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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-14
a PLAIN ANSWER. TT
1t Is a Christians Duty as to the Use
of Alcoholic Beverages?

We have been asked editorially to
give brief reply to this question. In
doing so we call attention to two facts.
The first is that no man who com
mences to drink can be positively sure
that he will not die drunkard. The
second is that every man who uses al
coholic beverages is absolutely in great
danger of becoming a drunkard.
The sad record of millions of utterly
blasted lives, the sadder record of mil
lions of utterly hopeless deaths, and,
saddest of all, the fearful record of mil
lions of utterly gloomy and woe-inspir-
ing graves, desolate of light and COM
fort as the profoundest depths of per-
dition, attest the truth of these two
plain propositions. And since they arc
true. surely every Christian must say
10 the seducing beverage with a MOTTO.
oe-mistaken emphasis: Get thee hence
Satan!"
No Christian who processes to fol.
low the example of Christ has any right
to indulge in the use of alcoholic bev.
erages, for in so doing he mocks Coo
every time he repeats the Lords Prayer
and asks that he may not be led into
temptation.-National Temperance AID
vocate.
The landlords patent leather shoes
add no gloss to his reputation.-Attila
IN Lever.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-14
RAN THE WRONG WAY.
This Is a Most Remarkable Baseball
Story.

Story.
I'll wager a dollar to a quart OF
sunshine" said eX-Umpire George W.
Burnham, that L saw the funniest play
ever made on the diamond. In 1888 |
was umpiring for Watkins at Port
Huron. Dan OLeary came up there
with the Pittsburgh Browns.
by the four-tongue forks of Dante S
lightning, George, but I'm glad to see
you. What are you doing here?' was
Dams preliminary.
"'Umpiring.'
"'Thank heaven for that! The fates
are at last upon my side!'
well, we went up to the park after
dinner Mountjoy was pitching for
Port Huron. OLeary had heard of the
then celebrated pitcher, but had not
met him. Dan headed the batting
orders.
$50 this is Dumjoy, is it not? qTsiSI
Dan, as he took his position at the H. |
Zone strike!' 1 shouted.
"'What's that, George? You fqget
we are from the same municipalitylLet
me have one crack at the ball, AMIN
make Canadian citizen out of it,
"'Strike two.'
"OLeary was frenzied. I'll lostthe
ball in spite of YOU Dan bats left
handed. Mountjoy pitched him al III.
shoot. Dan stepped out of the Ines
and knocked it away over Morrison into
TIE left.
"'Well, what do you think of Inc,
George, you great mountain of ob&iry
go back on a fellow townsmanleh ?
Well, just tell the scorers to mark dwn
a home run (Dan had made thd cir. |
cuit.)
81 cannot do that, Dan,' I said.
"'Why not?'
"'You're out
"'Well, what am / out for?' O'Iearv
demanded in amazement.
For running the bases in the wong
way
"OLeary was so excited that he &C.
tually made the circuit by way of third
instead of first. ~. V Telegram.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-14
MONSTER WALNUT LOG.


The largest walnut tree or log in east
ern Kentucky, and, perhaps, in the
world, still lies on the mountain side
four or five miles from this place and
Is as yet unsold, though thousands Of
the same kind have been taken from
these parts. The tree, indeed, is quite
Il giant and is worth a good sum of
money, and would have been marketed
long ago but for the location, being far
ebrated yellow rock" cliffs, almost out
of reach of anything. Fifteen years
ago, before the worth of walnut lum-
Der was known in this country.
thoughtless bee hunters located
a swarm of bees far up in.
its massive branches, and OBJ
tanned permission from the own,
ier to fell it to the ground. 1t took,
Nd aXmen one whole day to loosen.
from the stump. The bees were
found to be pouring from large limb,
or branch 100 feet from the ground, the
branch itself being almost as large as
any of the trees growing around in the
forest. Seventy-eight pounds of choice
honey was taken from the limb. Then
the men proceeded to measure the tree,
and from actual measurements found it
to be nine feet in diameter at the place
where it was cut from the stump anil
exactly 100 feet to the first limb. The
bark on the log is six inches thick, and
now the only appearance of decay is
in the falling off of the bark. Some
years ago Philadelphia capitalists I'M
dertook to purchase the log, and offered
the owner fine farm in the blue grass
part of this state for it, but from I'M
known reasons they did not trade.
Now, it is said that lumber company
from Washington city will soon pur.
chase the log and will pay a handsome
sum of money for it. If they should
buy it it is a question how they will
move it from its long resting place
above that impenetrabe ledge of yell
low marble.--Cincinnati Enquirer
Nine thousand maple trees will be
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The deepest well on the Atlantic
coast is said to be at the silk works near
Northampton, Mass; depth, 1900 feet.
Life insurance experts contend that
Awoman who is in good health at the age
of is is likely to outlive a man of the
same age, because she is, as rule, more
temperate in habits and is less liable to
accidents.
A New York magistrate has de-
cided that a passenger on a street car
which had been delayed, the passenger
taking another car of the same line to
continue his journey, need not pay fare
second time.
Canada ynXes have multiplied great
ly in Maine during the past few years,
and the woodsmen fear that if they con-
tinue to increase at the same rate they
will prove dangerous and destructive
to other game, especially to fawns.
Twenty descendants of the pill
grims who landed at Plymouth on the
Mayfower met in Boston the other day
and formed the Boston chapter of the
Society of Mayfiower Descendants"
which was organized in New York city
two years ago.
Slate pencils are now manufactured
of bone. They are not li<ely,
to meet with approval to the S
as they are unbreakable, and, stf1
noiseless. The peculiar and
fully shrill, musical screech of
fashioned slate pencil is natus
great source of amusement Ito -
young.
All birds court in the spring" says
Olive Thorne Miller, although it has
been discovered by recent investigations
that the majority of them keep the same
mates for life. Nevertheless, when that
season comes around each year the male
bird goes through the same demonstra-
tons and makes every effort to charm
his spouse anew"
With the temperature at 20 degrees
below zero the patriotic citizens of
Houlton, Me-, held public meeting to
make preparations for celebrating the
Fourth of July. 1t is proposed to make
the celebration of the Fourth this year
the biggest thing in its way that has
been seen in that part of Maine, and it
was necessary to begin in good season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-14


Roth frpm the hot ear1n, MS ft1,,ssrrtt-evas
Eten by ella monster that had
cnwledi there a moment before. OF
course Mr.. Vail knew instantly that he
was probably a doomed man. His
rarhmen came to his aid at once, The
reptile was killed and the Jaws were
cutaway from Mr.. Walls hand. Quick
er than it takes to pen these words
the mans arm was bound tight at the
elbow to check the flow of blood. the
wound was cut open and strong am
mmia was poured in, while very copi-
oU draughts of whisky were poured
down Mr.. Wallis throat. He was put on
lorse, and, accompanied by Lis cow
bCs, rode like mad for Is miles to the
hme of a physician in Tucson. Several
bief stops were made to force more
liuor down Mr.. Wallis throat and to
pnr ammonia on the wound in the
hand. For three weeks Mr.. Vail Law
almost between life and death at the
hme of physician in Tucson. Ply
s1ians were summoned for consulta-
ton from Phoenix and even from Los
Angeles. Everything that money could
by or science suggest was done for
te patient. He had strong, vigorous
cnstitution, and in the course of a
fw months he was as well as ever. Ha
Il still in the cattle business in the
trritory. Everyone in the southwest
his heard of the wonderful recovery
Walter Vail from the bite of a ella
rOnster.
Several years ago a Chinese laundry
ran was polling his fingers through
he wires of a little cage that impri:-
0ed a ella monster in a saloon ut
'empe, Ariz. The celcstia, thought the
rptile asleep, but when he had forced
lis finger too far in the cage the slug
ish monster bit him quicker than d
*fNfk. f frfrrarrrun wrrnched his
niger loose, making a severe wound
clear to the bone. He refused whisky
u any help from physician, and took
A powerful dose of opium in order to re-
ieve the pain. OF course, everybody
i Tempe expected the heather to die,
md when he lived until the next day
t was the biggest kind of surprise.
The Chinaman's friends gave him OPT
I'M hourly for several days. The poor
'ellow suffered, in spite of the powerful
lrug, unspeakable agony, but he re-
covered. He was practically a phys
cal wreck for nearly year after the
lila monster poison went INTO his sys-
EN-, and was only able to 81, or lie.
lbout his wash house. He said his
backbone was paralyzed.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-14

Easterner-l understand the great
land boom at Dugout City has collapsed.
Westerner-Yes; no use keeping 1t
going any longer. All the land is now
owned by outsiders.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-14

Nine thousand maple trees will be
cut up this summer on the upper Ken
nebec river, Me-, to furnish material for
filling an order for 100000 blocks for
shoe lasts,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-14
THE GILA MONSTERS BITE.
'ases Showing the Terrific Power of Its
Venom.

The death of three persons. one a
naturalist from Chicago university. in
arizona in the last few weeks from
the bite of the ella monster has re-
newed discussion in this region con-
corning the terrible venomous nature
9t'he reptile. Without doubt the ella
Inoster of the alllali plains and the
hot,dry mountain canyons of Arizona
and he state of Sonora in Mexico is
the deadliest veuomous creature
knofn to the natural history of Amer
lea.
Ola monster is a ridiculous mis-
noner. The reptile is a combination
OF Re basilisk of India and Java an!
thecommon rattlesnake of this coun-
try it has a counterpart in a reptile
found in the lava beds of the Hawaiian
islaids, but is much the dtadlier of the
two 1t is about 20 inches in length.
in girth about the size of a boys
arr.
Ge of the few authentic cases of re-
coery from the bite of CHA monster
is hat of Walter H. Vail. of Phoenix,
Ari., who is one of the best known and
weathiest cattlemen in the territory.
While Mr.. Vail was engaged in super
N I'm Of biS na+t1a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-14

THE landlords patent leather shoes
add no gloss to his eputation.-AttiIa,
IN Lever.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-22
Senator Cameron.

Senator j. Don Cameron, Of Penn
sylvania, is one Of the most rcticcnt
of men in politics. His belief on
the silver question naturally led to
his being ccnsured great deal. lie
made no reply. but quietly declined
to be q candidate for the senate
again. A friend of his who called
upon him to ask about his rcsiyna-
tion and to learn whom. if any one,
he wished to have supported for the
place, tells the following story: He
found Senator Cameron in Il good
humOr and said:
''Scnator, we are sorry to see you
60, and we want to know whom you
wish to have supported"
Cameron eyed him moment and
then said slowly:
"'Tllat reminds me OF IL story that
Andrew G. Curtin, the great war
governor once told. During war
times friend came to him and told
him that he wished to buy d horse.
The friend was referred to Il DR..
Rutherford in Harrisburg, who was
kllONIl i5 pIcttS Soou JuuSc VI
horse flesh. DR. Rutherford said to
the intending purchaser:
"Well, you cannot make mnch OF
a mistake if you bny horse in this
ncighborllood All the hacks and
worthless brutes have been sold t.
the army and gone to the 'front.'
Here Mr.. Cameron ceased speaking
and then, after Il moments reflection
said quizzically: "You cannot make
much Of a mistake by taking any ono
out Of office, but for those already
in" The visitor took his cue anG
went away. lie understands that
Mr.. Cameron has not a high rcgarc
for the public men Of his own state
Nov York Tribune.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-22
ALL BUTTE SHOCKED.
IF. Kelly, the We'll known Produce
Merchant, Kills Himself.

"I1t MILD lA4IuScll.
Butte, April IA shocking sight
met the gaze Of Jack Berry, one OF
the employees Of the ]. L. Kelly COM
pany, dealers.in fruit and produce,
when lie entered the office of the firm
at o'clock yesterday. Leaning back
in big arm chair, with his head
back and blood oozing from a bullet
hole in his head, was the dead body
Of Mr.. j. T. Kelly, one Of Butte's
best known business men.
Firmly grasped in kclly's right
hand was a 38-caliber Smith & Wes-
son revolver. In his left hand was Il
small hand mirror. IN the right
temple was bullet hole. The head
was thrown back on the arm Of the
chair; the left foot was resting on
another chair. Kelly was dead and
apparently had been dead since about
o'clock. The body was cold.
There were eight letters eft by Mr..
Kelly addressed to various persons.
One was addressed to his wife, a sec
ond to his brother, Fred Kelly, a
third to Hank Bartlett, Of the Bee
Hive, a fourth to Marcus DAILY, a
fifth to Miles Finlcn, a sixth to the
First National bank, a seventh to
Harry Pressler and the eighth to the
press. There was also a ninth cnvel-
ope endorsed, ''Last will and tcsta-
ment OF j. Il. Kelly" The only en-
yclope unscaled was the one addressed
to ''The Press The enclosure in
this envelope read a follows:
"Buttc, 4-15-96
HTo The Press.
"kindly, in my exit from this life,
deal gently with me. Say that am
simply tired Of this life and want tc
see the other one. Yours, etc.
......-. u. T. Kelly"
There had been financial troubles
in Mr.. Kclly's life for couple OF
years, but not enough to cripple
him. Besides these there were do
mestic troubles, he and his wife not
living together recently, although be
supported her. There we're two
children, one dead, the other fou1
years old.
| 4Ai' LAS44t Htto Oc1I Il t)tlli i1lt&3 o4lU.
and was ~ years old. He came tt
Butte in 1884, engaging in the frui1
business, He was very successful
| but spent great deal Of money. liz
was a hard drinllcr at times. an(
spent great deal when having ;
time, not only in saloons, but Will
women. lie was a heavy bcttor al
races and at faro, and while he made
a great dead Of money he required ;
great deal for his personal expenses
Mrs. Kelly is lady highly esteemed
by all who know her, and much at
tachcd to her husband, but incompat
ibility of temper made their life to
gcthcr Wrctcled in the extreme
Mrs. Kelly was deeply affected at
the news Of her husbands death.
uo} k}eI5y e carried AZ infqrance HI 9l $g2; &;
child will be we'll provided for. The
estate will clean up something be
sides.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-22
Marvellous Results.

From a letter written by Rev ].
Gunderman, Of Dimondalc, Mich,
we are permitted to make this cX-
tract: II have no hesitation in re-
commencing DR.. Kings New Dis
coycry, as the results were almost
marvellous in the case Of my wife.
While L was pastor Of the Baptist
church at Riycs Junction, she was
brought down with pneumonia Sue
ccedjng la grippe. Terrible parox-
ysms OF coughing would last for hours
with little interruption and it seemed
as if she could not survive them. 4
friend recommended Dr.. Kings New
Discovery: it was quick in it's work
and highly satisfactory in results.
Trial bottles free at the Valley Drug
Store. Regular size SOC. and $l.00.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-22

Primaries to elect delegates and
alternate delegates will be held in
the several precincts on Saturday,
May I'd, 1896, between the hours OF
2 o'clock p. nj. and 6 o'clock p. m.
except in Hamilton precinct, where
the primaries will be held between
the hours Of 1 p. m. and s p. m. of
said day.
In case of the absence Of any dele
gate his alternate delegate shall be
entitled to vote in his stead, and in
the absence of the delegate and al
ternate a majority Of the delegates
present from his precinct shall cast
his vote, except that in precincts
where the convention is being held,
such precinct delegation shall not
cast the vote Of any delegate or al
ternate delegate absent from such
convention.
Delegates and alternate delegates
must be republicans, residents Of the
precinct which they represent, and
shall be qualified electors.
By order OF the county central
committee. r. II. O'HARA,
Attest. Chairman.
d. A. BISHOP,
Secretary.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-22
BOBBY BURNS DEAD.
He Died Suddenly III His Bed Last
Wednesday,. .os..

wednesday,. .maN
Missoula, April 15.-Cornclius p.
Burns, familiarly known as s'Bobby
Burns," was found dead in his bed
this morning by John Mcfarland,
who lived with him at his home on
West Front street. The house where
he lived is a familiar building to old
timers, as it was the city Jail for
many years and still retains the OK
ternal features that it had at that
time. 1t was the same building that
was blown up when the attempt was
made on the life OF Burns, for which
Mother Gliem and Pat Mason were
found guilty. When it became known
that the old man was dead it was at
once suspected that Mrs. Glenn was
implicated, but there seems to be
nothing to connect her with the
affair except the old fcud that has
existed SO long between her and the
dead man.
The coroner was ut once notified
and the remains taken to Woody &
Hayes undertaking rooms. At 4
o'clock this afternoon an inquest was
held. All who knew any of the cir
cumstance were examined and all
the facts brought out did not show
that there was anything suspicious
about tile death. The jury decided
to have an autopsy held, and this
evening q o'clock DR.. Mills did this
in the presence Of the jury.
The autopsy showed that the heart
was much diIatcd and that there was
tanucrisnl at the beginning OF the aor-
ia. This was the cause Of the death
and the verdict Of the jury was rcnd-
cred accordingly.
e. =. Burns was 66 years old. lie
was a quiet. ino1lcnsivc man, who
never would have been known outside
Of small circle had it not been fol
the strife that existed between him
and Mrs. Glcim in the bad lands. lie
had no intimate friends, except his
attorney. Judge Reeves, and ole
Tommy Clinch, the factotum at tho
railroad station. Old Tommy is F.;
relative and is The only man who
knows much about the life of Burns
From Judge Reeves u Standard re
porter this afternoon learned tht
following facts regarding Mr.. Burns
| lie was born in New York, at Pom
pey's Hill, y miles from Syracuse
lie lived there until he was u young
man, when he went to Illinois, where
he was married. lie lived 1T Pcori;
Until the death Of his wife. Thct
hc went to Iowa, and in the carl,
| COS he came west to Wyoming
where he worked as ] bridge car
pcntcr on the Union Pacific con
struction. lie lived at Cheyenne ant
Green River for long time and wa
known there by cx-Aldcrman Nc
CaI1rey. !Ic had been in this cit.
for more than 10 years. lie leave
three daughters, the oldest, Mary, l.
Minute, is Il teacher in Washington
The third is married and lives i
illinois. He also has Il sister, Mrs
Lucas, in Omaha. lie had bccl
supposed to be wealthy, but Judg
Reeves thinks this is Il mistake. III
property is all in the names Of hi
daughters, Mary and Minnie, and al
the deposits Of money that he mad
were in their names as we'll. Tlli
property is all real estate, most Of j
on the row, where he had lot O
small houses that he rented to TIL
women Of that district. He also hat
some lots in the school section.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-22
SOUND MONEY DEMOCRAT.
The Candidate That is Needed to Bca1
.Ncklnley.

1.-The nomination Of a sound money
man on i sound money platform is
the one method by which the nation
aI democratic party can hope for sue
cess this fall says Representative
Fitzgerald, Of Boston.
"Mckinlcy appears to be the pre-
ordained candidate Of the republic
cans, and his votes for the free coin
age OF silver in the Eorty.tifth con-
yrcss and for the Sherman law in the
Fifty first, with his violent dcnunci-
alton Of Mr.. Cleveland S sound money
policy in lSSS-0I, and even more re-
Gently, will make him, l believe, Il
very weak candidate in tile east.
''Ihc thing for us to do is to adopt
Il straightout declaration for the gold
standard and against the purchase Of
silver bullion by the government,
such as Our state convention adopted
last October, and nominate a man
who stands s1uarcly upon it. 1 think
we should give hostages, SO as to
speak. to the sound money sentiment
Of the cast by nominating Il man
lbiIl LIIhN f'Itk!Dli' 4lIClC 10 IfNI
reason to believe that New York will
elect the democratic state ticket this
fall Us the result Of the passage OF
the Raincs bill and the general dis
gust with the methods Of Boss Plalt
and his undcr]jngs. That being the
case, it will take but little to carry
the state for the democratic prcsi-
Dental electors, rs well as for the
state ticket.
''Thc question will be between an
eastern man, in whom the business
community feel implicit trust, and
the wobbling Ohio candidate. who
has appca|cd to his record as IAN
| open book" upon the most conspi"u-
Gus page of which is written his vote
for the free coinage Of silver at Ii
to !.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-22
The Canadian Boundary.

Washington. April lG.--Thc house
committee on forei4n affairs today
took action regarding the Canadian
boundary. The matter was brought
before the committee by lleatwolc Of
Minnesota, who is endeavoring to
bring about Il settlement Of the Ques-
tiol Of jurisdiction over Hunters Is
land. y resolution WAS unanimously
adopted rccitiny that the boundary
between the United States and Can
ada at many points has not been def
nitcly settled and appropriating $75,-
600 for determining under existing
treaties the boundary at tall necessary
points between the st. Lawrence
river and Lake nt the Woods. The
appointment OF the commission and
decails Of Negotiations will rest with
the president if tile proposition OF
the committee is adopted.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-22
Killed In 0rcppu.

Postmaster Lynch yesterday re-
ccivcd letter from Buttcrvilc,
Marion county. Oregon, which may
interest some one in this city. 1t is
from j. II. Kinyon and says:
'Ihcrc was Il young man murder
cd here on the 3lst Of March BY the
name Of Frank Kelly. He was about
p or 30 years old, would weigh
about 100 pounds, . it s inches in
height, ! should Judge: brown eyes
and light brown hair. He came here
about year ago and stayed about
one month and then said he was 90
ing to Montana. He was gone about
II months and came back and had
been here about a month when he
was killed by a man by tho name Of
.Falncs Dashcr.
''kcllv told Il man here that he
had a brother in Butte, Montana.
II you can find him | wish you would.
Tell him to correspond with me, and
| will give him full particulars Of the
killing, for it was Il most foul muir
der. L you can't find the party,
please put this notice in your public
journal, as | would like to find some
Of his friends. lie appeared to be a
very nice Young man and | believe
he said he had wife in Montana.
Hoping to hear from YOU soon, | re-
main Il friend to all strangers -
Miner
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-04-22
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