davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09
THE FACE I'M ILLNESS.
To the Trained Eye 1t Quickly Shows. n
Patients Condition.

The face is a good index 10 the state
of ones physical being, and from it
symptoms of disease can be detected
almost before the patient is aware
that anything serious is the matter
with him. Fog instance, Incomplete
closure of the eyelidsr rendering the
whites OF the eyes visible during sleep,
is a symptom in all acute and chronic
diseases of a severe type; it is, Also to
be observed when rest is unsound from
pain, wherever seated.
Twitehing of the eyelids, associated
with the oscillation of the tyeballs, or
squirting, herald the visit of eonvul-
sionS.
Widening of the OFFICES of the nose.
with movements of the nostrils to and
fro, point to embarrassed breathing
from disease of the lungs or their
plural investment.
Contraction of the brows indicates
pain in the head; sharpness OF the nos
trils, pain in the chest, and a drawn
upper lip. pain in the abdomen.
To make general rule, it may be
stated that the upper third of the face
is altered in expression in affections
of the brain, the middle third, in the
diseases of the organs contained in the
abdominal cavity.-The Trained Nurse.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09
Speed of tho Dragon Fly.

It is the popular belief that the
flight of birds is much swifter than that
OF insects. but number of naturalists,
who have been making a study of the
matter. think that is not the case. A
common house fly, for example, is not
very rapid in it's flight, but its wings
make 500 beats second and send it
through the air 25 feet, under ordin-
airy circumstances, in the space of that
time. When the insect is alarmed,
however. it has been found that it can
increase its speed to 100 feet per sec
ond. If it could continue such rapid
fight for mile in IL straight line it
would cover that distance in exactly 80
seconds. 1t is not an uncommon thing,
when travelling by rail in the sum-
nIer time, to see a bee or wasp keeping
up with the train and trying to get in at
the windows. A swallow is considered
one of the swiftest of flying birds, and
it was thought until recently that no in
sect could escape it. A naturalist tells
of an exciting chase he saw between a
swallow and Il dragon fly, which is the
swiftest of insects. The insect flew
with incredible speed, and wheeled and
lodged with such ease that the swal-
low, despite its utmost efforts, COM
pletely failed to overtake and capture
it.-Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09
TEMPERANCE TIDlNGS.

WINE opens the damper to let all the
Horn.
ALL the gold and iron and coal which
Australia produces in so years it drinks
away in ten.
No MAN breads death more than the
drunkard; yet how often is he heard
saying that he wants to die?-Stilla.
AN Illinois lady recently succeeded
in having judge prohibit smoking il
a courtroom where she was obliged to
spend the day. With a cleal~headed
judge and jury and a denarcotized at
mosphere, justice doubtless reigned that
day, in one courtroom, at least.
LOTS of people can develop untold holy
horror over the Armenian atrocities
who are as blind as bats and as dumb as
oysters regarding drink atrocities just
around the corner from their own doors.
Distance lends horror to the horrible
as we'll as enchantment to the view
Vineland On. j. Outlook.
THE love of money has been called the
root of all evil. But the love of strong
dring has been found to be the stronger.
The love of mother, wife, children and
friends is strong; but the love of strong
drink is found to be stronger. 1t is
stronger than the love of ones own life.
1t overcomes fear. To crafty his APP
petite for strong drink the drunkard
will sacrifice all his hopes, temporal as
well as eteInal.-Rev. j. w. Holman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09
SMUGGLING BY RAILWAY.



CODtraband Goods.
There is a story of several years
standing to the effect that at one time
u locomotive on one of the lines run
ming across the German-Russian from
tier was used most successfully as a
carrier of contraband goods, and that
the fraud, so long practiced, was dis
covered only while overhauling the en-
CINE in the repair shops. The exact cir
cumstances cannot now be called to
mind, though the essential facts of
such illegal use having been made of
IL Legitimate piece of engineering work
is brought back to memory by a re-
Gently published item which chronicles
a somewhat similar bit of deception.
The Belgian customs authorities, it
appears, knew for long time that
large quantities of jeWelry were SNUG
gled over the French border, but how
It was done puzzled them. In the lug
gage van of the express which runs
between Paris and brussels is case
which holds the accumulators when
the train is electrically lighted. a key
of the case is held by the conductor
of the express, foreman porter and an
excise official of the border station,
hut none of these ever appear to use
it. The other day, as the train ran into
Quevy, the border town. a customs in
spector took it into his head, more
through officiousness than suspicion.
to open the chest. To his amazement,
it was filled to the lid with watches,
chains, rings, bracelets and all kinds
of dutiable jewelry. 1t was found that
the foreman porter at Quevy had, for
long period, been carrying on con-
traband traffic for well-known Paris
jeweler, who, it is said, had had to dis
gorge heavily, both in jewelry and hard
cash, in consequence of the disclosures
of his frauds.-Carrier' Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

A very conspicuous and absurdly SEN
tmental member of the house from
New England, who loves to weep over
the wickedness of the world, and was
pathetic over pensions, gave utterance
TO this burst of eloquence when the pen
sion appropriation bill was under con-
sideration by the house: why did he
weep? Why did he weep? | say, Mr..
Speaker, why did he weep? | repeat.
Mr.. Speaker, why did he weep? His
heart was broken. Yes. Mr.. Speaker,
| knew this man. He died of broken
heart, He died of a broken heart. | re-
peat, Mr.. Speaker, he died of Il broken
heart! He never smiled again. They re-
fused him the pitiful increase of two.
dollars a month on his pension. l say.
Mr.. Speaker, he never smiled again. I
repeat, he never smiled again." and
there were tears in the members voice
Ms he closed this outburst of pathos.--
Philadelphia Telegraph,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09
BIubber Baths for Rheumatism.

In Australia they have whale cure
for rheumatism which is said to be eff
fective, though disagreeable. 1t was
discovered by drunken man, who was
staggering along the beach near the
whaling station at Twofold bay, and
who, seeing a dead whale cut open.
took a header into the decomposed
blubber. 1t took two hours for him
to work his way out, but he was then
not only sober but cured of his rheu.
matsm. Now IA hotel has been built
in the neighboring town of Eden,
where rheumatic patients wait for the
arrival of whale in order to take blub-
Der ba:hs.-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

There is one absolutely certain
method of avoiding the miseries of
drunkenness, and that is given in the
moral law for our guidance. 1t is writ
ten: Look not thou upon the wine
when 1t is red, when it giveth his color
in the cup, when it moveth itself Alright;
at the last it biteth like a serpent and
stingeth like an adder" If every youth
in The land would solemnly determine
to conform to the spirit of that law and
shun everything which intoxicates,
there would be no more drunkards.-
Silver Cord.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Alabama has 81 national banks
with a combined capital of 1854, 900
! The state banks number II.
ALL the members of the Vanceboro
| (Ne.) board of health are guaranteed
on account of scarlet fever in their fam
| lilies.
of the eighteen people who died
more than 70 years old, and of these
ten five were more than so years old.
"A box of earth has been sent from
the grave of Gen. Lafayette to the
Daughters of the American Republic
at San Francisco, in which to plant a
tree of liberty.
A hunter in Bracken county, KY
last week cut down tree to get at
'possum, and when the tree came down
he found it contained four 'possums,
two coons, five young squirrels and
about 100 pounds of honey.
An authority on deaf-mutes says
that the ratio of deaf-mutes 70 hear
ing is about one to each 1000, accord
ing to which there are about 10000
such persons in the United States and
about 100000 in the worlds entire
population.
The oldest postmaster in New
England, in point of continuous serv-
ice, is believed TO be Samuel S. Fuller,
of Mansfield, Conn. He has been post
master in that place during the past
IS years He is a democrat, but his
place has never been threatened by
political considerations. 4
The Norwegians are supposed to
have been the first who attempted the
perilous enterprise of killing the
whale. The Biscayans engaged in a
regular whale fishery in the twelfth
century, but the whales then caught
were of small size and We're employed
as food. Whalebone appears to have
been then used for the first time.
The boundary line between Cana
da and the United States is marked
with posts at mile intervals for great
part of its length. Cairns, earth
mounds and timber posts are also used,
and through the forests and swamps
a line rod wide, clear of trees and un-
derwood. has been cut. Across the
lake artificial islands have been put
to support the cairns, which rise about
eight feet above the high water mark.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09
The Intemperate MAI.

Whatever tends to brutalize man,
whatever robs him of his intelligence
and dethrones the reason which should
guide him in the paths of rectitude, I'M
fits him for the duties of citizenship.
The Incorporate man is a curse to the
state; he is a cancer on the social
body; he not only consigns to destruc-
ton his own God-given prerogatives,
but he casts aside every kindly feeling
and destroys the home that was des-
tined to be the sanctuary Of virtue
Boston Temperance Cause.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

In the British Medical journal G
Paris correspondent says at least $500
physicians in France are battling with
starvation, and he adds that physicians
themselves are largely responsible for
this state of affairs. They have taught
lady patronesses of different societies
to diagnose diseases, to dress and band
age wounds, to yaccinate their own
children and those of their neiShbors.
Medical science is vulgarized in every
way. Doctors write to important daily
papers explaining how bronchitis and
cramps of the stomach are to be cured,
and in fashion journals they teach how
to cure pimples and avert headaches.
Five hundred thousand gratuitous COR
situations are given yearly in Paris dis
pensaries, and in this way a large
amount of fees is diverted from the
medical profession - Chicago Jour
nal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

going to town that day. Not you, John
ME-" said the old man, patting his
grandson on the head, mo, not you, but
our boy John. He was just nine years
old. All, me! l can see him now, with
his warm overcoat and big cap and his
scarf that mother tied so tightly over
his ears. And then he drew on his big
fur mittens that she had made out of
bear skin, mittens that were Just like
mine and the pride of his heart. And
then he threw his arms around his
mothers neck and gave her big hug
and kiss" (The old mans hand trem-
bled now as it rested on his wife's
bowed head.) Then he said, Come on,
papa, I'm all ready"
but mother had few words to say
to him. l didn't hear all she said, but 1
caught the words: BE sure to take
good care of him. Angrily 1 turned
around and said: Sarah, aren't you
ashamed of yourself, asking that boy
to take care of me" A flush of pain and
sorrow overspread her face, but she
never said word, and without even
oiuoihS hCi Sooo-pl, VIC SoO iilUO lhC
sleigh and away we went.
II was taking big load of grain to
market, and 1 well knew what Sarah
feared, for in Knowlton was the same
old saloon that is there to-day, only 25
years ago it was kept by Sam Price.
knew even then what curse the old
thing was, but get by it could not,
10 III :, I,
find their way home because they knew
more than the driver. Well, that day
just made up my mind that I'd never
drink a drop and show Sarah that she
needn't ask little nine-year-old chap
to take care of a strong man like me,
his own father, too.
well, I'd sold my grain and pocketed
the money, and Johnnie and 1 were
going for the horses when we met Jim
Brown, who used to live on the Hill
place.
"'Hello, John!' said he; come on and
take drink
THANK you, JIM said I, but I'm
In a hurry; We'll have to get home
"'Pshaw!' said he, you'll have to go
right by Sans, and it won take more'n
a minute
Il hesitated. John pulled my sleeve.
Come. papa he said, let's hurry home; ;
ats getting late There was little
anxious culver in his voice, and it made
me mad. Sure enough, he was trying to
take care of me, and wasn't 1 old
enough to take drink and be none the
worse for it, and stop, too, when 1 had
enough? My pride got the better of my
reason. and 1 said: All right, Jim, I'll
stop for glass;
"'Oh, papa, don't; please, don't said
johnnie. Angrily struck him on the
head Stop your noise. I'll do as l
please, / guess
Into the saloon we went, my con-
science making me mighty uncomfort-
able. Johnnie never said anotherword,
but stood by the stove, looking at me
with his big, pleading eyes. J. set the
glass down twice before l tasted it. ]
really felt as if couldn't swallow a
drop.
why, John, what's the matter with
you?' said Sam Price. Never knew you
to grow sick over glass of brandy be-
fore. CROWN faint-hearted? Take q
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09
TEMPERANCE.
THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Old John Adams Touching Story of His
Reformation

Old John Adams Touching Story of His
Reformation.
Great piles of snow covered the fences
and loaded down the trees and stood
knce-deep on the level ground. The
mercury had reached ten degrees below
zero. Long icicles hung down from the
scalloped edges of the old-fashioned
porch, the sleighbells tinkled frostily
and everything outside suggested win
ter. But inside the farmhouse of old
John Adams there was mirth and song
and laughter. The big, comfortable
dining-room had been packed to its ut
most three times and now the merry
party had assembled in the great, hand
some, old-fashioned parlors. Old and
young were there, sons and grandsons,
and neighbors for miles around.
They had come in response to an in
vitation sent them to attend the silver
wedding of old John Adams. They
didn't one of them understand what it
meant, for they we'll remembered the
grand good time they had had at his
silver wedding some ten years before.
Over and over again had he been asked
why he kept the anniversary second
time, but to each and all was the same
reply: after supper you shall know all
aboutit And now they were wild with
excitement to hear the story, for they
knew that John Adams always had a
reason for everything.
He sat now in his big armchair and
in low rocking-chair by his side was
Sarah Adams, his faithful, loving wife,
Curled upon a sofa near him was his
little grandson, John, and clustered all
around were sons and grandsons and
neighbors and friends. The room was
perfectly quiet, however, when the old
man began his story.
"Yes, boys and girls, it was just rs
years ago; it don't seem possible, but it
was, and 25 years ago yesterday was just
such day as this is. You wonder why
I remember it, don't you? But 1 can see
in memory the piles of snow and the
great big icicles, and can almost breathe
the frosty air. Little John and were
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

He who opposes his own judgment
against the consent of the times ought
to be backed with unanswerable truths;
hc that has truth on his side is fool,
as well as coward, if he is afraid to
own it because of the currency or multi
tude of other mems opinions.-De Foe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

Beat one tablespoonful of butter, the
yolks of two eggs and three-fourths of a
cup of sugar together, until light; then
add one cup of water; add one table
spoonful of baking powder to one and
one-fourth cups of -four, and sift care
fully. Stir this into the other mixture
and beat thoroughly;then stir in the
well-beaten whites of the eggs, and bake
in two or three layers. This may be put
together with soft icing or with a mix
ture of fruit and icing.-Boston Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-09

"Muscadine" is Il disease to which
silllworms are liable. 1t consists of
fungus growth in the body, which
breaks through the skin and speedily
kills the insect.
The morning times., 1896-07-17
UNDERTAEERS
j. WILLIAM LEE.
S32 TIA. Ave. n. w.
First cle ss service Phone 1881
ja4-SNi
DIED.

DIED.
MALONE-On Thursday, July 16, 1896,
at q p. M, Alphonsus Il; beloved son oss
Edmund and Nargret Malone,
Funeral from his late residence, $50
Second street northeast, saturday, July
1S,at9an Requiem IN ass at st. A 10y sins
Cburchat $40 a. IN. Relatives and friends
invited. 1t
CALLAHAN-OnTh Thursday, j u,y Is L SS6.
at 2 a. H., John Callahan. beloved husband
OF Mary Callahan, native OF County Cork.
Ireland.
Funeral from his late residence, II keat-
ing avenue, on Saturday morning at
O'Clock Requiem mass in st. Aloysius'
Church at $50 sharp. Relativesand friends
invited. Iy17-2t
PLOwDEN-Miss Elizabeth Plowden
departed THISTLE Wedn esday, July IL, Il SS6,
aged fifty-nine years.
Funeral takes place from her late resi-
dence, 2734 p street, Georgetown.
A dearest one from US has gone,
The voice we loved Is stilled;
A place is vacant in our home
Which we can never fill.
BY HER SISTER.
CULHANE-James j. Cuihune, aged
rty-four ycars, died suddenly, July / 8. at
his residence, 1115 New Jersey avenue
northwest.
Funeral from house at IL a. m. Friday.
Relatives and friends are invited TO attend.
New York papers please Copy.
McGARvEY-On July IL. 1896. at $50
p. m... Mrs. Jane McGarvey. widow OF
Patrick McGarvey. -s.-,t'.. s-,s-.i.
Funeral from the residence of lier sister
Friday morning at $50. Mass at st.
stephens Church. Friends invited to
attend. 49, 80
lPhiladelplia papers please copy.)
The morning times., 1896-07-17
Washington Grove.

The fifth annual convention Of the
Wofnan's Christian Temperance Union Of
Maryland and the District of Columbia
opened Tuesday at Washington Grove.
Mrs. NJ. Il. Hasiup presided at the meeting
and the devotional services was led by
Mrs. II. E. Cohen OF Washington. An
address of welcome was delivered by
DIR. N. ID. Peck, TO which Mrs. N. T. Piatt
replied. Mr. Carlton Hughes read an Or
iginal poem and Rev. Luther b. Wilson, ID.
D.. presiding elder Washington district.
delivered the address OF the evening.
Mrs. T. Hamilton Coates has returned
to the Grove after short visit in Virginia.
Mr.. W. +. Dove and wife are occapying
their cottage after a ten days visit at
Mountain Lake Park.
Miss Georgina L. Payne OF Brockton,
Mass, is the guest of DIR. F. w. Ritter. jr.,
on Grove avenue.
Miss Relic Kearney is the guest OF
Mrs. Fred A. Gee on Grove avenue.
Miss Grace welcl, who has been visiting
friends in Washington. has returned TO the
Grove.
Miss vernie Gardner, who has been the
guest OF Mrs. Bartlett, has returned to the
City,
The morning times., 1896-07-17
VYVVVVvVVv4V
Bargains In Every
Department.
THE BON MARCHE,
PROFESSORS AND PUPILS.
THERE have been several marriages o
u laia hef xzaan fnIlesn. nrQfesaurs AM
3i4-3l0 7th 81. N. w.

THERE have been several marriages of
j late between college professors and
students. In some instances pro-
fessors have married pupils. The prin.
cipa! of New York schopl is to marry a
teacher. Bryn Mawr has not been exempt
from this influence OF the tender god. and
lately two graduates OF Swarthmore were
united In wedlock-gOing to show that edu-
cation is not a failure. The recent fate
of a college girl who killed herself because
she could find no One to love her in the
romantic way she desired has led some one
to make the suggestion that a chair of
filtration should be adopted in women's
colleges. The particular girl in question
was too busy studying when her cheeks
were yet blooming and her eyes bright to
think OF love, and later she found herself
utterly without the ability to charm men.
There are many other women at the present
day who are putting all their young ener-
gies into the race for fame and who will
discover when they arrive at the feminine
age corresponding to the bache'o-s for
tieth year. that, like him, they yearn for
the joys of domesticity. for the quiet and
peace OF home. and they will find them
selves devoid of the charm that win a nus
band. 1t is for the benefit OF such women
that this new college course In coquetry
is proposed. 1t is underst, o1. of course.
that this new study is not to enter intn
the curriculum of coeducatiunal institu-
tions. Chicago Chronicle.
The morning times., 1896-07-17
ST. ALoYsIus' FETE.
Many New Features Added on tn

Many New Features Added Oh the
Second Evening.
The threatening condition OF the weather
| last evening hau no terrors for the I'M
mense throng OF people who attended the
st. Aloysius lawn fete. While the at
tendance was not 30 great, perhaps, as
| on the opening night, the crowd was Just
| as jolly and tuat uney enjoyed themselves
was evidenced by the liberal patronage ol
all the amusem ents.
1t was hopeI that the wish Village" an
annex Of the A. o. II. booth. would have
thrown open its hospitable gates last even
ing, but iE tins the visitors were disap.
pointed. Miss Tillie Bergin, who Is in
charge OF this interesting feature OF the
entertainment, said, however, that all ar
rangements would be perfected today and
there would be no more disappointments.
The mysterious booth in charge OF Misses
Nellie Ready and Helen Knighton, was
well patronized, the visitors being greatly
amused and interested in the many curl
osities found there.
Among the handsome and valuable dona-
tions received yesterday ut the prize booth
were: Two beautiful lamps, presented By
wheatley Bros; solid silver chafing dish
and silver cream set, By Mr.. Frank p.
Maddigan, and silver tea set, by Mr..
Gilmore.
a handsome photograph OF Rev. Father
Colgan ut the Alumni table. attracted much
attention. The picture Will he ratified, and
Miss Catherine Lackey in charge Of this, is
sure OF realizing Il handsome sum from
this source alone.
CONSPICUOUS among the many attractive
things at the league table is n arge
era yon picture Of Rev. Father Dolan, on
either side of which are two oil paintings
OF bouquets of La France roses.
Misses keefe and Cuttings, ut the gypsy
tent, were kept busy looking into the past,
and forecdstiDg the future for the over
anxious and curious.
The Sunday schoo! booth in charge OF
Miss Julia Cavanaugh and thirty assistants.
was well ratronizcd throughout the whole
evening. The dancing pavilion was crowd
cd with a merry set all evening. The
merry-go-round was also literally
Da trOulZCd.
The morning times., 1896-07-17
Fur GUOD BREAD.

IL you wish to make good bread follow
this recipe: Weigh three pounds If flour
andputi 1t into dry pan. Nix one ounce
of yeast into u smooth paste with a little
tepid water and AID by degrees more tepid
water Till you have nearly two pints. Put
IA pinch of salt into a well in the middle OF
the flour and strain the mixed yeast into
it: mix all smoothly into the dough. Be
careful to leave no dry Jumps OF flour;
sprinkle i little flour over the dough, cover
and set in warm place for at least two
hours and a half to rise. Then turn 1t out
Oh a well-fluured board and work in more
flour. Make it into three loavcs and bake in
square bread tins. Half Pound Of Hour
is required in ma king Ii up. When large
quantities OF Tread are made IN small
portion of the flour wetted it Is called
''settiDg the SPONGE" this ri;cs for some
hours