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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
SAVED AND LOST.

LittA tory That Ends So Sadly as to Cause
the teart to Drop With a Dull Tbud.
Walt n Daniels had toiled slowly and
YEARLY 80 the three flights of stairs
which led to his poor abode and looked
long and lovingly into the pale, beauti-
full face of the girl who had given up
parents, home and everything that had
made life! happy to become his wife.
And as she stood there, her soft white
arms twined lovingly around his neck
and her deep hazel eyes appraised to
his, he saw that she had been weeping,
and around the wan dropping lips that
in the happy days of the past were SO
often raised, pouting merrily the while,
to be kissed by his own, there were
traces of pie.
Walter Daniels shuddered as he drew
the 1.-THE, yielding form still more
closely to him and he wept bitter,
scalding tears of agony to think that
his wife, Mabel More, Washington
born and bred-a girl who constantly
wrote for the amateur authors paper
and whose essay on stage Life" was
! only excelled by her story entitled
1.-THE Wrong One"-should be reduced
to eating pie-and in the morning.
And while he was wrapped in these
painful reveries Mabel raised her head
from her pillow. One glance told all.
You are suffering, my darling" she
said. Can you not tell me, your wife,
your sorrow?"
''It is nothing" Walter replied, kiss
ing her.
Lemon pie, toe" he murmured in a
hosirse, agonized tone of voice. '"This
is terrible At this moment noise
as of some one dragging himself slowly
and YEARLY up the stairs, was heard
Soon it ceased and messenger boy
kicked open the door and, walking ur
to where Walter Daniels sat, handed
him telegram. He tore it open with
trembling hands and read the message
the boy looking over his shoulder t.
see that everything was right.
1--WE are saved, Mabel" he said il
low, broken tones. your grandfather
is dead and all his great publishing es
tablishment is yours"
"Yes," murmured the girl, kneelinf
beside the chair on which her HUSBAND
sat "We are saved, Walt; saved b.
forms and copy and manuscripts ant
sketches and novels and by fiction
fction The best authors" and then
looking up suddenly, she saw that tn
man she loved so well, and for whom
she would have sacrificed her life, wa
lying cold and pulseless across tn
chair.
The prospect was too much for him
Washington Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
THIS EGG is WORTH s15, 900.

ure to his own collection, where he Is
holding it for a rise in price.
1t is quite fad nowadays to collect
rare and curious eggs and vast sums
are paid by wealthy collectors for the
delicate little ovals. One of the largest
private collections in the world is that
of Mr. j. Parker Norris, well-known
lawyer of Philadelphia. He has spent
more than $40, 900 for fine specimens OF
egg shells.
One must know many things about
birds and their habits in order to make
valuable collection of eggs. Hun
dreds of books have been published on
the subject of birds eggs. Uncle Sans
government has published a few of
these books, and nearly all of them are
costly.
Mr.. G. w. Crandall, of Woodside, N.
Y, has according to the Philadelphia
Press, been quietly adding rare eggs to
his big collection for the past seven
teen years. This remarkable collection
contains curious eggs from all parts of
the world. Here are eggs of the casso-
| wary, from Timbuctoo, and the queer
/ yellow eggs of the rhea, or South
| American ostrich, contrast with green
black emu's eggs and the yellow-ivory
of the African ostrich. Then there are
10 species of eagles eggs, while the
eggs of the Lapp owl rest by the side
of those of the little Indian pigmy owl
Many beautiful gyrfalcon's eggs from
Iceland and other rarities adorn the
| collection, which includes, in all, 10000
specimens, sets of eggs of 600 specie!
of North American birds and S0'
foreign.
The amount of work which the
gathering of SO many eggs represents
not to speak of the risk of life, is i'm
mense. Looking upon a mere set o
gyrfalcon's eggs in n cabinet, one mus
think of the intrepid collector, who de
scended rope on some dizzy heigh
to obtain them, in order to appreciate
the spirit of adventure which animate
the egg-gatherer.
The gathering of eggs of the bird
familiar to everyone is both cruel an
improbable, and no sensible boy .
girl will rob the nest of a robin or
wren. If you can afford it, collect thu
rarest eggs, but, ifyou cannot get thos
that are most curious, don't attempt t
start a collection with the commo
eggs that every one has seen in tn
country at some time or other.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
CURING SORGHUM.
How 1t Can BE Done Successfully In the
Dampest of Climates.

How 1t Can Be Done Successfully In the
Dampest of Climates.
Noticing several articses as to curing
sorghum and having had lots of bother
here in this damp coast climate OF
Texas 1 will give my way, which has
saved me this years crop in good or
der and may benefit others.
After getting sorghum ready to
stack cut three poles say twenty feet
long, the butt ends of which l put in
the ground two feet, leaving each pole
say eight feet apart, leaned so that the
tops tie together with wire. then
nail on some one-by-three boards to
keep the sorghum from inclosing the
passage in the center, then build a
platform of rails or posts two feet
high on outside of frame as wide as |
care to make the stack. In this way l
form an air passage under and up the
center of the stack, thoroughly curing
it even if put up green.
/ l send you herewith rough draw
ing from which you can perhaps pre-
pare an illustration which will explain
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
Scarlet Fever Settled in the Back.
An Operation Was Unsucce ss.
fully Performed.
The Patient Was Finally Restored, After
Eighteen Years.
From the Ecening Meas, Ne,Oark, NJ j.

From the Eoening Neacs, Ne,o0rk, ~ j.
About eighteen years ago, when Mrs,
Annie Dale, of 50 Bruce street, was bright,
merry school girl, she was taken i'll with
scarlet fever. She recovered, but she was
a very different girl from a physical stand
point She was cured of the scarlet fever,
but it left her with an affection of the back.
AS she grew older the pain seemed to in
crease. Her sufferings were intensified by
her household duties, but she never com
ylained, and with one hand pressed tightly
to her back she did her work about her coy
home.
II was fourteen years old when was at
tackled with scarlet fever, and have now
suffered with my back for eighteen years.
might and day l suffered. 1t really
seemed as if l must succumb to the pain,
and then, to make matters worse, my head
ached so badly that could scarcely see, at
times. Finally l went to st. Michaers Hos
pital at the corner of High Street and Cen
trail Avenue, and there the surgeons per-
formed difficult operation on my back but
it did no good; it was like everything else.
was told at the hospital to return for an
other operation, but the first had left me 80
weak [ could not go back. Then again
had become discouraged and my three chill
| dren needed my attention and care at home.
| The pain became harder to stand and my
| back was almost broken, it seemed. I
! thought / would never know what it would
be like to be well again when was told to
try Dr. Williams Pink Pills. With many
doubts, faint heart and an aching back 1
went to get the pills, and little dreaming that
| they would prove the elixir of new life to
me, l began to take them. Only a short
time elapsed before l began to improve
| Could it be possible that DR.. Williams Pink
| Pills were doing what everything else had
failed to accomplish l asked myself the
question many times and before long was
enabled by my improved condition to an
swer the query with an emphatic Yes
Now the pain of almost twenty years is
cured by these Pink Pills in few months.
have no pain of any kind now, but l have
got some of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, and while do not think it will
ever be necessary t 20 use them again, shall
certainly never be without them in the
house"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in con
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also 6
specific for troubles peculiar to females
such as suppressions, Irregularities and al
forms of weakness. They build up the
blood, and restore the glow of health to pale
radical cure in ala cases arising from menta
worry, overwor1 or excuses of whatever
nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (nevel
in loose bull1) at SO cents box or SIX boxe!
for 81 so, and may be had of all druggists, o.
direct by mail from Dr. Williams Medicin,
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

at may surprise you," said an ola
hotel clerk, but we can tell man not
used to stopping at hotels at the hrst
glance. His unfamiliarity with the
way to register, with the way to ask
for his letters, kilograms or how to
give up his key to his room gives him
away Immediately. Now, to-day, a
middle-aged man who is stopping at
this hotel came up to me and asked
me if l would keep the key to his room
for little while. That was one sure
way of telling that he had probably
not been in half a dozen hotels In his
life. Then we can always tell the
minute a man comes up to ask for his
mail whether he is hotel liver or not;
The commercial traveller, before his
name is written down in the register,
will ask to see the letters in the box
bearing his initial. He will grab uI
the kilograms and pore over them as
if he were going to catch train tha'
left in ten minutes. Then he will take
his armful of umbrellas and canes ant
throw them at the bellboy and tel
him to take them to his room. The
man unacquainted with hotel life Wi
be exactly the opposite. He is usually
as bashful as schoolgirl with stage
fright. He doesn't know how to d.
anything. Buffalo News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
The FIXTURE of Irritation.

Irrigation makes considerable
showing in the census of 1890. In that
year, according to the official report,
50, 5S4 farm owners in the arid and sub
humid regions of eleven states and ter
ritories were employing artificial means
of watering their land, to the extent
of 1854, 416 acres. The average size Of
these farms was sixty-eight acres, and
their average annual production was
placed at $14. 80 per acre. The census
of 1900 will show large extension of
the area irrigated. The various sys-
TENS are still in the experimental
stage, but the main fact looms up that
irrigation will be one of the leading
elements of the American agriculture
of the future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
Man She Would Marry.

II never heard young girl say, as
young girls are fond of saying, OBJ
served an old lady on the summer
boarding house piazza, what sort OF a
man she will marry, and what sort
only, that l do not think of certain
speeches to which l, myself, have lis
tened to from pretty lips before this. A
school friend of mine SO held New
Jersey in detestation that she tore its
map from her geography. She used TO
say that nothing would induce her to
marry a man who was a widower, OK
wore wig, or lived in New Jersey.
And the man of her choice was guilty
of all these three enormities. L used
to talk over my future with two eous-
ms 4 would not marry business
man. said. Kate would not think OF
a clergyman, or Carrie of farmer,
And we married, respectively, bust
ness man, a clergyman and farmer. 1t
is all like a smart young American
help in my grandmother's kitchen
who was wont to declaim to us chill
dren on the scorn in which she held al
men, always winding up her denunci
atoms Of the sex by: No, wouldn't
marry any man that walks on two
legs And she didn't. She married 6
one-legged MANN. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
surgestIon for Cattle Raisers

Beef cattle are yet in demand, and
there is plenty of time to grow calves
of good breeds for conversion into
beef in three years provided the calves
are well bred. If every farmer would
resolve to keep a pure bred bull the
calves would be more valuable and not
be sold off the farm when but few
days old. There is large loss to the
farmers of this country in the annual
slaughter of very young calves and
yet the failure to retain the calves is
due to the use of scrub bulls, which
have done more to curse cattle raisers
;han all other causes combined.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
THE PLATYPUS.

raccoon. He is not curiosity on &C.
count of his shape or size, or because
he resembles the coon and lives in Aus
tralia, where all nature is topsy-turvy,
but because of a remarkable habit the
female of his species has of laying eggs
and Matching them after the manner
of birds. This queer egg-laying ami
NAL, the only creature of the kind on
earth. so far as the biologists know,
is called a platypus. 1t inhabits the
deep forests of the river bottoms of
both Australia and New Zealand, and,
it is said, has many of the character
istics which distinguish the beaver
tribe. The platypus is not common
animal even in it's native haunts, and
it is yearly becoming rare, because of
the war which has been waged against
it ON account of the continuous dread
of the harmless little creature, because
it's habits deviate so widely from those
generally noted in uncovered, four
footed creatures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
Average Rates of Speed.

One who has made a study Of the
subject states that the average rates of
speed attained by certain travelling
things are as follows: A man walks
three miles an hour; horse trots
seven; steamboats, run eighteen; sailing
vessels make ten; slow rivers flow four;
rapid rivers flow seven; storms move
thirty six; hurricanes, eighty; rif1o
ball, one thousand miles a minute;
sound, eleven hundred and forty-three,
light, one hundred and ninety thou
sand; electricity. two hundred and
eighty thousand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

Inconsistent as ever, Dame Fashion
now declares in favor of real lace"
while bedecking herself galore with
paste jewelry. Happy now are those
who possess heirlooms of the precious
filmy fabric, for their owners are
quickly singled out by those who know
from among the otherwise fashionably
dressed women who wear only ''imita-
tation." Real" guipure will be the
modern lace most in favor this winter,
and so will Renaissance point" Some
of the designs in the latter are es-
pecially beautiful. IN. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
FAITHFUL OLD AMY.
How a Black Woman Showed Her Devo
ton for Her Mistress.

ton for Her Mistress.
In North Carolina over a century ago
lived Mr.. John Payne, a wealthy plant
er descended from an ear's daughter.
He and Thomas Jefferson, who after
wards became president of the United
States, both loved the same beautiful
girl, Mary Coles. She preferred young
Payne, and married him, and became
the mother of Dolly, the wife of Presi-
dent James Madison, one of the most
beloved of women ever in the white
house.
Dolly was an uncommonly beautiful
child, and her fond mother, lest the sun
should tan her face, used to sew a sun
bonnet on her head every morning, and
put long gloves on her arms when she
went to school
Mr. Payne, her father, Quaker, be-
came convinced that slavery was sin,
and sold his plantation, freed his slaves
and moved to Philadelphia, in 1886.
This was just after the revolutionary
war, and the money of the country had
become deprecated.
John, his oldest son, was travelling in
Europe. and came home to help his
father start in business. Neither knew
much about close economy, or business
methods, or the dishonesty Of some of
their competitors. After time Mr..
Payne failed and the rich family were
reduced to poverty. The father sank
under his misfortune.
A wealthy young man by the name OF
Todd, of excellent habits, had befriend-
ed Mr. Payne in his pecuniary troubles
He wished to marry Dolly, but she did
not love him well enough.
The father called the young beauty
of nineteen to his dying bed and told
her his wish, that she should accept
John Todd. Dolly consented, and thus
made her fathers last days happier.
Mr.. Todd proved devoted husband
but died of yellow fever three years
after their marriage, leaving Dolly
with two little children, one baby
of three weeks, who died soon after
Two wears later she married James Mad
ison.
Mr.. Payne and his beautiful wife
Mary Coles, had always been kind t.
their slaves, so much so that some re
fused to leave them, AMI came to Phila
delphia to live in their home.
One poor slave, called Mother Amy,
when freed, went out to service. Sh
saved'all her money carefully; nobod!
could guess for what purpose.
For herself, she could endure povert,
and not mind it. She did not need o
care for fine clothes, but she could no
bear that the woman who was once he
lovely owner should be in reduced Gil
cumstances.
When death came for "Mother Amy
after all the hard years of labor, sh
left $500, which she had struggled al
the years to save, to Mrs. Payne, he
widowed mistress. Boston Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
EGGS WORTH A FORTUNE.
That of tho Great AUX Is Valued at FIR
teen Thousand Dollars.

That of tho Great AUX Is Valued at FIR
teen Thousand Dollars.
How would you like to own an egg
valued at $4,000?
That was the price recently paid by
a wealthy collector of rare birds eggs.
This particular egg was that Of the
great aux, and there are only sixty
eight of this extinct birds eggs in exist
ence. Two auks' eggs are in this coun'
try; one is owned by the Academy OF
Natural Science in Philadelphia, and
the other is in the collection of VassaI
college. The former collection held for
many years among its treasures the
rarest of all eggs-an egg OF the Cali
fornia condor-but it mysteriously dis
appeared q few years ago, and it if
supposed some scientific sneak THE:
thought it no sin to transfer the treas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
THE DRUNKARD'S DOG.


He Saved His Master from Being Sent to
the Prison.
The New York Times reports that
Policeman Logan, of that city, saw
man lying intoxicated on the pave
ment, and went toward him, meaning
to wake him. AS he drew near, how
ever, he sawa brindle bulldog standing
beside the sleeper, and as the police
man leaned forward to shake the man
the dog growled and showed his teeth.
Logan stepped back for fear of being
bitten. The drunkards name was
Collins.
Hey, there!" said Logan. Collins
woke up.
Tell your dog to let me arrest you"
Collins struggled to his feet, and said
to the dog: Come on, Bully, we're
rested"
The dog "heeled" obediently, and the
policeman took them to the Thirtieth
street station-house. There was no
reason why the pup should be locked
up, but it was plain that he intended to
stick to his drunken master as long as
he could, and he was allowed to oc-
cupy UnS cell III WllLSu SoAllLS SPcAG ChO
night.
The dog accompanied Collins when
Logan took him down to jefferson Mar
ket police court, and was close to him
when Justice Hogan asked:
"Well. sir, what have you to say for
YOURSELF"
"Tall, to him, Bully" whispered Col
Inns to the pup; and the pup jumped
up on the bridge, where the justice
could see him, sat up, held up his fore
paws and whined.
Everybody in court was watching
him.
Are we sorry?" Collins asked him.
The pup whined loudly and more for
lornly than before. He looked as if he
would cry in another minute.
"Well, young man" said the justice
"I1l let you go this time on account Of
your dog. don't think you deserve
such faithfulness as he has shown. Il
were dog and had a drunken mas
ter, / would leave him. But | guess
dogs are more faithful than men"
THANK the judge, Bully" said Col
Inns.
The dog stood up on his hind legs
gave one short, joyous yelp, and bound
ed out of the courtroom beside his mas
ter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
At Bath Beach.

Marie-That actress says that she
always puts her diamonds on when she
takes bath. Do you suppose she is
afraid they will be stolen?
Hills-No; it's force of habit with
her. She's so used to putting them in
soak, you know. -Toledo Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
TOMMY'S ALPHABET.

g Now this is A." mamma would sayi
81 And this is @, and this is U,
And this is l.
Now say them-try"
OH Tommy was youngster yet
To learn to say his alphabet;
But, bless his heartI though he was small.
He knew his letters-nearly all.
So mother pointed, and her son
Began to name them, one by one.
{" This oneY" Its b. And this?" IT'S @ "
" And thisH" Its L; l know 1t we'll"
" Nay; try againl"
" 1t must be N"
" And this one?"-polnting to an L
" That's YOUI" was Tommy's quick reply.
Mamma, the error to undo.
Now pointed to the letter U.
Small Tommy pondered; then quoth he,
His face aglow with smiles: That's MEL"
Agnes Lee, in St Nicholas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
Best of All

To cleanse the system in gentle and truly
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only so cents; the
large size 81. Try it and be pleased. Man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

OPTTcIAN ito his new clerk)-"Now, in
sending out these price lists, write the ad-
dresses as small as possible, so that those
reading them may feel how badly they need
glasses. b" -Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

Wheat can be grown in the Alps at
an elevation of 5000 feet; in Brazil, at
5000; in the Caucasus, at 5000; in
Abyssinia, at 10000; in Peru and
Bolivia, at II, 900
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

CusToMER--'Wh has become Of your as
sistaut!n Barber" Started for himself.
He is tired of working by the day, sup
pose" Customer-''I thought you paid him
SO much 4 thousand words Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

HE-"The lamp going out" Shelves
1t hasn't been filled since you came. life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

THE REAL TRoUBLE.-Auntie-"J ohnnie
you must never be afraid to tell the truth
Johnnie-''No, auntie, l amt. It's to tell a
lie without being afraid that bothers me."-
Life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
Would Seem So, Indeed.

"Bibxy is an optimistic young fellow.
'In what way?"
"I borrowed $40 of him awhile ago"
Chicago Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

THE BEST OF REAsoNs.-'Do you remem
Der, Julian, why they shot Saint Sebastian
full of arrows" cause they hadn't any
gun."-Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey o.
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

EMMA, l Just saw the lieutenant kissing
you. Don't let me see that again. Ger
tainly, mamma We shall be more cautious
hereafter. "-Lustige Batter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

THE virtue lies in the struggle, not in the
prze.-Milnes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

she Giving him a tlowerl-'Sweet as
the giver!" lie twishing to be very com
plimentary, indeed) -"Oh, sweeter farl''-
Punch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

WHAT some people call prudence goes by
another name in the next house.-Ram s
Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

WILL some fisherman kindly inform us
how the bass can reach the upper sea?-
Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17

my meaning. The frame is three-cor-
nered. This style of stack will hold
from twenty-five to thirty tons, 1t
will keep in any climate. Here the air
Is damp and foggy and the above is
the only way l can cure i'll. d.
Kean, in Breeders Gazette.