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Extraordinary Sale

OF LADIES' sEAsONABLE UNDERWEAR
AT PRICES NEVER BEFORE EQUALED
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
WORLDS OLDEST FAMILY.
Tie Oldest in the British Isles Is the
Mars, of Scotland.

Mars, of Scotland.
As a result of recent investigations
it las been shown that the foundations
of the families of about dozen of the
400 barons in the British house of lords
date back to 400, the earliest being
1864. The oldest family in the British
Isles is the Mar family, of Scotland
1893. The Campbells, of Argyll, began
in 1870, the Talleyrand dates from 1899,
Bismarck from 1870, the Grosvenor fam
lily, the dukes of Westminster, 1866; the
Austrian house of Hapsburg goes back
to 952. and the house of Bourbon to
s64. The descendants of Mohammed
born $40, are all registered carefully
and authoritatively in a book kept in
Mecca by the chief of the family. Lit
tie or no doubt exists of the absolute
authenticity of the long line of Moham-
med's descendants.
In China there are many old families:
also among the Hebrews. but. says an
authority, when it comes to pedigrees
there is one gentleman to whom the
world must take off its hat, not as faeile
princeps or primus inter pares, but as
the great and only nonesuch. This is
the mikado of Japan" His place has
been filled by members of his family for
more than $500 years. The present
mikado is the 122d Of the line. The first
one was contemporary with Nebuchad
nezzar, $50 years before Christ Of the
seven great religions enumerated by
Max Muller as possessing Bibles the
mikado family is o'der than five.
Since we all have the consolation of
knowing thai we are descendants from
the first family, it makes no difference
if some of the early records are lost, eX
cept so far as they relate to recent prop
erty titles.--Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
A MIDSUMMER SONG.

When the star of the morning is gleam-
ing,
And darkness is melting away,
When the sky flashes pink with the glory
That heralds the coming of day,
When dewdrops sparkle and simmer
On wayside and garden and lawn,
When forests and fields ring with music,
Then, hey for the midsummer dawn.
When the meadow is powdered with daisies
And the clover is calling the bee,
When the peoples are flame in the garden,
And cherries are flame on the tree;
When the mowers seek rest and refresh
ment
Where the elms are bestowing the boon
OF the shade of their pendulous branches
Then hey! for the midsummer noon.
When the breeze brings the breath OF the
flowers
The perfume of lily and musk,
When the moths are fitting like phantoms
When the firefiies flash in the dusk,
When the birds have caroled their vespers
And the lonely whippoorwills grieve,
When the glow of the sunset is fading,
Then hey! for the midsummer eve.
When the noise of the daytime is silenced,
And naught in the stiffness is heard
Save the murmur of tremulous treetops
Or the stir of a slumbering bird;
When the moon mounts higher in the
heaven,
And under her magical light
The earth is a scene of enchantment,
Then hey! for the midsummer night.
Anna NJ. Pratt. in Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
viva Cuba Libre!"
And they We're saved.

The next day the insurgent band
carried the generals daughter and her
brave rescuer in triumph back to the
rebel camp; and with his darling-the
doomed spy-clasped close to his breast,
the old man implored God to pour forth
the blessings of Heaven upon the heads
of the two heroes, both living and dead.
And to-day Valentino is at the head
of his macheteers, leading them on to
victory and freedom, while in peace
full villa back in the hills is a beautiful
girl, spy, waiting and watching for
him, her loved one, to returh.-Detroit
Journal,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
TREASURES OF A BRIDE.
Miss Endicotts Chests OF priceless
Linen.

Linen.
When Miss Endicott married Joseph
| Chamberlain she carried with her to
her English home many chests of house
hold linen. These were far more pre-
Cious in her eyes than her boxes of Paris
gowns, and well they might be, for,
| besides the beautiful product of mod
ern looms, embroidered with intricate
monographs by skillful French fingers.
| she has treasures creamy in tint and
| soft with age, heirlooms from the days
| OF her Salem ancestors, when spinning,
though needful art, was the occupa-
ton of feminine leisure, the employ
ment of the rich and the poor, in the
intervals of more important business
and in the long nights of winter. The
| distatf was then, like the embroider-
| ing of soft cushions, table centers, and
doilies of our day, remedy against
| idleneSs.
A fresh, charming fashion is the gift
of quaint chest Of drawers, called a
| rousseau chest, from the mother to
! her engaged daughter soon after the
ring had been given by the fance. It
serves its earliest duty as the reposi-
tory of the congratulatory offerings
from girl friends, the teacloths and choc-
olate napkins, which have run to earth
the overworked engagement teacup"
The chests, made of black old Dutch
oak, are most suggestive of the Hol-
lander's love Of table linen, and are
supposed to inspire most enthusiasm
in making the collection. And no table
can be better of its kind than the old,
heavy Dutch linen, with odd figures
worked in shade of white that shows
only in certain lights. This is still man
ufactured, but it is difficult to fi;d in
this country, as importers seem o pre-
fer the extremely fine, silky French or
Irish productions.-Philadelph Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06

A curious scare ran through the
province of Assam, in India, recently,
which it took the officials some time to
understand. The story was that Queen
Victoria wanted five children's heads
from each village. The Bengal coolies
went frantic, asking for axes and
knives to defend their families; fac
tories were fortified, watch being kept
all night, and in some villages all the
inhabitants hid themselves. The
heads, they believed, were wanted to
put under tho foundations of great
bridge being built. 1t is the tradition
among these people that their ances-
tors placed human victims under the
great prehistoric monoliths.-Louis-
vile Courier-J ournal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
How the Shah Was Awake ned.

An amusing story is told of how the
late shah fell asleep when he should have
been the chief guest at a reception.
In Persia it is the general belief that a
person awakened from a sleep suf-
fers grievous injury, and that it is sure
to bring bad luck. What was to be
done? No one dared awaken the shah,
and yet, if he was not awakened. and
thus missed the reception, he would
be furious, and perhaps decapitate some
one. Finally, happy idea was devel-
oped. A brass band ~as dispatched to
the shah's resting place with special
instructions to the bass drum. The re-
suit was highly successful. The shah
awolle in few moments, and went to
the ception.-Goldep Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The air, after heavy snowfall, is
usually very clear, because the snow,
in falling, brings down with it most of
the dust and impurities and leaves the
atmosphere exceedingly clear.
lit is estimated chat the drought
in New South Wales has caused the loss
of 100000 sheep. This catastrophe,
together with the consequent reduction
in the number of lambs in the next
breeding season, will make a great diff
ference to the supplies of mutton and
wool for this year and the next.
After analyzing various qualities
of flour Mr.. Birard informs the Paris
academy of science that sthe common
belief that fine white bread has less
punitive power than coarse brown bread
is wrong, as both the fine and coarse
breads contain practically the same
amounts of gluten and of phosphates.
Switzerland had in 1894 !, 1887 hotels,
in which $102, 100000 was invested. Civ
ing return of 71s per cent. Of the
travellers who frequent them 30.7 are
German, 20.7 British. 1879 Swiss, and
only &c American. The hotels employ
26,S10 servants, whose wages are 81 ,500,-
900, or about $50 year apiece, the chief
portion of their pay coming from tips.
"A Norway correspondent says: I'm
til this year there have been but few
American bicycles sold here, and the
English and German manufacturers
have had this market almost to them
selves. This year. however, the Ameri-
can cycles have taken the lead entirely,
and the demand for the American ma
chimes is even larger than the sup
ply"
At the recent meeting of the Royal
society in London, a pendulum instru-
ment was exhibited, intended to record
the slightest tits and pulsations of the
crust of the earth. 1t was asserted
that this instrument would render OBJ
servable a tilt Of less than one three
hundredth of second of arc In other
words, if a plane surface were tipped
up only so little that the rise would
amount to a single inch in 1000 mics.
the instrument would reveal the tilt
ing.
1t is well known that the kea, or
mountain parrot, of New Zealand, has
become notorious from it's change of
habit. from living on insects, fruit and
berries, to attacking living sheep, being
reported to have developed this carniy.
orous habit within the last 80 years.
1t appears, however, from further first
hand observations by T. White, that
the kea lives high up on the mountains
long distance above the forest line.
where there are no berries or fruit, and
only lichens and few insects occur.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
Car Doesn't Pay for Coronation.

The impression that the expenditure
in connection with the coronation al
Moscow was paid by the car out of his
own pocket is erroneous. Every rouble
in the imperial treasury is supposed TO
be at the absolute disposal of the car
and he draws upon the treasury at dis
erection. In addition, he is the owner Of
large estates in different parts of Rus
STA and is well able to pay all the bills
incurred during the coronation cere-
monies--if he felt so inclined.-N. Y.
World. ----,-.---
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
A Blind Students Examination.


Among the students who went up
for the classical examinations for
foreign languages, held before the pro-
fessor the University of Paris. figured
a blind youth, who is day scholar at
the Lycee Button. Some curiosity was
arovsed among the other competitor 5
as to the method by which this sight
less rival would contrive to translate his
paper. The young man, who was ac-
companied by a small boy, was given
a private room. Here one of the masters
read out the passages, which the stu
dent took down on paper with pointed
instrument. The dictation terminated,
the pupil reread the subject, marking
the punctuation. He then set about
the translation, which was into the Eng
lish language. Words he did not know
the meaning Of were looked for in the
dictionary by his companion, who, how
ever, afforded him no further help.
When the translation had been written
in his own curious characters the young
man transcribed it for the examiner OF.
n typewriter, working the instrument
with remarkable speed, and he con-
cluded his task within the time pre-
scribed for the other competitors
London Telegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
the captain asked as he rode up beside

the captain asked as he rode up beside
her.
with ease" she answered, bravely,
smiling family through the gloom.
"Thev are on horses and in pursuit,
senior. fear we are lost!" interrupted
Pedro. u
why so, comrade?"
Because, I-I-Valentino, the girls
horse is dying!"
The captain lurched in his saddle as
though struck by blow. For the first
time he noticed the spasmodic leaps of
the maiden's steed, and the gradual lag
ging of its pace.
Still on they sped-five-ten-ffteen
minutes-and they began to enter the
hills. The wounded horse was fast
| losing strength, but still the noble ami
NAL plunged on till its heart burst; and
with an agonizing groan it stumbled and
fell dead.
In a moment Valentino had the girl
on his own mount, and was dashing
away in pursuit of Pedro.
Courage, Fenorita," he murmured,
softly, and pressed her closer to his
breast, nesting his face among her
beautiful waving curls.
P-i-n-ggg!
That fatal bullet tipped close to the
captains head, and was instantly fol-
lowed by a heavy fall.
Great God in Heaven, comarda, are
you hurt?' y.
No answer.
| Dead"
That one solemn word was uttered
with pathos that BODIED i'll for the per-
petrators of the deed.
"Oh, We hellish daatrads, We tramplers
of human rights, may your flesh rot and
your bones decay in every hidden
swamp and recess of Cuba, and may the
power of despotic Spain sink beneath
| the pillows of the the sea, carrying with
it every vestige of the accursed nation.
| dos! Oh, Pedro, my comrade-my
| friend"
The carabineros were close upon the
| fugitives now, and with last look at
his beloved comrade the captain struck
his spurs deep in his horses flank and
sped eastward.
Courage, senorita, courage he
whispered over and over again. There
vet remains one final resort if all
others fail. l will save you-have you
| faith in me?''
And in answer the girl would lift her
sweet face and say:
itb ,,,,r,o,,nla1 To1, ora no
patriot"
Never before had the young Cuban
been placed in such a critical position.
| If it had not been for his beautiful
charge, he would have turned back and
| died bravely, fighting over the body of
his slain comrade. But this girl, with
| the lovely waving hair and the glorious
eyes, had cast a spell over him which
was not easily thrown off; she was
more than life to him now.
"Oh, my God, they are gaining on us,
senior! See; they level their pieces
they fire."
Inferno! the horse is struck-he is
down! Cling to me, senorita."
The quarry was run to earth; Val
| entino's last resolve was shattered; he
| could not now forfeit his own life for
that of his companion. But blood
should flow as free as water in that
dark, gloomy, pass before he would al
low himself to be taken captive.
What was that?
A terrific explosion. a stream of quiv-
ering flame shooting out from that i'm
| penetrable mass of darkness, and the
foremost dragon tumbles from his
horse, as lifeless as the weather-beaten
| rocks about him.
Cr-r-r-a-ack!
viva Cuba Libre!"
| And thew We're saved
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
Cheap Excursions to the West and North


On August 4, IS, September /, Is, g. Oc-
tober 6 and 20, 1895, The Northwestern
Line Chicago Il Northwestern R'y) will
sell Home Seekers excursion tickets at
in the West and Northwest. For full in
formation apply to ticket agents of con-
Meeting lines or address
w. B. KNIsKERN G P & T. A, Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06

KIND TO THE AGED sabel, why did
you give your grandmother pale-pink
umbrella on her birthday" II expect to
Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06

PIso's Cure for Consumption is an A No.
l Asthma medicine.-W. r. WILLIAMS, An
tioch, ILL.,, April IL, 1894.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06

On the first and third Tuesday of each
month till October about half-rates for
round trip will be made to points
in the South by the Louisville & Nash
about it, and if he cannot sell you excur-
sion tickets write to C. P. Atmore, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, or
jackson Smith, D. P. A., Cincinnati, o.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06
The Frances Sinner Academy of the Uni-
RarHitY of Chicago

Which for more than forty years has been
known as Mt. Carroll Seminary has, by the
wish of its founder, become an afiliated
school of The University of Chicago. The
relation of the Frances Sinner Academy to
The University of Chicago is doubleone. It
is an affiliated academy of the University,
and as such the work of instruction is un-
der the direct oversight of the University !;
eight of its fifteen trustees are trustees Of
the University.
The local and internal administration Of
the Academy will be in charge of the Dean,
Miss Ida NJ. Gardner, who for fifteen years
has been Principal Of College Preparatory
Schools both East and West. The course
of study, with slight changes, will be identi-
cal with that of Morgan Park Academy, and
will fit pupils for any College in the country.
DO YOU believe that Adam gave a name
to all the animals?" II do, and ] respect
him for his selections. He did his work
most creditably. "Why?o "Wel, because
there wasn't a Rover or a Fido in the whole
lot.n-BaZar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06

THOMAS KNEw-Teacher- is the
capital of Great Britain, Thomasl' Thomas
MOST Of it's in this country. Chicago
Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06

WHAT subtle enemy to greatness is the
newspaper portrait.--Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-06

ScsScity of Rain In England
England is suffering from the most
severe drouth in years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-11-06
ROYALTY'S INTENDED REFUGE.
House In Maine Where Marie Antoi
nette's Wardrobe Was Taken.

On the upper or northern end Of the liz
land of WcStport anciently called Squam,
and situated on the Shecpscot bay on the
Maine coast, stood a large, square, Ole
fashioned house built Of heavy timbcrs
having one massive brick chimney in the
center 1t was owned and inhabited by e
seafaring man by the name Of Clough. wht
sailed on foreign VOYAGES.
1t was in the time Of the French revolu
tion, when this captain was on voyage tc
France, that he was engaged by the agents
OF the king and Marie AntOinctte 70 bring
them secretly TO America Their wardrobe
and some of their furniture was already
placed on the ship, and the king and queer
were driven quietly down TO the quay where
the ships small boat was in waiting &c
take them off 20 the vessel. At the same
moment secret agents Of the revolution az.
rived just in time 20 arrest their king anc
queen just as they had alighted from then
carriage Their maiesties were then re.
moved to prison There they were soor
after Cuillotincd
a soon a he found what had happened
Captain Clough put 90 sea with all haste
having the wardrobe and the furniture Of
the king and queen on board his ship
After long voyage he arrived at West
port, Me. safely and stored the queen,
wardrobe and furniture in his own house
on Squam island Tradition says that Wis
itors 20 the house used sometimes to see
these things, and pieces of The queens
dresses are still kept by the Clough descend
ants, who live in Edgccomb, just opposite
Wcstport
On account of what l have narrated
above the house came 10 be called the Marie
Antoinctte House Quite long while aft
or the events | have mentioned the old
house was ferricd across on scows TO the
opposite shore of Edgccomb, and place.
high on the bank, back from the rivers
brink, where it now stands. and is still in.
habitcd. Many photographs have been
taken Of it by summer tourists, and many
have written its history. But what have
written was told me by the "oldest inhub
ltants who received il as tell it from
their fathers and mothers.
After the house was moved to the Edge
comb shore il was inhabited by n man
named Gardiner Gore. who kept large
store and was quite wealthy. One night
an old lady of the same town, called Old
Aunt Hood, who was given 60 dreaming
dreams, dreamed that the bungs had all
been pulled out Of his molasscs hogsheads
and that she saw the mOlaSses run out a.
over the floor, and thcrcupcn she told her
dream and declared that Gard would soon
be poor, and, IN fact, he died soon after
poor man. Lewiston journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-11-06
An Old Problem.

One of the problems that is as old as
the science of mathematics is that OF
"squaring the circle" by squaring the
circle is meant the problem of finding
the sides of square exactly equal i'll
urea 10 a circle of given diameter To
do this, either by elementary geometry
or 10y expressing it arithmeticaily in
commensurate numbers, has been
found to be an impossibility. In other
words. the ratio between the diameter
and the circumference of a circle cannot
be exactly found. even though in the di-
vision, the decimal be carried 10 10000
figures. The above being the exact
facts in the case, we will say that the
problem of "squaring the circle" is one
that has long been given up by the
mathematicians as insoluble.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-11-06
Chlvalry's Slow Death.

1t las been often remarked that the cAys
Of chivalry have passed, and Judging from
what witnessed in street car the other
LAY am constrained TO he belief that there
is more truth in the saying than jest.
The scene was laid in "A Back Bay, c,S
where one would least SUPPOSE transao
ton of the kind would be likely to take
place, and put TO blush "a half dozen well
dressed men ,Vho were parties to the affair.
When the car reached the corner of Nes
bury and Dartmouth streets. it stopped to
LIT an old lady get aboard. Every seat " A.
occupied. Tie moment her form appeared
in the doorway the male passengers who
had n.t already digested the morning =
news became deeply absorbed in their Ij5s
GERS. The others Immediately became in
posite. All the well dressed men held u
their seats as il glued TO them.
Just as the cid lady reached for a strap
with which 70 steady herself sweet faced
middle aged woman quick ly arose and
rendered her seat to the white haired new.
conner.
Then look Of shame passed over every
bearded face. Seltishpess had won, but it
was at price
Had an atflig Of this kind taken place on
any other line, many would say that it WA
hardly worth recording, but "a it occurred
IN a section where good manners and ~
inemeut are thought To have reached their
highest standard il j. fitting 10 refer 70 Il
publicly 50 that the illusion may DO Ais
pelled Boston Herald.