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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.

nd the renairs were stopped. The Admiralty was
unwilling 70 submit the possible delay that mght
take Mace and ordered the cylinder IN It's fosEii
cor1lffo. TO be sent 10 the dockyard where II coui
l.. finished AT The expense Of the Government. -,
au drpartnents and in all dockyards the usuaI
an. ana q half hours allowed for dinner mas D"ei
curtallel to a half hour. in order that more o.
w ,'.,al v.eeklv expend. ture FOR wages IS ABOUT
e." oos1 This amount has been increased 10 SioV"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02

TWO ECUADORIAN MINISTER'S RESIGN
Panama Feb THE Star and Herald" publishes
a dlspatch from GuayaQu.l. Ecuador. under date OF
Jauuary g. which says that the Ministers OF fupHc
Works and Public Education nave r'SNh'I ana
,Lo, tb~lr designations have been accepted and
their SUCCESSORS appointed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
TIT NTFT, CLOCKS,
$3.97, $4.97, $3.50, $5.97.
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AT ONE-FOUPTH VALUE
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Veyais and .ariey OF odd suNs fo- Cushions. Furni
and Curtlns
~ Is Ns o6erng Is Tor fs,r days on Early rtS0
- resptcffuiiy recommended.
JOSEPH =. slr.IlGH q Co. AT THE SIGN OF
Ara ST. W. AT 81 AVE. THE POPULAR SHOP"
Trademarks RsgdA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
,,,. povr Ac,Dr,,y PRESIDENCY.

London Feb THE presidency or the i'oNa'
Academy 10 MI the vacancy caused oy inc "ea.'
Of Lord Leighton. Will. II Is SAD De o'ii'" ~ %,
49,, ,,,uats II T. ukelv however that he will
refuse TO accept the office on account OF MS abe
q nd his dislike for public oratory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
HELD PRISONERS by KING MENEf.Ek.

Rome. Feb. 1-Ciencral Baraticri reports that'
desplte King Mencek's promise TO guarantee the
90 60 conduct Of Colonel ,;aano and his command
10 Raratieri's camp. the Abyssinian monarch de-
tanned ten OF the officers OF Galanos column ana
e,fil holds them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

\ passenger train on the North Brit
ish railway met with a curious accident
which engineers attribute to the intense
heat which prevailed on that day. The
train when rounding a curve left the
rails and ran on the ballast for nearly
400 feet before it could be stopped. This
state of thing was brought about by the
spreading of the rails from expansion
caused by the heat. According to the
report the thermometer on that day
and at that point registered 12S degrees.
The derailing occurred at noon while
the track was exposed to the full rays
of the sun. The expansion took place
within few hours, as an inspector had
passed over the road during the fore
noon, and everything appeared to he
in the usual condition. As the train
approached the spot the engineer saw
the rails were badly warped, and al
though he at once applied the brake, it
was too late to stop. The curious feature
OF the mishap was that the engine re-
NAMED on the track, having gone safe
~ over the spread rails. In connection
with this account comes the statement
that the road had not been kept in the
very best condition.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

School froclls for girls from eight to
twelve years of age are as important as
the better ones These are oftenest
made of serge, cheviot, plaid and mixed
woolens. A most serviceable design of
green and brown mixed cheviot has
lining of brown percaline, full skirt
three yards and a half wide, full
topped sleeves and high waist having
the front dropping little over the belt
of green velveteen. Collar of velveteen,
and tabs from each shoulder seam two
inches wide and six long, reaching
third of the way to the belt. Epaulette
pieces over the shoulders reach to the
bottom of the tabs. A row of small
gilt or steel buttons trim each edge of
the velveteen tabs. A brown serge
may be made with a similar skirt,
large sleeves and round waist close
fitting at the back and sides and loose
and dropping in front like blouse,
with a box plat and two side plaits
bordering it laid at the top. These
are held in place by four fancy but
tons down each plat, falling loosely
below; the back fastens with fancy
buttons that should not be larger than
a ten-cent piece. Cherry taf-
feta ribbon three inches wide folded
around a narrow standing collar and
tied at the back. Ladies' Home Jour-
nal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
A CURIOUS CATCH.
Stolen Bicycle Was Recovered from the
Bottom of the Bay of Bermuda.

Stolen Bicycle Was Recovered from the
Bottom of the Bay of Bermuda.
Among the residents of Bermuda are
two brothers, one of whom, besides be-
ing an enthusiastic yachtsman, is also
a swift and sllilIful rider of the bicycle.
Some time ago, shortly before the date
set for a bicycle race in which he was to
be one Of the contestants, his wheel
mysteriOusly disappeared, and all ef-
forts to find trace of it proved fruit
less.
One day. about IA months after the
bicycle had been presumably stolen,
fisherman, who was angling out
in the middle of St. Georges harbor for
floating fish. hooked a large one, which
instantly plunged into the depths of
the harbor in a vain endeavOr to escape.
The angler played with him for awhile.
and then. feeling the line tighten in
his hand and the strain become steady,
began to haul up. He soon realized that
he had at the end of his line one of the
heaviest catches which he had ever
made, and (what he could not under
stand about it) that it was apparently
almost dead weight He hauled away,
however, until there appeared above
the water not only the fish that he had
hooked, but a bicycle. round the
handles of which the fish. in its efforts
to escape, had wound the line a number
of times.
When the astonishcd fisherman had
sufficiently recovered from his amaze
ment at his curious catch he took the
bicycle ashore. There it was soon identi-
fed as the one which had so ineNpliCG-
bly, disappeared. Strange to say, the
machine. in spite of the fact that it had
been at the bottom of the harbor for
II months, was but little damaged. and
was easily put in running order again.
For some time no clew as to how it
found it's way TO its watery hiding
place could be discovered. Eventually,
however. several circumstances came
to light that pointed to n man with
whom the bicycle rider had once had
trouble. At one time whenever he rode
past this mans place the dogs which
were kept there would run out ard
p''i anu snap at tilV li'ttl' causing Nun
considerable annoyance and trouble.
At first he contented himself with sim
ply driving off the brutes as best he
could, but when he found that they
were set upon him by their master, he
took prompt measures to have the man
arrested, brought into court and fined.
From various circumstances that were
found out regarding the disappearance
of the bicycle, there seems to be no
doubt that the owner of the ugly dogs
was responsible for it, and that he stole
the machine and sunk it in the harbor
in order to be revenged on its owner.
Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
SURGERY IN THE BACKWOODS.
Dislocation Treated by Means of Pulley
and Steam Engine.

"Probably as queer piece of back
woods surgery as has been described"
says frequenter of the region, was
that performed by Moosehead lake
guide known as Old Sabattus,' 20 years
ago. The man was not al Indian, as
his nickname implies, but Yankee,
one of those rough fellows formerly
characteristic of that locality. This
guide was left on a lake steamboat az
one of the far up landings while the
engineer went ashore with the COM
pany. \ man named Meservey came
aboard and in fooling around the boat
managed to tumble down INTO the fire
pit and put his shoulder out of Joint.
Here was dilemma. The other
members of the party would not he
back for half an hour, and the injured
man was in great pain. The guide was
Il man of eXpedients. He got a rope
and tied his patient securely to posi-.
Then he tied another rope around the
mans wrist and htched the loose end
to a pulley of the engine. lie managed
somehow to turn on steam and the pull
ny logan ~ W lllu UP tllc rope II hIcN
the arm out tight in beautiful shape.
and presently the joint snapped back
into its socket. 'Sabattus' Jumped
around to shut off steam while the
pulley kept on winding. Holy Moses
gasped the guide. excitedly. how does
it go? | don't know where it's. can't
stop the BANKED thing ana the pulley
meanwhile was slowly but surely
pulling Meservey to pieces His eyes
were sticking out of their sockets aud
he screamed and gasped for breath.
'Sabattus' danced around like a wild
man, not knowing what to 90. when he
happened to spy Ratchet lying near,
and, jumping for that. he cut the rope
and saved a dreadful catastrophe. This
was done just as the party of city folks
who had gone ashore came rushing
back on to the boat, alarmed at Meser.
vey's screams. 1t was some years
afterward,' says the narrator. that |
! was present when lot of summer
company arrived at Greenville. Sal.
attus' was there, too, and presently n
distinguished looking man. one of the
newcomers, vert up to him and said,
with meaning smile: Are YOU the
man that practices surgery by steam?
and 'Sabattus' he'd to admit that he was
that same Teller "-Iewiston MEL
journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

Few people can claim to have outwit-
ted the late Sir James Hammer. the
well-known Judge. His lordship, how
ever was curiously dome" by a somber-
addressed juryman in his own court.
In melancholy tone the juryman
claimed to be exempt from serving or
the jury which had been impaneled. Sir
James very alphabetically asked on
what ground he claimed exemption.
my lord" said the applicant, II am
deeply interested in a funeral which
takes place to-day, and am most anxious
to follow"
certainly, sir; your plea is a just
one" remarked his lordship.
The man departed, and the next day
the judge learned that he was the un.
dertaker,--Spare Moments.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Tommy-'Paw, what is human ma
ture?' Mr.. Figg-"Human nature, my
son, is the excuse generally offered by
man who has been acting like hog"
Indianapolis journal.
-"One reason why some smaht men
doan git along faster" said Uncle Eben,
"is case dey loses time shown off how
smaht dey is, stead O. trabblin' right
erlong. '-Washington Star.
u understand Ham, the actor, dies
very naturally in his new play?" Nat
urally? Why, he dies so naturally the
people in the house don't know whether
TO be glad or sorry."-Detroit Trib-
une.
You'll drive me into my grave
with your demands for money" said
old Sleek. Then you'll have to give me
ten pounds more" said Mrs. Sleek,
because mourning goods are very eX-
pensive. "-Tit-Bits
Cure for Seasickness.-Bri Bridget
"Wuz yeh sick whin yez worr comm
over the ocean," Moile (newly ar
rived -'Wosn't l, though! If l hadn't
pat on loife preserver believe ora
doid. Harlem Life.
How very easily a child may get
out of scrape is shown by the case of
the little nephew who had gone to be
the guest of his aunt, and who, on be-
ing asked at tea if he had not been help
ing himself secretly to jam, said quiet
ly: please, auntie, pa never lows me
to talk at meals. "-Tit-Bits
I'VE must economize," he said,
peremptorily. I'm so glad!" his wife
exclaimed: You take the announce
ment more good-naturedly than usual"
YES. It's pleasant to hear you
use the plural number. Ordinarily,
when there is any economizing needed,
you expect me to do it all. "-Washing-
ton Star.
-"Humph!" said the wayfarer.
You want assistance, do you?" YES"
said the beggar. well, these are hard
times, and | have very strong convic-
tons on the money question. Are you
for gold or are you a silverite?" Sir -
replied the beggar, 81 am anything
but / have a feeling this evening that
I'm a nickelite." He got it.-Harper's
Bazaar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

o yes, perhaps | might. At least
(Turns away in confusion.)
Algie-Hullo! there are the Fairies.
I say Eve, must go to them, Vivian III
look after you. He knows lots about
the sports. (Going.)
Miss Winter (hurriedly)-Stop min
ute, Algie-where's mother?
Algie (cheerily)-O! she's all right ;
don't you worry about her--the colonies
got her in tow. (EXit.)
Miss Winter with a sigh)-O dear,
how dreanfully hot the sun is; it comes
straight down upon us.
Capt. Vivian-Suppose we go over
Hereunder those trees
(They leave the crowd. and go off to quiet
part of the grounds)
Capt. Vivian with an etfort)-MiSs
Winter, l took that photograph of
yours.
Miss Winter-Oh, but why did you?
Capt. Vivian drawing CLOSER why ?
Shall | tell you why? Because l fell
in love with it at first sight, and I
couldn't bear to part with it. But
with heavy sigh if you really want
it | must give it up.
Miss Winter (nervously) %, it
doesn't matter very much.
Capt. Vivian (delightedly)-Then I
may keep it? o thank you! You don't
know what it is to me. CA short pause !;
then recklessly)-I'm not much of a
hand at making speeches, but, you
know, | seem to have known you so long
from having your photo; and-Evelyn
I love you so much, with all my heart.
Could you, do you think, learn to love
me?
Miss Winter VERY low)-I don't think
| need learn, because
Capt. Vivian (rapturously)-Darling!
Black and White.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
ENGLISH FOR THE JAPANESE
Amusing Extracts from q Manual OF Com
versatiOn.

Amusing Extracts from q Manual OF Com
versatiOn.
The English language as spoken and
written by the Japs is often fearful and
wonderful in its surprising and uneX-
pected twists and contortions MIR.
Basil Hall Chamberlain, professor of
Japanese and philology in the Imperial
university of Japan, gives some anus
ing and authentic instances OF this
Among them are some extracts ire m a
book published in Osaka some time
ago, entitled: THE Practical Use OF
Conversation for Police Authorities
Under the heading of 'Misseranious
Subjects is placed an imaginary con-
versation between a member of THE
force" and an English bluejacket:
What countryman are you?"
II an an English sailor belonging to
the English man-ofwar"
why do you strike this Jinriksha
MANI"
He told me impolitely."
What does he told you impolitely?"
HE insulted me, saying loudly: The
sailor, the sailor, when am passing
here"
did you striking this man for that|
YES"
But do not strike him for it is for
bidded"
81 strike him no more"
The author teaches his policemen not
only to converse, but to moralize thus:
Japanese police force consists of nice
young men.
But l regret that their attires are
not perfectly neat.
when a constable comes in contact
with a people he shall be polite and
tender in his manner of speaking and
movement.
''If he will terrify or scold the people
with enormous voice he will become
himself an object of fear for the people.
"Civilized people is meek, but bar
barous people is vain and naughty,
Those Japanese who acquire a little
of foreign language think they have
the knowledge of foreign countries, as
Chinese, English or French. There is
nothing hard to success what they at
tempt. They would initiate themselves
to Caesar, the ablest hero of Rome,
who has been raised the army against
his own country crossing the River
Rubicon."
A CLEAN of diffidence seems to cross
the police mind when one policeman
says to the other: you speak the
English very WE'LL" and the other re-
plies: "You jest. IN. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

Miss Winter (skeptically)--My photo
graph! You must be tsiaking of some
one else, too.
Capt Vivian (earnestly)-Oh, no; las
sure YOU not. | remember quite well
now. You see, your cousins get q
whole lot of your photos and II sup
pose I've noticed them.
Miss Winter-IIow very impertiEent
of Algie. lie must have stolen them.
l wonder what he's got?
Capt. Vivian (thoughtfully) We'll,
there's one with a rough-haired terrier
on your knee.
Miss Winter certainly shan't let
him keep that. Why, it's the only one
I've got my darling ''Doddles!"
Capt. Vivian Cooking in alarn)-We
cant be getting into Kings Cross. We
are, though, by Jove! CTurning to Miss
Winter) It's awfully good of you to
have let me off so easily; l didn't deserve
it a bit for keeping up the mistake so
long, but you've no idea what fright
, l was in.
Miss Winter 0aughing)-Fm very
sorry; 1 didn't know l was so alarm
ing. Thank you, that's all. Good
by.
Scene II.-Regimental Sports. Miss
Winters and Alice Drummond looking on.
Miss Winter Enthusiastically
well run, we'll run! Wasn't that splen-
did, Algie? I'm 50 glad that man won.
What's his namef
A luin i1yrl- 7 To1. as
all my time to remember my own. O,
here's Vivian coming, he'll tell us. Wv
ian, hi! What's the name Of that
Tommy who's just won the race?
Capt. Vivian-Parker, I think. How
do you do, Miss Winter?
Algie-Oh, l forgot! You know Wv
ian, don't you, Eve? (Chuckling) Give
YOU my word l never laughed so much
in my life as when | heard the muddle
you two got into. l simply yelled.
laughs immoderately.)
Miss Winter (sharply)-Well, don't
yell now, please; everyone's turning
round to look at us.
Algie (complacently)-Let EN-;
don't mind, bless you.
Miss Winter-No, but | do. Blythe
bye, AIgie Severely, 1 should like To
know how you got hold of my photos
Algie quite unabashed)-Boned 'em
all, last time | was at Kirkleigh.
was awfully hard up for something 10
stick about the place, you know.
1 Miss Winter (affronted)-Well! re-
ally, if that's all you want them for,
nay as well have them back; | must
have the one with ''Doddles."
Algie--Awful sorry, Eve, but, You sec
l haven't got it; some fellow bagged il
the day | brought it back.
Miss Winter Gndignantly)-What a
shame! Don't you know who it is?
Algie (valorously)-Wish I did. Id
make him fork out, that's all.
Miss Winter-Perhaps you could find
out, Capt. Vivian, as you know it.
Capt. Vivian (red and embarrassed)-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

One of the neateSt uses to which the
Roentgen photography has been APP
piled is the detection of glass splinters
and other foreign bodies in the eye. The
difficulty of photographing the eye is
very great, because it is practically in
closed in a bony case and cannot be
got at Dr. IL. Lewkowitsch has. how
ever, invented a continuance which en-
ables this operation to be successfully
performed. The plate is 50 made that
it can be inserted (under anaesthetics.
Of course) into the orbital cavity be-
tween the os lachrymale and the eye
hall, and in this way a photograph can
be taken which shows the position of
objects quite beyond the reach of the
ophthalmoscope. In fact, IIelmholtz'
wonderful instrument is useless, except
where the foreign body is located in
transparent tissue, and is free from
eXtravasation of blood. conditions
which do not apply to the Roentgen
photograph at all.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

Cards for both men and women are
considerably smaller, and the script en-
craving is finer in consequence, follow
ing more closely the English style than
the Partisan, which is large and with
fouriShes. The block or Roman letter
is very English, and with those affect
ing London styles it finds great favor.
The price more than doubles that OF
script engraving.-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

me explain. You see | was quite sure
knew you, and as you seemed to know
me SO well, that made me all the more
certain. Don't you understand?
Miss Winter desperately 49, No, I
don't understand at all. If you are not
SIR. Ogilvie, why I've never seen you I've
core, so you can't know me.
Capt. Vivian (despondently)-I sup
pose not; and yet-would this be any
help? (EXtricates card and hands it to
her.J
Miss Winter (glances at card and
shakes her headD-No, your name is
quite unknown to me. But with con-
solation) | see you are in the same re gil
ment as my cousin, Algie Drummond.
Capt. Vivian (eXcitedly) -That's it..
] remcmbes now, it's your photograph
Eve seen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

your PARDON, III sure. ANluIIN SOIIy
(Aside) Great Scott! know her face
as well as possible, and yet l can't for
the life of me put name to her.
Miss Winter pleasantly - hate
travelling alone; I'm so glad you got N.
w H. ti-----.:Is-A a I'-------s-
glad, too. (Aside) If I'd the faintest
glimmering of an idea who she is,
should feel a good deal happier.
Miss Winter-It's quite lcng time
since we met.
Capt. Vivian with conviction) -
should rather think it must be.
Miss Winter-Not since you stayed
with us last.
Capt. Vivian (aside)-This is getting
pretty hot. (Aloud, refectivcly) See,
when was that?
Miss Winter-Last summer. What
fun those theatricals were.
Capt. Vivian Laughing constrained
1y)-Yes, capital fun. (Aside) lbs
confoundedly odd, | don't seem to re-
member them a bit. (Aloud) You've
not been in town lately l think.
Miss Winter (distantly) not just
i'fNN NiA' lSl-NlilSS H'llitNN lltltJ L mt
your sisters very often the last time
was there.
Capt. Nivian-No, did you really?
(Aside) Now, how on earth did she
manage to do that, when l don't hap
pen to possess any. By Jove! I've got
it. She must be taking me for some
one else.
Miss Winter-O yes, and your sister
Amy told me all about you going out to
India. How soon do you start?
Capt. Vivian lin confusion)- Jim not
going, after all.
Miss Winter deeply interested)-Re-
ally! But l thought it was sucn a spicH-
did appointment, and your people were
so glad you'd got it?
Capt. Vivian (suggestively)- you
quite sure you're not making a mis-
take? Perhaps you are thinking of
some one else?
Miss Winter (positively)-O no, I'm
not. I've very good memory.
Capt. Vivian (gloomily)-WishI lad.
Miss Winter 49, By-the-bye, do you
know, you've never asked after roor
tt'll ICObNlltS
Capt. Vivian (aside)-Now what can
'Doddles" be! (Aloud) VIVA. a horrid
shame of me. How is she?
Miss Winter-O, she's pretty flourish
ing, thank you, but l am surprised you
forgot her, you were so very devoted
10 her.
Capt. Vivian (helplessly)-Nas I?
Miss Winter (reproachfully)-O Mr.
ogilvie! How can you! When you
sent her such a lovely present only last
Christmas.
Capt. Vivian with studied careless
ness)-Do you know, I think there must
be a slight misunderstanding some
where.
Miss Winter Cooking much startled)
What do you mean?
Capt. Vivian (categorically)-W
it's about like this. I've never acted in
my life-Fve got no sisters-I dor't
know who "Doddles" is-and my name
isn't Ogilvie.
Miss Winter alphabetically - But
you're just like him.
Capt. Vivian (meelily)-I'm awful,y
sorry, but ] can't help that, can /?
Miss Winter with rising indignatiSn)
But why, why didn't you tell me all
this before-O, it was disgraceful of
you!
Capt. Vivian (eagerly)-O, please let
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
Queer Hens Nests

Indian women tn southern California
have trained hens to slt in their laps.
A gentleman saw the squaws sitting on
the ground, each with hen in her lap
cackiing, until finally the coveted egg
would be left and the hen would &c
about her business.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15
A Household Necessity.

CaG,arets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age. pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, acts gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispels colds,
ton and biliousness. Please buy and try a
box of G. c. G.. to-day; 10, q, 30 cents. Sold
and guaranteed to cure by all druggists.