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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


The Chittenden monument. erected
by the state OF Vermont in memory OF
her first governor, Thomas Chitten-
den, and located in Nyillston, is now
practically completed.
The Japanese, for two or three
centuries, have made paper cloth which.
will bear washing. 1t is said to be.
much more expensive than cotton or
linen, and is therefore less employed
as a textile fabric.
Discoveries of valuable onyx.
which promise to develop into very
large mines, have been made near
Healdsburg, Cal. The stone is beauti-
fully marked, and blast of the face
of the ledge has exposed it in great
quantities.
Mrs. Langtry's greatest hobby APP
pears to be the collection of silver tri-
fles, from the tiny silver furniture of
dolls house up to the exquisite
model, which stands on beautifully
inlaid table III window recess, of a
of large ship in full sail.
Margaret Nelson, an old woman.
who lived near Independence, Ky, re-
Gently feeling hep end near, walked IS
miles to an undertaken, bought cheap
coffin and a burial robe and carried
them on her back to her home. A.
week later she died.
Georgia has made a strong effort
toward obtaining good roads. A law
has been passed by the legislature re-
quiring all male persons between the
ages of IS and 80 to work on the roads
five days in each year, or in lieu of
working to pay to the county road
fund one dollar a day for each of the
five days.
The rate at which the use of the
bicycle is growing is seen in the state
ment that the League of American
Wheelmen now numbers 37,34S men,
bers, 1922 of whom are credited to
New York, $3.50 to Massachusetts and
4,412 to Pennsylvania, while the tail
enders of the procession are Idaho and
Nevada, with two members each. Both
these states. however, are better adapt
ed to walking than wheeling.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19

and the initial figure would not be one
of the smaller ones, either. His own
family lived well, but not extravagant-
ly; his yearly expenses We're but small
proportion of his rapidly increasing
yearly income
and I've never made anyone feel
rich. Old Mixes ahead of me there,
With shrug of his shoulders he drew
towards him one of the checks and
added to it another cipher.
Rich? There was not one of these
families to whom such a check would.
not come as an angels gift, with stares
and catches of breath, tears of joy from,
light from youngsters. He knew it all,
for he had been poor himself, long ago.
Zone thousand dollars. twenty
hundred dollars
There was little excitement about.
it. Mr.. March left his chair and walked
up and down the floor. How had it.
been that he had never before realized
what small scratch of his pen could
do? They were his own flesh and
blood. They were in one way and an
other enduring the hardness, the daily
and nightly wear of mind, the pitiful,
rnawing solicitude which belongs with
small means. Soul, mind and body,
The hardness touched them all, binding
them down with its iron touch, narrow
ing them with its cruel limitations.
HIS own flesh and blood. They had
stood to him as of far less value than
this money he had been accommodating
money which could never bring to him
mere than food, clothing and lodging.
Yes, it could. 1t could bring to him,
to his very self, his very heart, the hap
pincss of five familes--this rare priyi-
leCe which he thanked God could come
with an easy scratch of his pen.
AS he still crossed and recrossed his
Office floor. his movements became
quicker, a glow spread over his face,
and new light shone in his eye. At
length he sat down and slowly wrote
again the checks, lingering over them
as over an ENJOYABLE task; and when all
we're finished each showed still one
more cipher.-Sydney Dayre, in DEM
orest'E Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19

One of the ablest and most brilliant
lawyers at the York county (Me) bar
was John Holmes, of Alfred, who was
widely known for his wit and sarcasn,.
An opportunity was seldom lost by him
of exhibiting his opponent in a ridicu-
lous position. An instance of this kind
occurred while a member of the senate
of the United States, in the discussion
on notification. Mr.. Tyler, of Virginia,
afterwards president, alluded to a satir.
zeal remark of Joh4 Randolph, in which
that gentleman had some time before
designated certain active politicians as,
partners, under the firm name OF
flames Madison, Felix Grundv. ,Eohn
Holmes and tl-2 Devil" and asked Mr..
Holmes, with tlse view of making a St,
we're cut, what had become of that Gel,
ebrated firm. Mr.. Holmes Immediately,
sprang to his fIet and said: MIR. Pres.
ident, | will tell the gentleman what.
has become of that firm; the first mem-
Der is dead and the second has gone into
retirement, and the last has gone to the
nullifiers and is now eIectioneering
among the gentlemSn'S constituents,
and thus the partnership is legally dis.
solved. "-Ceeen Bag.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19
A COPARTNERShIP.
The RumseIor Makes a Proposition to tho
Devil.

The RumselIer Makes a Proposition to tho
Devil.
DEAR SIR: 1 have opened apart
ments fitted up with the enticements
of luxury, for the sale of rum, brandy,
gin, wine, beer and all their compounds.
Our objects, though different, can
best be obtained by united action. l
therefore propose copartnership. All
l want of men is their money. All else
shall be yours.
Bring me the Industrious, the sober,
the respectable, and 1 will return them
to you drunkards, paupers and beg
CARS.
Bring me the child, and I will dash
to earth the dearest hopes of the father
and the mother, and 1 will plant dis
cord between them and make them q
curse and reproach in society.
Bring me the young man and will
ruin his character, destroy his health,
shorten his life, and blot out the high.
est and purest hopes of youth.
Briro me the mechanic and the Ia
borer, and his money-the hard-earnsd
fruits of his toil-shall be made to plant
poverty, vice and ignorance in his once
happy home.
Bring me the warm-hearted sailor,
and l will send him on a lee shore, and
make shipwreck of all fond hopes for
evermore.
Bring me the professed followers OF
Christ and l will blight their every de-
votional feeling. 1 will corrupt the
ministers of religion, and defle the
purity of the church.
Bring me the patronage of the city
and of the courts of justice; let the
magistrates of the state and union be-
come my patrons; let the lawmakers
themselves meet at my table in viola
ton of law, and the name of the law
shall become Kissing and byword in
the streets.
Bring me, above all, the moral, re.
spectacle man, and, if possible, bring
me the moderate temperance man.
Though he may not drink, yet his pres.
cnce will countenance the preteXt un.
der which our business must be masked
Bring him to the stores, oyster saloons,
eating houses and hotels, and the more
timid of our victims will enter without
harm.
l pledge myself to do all herein pro.
pose. Yours respectfully,
RUMsELLER.
Brethren Evangelist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19

wild the ache in me ouId tones. But
We see, sur, they're me own flesh an
blood-Pat and Dennis. They feel the
pinch and the hardness jist like mesilf.
Would it be mesilf 'u'd sit by me fire
takin' me aise KNOWN things was
harder for thin nor for me? BE me
sowl! Musther March, I'm thinllin' it's
give thin more"
mike, you're fool" repeated Mr..
March, but more quietly than before,
and simply to fill in the pause.
It'll be raichin' 'em the mornin' of
the blissid Christmas day" Mike took
a few limping steps in growing excite
ment. Think of it, sur! It'll be
maxim 'em feel rich! It'll bring the
shmile to their faces, and the laugh to
'em, God bless 'em! on His own birth
day! It'll aise the ache that no one
but the blissid Lord an thimsilves
knows Of"
Yes, there was a radiance added to
the gentleness in the faded eyes-a
radiance written by a JOY of which few
in this self-seeking world know the
taste.
Without saying more Mr.. March
wrote the checks, to which the old man
added his tremulous signature. AS the
sound of the limping footsteps died
away in the hall, Mr.. March turned
again to the five checks on his desk.
"They look small-yes, they do"
Mechanically he added a cipher to the
one nearest him. That looks better"
A cipher was added to each check.
"One hundred. Two hundred and fifty.
They'll all have to be written over"
Mr.. March leaned his head on his
hands, less in hurry to get home
than he had thought. The glorifed
face of the old servitor was still before
his minds eye. Mr.. March doubted
il ever in his life he had looked into a
happier one.
Cutting down his bit of a nest-egg
so-the poor old simpleton! Likely
enough to end his days in the poorhouse
yet"
But it was with a softened smile that
the rich merchant thought it. Then
his mind ran over his own affairs.
PrOspered from his first beginnings he
had, during these few later years, taken
huge strides towards a colossal fortune.
Seven figures it would take, he well
knew, to express what he was worth,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19
WHEN MEN WEEP.


Moves Them to Tears.
1t is one of the first laws of the phios-
ophy of emotion that men shall not cry
They must find some other outlet for
their pent-up feelings. Swearing is the
most natural eXpedient, but as this is
considerably worse than crying, the
safest plan, perhaps, is to make fire.
quent use of the expressions: Dear
me-" and goodness gracious!" which
are perfectly harmless
There are, as everyone must know,
times when even the strongest men are
overcome by their feelings. and a ter
ribly heartrending sight It is 10 see d
big frame convulsed with sobs and d
proud, manly face stained with tears.
As rule, however, it is neither pain
nor grief which viii make man cry
Soldiers, who will bear excruciating in
iurics without moan, have been known
TO break down when the lights are low
cred and some very thrilling scene is
portrayed on the Adelphi boards.
Orators and singers are both subject
in an extraordinary degree to the sway
of emotion. Tears are no uncommon
sight in a pulpit. In fact, there are few
preachers whose voices are not at times
SO full that they are cholicd with feel
ing, and their eyes bedimmed with
tears. Then, if you glance around the
hushed assembly. who are hanging on
the preachers words, you will see many
man whose cheeks are moist from sym
pathy.
The great Sturgeon would often break
down under stress of feeling, and Canon
Liddon's utterance many time failed
him from the overwhelming pathos
which his emotional voice betrayed.
Sims Reeves Tom Bowling" always
affected the famous singer, and Mario
was known to break down when the
well of his gentle hearts emotion was
filed until the tears could no longer be-
neld back.
When Charles Dickens put an end to
the career of little Paul Dombey, the
great writer went out into the dark
ness of the night and found comfort in
tears. Many men are overcome when
reading books; even frivolous novels
may contain a chapter which will make
the throat husky and blur the pages
till they become invisible
Mr.. John Bright was known on sew
eral occasions to give way to his feel
ings in delivering public speech, while
Lord Russell is often beaten by the
pathos of his own impassoned Ian
guage.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19
TEMPERANCE.
DON'T LAUGH
The Intoxicated Person Should Call Forth
TearA Rathar Than NIirth

The Intoxicated Person Should Call Forth
Tear Rather Than Mirth.
l have often wondered how any man
or woman who has once seen the con-
dition of an intoxicated person could
ever be willing to be placed in such a
state. One glance should be enough to
make anyone decide at once for temper
ance.1
A few days ago was walking down
near the post office, when l saw a man
holding up his companion. The in
tensely silly expression, the rolling of
the eye, the assumed funny laugh, the
way in which he dragged his helper,
gave evidence at once that the man was
a fool.
l once saw another in an elevated
train, leaning his head out of the win
dow, and felt grateful that l was not
one of the number who probably was
receiving the contents of his stomach
as they walked on the avenue below.
Surely any man who has once seen
himself thus pictured as in glass
ought to be wise enough not to make
such buffoon of himself!
Why do so many people laugh at
drunken man? Watch the different
countenances of the occupants OF car
when such an one is aboard. Some
have painful expression, some q look
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19

crate tone of one taking special pains
to make himself understood.
"What do you mean, Mike?"
"Jist phat I'm afther sayin', sur.
Five hum dollars to Patrick O'ToOle,
an five hun'erd dollars to Dennis
O'Toole"
"Out of your damage money!" Mr..
March asked, between two short
breaths of establishment.
'That'd be it, sur. Where else would
the likes O. me be gettin' five hun'erd
dollars?"
"Where, sure enough! Why" Mr.
March gazed at the old janitor with a
comical mixture of amazement and
friendly contempt. "Why-you old
fool"
Mike stood quietly with broad grin
on his face.
"Do you mean to say" went on the
gentleman, that you're going to give
such amounts out of the two thousand
dollars you got as damages from the
street railway for injuries which have
made you a cripple for life?'
"Such amounts" seemed a little be-
wildering to Mike.
would we be thinllin' I ought to be
dividin' aiquil wild EN-, bein' they're
me own brothers, sur?" ne began.
go long with you!" said Mr.. March,
with a laugh and a stamp of his foot.
Mike" he continued, seriously IF you
do mean such crazy thing, hope you
will hear me when | advise you against
1t. Why, man, you are getting old.
Your two thousand dollars is almost all
your dependence for your old age-for
you and your wife"
ITS the ould wife and mesilf II be
airnin' this,many year yit, sur, phase
the Lord"
"But, Mike, think of the difference
this money will make in your comfort.
With your simple ways it will make
years of case in your life. You can sit
by your fire in your own snug hired
room, instead Of working hard-you
with your crippled limb"
"NIusther March," he said, 81 know it
all, none betther nor mesilf. | know
jist how much aiscr it is to sit by the
fire nor to go out in the Uerishin' cold
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19

his difficulties to himself. Cousin Ma
tilda had a sickly family; a wall from
her on the subject of pressing doctors
bills was frequently heard.
No" resumed Mr.. March, as he fold
ed one of the checks, people have no
right to inflict their misfortunes on
some one else just because he has
achieved success where they have failed.
That you, Nike"
Its mesilf, sor. Ready to shut up
when you say the worrud."
'Ill take the key myself. I'm not
quite done yet, but you needn't wait"
Mike, however, showed no hurry to
leave, but busted himself about the
room with occasional chances at Mr..
March.
"That'll do, Mike" at length said the
gentleman, somewhat annoyed by the
rattle of shovel and tongs, which seemed
to show unusual excitement in Mike.
He came slowly toward Mr.. MARKHAM
understood figure of an oldish man with
a painful limp.
IF L might be thrubblin' we jist a
minnit, sur"
Coon, Mike; no more lawsuits, hey ?"
mo more o thin. It's the funny
man we are, sor." Mike shook his head,
his whole insignificant face beaming
with delight. Its only that bein' it's
the blessed sayson comm so near
Christmas eve tomorrow, glory be to
God!-that I'm akin bit O. help O We,
Musther March, to sind bit of a prisint
to me two brothers, Pat an Dinnis.'
80 you have relatives, too, have you ?"
Thanks to the blissid saints | have,
sor. An so I'm comm to we to fix up
the bits O paper that'll carry some
money to thin two-the leetle mite of
scrap that names so much" Mike
laughed aloud as if in great relish of
the subject.
Check, hey? Well, here" Mr.. March
again opened his check-booll and again
began rapidly filing blank. ITO the
order of-what's the name?"
Patrick O'Toole, Mike paused a
moment as the name was written, then
proceeded-"tiy hun'erd dollars"
'Hey?" Mr.. March gave his chair a
little jerk and gazed into the thin,
frecIled face surrounded with it's
fringe of ill-kept red hair strcaked with
gray.
Five hun'erd dollars to Patrick
o'Toole," repeated Mike in the DELHI
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19
ElTS AND 6REVlTIES.
A LITTLE farm well titled,
A little wife well willed:
Their good effects can all be killed
BY little corn distilled.


ENGLAND is now in India, with the
Bible in one hand and bottle of whisky
in the other,-Rev. Ii. uuckett.
The Sunday law in Germany hits the
drinkcr instead of the brewer. The
court of appeals ar Erfurt has just sus-
tanned the lowercourt in filming a thirsty
man rs cents for drinking glass of
beer at a tavern during the hours of
divine service.
BREWERS say that the plentiful sup
ply of peaches and other fruit makes a
great difference in their trade. One
man in New York says it diminishes his
trade 400 barrels daily, chiefly among
Families with whom what is called the
pint trade" is principally done.
\ SOLDIER in Africa, Il Former drunk
ard, refusing to drink, had holes burnt
in his coat sleeves by his former asso-
ciates, who thought by SO doing they
could make him get angry and lose his
salvation and then drink, but the SOL
der neither lost his temper nor drank,
but kept sayed.-Christian Standard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19
English Profits in American Beer.

Those who are in position to know
say that English citizens have invested
$01,000,O0O in American brewerics, and
that last year they drew from this
country as profits on their investment
$o,100,000. Think OF this immense sum
drained in one year from this country!
Then, too, remember that for all this
sum tie country receives in actual
value not one cent. On the other hand
it does receive for it vast array 81
drunkenness, inetiiciency &C capacity tc
labor and earn an honest living, crime
cost of criminal prosecution, broken UP
homes, degradation and death!-Na
tional Yemperance Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19

APPALLED, AT HIS HANDiWORK.
The Appeal of Rum Victim Causes Sa-
loon Keepor to Quit the Business.

The Appeal of a Rum Victim Causes a Sa-
loon Keeper to Quit the Business.
A striking anccdote illustrative of the
work of conscience was related by 4
temperance leader recently. A young
man entered the barroom of a village
tavern and called for a drink. no.
said the landlord; you have had toe
much already. You have been ravila
mad once, and | cannot sell you any
more" He stepped aside to make room
for a couple of young men who had just
entered and the landlord waited upon
them very politely. The other stood by
sullenly, and when they had finished
lie walked up to the landlord and said
Six years ago, at their age, | stood
where those young men are now. | was
a man with fair prospects. Now, at the
age of 28, am wreck, body and mind.
You led me to drink. In this room ]
formed the habit that has been my
ruin. Now, sell HE few more glasse,
and your work will be done! | will be
done! l will soon be out of the way;
there is no hope for me. But they car
be saved; they may be men again. Dc
not sell it to them. Sell it to me and LEI
me die, and the world will be rid of me !;
but for Heavens sake don't sell any
more to them!" The landlord listened.
pale and trembling. Setting down his
decanter, he exclaimed: God helping
me, that is the last drop will ever sell
TO anyOne!" He kept his word.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19

the seeds of intemperance are sown in
them, and some day heredity may bring
them to maturity. Angels do not laugh.
God does not laugh. Then leave the
laugh to his boon companions and to
demons. Leave it to those of whom it
is said: CAS- the cracking of thorns I'M
der pot, SO is the laughter of fools"
Rather weep, and, if possible, angels
will join with you in your tears
Emily H. Stryller, in National Temper
ance Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19
Nothing So SnAaIL.

Mr., Gilman dining at country res
tamant)-Now you can bring me a
demi-tasse.
Waiter (puzzled)-What's that?
Mr.. Citiman-Why, a small cup Of
eotfee-about half the regular size.
Waiter-Say, we don't have less thnn
q hye-cent cup here.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19

III INAlNik5 n " M L. shine overhead
IL WITH (yEcEtti.S4sAfJ With more than
| " eSEAFIW' usual brightness;
kArS@ The hills and valleys
SaA n ST. are arrayed
In robes of dazzling
Wilderness;
And jeweled sprays of frost and rhine
To forest boughs are clinginG;
And sweet the anthem and sublime
The Christmas bells are ringing.
1t wakes old memories again:
The vanished past is nigh us:
We feel anew old bliss, old pain,
And long-lost friends are by us
Friends who have reached the better land,
Friends who have never faltered
In friendship cen around US stand
With friends estranged and altered.
And voices silent long we hear
Sweet words OF pardon speaking;
And other voices reach our ear,
Our words of pardon seeking;
The wrongs we met too trivial seem
To merit angry feeling;
The wrongs we did we greater deem
While Christmas bells are pealing.
And we forget to scheme and plan
While Christmas bells are telling
OF him who came in guise of man
On earth to claim a dwelling.
The sweet bells sounding near and far
Calm, holy thoughts are bringing,
And Heaven and earth the nearer are
While Christmas bells are ringing.
Chambers Journal.
Arizona republican., 1895-03-31

everything is taken ont and the whole inside, including the roof, is given a shower bath of lime water and car bolic acid, applied with a spray pump. The roost poles are covered with cloth which is occasionally saturated with kerosene. Near the right, as seen in the diagram Fig. 1, is the entrance door, and is bin four feet high and eighteen inches wide, running the whole length of the building, with hinged lid, for storing droppings. Above this box is shelf, D, for holding feed, shells, gravel, etc. At the left of the door is tight platform, C, one foot beneath the roost poles, C; for catching the droppings. At is a hinged door opening on level with the platform, through which the droppings are shov- eled once week into bin q. The nest boxes, /, are one foot square and fif- teen inches high, leaving an eight-inch passage for the hens to enter the nests; a small crack is left at the top in the back, so that the light strikes the eight-inch alley, but not the boxes. Each nest is a seperate box, and when hen becomes broody the nest box is pulled forward close to the drop door, thus shutting up the alley and locking biddy on her nest As the nests are all alike, it makes no difference which nest she chooses to brood init can be moved to the end and thus does not obstruct the passage. About two inches of moist sand are put into the bottom of each nest before the