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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Idaho has TIA persons engaged in
the manufacturing business, the
annual output being 1896, 096.
-Native-bo born American traders
constitute 2.5 per cent. of the popula-
ton; those of foreign birth are more
numerous, forming per cent,
Among the barley-producing states
California stands first, having s15, 995
acres, yielding 1913. $50 bushels; the
second is Iowa with 51s,729 acres and
13. 406, 122 bushels; the third being Wis
consin with 474,914 acres and Is, 225, s72
bushels
e. X. Gilbert, of the United States
geological survey. has discovered three
valuable deposits of freclay in Pueblo
county, Col. The find is likely to
prove of great Importance to Colorado,
as the furnaces connected with the
smelling of silver ore and the making
of iron require a large annual supply of
this substance.
Prepare tionS are making to include
an exhibition of aeronautical apparatus
in the Paris exposition in 1900. The
exhibit promises to be of unusual in
terest. 1t will include samples of
balloons of various designs and all
kinds of flying machines and soaring
apparatus A number of prizes and
medals will be awarded for the most
successful designs, and all foreigners
will be able to compete upon equal
terms with French inventors.
The world has s5,OO0,0o0 cotton
spindles, one-half of which are in
Great Britain alone. This country has
about 16,OOO,OO and the south has
nearly one fifth of these. or 1900, 900.
And yet the south raises over 60 per
cent. of the worlds total cotton sup
ply. The field for an increase in
southern cotton mills is unlimited. 1t
would take an investment of over ST.
200, 600 900 to build mills enough to
consume the entire cotton crop of the
south, and when manufactured this
cotton would command for the south
over 81 900, 100000 a year instead of
selling for about $3.50, 900, 900, as it does
now in it's raw state.
We don't know that very definite
idea can be conveyed to the mind of
the magnificent distances of the
universe by statements of the time it
would take to travel or send messages
from earth to the various solar sta
tions; but there is fascination in the
vagueness of the impression given
Thus, according to Sir Robert Ban,
telegram sent at the usual rate-that
is, 1876, 900 miles a second-would re-
quire seventy-eight years to reach the
most distant telescope stars, But the
camera has revealed stars far more dis
tant than these, some of which, if
message had been sent in the year A.
D. l, that is to say, 1895 years ago, the
message would only just have reached
some of them and would be still on the
way to others, going at the rate OF
1856, 900 miles a second.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29

donkeys of all sorts to be found in
Egypt. The little kittenish, fluffy
beast of a few weeks old takes the
cake for charm and good spirits, es-
pecialy if he be white one, with black
points. Perhaps the most curious dom
key was one that would always sing
when requested. He was dubbed the
Musical Moke." But the adjective
was questionable, and he sang the same
tune on all occasions, sometimes accom-
panied by the banjo, sometimes having
to read from notes which he would
hardly recognize, and certainly the joke
contained i'll them could never have en-
tared his asinine head.
But he did his best, and none of us
can do more. He may not have en-
joyed it, but l doubt if donlleys can
ever be said to enjoy anything; they
take life from philosophical point of
view, bearing the icks and half-pence
with the same placid equaninity and
patience.-London Daily Graphic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
REFR ESHING BATHS.
Lavender for the Morning Sponge and
Milk of Roses for the Face.


Here is an English recipe for laven-
der water, which the writer can recon-
mend as delightful and refreshing,
quite necessary adjunct to the bath
on warm day:
Take two and one-half quarts of
rectified spirits, two and one-half
ounces of essential oil of lavender, one
ounce of oil of bergamot, four drops of
essence of ambergris and one-half
ounce of orris root digested with it.
There is also another recipe quite
similar-three drains each of oil of
lavender and oil of bergamot, six drops
each of oil of cloves and altar of roses,
one dram of true oil of rosemary, one
ounce of honey, three scruples of ben
zoic acid, one pint of rectified spirits
and three ounces of distilled water.
Still another recipe also English in
origin requires four drains of oil of
lavender, twenty drops each of essence
of bergamot, essence of lemon, altar of
roses, one dram of essence of amber
girls, three pints rectifed spirits, four
ounces of orange flower water, twelve
ounces of rose water and twenty grains
of burnt alum. Shake frequently and
then put in cool place for some DAYS
before filtering, when you will have
lavender water both delightful and re-
freshing.
Milk of roses is a perfectly harmless
preparation for the skin, which is well
worth trying upon occasions, when, for
instance, the skin is dry, or has been
tanned by exposure to the sun anG
wind.
Almond oil, as every one knows, can
never harm any skin, and this with
sweet and bitter almonds constitutes a
good share of the mixture, which is
made in the following way:
Blanch five ounces of sweet almonds
and one ounce of bitter almonds; beat
them until quite smooth, with one
half ounce of white curd soap and one
half pint of rose water. Melt one-half
ounce oil of sweet almonds, two ounces
of white wax, one-half ounce of sper-
maceti and mix with the other prepa-
rations until all is like cream, and strain
through muslin. Then add gradually
two pints of rose water, twenty drops
each of oil of lavender and altar of
roses dissolved in one pint of rectlfied
spirits.
This recipe makes large quantity, so
if you are generous you can share it
with your neighbor who has a com
plexion she is herishing.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
How "A French Bank Is Guarded.

The treasures of the Bank of France
are said to be better guarded than those
of any other bank in the world. At the
close of business hours every day,
when the money is put into the vaults
in the cellar, masons at once wall up
the doors with hydraulic mortar.
Water is then turned on and kept run
ming until the cellar is flooded A
burglar would have to work in u div
ing suit, and break down cement
wall before he could even start to loot
the vaults. When the officers arrive
the next morning, the water is drawn
off, the masonry is torn down, and the
vaults opened.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
THE STEPMOTHER.

OH Mother Toll. stepmother true and sweet,
lead in the narrow path, my wandering feet,
Aud though miss the milder joys OF life,
Teach me to grid my heart for noble strife
While l was still a maynard fretful child,
How didst thou lure me to thy bosom mild;
With what quaint quibs and with what tocund
ways
Thou didst beguile me in those far of days,
Holding mask before thy solemn face.
And hiding years beneath youthful grace
Now drop thy mask; know thee as thou art,
Grave and severe, teaching the harder part,
With worn and knotted hands, and weary eyes,
Yet thou alone canst teach where Heaven lies
Katharine Pyle in N Y. Independent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
FiRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Frozen Peaches.-One can, or
twelve large peaches, two coffee cups
of sugar, one pint of water and the
beaten whites of three eggs; break the
peaches and stir all ingredients togetn-
er. Freeze like ice cream. Delicious
Prairie Farmer.
Baked Salmon.-Place the fish in a
deep pan; put bits of butter over it.;
season with allspice, mace, salt and
paprjlza; rub little of the seasoning
on the inside. Basic occasionally with
the gravy that collects in the baking
pan. Serve cold; garnish with parsley.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Picked Eggs. Boil a dozen eggs
hard for fifteen minutes; then remove
shells, and stick about half a dozen
cloves in each egg. Have heating to a
boil one quart Of good vinegar (the
whitest procurable), half cup sugar,
small bag spices. When eggs are
ready pour this over them and cover
closely They will be ready for use in
few days, but will keep for week
or two. Farmers Review.
Vegetable Hash.-Chop two small
carrots rather fine, one onion Bermuda)
and half a small head of cabbage. Put
these in saucepan; cover with boiling
water; add tedspoonful of salt and
simmer gently one hour. Then add
one potato chopped fine, one cucum
Der, also chopped, and simmer thirty
minutes; then add tablespoonful of
butter. Moisten one tablespoonful of
cornstarch in little cold water; add
it to the hash; add half teaspoonful
of pepper and serve smoking hot. Cur
ry may be added and hash served i'll
rice border.-Home.
Potatoes Viennoise. - Boil eight
peeled potatoes with one tablespoonful
of salt in one quart of water; when
done drain and press through potato
press; mix with one even teaspoonful of
salt, one-half even teaspounful of pep
per, two ounces of butter, the yolks of
three eggs, one-half gill of cream and
four ounces of grated Parmesan
cheese. Mix WELL and form the mix
ture into round balls the size of an
egg. Sprinkle some -four on pastry
board, roll the potatoes into long
shapes, thick in the center and point
ed at the ends; brush them over with
beaten egg; make two slanting in
cisions on top of each; lay them in a
buttered pan; brush over again with
egg and bake to fine golden color in
hot oven.-Western Rural
Mock Birds.-Cut thin slices of
rather lean, boiled salt pork; spread
with the following dressing: To one
cup of bread crumbs add one egg,
one teaspoonful of sage, one table
spoonful of minced onions, salt, pep
per and butter to season. Soak the
bread and squeeze dry, then add the
seasoning; spread over slices of meat
roll together, fasten the ends firmly
and brown in frying pan; take out
the meat, add to the fat in the pan
two tablespoonful Of flour and one
minced onion; stir, then add one quart
OF water. Season to taste, with salt,
pepper and a little sage; add the meat
and stew two hours. Place the meat
on platter, garnish with lettuce, cell
cry leaves or crisp, white cabbage. and
serve. Send the gravy to the table
in boat and serve with the meat
Boston Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
ARIZONA'S ROAD RUNNER.
Bird with TireIess Legs and Deadly
Hatred of Rattlesnakes.


Hatred of RattIesnakes.
There's a bird down in my coun-
try" said Maj. Ransom, of Arizona, to
Denver reporter, (which we call the
road runner. 1t is an interesting
fellow, this bird, with long legs that
never give out and which devour dis
lance with an appetite that never
seems appeased. Generally two road
runners go together-for company's
sake, no doubt. They seem to be
great gossipers and do vast sight of
talking to each other. They will chase
ahead of your horse as you ride along
the trail, and keep up the stride for
miles and miles and hours and hours
with steady side-to-side motion much
like the gait of a packing horse. Why
they run along ahead of one in this in
sane fashion can only be guessed at.
1t would seem to be for fun and exer-
else.
'They are gifted with a great deal OF
sagacious malevolence toward the
rattlesnakes, with which crawling
brood the runner has deadly feud. l
suppose the rattlesnake pounces upon
the road runners eggs and makes
omelets Of them; or gobbles up their
young on a spring chicken theory.
Whatever the cause of hate, however,
! the road runner is the deadly enemy of
the rattlesnake. They wreak VEN
geance on it in this way: They espy a
rattlesnake asleep in the sun.
Mum is the countersign with your
L
and his fellow road runner go about in
discreet silence and collect the dried,
dead joints of the fiat cactus, which
abounds in the southwestern deserts.
| They build a corral about the doing
serpent with them.
"These pieces of cactus bristle with
thorns as sharp and keen as needles.
When they have their snake corraled
the two road runners arouse it with
yells and the tapping of their little
jimcrow wings They revile it and
scold it and appear toapply all kinds of
| hard epithets to it. The snake gets
| frightened and its rattles buzz. But
they don't come near it. They stand at
a safe distance and rail at it. At last
the snake tries to crawl away, but can't
cross the cactus fence which the road
runners have built. The spines prick
! the snake and it draws back. Mean
while the road runners keep up their
derisive racket. With each prick of the
cactus the rattlesnal5es wrath in
creases. At last, in desperate, BRAIN
less fury it begins to bite itself. Its
poison is as deadly to itself as to every
body else, and in short time it dies.
Great, then, is the mad triumph of the
road runners, which taunt it until its
last gasp and exult over the corpse like
savages. After the snake is surely dead
they walk off with airs of cockney sat
isfaction, and, as it were, arm in arm"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
CROSS LITTLE SUE.

Did you ever hear tell of girl named Sue,
Who pouts and frets the whole day through,
Whose face has the look Of a thunder cloud.
Whose voice in whining and cross, and loudf
She's a small-sized girl. with a sweet little
brother,
The dearest papa, and fond, loving mother
To love and make glad; but more than all
these
She loves her ill-temper. and it tries to please
Sometimes her poor mother is quite in de-
spair.
And the father and brother her feelings both
share
And the home wears gloom: when instead
the whole place
Should be frightened by Susis's bright laugh
ter and face.
Now, children, dear children. don't look cross
and pout,
Keep that side within and the bright side
without,
Be cheerful and merry; on your face wear a
smile,
And the whole world will love you, as 1t does
every sweet child
Nellie Burns, in Housekeeper
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
A MATRIMONIAL RUSE.
The Subterfuge of Russian Maiden to
Escape Home Ties.

When Sonya was eighteen and Aniuta
was twenty-three the first crisis in
Sonya's life arrived They were again
in St. Petersburg. All their intimate
friends were imbued with the 'Ead-
vanced" ideas, and longed for more
knowledge, in order that they might
in some underlined manner serve their
beloved country. But parents in the
higher ranks of life would not allow
their daughters to go abroad to the
foreign universities to study, and the
higher courses of instruction for wom-
en- connected with the universities of
st. Petersburg and Moscow were not
yet established. In this difficulty the
young girls had recourse to the famous
fictitious marriages" which are
usually incorrectly represented as hav-
ing been adopted for the purposes of
revolution and anarchy only An
advanced" young man and girl went
through the marriage ceremony; the
young husband escorted his bride to
the foreign university of her choice
and left her there or remained to
study; but the marriage remained a
mere form.
Sonya's sister and that sisters friend
resolved to escape from parental tyr
amy by this means. They made their
choice of young professor in the uni
versity, whom they knew by reputa-
tion only, called on him lin company
with the ever-present and admiring
Sonya), and proposed that he should
marry one of them at pleasure, in Or
der that they might acquire freedom
The girls had made the compact that
whichever of them was chosen should
take the other abroad for study under
the guise of a pleasure trip, to which
the obdurate parents would make no OBJ
lection. The professor gravely de-
clined. and courteously bowed them
out. Sonya met him in society fifteen
years later, and they had hearty
laugh over the memory of this extraor-
binary scene.
The next venture of these undaunted
girls was, in way, more successful,
though it also had surprise in store
for them. They proposed to talented
young student of great promise, but
the proposal was made in society, with
far less solemnity than on the previous
occasion. To their satisfaction-and
horror-he agreed, with slight change
in the programme, which was that he
should marry Sonya. AS they at once
foresaw, Gen. Krukovsky sternly re-
fused to allow his younger daughter to
marry while her elder sister was still
unmarried.
But Sonya was capable of desperate
deeds. One evening, just before the
arrival of the guests for a dinner par
ty, she stole out of the house, aided by
Aniuta, and went to the lodging house
of Vladimir Kovalevsky, the young
student, and there awaited results.
Gen. Krukovsky discovered the alb
sence of bis daughter just as the COM
pany was about to sit down at table,
and in answer to his inquiries Aniuta
told him that Sonya had gone out
alone ian unheard-of thing, especially
at that late hour, in that land and
class and had left a note on her dress
ing table. Half an hour later Gen
Krukovsky led his daughter and Via
dimir kovalevsky into the dining.
room, and presented them to his guests
as betrothed bride and groom. Isabel
b. Hapgood, in Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
Odd Prizes for Babies,

The Great Northern Steamship com
pany, whose vessels ply on the great
lakes, has announced that it will give
a prize of $3.50 in gold for all babies
born aboard its steamers Northland
and Northwest this season, $500 for
twins and 81 900 for triplets. The only
condition is that the officers of the com
pany name the babies.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
DONKEYS IN EGYPT.


" Musical Moke."
The Egypt of the Pharaohs might
still be land of plenty for the agricul-
turist and heaven of research for the
archaeoiogist and Psychologist, but it
could never be the happy hunting
ground of the average tourist without
the assistance of the meek but hard
working asst We read and hear so much
of him nowadays that he will surely soon
be of as much Importance as the work.
man. But who cares to say word for
his prototype and ever-faithful COM
panson, the Egyptian donkey?
Who does all the work, from carrying
lordly pasha on his violet velvet sad
die, to creeping home at sunset so
laden with berseem (clover) that moth.
ing is visible but his head and his tail,
with full-grown man and child
perched on top of the load? There are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
JACKS GREAT SLIDE.

How He Recovered a SnOwshoe and Saved
His Life.
Jack Gladwyn Jebb, known by his
friends as Jack, was a young English
man who had lost his patrimony and
had gone to Colorado to seek his for
tune in mining. Winter had set in, and
he was living in log cabin, from
which, on snowshoes, he went along to
visit the three mines of which he had
the charge. He usually travelled at
night, partly to get an extra day at the
mine, and partly because the snow was
then in a better condition, with fewer
chances of an avalanche above timber
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29
The Gospel of Art.

Work thou for pleasure; paint or sing or
carve
The thing thou lowest. though the body starva
Who works for glory misses oft the goal;
Who works Tor money coins his very soul
Work for the work s sake, then, and it may be
That these things shall DO added unto thee
kenyon CCX, in Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29

Father Gin disgust)-You are always
the last boy in your class. Why don't
you make an effort and distinguish
yourself?
Son - Distinguish myself? Why,
father, everybody knows l am the
dumbest boy in school,-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-29

Julia married me at the same time
and place as Annie became Mrs. NAL
colin. | now spend my evenings en-.
deavoring to solve difficult problem,
and that is-why do they call woman
the weaker sex?-Tit-Bits.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-30
THE TAX CASES.

The mandamns proecedines AGAINST Judge
Stone win be Tried on Tuesday Next.
Prosecuting Attorney eMoriarty in.
forms The DIAMOND DRILL that Tues
day oI next week hns been set by the
supreme court as the day when argu-
mcnts IN tho mandamus proceedings
instituted 10y Hon. Stanley w. Turner,
auditor general, against Hon. John w.
Stone, circuit judge, will be heard. Pre-
pnratory to this, MIR. Moriarty hns,
through the assistance OF Sheriff Ball,
collected the sax-rolls oi the several
townships for the year 1898 and will
express them 20 Lansing, where they
will be placed in evidence.
The outcome Of this very interesting
proceeding hangs 10 the balance, but il
is not misleading to state that recent
developments have placed the case OF
the people ia "a more favorable light than
il has been heretofore. IL is not alto
gether improbable that the Upper Penin-
suln Tax Payers association will be
brought to time by the auditor general
and his Iron county co-workors.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-30
Lost a string OF Dogs.


Capt. G.. Il. Roberts and John III.
Parks have lost a string OF dogs-hound
dogs. II the finder will kindly return tho
string, which is a part and parcel Of Mr..
Roberts bcd-stead. he will he welcome
to the dogs. IL happened in this way:
On Wednesday, the two gentlemen
named. decided toextcrminatct the rabbit
family in section one, 1882. They did
not feel disposed 10 accept the product
OF one or two swamp iortics but were
going To sweep the section. They ac-
cordingly borrowed The DIAMOND DRILL
shot gun, which is gauged at once for
delinquent subscribers and spring poets
and started Tor the Great Western loca-
ton with Capt. Roberts bed cord, in
quest OF dogs, as it is wcll-known
TACT that no genuine English sports
man can hunt without hounds. One by
one, the Great Western CANNES were
gathered in and fastened to the bcd-cord,
sucker-iashion. The dog foragc con-
cluded, the party OF dogs, with Roberts
and Parks bringing up the rear, headed for
Dunn 4 Grattan's mill. All was lovely
for several miles and Exit" grinncd that
cold, delicious grin, peculiar TO himself,
while j. ii. wore a look OF determination
that shriyeled the bark on the hcmlock
saplings. eve won't do thing TO the
rabbits, old man - calculated Exit" as
he replenished his peerless. "No, not n
thing" assented j. H., with an air that
stamped rabbit stew on every word.
just then huge buck started; the
string OF dogs started j. ii. Parks, who
had hold OF one end OF the string, also
started. The buck did not tarry !;
neither did the string OF dogs. j. ii.
Parks, however, became entangIed with
his feet and tal lricd with thud that
threatened the integrity OF corduroy
road. "The antlered monarch" stretched
FIRE and FAR" and so did the string oi
dogs, punctuating the chase with an
occasional yelp as one OF them "hung
up" on an uniriendly limb. G. Il.
Roberts and J. H.. Parks did not
exterminate the rabbit family from
section one on that day. They
returned TO Crystal Falls, repeating that
little aphorism, slightly altered, "a dog
in the barn Is worth a string OF dogs in
the bush" y the aforementioned
Christophcr--he OF the poor peop'-cyor
RECEIVERS that br,i-cor,i, nc viii give other
hunters a show in section one for ever
and ever.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-30

That is Said 10 be the Condition Of He Who
Takes the New odd Fellows' Degree.
"None but Odd Fellows need apply"
s tho legend OF new organization cs-
tnblIshed by May Lodge, No. 26f, ]. o..
o. r., In Mariuottc, last Monday evening,
and IL is reported that the newly initiat-
ed members have been undergoing treat
mcnt for hystcria ever since they became
acquainted with its mysteries. The or
ganixntion Is said TO he one OF torture
and humiliation. for the candidates, but
OF indcscribablc pleasure TO those who
confer the degree and witness IT,
The Enterprise is informed that Dan
lIcniritz, who will be remembered ns q
former resident Of Crystal Falls. begins
tho torturing not by giving the victim a
dry shave with hoe that he has pro-
pared especially for the purpose, while
Harley sickley administers plans and
specifications in giant doses. A. A. Nc
Fall furnishes them with free pass 70
eternity; Christ Lind Is there with his