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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
TEMPERANCE.
THE BOTTLE OF WINE.
Some Lessons Drawn from a Little Girls
Sad Experience.

Some Lessons Drawn from Little Girls
Sad Experience.
[ want to tell you about something
which will help us all to realize better
what is the use of signing the pledge
or joining the Loyal Temperance le-
gion. know some of you think that it
does not signify much, but little jamie
W found that it did.
She is the daughter of a poor black
smith who lives near my home, and her
mother died last year, so jamie became
a comfort to her father, and learned to
keep house cleverly. When Christmas
drew near, John W went to pay his
account at the grocer's, and the shop
keeper was so pleased at getting his
money promptly and honestly that he
gave John a present of a bottle of
wine. The blacksmith did not care
much for spirits, but he carried home
the bottle, and placed it in the cup
board. Some days later John returned
to his house after a hard spell of work,
and called to his little girl, who gener-
ally met him at the door; but no jamie
answered. The fire had gone out, and
everything looked dreary and deserted.
Poor John searched the kitchen all
in vain, and then turned to go upstairs,
wondering where the child could be.
Then a cry of horror came from his lips,
for there lay jamie senseless and help
less, her breathing heavy, her limbs
quite powerless.
The father lifted her in his arms, and
carried her to bed; he poured water on
her forehead, and tried every means
to restore her to life.
By this time his sons had come in, and
he was just going to send for the doctor
when Janie's eyes opened and her lips
moved.
Thank God" cried John, ''she won't
die now. What happened to you, my
darling?"
jamie could not speak for some mo.
ments, but at last she whispered: THE
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

II tell you, the man | respect is the
man who can change his opinion"
And the man 1 respect is the man who
can change 1000 bill."-Indianapolis
Journal.
-A.-"My wife has given me birth
day present of a key ring" B.-''WelIy
# l were you, on my next birthday I'd
see to it that she gave me the house
key!'-Fliegende Blaetter.
departing Boarder-"Fm sorry we
couldn't get along, but I hope you are
willing to let bygones be bygones''
Landlady-"Does that include your
board bill, Mr. Jones ?"-Boston Cour-
.er.
Mrs. Mimms-"George are you sure
Tou locked up the house carefully?N
Mimms-"By Jove, l cant remember
Ibout the front door" Mrs. Mimms-
"Neyer mind the front door How,
about the coal bin ?"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
How is it that you are always in;
iebt? You should be ashamed Of.your-
self" Come, now; don't be too hard on
4 fellow. You would perhaps be in
1ebt, TOO, if you were in my place"
What placer" able to get credit
Odds and Ends.
Why don't you work for living?"
asked the lady who answered the ring
at the door bell. II used to, but there
S no business now" answered the
tramp. What was your business?'
Il was barber in football town..
Yonkers Statesman.
-ContradictoryEvidence.-"Th doc
tor ordered your husband whisky for
his rheumatism. Does il do him any
good?" He says it does him a world
Of good, but | notice the twinges come
upon him more frequently than ever"
Odds and Ends.
That's Different-"Who's making
all that racket out there? l want some
chance to read and think" It's me az
is singin'," snapped the autocrat of the
kitchen; land what of it?' 80, beg
your pardon. l thought it was my
wife. detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
ALCOHOLISM IN NORMANDY.
Alarming Increase In the Consumption of
Intoxicants - Even Babes Have Their

Alarming Increase In the Consumption of
IntOxicants - Even Babes Have Their
Brandy.
DR.. Brunon, in the Bulletin Medical.
enters protest against the increasing
consumption of alcohol in Normandy,
which in this part of France has reached
the maximum. The quantity of alco-
hol drunk at Rouen is equal to an aver
age per head of the population of II
litres of pure alcohol. In other centers
of the province the consumption is
even higher; it amounts, for instance,
to 10 litreS at Lillebonne. OF course,
it is cheap corn or maize spirit that
is consumed; brandy made from the
grape would be much too dear, and
the supply of real cognac falls far short
of the demand. The chief consumers
belong to the working class. Indeed,
DIR. BTunon atfirms that they only work
so as to drink and that they spend but
a very small proportion of their
earnings in food; all the rest goes to
the publican.
In the department Of the Seine-In-
ferieure-that is, the Havre district
there is drinkshop for every 81 inhab-
itants. The women are also hard drink
ers, and drink is supplied to them by
the grocer, the green-grocer, and even
by the men who sell roast chestnuts at
the corners of the streets. Young
women and children refuse to drink
their coffee unless it il mixed with
brandy, and children begin to drink COT
fee when only two or three years old.
Naturally the children very soon ask
for the brandy which they see their
seniors mix with tho coffee, and
parents are weak enough to very gener-
ally accede to the demands of their chill
dren. The agricultural laborers seem
to drink nearly as much as the work.
men of the towns. Alcoholism is also
very prevalent among the trading class.
and especially among grocers and cafe
proprietors. 1t is the rule for COM
mercial travellers in all branches of
trade TO drink over each transaction.
A commercial traveller who refused to
drink would not be able to do any bust
ness. DR.. Brunon relates a case of u
traveller in the grocery trade who regu-
larly consumed IS doses" of vermouth
before breakfast and from five to eight
of brandy in the afternoon. Later in
life this traveller opened grocer's shop
and found himself compelled to drink
with almost every customer. On the
other hand, it appears that the wealthy
and better educated classes, especially
those who live in the towns, are drink
ing much less than they did formerly.
In view of these facts it is important
to note that in Normandy both wine
and beer are imported, and, therefore,
are expensive luXuries. Cider is the
only drink which the country provides.
1t is in the wine growing countries that
the least drunkenness occurs. Moth.
ing has done more to increase alcohol
ism in France than the prevalence OF
phylloXera. Now, however, that new
vines have had time to grow it becomes
easier to make some effort to place
wholesome wines on the markets.
London Lancet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
Australians Remarkable Summer.

AS is generally known, the Aus.
tralian summer of 1886 was record
breaker in the way of great heat. Some
facts that have just come to hand in the
way of government statistics kindly ar
ranged for the Press by II. c. Russell,
the government astronomer, of Sydney
New South Wales, point out some OF
the more extraordinary features of the
hot spell which broke the record in
Sydney. That city's hottest day ranged
from 1916 at six o'clock in the morning
to 100 at ten o'clock, 106 at noon, 1885
ut $50, when the breeze shifted around
to the sea and the temperature fell,
reaching SO at six o'clock in the even
ing. Bourke, an inland town north.
west of Sydney, however, is the banner
hot town, with a record of 1877 degrees.
This year it struck l10, and in January
% days were above 100 and 10 above
10. Only Arizona and the California
deserts can equal these figures. Phila-
delphia may be warm, but it cannot
keep pace with Sydney.-Philadelph
Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

There is pleasant little story about
a party of drummers sitting in the
smolling-room of a sleeper talking
about trade. One after another had
told about what sort of trade he'd been
having, and they'd all been doing we'll;
but the last man of all. when it came his
turn, said he'd made only one sale in
six weeks. The rest started in to sym-
pathize with him little on this, but
when they came to ask him what busi-
ness he was in and learned that he trav-
eled for bridge-building establish
ment, and that his last sale was a steel
bridge something less than mile long
for about 100000, they agreed that he
wasn't doing so poorly after all.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

The present king of Denmark is
Charles IN, who assembled the throne
November 10, 1868. The Danish his
torical records claim that their mon.
archy was established Is. c. 60 by
Skiold, a son of the gods, but for many
centuries the authentic history of Den.
mark and its royal family is uncertain.
The history of the Danish kings may
be said to begin with Canata the Great
who conquered Norway and England
and reigned from 1916 to 1923. From
that time to the present Denmark has
had 30 kings. The royal family of Den.
mark is related by blood or marriage to
nearly every reigning family in Europe.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

1t has long been common to refer
the advocates of total abstinence from
alcoholic drink to the wine and beer
drinking countries of Europe, as proof
that the remedy for intemperance is
the use of lighter drinks. But not so
much of this is now done, for the
reason that intemperance il increas-
ing in these countries with fearful
rapidity. Europe begins to feel the dam
ger, and it will not be long until the de.
mand for legal suppression WILDE heard
there, as it is now heard hero, United
Presbyterian.
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bottle, father, the bottle poisoned mel
John drew back with shudder; his
sittle girl had been intoxicated, not ill!
She had found the wine when prepar-
ing supper, and tasted it, as children
will taste anything strange. Then, be-
ing thirsty, she took good drink and
soon lost consciousness.
III never let another drop of liquor
into my house as long as [ live!" cried
John, and | hope he has kept his word.
No wonder he was shocked at seeing
what real poison alcohol is, by its eff
fects on his child
Now [ want you to notice some things
about JAMES state when John found
her. First, she could not come to her
father, even though he called her. Did
you ever see Il drunken man or woman
yet who was on the way to our Heav-
emily Father? Does not every step to-
wards the public-house and every glass
of liquor bear such people further away
from Him, and nearer to the great enc
my of US all, who loves to see men drown
themselves in destruction and perdi-
ton?
Second, she could not hear her father.
| have read of a man who was in house
on fire, and might have escaped, but,
though his friend called again and
again, he never heard; he was quite
drunk, and persisted in the flames. Do
you remember little Samuel, who
caught the sound of Gods voice so
quickly as he lay on his bed, and said
'Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth?"
l am sure when people deaden their ears
by drink they cannot hear the voice Of
our Lord. and, what is still sadder they
do not care to listen to it. Satan has
caught them in his net, and though you
may break through its fine meshes cas-
lily in youth, you will find them grow
stronger and stronger, like great ropes
at last, if you do not free yourselves, at
once and forever, from the habit OF TAX
ing spirits, which fastens the first knot.
Third, jamie could not see her father.
God says: Look unto me, and be saved,
all the ends of the earth" but those
who become slaves to drink bend their
eyes dO"HWd lu. HOO uPNdlu' Hcll
steps are so unsteady that they have to
watch their feet, and they shuttle along,
with STOPPING back and hanging head,
until they fall down helpless, and sink
into stupor. Jesus says: The light
or lamp-of the body is the eye" if
we put out that lamp how great is
the darkness" Matt. 6:22, 23). Dear
children, do not risk the step which
may lead to foolHhness, deafness, blind
ness. Let your ears be open to hear
what words OF love our Father will
speak, and your eyes bright and clear,
gazing right up towards heaven, that
happy home into which no unclean
thing can enter (Rev. 21:27; Eph. 5:1S).
| think jamie learned by her expert
ence how dangerous it is to NEEDLE with
poison. viii you not take the warning
which her story ought to convey
&. Maud Battersby, in Christian.
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THE GERMAN WAGON.
An American Tourist Finds 1t a Strange
Continuance.

The German wagon is a strange
mixture of use and discomfort and we'll
adapted to both. Being devoid of elias
:icity, a morning ride in one over the
rough cobblestone pavement is fine
constitutional; it brings into active
motions all the members of the body,
md if a thorough shaking up is good
lor one, then it is also a healthful con-
trivance.
The body is coffin-shaped; the wheels
about three feet in diameter and the
shafts a single pole. what is the use
Of having two poles where one will
do?" says the matter-offact German.
The lock is often in the most incon-
fenient place for the driver to manage.
It is generally some kind of screw ar
rangement, placed as far to the back
Of the wagon as possible, and if there is
any necessity for its use the driver
winds it up something like hand Or
gan, and in many cases the music is
about as melodious. The attachment of
the motive power is indescribable; it
must be seen to be appreciated. 1t is
NEITHER an VI IONt oE
beauty; it may be one of usefulness.
The custom is for the driver tc walk,
the wagon generally being so small
there is not room enough for the load
and his ample proportions. l have often
thought in watching these wagons that
an appropriate motto would be to those
who sought to ride in them: "Memento
MOri."
If while walking along the street in
conversation with friend one of these
crude vehicles comes near you will inn
agine that 161 distinct noises have
broken loose. So cxcruciating is this
disturbance that you, of necessity, cease
to talk, finally to think, or to use a
very common but expressive slang
phraze: 1T paralyzes you"
The laws in regard to the right of
way appear strange tc Americans. It
does not seem a mutual right, the
equity, if there be any, is very one
sided. In this case the driver has the
advantage. If he happens to run over
you in the street he is the damaged
party, and if you are killed you are re-
quired not only to pay your own flu
neral expenses, but pay the fellow well
who killed you.-Detroit Free Press.
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81 don't care that for what the news
papers think about me, said the states
man, swapping his fingers.
"No?" said the incredulous constit-
uent.
NO. 1t is what they say that keeps
me awake of nights. indianapolis
Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

The Order of BaronetS was established
by James l., in 1911. The title is found
in no country of the continent, exist
ing only in the British dominions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

In 1888 Japan had only 81 factories
with machinery. Ten ye2rs later their
number was 1853.
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on the 10 presidents which the United
States Brewers association has had
eight we're foreigners and three of
the remaining four were of foreign de-
scent. Most of our beer barons, like
the saloonkeepers, who are their dis
Irritating agents, are among our i'm
ported evils.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-28
TIN PLATE IN INDIANA.
Product Worth Over $4,000. 900
Turned Out Last Year.

The Bu.eau of Statistics has Issued bulle-
tin No. 5 which includes statistics of the
manufacture OF buggies. carriages and wag-
ons, tin plate. cars. boats. paper and straw
board, puleys and pumps. Last year there
were ninety-eight factories making buggies
and wagons or parts. which used raw ma
terial valued at s4.s2ss35 and paid in wages
$2.lfs.1z5. The finished product was worth
$9.z7.677
There were eight tin plate factories In op-
Grafton. which turned out a product worth
S2,S1o. $50. Raw material cost $l.556,64S and
wages TO the amount of S7s2.s7s were paid.
There were 2.i35 people employed in the
eight factories. The highest wages paid
skilled labor was $3.50 day. which was paid
by the Middletown mill There were ninety
eight men In the State who received from s.
to - day and GO men who received be-
tween 81 and - day.
The car shops and<ship yards paid 81 593 5s1
In wages and turned out product worth
$685.. Us The value OF paper and
strawboard turned out was s2iss.oD, while
the factories paid $l.571. .43e for material and
$501, 332 In wages, leaving a margin for profit
and expenses, aside from labor, OF only
$120 ~
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What He Saw at the Scene of the
Crime-The Prisoners Searched.

Detective John McDermott, OF the Cincin-
natl detective force to whom, with detective
Grim, the arrest of Scott ackson is due. was
the first witness of the afternoon.
He first told about his visit to the Locke
farm. at Fort Thomas, on Friday. He first
heard of the case at about noon. and he i'm
mediately set to work on the case. He first
went to the Newport morgue, to view the
remains, and from there Sheriff Plummer,
detective Grim and himself went to Locke's
farm He told about seeing the two ciots OF
blood and the blood on the bushes. He also
saw two prints OF rubber shoes. One Of the
heel prints was very heavy.
McDermott said he put his finger on leaf.
A blood spot remained on the finger. and he
rubbed IL ON his other hand. making a streak
an inch long. He called the attention OF sew
eral persons TO 1t. The blood on the bushes
was at an angle about two feet above the up
per OF the two clots on the ground
'.Dii you find much or li.tle blood on the
bushes?" the detective was asked.
"A great DEAL"
How did the blood cling 10 the leaves?'
"Just like raindrops cling to window"
"can you recall anything else you no.
II saw seIlow digging in the ground
(C0ntinued ON Fourth Pnge.)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-28
SOME QUEER PROVISIONS
ONE SECTION FRAMED IN THE IS-
TEREsT OF BOUNTY JUMPERS,
And Another I'm Favor of Confederate
Soldiers who Deserted Their Cause
and Joined the Union Army.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

WASHINGTON. Aorii H.-The Pickier PEN
sion bill is now ready for a fnal vote. and.
as every Republican member will vote for u
tomorrow, Il Is certain OF passage. But ft
would be untruthful 10 claim that the bill as
II will pass the House tomorrow Is by any
means satisfactory 10 all the Republicans.
and many members state frankly that they
will use their influence In TIE Senate 10
bring about radical changes The bill In its
present shape. with its monstrous provision
practically placing every bounty jumper on
the pension roll, Is an insult 10 honorably
wounded veterans. Nor is the first section
Of the biil which pensions men who deserted
from the Confederate ranks into the Union
ranks. drawn as carefully as IL should have
been. Representative Traceweil offered an
amendment, which was pending when the
time allotted to debate the blu by Sec
tions expired. which would greatly have i'm
proved this section. His amendment pro-
vided that such transfer OF allegiance from
the Confederate army to the federal army
must have been made before Jan ]. 1854 He
maintained very properly that IL was pat
ent fact to all men that after 1854 the final
defeat of the Confederacy was inevitable.
and the motives OF rebel deserters after that
time may very properly be questioned NJ
amendment was adopted however. Indeed.
there is much feeling over the short time al
lowed for debate on sections, with view
to amending the bill. 1t is very generally be-
lieved that Mr. Pickler saw plainly how un-
popular were many sections Of the measure.
particularly the ''bounty-jumpers" section
Go. 13). and that he therefore had the time
limited, and then had 1t all talked away by
frivolous amendments to the first section. in
order to prevent action on other portions OF
the bill. The result is that he has won
victory for himself, but one that will not
benefit the party. So indignant are many
members at these tactics they VIII endeavor
to have the bill sldetracked In the senate
for the rest OF the session. It Is generally
conceded that it is almost impossible to de-
fend certain sections, like the bounty Jumper
amendment. before an audience OF honorable
soldiers.
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D0UBLE-ACTING DECISION.
Ruling Of the Court I'm the PribylOff
Seal Island Case

NEW YORK, April H.-In the suit brought
by the United States against the North
American Commercial Company, lessees of
the Pribyloff islands, st. Paul and st. George.
Alaska, for $132. 1S9. with interest, for rent
ais under the contract and also for the roy
alties and taxes on 1900 seals taken during
the season ending April, 1894, Justice Wall
lace, in the United States court. to-day. de-
cided in favor of the United States. He
holds, however, that the modus vivendi with
Great Britain was breach of contract on
the part of the United States with the North
American Commercial Company, and there
fore awards Judgment for $s4,6s1, and says
that the commercial company has claim
against the government for about $4,000, to
be collected through the Court OF Claims. AS
the modus vivendi ended in 1894, the effect OF
the decision will be to entitle the government
in other suits to collect about 100000 yearly
from the North American Commercial Com
pany for the years 1895 and 1896.
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ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS.
Delegates Assembling at the Capital
seuatOr CuIlom Not n Quftter.


senator Cullom Not n Quitter.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. April H.-Never be-
fore in the memory of the oldest politicians
has there been so much excitement and in
terest in a Republican State convention as
there is over the one to be held next
Wednesday Already the town is overrun
with delegates. office-seekers and their back
ers. Notwithstanding the convention is
three days of, every hotel in Springfield is
crowded full and late comers will have to
depend on private families for beds The
chief interest seems to center on the presi-
Dental question. A movement is on foot
among the friends of William Mckinley, jr.,
to have the convention adopt resolutions in
structing the delegates at large to vote for
Mckinley as soon as the convention is called
to order. Senator Cullom's friends are, of
course. bitterly opposed to this, as also are
those favoring Allison and Reed. What the
outcome will be no man. not even the leaders
themselves, can predict
Cullom is in the fight to stay. He said so
himself to-day. Il have written no letter Of
withdrawal and shall write none," he said.
II am in the struggle to win or lose and
desire that my friends Of this State and
Senator Cullom arrived this afternoon and
was at once besieged by scores of people
who were anxious to know II he had written
or intended to write a letter withdrawing
from the race.
As TO the State ticket, no one will venture
to assure the nomination OF any OF the can
didates, save as TO John r. Tanner, who has
more than enough delegates instructed FOR
him to nominate him for Governor. Dr. JOS
eph Robbins, OF Quincy, A. j. Hopkins, o.
Aurora, and ]. ;: Martin, OF Marion, are the
other guoernatorial candidates. Aside from
these there are three candidates for Lieu
tenant Governor, five for Secretary OF State
three for State Treasurer. four for Auditor
and four for Atforney-general. But the in
terests of all these men just now seems tc
De subservient TO she presidential question
The leaders OF the different factions are
working night and lay. and unless an agree
meni be reached before the Day OF the con-
vent!on one al the hottest 1gnfs ever known
In the history OF Illinois politics may b