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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-15

It is said Senator German has had his
secretary in Washington ever since the
election, gathering data from the public
records. The supposition is that he is
preparing for great speech when con-
gress shall be in session again. 1t is said
that the senator blames President Cleve-
land for his defeat in the recent election,
and that he purposes doing what he can
to ''get. even" with him by making
spirited attack upon him in the Senate.
It is doubtful, however, if the story has
good foundation. Granting that the
President was instrumental in causing the
downfall of Gormansm in Maryland, for
the sake of making the point, is it at ali
likely that the senator-an astute poll
tician-would still further ALLEVIATE the
cleveland democrats" of Maryland from
himself by attacking the President? 1t
will not be a very great while now before
the senator's term will have expired. With
a divided democracy in Maryland, he
would have little or no hope of succeeding
himself. 1t is undoubtedly his best policy
from a personal point of view-and the
senator almost always looks at things
from that point of view-to conciliate the
factions. in anticipation of the next sena-
torial election.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-15

REGISTERED a, the p0stonoe in savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-15


An inventive yankee-a resident Of Con-
necticut. as might be supposed-has dis
covered a new use for the bicycle He is
a musician, with a penehant for wind in
struments. He plays an organ, the sup
plying of wind for which usually requires
the services of a second person, or entails
considerable wearisome leg exercise when
the old apparatus is used. The genius has
set a bicycle on a frame, made a fly wheel
of the rear wheel of the machine and
geared to it the bellows of the organ. With
this arrangement he is able to get all of
the wind he wants by pedalling along at
a rate that would take him over the
ground at the slow rate of about four miles
an hour. Gradually the wheel is travelling
towards the church
The reformers of New York are now
pouring hot shot into ex-Chief of Police
Byrnes at long range. They have found
a witness who swears that Byrnes was a
partner with him in a gambling estab-
lishment. and that he paid Byrnes money
for protection. It will be remembered
that the chief came through the Lexow
investigation without being smirched bv
any Of the disclosures before that com
mttee Whether the present develop
ments will amount to anything remains
to be seen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-15

Is the battlcship Texas an unlucky yes
sci? The impression that she is appears
to be gaining ground. Our dispatches
have already told of her mishap in the
timber dock at the Brooklyn navy yard.
The accident she has suffered is like that
which occurred TO the Columbia in the
dry dock at Southampton, England. For
the Columbia's accident her commander,
Capt. Sumner was tried by court mar
tiai And somebody win have to suffer
for the accident to the Texas The Tex
as is more seriously injured than the
Columbia was.
The construction of the Texas was be
gun more than six years ago. and during
that time unpleasant stories were told
of her. Her plans were made by an Eng
fish naval constructor, and at least one
naval constructor Of our navy said the
plans were worthless, and that a ship
built in accordance with them would not
float AS matter Of fact it was report
ed at one time after she was pretty nearly
completed that she had sunk, or threat
ened to sink, or something of the sort.
Constructor Bowles of the Norfolk navy
yard, held the opinion that a good ship
could be built on the design, and he was
permitted to undertake the job
The ship has cost a good deal more
than 100000, and if the injury she has
suffered in the Brooklyn dry dock is as
serious as it is represented to be, it will
cost pretty penny to patch her up. Our
naval officers seem to be anxious for an
naval battle. but unless they take better
care of their ships only a small part of
it will ever be fit for actual warfare.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

Helen Campbell says: "a modern
scoffer has lately written that the
reason Eve yielded to the serpent was
because apples were good for the com
pleXion, and he told her so. Whether
the argument was needed or not, it is
a true one. Nothing in all our varied
and fascinating range of fruits holds
quite the quality of an apple A ripe,
raw apple, at its best, is digested in
eighty-fve minutes, and the malic
acid which gives it's distinctive char
acter, stimulates the liver, assists di-
gestion and neutralizes much noxious
matter, which, if not eliminated, pro-
duces eruptions of the skin. They do
not satisfy like potatoes, complain
people to whom they have been rec
commended as food, but the starch of
the potato, added to the surplus starch
we are always eating, makes the veg
etable thoroughly undesirable stand
by. The more fruit we add to our
dietary the clearer brains and the
clearer skin we are likely to have"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

the maui swinging bit. He didn't
like this, and backed off few feet.
The maui swung some more, and he
drew Off still further; and. as soon as it
was quite still again, he sided around
it at prudent distance and investi-
gated it from the other side of the tree.
1.-The blame fool is scared of it,
whispered Bill, scornfully; lets fling
rock at him.
NO said 1, knowing bears pretty
we'll; let's wait and see what he's going
to do
"Well, when the maui had been
pretty still for minute or two, the
bear appeared to make up his mind it
didn't amount to much after all; he
came right close up to it, as bold as you
like. and paved it kind of inQuiringly.
The maui swung away, and. being
hung short, it came back quick and
took the bear a smart rap on the nose.
bill and | both snicllered, but the
bear didn't hear US. He was mad right
off, and, with snort, he hit the maui
a pretty good cuff; back it came like
CREASED lightning, and took him again
square on the snout with q whack that
must have made him just see stars.
Bill and l could hardly hold our
selves; but even if we had laughed
right out l don't believe that bear
would have noticed us. he was so mad.
You know a bears snout is mighty
tender. Well, he grunted and snorted
and rooted around in the leaves bit,
and then went back at the maui as if
he was just going to knock it into the
other side of tomorrow. He stood up
to it, and he did hit it so hard that it
seemed to disappear for half second.
II swung right over the limb, and,
while he was looking for it, it came
down on the top of his head. Great
Scott. how he roared! And then,
scratching his head with one paw, he
went at it again with the other, and hit
it just the same way he'd hit it before.
| tell you, Bill and l pretty near burst
as we saw that maui fly over the limb
again and como down on the top of his
head just like the first time You'd
have thought it would have cracked his
skull; but bears head is as hard as
they make them.
This time the bear, after rubbing
his head and his snout, and roofing
some more in the leaves, sat back and
seemed to consider. In a second or two
he went up to the maui and tried to
take hold of it with one paw: of course
it slipped right away. and you'd have
thought it was alive to see the sharp
: I
again on the nose. 1t wasn't much of
a whack this time, but that nose was
tender enough, then! And the bear
got desperate. He grabbed for the
maui with both paws; and that way, Of
course, he got it. With one pull he
snapped the codline and the victory
was his. Charles G. d. Roberts, in st.
Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
An Ancient Custom Preserved.

The sounding of the mayors horn at
Ripon, England, is one of the most
ancient customs in the kingdom. 1t
formTi announced the setting of the
watch, whence the chief officer of the
town, up to the year 1904, derived his
Saxon style of "Wakeman," but it has
now lapsed into the formality of three
blasts given at o'clock every evening
at the mayors residence by his official
hornblower, and three more at the
market cross. The ringing of the ca
thedral bell at the same time is also a
custom of high antiquity. and is sup
posed to represent the ancient curfew.
The ancient horn of the wakeman of
Ripon is still preserved among the cor
poration insignia. 1t is the natural
horn of an OK. thirty inches in length,
and gracefully curved; it is covered
with dark blue velvet, and encircled
with five ornamental silver bands Of
different dates.-Tit- Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
CLEVER PlCKPCCKET.

The Grand Duke Won His Bet, But He,
Too. Lost His ValuabIes.
1t was curious thing to brag about,
but it is said to be a fact, narrated by a
foreign journal, that upon the occasion
OF a certain dinner given by Russian
grand duke to the French ambassador
the Frenchman venturcd to say that in
picking pockets no people could surpass
the thieves of Paris.
Il should not wonder if the st.
Petersburg pickpockets could give them
start, replied the grand duke. And
seeing a smile of unbelief playing
around the features of the ambassador,
he added: ''Will you wager that be-
fore we rise from the table your watch
or some other valuable will not be taken
from your person."
The ambassador accepted the wager
for the fun Of the thing and the grand
duke telephoned to the chief constable,
asking him to send at once the clever
est piclIpocllet he could lay his hands
on. The thief was to receive the full
value of every article he managed to
steal, and be allowed to go unpublished.
The man came and was put into
livery, and told to wait at table along
with the other servants. The grand
duke told him to give him a sign as
soon as he had picked the pocket of the
ambassador. But he had to wait a long
time, for the ambassador. whose watch
was the article to be experimental
upon, always kept on the alert. and
even held his hand to his fob when con-
versing with the most distinguished
guests at the table. At last the grand
duke received the signal. He at once
requested the ambassador to tell him
the time. The latter triumphantly put
his hand to his pocket and drew forth
potato instead of his watch There
was a general burst of laughter, in
which the ambassador himself Joined,
though with wry face, for he was I'M
mista>ably annoyed. To conceal his
feelings he would take pinch of snuff
His snuff-boX was gone! Then he
missed the seal-ring from his finger,
and, lastly, the gold toothpicll which he
always carried with him in little case.
Amid the laughter of the guests the
sham lackey was requested to restore
the articles; but the grand-duke's merri-
ment was changed into alarm and sur
prise when the thief produced two
watches, two rings, two snuff-boxeS,
etc. His imperial highness made the
discovery that he himself had been
robbed at the same time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
How to Plant Apple Trees.

There is deplorable tendency among
apple orchard planters to set the trees
too close together. Numerous or
chards, just coming into bearing, have
their trees only twenty-five and TWEEN
ty-four feet apart, with limbs almost
interlocking, while thus young. The
smallest limit should be two rods, or
thirty-three feet, thirty-five feet would
De better, and thirty eight or forty still
better. When the trees get large and
their limbs meet passage through the
orchard with horses is INSTRUCTED, as
well as cultivation. Further, the
ground SO densely shaded becomes sour
and unproductive, SO far as fine fruit
Is concerned
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
BRUINS BOXING MATCH
Evidently the Bear Did Not Underst and
the Laws of Gravita ION.

Evidently the Bear Did Not Understand
the Laws of Gravita Aon.
"a couple of us were splitting slabs in
the Madawaska woods along in the
fall, when. all of a sudden, the head of
the maui flew OF. The maui struck a
tree, glanced, and took Bill on the side
of the knee. 1t keeled him over so he
couldn't do any more work that day,
and had to help him back to the camp
Before we left. took bit of cod-line
out of my pocket, ran it through the
eye of the maui, and strung the maui
up to branch so ii would be easier to
find when | wanted it.
1T was maybe a week before went
for that maul-a little more than a
week. l should say; and then, il being
of n Saturday afternoon. when there
WIS no work to do, and Bills leg being
so much better that he could hobble
alone, he and thought we'd stroll over
to where we'd been splitting, and bring
the maui in to camp.
when we got pretty near the place,
and could see through the trees the
maui hanging there where we had left
it, Bill all of sudden grabbed me
sharp by the arm, and whispered: Keep
stillr
What is it?' said l, under my
breath, looking all around.
Use your eyes if you've got any,
said he; and l stared through the
branches in the direction he was look
ing. But there was trunk in the way.
As soon as l moved my head bit,
saw what he was watching. There
was fine young bear sitting back on
his launches, and looking at the maui
as if he didn't know what to make of it.
Probably that bear had once been hurt
in trap, and SO had grown suspicious
That there maui hanging from the
limb of tree was something different
from anything he'd ever seen before.
Wondering what. he was going to do,
we crept little nearer, without max
/ in any noise, and crouched down be-
hind spruce-bush.
The bear was maybe a couple CT
yards from .he maui, and watching it
as if he thought it might get down any
moment and come at him. a little gust
of wind came through the trees and set
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
NOVEL MOUSE TRAP.


1t Is so Simple That Each OF Our 10y
Readers Can Make One.
Mice are very knowing little animals,
and are often too shrewd to be caught
by even the best steel traps. To make
very effective mouse trap take large
jar-thc kind used for jam and preserves
and tie over the top piece Of stiff
brown paper. In the center of this cut
a cross. Set the jar in a closet, and
suspend by a string a piece of toasted
cheese or bacon rind over the center.
If the mice cannot easily reach the top
of the jar runway may be constructed
by placing one end of board on the
edge of the jar, and allowing the other
end TO rest on the floor. If there are
any mice about the bait will attract
them. just as soon as the first mouse
reaches the center of the paper he will
drop through into the jar, and the
paper will fly back ready for the next
conner.
The same kind Of trap may be used
for catching rats. only barrel must
be substituted for the jar. A rat will
soon gnaw out of such a trap if not
prevented. The best way to avoid
this is to FIJI the barrel partly with
water. This trap is a great favorite
with country people. They lay good
sized stone or brick in the bottom of
the barrel, and pour in just enough
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A TROUBLESOME CHILD.

Ny Maud Louise is Paris doll
With the cunningest turned-up nose,
And four white teeth, and a parasol,
And lace all over her clothes
And, goodness, isn't she just the worst!
Shes never a moment still
She sucked my red balloon till it burst
OF course she was deathly ILL.,
She's always running away to hide
On purpose to make me search:
She jumps on wagons TO steal ride,
And giggles aloud in church,
She broke the blade Of my pocketkniie;
haven't a dish uncracked.
Why, every day of her naughty life
She has to be simply whackedl
I'm just discouraged. Won't some Of you
Whose dollics are good and mild
Please write me, telling me what to do
To manage this dreadful child?
Juliet w. Tompkins, in Harpers Young
People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
Profanity and Pain

Too often go together. Refrain from
swearing if you are suffering the tortures
of rheumatism, and seek the aid of Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters, which will expel the
rheumatic virus from your blood. Kidney
and malarial complaints, dyspepsia, consti-
patton, neuralgia and biliousness are all
relieved by this sterling and comprehensive
family medicine, which should be kept al
ways on hand Tor emergencies.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

Mamma" said Willie, do you pay
Jennie fifteen dollars a month for look
ing after me?"
"No, sixteen" said mamma. "She is
a good nurse and deserves it."
well, say, ma, Ill look after my
self for ten. You'll save six by it,
Harper's Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
Cows Must Have Salt.

No man eats all the salt he thinks he
will need for week at one time, but a
good many feed. their cows salt as if
this were the proper way. Salt is an
every day necessity to dairy cows, a.
has been proven by experiment
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

water to come level with the top of
this. The first rat which tumblcs IN,
of course, climbs on the brick to get
out of the water. As soon as another
victim arrives there is a fight for pos
session of the only dry spot. The
noise attracts other rodents, so by
morning dozen or more may be swim
ming and squealing and fighting for
dear life.-N Y. Recorder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

I've been told to move on more'n
seven times to-day" said Flooding Pete
6isconsolately.
''Tat's So" said Meandering Mike.
''Dey're pushin' things along so these
times dat dey've managed to make hard
work of doin nothin. - Washington
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
Not What Was Expected.

Girl told Jack we must be stran-
gers henceforth.
Another Girl-Did he fall on his
knees and implore forgiveness?
Girl-Not he. He said Very well, "
and then tried to flirt with me.-De-
troit Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
FREE

To Christian Endeavorers-Pocket Guide
and Map of Boston, the Convention
City.
The Passenger Department of the Big
Four Route have issued very convenient
and attractive Pocket Guide to the City of
Boston which will be sent free Of charge to
all mem bers of the Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeavor who will send three
two-cent stamps to cover mailing charges
to the undersigned. This Pocket Guide
should be in the hands of every member Of
the Society who contemplates attending the
l4th Annual Convention, as it shows the To-
cation of all Depots, Hotels, Churches, In
situations, Places of Amusement, Promi-
nent Buildings, Street Car Lines, Etc, Etc.
Write soon as the edition is limited
E. O. MCCORMICK,
Passenger Traffic Manager, Big Four Route,
Cincinnati, O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
Didn't Like to BE Called Names.

GLOW do you like that little French
girl next door, Polly?"
Don't ike her at at ALL" said Polly.
"She calls me names. She called me a
ma'amselle yesterday, and 1 amt
Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

IT is curious how a woman who screams
at a mouse is not startled at millinery bill
that makes man tremble.-TeXas Siftings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

TAKE the Queen & Crescent Route to
Knoxville and Asheyille Only through Car
line Cincinnati to Asheville.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

SORROW is a kind of rust of soul which
every new idea contributes in its passage to
scour away ohnson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

To New ORLEANS the Queen q Crescent
from Cincinnati. Solid vestiDuled trains.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

THE Queen 6 Crescent Route is the pest
equipped and shortest line to Florida. Solid
vestibuled trains and through sleepers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

"No MAN, - says a loquacious wife, lever
when she's girl and he's engaged to her."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

''YoUR brother? did not know that you
had a brother" "Oh, yes; or. what is the
same thing have two half brothers. ~
Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

IT is safe for the devil to sleep when he
goes to church and sees that the preaching
is not keeping anybody awake.
The advocate., 1895-05-08
BOGUS BUTTER.
Methods by Which the Dairy Industry Of
This Country Is Being Destroyed.

This Country Is Being Destroyed.
Ia the New York Journal Of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin of JAN
nary II, there appeared an article COM
piled from the custom house reports
showing the increase OF oleomargsrine
Ror export up to January l, 1895, to be
III million pounds over the previous
year. As there is but little manufac.
Sured oleomsrgarine or butterine ex-
pOPtsd 10 tubs, the increass necessarily
comes under the head OF exports TO
tropical climates, and to those acquainted
with this business Of packing butter for
tropical climates, 1t would seem a0 IL
natural butter was being seriously
crowded. The facts are the reverse Of
this. The increase OF the exports OF
oIsomargArins is nominal, and 75 per
cent. Of all the oleomsrgarins cleared
from the custom house is shipped from
tbia port branded in terms siguityiDg
butter and consumed as butter in for
siqn countries, and lt is rarely lot OF
oleomarRarine iS exported from the port
of New York with the intention Of baing
shipped as OlsomsrgSrine or branded
olsomargarine. The OleREanCes through
ths custom house are Rs Oleomargarine,
ID chat ID q necessity on the part Of the
nhippeE to got the rebate on the internal
revenue tax, for without said CleRrSnCes
al oleomarRarlns the tax is forfeited.
All butter shipped to tropical climates
II backed in tins OF various sizes, rang
ing anywhere from one pound to twenty.
Hve pounds.
Under the laws OF the internal reve.
nue department pertaining to the ex.
pprts Of olsomargarine from 1885 to
1891, oleomargRrins was sent to the
fropiCal climates in an experimental way
and Ii sample lots, branded Rs olOomsr-
Rarino on both cases and tins, and was
being introduced as a substitute for
butter, with but little success.
ORIGINAL PACKAGES.
On July 9, 1891, the olsomargarine
lnen prevailed upon Mr.. Mason, the
commissioners Of internal revenue OF
Washington at that time, to rule that 8
''csasD in which the tins Of OleOmargA-
Ririno were packed was the package"
faioErsd 70 in the law, and just as soon
this Interpretation OF this law was
rsVsn, the oleOmargarine sxportsrS
ssed TO brand the tins "OlSomarga-
.sD and branded them SHUTTER" and
s oussr case "Oleomargarine." From
stat timo until the spring Of 1894, 80
alk q RIl the OlsOmarRAEine cleared
The advocate., 1895-05-08
MAY 8

less than ever before, surely reaching
100000. South American countries
sre now sending their butter orders to
Denmark, that government guarantee.
ing the quality aud purity of it's goods
and q purchase Of a Danish market
means to the buyer a delivery Of what
he pays fOr.-J. A. North in Farmers In.
stituEe.