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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-12-26

cant. Bassett the venerable aHslS'-
ant doorkecper Of the senate, VINO mas
been lying dangerously III TO- S'N'i"'
weeks, died at his residence la'' VI"
"Wednesday afternoon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-12-26

Bradstreet says: The general bus
mess situation has been affected by the
precipitation of possible complications
with Great Britain. The first to feel
this were cotton and wheat The serl-
GUS nature of the presidents statement
of the case had the effect here and in
London of causing free selling OF Sc
curities even in spite of the fact that
the expectation of war was slight. the
unfavorabe feature is the continued
negotiations and the uncertainty
which must exist.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-12-26

New York, Dec. Pr. G. Dun says
the strong AmericaRism in the presl-
dents message has given It's character
to the week. Poular feeling was pro-
foundly moved, but, excepting IN the
stock and cotton markets, business,
which is remarkably dull, was scarce
" affected. The selling of securities
held abroad was natural on the first
impulse, though sellers are unlikely IN
time discover other securities SAFER
from International complications lhan
American. Coming at the time When
nearly all the produce markets were
inactive and industries unusually Gull,
the disturbance affected values much
less than might have been expected.
Not because of any foreign question,
but solely because of influences which
had been in continuous operation 1or
months, the prices OF manufactured
goods continued 10 decline. There
was no great change in boots and
shoes. Leather still declined, aNerag-
ing 2 per cent. lower for the Week
The prices of iron and steel have 1all-
en- about per cent. for the week.
There are 40 changes OF Importance IN
the market for cotton goods. PRINT
cloths are a shade weaker. The mar
ket for wooden goods is not improved,
and clothiers are not i'll haste TO con-
tract largely, owing 10 the uncertainty
as to foreign prices. New orders for
heavyweight goods are more delayed
than usual and remarkably small. 1t
sounds strange to hear so many COM
plants of slow collections and scare
ity of money at the west on account
of the tardy movement OF products
from the farms, when western receipts
for three weeks have been 1S,6l5,OOO
bushels against 9,436,OOO last year,
while Atlantic exports are only 5,Sl2,-
0Ou against 6,543, 900 last year.
Failures for the week have been 3I1
in the United States against 349 last
wear; 80 in Canada against SO last year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
A LIVE TOPIC.
The Drink Problem Demanding Increased
Attention in France.

The Drink Problem Demanding Increased
Attention in France.
In France, as in every other country,
the drink curse is demanding the in
creased attention of the thoughtful. A
noticea bic feature of the French press
is the discussion of temperance and
allied questions. The Cosmos, perhaps
the ablest scientific journal in France,
says: The question of alcoholism is
still the order of the day." To show
the evil results of the liquor traffic in
one phase alone, it says: In the insane
asylum the intellectual decadence of
sixteen per cent. of the inmates is at
tributable to drunkenness; the num-
Der several years ago was but eleven
per cent" DIR. Legrain, head physician
at the Ville-Evrard asylum, in an add
dress before the congress of the French
Public Morality league, recently held
IN Lyons, spoke strongly on what he
called collective alcoholisn; that is,
the action of intemperance on all So
cial and political life. AS proving
that he referred to the fact that in
public houses (saloons), public meet
lngs were held, and alcohol seemed to
be a necessary adjunct of all discus
sion. 1t was the publican Saloon
keeper), who played an inauspicious
part in elections, and thus in
terfered with the duty of French
citizens. His influence was also found
in the strikes which occurred, and thus
drink held in check not only individu
ais, but also the government. The
same is true in America. NJ. II. de
Rershaut, who spoke for the press,
said that sit (alcohoD is in fair way
of brutalizing the French race, and
will finish by annihilating it if meas
ures of public safety be not taken
against it." The same is true of
America, and the remedy it prescribes
for France is the only remedy for
America-to kill it, to forbid its manu-
facture and traffic. National Temper
ance AdyOcate
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
BITS AND BREVlTIES.

A BLOW at the saloon always hits the
devil square in the face. RAMS Horn.
OF the 317 students in the British
Congregational theological schools, 3O4
are total abstainers.
THE amount of New England rum
sent from the port of Boston to Africa
has decreased in two years from 1925
226 gallons to SCI, 265.
OVER thirty thousand railroad men
in this country are wearing a little
button upon the lapels to their coats
bearing the letters "R. II. A." which
means Railroad Temperance associa-
ton.
NORTH DAKOTA stands in the very
forefront of the movement against the
saloons. The law is we'll enforced in
most parts of the state, and is being
better enforced as the months go by.
WHY do not the liquor men hold
public meetings with speakers to
point out the beauty, purity and
righteousness of their business of
making drunkards and destroying
homes?-Norfolk (Va,) Daily Pilot.
FINLAND has demonstrated that
spirits are not necessary in cold coun-
tries, having become practically a
abstinence country. This change has
been effected under local option and
woman suffrage ....
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
3RYANr7s MARRIAoE.v~%
L. Was an Ideal Union Between the Poet
and His Wife.

Allusion has already been made to
his marriage. None could have been
happier; no union more nearly an ideal
one. Miss Fanny Fairchild was a
young lady whose parents had lived on
the SeelIonk, stream tributary to the
Green river, not far from Great Bar
rington. Early left an orphan, she
made her home alternately with her
married sisters in that place, and there
it was that Bryant met her. Charm
ing in person, sweet in disposition,
lovely in character, she drew him to her
through his sympathy with her
orphanage, his admiration of her
beauty, and his appreciation of her
worth. For forty-fve years she was
the stay and blessing of his life. What
that marriage was to him they knew
best who knew him best. Reserved on
the SUI bject to the world at large, he
allowed only those who were nearest
him to know the wonderful depth and
tenderness of his affection. Their
sympathy was perfect, their depend.
ence mutual.
He said at her death: 81 never wrote
poem that l did not repeat it to her
and take her judgment upon it.
found it's success with the public to be
precisely in proportion to the impress
sion it made upon her" A dear friend
of them both has said: The union
between Mr.. and Mrs Bryant was
poem of the tenderest rhythm Anv
of us who remember Mr.. Bryant's
voice when he said Frances will ioin
in his hope that she pit the same be-
loved name in Heaven. remember
abiding to those exquisite lines: The
Future Life to Mrs. Bryant and her
replying: oh, my dear, | am ALWAYS
sorry for anyone who sees me after
reading those lines; they must ner ~.
disappointed Beatrice and Laura
have not received such tributes from
their poets, for Mrs. BryaH's husband
was her poet and lover at seventy as
at seventeen. Arthur Lawrence, in
Century,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25


81 gotter wake him up, amt ~" de-
manded the official, surlily, IAN l
dunno where he gets off.
So the shaking and shaping were
renewed until the sleeping one arose
in awful wrath, squared off at his tor
mentor and gave vent to a string of
profanity that was awful to hear
What dye think you're doin' 2''
he screamed
Say, you stop swearin' an tell us
where you get off, )" replied the official.
II get off at Chamham square, and
me wife's waitin' for me there. If you
wanter fight, come outside
But the guard thought better of it,
and the inebriate resumed his seat,
leering and muttering.
At Chatham square he had to be as
sisted out of the car, striking wildly
right and left and getting blows in re-
turn.
On the pla tform stood white-faced,
poorly-dressed woman, scanning each
car eagerly.
AS she saw the drunkard her pale
cheeks became crimson. She rushed to
him, took him by the arm and guided
him, swearing and gesticulating, to
the stairway, with an expression on
her face that l shall never forget.
Talk about your Temperance leo
lures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
AFFECTED BY TOBACCO.
Distressing Condition of Children EN-
plOyed in Cigar Factories.

PiOJ III NiEdE
Reclaiming children from a slow
death by nicotine poisoning is a work
which Mrs. Florence Kelley, the Hill
nois state factory Inspector, has under
taken. She has discovered that over
one thousand boys and girls are en-
ployed in cigar factories and tobacco
packing establishments in Chicago
Without exception, where the child has
worked in the factory for any length
of time, his physical condition has been
found most lamentable. he tobacco
has affected his eyes; the kin is yell
low, almost green, from til effect of
the nicotine, and there are disorders
which medical examination has shown
to prevail in eight cases out of every
ten.
The rooms in which they work."
said Mrs. Kelley, ARE almost sitting
with the strong smell of tobacco.
Girls who strip the stems from the leaf
bend over their work with their faces
close to the tobacco. In long rows at
tables, divided into scores of compart-
ments, sit girls who are rolling cigars.
Some are employed in packing the
goods. Most of those who have been
employed in factories for two months
or over have sore eyes. This is ex-
planned by the fact that when the
children are tired and their eyes are
weary, they habitually rub them with
their hands stained with the nicotine,
which causes irritation. For the most
part the children are weak and puny
There is "a noticeable depression of en-
ergy. The constant inhalation of to-
bacco causes dyspepsia, the action of
the heart is affected, and the general
physical condition of the tobacco-work-
ing children is far below the average"
-Reformatory Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Teddie-'What are woman's rights
pap" Pa-"Everything they want, my
boy; always remember that. boston
Courier.
-Nell-'I wouldn't be in your shoes
for anything" Belle (sweetly)-"You
couldn't get into them, my DEAR
Somerville Journal.
Mrs. Hazeum-''How in the world
did your husband get so terribly
choked?" Mrs. Snapper-''Eatin' bone
less Goldfish. Boston Courier.
-A.-''She is the occasion of lots of
talk wherever she goes" BIN
deed" Ayes; she always plays
the piano, you know. "-Harper's Round
Table
1t seems to me, observed Criticus,
that Scribbler's book reads as though
he were addicted to the bottle. "
Yes" assented Wagg. ''To the mu-
cilage bottle. "-Harper's Bazaar.
MIR. Triolet," said Mr. Snaggs,
with facetious air, how is the poetic
license paid?" with postage stamps,
generally" replied the maker of verses
Telegraph.
Husband latter the baID-"The
deuce" Wife-''Well, what's the mat
ter now?" Husband-"It all comes of
your being in such a precious hurry to
get away. Why, hang it all, I've got
my own hat!"-Pick- Me-Up.
-FQgg Riches after all, are but a
relative matter. There's Squeezepenny,
for instance" Surely, you
don't call him rich man! He hasn't
more'n ten dollars to his name" Fogg
Very likely; but just think how
highly he values it!"-Boston Tran
script.
Not So Well.-"No," said the old
farmer, in reply to the query of sum-
college was getting on. Il don't cal
culate he's getting on so well. He was
home t'other day, and had on a colored
shirt and a white collar. l rather sus-
pect he's behind with his washer
woman! '-Harlem Life.
Lover lin whisper, meath win
dow)-'Are you ready to lower your
self down, darling?" Isabel +. Lopez
quite ready" Lover-"Have you got
everything?" Isabel q. L.-''Yes; every
thing but papa's pocketbook; couldn't
find it anywhere. Lover (dejectedly)
ALIAS! For obvious reasons we shall
be obliged to postpone our departure.
Boston Courier.
Who's Afraid?-A newspaper funny
man has invented not an absolutely
fresh, but a comparatively new joke
upon a very old subject. Miss Timid
was talking about her own nervous
ness and her various night alarms.
Did you ever find man under your
bed, Mrs. Bluff" she asked Yes"
said that worthy woman. The night
we thought there were burglars in the
house 1 found my husband there. -
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
Poor Frank.

When the class in geography was
called up, it was noticed that one Of
the boys, Frank by name-and rather
dull by nature-was looking uncom-
monty well pleased with himself
well, Frank" said the teacher, do
you know your lesson to-day?"
Yes, ma'am," he answered. The
answer to the first question is South,
and the next is Africa and the next
is South America, and the next is Pc
ninsula.'
But. Frank, that isn't the way to
learn lesson. You must skip about.
That's the way l shall do in asking the
questions.
Franks countenance fell. His great
discovery was of no use.
'I}ut, Miss Gray" he said, 81 might
not skip round the same way you do "
youths Companion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
ASTONISHING IGNORANCE.

The Public Generally Little Understands
the True Nature and Effects of Alcohol
on the Human System
1t is a rather curious fact that in this
enlightened age, when the arts,
sciences and general literature are re-
ceiving SO much attention, and people
are so actively alive to the various
phases of advanced civilization, that
there should be SO much doubt and
diversity of opinion about the nature
and effects of so common an article as
alcohol. The truth is, that, notwith-
standing no other article or product
has had such universal, everyday con-
sumption in all the various forms of
alcoholic drink, and Notwithstanding
its use has been tolerated for CEN
turtles, it's true nature and its ultimate
effects on the human system are but
little understood by the public gener-
ally.
But when we come to consider to
what an awful condition the human
mind aud body are brought by the use
of this poison, the misery, the heart
rending and horrible scenes of vio-
lence that are instigated by this
poison of alcohol, we are struck dumb
with wonder and are compelled in
shame to ask why this vile connection
of decayed vegetable poison should
have any liberation in civilized COM
munity. much less be cherished as a
beverage for sensible, intelligent men
and women.
But there is a tendency in the human
system, which, when encouraged,
Graves more stimulant than that OBJ
tanned from ordinary food, and this
unnatural excitement or exhilaration
being gained through the use of alco-
hol, it's use has become a terrible
curse to our whole civilization, so
formidable as to make all other evils
or causes of degraded condition of
society of little Importance when COM
pared to it,
Alcohol is so insidious and so deadly
in its character that there is no other
article or material in nature that is so
well calculated to produce disease,
and consequent crime and misery. It's
acrid, poisonous nature is also attested
by the most eminent scien lists as the
most virulent poison. One half ounce
of pure alcohol taken into the system
will paralyze the nerve centers and
kill just as surely and as quickly as a
stroke of lightning; and the same
poison when taken in the form of
whisky, beer, wine, brandy, or other
alcoholic beverage, is so antagonistic
to the vitality of the system that its
effects can not be entirely eliminated
even by total abstinence, but will re-
main in the system, more or less, max
ing it less able to resist attacks of
rheumatism, diphtheria, pneumonia,
or other dangerous diseases.
But the ruinous results from the use
of these poisonous beverages are most
prominent in the riotous outrages
which are so common in the slums of
all our large cities, and in the degra-
6ation and misery that are brought into
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
MEAT AMONG THE DANES.


Regulations Governing the Slaughter and
Sale of Animals.
The cattle, sheep and swine in Den
mark have to undergo rigid veterinary
examination both before and after
they are slaughtered Before meat
can be removed from the slaughter
house it must be officially stamped as
first or second class food" Some I'M
scrupulous butchers tried to efface this
stamp by cutting it out, or chemically
removing it, and replacing first" for
"second GLASS;" but they were sum-
marily dealt with, and fine of clio
imposed, which has etfectually put
stop to their tricks.
1t is not only in Denmark that they
mark meat, although it is done there
for quality but in Italy, the United
States, the Netherlands, Belgium and
Germany. A select committee in the
house of lords is beginning to see the
advisability of the plan, (Which at
present is only used to distinguish the
meat killed for the use of the jews
to enable the buyer to ascertain
whether it is English, foreign or col
onial meat his INSCRIPTIONS butcher
passes off as 1.-The best English" at the
best English prices. Perhaps, in time,
our government will superintend the
slaughter house, and mark the meat
as first or second class, as the Danes
do. This little country is now begin
ming to send us large supplies of butch
ers' meat, and bill was brought for
ward in November, 1893, by the min
sfcer of the interior, in the Folk
thing" authorizing him to direct Off
cial veterinary inspection to be made
OF all the consignments before they
are packed for England, in order to
secure the export of none but the best
quality The Danes are very careful
of their food supplies, and proportions
ally successful in their gains. Fort
nightly Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
The Saloon "A Parasite.

The saloon is nothing more nor less
than a parasite on society. 1t should
be classed with the bed bug. Now, l
have nothing against the bed bug, only
l don't like the way he gets his living.
They get their living in the same way.
Both are blood-suckers, The only diff
ference, as l see it, is in favor of the
bed bug; for one bed bug will never
suck blood from another bed bug. But
the saloon-keeper thrieves off of the
blood of his fellowmen. l love the
saloon-keepers, for Jesus sake. / hate
the saloon business, because it ruins
the men who engage in it and the men
who patronize it.-Chas. w. McCrossen,
in Chicago Lever
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
SCIENCE AN5 INDUSTRY.

"A pair of wrought iron tongs, or d
piece of hoop heated and bent un till
the ends form circuit like the feet OF
tongs, will magnetic a knife blade
laid upon them and rubbed with
another piece of steel The cause is
not yet satisfactorily explained.
The United States furnished, in
1870 70 per cent. or nearly one-third
OF the total amount of gold produ ced
by the world. Its leading competitors
are Australia and Russia the former
In the same year producing about $780,
Ooo,OOO and the latter producing about
SCI, 900.
On January IS the seismometro-
graph at the observatory in Rome
measured five complete pulsations of
Slow period characteristic of earth
quakes at great distance. On the
same day, forty-nine minutes earlier. a
severe earthquake was felt on the east
coast of japan, nearly 5000 miles
away The pulsations travelled at the
rate of 1,9S7 miles second.
Recently solid trainload of straw
berries were shipped via the Atlantic
coast line to New York from points in
North Carolina. The train consisted
of IS cars, loaded with $500 crates. or
10000 quarts of berries. Two other
cars were also forwarded the same
day, making total shipment for the
one day of 20S, 900 quarts of strawber-
ries, valued at S31 200
Value of Coal-Tar Dyes-In the
years 1882 and 1883 nine factories for
making dye from coal-tar were estab-
lished ir this country. The business
fourished until the tariff act abolished
the specific duty and took away the
profits, then half of the factories went
out OF business. Others kept along as
best they could, but were unable to
compete with foreign labor In 1874
Germany produced $4,000 worth of ami
line, 1878 $1,000 and in 1882 ST.. 500
worth of dye. This is only one of the
many products of coal-tar, which is,
indeed, most remarkable substance.
The sardine season in Brittany.
lasts about five months, and ., 500 boats
manned by $4,000 sailors are engaged
in the work. The employees in the fac
tories number about 10, 900 women and
several thousand men and children.
The industry originated in Nantes,
France, in 1894, aud the best brands in
the world still come from there. Spain
and Portugal send out cheaper grade.
Of late years a great many sardines
are being caught and canned along the
Pacific coast of this country. japan
and New Zealand catch and pack a.
good many sardines.
The plant from which arnica is
produced appears to be indigenous to
the mountain districts of Europe and
Asia. 1t is found growing wild in the
Pyrenees, Apennines, Swiss and Ger
man Alps, Carpathian mountains, in
the mountains of Armenia, in the Urals
and the Himalayan range. 1t is said
that the plant has also been found in
the mountain districts of the United
States west of the Mississippi river,
but whether a native or an importa-
ton cannot be ascertained. The med
icine is chiefly prepared from plants
artiticially grown in the medicinal gar
dens of France and Germany.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-25
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
HIS WIFE AWAITED HIM.

a Scene Which Was Better Than Tenn
perance Lecture.
drunken man is an object of terror
to most women, and l don't wonder at
it, says woman writer in the New
York Recorder.
Ny lot has never been cast in the
vicinity of one, and l am very glad of
1t, for l don't think my stock of pa
thence could hold out very long.
One of the wretched creatures was
occupying seat-in fact, several seats
in an IL" train the other day near
mine, and every time he yawned or
stretched out his feet or hands made
myself as small as l could, for he was
all over the place
He fell asleep at last, and his hat
went into the aisle
The guard picked it up, rammed it
on the slumberer's head, and then
shook him so hard that l expected to
see his teeth drop out.
But there was no response.
Then the guard gave the poor wretch
several sharp slaps in the face, at
which l protested,