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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

pie who meet him and his name, 10
those few, is Paper" Smith.
Years ago, when he was young, Pa
per" Smith met with an accident and
was confined in a hospital for many
months. With no friends to visit him.
nothing to read, hardly anything to
look forward to but the doctors next
visit, he found it dull place.
Some of his companions were worse
off than he They spent the weary
hours in brooding over their miseries.
Smith knew what pain was; but it did
no good to think about that. He was
a man who took an interest in other
people, and at the worst Of times there
was always something to be interested
about.
Thinking of the unhappy ones, as he
often did, Smith saw way to Tighten
their burdens. The trouble was that.
even after he was cured, he could not
put it in practice. He had to earn his
living. When the days work was done
he had neither time nor strength TO
carry out his plan.
So the toilsome years went on until,
at the age of so. Smith inherited a small
annuity. 1t was barely enough to keep
body and soul together; but the chance
10 act upon his cherished thought was
the only personal luxury he craved.
Then, in the true sense, he began 10
live.
1t is IS years since the post office peo-
pie first heard of Paper Smith and
began to save their papers for the eager
old man with the basket. For Is years
no infrmity of age and no desire for
rest and ease has caused him to neglect
his mission.
He does not know how many of the
suffering and sad have been cheercd
and comforted by the contents of his
basket. Very likely he has never wished
to estimate. His duty-and it is his
pleasure also-is to fill the basket.
There is no waste in Gods universe.
Neither the thoughtful effort of great
organization nor the impulsive kind
ness of a little child is ever thrown
away. When we commend, and right
ly, the deeds of association. perhaps we
fail to do complete justice TO the posi-.
bilities and power of the individual.
And yet the one thing that helps to
better the world is the steady purpose
that waits for the opportunity, and
then the patient, loving, faithful service
that makes the most of it.-Youth's
COMPANION.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
AN OLD MANS WORK.
Why the Poor of New York Bless Pap
Smith and His RaSket

Why the Poor of New York Bless Paper
Smith and His Basket.
1t stands in a corner of the New York
post office. The clerks drop into it the
papers and magazines they would other
wise throw away, and the attendants
add every scrap of reading matter that
is left in the long corridors. The spe-
rial policeman watches to see that no
one disturbs it.
At certain hours every day little Old
man appears. He empties the basket
INTO bag, and this he carries to a red
box placed at the corner of Broadway
and Nesey street by the associated hos
pitfalls" He is known to few of the peo-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
SMALL AND GREAT,

From a tiny acorn -
A forest giant grows:
From little streamlet
A mighty river flows.
Many fieeting seconds
Go to make the day:
Days glide into years, and
Ages pass away.
Many tiny blossoms,
Sprinkled DER the lea,
Make it one vast garden
Beautiful to see.
Many little songsters,
Warbling mid the trees,
Send a choral concert
Floating on the breeze.
Many grains of knowledge,
Added day by day,
Lay a store of wisdom
In your minds away.
Every time you conquer
Passion in the strife,
You are one step nearer
To g noble life.
Who will stand the highest
On the judgment day?
He whose valor conquered
In the bloody fray,
Round whose brow is circled
Garlands fair of fame?
Nay! But he of whom the world
Knows not cen the name,
Who, when passions battled,
Conquered in that fight
lie it is whose name will show
The highest and most bright.
Kate Clyde, in Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

A given fowl may be perfect in most
sections, but not one has ever been
found that was perfect in all of them.
The nearest to perfect fowl that has
ever been scored was 9912 points, if 1
remember correctly, and the fowl was
sold for 5000.
1t may be asked what all this has to
do with practical qualities. 1t must be
confessed that the STANDARD" does not
encourage any breeder to breed with a
view to anything but color of feather
and weight, and that it does not put
any premium on egg production. This
is the weak point in it, and will be until
that is remedied and encouragement is
given to the breeders to look to egg pro-
duction.
AS matters now stand, the breeder of
pure-bred fowls is compelled to regard
shape and color before anything else,
and it requires the sacrifice of STAND
ard" points sometimes in order to keep
the best layers. AS long as this state of
affairs lasts the "fancier" will be handi-
capped in his work of improving fowls
and producing egg-laying strains. The
pure breeds come into favor because
they are good layers in the first place,
and keep in front because they transmit
this tendency to their progeny, but i'm
proyement will not go on as rapidly
under the present system as it would
# some inducement was made to pro-
duce egg-laying strains first and beauty
afterward.-Farm and Fireside.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

You women folks" complained
young Mr.. Sypher, at the supper table
always laugh at the leGst little thing
You wrong U.s." returned the beau.
tiful Miss Koolson, earnestly. "Whep
Mr.. Sypher, did ever laugh at you?"
And while they wore removing the
soup plates young Mr.. SyPher looked
into his napkin and thought and
thought and thought.
AS well as ne could.-N. Y. Recorder
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
PERSPECTIVE AND END VIEW.

frame two by four scantling. Matched
lumber or siding for outside. Line in
side with building paper and ceiling, or
lath and plaster. The latter is most
easily kept free from vermin. In the
sectional view, ceiling is shown over
head. The space above may be used as
means of ventilation. A few apertures
through the ceiling will remove foul air
into this space, and it can be carried out
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
No Time Should BE Lost

BY those troubled with constipation in seek
ing relief from HOstetter's Stomach Bit
ters. The disease is easily relieved in its
earlier stage, and as it is utterly subversivC
of the general health, postponement of tie
remedy is unwise. The same holds good Of
delay in cases of fever and rgue, kidney
complaints, nervousness. debility and rheu
matism, ailments to which the Bitters is
particularly adapted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
EE2.
SECTIONAL VIEW,

through ventilators or gable windows.
This avoids all drafts.
The windows are in the south or slop-
ing side. A convenient size for a sash
is one containing two rows of eight by
ten glass, five in a row, each overlapping
the one below in the style of dollhouse
sashes. One window to five feet in
length of building will give good light.
OF course the interior arrangement
depends largely upon the fancy of the
owner. The floor may be either cement
or earth. The former is preferred by the
man who cares for the flock, the latter
by the hens. A width of 10 feet is recon-
nfended. This will admit of an alley
three feet wide along the MOI III side, the
remainder to be divided into pens of the
size desired.--Ohio Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

Beds are quite an innovation in Rus
STA, and many well-to-do houses are still
unprovided with them. Peasants sleep
on the top of their ovens; middle-class
people and servants roll themselves ur
in the sheepskins and lie down near the
stoves; soldiers rest upon wooden cots
without bedding and it is only within
the last few years that students in
schools have been allowed beds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
THE CHAMPION JUMPER.
When Closely Pressed This Queer Creatur
Covers seventy Feet.

The champion jumper of the world
lives in Borneo, which is one of the
largest islands in the world.
This leaper can jump 20 feet when il
is pressed hard, and it is no trick at all
for him to go 40 and so feet in single
bound. The name of the champion is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
A Child ENJOYS

The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and sooth.
ing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in need of
a laxative, and if the father or mother be
costive or bilious, the most gratifying re.
suits follow its use; so that it is the best
family remedy known and every family
should have a bottle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

One of the rooms in the government
factory at Enfield, England, where
small arms are made, is said to be the
largest in the world. 1t is so vast that
shout at one end of it would only Just
he heard at the other 1t contains . O0C
separate machines of $50 different pat.
terms
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

HIS HoNoR tseverely)-"How could you
sir, be so mean as to swindle people who
put confidence in your" Prisoner -''Well
your honor, III make it worth something tc
you If you will tell me how to swindle thin
as don't. "-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
Just What 1t Seeded,

1T made my blood boil!" he ex-
claimed.
Eyes" returned the family physician,
coldly, your blood needs boiling, too"
Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

your choice between me and your pipe, you
would hesitate" That's where you make
a mistake, Mrs. Jobson. A pipe soothes
and comforts man in his old age.''-N. Y
Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

WHEN little Willie heard that there was
to be a "money-order' department estab-
lished at the town post Office, he was de-
lighted. why" he said, "now fellow
can go and order all the money he wants,
just like potatoes from the grocery, can't
her'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

FoRTIFY Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hale's Honey of HorehOund and Tar.
Pike'sTOOthaChe Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

''IF | should die, you would never get
another wife who would look after Won as
have done" mo, not if could help it,
Chicago Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

"DoN'T You know, Willie" asked the
Sunday school teacher, that you are al
ways happiest when you are goodf'
"Yes'm," said Willie. "I'm never so happy
as when Pm good, ceptin' when I'm eatin.''
Chicago Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

"DoN'T you think there should be music
in every home" by all means: what I
object to is music next door. "-C Chicago
Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

''WHAT is this mental poise that women
talk so much abOuy nowadays?" 1T is be-
ing able TO look at caterpillaI's without feel
ing them crawling all over YOU"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

Mrs. JABBER Ito Mr.. Jabber)-"Arey you
aware that you talk in your sleep?" Young
Jahber who las gust been silencedl-
'What other chance does he get?n- Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

| CAN recommend Pisos Cure for Con
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E. d.
TOwN5END, Fit. Howard, Wis, May 4, '94
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

JOHNNY" asked his teacher, "wha
must we do before our sins can be for
given?" "Sin,' replied Johnny -BostoI
Beacon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life


If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee a
cure Booklet and sample mailed free. AID
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

MEN and ladies in small towns wishing to
earn SIS a week easily, write us; we will ex-
plain. Excelsior Chemical Co, Rochester,
N. Y. Lock Box Gus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

CHEF OF DErrcmvEs-"Why didn't you
catch Mag, the shoplifter! l told you how
to identify her by her peculiar hair"
Sleuthpup-"I guess She changed her
switch and threw me off the track. "-Phila-
delphia Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

No ONE can make rheumatism or bilious
ness interesting. Therefore if you are sick,
do not tell aboutit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

To THE SMALL BoY-Why is it, cherished
friend of mine,
With various moods so hard to trace,
You'll swim with glee all day, and whine
Because you have to wash your face!
WASHINGTON Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

WHEN bilious or costive, eat a Cascaret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, Poe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

THE favorite string instrument OF Bos-
ionian--ssrinE heans.-Texas Sitter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

JAMIE, called out his mother, sharply.
you've been loating all day. Satan al
ways finds some work for idle hands to do.
Take this basket and bring in some kind
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

THERE is too much said about love in this
world, and not enough about the necessity
of marriage license.-Atchisou Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

CAscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels Never sicllen, weaken or grippe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

JUST try a 10c box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.

Moan was an expert with the gloves He
bOxed everything in the ark. -TeXas Sitter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

When a hog has to be driven TO his
feed he is being overfed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
HOUSE FOR POULTRY.

Proved Very Satisfactory.
The illustrations show perspective
and end view of house that has proven
very satisfactory-warm, well lighted,
convenient and cheap. Stills, plates and
posts are four by four, the rest of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

AT THE WRoNG PLACE.-"Who was that
fne-looiing gentleman at the door, Jane!'
81 don't know, mum. told him that he
had called at the wrong house" "How in
the world do you know he did," because
he had no bill to present, mum. Detroit
Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

STRANeER-"Why did they lynch that
mani Did he steal horse or commit muir
derf' Native-"Worse than any of them
things, pardner. He was ketched scatterin'
tacks along the bicycle path. "-Cleveland
Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE POULTRY STANDARD.


The american Standard of Perfec7
ton" is a book containing list of every
| recognized breed of poultry, and of the
varieties of the several breeds. 1t de-
scribes in detail the proper color and
shape of an ideal fowl, and gives GER
tain value to the shape and plumage in
every part of the body of this ideal fowl.
The body of the fowl is arbitrarily di-
Vided into parts, called sections, and
each section is given such value that if
all of them were perfect in shape and
color the total would be 100 points,
which is perfection. As no FOWLS ideally
perfect, the sections are given so high a
value that it is altogether improbable
that any fowl viii ever be perfect in
every part, and therefore no fowl will
ever reach perfection. Expert judges
are employed to examine poultry
that is exhibited at poultry shows and a
good many of the fairs, and they pick
out the defects and mark them against
the fowls under examination, section
after section, and when this is finished,
the value of the defects is added up and
the total deducted from perfection Q00).
and the remainder is the score of the
bird. When bird scores less than IS
1t is called disqualified, and cannot-hc,
considered in the awarding of prizes.
The description used in the STAND
ard" are copyrighted, and we cannot
use them, but to give you an idea of how
the judging of poultry is done, we will
imagine that there is a breed called
American Beauties, with the following
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

A TABLE Of INTEREsT-The dinner table
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-10-31
DEMOCRATIC COUNT.
Last Formal Survey Of the Field BE.
fore Election.
BRYAN NrE1. 1rAvEsoO VOTES.

Chicago, H., October 27.-Chair-
man Campau, OF the Democratic
National Campaign Committee, re-
ceived to day, in response to in
structions issued some time ago,
telegraphic reports from thirty-two
Democratic State chairInen, giving
estimates as TO how the States will
record their votes one week from to-
day, based on the latest information
received by the State committee.
Whis is the last formal report that
will be made by the State chairman.
After compiling the 8dvices received,
Chairman Campau made the follow
ing statement to the Southern Asso-
ciated Press:
THE Democratic National Com
.nittee awaits the results of next
weeks election with serene conf
dence. William Jennings Bryan will
be elected by the largest popular
majority given any President in a
quarter of century. He will have
more than three hundred votes i'll
the Electoral College. Our reports
from the Middle-Western States show
the effect of his wonderful campaign
ing tour through them. His MAORI
ties will be increased by many thous
ands as g result of his great journey
Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa,
and Minnesota are absolutely safe,
and our chances of success i'll Ohio
and Wisconsin are more than latter
ing.
"Senator German guarantees us
Norvland. Orr reports from Ken
lucky are that republican monopoly
and democratic treason VIII be out
voted by more than 10000. The des-
perate and despotic effort 10 coerce
and buy the American people is
doomed TO dismal and humiliating
failure. The following States will
give their votes for Bryan without
the shadow OF doubt
Alabams, California, Florida,
Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana,
Michigan, Mississippi, Montana,
Nevada, North Dakota, South Caro-
| lima, Tennessee, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming, Arkansas. Colorado, Geor
gia, Illinois, Iowa, kentucky, Mary
land. Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Carolina, Oregon, South
Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Viz
Ginia.
Tota. number OF electoral votes 2St
IN addition TO this, our chances OF
success in the following States are
far better than those OF the repub-
licans:
Delaware, Ohio, Wisconsin.
Total number of electoral votes. 3
The brag and bluster OF the repub.
lican National Committee in claim
ing $50 electoral votes is shown in the
inclusion in their estimates OF such
States as Texas, Idaho, Utah, and
Montana, where the majority fol
Bryan can only be measured by con
sidering almost the whole voting
population for him. Il is time that
the people understood plainly that
Mr.. Mckinley will not carry the
country
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-10-31

Lieut.. Wild is charged, in commu-
nication in this issue of this paper, i'll
taking hand in politics in a way
very far from creditable to him. He
has been using his official position, it
seems, not only to induce the men III
the life saving service TO vote the re-
publican ticket, but has made charges
against our representative in Con-
gress, Hon. w. A. Jones, which he
not only cannot sustain, but which
MIR. Jones, on last October court day
branded publicly as false and mali
cious. That he should be permitted
TO drag the Service into politics, so
free has it been heretofore from it,
can be accounted for only on the
ground that he has the bogus demo
cratic administration, under which
we now live, behind him.
1t is right of course, according to
Mr.. Clevelan6's sense of justice, to
turn Mr. F. R. Lassiter, Q. S. Dis
trict Attorney, out of Office because
he advocated the election of Mr..
Bryan and to turn colored man
named Brown out Of a mental posi-
ton in the White House because he
threatened TO vote the democratic
ticket, but if man is for Mckinley,
that is another question, there is no
Service, however, free from politics
heretofore, whatever sacredness at
raches to it. that lie will not be per
mitted to attempt to turn it into a
political machine with iInpunity.
That Lieut.. Wild should be willing
for the sake OF political advantage
10 defame man, who has at all times
and under ali circumstances, stood
by and worked in the interest Of the
Life Saving Service as Hon. Wm.
A. Jones has always done, is
so strange, that charity con-
sUraineth us 10 believe that
mis- course in the matter has been in
correctly reported. 1t is bad enough
to drag into politics a Service insti-
tuted in the cause OF humanity-that
anyone should be willing to detract
from the services OF one who has al
ways been its staunchest supporter.
like Mr Jones has been-shows at
least Offensive partisanship" which
would not be permitted by Mr.. Cleve-
land if it was exercised in the Interest
of the regular democratic ticket,
instead of the bogus one which the
President is now supporting.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-10-31

troll, and that the plan is to turn over
the votes of the sound money party
to the republican party. What do
those democrats who, dissatisfied
with the Chicago platform, honestly
went into the Palmer party, think of
this disclosure of Chairman Lambs?
What, discarding all political excite
ment, and looking at the matter with
sober, second thought, 90 they think
of being made the victims of the most
infamous political deal that has been
made IN Virginia since Malone ran q
second Hancock electoral ticket in
order to give the State to Garfield,
and make that election a way station
as which to rest the blinded demo
cratic followers he WAS taking with
him TO the republican camp? Have
done with this republican scheme to
give your State to the republican
party, resume your democratic man
hood, quit these political jugglers
with their negro followers, and take
your place again where you belong,
and have your share in the great
democratic majority Virginia will
give Bryan next Tuesday.-Rich-
mond Dispatch, 2Sth.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-10-31

Accomac will give her usual demo
cratic majority next Tuesday. A few
persons who have heretofore voted
the democratic ticket may desert
their party and few others may
give aid and comfort to their old
enemy by voting the bogus demo
cratic ticket, but the great body of
the democratic voters of Accomac,
stirred as it has never been before,
will more than fill the places in the
democratic ranks vacated by them
and cast their votes for Bryan
Sewall and Jones. There must be
no stay-at-homes on the day of cleo
ton of true democrats-there will be
none. Accomac first in the roll-call
Of he counties will continue, We
believe, as the banner democratic
county of the STATE.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-10-31

a vote for Mr.. Mckinley is a vote
for continued distress and greater
distress. Why? Because vote for
Mr.. Mckinley is a vote for more
taxes, less money, and that all debts
shall be paid in gold. The govern
ment has increased it's debt more
than 25 per cent already in the effort
TO pay government obligations in
gold. Where will the citizen get gold
to pay his debts? \ vote for Mr..
Bryan is vote for more money, bet
ter business conditions, and that
debts shall be paid in such money as
was current when the contract was
made. If man wants more money
and better times be should vote for
Mr.. Bryan. If man is in favor Of
more taxes and harder times than we
now have, he should vote for Mr..
Mckinley.