, to
accept the premiership. The new min
istry. as far as completed and officially
announced, is as follows:
Marquis of Salisbury, premier and
secretary of state for foreign affairs.
Duke of Devonshire, president Of the
council.
A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treas
ury.
Rt Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, secre-
tary of state for the colonies.
Sir Michael Hicks. Beach, chancellor
of the exchequer.
Rt. Hon. George J. Goschen, first
lord of the admiralty.
1t is believed that the Marquis of
Salisbury. before deciding to form a
new ministry, received assurances that
the outgoing ministry would assist the
new government in passing the esti-
mates in time to enable parliament to
dissolve by July 10.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
DIsAGREEABLE EXPERIENCE.
Thousands of Pleasure Seekers Caught In
n Storm at Milwaukee.

Thousands OF Pleasure Seekers Caught In
Storm at Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, June 26.-There was a
panic at the Ninth ward school picnic,
which was attended by 5000 women
and children in the town of Wauwo-
tesa. The park has but a small
pavilion, which accommodates only
1,e0O people. When the hail and
thunder storm came on everybody
rushed for the pavilion and women and
children were packed in the place like
sardines. Several thousand sought
shelter under the trees, eight of which
were blown down. After the storm
the picnickers tried to reach the city
and found that the waters from the
highlands had flooded the roads.
Women carrying infants in their arms
waded up to their knees for blocks.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
THE NEW MINISTRY.
Brief Sketch OF Members of the Salisbury
Cabinet.

Brief Sketch of Members of the Salisbury
Cabinet.
LONDON, June 26-The new prime
minister, Robert Arthur Talbot Cas-
coigne-Cecil, third marquis of Sails
bury, was born in 1880 and married the
daughter of the late Baron Anderson.
He was educated at Oxford and is chan
cellor of that university. He has been
twice secretary Of state for India and
twice secretary of state for foreign af-
fairs. He was premier in 1885 and
formed his second ministry in 1885. He
resigned in 1892.
The Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, the new
first lord of the treasury, is a nephew
of the Marquis of Salisbury. He was
born in 1848 and was educated at Eton
and at Cambridge. He was appointed
president of the local government
board in 1885 and was secretary for
Scotland, with seat in the cabinet,
from 1885 to 1887; he became chief Sec
retary for Ireland on the resignation of
Sir Michael Hicks Beach in 1887 and
retained that position until 1891, when,
upon the death of Mr.. William II.
Smith, he became first lord of the
treasury and leader of the house of
commons, retaining that position until
1892, when the Salisbury government
resigned.
Chamberlain Power In Politics.
The Rt Hon. Joseph Chamberlain,
the Unionist leader in the house of
commons and the newly appointed Sec
rotary of state for the colonies, is one
of the foremost and most daring men
in British politics at the present time.
He is credited with having engineered
the downfall of the Rosebery govern
ment and is undoubtedly man of
great political ability. He was born in
London in 1886 and has been married
three times, his present wife being
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
Seized a Water Plant.

WAsHBURN, Wis, June 26.-W. q.
Maxey, acting for the bondholders,
has taken possession of the water
works plant sold to this city by the
Washburn Waterworks company last
fall for non-payment of the first in
stallment of the purchase price. The
first payment. $la, 900, was due in April,
but the administration which came
into power at that time refused pay
ment on the ground that the issue OF
bonds was illegal.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
Illinois Special Session.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, June 26. The Illi-
nois legislature assembled in special
session in response to the call of Gov
ernor Altgeld to consider arbitration,
Chicago justiceship abuses, child labor
and state finances which, the governor
states, were not adequately cared for
at the regular session. A message from
Governor Altgeld was submitted when
the legislature assembled, but contrary
to somewhat general expectation, it
was not caustic or of sensational
character
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
Fifteen Per Cent Increase.

CLEVELAND. June ga special from
Lorain, O., says: The Johnston Steel
company posted notice Of i5 per cent
increase of wages to men in the con-
verting mill, dry house and machine
shops, in all about 200. The men in
the shape mill had their wages raised
last week. The increase is entirely
voluntary ON the part of the company.
There will be an advance in all depart
ments by July. The mill is rushed
with orders and every branch is rum
ming to its full capacity.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
Sacramento vigilantes.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, June 26-At IL
p. m. vigilance committee of armed
citizens assembled and drove from the
city large number Of tramps and dis
reputable characters who have lately
been terrorizing this section OF the
state. The committee applied to the
sheriffs for appointments as deputies,
but that official refused to grant the re-
quest. The people then took the mat.
ter in their own hands.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-06-29
Sold to an Isnglish Syndicate.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.-The Dos
migos and Eureka mines, situated in
the Morros district, Chihuahua, and re-
puted to be among the largest gold
mines in Mexico, have been sold by s.
e. Harvar and Captain Fred Williams,
to an English syndicate. The price is
said to be about $3.50, 900. A 5O-stamp
milling plant will be erected by the
new owners and the property developed
for all that il is worth.