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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31


lowed up all the rest. 1t sodwelt with
him and maddened him that at last he
rushed to his desk and wrote the fol-
lowing brief and hasty letter to Bell:
NO. 2 Gore terrace, Denmark Hill.
DEAR Miss MAYNARD; Your mother knows
me to be innocent of the infamous charge for
which Mr.. Maynard has dismissed me. / ask
her only to assure you of my innocence.
Faithfully yours, HARRY LYNN"
Within five feverish minutes he had
written, addressed AID posted this note
in the pillar across the way. Many
hours must yet pass before he could
even hope for a reply, and these he
spent mostly pacing the little room
backward and forward, wondering how
his letter would be received and how
answered. When at last the answer
did come it was as different as possibIe
from any that he had imagined. II
was from Mrs. Maynard and ran thus:
DEAR Mr.. LYNN: 1t was only after Bell had
shown me your letter that l learned from my
husband that you were dismissed He did not
wish to speak of ID, he said, for your fathers
sake or course. l know you 10 be innocent
and so does Bell, but we both wish your pride
had allowed you to explain to MI Maynard
how you came by that ten-pound note. Bell
and 1 mean to call to see you the first thing in
the morning, when l am sure you will give us
the explanation your pride prevented you CIV
ing my husband Bell joins me in kindest re-
CARDS Ever yours. most sincerely,
MARGARET MAYNARD"
He was up and breakfasted early,
and then paced the room for days, as it
seemed to him, before the expected ca
drew up at last at the door. He hur-
ricd down to let them in and to usher
them upstairs himself. On opening the
door he stood confronted with Mr..
Maynard!
Harry" he said, and it was the first
time he had ever called him by his
Christian name, II came to apollo
gize to you"
Harry took and shook the offered
hand as in a dream.
After Mrs. Maynard had written to
you it occurred to her that the ten
pound note was the one she had given
you. She had sent the maid out to get
a note instead of ten sovereigns TO put
in the envelope, and the maid, when
she returned, handed her the note she
| had just stolen from my desk. Upon
being taxed with the theft and threat
| ened with search of her boxes, she
| confessed and gave up the three other
notes. 1t was noble of you not to in
form on my poor wife he added, put
ting his hand on Harry's shoulder.
''She and Bell insisted that should
bring you back with me, they ere so
sure you would forgive me-"
| What speech from the satusnine
Mr.. Maynard! But Harry found when
he had become one of the family that
his curt and cutting tongue beliad a
kind and generous heart. - London
| Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

N 1EWhen a man is full you would ex-
Il ect him to look unoccupied. onkers
Il aatesman.
The young woman who is looking
Ifbr man of perfect disposition should
I choose one who can tend to some one
else's baby.-Puck.
-Hicks-''How foolish it is to be al
ways aping the rich" Wicks-"Yes;
but then it is safer than monkeying
with the common people. boston
Transcript.
FIR man. said Uncle Eben, lam
Untitled ter his own opinions. Hit am
only when he tries ter mex somebody
er present oh 'em dat he gifts disagree
BILE Washington Star.
Thoroughly Accounted For-"What
Kind of time did you have at Miss
Beacon's soiree?" 80, stupid! None
but clever people there. kate Fields
Washington.
Then you are quite satisfied with
this picture of your husband?" Wife
''Well-yes, that is if it's impossible to
make it look any less like him than it
does now. "-Inter-O Ocean.
"A number of prominent women are
to contribute to magazine a series OF
articles on THE man who most in
fiuenced me-" The discussion is under
stood not to refer to the husbands OF
the writers. Albany Argus.
| -Kicksy-"Wife, can you tell me
gwnsf am like hen?" Mrs. Kicksy-
"No, dear. Why is it?" Kicksy-"Be-
cause can seldom find anything where
| laid it yesterday. "-Philadelphia
Record
An advertising chandler of Liver
pool modestly says that, without any
disparagement to the sun, l may con-
fidently assert that my octagonal sper-
maceti are the best lights ever in
vented. "-Tit-Bits
"A Necessary Restriction. see
that they are again agitating the adop-
ton of new rules for football" Yes,
l hear that one proposed is, that DO ac-
cident is to be allowed to stop the game
more than five minutes unless it be
fatal. brooklyn Life.
An Objectionable Part.-A delega-
ton of players from the company Wis
tied the manager. 1--WE have come,
sir, . said the spokesman, ito ask you on
behalf of ourselves, that a portion OF
the part played by Mr. Jackson be cut
out" what portion is that?" "Where
he wants to borrow s. from the dis
guised duke" whats the objection
to it?" "A very serious one, sir. He
rehearses the part on us, sir, every
time he thinks any of us has any
money. Detroit Free Press.
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The Silver Mouse.

A Prussian officer quartered in Als;lce
one day visited a chapel in the outskirts
of the town. Greatly surprised at see
ing silver mouse among the votive of
ferings. he demanded an explanation
from an Intelligent native who was
showing him round.
IAN entire quarter of the town." the
Alsatian proceeded to relate, IVA:
once infested by an army of mice.
which constituted a veritable plague.
Then a kind-hearted lady took it into
her head to get silver mouse made
and to present it to the Virgin. A week
afterward all the mice had disap-
peared." The officer burst out laugh
ing. and exclaimed: What! Are the
people of this country so stupid as to
believe such things?" "Oh, not"
promptly replied the Alsatian; ''for if
we did, we should long since have Of
fered the Virgin a silver Prussian. lie
Petit Parisien.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

ing, saying nothing and doing nothing
intelligently. On the morning of the
fourth day an odd question came by
telephone from Elmount:
us Lynn still there?"
Where else should he be or have
been? Had the old gentleman expected
him to return to the house?
When the reply Yes" was sent there
came the command: Send him here. .
Harry accordingly started at once for
Hampstead with his mind in a whirl OF
wonder and speculation, but nothing
of all his imaginings prepared him for
his reception at Elmount. Immediately
upon his entering the study the old
gentleman said with some unwonted
emotion:
Lynn. your father was one of my
dearest friends, and for his sake gave
y on time and opportunity to escape
justice. You haven't done it, l sup
pose, because anyone who could com.
nit so stupid theft as you have com.
mitted-"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
"Theftr' exclaimed Harry, stagger-

Theft" exclaimed Harry, stagger-
ing back as from blow.
''Tut.' retorted the old gentleman,
with scathing scorn. Don't make a
further fool of yourself and me. Is this
your writing, sir?" pointing to the i'm
dorsement of a ten-pound note which
lay before him on the deslA
"Ges," Harry stammered, for the note
was the one he had received in an en-
velope from Mrs. Maynard.
Then where did you get that note?"
Il cannot tell you, sir
"Then l can tell you. You got it III
that desk" striking the desk with his
closed fist.
Il did not, sir"
''You lie, sir; you lie, you lie!" re-
iterated the old gentleman, really be-
side himself with fury. Il had written
down the numbers of that note and of
the three other five-pound notes which
have disappeared with it. There it is;
there it isl" thrusting out the sheet of
note paper with the numbers noted on
it toward Harry.
You'll be sorry for this, SIR" Harry
cried, white and trembling.
Sorry This is too much" cried the
old gentleman, starting furiously from
his chair and making for the bell.
just, however, as he reached it he
paused for a moment and said then,
more calmly, turning to face Harry:
go! Go! And thank God you ar, your
fathers son.
Harry, having stared blankl ~ nirnf
muttered: you thank God that you
are her father"
Then, without another word, he
quilted the room and the house.
Suppose Bell was persuaded into be-
lieying him to be a common thief of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
THE HELPLESS MAN.

Go round the world, from pole to pole,
And tell me, if you can,
What fate so hard as hers, alasl
WHO weI!s . nelp!ess man.
He eddnO5 lR1d Il 1iHsis SE.aS
That he may want to use;
He cannot button up his gloves
He cannot lace his shoes.
II there is mud upon his coat,
Or dust upon his hat,
He stands in helpless misery,
And mutters: Look at thatr"
And wife will hurry OF to bring
The brush, whose place he h2CYs,
And work with all her energy
To renovate his clothes.
His necktie he can ne 'er adjust,
And as for using pins,
You'd think, TO see his awkwardness,
His hands we're surely fms;
And If upon the floor he drops
A button or stud,
They're lost to him as If they we're
Two fathoms deep in mud.
If there is lack OF anything,
And wife is not by
He'll go without, nor make move
To add to the supply;
And in great emergency,
When other backs are piled
With burdens, he will sit around
AS helpless as child.
He cannot do an errand straight,
He cannot drive a nail;
In any task he undertakes
He's pretty sure to fail,
And It's mystery to me-
Expain it We who can
That any girl is brave enough
To wed a helpless man.
Josephine Pollard in N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31
MR.. MAYNARD'S SECRETARY,

AIRY LYNNS
intimacy w it h
t h e Maynard
ia m lily dated
from t h e old
gentleman's re-
tirenent to live
w h o l Y a t
Hampstead, in
a C C or d a n C e
with h is doc
tors prescrip-
ton.
Give up bust
ness an d YOU
will live fCr
years, but city
air, m y dear
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Theophilus Webb-Ah-you know
women are weakly incomprehensible
cweatures. Twenty years ago, when
wanted to mawwy the mothah, she had
objections and said 1 was too young,
and now that l want to mawwy the
daughtah, she objects and says I'm too
old Truth
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

COLLEGE TRUsTEE-"Say, we are in bad
luck. Only twenty-five new students com,
ing in at the next term" Head of the Col
lege Faculty-"Never mind I'll send the
football team and two glee clubs out ON the
road ahead of the other colleges this year. "
-ChicapO Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Mrs. Norris-I must say, I don't like
to see a woman make fool of herself.
Mr.. Norris-What an unpleasant
place this world must be for you, my
dear Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

"TELL u.s." cried the group of maidens,
tive" THAT is easy" replied the sage,
without even raising his eyes from his book.
Get fortune and stay single "-Indianap-
oils Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Is price of double berth in Tourist Sleeping
Rock Island Tourist Excursions Through
cars on fast trains leave Chicago Tuesdays
via FIT. Worth and Ell Paso, and Thursdays
via Scenic Route. Write for particulars to
A. P. PHILLIPS Il Co, 104 Clark St., Chicago.
JOHN SEBASTIAN. G. p. A, Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

Franklin taught that the ocean
currents were due to the influence of
permanent winds, in which opinion he
was sustained by Sir John Herschel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

MoTnER-"You are at the foot of the
spelling class again, are you?" Boy
'Yes'm.' elbow did that happen?" 81 got
too many Us in scissors Good News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

DESPERATE from Colorado) "Your
money or your life" Traveler-"Here,
take this purse of goldm Desperate with
feeling it, stranger. I'm a thief,
but amt no goldbug. r-Harlem Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-31

He who is careful to speak word in sea-
son should be just as careful to speak
seasoned Word.-Y Dung Mems Era.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30
American Tin Plate Mills.

The Metal Worker says: "The
marvellous growth of the Ameri-
can tin plate manufacture in less
than four years presents one of
the most remarkable instances of
industrial efforts in history. From
nothing it has become an estab-
lished industry of large proper
tons which already gives employ
ment to some 1900 hands. At
the present moment, SO far as can
be gathered from the latest reports
there are in actual operation IS
tin plate works proper which are
using their own black plates. Ten
more are building, two or three of
which are practically complete,
and ready to start up, while the
majority of the others are expected
to be in operation by July /.
These works possess an aggregate
of I55 mills completed or building
Of which about no are now in
active work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30
pledges to the people as set forth
therein.

pledges to the people as set forth
therein.
The vote by which the bill
passed the Senate was: Ayes 10;
noes, 10. The ayes included 10
Republicans and E Democrats,
while the noes were made up of 7
Republicans and 5 Democrats.
in the Assembly the vote on the
bill was: Ayes, 40 Republicans
and 9 Democrats-55; noes, u
Republicans and 6 Democrats
p. Six Senator's Republicans
and 4 Democrats paired
while one Republican senator
Conger of Prairie du Sac-refrain-
ed from voting. Eight Assembly,
men were paired-all Republicans.
Gov. Upham accepted a nomi-
nation and was elected upon a
platform that declared in regard
to the treasury cases that there
"should be no surrender or COM
promise of whatever legal rights
the courts may hold to exist in
favor of the state" That was the
promise. What will he do about
it3 He signed the bill of course.
MARsHFIELDS HOPE DEFERRED.
MADISON, March I3.-Greatly
to the disgust of the jewellers
around Marshfeld that thriving
town will not be a county seat, nor
even have a chance to fight for the
honor this year, and all because of
a blunder. On the last day for
new business bill was offered to
attach portions of Clark and Mar
athon counties to Wood and then
carve the territory SO as to make
the new county of Rivers, with
Marshheld as the county seat.
The scheme had the endorsement
of Gov. Upham, and for a time it
looked as though 1t would win.
But suddenly there came up a
cloud, in the fact that the bill had
been drawn without consulting a
lawyer, and was unconstitutional.
This was not pleasant news in the
executive office and for some time
there was arguing pro and con,
but at last all parties interested
settled down to the conviction that
their cause was lost, and that it
was too late to put in another bill
without unanimous consent in
both houses, something that could
not be obtained.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30
JUDGE GRESHAM DEAD.

Walter Quintin Gresham, Secre-
tary of State under the present ad-
ministration. is dead. He breathed
his last at IFS o'clock Tuesday
morning after an illness of four
weeks. Following Cleveland's
election in 1892 Judge Gresham
was offered the premiership of the
Cabinet and accepted. He was
appointed Secretary of State March
4, 1898.
Judge Gresham was a slender man,
6 feet in heighth, with iron-gray
beard. His eyes were deep hazel,
full and large. His features were
clearly cut and regular, his voice
smooth and pleasing. HIS tavorite
attitude in court was with one foot
up on the corner Of his desk, his
body swung back in chair, his
eyes half closed, and the thumb
and forefnger of his right hand
toying with his pocket knife. He
could sit for hours and open and
snap the blade and never move an
other muscle.
A Chicago newspaper man gives
this reminescence of Judge
Gresham: "The day after General
Sherman died, a few years ago, l
was sent to interview Judge
Gresham about the Generals death.
He felt keenly the loss of his old
friend, and the tribute paid to the
"O1d Tecumseh" was one full of
admiration and esteem. | was
about to depart when the Judge
said:
Young man, to you probably
life is dear and full of hope, and
you have no thought of death.
But we veterans, who passed
through those years of 81 to '65,
have no fear. We all stand ready
to answer the call whenever it may
come, with perhaps more pleasure
than regret"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30
NO SURRENDER.

In the six fiscal years ISS9-IS94
inclusive the public expenditures
of this country averaged S374,424-
463. The most important question
of the day is how the revenue
required to meet such annual
expenditures shall be raised hence
forth. Protectionists hold that it
should be procured largely by a
wise, we'll framed Tariff, avoweGly
intended to encourage and protect
home industry, with the purpose
of developing our great resources,
maintaining good wages, securing
steady, prosperous home markets
for farm products and promoting
generally the welfare Of the
American people.
Free-Traders, revenue reform
ers," low Tariff" advocates and
the like, who hold no opinions in
common except hatred of Protec-
ton, would raise the public revenue
mainly by a combination of the
income tax, or other class taxation
with a low Tariff, framed with no
guiding patriotic principle, and in
servile initiation of the British
customs duties. The Wilson
Tariff bill as sent from the House
to the Senate is an instance of the
piecemeal which Democrats would
make of Protection if they were
not restrained by the protective
element in their own and in the
Republican party.
The lines are thus clearly drawn.
The Tariff question will not down.
1t is too closely connected with
the vital interests of the American
people to be shelved. The prin-
ciple of Protection must ever be
reasserted in thunder tones and
receive practical application
Economist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30
THE BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF EX-
STATE TREASURES.

S1>1~ANNI'
Evening Wisconsin,: The Wis
consin has been unable to advise
the Republican members of the
Legislature to vote for the Baetz-
Kuehn bill, which has passed
both houses by large majorities
Irrespective of the so-called extra
legal or intrinsic merits of the
measure, the declarations of the
platform upon which the Republi-
cans went before the people in
1892 and 1894 seemed to inter
pose bar to action by Republi-
cans in favor of this bill. Here
is the declaration of the Republi-
can party's position contained in
the state platform of 1892:
1t denounces as without founda-
ton and intended only to mislead
the voters of Wisconsin, the state
ment SO often made and reiterated
by the Democratic press, that
Republican success in this state
involves a surrender or compro-
mise of whatever legal rights the
courts may hold to exist in favor
Of the state upon the bonds of the
eX-state treasurers, and pledges
itself, if it shall be entrusted with
the executive and legislative power
in the state, to enforce fully the
legal rights of the people in the
premises.
The first plank Of the platform
adopted by the state convention
which met in Milwaukee July Is,
1894, and nominated Gov. Upham
was as follows:
We reafirm the platform adopted
at the national Republican conven-
vention, and also the platform
adopted by the state Republican
convention in 1892, and renew our
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-05-30
UPHA1'S MISTAKES.

We append further clippings
this week showing how the boys
of the Press look upon his
appointments and administration.
If there is any credit in it we want
Mr.. Upham to have 1t all:
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-11-08

% 81 pero la di, ha de ve5ta. II d.
estreeharte q mls brazos ;Ol. Diana
Diana
los dos caballos caminaban tan unidos
que Sc tocaban sus argeUtadas hridas : los
Cos amantes Sc abraz4ban J Sc oiyida ban de-
mundo entero.
DO improyiso resono una vcz que hzo TEN
olar amoos, Diana de miedo, Bassy de
ira.
II Diana decia aquella yoz donde es-
tals Diana responded
aquel geito atraves6 los aires como una
tdaebre evocaci60.
OH ies el es ell va 10 habfa olyidado
murmnro Diana les el. 70 estaba sof1andoi
81 duloe sutho! oh espantosa realidad.
-Escucha. exclamo Busy, eacucba Diana
ahora eStsmss reunidos. 81 ura pa iahra '
nadle podTa arraucarte de ni lado. HDya
mos, Diana, squien nos 10 impide2 mira, de
lante fe nosotros Sc los presenta Ia dicha
+ ltorfad; di ans palabra huir6nas. uns
paiaofa, J Perdida para ei, NE psrteneces
etegnameLte
el loven la detenfa suavemente.
y mi padre9 diio Diana.
--Cnando el bsr6u sepa que 70 re an.o
murmur6 Busy
OH dijo Diana, mi padrel Como nne
des pensar p0
Estas solas paabras hicieron volye1 a Bax
* en- su acuerdo
y ada quieto por violencia, querida Dia
na, manda Y obedecere
-Escucha, dijo Diana extendiendo u no
no, nuestro destino esta ALI, seanos mas
luertes que Ell demOnio one ros Der.iole. ro
temas nada veias 81 Sc amar.
70 Busy. - ~. nufinu
-oondesa, condesa grito Monsoreau, res
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-11-08

20. ded, responded, q aunQpa ne mAte mf
echo abaio de est4 internal htera.
"A dloe, dijo Diana adi6s 10 haria como
10 dice, Sc mataria
II Y L le compadeces
Celcso dijo Diana con hechicero acen-
to encantadora sonrsa
Busy la dejo maIchar.
En- dos brinccs Sc puso Diana junto Ia
lltera halo al conde medic desmayado
- Deteneos murmaraba Monsoreau de
taneos
i Pardiez decf4 R migio seguid ade
lante, esta loco, squier4 n tarse que Sc mste
l Ia Itera cor tlrua ba andando
- Pero qaien llamais decfs Gertrudi,
nj sehcra eSta aqui, nj lsdo yeuid. sef1o
IA, respondedle sin duda alguDa el senor
co7ds jeliTa.
D,='a, sin pronuneisr uba palabra, entr6
en 3 q eu.o de az que Il 1e- plandor de H.
teas f rnaba
All diio Monsoreau -endido de- fl "a
de yos7
a mi lado, senora, a nj lado, no O.
aparteis de mi
Diana 40 tenis "a ningdl rotivo pars
g ledsISe atrsS, sa0Ia que B !sSy Il segaia
81 hubieTa hecho laas haoria podido verle
All IL 4ron otro pueblo; Mousoreau
descanso alganas horss despu6s dio orieu
de proseguiI Ia marcha. Teuia bIisa, no por
llegsr Paris, sino por aleiarse de a gers
De Fez Ell cuando Sc removable la eseena
cue acabamos de coutar
R4mjgio decfa por 10 baio:
81 reFie1ta de rabia tanto meior, asf sc
sal7ara el honor del meiico.
Pero Monsoreau no Sc muri0. al contrari0. /
81 cabo de diez dfas lego Paris Sc meior6 |