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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

MALICE and hatred are very fretting, and
apt to make our minds sore and uneasy
TillOtSOn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

"YEs," said the cornfed phil osopher, ''it
is not so difficult to get something for moth
ing, but when one gets it it is not worth the
price. indianapolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09
Cheap Excursions to the West and North
west.

On March 10 and April Z, 1895, the North
Western Line Chicago Il Northwestern
R'y) will sell Home Seekers excursion
tickets at very low rates to large number
Of points in Northern Wisconsin, Michigan,
Northwestern Iowa, Western Minnesota,
Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota,
including the famous Black Hills district.
For full information apply to ticket agents
of connecting lines or address W. B. KNIs-
KERN, &. P. Il 7. A, Chicago, ILL.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

A TORPID liver has frequently succeeded
In convincing man that he is fairly reeking
with craftsmanship and independence.
Washington Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

OLD MAID-"Is this the newspaper officer
Clerk-"Yes, ma'am." Old Maid blush
ingly)-'1 see the mayor has advertised for
proposals, and would like to advertise,
toe. n-Philadelphia Record,
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A Spring Trip South.

On April and 81. and SIay 5, tickets
will be sold from principal cities, towns
and villages of the north, to all points on
the Louisville IL Nashville Railroad in
Tennessee, Alabama Mississippi, Florida
and a portion of kentucky, at one single
fare for the round trip. Tickets will be
good to return within twenty-one DAYS. on
payment of 81 to agent at destination, and
will allow stop-over at any point on the
south bound trip. Ask your ticket agent
about 1t, and if he cannot sell you excur-
sion tickets write to c. P. Atmore, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Louisville, XIV, or
jackson Smith, d. P. A, Cincinnati, o.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-30
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

"A man released from jnil in Win
chester, Ind, few days ago, after
serving long term, went straight to
the railroad station to take train for
his home, and IN attempting to board
1t fell under the wheels and was killed.
Lee, Mass, prides itself oonsidera-
bly, OH its spry old people. Mrs. Swan
celebrated her 1O3d birthday recently,
Capt. Norton is 90 years old, Mrs. Har-
riet Hinckley is "a and Mrs. Baker is
93. Octogenarinns are too young to be
taken seriously there.
Something of new record was estab-
lished by thieves in Adams county,
Wash, recently. They stole a big barn
belons;ng TO the county auditor, pull
ing it down during the night, loading
it on wagons ard hauling it to parts
unknown.
"A number of converts walked over
the shore ice, scrunched through the
thin edge and waded out into the icy
sea at Orr's island, Me-, to be baptized
a few days ago. Even in the middle of
summer the sea in that region is so cold
that few people battle in it.
"A horse which Gen John Morgan
rode in his famous raid in 1862 died
near versailles, KY, few days ago.
Morgan rode the horse into Versailles
and LETT it there, taking ;nits place fine
mare. The horse was, when it died,
more than 81 years old.
j. NJ. Stanley, his wife and young
son killed four bears F q, on ,, their ranch
near Gkiah, Cal, q receAt-
ly. The largest of 'tifs 5eairss weighed
700 pounds, and there was about as
much risk as fun in the hunt and fight
that preceded the slaughter of the
quariette. The big game is being driven
far down into the valleys in that re-
gion by heavy snow in the mountains.
smelling parties" are the latest
and SWEETEST diversions in some Maine
villages this winter. A score or more
bottles, containing odorous or mai
odorous substances, are provided, and
the contestants are required to deter
mine what each bottle contains. The
person making the most correct
guesscs gets the prize. 1t will be seen
that his sort of thing offers interesting
opportunities.
Thirty years ago j. B. Garrison, of
Plant City, Fla, a machinist, ran a
small silver of steel into his right hand
at the base Of the thumb. The wound
was treated and finally healed, the doc
tor saJ ing that the steel had been ex-
PEELED. But ever since that time Gar
rison has suffered with severe pains
in his right arm, which he attributed
to rheumatism. The other week the
pains became more acute in his right
shoulder. He went TO doctor, and the
doctor drew from just under the skin
of his shoulder the steel silver that en-
tered his hand in 1865.
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HAD it not been for nv drinkinr.

''Had it not been for my drinking"
she said, 'onr home would have been
without care. My husband and 1
are devoted to each other, butliquor has
made trouble ever since a year after
our marriage. l was the widow of
a wholesale jeweler, whose name was
Brainerd, when 1 met Mr.. Crane, and
l never drank then. But shortly be-
fore my first child by Mr.. Crane was
stimulants, and that started it. Now
liquor has got the better of me-"
AS she talked the woman held a
handkerchief to her left eye, which
was terribly swollen and discolored.
She was very anxious to send mes
sage to her husband, and so the report
er went to the Van Dyke, and there he
saw man completely broken down
and overwhelmed with grief.
NO" said Mr.. Crane, when he
learned the import of the reporters
visit, 81 can do nothing; the law must
take it's course this time. have tried
and tried and tried to reform that wom-
an, and now l am discouraged. Be-
cause of her my heart is broken, and [
am bankrupt in purse and spirit and
courage. l have had her in every cure
for dipsomania, l have sent her all over
the country hoping to benefit her, and
everything has failed.
"She talks about dreading to spend
a night in a prison, when she has been
in every prison in New York, and, on
one occasion, spent five days and five
nights at Jefferson Market. sent her
money to-day to buy some delicacies,
but 1 can do nothing more. She has
been acting in this way for nearly eight
years, and now I am discouraged"
Magistrate Crane said concerning
the case:
1T was the only thing to do. She
was drunk as she stood at the bar,
and it would have been manifestly
improper to release her even in the
custody of her husband. 1t is almost
certain she would have continued
drinking, for it is evident, since she
has been arrested so many times, that
her husband cannot restrain her. The
thing to do was to keep her here until
she should become herself, and then
she would be the better able to say
whether she will stop drinking of her
own accord or whether she does not
think herself that she would be better
off in some institution. l must say 1
think it is case for the commissioners
of charities and correction"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-30
Children's Voices.

They say lovely woman, a ship in
full sail and field of waving corn are
the most beautiful sights on earth. If
l were to be asked what is the most
bewitching sound l should unhesitat-
ingly vote for that proceeding from
the fresh, innocent voices of a crowd
of children, free, unfettered and clean
souled. l have heard the delicious
strains of bands at fashionable garden
parties; have listened to the frou-frou
of the dresses that cast their expensive
triple-distilled scents upon the summer
air; | have been smitten with the thrill
of the nightingale and the soft dronc
of the bees; | have been witched with
the magic spell of music on moonlit
waters. The chorus of childhood
transcends them all. 1t is the highest
output of humanity-a rehearsal of the
great festival in the Children's home.
All the divines who ever dogmatized,
the preachers who ever prophesied the
Calvinists who ever gloomified-all the
ecclesiastics of every church beneath
the glowing sun shall never persuade
me that laughter dies on earth and has
no entrance into Heaven.-"A Country
Doctor" in London Telegraph.
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NOTES BY THE WAY.

A BREWERS horse fares better than a
drunkard's child.-Ram's Horn.
SUNDAY closing of saloons in Scot
land has obtained for 10 years.
THERE have been 3,54S arrests for
drunkenness in Cork during the past
years.
THE barkeeper's good moral char
acter" has never yet made whisky a
good moral drink.-The Voice.
1 HAVE yet to learn that God had alb
dictated control of this earth six days in
the week and resumes it only one day
in each seven. If it is sinful to drink
en- Sunday, then it is sinful to drink on
every other day in the week.-Dr. Emil
@. Hirsch.
WHETHER they are athletes or explor-
ers, mechanics or merchants, students
or statesmen, youths or maidens, the
class that does not use tobacco will come
out ahead. 1t is the testimony of sci
ence which cannot lie if it would, and
would not if it could.-Frances Z. Will
ard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-30
DELIGHTS OF TRAVEL.


How Great CommotiOn Fire Maketh
in Little Town.
My most amusing approximations
a retrospective point of view-oceurred
upon my first visit to Lorain, o., some
ten years ago. l arrived at night, and
the proprietor of the only hotel in the
place put me to bed with man who
Inhaled with a basso-profundo snore,
and cXhaled as near as | could Judge,
through tin whistle. did not sleep
well, and in the Silly night, when the
landlord put his head in the door and
remarked: "Fire!" in tone of voice
which made the furniture jump up and
down, l nearly awoke. A few minutes
later, the landlord repeated the remark
with so much emphasis that my beS-
fellow arose with alacrity, and, posing
momentarily with one ample but sui
try foot upon my thoughtful coun-
tenance, he stepped lightly into the
street, taking part of the window-sssh
with him.
AS the room began filling with smoke
it suddenly occurred to me that the
fire department consisted for the most
part of four buckets of water and
chorus of hoarse shouts. I therefore
decided to retire from the room. The
other guests seemed to feel the same
way about it, and as reached the hall
1 noticed dignified, elderly lady from
Sandnsky going swiftly down the stairs
seated upon sample trunk of a young
man from Toledo. Outside all was
commotion. Strong, brave men were
ringing the town bell, while noble
hearted women were wringing their
hands. A young lady from Berea.
clothed in Gainsborough hat and an
air of deep concern, was galloping mad
ly up and down the street with pillow
under her arm. An investigation dis
closed that large amount of excite
ment was being wasted over small
amount of fire. TIE fire was caused by
cigar sparks, which few into a hair
mattress-a defective 'few," so to
speak. The fire was eXtinguished by
throwing the mattress out of the win-
dow. 1t fell on the town marshal an
knocked him senseless, after which tt
town once more lay down to swee
dreams of future greatness. - Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
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A HORSES PRESENCE OF MIND.


Driver in Broadway.
The remarkable presence of mind
that horse can display in case of an
evening at 31st street and Broadway.
Not only did the equine prove conclu-
sively to several hundreds of people
that an animal was capable of saving
its own life when the necessity present
ed itself, but portrayed also to the
many who saw the act that he could
save the life of his master as we'll
Southbound cable car No. SO of the
Columbus avenue division was going
down Broadway at a rapid rate of
speed. The horse, which was attached
to delivery wagon, was going from
east to west, also at very rapid gait.
The driver, who had a companion in
the person of boy IL years old, I'M
mindful of the approach of the car,
failed to reduce his speed when Broad
way was reached.
Neither the gripman nor the driver
saw each other until it seemed too late
to avoid an accident. By this time the
HOISe was utll way dCFOSS lHt east
track and the car was close upon it.
The gripman let go his grip and put OIL
the brakes. but the people who wit
messed the sight did not think for
moment that either the horse or its
driver would come out of the accident
alive, but the horse with common sense
which would do credit to many human
beings, instead of trying to get across
the track, with the possibility of
wrecking the wagon and killing its
occupants, stopped short directly in
front of the car, reared on it's hind legs
and let the car come on.
When it was upon him he intelli-
gently let his front feet down over the
dashboard and into the car. This done,
he quickly raised his hind legs on to
the steps, and after the horse gave a
short neigh of happiness the car came
to standstill and the equine backed
off.
The car proceeded on its journey
downtown and the wagon suffered only
the breaking of one of it's shafts-N. Y.
Evening Telegram.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-30
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Teacher-"What was Joan of Arc
maid OFF" Brighs Pupil-"Made Ut
dust. boston Transcript
II seem to be getting pretty close
to the home plate" chuckled the bur
glar, softly opening a -drawer in the
deboard.-Chicago Tribune.
Wouldn't it be better to cal! it an
internephew war? The neices never
have anything to do with war. 7-Har-
per's Round Table.
She (sentimentally)-"What poet
~ there is in a fire!" He SADLY
~Yes; a great deal of my poetry has
gone there. Bazaar.
Wrong as to X.-Hebey-"Papa,
we call a war between people of The.
same nation an internecine war, don's
We" Father-~Yes, nv boy" Heber
The Rachelor-"It's easier to break
things than to make them" The En-
gagged Young Man (dubiously)-''
don't know about that" Philadelphia
Record.
what are you thinking of,
Madge?' Whether [ would rather
have you for friend or Jack for a
husband" well, can't you have both?'
THAT depends upon ck."-Harlem
Life.
-Bobbie-"Father will be down in q
moment. Have a cigar?" Won Blumer
Are you sure these are the kind he
gives to his friends?" Bobbie-"Yes,
sir. They are some that mother gave
him.. Y. Herald
The situations in which men fire..
quently find themselves in dreamland
was we'll illustrated by an Irishman,
who, when recently relating remark
able dream he had had, remarked:
Then l thought l was walking about
naked, wild me hands in me pockets
Tit-Bits.
Have you anything to say before
sentence is pronounced against you ?"
asked the judge. The only thing am
kicking about" answered the con.
victed burglar, sis bein' identified by
a man that kept his head under the
!bedclothes the whole time. That's
wrong. "-Tit-Bits-
What Cross-EXamination Cam Do.
-Nfagis Your name2" Bashfui
Maiden-"Anna Lang" AReligion"
protestant" "Age?" (No answer.)
'"When were your parents married?"
,"In 1868" when was the first
christening?" "1S64." "How many
brothers and sisters have you?" Give"
care you the eldaSt?' Yes Then
you are 81 years of age" Eyes (sotto
yocel-I have given my age away.
am rprised.'-Dorfbarb
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-30
TOBACCO INSOMNIA.
Drugs Should Not BE Used for It's AIlevi
ton or Cure.

ZION or Cures
Many brain-workers suffer from in
ability to sleep. This is frequently
met with among those who work late
at night. The sufferers complain that
they feel most lively just when the
time for retiring has come, and that
long period of restlessness precedes y
troubled slumber, from which the
slightest noise awakens them. This is
very often caused almost entirely by
over-indulgence in tobacco. They
smoke just before going to bed, ignor-
ant of the fact that not only may to-
bacco prevent sleep temporarily, but
that it may render it less deep, and
consequently less refreshing. A
grave responsibility attaches to those
who lightly seek to relieve symptom
which is really a warning by recourse
to a dangerous palliative. The inabili-
ty to sleep is often merely the outcome
of an unnatural mode of life, and if
this be corrected the disability disap-
pears of itself. Men who work late are
commonly addicted to the tobacco
habit. To them tobacco is not n re-
Taxation after days work, but q nerve
stimulation which enables them to &C.
complish tasks which would otherwise
be difficult of accomplishment. When
the mouth becomes dry, alcohol in
some form or other is resorted to as a
flip to enable the smoker to tolerate
still another cigar or two. Under these
circumstances tobacco acts as
cerebral irritant and interferes with
the vaso-motor centers of the brain to
such an extent that the vessels are I'M
able to adjust themselves forthwith to
the condition required for healthy and
untroubled sleep. Discretion in tobac-
CO use would save many from this dis
tressing condition of chronic insomnia.
Smoking early in the day should be dis
continued, and it is equally undesirable
within an hour or SO of retiring to rest.
The best remedy for the tobacco habit,
short of total abstention, is to take a
short walk in the open air after the last
pipe. Under no circumstances should
drugs be used for this form of nocturnal
restlessness.-Pac Medical Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-30
CANADIAN STATESMEN.
How They Act While Attending Their
Duties In Parliament.

Duties IN HarDamenU
1t is a mistake to think that the act
which led to the confederation of the
various provinces in 1867 has attained
no higher meaning in the life of the
Canadian people than that of a con-
stitutional union. 1t carries with it a
meaning of far deeper import--a union
OF hearts, whose offspring is oneness of
patriotic aim and purpose. Of course
it would be idle to say that the Cana
dian people are unit upon all ques
lions of vital interest to the life and
growth of the dominion. The geo.
graphical interests of Canada are so
varied that there must necessarily be
Mt times some friction and clashing of
provincial needs and ambitions. This
is the case at Washington; this is the
case, too, in so small confederation
as the cantons of Switzerland.
A stranger visiting the gallery of the
Canadian house of commons is struck
with the dignity and decorum which
mark the proceedings and surround
even the warmest and keenCst of de-
hates. Parliamentary procedure be-.
ing rigidly adhered to, there is little
room for unseemly encounters, which
usually grow out of uncallcd for per-
sonalities in the heat OF discussion.
Sometimes, however, when the house
has been sitting for hours, wearied.
with the perpleXities and incoherencies
of some member from way back" sud-
denly, as if through the unity of des-
peration, the usual dignity of the house
IS relaxed and grave members from
such intellectual centers as Montreal
and Toronto play the schoolboy and
outvic one another in "shying" blue
hooks at the heads of slumbering and
inoffensive members. OF the 215 mem
bers that make up the house of COM
mons, in point of ability and gifts, 20
per cent. of them are below mcdiocrity;
70 per cent. of them occupy the plane of
mediocrity; 40 per cent. possess adj
Dlitted ability, and the remaining 20
per cent. are men of commanding talent.
--Donahoe's Magazine.
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HAD NO BAD HABITS.
But He Was Not an Angel, just the Same,
and So Told the Merchant.


and So Told the Merchant.
A boy, rather bright looking, almost
pert, in fact, was before a Main street
merchant. He was there in response tc
an advertisement that called for a
bright, reliable boy, with no bad
habits" He looked all right, but the
merchant concluded to quiz tina
younsster, partly for amusement and
partly to get some idea of his aptitude
''Do you ever smoke cigarettes, young
man."
NO, SIR
$50 to Sunday school every Sunday?'
Eyes, sir; some Sundays"
ever swear when you're mad?"
sometimes | say 'dern it.
"You never sass your father, hope o.
"You bet don't. He's bigger'n me-
81 hopeyou always keep yourself tidy
and clean"
eyes, sir; in summer time, always"
Right here the merchant stopped to
get good one ready, and the boy con-
cluded to say a few words.
Say, mister, didn't you advertise for
a boy?"
"Yes; why?"
"Why, I kinder thought maybe yor
wus loollin' fur an angel, and l dunno
where you can git one"
The interview ended and the mer
chant didn't get a chance to hire thu
boy-Cincinnat Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-30
All the Same.

''Have you any tiounces? asked Tony
Pippin, with an abstracted air, as he in
serted his legs under table in one OF
those quickdispatch restaurants in
Park row.
The huffy-haired waitress glanced
down at her plain black skirts, blushed
laboriously and said:
''What was that you wanted?"
"Flounces."
How'll you have 'em-balled, boiled,
shirred or bias?" the girl responded.
facetiously. She thought Mr.. Pippin
was given to repartee.
81 want them fried with bacon" Tony
responded, with some severity. "WilE
you take my order?
eyes, if you call for anything on the
bill. This hain't no Chinese laundry"
Struck by a sudden fear, Mr.. Pippin
grabbed the thumb-painted MENU
scanned the oyster list for a moment,
and then said, meelIly:
81 made a mistake. It's scallops Z
want."-N. Y. Journal.
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apparently, it was an ordinary police
court case and no one was prepared
for a pathetic scene.
You are charged with intoxication,"
said the magistrate, addressing Mrs.
Crane. What have you to say?"
The woman paid no attention to the
inquiry of the court. Instead she
turned to her husband and in a weak,
unsteady voice said:
Take me away, Bruce, I'm fright
ened; please take me home to the chill
dren."
Her husband, however, neverlooked at
her. but, with his gaze fixed on the face
of the magistrate, and while his lips
quivered and his eyes filled with tears,
exclaimed:
Your honor, I don't know what to do
with my wife, for she is an habitual
drunkard. have done all in my power
to bring her to herself, and she and my
friends have aided me, but all without
avail. She has been in all kinds of in
situations and sanitariums; private
physicians have treated her and she
is no better to-day than she was years
ago. l can think of nothing better
than that she be placed under re-
straint-"
"Oh, no, Bruce" Mrs. Crane broke in
at this point, at the same time throw
ing her arms around her husbands
neck and beginning to cry. Don't
send me away; don't keep me here an
ether minute. If you do, Pll surely go
crazy. Please, please take me home"
81 can't take you home" he said.
"You have wrecked our home, you have
wrecked my life"
Don't say that" Mrs. Crane replied.
"You ought not to say it after all I've
done for you; oh, for the love of God,
don't send me to prison; set me free and
I'll go right to motSer in Troy; or, at
beast. I'll go just as soon as I've seen the
children; but whatever you do, don't
send me to prison"
You have disgraced your children,
you have disgraced me-" said Mr.. Crane.
mo, no, darling; don say that" the
woman exclaimed, while tears rolled
faster down her cheeks; don't say
that, for you know how love you and
how you love me. Take me away at
once"
At this Mr. Crane began to relent,
and, covering his face with his hands,
he sobbed audibly. That made his
wife cry more bitterly.
TRY me just once more, Bruce, DEAR"
the woman went on, realizing, evident
ly, that this was her chance if she had
any. land, as live, I'll never taste liq-
ucr again. Oh, try me just once more
for my sake and the childrens sake
for the sake of my unborn child,
for"
But here the magistrate broke in.
mo, Mr.. Crane" he said, you have
duty to perform, and you must face it
like man. 1t is strange duty and
harsh one, perhaps, but it is your duty,
nevertheless. 1t is much better for
Jour wife that she should be cared for.
You must brace up, both for her sake
and your own. l think I'll adopt your
suggestion and commit her to prison
until tomorrow morning. Then you
can consult as to what it will be best to
do with her"
At this Mrs. Crane shrieked: "Oh,
don't do that; don't let them keep me;
take me away; for Gods sake take me
away"
Mr.. Crane could do nothing, however,
and court officers stepped forward to
lead the woman away, but scarcely had
they touched her, when she fell faint
ing to the floor. Then she was carried
from the room. Later Record re-
porter saw her in the prison.