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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
He WAS SuSniCinuS.

"Pardner," said Derringer Dan.
you'll excuse me, but I'll have to
quit you. l amt a-playin' no more
poker this evenin'."
But you have lot of chips yet" re-
marked the young man from the east.
Il know it. And I'm goin' ter cash
EN- in, too. You look like a tender
foot, an We talk like one. But I've
heard o people that got buncoed and
bought gold bricks even eff they did read
the newspapers, an orter to knowed
better"
81 really don't quite follow you"
81 had four nine-spots little while
ago"
Did you?"
''Sartin'. An we didn't do thing but
say ye'd stay out. Then had a flush an
ye said the same. | got four kings an
an ace, an we laid down yer hand ez
usual
THAT was remarkable"
Remarkable don't seem to quite
cover the ground fur me. Pardner, 1
don't say yer worllin' one o. these here
Roentgen ray outfits on me. All say
is that l amt a-playin' no more poker
this evenin' ."-Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Prof. Albert koebele. of California,
has made three years contract with
the Hawaiian government to destroy the
insect pests of the islands. His method
is to get insects harmless to man to kill
noxious insects.
X rays are to be applied to prac-
teal agriculture. DR.. Graetz, of Mu-
MICH, has taken picture of one-day-
old pig, showing its bony structure. BY
continuing to make pictures of the pig
the action of food ON its growth will
be shown.
New possibilities in the use of the
Roentgen rays have been discovered by
DIR. Frenzel, of Berlin. Twelve sheets
of bromide OF silver paper laid one upon
the other were placed in the holder and
the picture of a frog taken. The image
was equally well defined on each sheet.
IN Germany last year ships of 1O1,-
402 registered tons were built, against
117,621 tons in 1894. This is consider
able advance as compared with 1892,
with but 4S,20S tons, and 1898 with Co.
474 registered tons. The report does
not include the ships built in the gov
eminent yards.
Russia is publishing the construc-
ton of the Tifis Kars railway as fast
as possible, and will probably have it
completed by August next. 1t will ell
able her to carry an army from the
Caucasus to the doors of Turkish Ar
menia. The line is $50 miles long. and
is already built as far as Alexandrapol,
50 miles from Kars.
DR.. Pie, of Montelnar, France, has
discovered a new anaesthetic. He has
found that by injecting gualacol under
the skin in small doses operations can
be performed without pain. A COM
mittee appointed by the academy of
| medicine has inquired into the value of
the discovery, and has congratulated
DR.. Pie upon his achievement.
Each instrument excels in some
particular passage, the piano in scale
passages, the harp in arpeggio, the man
dolin in the rapid repetition of one note,
| the banjo in the rapid playing of broken
chords, and so with other instruments,
| but the violin can beat them all on their
| own ground, while there is much violin
music that can be played on no other
| instrument.
English is the language that has
altered most. Regarded merely as
| Teutonic language, it is farthest re-
moved from the parent stock. 1t is de-
| seconded from the Saxon, which is the
parent of low German and Dutch, and,
as it were, the grandparent of English.
But besides the Teutonic part, which is
the groundwork of the language, it
| has suffered all the effects of lengthy
Roman occupation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

All Irish peers not peers of parliar
ment are eligible for seats in the house
of commons and may represent any
borough, county or university in Eng
land or Scotland, but not in Ireland.
-Arbor day has been celebrated in
Nebraska by the planting of over mil
lion trees between sunrise and sunset.
Premiums for the largest paintings
were offered by societies and indi-
viduals.
A remarkable coincidence occurred
in the death of William Crossley and
John Howell, two pioneers of Stock
bridge, Mich. Both died the same
night, and a few years ago their wives
passed away the same day.
james Buchanan, fisherman, liv-
ing on the Duwom;sh river, in Wash
ington, has recently been bequeathed
$4,000 by Texas cattle raiser. Blu
chanan was formerly a cowboy on the
cattleman's ranch, and saved the lives
of the wife and child of his employer.
The more the battle ship Indiana
is tested, the more the opinion of eX-
perts is obtained regarding her, the
more clearly is the fact demonstrated
that the United States of America have
at this moment the most powerful i'm
strument of marine warfare on the
terraqueous globe.
w. y. j. Glidewell, eX-sheriff Of
Franklin county, ind, died the other
day from a curious combination of
causes. \ new shoe chafed his foot and
inflammation followed, resulting in
gangrene. Sympathetic pneumonia
completed the chain of unlucl<y circum-
stances and proved fatal.
An immense fissure in the earth has
made its appearance on the top of Iron
mountain, North Carolina and Tennes-
see, on the Bakersville road. This open
ing is six to twelve feet wide and runs
along on the summit for the entire
length of the mountain, which is sew
eral miles. 1t is supposed to have been
caused by the recent rains.
An analysis of 1000 accident poll
cies on which benefits were paid shows
531 persons injured by falls on pave
ments, 243 by carriages or wagons, IS
by horse kicks or bite and A. by horse
back riding; III were cut with edge
tools or glass, 96 were hurt by
having weights fall on them, and
76 were hurt in bicycle accidents, while
~ were hurt by falling downstairs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
A Queens Scientific Experiments

The king of Portugal and his entire
court are rejoicing over the zeal and in
dustry with which Queen AmcIie is de.
voting herself to the study of the
Roentgen light. Her majesty puts in
all her time now in photographing King
Carlos and the ladies and gentlemen of
the court in order to discover what
their skeletons are like. For several
years the queen has been a rapt student
of medicine, and in her enthusiastic
pursuit of medical science and by her
experiments has reduced some of her
ladies in waiting almost to deaths
door. Now that the queen has a new
hobby, the Portuguese court rejoiccs,
especially the King, as the queen was al
ways insisting upon his trying new
methods discovered by herself for re-.
ducing his growing corpulency. 1t is
even said that in consequence the kings
gratitude TO Roentgen the professor is
to be invited to the court at Lisbon, AMI
will receive nigh decoration from his
majesty.-Washingt Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
Beer VIII Rot Anything.

The head bartender of well-known
saloon says he knows Number of cases
where beer drawers have, in addition to
losing several fingers of both hands,
lost the use of both members. Beer
will rot iron, believe" he added. II
know, and every bartender knows,
that it is impossible to keep good
pair of shoes behind the bar. Beer will
rot leather almost as rapidly as an acid
will eat iron. If l were temperance
orator I'd ask what must beer do to
mems stomachs if it eats away mems
fingers and shoe leather. I'm here to
sell it, but won't drink it; not much.
Temperance Nerve.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21

magnifying glass to every transaction.
The world loves to be gulled, why not
humor it?"
He was thorough man of the world;
this short span of life the only interest
which the boundless possibilities of the
great, unknown universe afforded him.
HI called himself liberal thinker, an
advanced theorist, while in fact his
thought and theory extended little be-
yond the narrow circle of his own
selfish aims.
He had scheme in view into which
he was using every art he was master
of to entice Alec Hunter.
1t required lawyer to operate it
successfully, an unprincipled and fear
less one, and if successful there was
wealth to be had at one stroke. If it
failed, the place provided for those who
with itching, covetous fingers put their
hands in other mems pockets.
To be sure, the transaction would
not be called by the ugly name it de-
served; "a stroke of business" War
rem Chauncey christencd it, but the
ugly fact remained, call it by whatever
name one would, and the young law
yer shrank from it at first with con-
scientious horror. Warren had one
quality which, unperverted, would have
been a virtue, the quality of patience.
He was willing to spin his web and give
his prospective fly ample time to en-
ter his parlor. The scheme must be
hI,ilt ,1nOD 70 foundation of oaI,-
tion-an impulsive schemer could never
carry it through successfully, so he
bided his time and kept on spinning.
He understood the power of wine on
the finer scruples Of humanity. He
frequently, now, took his young friend
out to dinner, always seeking those
places where liquors were served and
freely INDUCED in by the patrons.
While Alec had never taken any total
abstinence VOWS which would stand al
his defense in just such time of temp
tation, he had always been taught the
evils of the wine cup and to shun it.
He persistently refused to join
Chauncey in his MONDAY glass, and
as persistently did Chauncey try to
ONClI ihC Ills oSl uPlVo' IIC h'h bSNh
working too hard. He needed tonic.
A glass of wine with his dinner would
invigorate him. Such was the argu-
ment he used. What would his mother
think? He dismissed the thought, One
glass could not harm. Ali it was that
one glass, that little step, that weak
ened his whole moral nature. Next
time it was easier to yield. With Chaun-
cey as his constant companion it was
now the regular thing to include wine
in their noon repast. AS they talked
over the questionable scheme Chauncey
repeated his plausible councils, which
sinking into the consciousness of the
ambitious young man, were slowly but
surely soaring over his conscience. The
scheme began to look more feasible
and less open to objection as he pom
dered it's details and thought longing
ly of the golden results of success. HC
did not write to his mother those days;
he could not, and he tried to forget her
and her teachings as far as he could.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
GOT EVEN WITH ToRMENToRs.
no" practical Joker Turned the Tables
on a ReYX of Prettx GirIs-

AEactlcal Joker turned the Tables
on Bevy of Pretty Girls.
"A pap Francisco gentleman came to
TINS en- short time since, and with
MS Re quartered at fashionable
boardil1g house. They were a very jolly
couple, land soon made friends with all
the inmAtes, among whom were mum.
Der OF togoung ladies. The gentleman
was lone of the young ladies said, 'an
awtu Tease" and took great delight in
playl 81 all sorts of harmless jokes on
the young ladies, telling the young men
that marriage was a failure and in other
ways endeavoring to keep them out of
the tolls of matrimony, and, in short,
keeping up an everlasting ''joshing."
The Young ladies determined to get
even onShim when he went away on the
steamer. so all went down to see him
and hsfwife off. Now, although he had
been married to his second wife some
two Years, they were a fine-loolling
couple and might easily be taken for (;
newl. fwedded pair. To give all the
people on the steamer the idea that they
were gust married and starting out on
their bridal tour was the way the young
ladies planned to get even. They pro-
cured lot of rice and poured it in
every crevice about the baggage of the
couple, and in their pockets and among
tlslf~Tyraps, so that rice dropped from
them at every step.
One of the young ladies, who was ac-
quainted with the officers of the steam
er, explained the situation to them and
secured their aid in carrying out the
plot, and also promise that the delu-
sion should be kept up all the way to
San Francisco. They then scattered
rice about the stateroom of the bride
and groom" and all over the deck in
front, and when the go-ashore gong
sounded they just emptied their walls
of rice on the unfortunates and started
ashore.
The man was paralyzed for moment,
but, catching on" he said: "Well, if
this is a bridal party it is my duty to
kiss all the ladies'" and he went for
them then and there, and he kissed
them right and left, not hap-hazard,
but squarely on the mouth every time,
with resounding smacks which could
be heard clear up on the wharf. Such an
uproar had not been heard at the steam
er dock since the prerailroad days.
The last to be saluted had escaped
half way down the gangway, but the
bridegroom rushed down after her,
nearly knocking overheard "the last
man." who was just coming up, and he
kissed her the hardest of all. They
sailed away with the fair young BRIDE
and the young ladies returned TO their
boarding house and have ever since
been trying to decide who the joke was
on.-Portland Oregonian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
THERE ARE FEW IDEAL SPRINGS.


Practical Aspect of the Season as Conn
pared with Poets Fancies.
The poets are largely responsible for
the popular notion that the normal
spring Should be all sunshine, mild
ness and flowers, instead of the mix
ture of cold and warmth and alternate
storm and fairness which it usually is.
Occasionally, however, poet has
caught on" to the actual facts. 1t is
common, especially in this latitude, to
regard each particular spring as later
and more disagreeable than any of it's
predecessors. But backward springs
are not novelties, as Lowell showed
when he made Hosea Bigelow say:
II rather like our backward springs
That kind O. haggle with their green's and
things"
The truth is, spring is a very indefi-
mite quantity and neither bird, beast
nor man is it's accurate prophet. Every
year about March time people are
seized with wonder at the Backward
ness of the season-wonder not I'M
moved with irritation. Loud were the
recent denunciations at it's dilatori-
ness. Never was the month such a lion
before! Yet if my memory serves me
Alright we had furry of snow on April
II of last year and, in many preceding
years during the first week of that
month, have tracked the footprints
of the rabbit in the snow" 1t seems
rot to be a question of comparison,
however. Winter, before it is through,
drags on the best of us. We want the
warmth, the verdure and the birds
again before we have lived out the al
lotted term of cold and snow, and so,
each year, we rebel.-Boston Tran
ScriDt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
TEMPERANCE.
ALEC'S TEMPTATION.
Though He Yielded in Part, He Turned
Before 1t Was Too Late

Though He Yielded In Part, He Turned
Before 1t Was Too Late.
My son, if sinners entice thee, con-
sent thou not" The familiar words
came from the trembling lips of moth
er who was about to bid farewell to a
cherished son. He leaned over her
and with caressing pat of his hand
upon her thin shoulder, said: 81 won't,
mother. Don't worry about me; l shall
remember your careful training"
She could not speak as he kissed her
good-by, her heart seemed trying to
creep up into her throat, all the time
its throbbing must be audible; there
was ringing sound in her ears as she
dropped into a chair, and when she
came to herself again she was alone.
From the small sphere of a country
lawyers Office he was going into large
office in the city, and quite naturally
his ambition reached forward to posi-
bile fame and wealth in his new field
Alec Hunter was no worse than scores
of other young men who msle their
plans from a worldly standpoint, and
he had the advantage at the start of
thorough home training in the virtue
of strict honesty in word and deed.
Five years passed rapidly away, far
more rapidly to the young man i'm
mersed in business than to the lonely
widow in the little cottage at home.
So far in his career he had kept his
record clean-he had taken no dollar of
gain which did not justly belong to
him, though there had been many
time when by a little crookedness he
could have done so. Just now, however,
a great temptation was before him. He
had formed a friendship for a man
older than himself, more brilliant, and
far more INSCRIPTIONS.
Warren Chauncey had the dangerous
faculty of presenting wrong principles
in such an attractive light that they
were scarcely recognizable.
you are too strict, Alec" he said,
so frequently that the saying was los
ing its first sinister sound through rep
etition. "A man can never succeed in
business if he is always applying a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21

Roentgcn rays are becoming vulgar
lied rapidly. Prof. Brouardel, of the
municipal laboratory of Paris has used
them to find the contents of Internal
machines, and has seen nails, screws,
cartridges and even the grains of powder
in a bomb. An Englishman asserts
that he can tell pure claret from adLI-
terated by the use of the rays. In B~r-
i'm they have been introduced in a new
farce. An English photographer, who
sent out picture of a foot showing am
,mbedded needle, received telegram
from customer, saying: "Photograms
received very tame. Send more sensa-
tional ones, such as interior of belly,
backbone, brains, liver, kidney S, heart
lungs, ul."-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
TEMPERANCE TIDiNGS.

WHEN the liquor business goes the
Rams Horn.
THE screen in the saloon door is the
snare that hides the devil's trap.-Na-
tional Temperance Advocate.
81 WOULD rather be a dog and bay the
moon" than to be liquor-selling land
lord and obey the devil.-Attila, in
Lever.
WHEN liquor man cam lead Chris
tian by the nose, he doesn't want to hear
the fellow talk of the power there is
in relig'ion.-Facts-
ACCORDING to the British Medical
Journal, the medical superintendent Of
Burghill asylum states that more peo-
pie were in the asylum through cider
drinking than through any other cause.
TIE great evil of intoxicating drink
is now acknowledged by all the organs
of public opinion, for it is established
beyond legitimate question that it I'M
dermines the health, enfeebles the mind,
separates the and and wife, and
sometimes wrec..s entire families.-Fa-
Their E. NJ. Griffin, Catholic Chicago.
You may reform liar, but you cam
not reform a lie. You may reform a
drunlard, but you cannot reform the
drink" Total abstinence from lying is
the only cure for liar. Total absti-
hence from alcohol is the only certain
cure for a drunkard. A lie is lie,
whether a wee little one or a thumper;
alcohol is poison, whether by the barrel
or by the smallest glass.-The Index.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
Is 1t Quite Fair.

ut doesn't seem quite fair he said
thoughtfully.
what doesn't?" asked his COM
panion, feeling that he was expected to
say something.
''The division of labor between New
York and London relative to this matter
of marrying and giving in marriage.
All of the giving is done on this side of
the ocean and it's time that the young
men over here had chance at the mar
rying. Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21

A little maiden of seven years at
tended the wedding of an elder brother.
The Episcopal service, heard for the first
time, made deep impression on her
mind. a few days after she called to
see the bride, and found her sitting on
her husbands lap. Looking at them
wistfully for few moments, she ex-
claimed; "Oh, yes; i see-to have and
to hold."-N. Y. Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
Appreciated.

81 owe more comfort" said Mr.. John
son, 'to my shoemaker than do to any
other man."
"Why, how is that" said Mr.. Billings,
''when you are always complaining
about tight shoes?"
"Well, every evening when take off
my shoes and put on my slippers, the
comfort l feel is simply intense."-
Sunny Hour.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
Left Out in the Cold.

Jacques, how is it you never bring
any good marks home from school?"
''Oh, papa, there are such a lot of ue
that when my turn comes there are
none lefk"-La Famille.
The herald., 1896-08-22
MONEY FOR WINEMAKERS
The Combine Will Be Able to Make
Advances
Despite the Stringency Of tic Money Market
the Interest Charge VIII Be Only
Eight Per Cent

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21SA notice
has been sent out by the California
Wine Makers corporation to it's men,
bers, announcing that it will be able to
accommodate them with advances to as
sist them in the purchase of grapes. The
advances are to be as equitably distrib-
uted as possible among the applicants in
installments of three cents a gallon, to
be paid three months apart. In this con-
nection the dry wine makers are urged to
arrange as last year in the purchase of
grapes, to pay one-third cash on deliv-
cry, one-third in three months and the
balance in six months. The corporation
is to lend to its members on their trans
fer of certificates three cents a gallon
about November 1st, the same amount
about February 1st when the wines have
been examined and reported upon, and
the remaining three cents gallon about
May 1st, when the product shall have
been sold to the recognized buyers of
the corporation.
Despite the stringency Of the money
market the Wine Makers corporation
has deemed it advisable to lower the rate
of interest to eight per cent on all loans
to be made on the vintage of 1886. 1t
is enabled to do so from the possession
of a capital stock made up of certain
percentage of contributions. The an
nouncement is made that it has earned a
good dividend, which will soon be de-
clared and paid to all holders of stock
issued on the vintage of 1894 and pre-
vious years.
The herald., 1896-08-22
THE MONEY IS GONE
II Il Not at All Certain Who the Rob.
ber Is

ber Is
KANSAS CITY, Aug. N.-In Kansas
City, Kan, this morning an unknown
thief entered u branch of the American
National bank during the momentary
absence of the cashier and, prying open
a desk, secured $1,000 in currency and
escaped.
The statement of f. r. Boswell, cash
Ter and teller, is that he opened the
bank shortly after Q o'clock. After count
ing several thousand dollars taken from
the safe, he remembered he had a mes
sage to deliver to neighboring business
house. He hurriedly returned the bulk
of the money to the safe and the rest
of it to a drawer in the cashiers table.
Across the hall from the bank cashiers
Office sat j. r. Stoller president of the
Kansas Live Stock exchange. He was
only dozen feet distant and Boswell
felt safe in going out. Although he re-
turned within five minutes the robbery
had been committed without any one
knowing it,
In the minds of the local police there
is a strong suspicion against the young
cashier, Edwin r. Boswell, and for sew
eral hours today the cashier was in
custody at police headquarters, where
he was subjected TO severe sweating"
He would admit nothing, however, and
at late hour tonight he was allowed
to return to his lodgings, though he is
still under surveillance.
The herald., 1896-08-22
FATAL FIRE
Inmates Of q San Diego Lodging House Gre
mated


SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2f.-Fire destroyed
an old two-story lodging house and
caused the death of Nellie Bailey and
probably of two other persons.
The fire was discovered by an old
man named Fl. Duncan, who roomed on
the upper floor. He reused James Lewis,
also an occupant of the place, and then
attempted to rescue the Bailey woman
whom he heard screaming in the rear Of
the building. TIE flames, however, drove
him back and he and Lewis barely es-
capped with their lives. While they
were getting out at the front, Police
Sergeant McInnis sought to enter at
the rear. An unknown man aided him
to burst in the door. They were met by
sheet of flame. The officer rushed out,
but his companion is thought to have
perished. It is believer that Nora Nc
Donald an outcast girl of about II years,
who lived with the Bailey woman, was
also burned to death.
At one o'clock this Saturday morn
ing the remains of the Bailey woman
and an unknown man have been taken
from the ruins. The property loss is
about $1,000.