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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-13
SANTA BELLA WINS
G. q. MUMM & co. STAKES BEING
TIE PRIZE AT INGLESIDE

Santa Bella Thus Defines Her Position as
the Fastest FiIIey in the West, Not Hav-
ing Been Beaten Once Within the Sea-
son-SaIIie Clicquot Gets Second Place
Results at New Orleans-"The Butter
milk Boy Takes Four Glass Records
from Clark at Denver-Biily Meyer Cor
reefs an Impression-Sporting News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
KEEPS THE MONEY CLEAN.
No Old or Defaced Bills Paid Out by the
Bank of England.

If the people really knew how many
persons had caught some sort of disease
from handling paper money which had
previously been in the possession of
sufferers from some contagion they
would demand radical change in the
policy of the government toward old
greenbacks and bank notes. The treas
ury department has subtreasuries in
the larger cities of the country, through
which, to large extent, the currency
of the country passes. These institu-
tons take in the small bills of their
respective cities and regions during a
part of the year and pay them out at
other times, according as the conven-
fence of the banks require. Now the
lule should be that no subtreasury
should pay out to banks or others any
but brand new greenbacks and that
the national bank notes which have
been in use should be replaced by new
ones. The banks pay the government
enough so that, as mere matter of
commercial business, this policy to-
ward their notes should be adopted.
But whether that was so or not, this
fresh bill policy should be adopted and
maintained.
1t is a uniform rule with the Bank
of England that none but absolutely
new bills can go out over it's counter
No matter if the bill has not the slight
est marks of use. If it once gets back
into the bank it never goes out again.
The rule is inflexible and is carried
out faithfully. The United States
treasury should do as much for the
American people as that bank does for
the people of Great Britain. The cost
TO the bank of a new bill is precisely
half a penny. OF course this amounts
to a good deal of money each year, but
not enough to be an appreciable factor
in the general business of the bank
Bankers Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
FACTS AND FINDINGS,

THE more you puff cigar the smaller
1t becomes. And that is the way with
some men.
WHISKY and water don't mix very
well, because the whisky always spoils
the water.
The man who talks OF the evils of
'immoderate drinking" with an en-
phasis on "immoderate," nearly always
means drinking any more than he
drinks.-The Voice.
The real problem in the political
economy of the United States is to get
5000, 900, 900 we have invested in whis.
ky turned into the channels of produc
tive industry. No country can prosper
with SO much of it's capital at work to
destroy every other industry. -Ep.
worth Era.
A DOCTOR has discovered the curious
fact that the skull of man who has
died from delirium tremens contains
alcoholic vapor. A small opening in
the skull soon after death permits 1t
to escape, when it can be ignited and
burns with a bluiSh flame. Popular
Science News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
THE BRIDE GOT AHEAD.
An Amusing Incident at q Washington
Wedding.


"a very amusing thing occurred at
my church the other day." said a
young minister. "a couple were to be
married, and when they came to the
rehearsal the night before it was evil
dent that none of them, from the BRIDE
groom to the doorkeeper, knew just
exactly what was expected of them.
explained to the best of my ability to
each one separately what they had to
do, how and where they were to walk,
laying particular stress on the distance
they were to observe between the diff
ferent members of the bridal party
while advancing to the altar, and also
upon the fact that the ushers should
give the organist the cue by nod of
the head when to begin the wedding
march. Now, the organist was also a
new and young musician, who had
never officiated at wedding before.
'On the night of the wedding the
church was crowded. The bridegroom,
the best man and were waiting in the
vestry room and could hear the or
ganist extemporizing some plaintive
melody, when suddenly the janitor
rushed in the door and said the ushers
were half way up the aisle. l looked
out in dismay and beheld the first two
ushers almost to the altar steps, the
bridesmaid about two feet behind
them and the bride with her father
already started on their journey. l
beckoned to them to go back and they
stood stock still in the middle of the
aisle. l rushed to the organist and
called out to him to start the march.
Then grimaced and nodded and beck
oncd until l finally got the party
Started again all around. The organ
list, in the evident desire to make up for
lost time, played the march in a break.
neck tempo and kept IL up right along
after we had all assembled l waited
FOR fully thirty seconds and then began
to get anxious, as he showed no sign
of letting up until he had played the
composition to the end, and with all it's
repetitions while we stood there in
front of the crowded church. Wash
ington Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05

At Darlington recently minister's
little daughter was attending her first
church service. She had never seen her
father in the pulpit before, and on his
entrance there her presence of mind
forsoolt her and she piped out in voice
expressive of recognition: "Why,
there's my papa up there in that box!"
Arenging propriety swept down upon
the little maiden, and for season there
was ii great calm. But the service was
grievously long to such wee worship
er, and she became very restless, walk
ing up and down the pew and signing
audibly. 1T won't be long, dear"
mamma whispered. Whereupon en-
sued another brief period of quiet, but
it was not to last. Tired baby nature
had reached it's utmost limit of endur-
ance. and by and by over the quiet lis
teners arose a little voice, clear and
plausible and coaxing,s Isn't you
nearly done, papa?" - London Tele-
graph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
lPANESE PiCKPOcKET.
IL FrAter,I ~ Which Is Wen Organized and
- - Under DiscinIine.

FrAtArIJ w Gil Organizes anu
~ Under Discipline.
The Japanese pickpocket is an artful
and I'd ented knave. The public is mott
fed I'll beware of him at all points. The
riclpl ket here is cultivated and trained
for h profession. In Toxic he is tC
some lttent the slave of a master, who
trains lim, looks after him when he is
IN TAI pr i'll, markets the stolen goods
and 10 shares in the proceeds. The
policl the capital have the names and
addr& es of about a thousand profess
siona oickpockets known as Suri-that
is. pc ,)le given to all forms of outdoor
theft. lOf this number only about 50 are
wome1 So well is the fraternity
knowrl that about so per cent. pass
through the hands of the police yearly.
The organization of these thieves is
said to}be perfect, benevolence and help
fulnesf being Distinguishing character
istics. There are about 10 masters" in
Tokid men who apparently carry on
I.qitihate business, but who al e in fact
teachers of pickpockets and employers
OF the same. In what is known rs the
Shiba \district a man known as Sell is
the boss, and thieves belonging to any
other PARTS of the city are not permitted
to poaah upon his preserves. He is sup
posed 10 have about 40 deft-fngered fell
lows Working for him on sharing terms.
He takes good care of these rascals, and
the nj Under turned in is usually sent
off at ynce to another city to be turned
into money.
According to a journalist who has
made something of study of these
pickpockets there is high sense of
honor in the fraternity. Smartness in
working a crowd" is looked upon with
great favor, and a man who uses rough
or improper methods is tabooed. Not
long ago a Toxic pickSocket chloro-
formed man in a railway car and stole
his watch. He lost caste at once. No
respectable thief will associate with
him, and he will probably be driven
eventually to pilfering clotheslines.
OF course, where the police have such
intimate knowledge of the pickpockets
it is not difficult to recover stolen prop
erty. When promptly notified they
will recover the stolen article four times
out of five.-N. Y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
FIGHT WITH TWO LIONS.
Hairbreadth Escape from the Clutches OF
Hungry Beast.

He saw, above the ledge and little
beyond, the ears and head of lion as il
sat watching the deer. Jake rose in
his saddle to place a bullet, as he said
midway between those ears, when a
powerful lion leaped from behind tree
on the ledge of rock above and, striking
him in the chest carried him off his horse
headlong down the mountain, and his
horse ran wildly away. A moment later
Jake was lying on his back in the snow
his head up hill and the beast standing
over him with one paw planted firmly
on his chest, the other slightly lifted
and wagging its tail in delight, while
It's hot breath was exhaled into Jake s
face.
His first impulse was 10 hold down his
chin tightly, to prevent his throat be-
ing torn open, while he cautiously felt
for his knife. He found the knife and
rs he drew it slight grating sound
caused the lion to rebound at his feet
and as it did so it uttered scream
which Jake knew only gave him the
chance of a moment. 1t was a call for
the other lion. Fearing to make a
motion of escape or resistance he moved
his hand back in the snow in search of
his rife, which had been lost in the fall.
His finger touched the stock. He eau
tiously pulled it down by his side and
still looking his captor straight in the
eyes slowly turned the rifle till its
muzzle faced the lion. The bullet passed
through its heart and il sank on Jakc's
feet. Before he could move from his
helpless position the other lion bounced
over the precipice and somewhat over
leaping its mark lit in the snow and in
stantly received bullet in its brain.
The two lions lay dead not ten feet
apart.-Outing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
An Ambitious Cook.

"There is such a thing as excess of
zeal, even in q servant" remarked Mrs.
X-the other day. wishing to be
particularly economical this year en-
gagged plain cook at low wages
quite an ignorant girl, but most willing
and l proceeded to teach her with a
capital receipt book how to make made
dishes for dinner. My dear, the ambi-
ton of that woman knew no bounds!
Nothing would satisfy her but to at
tempt something new every day. Every
available spare moment she pored over
the cook book. At first was natural
ly delighted with her ambition and
bought everything she asked for, and
thought how fortunate | was to get
such a creature, and how would aston
ish my friends by and by with the din
ners cooked by my aspiring Bridget.
Eut when l made up my accounts at the
end of the month found that the extra
groceries and meats l had bought for
her experiments-which although more
or less successful, were not altogether
satisfactory-cost as much, If not more,
than would have been paid the wages of
Il Gordon bleu. So considered that it
was not my meter to train cooks for my
rich friends-for, of course, she will
leave me when she becomes really ex-
pert" -Philadelphia Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05

Total abstinence from intoxicating
drink is not simply teaching of the
church and the temperance society,
but of many railroad corporation and
business house. Many of the largest
and best of these great companies have
laid it down as an absolute and ire
fragable condition for their employees
that they shall be absolutely temper
ate. Let these companies be called
narrow, severe, fanatical, bigoted,
puritanical, straight-laced, or what
not, they make it their changeless rule.
They can not afford to have their CAPT.
tai and their business endangered by
drinking employees. Herald and Pres
bYtcr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
THE TALE OF LOST cHAHlM.
Experience OF BibuIeus Citizens of CaIr,
n Warming to OtherR.

Experience OF Bibuieus Citizens of Cairo
Warming to Others.
The Egyptians, both Mussulmans
and Christians, are temperate people,
but as warning to those who are in
clined to be otherwise, they often tell
the story of the lost Chahim. 1t is GER
tainly a picturesque illustration of the
degrading and pitiable helplessness
into which even a little alcohol can
lead one.
Chahim was an honest citizen of Cairo,
who had, nevertheless, a weakness for
wine. One evening when he had par
taken of the cup he returned home
rather late, He was aware from pre-.
viOus experience that, when he should
wake in the morning, his head would
be in pitiable condition. So he took
his writing tablet and laboriously
noted down upon it the wherea bouts
of all the articles which he would need
in the morning.
1.-The slippers" he wrote, ARE on
the outer threshold. The jacket is on
the table in the east chamber. The
trousers are on the tabouret." Then
TIC Sdhh uO"u On Luc DcI, anu WITH inc
writing-tablet still in his hand, he
wrote: And Chahim is ON the bed"
He fell into the stupid slumber of in
toXication. Late in the morning he
woke. His head ached cruelty, and all
his ideas were in confusion. Then his
eyes fell on his writing-tablet on the
bed beside him.
He was overjoyed to find this record
of the whereabout of his wearing ap-
parel. Dragging himself out of bed,
ne dressed himself by its aid. When
his clothes were on, he read on the
tablet: And Chahim is on the bed.
He looked on the bed. Chahim was
not there!
He was filled with CONSERVATION.
Chahim must have been mslaid. He
began to hunt through the house; no
Chahim was to be found. He became
weak and dizzy from his vain search,
and threw himself down on the bed.
After a few moments his head
steadied little, and he became aware
where he was. Chahim was on the
bed! He had found himself. Uttering
a cry of joy at this rediscovery, he
arose sober. He realized then what a
fool he had been, and resolved never
again to drink of the liquor which
turns man into sillier thing than a
sheep or hen.-Youth's Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
THE BIRD WITH BROKEN PlNIoN.

al walked in the woodland meadows,
Where sweet tho thrushes sing;
And found. on bed OF MOSES,
A bird with broken wing
healed the wound, and each morning
1t sang Its sweet, old strain;
But the bird with the broken pinion
Never scared as high again"
found young life broken
BY mans bewltching art,
And touched with Christ-like pity
took him to my heart.
He signed the pledge, and kept 1t;
My laborS were not In vain; 4
But that life by rum once stricken
Never scared as high again.
Iclimbed up an Alpine mountain,
With brother at my side;
In the strength of a splendid manhood.
noble, courageous guide.
He slipped. and fell In chasm
Near hundred feet below,
And there on the rocks lay wounded,
While his life.blood stained the snow.
Did go TO my fallen brother.
An, yes, with heavy heart;
He had drank some rum that morning,
And through It's seductive art
Had stumbled down the pathway,
On the awful crags OF pain;
And though he lived, that brother
Never climbed as high again.
Oh. boys in your pure young manhood,
Keep out OF this demons snare.
He will lead you on to perdition.
He will blacken your life with care.
He will take your mind and money.
Till your highest hopes are slain;
Fer life by rum once stricken
Never scars IS high again.
Howard G. Trip, in Lever.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
Gold snd Silver Boards in I,d,.

Between 1859 and 1889, 50 years, or
less than half one lifetime, India has
absorbed Gl17,00O,000 in gold and
Z 227.000,000 in silver, or c 344, 000,000
in all. What has become of the silver
we do not exactly know, though it is
certain that a great proportion of it is
boarded as fixed and visible wealth, but
about the destination of the gold there
is no doubt whatever. The people have
got the whole of it in their own hands,
for it is not in circulation, and are us
ing it either in ornaments kept, be it
observed, to pawn in extremity, or as
boarded treasures in coin, such as lies
under almost every peasants floor i'll
the Punjaub and eastern Bengal. India
is a treasure house of gold, yet man
may live 50 years in the British prov
inces and never see an ounce The
whole of this wealth, says Lord Roberts,
with perfect justice, and especially the
gold which represents obviously and
necessarily part of the profit on the
foreign trade, is due to security, and
security is due to the presence Of that
army of $4,000 white men, which is so
often represented as burden ON the
Indian peasant.-London Tid-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
A YOUNG GIRLS CHOICE.

Leaves Homo for = Man Whe Drank and
Repents In Later Years.
81 declare fort, Mary Ann, never
see such works in all my born days!
Here you an Joe was a-settin' out on
the piazzy last night till ten o'clock,
a-talkin' an a-lafiin' an a-keepin' every
body awake, when you yourself oughter
a-been abed an asleep SOS to a-got up
at four o'clock this mornin' an had
them chickens fed an cows MIXED
.afore sunrise, an now it's half-past five
an you've jest got your buds on; next
thing you'll be engaged"
We'll, mother, p'raps l may as we'll
tell you now as any time-me and Joe
is goin' to git marri'd."
Git marri'd-sakes alive! Why, Mary
Ann Wilkinson, what you thinkin'
about? An only eighteen, an jest as
you've got SOS you're some use to me
an can pay for your bringin' up!
How'm l goin' to git along, should
like ter know! You must have a big
bump O gratitude"
How old was you, mother, when
you got married?"
"Wall, l was only seventeen, to be
sure, an foolish critter for dom it.
j did hope you would have more
sense"
II have had, mother, whole year
more. Girls will be girls, you know"
said Mary Ann, taking up the milk
pail.
''Yis, an boys will be boys, s'pose,
but all the same think it's mean to
carry off girl jest as she's begun to
be with somethin'. Joe is good fell
low enough, l suppose, but l want you
to tell him he's got to wait three years
an in that time maybe your father'll
git the farm paid for an you can 60"
I'm that time father won't git the
farm paid for, mother; don't you see
how he's runnin' behind all the time?
Its better git away an be no more
expense to him. Joe an l can earn
our own Twin an be gittin' somethin'
ahead. He's got a COW an yoke O
steers to start on, an his father'll let
us have the Smith forty to live on"
; wall, think you're the ongrate-
fullest huzzy ever see!" said Mrs. Will
kinson, raising her voice to high
pitch.
Mary Ann went out and shut the
door with rather an emphatic slam as
she heard the hateful word "huzzy."
Il will git marri'd for all her." she
said as she went to the barnyard 81
won't stay here any longer an be a
drudge, an be scolded all the time! l
don't care if Joe does drink little.
Mother don't know that, an he won't
when Iget him. I'll run the resls, any
how. can't more'n jump out O. the
frying pan into the fire
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05

and it was noticed that Mary Ann haa
like the same high, rasping key and
a0gravating manner which her mother
had used toward her. By and by she
addressed Joe in the same way.
whats bred in the bone" you
know. Then it was noticed that
Joseph was drinking-not very
much, but still drinking. The
farm began to run down. The fences
weren't kept up, and the Canada this
ties were spreading in the fields. The
children were big enough to go to
school. but they did not go because
they had no shoes good enough to
wear. Mary Ann began to look anx-
ious and careworn. The fire had be-
gun to burn worse than the frying
pan.
One day Mrs. Wilson was stricken
her bed, but she could talk. "Oh, if
Mary Ann would only come homer
she said. ut is so long-so long since
she went away. l did love her, though
didn't say SOL did lore heri"
An 1 did love my mother" said
Mary Ann to the neighbor who told
her what her mother said. though
thought she didn't love me. I'll go"
Have you Gomez" said the mother,
feebly, and she tried TO raise her arms
and put them about her daughters
neck, but she could't do it, and she
looked into Mary AIMS pale face and
cried like baby.
Mother, my dear mother" said the
daughter, and she hid her own tears in
the pillow that supported the gray head
of the dying woman.
where's Joseph" at length her
mother asked.
"He's-he's drunk, mother" replied
Mary Ann, with fresh burst of grief.
"Oh, mother, l think you loved bet,
ter, after all, than Joe did-and now
-"
Eyes, now, Mary Ann, I must die
and leave you just as we have learned
how we have loved each other. God
forgive usr'
YES, God forgive usl" said Mary
Ann Mrs. NJ. 2. S. Crozier in Onion
Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
.'ME ND JOE IS eoIN' To CIR MARRI'p

me AND JOE is COIN TO GIT MARRI'D.'
So it came to pass that one day Mary
Ann and Joe ran away and got mar
ried and went to live in the Smith
house.
Her mother never went near her, and
within a year she lay pale and sick
with dead baby in coffin by her
side.
In her delirium she muttered: 20
mother, mother, if you'd only a told
ne-if you hadn't scolded me so!'
Mis- Wilkinson, you'd ought to 20
and see Mary Ann" said neighbor to
her one day; they're afraid she's goin'
to diel"
Catch me a-goin' to see her." said
her mother snappishly; las she's made
her bed let her lie in it-catct me goin'
TO see her" and she shut her lips close
ly and looked hard and cold
But Mary Ann didn't die; stro ng
constitution triumphed, and before
long she was feeding chickens again
and milking cows for Joseph Jones.
And she sang at her work, for Joseph
was pleasant, and it was easier than
doing the same work for scolding
mother.
Time went on. Things were tolera.
bly, prosperous at the Smith farm, for
Joe was reasonably Industrious and
Nary Ann contented.
Two or three more children came,