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drunk. One to the memory of Charlie
magne, who inaugurated this good Gus
tom of initiating strangers in St-sGoar.
making them thus fellows of the town,
and sharers of all it's ancient privileges;
the second toast was to the reigninS
sovereign of England; the third to the
prince of the district in which St. Goar
is situated, and the fourth to the mem
bers of the society whose duty it was
to carry out this ancient custom.
go have but one objection to this list,
! said. 4 therefore propose that we
drink to the health of the president OF
the United States in place of that OF
the sovereign of England, for confess
don't see what the English monarch
has to do with this ancient custom.
AT this. however, there was a mighty
cutlery, members Gathering their glasses
against the table, and shouting that no
substitution would be allowed. We
would drink the toasts in their proper
ORDER they cried.
THAT is very true said the man at
the head of the table, but although we
will not allow a substitute, we will all
welcome an addition
There were cries of unanimous ap-
proval at this, and | found myself sad
died with another toast. The bottle
were brought i'll and the toast solemn
drunk one after another. When this
was finished l was told l had to make
a donation to the poor of St. Goar,
which did in manner that | hope was
satisfactory to those then present and
to the poor that were to be the benefi-
Charles of my act. After this the Han
seln hook was brought in. The
spokesman explained that the ancient
book they were not allowed to have,
but that they had obtained new one,
and that my name would be the first
to be inscribed in it. This signature
made me a member of the society and
a native of St. Goar from that time on !;
therefore do disclaim Turpentineville
and all its sawmils."
Such was Smiths story to me, and l
have since looked up the custom of
which he speaks. ] find that it was al
legged to have been inaugurated by
Challemagne, and that it was discontin-
ued in 1927 when the steamers begaI.
to run. Whether the venerable custom
is about to be revived | do not know,
bat it certainly looks probable, because.
as | said. Smith has never yet been CON
,icted of telling a falsehood.-Dettoi
Free Press.
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ART IN THE HOME.
There Should Be Books and Bookcases
in Every Room.

A bookcase should, if possible. find
place in every room of the house. I'M
less, perhaps, we except the dining
room, usually kept for the purpose of
dining, as it at once adds the charm of
comfort and LONELINESS. besides being Il
most useful possession. Without books
a home lacks its best ornaments and to
fill an odd corner there is nothing so
nice as pretty, well-designed book
case. Naturally, we should not use
the same design for the different
rooms. In this, as in all things, appro
priateness has to be considered. 1t
must suit the style of the room, and be
i'll keeping with the other furniture.
For the library it is usual to have
fitted bookcases, in oak or walnut,
which are sometimes carried from,
floor to ceiling, but may he made only
half way to form dado, the top shelf
being furnished with handsome mold
ing and forming ledge for the display
of few choice ornaments.
In the sitting-room hall a dwarf book
case, with nicely carved pedestal mold
ings, looks extremely well, and will be
found very handy for books of ref
erence.
A still simpler bookcase may be made
by fitting three shelves into a recess
and finishing the edge with small
bead molding, or even good silk
fringe, and suspending a silk curtain
from the lowest shelf to the floor, be-
hind which newspapers. etc, may be
placed. This style, again, is very use
full in the bedroom, and it is so readily
made that anyone who has an idea of
carpentry can manage to erect one for
himself at a very small cost. Then,
again, there is the small, hanging book
case, or, rather, shelves, which are usu.
ally found in bedrooms and girls sit
ting-rooms, and are always useful ana
pretty wall observation-disclosures Inter
Ocean.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AT the funeral of Miss Jennie Rum
sey, popular young woman of Kiowa,
KAN, the other day, women acted as
pallbearers.
Iowa almost from the date of its
admission has been called the Hawk
eye state" Hawkeye was the name of
a noted Indian chief.
Taking the young and the old to-
gether, it is found that &c years is the
average at which people die in Lon
don. In England and Wales only, more
than 100000 persons are always slowly
dying of consumption.
Ladies' bangs are good indicators
of a coming storm. When they go out
of curl" the indication is for rain. When
they are dry and crisp, fair weather
will ensue. When the hair is naturally
curly, however, it becomes more so on
the approach of rain.
Silk dresses rustic much more loud
ly iii dry weather, because they are al
most devoid of moisture, and the fric-
tion between their folds is considerable
and noisy; when rain is impending
the silks absorb portion of the moist
ure and become almost silent.
A curious lake has been found in
the island of Kildine, in the North sea
1t is separated from the ocean by mar
row strip of land and contains salt
water under the surface, in which
sponges, Goldfish and other marine ami
mails flourish. The surface of the water
however, is perfectly fresh and sup
ports diaphnias and other fresh water
creatures.
"A Russian citizen of Manistique
Mich, has received notice from the Rus
sian government that he is expected tC
return to that country and do military
service or pay $500, in case of refusa
to 90 either of which the property o.
his relatives in that country will b,
contiscated He is a naturalized either
of this country, and has consequently
applied to the government authorize:
for advice in the case.
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Carruth put forth upon the world a
humorous work entitled The Adven-
lures of JONES'" But Jones and Smith
are two different individuals altogeth-
er Jones, as pictured by Mr.. Carruth,
is liar, whereas Smith would no more
depart from the truth than would the
late George Washington. Smith is a
most remarkable product and | don't
in the least understand how he came
TO be upon this earth. His father made
a few millions in timber and Smith
is his only son. I had the old man on
my hands for three days once in Lon
don, and a more awful three days |
never spent. / wanted to be kind to
him, but we had no common ground
on which we could meet. didn't care
hang about pine lumber, as | wasn't
building a house that year, and old
Smith didn't care n hang about any
thing that | was interested in. | took
him to some Dickens localities, and
showed him Goldsmith's grave in the
Temple, but the old man had never
heard of either of them, and didn't
anu w. II was llOt uIllll i Nttl iCNi
him off to great lumber yard, where
American and Norway pine is piled in
amazing quantities, that the old man
would admit that London had anything
in it worth seeing.
| am sometimes amazed to see how
little brains it requires to become rich
Smith had come over on the Teutonic
which was then the fastest steamer
afoat, and it actually took me a whole
day to explain to him that there could
not possibly be awaiting him in London
any letters from America. He had lost
Il whole week out of his busy life; had
taken the quickest steamer across the
Atlantic, and the quickest express train
to London. The week was gone, why
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THINE AND MINE.


The pale, sweet lips once red and warm,
The precious curls of shining hair!
How still the rounded baby form
Which lieth there!
The tender little feet! how oft,
As mothers will, would she enclasp
And chafe with clinging touch; how soft
Within her grasp!
But now, with gentle mother ways,
She kneels and smooths the little shroud,
With tears like heart-drops red she prays,
And weeps aloud.
But tears and kisses fall in vain,
The eyes ope not at loves command,
Though warm the drops which battle like
rain
The waXen hand,
Weep. mother! tears like thine to weep
Are joy not grief; through times brief
space
Thy child shall memory sacred keep
Within its place.
And when at Heavens gate thine eyes
Shall wondering view the shining throng,
4 Shall cease its song,
And spring to meet thee; she is thine,
Still thine in memory. faith, and love;
Death cannot take; it doth cnshrine
Thy hopes above.
But I, alas! l may not weep
Tears for the happy, unbereIt,
To whom once knowing rapture deep,
All, all is left
o mother had I won for mine
Such Joys as give to grief voice,
Zen DER little bier like thine
| could rejoice.
Dumb grief is mine which makes no moan,
My heart reflects no childish face,
Ears unattuned to silvery tone
Know not its grace.
But yet, but yet-eternity,
Shalt thou not give what time denies,
j. spirit child to welcome me
With glad surprise?
Hope Chase, in Chicago Inter Ocean.
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The habit potentates have of travel
ing incog. frequently causes suffering
where it is least expected. 1t is said
of the emperor of Austria that once.
travelling in this manner, he put up at
an inn. After eating a few slices Of
ham and biscuit he went to bed. In
the morning he paid his bill and depart
ed. A few hours after several of his
suite arrived, and, hearing the rank of
his guest, the landlord appeared much
troubled. "Pshaw, mani" said one,
Franz Joseph is accustomed to such
adventures and will think nothing OF
it," "But l SHALL" said mine host, and
never forgive myself for having an en-
peror in my house and letting him of
for neutrality-suspicious. AM
swers-
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said, and it is harsh to make a stranger
choose between two ordeals of which
he knows nothing. History tells us
that a prince was bnce drowned in a
butt of wine, and though many drunk
ards have since then envied him his
death, l am a moderate man in all
things and do not care to proceed to
such extremes. In Haddon hall, in
England, there is an iron clasp fixed to
wall in the dining-room where one
who refused wine had his hand fastened
in manner similar to my own at this
moment and the wine, which he had
scorned, was poured down his sleeve,
much to his discomfort. do not know
whether your ordeal consists of vast
ing good wine in that fashion, for it
seems to me a dry throat is the only
proper runway for a sound vintage;
but be that as it may, have had little
love for water all my life, and so in
the darkness. or rather in the moon
light, choose the wine ordeal
"'At this "A great shout arose from
those assembled.
"'You have chosen wisely, stranger,
for had you selected the water ordeal we
would have been compelled to duck you
three times in the river Rhine. AS the
+ case now stands it will be our pleasant
DUTY TO drink some toaSts wits Z
your own expense
THAT is condition. 1 replied, as,
the man who had conducted me to the
customs house now undid the buckle,
to which l make no objection. Good
company is cheap at the cost of lew
bottles of wine
with that we marched throughthe
quiet streets of st. Goar, the members
of the strange society into which | had
fallen waking the stiffness with RUS
ing Rhine song. We thus came tothe
principal hotel of the place. and there
entered noisily, and found d large room
prepared for us, with a long table and
numerous seats. When all had placed
themselves around the table, with The
spokesman at the head, he stood up and
explained that four toasts were to be
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WHAT HATS WEIGH.
Some CuriOusly Interesting Figures Com
piled by an Expert.

''Do you know the actual weight of ii
hat?" queried the spruce salesman, as
he handed out several "'new styles
'People don't generally. [ asked a
man that question the other day and he
guessed IA ounces on that hat, which
weighs exactly four and a half. An
ordinary silk hat weighs only
Il looked up the matter recently, and
SO | know precisely. A 'sillier is al
most the heaviest hat made, though
hunting hats weigh more from their
having an inner lining of great stiff
ness and strength to save a man if he
should be thrown on his head. The
hunting top hats weigh ten ounces, and
the hunting derbies nine. A winter
derby weighs five and quarter ounces,
varying a quarter ounce either way for
size, and a summer soft felt three and
three-quarter ounces.
when it comes to women's head
gear, there are all sorts of weights.
though seldom does a vvoman's hat of
any Kind run more than seven ounces.
1t depends on the kind of trimming and
fal-lals. Some ribbons are heavy, and
so are some artificial flowers. Jet is
heavy, too. The average little bonnet
weighs two ounces to two and half,
trimmed sailor three and a half, and
'Sennett' (the kind that have brims
stiffened with glue) four and three
quarters.
The French creations are heavier,
but they are not so weighty as you
might suppose. Six and half TO seven
Ouces means a big, heavy hat, and one
you would need X rays to see through
if you happened to sit behind it."-N
i. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-11

The manufacturer of the modern bi-
cycle presents one of the most complex
and delicate problems known to me-
chanics. The reason is that what sci
entistS term the factor of safety" is
lower in the bicycle than in almost any
other mechanical product. In high
pressure guns, for instance, the safety
is even as great as 20-that is, guns are
made 20 times as strong as is theoretic-
ally necessary for the strain they arc
to bear. In ordinary guns the factor OF
safety is ~, in boilers it is about six, in
bridges usually five, and in almost
every other form of machine it is Al
least four. Such wide margins OF extra
strength are deemed as an offset tC
errors in theoretical computations OF
defects in material construction. With
the modern light construction in bi
cycles it is reduced to a very small mar
gin, being as low in instances as 1.25
Such being the case, it can be under
stood readily why the makers of stand
ard high-grade machines maintain
rigid system of inspection. In fact
every well-appointed bicycle factory
has thoroughly equipped testing de
partment, in order that there may b'
no miscalculations or guesswork in the
material entering the construction O.
their wheels.-Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-11
Floor Had Been Polished

"Jane."
1t was the voice of Mr.. Billtonger, and
in its accents were both pain and anger.
"Jane, it is three weeks since
we moved. Haven't you swept the
floors yet? I've stepped on another
tack"
From her post of vantage at the head
Of the stairs Mrs. Billtonger looked
down in undisturbed calm.
"The hall floor has just been pol
ished," she said. Don't step on it with
that tack in your foot or you will
scratch it,"
Two days later it cost Mr.. Billtonger
s27 for repairing the damage he did tc
his hall floor on that awful night
Chicago Tribune.
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Her Ambition.

"Do you see that woman over in the
corner?" asked the receiving clerk in
the telegraph office.
The one who has been writing,
crossing out and rewriting for the last
half-hour?" inquired the man who had
just filed an S00-word special dispatch.
"Yes."
"Well, | see her. What of it? sup
pose she is trying to crowd 16-word
message into ten words"
Not bit of it. She came over here
little while ago with an eight-word
message and wanted to know if would
make any reduction because it wasn't
quite ten words. When l told her 1
couldn't do it, she got mad and has been
trying ever since to write the message
so as to make it the full ten words."-
Detroit Free Press.
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awaiting him? They had promised to
write to him, he said, every day. |
think the old man never quite under
stood why the letters were not here.
and he had a strong suspicion that |
was hoodwinking him in some manner
or other. He had come over, he said.
to look after his only son, who, he in
formed me, had gone entirely wrong,
and refused to return to America to
take charge of certain mills. the over
seeing of which his father had designed
as the lads future career. He had ca
hIed to the young man to meet him in
London, but the young fellow had been
travelling IN some remote part of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-11

Beardless Youth (eXcitedly)-I say
waiter, there's long hair in this soup
What on earth do you mean by that
Waiter-Very sorry, sir. That hail
must have dropped from your mus.
tache.
b. Y. (fattered-Ah, yes, of course
/ beg your pardon.-Tit-Bits,
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Summer Homes.

In the Lake regions of Wisconsin. North
ern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Dakota,
there are hundreds of charming localities
Dre-eminentiy fitted for summer homes.
Nearly all are located on or near lakes
which have not been fished out. These re.
sorts are easily reached by railway and
range in variety from the "full dress for
dinner to the fiannel-shirt costume for
every meal. Among the list are names ia
miliar to many of our readers as the perfec-
ton of Northern summer resorts. Nearly
all of the Wisconsin points of interest are
within a short distance from Chicago or
Milwaukee, and none of them are so far
away from the "busy marts of civilization"
that they cannot be reached in few hours
of travel, by frequent trains, over the finest
road in the northwest-the Chicago, Mil
waukee q St. Paul Railway. A description
of the principal resorts, whilst of summer
hotels and boarding houses, and rates Tor
board, will be sent free on application TO
GEO. H. HEAFFoRD, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-11

With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanli-
ness, which follows the use of Syrup of
Figs, is unknown TO the few who have not
progressed beyond the old-time medicines
and the cheap substitutes sometimes Of
fered but never accepted by the well-in-
formed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-11

GAYETY pleases more when we are as
sured that it does not cover carelessness.-
Nine de Stael.
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PIso's CURE is wonderful Cough medi-
cine.-MRs. W. PICKERT, Van Siclen and
Blake AYES, BROOKLYN, ". Y. Oct. 26. l94
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TEMPERANCE is corporeal piety; it is the
preservation of divine order in the body
theodore Parker
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A NATIVE OF ST. GOAR.
BY LUKE SHARP.

HAD some notion
of writing a book
entitled The Ad-
V e II t ure $ o t
Smith," and prob
ably would have
done so had not a
c yer fellow
named H a Y d e Ii
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FRANKsTowN-"Hot weather is appro-
pirate to the beginning of the baseball sea-
SON" Homewood-'Why?" Frankstown-
at gives appropriate exercise to the fans"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Teegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-11

BEAUTY marred by bad complexion may
be restored by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, 80 cents.
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-Kansans are "Jayhawkers."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
BISMARCK ON SILVER

a Letter from the Iron Chaneellor Read NJ
Dem0cratfc Rally.
DALLAS, Tex. Sept 21--At > demo
cratic rally Saturday might Gov Gull
berson stated that9earIy in July he had
written Prince Bismarck ON the silver
question, and that he had just received
q reply. Then he read the following
letter:
FRIKDRlcHsRUHE. Aug. "a. 1sod-Honored
SIR Your esteemed favor OF July has been
duly received have always had . predilec-
tion for bimetallfsm- bat would not while in
ONCE. claim my views of the matter TO be in
fallfbly true. when advanced against the
views of experts hold to this very hour
that IL would be advisable to bring about.
between the nations chiefly engaged in
the worlds commerce. . mutual agree
menf in favor OF the establishments of
bimetallfSm- Considered from commercial
and industrial standpoint. the United States is
freer by far in their movements than any ma
ton Of Europe. and hence should the people Of
the United States ind It compatible with their
interests to take independent action in the di-
rection of bimcssllisn. I cannot help but be-
Heye that such action would exert most salu-
tary influence upon the contamination of in
ternatfon2l agreement. and the coming into
this league OF every European nation Assur-
ing you Of my highest respect, / remain. your
most obedient servant, BIsMARCk-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

EDISON KEITH committed suicide by
jumping in the lake at Chicago. He
was the head of probably the largest
millinery establishment in the United
States.
MRS JULIA BRADLEY, of Peoria, Ill,
has bestowed all her fortune, estima ted
at 81, 200, 900, upon the university of
Chicago on condition that branch
school shall be built at Peoria
THE eed annual convention of the
American Bankers association opened
at ST. Louis on the 22d with delegates
present from all parts of the country.
Mr. Pullen delivered the address, which
was a Sound money" one He also
praised the national banking system
and hoped the days of grace would be
polished. The executive committee
reported in favor of a 1Oo-cent gold
dollar and declared that free coinage
meant monometallism with gold at a
premium
CHARLES PFEHFER, of Brightwood.
Ind, cut his baby's throat from ear to
ear, almost severed his wife's head
from her body and then hanged him
self. Temporary insanity was thought
to have been the cause
THE free turnpike fever has spread
to Anderson county, Ky. A mob of "a
mounted men rode through that coun-
ty on the night of the 2Ist and three
fourths of the gates were leveled to
the ground
CHARLES w. RAYMOND left Watseka.
Ill. for Mexico ON the 22d to investi-
gate the financial system of that coun-
try in the interest of the National
League of Repu blican clubs.
GEORGE LEWIS. colored bootblack.
was shot and killed at Newport, KY.
on the 2ed. The shooting appeared to
have been done without provocation
by two white men who had been drink
ing.
THE Dublin Express said on the 22d
that the police had discovered large
quantities of dynamite and a pile OF
detonators at Marline park, near Gal
way. in a discsed house
REPoRrs to the marine hospital at
Washing ton on the 22d showed no
abatement of yellow fever in Cuba but
smallpox was steadily decreasing 10
the island
THE steamer Doric brought the news
to San Francisco on the 22d of a series
of floods, storms and earthquakes in
northern Japan which recently caused
the destruction of millions of dollars
worth of property
JOHN COINS was recently sentenced
at franklin. Ind. to four years i'm
! prisonment for stealing i've chickens.
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.THACHER is FOR GOLD.

The Democratic Nominee for Governor i'm
New York Makes Peculiar Statement.
ALBANY, N Y-.sSept- 2i.-By maxi
ing an official statement late last night
of his position upon the financial ques-
ton and by declaring in that state
ment that he is unalterably for gold,
John Boyd Tbacher, dem ocratic NOM
inee for governor, creates one of the
most curious situations ever known in
politics in this state the statement
was issued after a long conference
with Senator Hill, Elliott G. Danforth,
who was at Senator Hills house, and
D. Cady Herriclz, the democratic leader
in this county 1t was addressed to
the chairman of the state committee.
Mr.. Thacher declares that he is against
free silver, but will vote for Bryan and
Sewal1 for regularity, and fight the
campaign on state issues only.