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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
THE SUN CURE.


Patients to Go Naked.
Righton the heels of the Kneipp cure,
which obliges people to walk on the
grass in their bare feet and to Apply
water to the skin in other disagreeable
ways, comes a still more extraordinary
"cure,' which robs man of all his
clothes and sends him walking about
absolutely naked. This return to d
primitive nudity is prescribed by
German physician and put into rIac-
tice in his sanitarium, in the mountains
of Carniola, near Trieste. There he
gives his patients sun baths on huge
scale.
The treatment consists in exposing
the patient entirely nude to the rays of
the sun. But the patient must not
alone bask in the rays of the sun. He
is obliged to walk about naked in the
open air, to indulge in exercises, take
his meals, and mingle with his friends
thus disrobed. The patient must go
naked in all weathers, nothing must
stop him.
Neither rain, wind nor snow will be
accepted by this German doctor as an
excuse for allowing his patients to put
on their clothes. Only the local pc Ice
men have succeeded in making the pa
tents return to the ways of civili2a-
ton.
4 sanitarium has been built OIL an
elevation of $500 feet, in a very sunny
spot; large park has been separated
into two parts by high wall, and the
two sexes are separated, each to his
own park, and in each park thu pa
tients go and come in the costume of
Adam before the fall.
Many lie on boards or on the ground
exposed to the suns rays for IS, 30, 90
minutes at a time in the hottest part of
the day. If a shower comes, the most
advanced expose themselves to this
also, and then let themselves dry OIL
n Y Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

II is a curious fact, and one that has
often been alluded to by the natural
lists, that las soon as any organ, sense
or faculty falls into disuse it degener-
ates in size or effectiveness and is final
ly lost altogether" Certain parasitic
insects, for an instance, have so COM
plctely degenerated, if we are to believe
the wonderful stories told by the ento-
mologists, that they have neither eyes,
legs, heads, mouths, stomachs nor in
testines. Yet, these creatures live, it
is said, and enjoy themselves after a
fashion!" A peculiar fashion, IN
deed. Along this same line we may
cite the fact that animals and reptiles
which spend the greater portions or
ell of their lives in caverns or in bur-
rows in the earth lose the power of
sight or have eyes that are only rudi-
mentarv. Slave ants and working ants
have lost their wings on account of be-
ing kept on the ground. The masters
in some ant colonies where slaves are
kept have become so hOpelessly de-
pendent on their bondsmen that they
will not only not seek food, but are ut
terly incapable of feeding themselves,
and will actually starve with food be-
fore them unless a slave is present to
place it between their jaws-Detroit
Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
SOME USES FOR THE REMNANT.
Wonderful Effects to Be Produced for
Very Little Money,

One realizes more and more how
many hundreds of women there are who
never can find use for the remnant, un
'ess it be the wrong one, in which case
it is a possession of no use.
But then there are so many women
in the world who always put a thing tn
its wrong use, who seem to take posi-
five pleasure in misplacing the goods
the gods have sent. Do we not all know
these women, who, having Greek con-
tour, yet persist in dressing their hair
q la mode Japanesque; the women with
the proportions of Juno who nanker
increasingly after the attractions of the
stitf-frOnted shirt, or the slim little
tairylike creatures whose sole idea of
costume is a black brocade, trimmed
with jet? 1t was ever thus: the inap-
propriate has charms for the sou,ess
If only the sOulless women were bodi-
.ess, too, there would be fewer mistakes
II costume than now.
But what is the use of these sage re
Elections on the doings and misloings
# womanllind, when it is ones solemn
uuty, to say nothing of ones earnest
pleasure, to speak of the possible uses
of the bargains gathered at the sales
hat spread like an epidemic from north
south, and from east TO west, in the
metropolis?
The most uscf"l remnant is one of
brocade or silk or satin measuring from
eight to twelve ards. This can be util-
lied either for the skirt, the back of
tea gown, or a petticoat. Five yards, as
a matter of fact, may be used for a
petticoat for it is easy enough in these
days to deliberately frill it with chiffon
mounted over frmer flounces of taffeta.
a capital effect has been gained quite
recently by using a remnant Of shot
silk for a sleeveless coat. ltwas IN blue
and green, made rather short, i'll a fash
ION that would suit alike the slim or the
stout figure.
Wide plaits fell gracefully over each
shoulder, and around the armholes were
frills of the silk to take the place of
sleeyes.-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

There are two methods of cleansing
white goatsllin rugs. If not very much
soiled, wet soft cloth with naphtha
and rub the hair vigorously, doing a
small portion at time; then hang the
rug upon the line in the open air, that
the odor may disappear. Do this work
in the daylight and have no fire in the
room while using the naphtha. If it is
necessary to wash the rug, choose a
cool, windy day for the purpose. Throw
half a pint of household ammonia into
a tub containing about four gallons of
water. Place the rug in the tub and al
low it to remain there about 30 minutes;
shake thoroughly in the water, rinse
carefully in lukewarm water and hang
in the shade in the open air. When dry
it will be found very stiff, but may be
softened by hard rubbing and combing
with the fingers.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
THE DRINK TRADE IN RUSSIA.
Government Takes the Business Into Its
Own Hands to Increase the Revenue.

Government Takes the Business Into Its
Own Hands to Increase the Revenue.
The mode of regulating the sale Of
intOXicants in Russia has passed
through many phases during the last
few years, and now the government
have taken the whole matter into their
own hands, and have constituted them
selves the sole agents for the diStribu-
ton among S0,00O,000 of people of the
product of over $500 diStilleries. 1t
is not in the interest of temperance
that this has been done, but rather in
the interest of revenue. The hope is
expressed that with the liquor places
under imperial management the peas
ants may be induced to moderate their
drinking on saints days, and be more
regular in their drinking all the year
round, and thus consume in the aggre-
gate larger quantity than is now con-
sumed by the bouts INDUCED in on the
numerous holidays that mark the Rus
sian year. Already the Russian gov.
eminent are indebted to strong drink
for so per cent. of their revenue; if the
new scheme should realize the hopes Of
its promoters, the retailers profit be-
ing added to the large sums now re-
ceived as duties or taxes, the Golfers o!
The treasury ought to swell to the point
of bursting. But, as a contemporaly
says: There is to be taken into account
the inherent rottenness of Russian Of
ticialdom. One can imagine no bet
ter incentive to peculation and corrup-
ton than this gigantic liquor monor-
oly."-National Temperance Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

During a smallpox scare in johann
nesburg, Africa, an enterprising fellow
declared that he was doctor, and with
can of condensed milk and a needle
vaccinated about 1900 people, charg-
ing each of them five shillings for his
services.
Lightning played queer pranks in
the residence of Paul Simmonson, at
Montague, Mich. 1t passed down the
chimney, rent the stoyepipe, burned
holes in a tablecloth and cut some pic
ture wires. Six persons were in the
house, but they were not injured.
A man arrested in London on a
charge of attempting to commit suicide;
said he had no intention of killing him
self, but had had a dream in which he
thought he was cutting his throat, and
woke up to find that he was really
hacking his neck with a carving knife.
A telephone wire in Springfield.
Mo-, was unintentionally connected
with the fre-alarm wires, and when the
telephone was tested the fire depart
ment was aroused by long-continued
false alarm, which for several minutes
kept the fremen on an eXasperating
hunt.
Surplus Words.-An ordinary man
can say everything that any occasion
calls for with a vocabulary of 1000
words. OF these he only uses 400 or 500.
using the remainder when an idea out
Of the usual line of thought occurs to
him. Most of us, being only ordinary
men. seldom draw upon the surplus 500
words.
Soap has been in use for 5000 years,
and is twice mentioned in the Bible. \
few years ago a soapboiler's shop was
discovered in Pompeii, having been
buried beneath the terrible rain of ashes
that fell upon that city 70 \. D. The
soap found in the shop had not lost all
its efficacy, although it had been buried
1900 years.
"A Cats Timely Warning.-A re-
marllable instance of feline sagacitv is
reported from Bristol, where two broth
CTS owed their lives to the warning of
their house cat. One of them was
asleep in the front room, when the ami
NAL came to the door and mewed pite-
ously. The man. convinced that some
thing was wrong, opened the door, and
then found the staircase in flames. He
and his brother rushed to the window
and gave an alarm. Ladders were
brought, and they and the cat were res
Cued.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
VARIOUS NOTES.

1t is the moderate drinkers who keep
the saloons going.-Ram's Horn.
The drink-shop is the nursery OF
crime. Suppress it. - National Tenn
perance Advocate.
The rum hole must be closed or the
rum hole will engulf christendom.-
Bishop r. S. Foster.
a German league against the rum
traffic in German colonies has just
been organized in Berlin.
The woman who weds with a tippler
should prepare herself to live with a
drunkard.-Weedy Outlook.
A commendable decree has been is.
sued in the German principality of
Waldeck forbidding the issuance of a
marriage license to hibitual drunkard,
unless satisfactory proof of reforma-
ton be produced.
The most serious and widespread de-
rangement of the natural tastes is that
caused by alcoholic drinks. Alcohol
has been demonstrated to be poison.
Its continued use, even in what are
called moderate quantities, paves the
way for many diseases, some of which
are sure to overtalie those who practice
using drinks with alcohol in them
Good Health.
If the use of Intoxicating drink was
universally given up, our criminal
courts would be relieved of a very large
amount of very unpleasant business,
counties would be spared the payment
of much county tax, many of our poor
houses and jails would have but few
inmates, our churches would be better
filled, and many homes now wrecked
would be happy.-United Presbyterian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
JUDGING BY APPEARANCES.
Thought He Could Tell Old Maids from
Married Women.

He was still young enough to know
everything, and while they waited for
car he was giving her his opinions on
various subjects. As for her. she was
so interested that she didn't know her
feet were cold and forgot that the wind
was blowing her hair out of curl.
Yes he was saying, you may talk
as you please about your bachelor
maids, but | can tell an old maid from
married woman by a glance. How do
L manage it? Oh, it's easy enough.
can just tell her by her looks, and am
never mistaken"
You were always so clever" she
murmured. "Now, | am sure | DAver
could do it. To be sure, married wcm-
an usually puts on bonnet sooner
than an old maid does, but then some
old maids affect bonnets, and l have
seen grandmother in a sailor hat, so
that isn't sure test"
ooh, it isn't n matter of headgear
with me, | assure you," he replied. in
a patronizing tone. Here, I'll let you
see me do it. Look at the two women
yonder, now. That tall one is al old
maid beyond doubt. In the aggressive
curve of her elbow and the sour droop
of her mouth. l know, as well as if 1
had been acquainted with her for years,
that she pretends she has remained
single from choice and that she mates
all mankind"
Dear me, how awfully clever you
are" she gurgled. 81 declare you real
ly alarm me. Why, it's quite like Sher-
lock Holiness
''Oh, no, you fatter me. It's really
quite simple. Observe the woman who
is talking to her-the stout, motherly-
looking one. 1t does not require much
perspicuity to know that she is happy
wife. Notice her helpless air and her
general appearance of contentment."
Positively, you are so deep that 1
am actually afarid of YOU"
ooh, not at all. Now, come little
closer, so we can hear their CONVERSE
ton, and you will see that | am right"
"Oh, but am sure that you are right
without that"
NeNcIlHeleSS, tnty lHONcu oll " pD-
sition Immediately behind the pair. The
tall, aggressive-looking woman was
speaking: YES" she was saying, this
is the tenth anniversary of my wedding,
though it hardly seems possibls. l tell
you, Mary Ellen, l have the best and
the kindest husband in the whole world
and that is saying great deal!"
Then the stout Notwithstanding per-
son responded and there was vinegar
in her tones. "Well, when l find man
as sensible as my Maltese cat, as COM
forting as cup of tea and as entertain
ing as my political club | may follow
your example, but not till then, Jane,
not till them"
And the very young man! Oh he
cleared his throat violently and asked
the girl if she didn't want another cam
paign button.-Cbicago Times-iItraid.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

wkea it was suggested that he had
been drinking too much he said, light
ly:
.. oh, 10; I've had only Is WHISTLES
to-day" When asked regarding cigar
cites, he said that his average was
about 30 a day.
He was carried to the alcoholic ward
but his limbs panied him so much that
it was long before he could sleep.
Il was at the Columbia college pre-
paratory school from 1891 to 1892, but
did not enter the college itself. It's too
slow for me-" he added, sageIy.
Wilkinson's source of income is from
his wits and from what is left of the
$4,000 left by his father. He draws
the interest once a month. A large
lump Of the principal came to him on
his 2lst birthday, but has all been
spent. Another lump will be paid him
on his 25th birthday, if he lives that
long.
Wilkinson is very good looking, and
at one time was probably handsome.
His mother died in 1887, and he says
that his only living relatives are an
aunt, Mrs. N. W. Mason, who lives at
the Arlington hotel, Washington, and
cousin, Mary E. Perkins, of Norwich,
Conn.
This drink appetite is inherited"
he said. II get it from both sides.
But" he added, quickly, and with the
first touch of feeling that he had shown,
81 don't mean that my mother drank.
But am sure her ancestors did, and
l know my father did"
Mr.. John W. Williams, Of No. Is
Stuyvesant place, whom Wilkinson said
was a friend of his, was not at home,
but his wife's mother said that, while
she did not know Wilkinson PERSONAL
ly, she knew of him as young man of
very good family.
DR.. Carolan, of Bellevue, who has
charge of the alcoholic ward, said:
THE young man is in a bad way.
The disease, caused mainly by excessive
drinking and aggravated by dissipation
of other kinds, will certainly kill him
within very few years unless he thor
oughly reforms. There is a slight
chance for him. The present symp-
tens of great pain in the limbs, when
even lightly touched, will change to a
deadened feeling, and that will be but
a precursor of the end"
Wilkinson has lived at innumerable
places. Before his first commitment
to Bellevue he was at the st. Cloud
hotel.-N. Y. journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
hs1DE BALD BY K RAYS.
Mr.. Lefy Finds the Bullet Inside His
Skull, But Loses His Hair.

MIR. Len Finds the Bullet Inside His
Skull, But Loses His Hair.
Willibn Levy, of Eau Claire, Wis,
who RECENTLY had an Y ray eXamina-
ton of bis skull made by Prof. Fred s.
Jones the physical laboratory of the
Minnesota State university had an ex
Perienck in consequence not general
ly surprised to accompany that process.
Levy kvas shot in the head about ten
years APO by an escaping bank default
er. Iff bullet has been somewhere in
his heap ever since, and in July he made
up his mind to have it located Accord
iEgly be came up and sat from eight
o'clocHin the morning till ten at night
for Roentgen ray picture of his head.
The ballet had passed into his skull
just 1--we the left ear, going toward the
back II the head.
Aftef taking a couple of negatives
they finally found about where the bull
let was located. The doctors wrapped
ks head up in wires which were def
'nitely flocated. A picture was taken
through the skull from the front toward
the back of the head, the tube from
whichlth rays radiated being for this
purpose placed inside his mouth. The
picture thus secured showed the bullet
very kdistinctly to be lying at the
iuncEon of two of the wires which
crossed right under the occipital bone.
1t indicated also that the bullet had
struck the back of the skull and turned
forward again, for the point of the bull
let, being further from the plate
showed DINNER on the negative. These
exposures had taken up nearly the
whole day, but the patient felt no bad
effects at the time. He had been
warned that the experiment might
cause him the loss of his hair, but that
did not deter him from taking the risk
A very strong current, about 100000
volts, had been passed through the
tube in making the exposures.
The next day Mr.. Levy began to no
tee peculiar effect on his skin
wherever it had been exposed to the
rays, and the hair on the right side Of
his head, which had been near the wire,
began to fall out. In few days the
right side of his head was perfectly bald
his right ear had swollen to twice it's
natural size and presented the same
appearance as if very badly frozen
Sores were visible on his head, his
mouth and throat were blistered so tha3
he could not eat solid food for three
weeks, and his lips were swollen,
cracked and bleeding. In fact. the
long exposure to the X rays, while Civ
ing him no pain at the time, seemed to
have produced very similar effects to
very severe burn.
Mr.. Levy has recovered from the eff.
fects of his burns, but he still has half
a bald head. He is plucky man. about
so years of age, and intends to have the
investigation carried further and the
bullet removed. He has already writ
ten to Prof Jones asking for another
sitting. 1t is necessary now to have a
negative showing just how far below
the surface the bullet is located before
the doctors decide whether the opera
ton can be safely performed.-S Paul
Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
WHAT is ALCOHOL
Common Confusion OF Terms-Differ-
ence Between Tonic and Stimulant.


ence Between Tonic and Stimulant.
This question has aroused consider
able controversy among scientists in the
past. While it has been settled salts
factorily to those who have thorough
ly Investigated the matter, difficulty
and error still exist IN the minds of
many, arising from the varying defini-
tons and application of terms.
A tonic may be defined as that which
is capable of adding to the strength.
Some medicines are tonic in their eff
fects because they contribute to tire
system elements that are needed to
secure vitalized blood. Fresh air,
wholesome food and proper exercise
are natures tonics, because these give
to the blood elements and conditions
necessary to build up the various parts
of the body, whether in early growth
or to restore waste occasioned through
action. The elements and conditions
thus furnished increase the actual
strength of the individual.
Any substance, whether food, drink
or medicine, which has the power to
make one feel stronger temporarily.
without adding to the permanent
strength of the body, is stimulant.
These terms-tonic and stimulant-
in connection with alcohol, have, IN
fortunately, been used interchange
ably, resulting not only in confusion of
knowledge, but positive and deplorab bic
error. The idea prevailed for years
that alcohol was stimulant lin the
false sense OF creating strength) in
small quantities, and narcotic in large
doses. The term ''stimulant" means
goad. We may, with whip, goad a
tired or even exhausted horse into eX-
ira work, and he will, for a time, seem
to have gained strength; but it is only
calling into use the small amount that
remains. AS a result, the horse is more
exhausted than before. a wasp IN mis-
coat sleeve may stimulate a sick man
to vigorous action. In no sense, how
ever, can it be said that the whip and
the wasp create strength; they simply
cali out the reserve force.-Scientiic
Temperance Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
Apple Biscuits.

In spite of their name these do not
belong to the bread family at all, as
neither flour nor yeast enters into their
composition. Peel and core some ripe
apples and reduce them to pulp; flavor
with essence of lemon and mix while
warm with their weight of powdered
sugar; drop on plates or into paper
cases and dry in a slow oven for several
DAYS. The heat SHOULD never be sut1i-
cient to bake, only to dry them. When
thoroughly dried they should be packed
in glass or tin for winter use. Apricots,
pears, raspberries, Strawberries, plums,
etc, may be done in the same way
Ladies Home Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
TEMPERANCE.
WHISKY RUINS FOUR RRoraFRs
SN N"p'er from Real Life That Shows
the Curse of Rum

S"~ 0ap'er from Real Life That Shows
the Curse of Rum
John *. Wilkinson, % years old, the
son OF a wealthy cotton manufacturer,
lies IN The alcoholic ward of Bellevue
hospltal physical wreck. In spite of
education, friends and family connec-
IONS he chose a course of wild dissi-
patton and is paying the price for it.
HIS father, Edmund Wilkinson, was
"a COTTON manufacturer of Putnam,
Conh:rWho died in 1891, leaving a for
tune of $4,000, which was divided
equally among four sons, Lawrence,
Edward, Gerald and John.
You see where | am, and you can
guess what will become of me-" said
John the other evening. My brother
Lawrence, the oldest, died one year
ago at the LenoX hotel, Greenwich,
Conn. He was a lawyer, the valedic-
torian of his class at Yale and grad
nate of a New York law school. He
died of alcoholism when sc years old.
jGeraId also died from alcoholism. He
died two years ago at the Grand Union
hotel, Elizabeth, N. j. He was only
q years old. Edward, "a years old,
is af { mate of the Hartford retreat,
to MISREPRESENTATION he was committed
for a term of three years, as a dipso-
maniac. And SO you need not be sur
prised to see me here"
Wilkinson was received at Bellevue
at two O'Clock in the morning. Tbs
carriage into the hospital. He was,
however, quite conscious, airily gave
his name, and said that he lived almost
anywhere, but had no home in partic-
ular and no occupation.
Wilkinson was haggard and I'M
kempt, and his twitching muscles
showed his extreme condition.
81 wonder what makes my legs feel
so queer" he said, frequently. But
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

Nine out of ten persons if asked what
is the most sensitive part of the body.
will reply the tip of the tongue. This
is mistake. Those engeged in polish.
ing billiard balls, or any other sub
stances that require very high degree
of smoothness, invariably use the cheek.
bone as their touchstone for detecting
any roughness. An ivory article that
may feel perfectly smooth if rubbed
against the chin or touched with the tip
of the tongue Will often feel quite APP
preciably rough when applied to the
check bone Golden DayS