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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Baltimore & Ohio has a coal
,hute at West Fairmont, w Va, that fills
tender of a locomotive in eight Sec
9nds /
The busiest time on the Atlantic .
cable is between the hours of ten and
I2 in the forenoon. During that time
ON an average about 900 messages pass
over the cable each way.
1t is claimed for Jewell county,
Kan, that it will produce this year 49,
100000 bushels of corn. The county
IS but 30 miles square. 1t did not have
white settler prior TO 1862 In 1896
1t broke what is claimed to be the
worlds record by producing 1O,71O,741
bushels of corn.
Candles for lighting purposes are
being made without wicks, a central
hole being left in the candle, in which
rests a metal wick carrier, the heat
Of the flame melting the sides of the
candle and causing the wax to flow
into the carrier, to be drawn up through
the asbestos wick and feed the flame.
A newly-designed wrench, which
can be used for pipes as well as nuts,
has rigid Nshaped jaws, mounted on
handle with the gripping surface OF
one jaw corrugated and the other jaw
supporting a rectangular steel device
| which is toothed inside and slides along
the jaw until the right size is OBJ
| tanned.
1t is stated on German authority
| that the astounding number of 2,O00,-
| 600 glass eyes are made every year in
| Germany and Switzerland, while one
French house manufactures 100000 of
them annually. The pupil is made of
colored glass, and sometimes red lines
are painted on the inner surface to SIM
ulate the veins.
A little Klondike has been dscov-
cred on the farm of Charles H. Emory.
in Hancock county, Me. 1t is not gold
that has been found, but melybdeniter,
a mineral resembling graphite and
used for lubricating purposes. Three
blasts brought out 500 pounds, samples
of which have been assayed at Bos-
ton at one dollar a pound.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
NOVELTY IN FALL GLOVES.
Dainty Miniatures Are Painted on
the buttons - -

Miniatures for glove buttons-that is
the latest fad of the fashionable woman.
But it is only on her very best gloves
that the miniature buttons are seen.
And such exquisite gloves as they
are. They are made of the softest of
cream color suede, and are bound with
different delicate shades of kid. The
backs of the gloves are beautifully
stitched in two contrasting shades of
silk. The gloves come in a short, four
button length. Each button is min
allure framed in a tiny rim of gilt.
Various miniatures are used. One pair
of gloves will be decorated with the
portraits of the beauties of the French
court. Another pair will show Princess
Louise, whose picture is so famous for
its beauty, and others will have por-
traits Of the prominent women of their
time.
These gloves can be bought in cream
color, bound with faint green kid and
stitched with pink and green silk. They
also come in cream color, with the bind
ing and stitching in two shades of vio-
let. Later in the season they will show
the kid binding and stitching in many
other colOrs.
1t is rumored that these miniature
glove buttons promise to be such fad
that before long the society girl will
fasten her glove with the miniature of
the man of her heart, or perhaps of her
pet poodle!
There are many other novelties among
the new gloves this fall, both in suede
and glace kid. Suede gloves, with imi-
tation pearls for buttons, will be much
worn; also the glace gloves, with big
pearl buttons set with sparkling rhine
stones.
For walking gloves all the shades of
red and tan will be worn. The most
stylish are stitched and bound with
black. The pearl-gray, yellow, and
white gloves will be most in favor for
wear at afternoon teas and for the the
alter.
The od-fashioned two buttoned
length glove has been revived this sea-
son, with the special purpose of being
worn with the new uncomfortably long
sleeye.-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
HOUSEHOLD BITS.
Odd Items of Information for the
Housewife.


a seasonable and delicious way OF
serving ice-cold raw tomatoes is to re-
move the inside of the fruit, leaving Il
thick wall Take out the seeds, and to
the pulp add equal parts of dry mustard
and brown sugar, a little salt, pepper
sauce and vinegar. Stir the mixture
into paste and refill the tomato.
Do not put hot water or any kind of
water upon woollens that have had
liquid grease spilled upon them. First
sprinkle buckwheat or rye flour over
the place and let it absorb the grease,
brush off the -four, and apply then
fresh flour until all the grease is ab-
sorbed.
An excellent receptacle to be placed
in corner of a sewing-room for hold
ing pieces left from dresses, bits OF
new muslin and hannels that are al.
ways required at hand for mending is
common flour barrel. Cover the bar
rel with pretty cretonne or chintz
plating the material and lacking il
upon the inside of the barrel and a
the top, drawing each plait smooth!
down. Fasten the plaits to the under
side of the barrel. Paste heavy BROW
wrapping paper inside the barrel Il
make a smooth lining. Lay a sheet o
wadding over the barrel top and cove
both sides with the cretOnne, overhaul
| ing the material together at the edge
Make a box plating a little more than
| Il finger in width and sew around t.
cover the edge. Fasten this cover L
the barrel with two pieces of tape t
serve for hinges, and place bow o
ribbon upon the top to make handi
for lifting the cover. The barrel vii
fit into a corner and be most conyer
| lent.
When making custards for pudding
and the filling for custard pies, if tn
| milk is brought to the scalding poin
| and then stirred into the beaten egg
and sugar and placed at once in tn
oven for baking it will require only hal
! the time usually allowed for cooking
| The range oven is not always in tn
proper condition for baking when mos
needed and causes much annoyance.
custard pudding may be steamed, an
is oftentimes nicer than baked, bein
more delicate. A cup custard will
steamed sufficiently in Is minutes
| n Y Sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

cry brought in policeman. This was
the climax, and it came none too soon.
The rum-fiend was soon behind prison
bars. His true-hearted companion, wife
like, refused to appear against him;
but next day, with the aid of kind
friends, left the place, removing her eff
fects and taking a room further away.
Her cruel husband soon came to his
senses, and, through the influence of
some temperance young men, reformed,
but could not find his wife and child.
After a time he managed to get on the
police force, hoping by this means to
be able to trace the lost and injured
ones, but with all his efforts he failed
to locate them. Her assumed name,
Widow Cameron, enabled her to elude
and keep clear of him in the crowded
city.
One cold night lovely little girl,
lost, stood by pillar not far from St.
Paul's, with a sorrowful look. y kind
hearted policeman said: My little girl,
what's the trouble"
"Oh, sir, l can't find my home and
mother"
Said he: Come with me, and I'll find
your mother" so he took her to the sta
ton. As she gave her name, Jennie,
he gazed in surprise and delight. That
was my dear little girls name, said he,
land l see the sweet likeness of the
neglected mother. Praise the Lord!
Later, grief-stricken mother came
rushing into the Metropolitan station.
ooh! L have lost my little girl! My only
child! Have you seen her?" The po-
liceman referred to came rushing into
the room with the lost child in his arms,
and the lost wife, lost child and errin9
husband and father were reunited, and,
after explanations, the once happy, then
miserable home was again made pleas
ant one, for the head of it had become
sincere Christian-a safe position to
be in.-National Temperance Advo-
cate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A malicious sCoundrel buried
spike-studded plank on cyle path near
Milwaukee. About 200 bicyclists passed
over it and had to walk home.
A swinging sofa is the latest con-
trivance for parlor use. 1t has all the
advantages of the hammock, without
its perils. Engaged lovers who use it
never fall out"
Ether was administered to Mrs.
Mary Written, of Salladsburg, Pa, by
a dentist who was about to extract some
of her teeth. Before the teeth were
pulled the woman was dead.
AT the marriage of G. L. Brightwell
and Mrs. 5. J. Hodges, both residents
of Platte county, Mo-, son of the
groom acted as best man, and son
of the bride stood up with her.
A lamp-wick which does not re-
quire trimming has been invented. 1t
is a thick coil of clay, perforated with
minute holes, through which the oil
ascends by capillary attraction.
An alien is not permitted to ac-
quire a title to land in Bermuda, either
by purchase or Inheritance. If woman
who owns land there marries a for
eigner, she forfeits her real estate.
A rich Partisan lost all his wealth
except $4,000, and died of excessive
grief. His pauper brother proved to
be his heir, and when he heard OF ais
inheritance he died of excessive joy.
Here is one of the questions which
candidates for appointment as school
teachers in Abilene, Kan, were re-
quired to answer: "Why does horse
walk backward while eating grass, and
a COW walk forward?"
A stout gentleman in Holton, Kan.
who weighs 800 pounds, has for the past
six weeks been trying to reduce his
avoirdupois by long and frequent rides
on horseback. Up to date, it is only the
horse that has lost flesh.
Henry Russell, the composer, was
once singing in public his song There's
Good Time Coming" when he was
staggered by a gentleman arising If
the audience and gravely asking:
"Won't you oblige us with the date?"
Some of the milk wagons in Ant
werp are drawn by dogs. There are
as rule, three dogs to each vehicle
one between the shafts and one on eacf
side The driver is usually woman
in wooden shoes, who walks beside the
wagon.
A constable in Shelbyville, Ind.
who for 20 years has been somewha
lame from chronic rheumatism, called
on a widow to serve a legal writ. Sh'
drenched him with scalding water, anC
he fed in terror, forgetting all abou
his rheumatic pains.
Some of the convicts in Frencl
prisons are paid for their labor, anC
earn about 35 cents a day. Half o
this they are permitted to spend TO
extra food, etc. The remainder is savet
and given to them on the completion
of their term of imprisonment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

Italy is said to contain more big
amists than any other Europeon coun-
try. The church refuses to recognize
civil marriage, the state does not re-
gard church marriage as binding.
As the majority Of people are Roman
Catholics and would not tolerate any
measure which had the appearance OF
encroaching on the rights of the church,
it is impossible to pass law providing
for the punishment of any priest who
should have performed a religious
marriage before it had been made legal
by a magistrate. The result is that
large numbers of INSCRIPTIONS men
take two wives. one in the eyes of the
church and one in the eyes of the state.
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
MOTHERS GOLD.
1t Has Value Higher Than That
Which COmeS from Alnska.

Which Comes from Alaska.
The scene was in a Ninth street barber
shop and the time was a morning earlier
in the week The "tonsorial artist
nearest the door had just called out
"Next!" when there entered a very
pretty young woman leading by the
hand a four-year-old boy, with long,
golden ringlets. He was manly look
ing little fellow. and his hair was just
the shade of the young woman's, al
though she looked almost too young to
he his mother.
Are you the man who cut this little
boys bangs last time?" she asked.
'Yes'm; want 'em cut again?'
$40. not this time. | want his hair
cut short all over. And won't you try
to cut each curl off separately, for I
want to send some of them out of town
and one to his grandmother"
She had pasteboard box in her hand
in which to take away the gold that was
more precious to her than any that has
come from the Klondike. She said she
wanted the little boys hair cut, TWAS
probably the lads father who wanted
it; she had only acquiesced.
Several of the ebony-hued artists
gathered around to watch, while the lad
took his seat in a big chair, as proud as
Punch, for he was to be mothers
| little Lordy Fauntleroy" no longer. He
smiled. but there was a suspicious ire
NOR about his mothers lips as she took
brush. and for the last time curled
his beautiful ringlets about her slim
and tapering finger.
Snip, Snip! went the scissors, and
one by one the curls were carefully laid
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
Smokers Wer" Rejected.

a Chicago newspaper says: when
the old crusader Michigan made her
last yearly visit to Chicago to Obtain
recruits for the marine service, there
was a great wedding out of applicants,
Of nine who called on the medical OIL
Ger in one morning, all but three were
found lacking; and this ratio holds
good, it is said. during the whole time
of recruiting. The surgeon. when asked
the cause of the physical conditions
which led to the rejection of so large
a proportion of the boys, unhesitating.
w said: The main cause is cigarette
snokinp.'"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
The Cooking of Game Birds.

Most game birds and animals, be-
cause of life of ceaseless activity, do
not take on fat, and such should be
larded or cooked with slices of bacon
or salt pork placed on them. Do not
serve birds with heads on and undrawn.
as is quite generally practiced-the
latter point being a relic of sayagcry.
the former an offense to sensitive
nerves. 1t is pleasanter to enjoy Bit
of choice flesh without being so forci.
bly, reminded that we are eating dead
birds. This is not the only instance
where realism is inartistic. Woman
Home Companion,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
TEMPERANCE TIDINGS.


The people of New York spend at
every Sunday.
whats whisky bringing?" inquired
a dealer in the vile stuff. bringing
men to the gallows ard women and chill
dren to want" was the truthful reply
National Temperance Advocate.
The duchess of Sutherland, at whose
house Lady Henry Somerset lately held
a drawing-room in the interest of DuX-
hurst, is a teetotaler and is becoming
quite a prominent temperance speaker.
At the recent state convention of
Iowa prohibitionists a committee was
appointed to devise plans for the cree
ton of a monument to the memory of
Rev. Mr.. Haddock, who was murdered
in that state a few years ago by ennis
saries of the saloon element.
a person accustomed to using tobac-
co becomes so saturated with it that
no washing or fumigation will rid him
Of even the odor. This odor will prob
ably not be perceptible to the tobacco
victim himself, but other people will
plainly perceive it.-Good Health.
Gov. Ellerbee. of South Carolina, has
given orders for Withdrawing the state
constapuGary force from every village,
town and city in the state Only few
constables will be retained in the coun-
try districts. where there are no local
officials to enforce the dispensary law.
This action removes the chief cause of
friction in the enforcement of the state
liquor law, and will save the common.
wealth $4,000 year,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
TEMPERANCE.
THE LOST CHILD.
She Reunites Parents Separated by
the Rum Curse

the Rum Curse.
30 mamma, dear, don't cry! When
Use big girl I'll work and get lots of
money and be so good to you" The
child-words soon dried up the tears,
and the fond two were as one. The
seven-year-old Jennie had bus faint
remembrance of her father, Thomas
Bassett, and even this was rather of
fear than love, for his unsteady steps
had east their dark shadows over the
once coy home. Most of his evenings
were spent in other company than that
of his good but lonely wife and only
child. The liquor habit had, little by
little, fastened its tightening chains
upon him, until love of home, of wife
and child, had been crushed out of his
once manly heart. Oh, cruel monster!
Worse than the African slave driver,
and more cruel than the grave to suf-
fering, neglected friends. These two
neglected ones lived in Leather Lane,
near ST. Pauls in London.
Once the happy pair enjoyed the
services at the great cathedral, and to-
gether visited the vaults below, dis
coursing of the ilIustrious dead, long
buried there; then, as they walked
around the spacious dome, would talk
of the greater Builder of the greater
Temple above; but alas! alas! an en-
envy came, first as a genial soOther in
the form of the social glass;" till, little
by little, the habit was formed, and
the same oft-repeated story, told over
and over again-hopes crushed, love
driven from its heart-seat, etc, etc.
The heart-broken wife stood the
harsh words and harsher treatment for
a long time, covering up his unmanly
deeds until finally, coming in late one
night in a frenzy, he dealt cruel blow
at his patient wife, and threw the dear
child-like to the floor with a thud. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
A Hint for Anglers.

People who like plain fishing" with
augleworms for bait will be interested
in the advice given as to the best meth
DDS of procedure when the weather is
dry and the bait hides deep in the
ground. One way to cause the angle
worms to come out is to sprinkle strong
salt water, or an infusion of tannin or
of walnut husks, on the ground. An
other way recommended is to drive
sticks, or spades, deep into the soil, and
then shake them violently. This oper-
alton, it is said, will frequently call the
worms from their retreats.-Pouda and
Rivers,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
The Most Encouraging Outlook.

Under the newspaper headline: BET
ter Times Coming" printed in a Ken
lucky paper is the subhead: Whisky
and Tobacco Outlook Is Encouraging"
Much depends on the point of view
The most encouraging whisky and to-
bacco outlook is that afforded by the
recent report of the United States COM
missioner of internal revenue, showing
that in the last fiscal year there was a
decrease of nearly $25O,OOO in the rev
cnue receipts from the liquor and to-
bacco business as compared with those
of the year before, indicating corre-
s2ondin& decrease of consumption
Nuuth's Communion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

A chill sauce calls for a peck of ripe
tomatoes and eight white onions. Skin
the tomatoes by putting them in boil
ing water and rubbing off the peel.
Peel the onions also and chop them
with the tomatoes as finely as possible
Place them over the fire, let them boil
for Is minutes and add a pint of vine
gar. Place in small cheesecloth bag
teaspoonful of cloves, a tablespoonful
of allspice, one of cinnamon and one of
black pepper. Put this bag of spices
into the mixture and let it boil until it
is thick, which will be in about five
hours. Stir it occasionally, so that it
will not burn. When it is ready to be
taken from the fire remove the bag Of
spices and add teaspoonful of cayenne
pepper, two teaspoonfuls of white gin
ger, a tablespoonful of ground mus
tard and salt enough to suit the taste
Strain the same through a sieve, bottle
1t and set away.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

"No, my child" said Mrs. Smith to heI
little daughter; you should not expect
pay for being good. You should be
good for nothing"
"And then will be a brute, mamma?
''Be brute? What do you mean?"
"You called papa a good for nothing
brute observation-disclosures Journal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
RIVERSIDE DRIVE EXTENSION.
1oBth Street to he Opened West to the End o
the Proposed viaduct.

AVbtn street 10 Bo opened West to the END or
the Proposed viaduct.
Tho three maps defining the metes and
bounds Of the extension Of the Riverside Drive
from its present terminus to 135th street, by
means of viaduct across the Manhattan Valley,
were signed by the Board of Street Opening yes
terday.
Francis NJ. Jencks. one Of the property owners
who favored extending tho drive to the Boule-
ward Lafayette, the act authorizing which was
criticised at the last meeting of tho board, OBJ
tained permission to file o statement relating all
the facts pertaining to the drawing Of the act.
Comptroller Fitch said he was In favor of tho
extension, but voted against 1t on account of
the mandatory character of the law, which or
dered the board to 60 ahead with an improve
ment which might cost from 81, OOO,-
600 to $40, O00.O 900 without giving The board
the slightest discretion in the matter.
The Mayor said that he had approved tho
law in question because only one man had ap-
peared at tho public hearing to object to It, yet
ne had recommended the action which the Hoard
of Street Opening had taken in stopping at
l35th street because he was not at ali satisfied
with the extension as planned.
The board decided to open 135th street to tho
end OF The proposed viaduct, so that there will
be AN entrance at the end of the drive from the
Boulevard. The board also decided to widen
10th street from Fifth avenue to Seventh ave-
nue., SO that the street will be of a uniform
width from Fifth avenue to Eighth avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
MARRIED AND DIDN'T KNOW IT.
a swedish Couple Thought tho Certificate Was
Only n License to Marry.

a swedish Couple Thought the Certificate Was
Only n License to Marry.
TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 19.-On Wednesday,
Oscar Exstron and Maria Avelegrene. a recent
arrival from Sweden, appeared at the office of
Probate Judge Gore at Larned. and when Judge
Gore asked them If they wanted to get married
they answered in the affirmative. The Judge
sent out and had several witnesses from adj
joining offices como in and witness the marriage
ceremony. After the knot was tied the Judge
handed them a marriage certificate, and tho
young people. supposing they had the much
wanted marriage license. invited forty Of their
friends and relatives to their wedding, which
was to take place yesterday.
The groom secured the services of a Swedish
minister to perform the ceremony. The brides
parents made elaborate preparations for a we'd
ding feast. At the appointed hour the guests
and the young people were brought
forward to take the marriage vows. The minis
ter asked the groom for his marriage license.
The document was handed him, ana after read
ing it no declared that his services were not
needed; that the young folks were already man
and wife, and had been for three days.
The announcement fell upon the whole party
like a thunderbolt out of q clear sky. The bride
tainted at the feet of the paralyzed groom. Re-
storatives were applied and she was brought to
Consciousness. The groom wcpt bitterly and
was inconsolable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
DEATH At L PINooH1E GAME.
HTr. Rosenbrock Defeated just ms He Was en-
the Point OF Making $50 Trumps.

Mr. Rosenbrocx Defeated just ms He was en-
the Point or Making $50 Trumps.
Heinrich f. Rosenbrock, who kept q cigar and
candy store at 2o4 Newark street. Hoboken,
died Of appolexY on Thursday night while sit
ting at q table in his homo playing pinochle.
He lived in apartments over his store. Pinochle
was his ~favorite game. A friend visited him
Thursday night, and they played for beer. He
had a chance to make "15Ot rumps." but Just az
he found himself able to take o trick in prepare.
ton for tho meld his friend declared himself out.
Tho next moment he gasped. as though max.
Ing an effort to speak. The cards fell from his
hands and his head fell forward on tho table.
At first his companion thought that he was
making believe fall dead In consequence OF
his bad luck, and laughingly called on him to sit
up. On receiving no reply his friend lifted his
very serious the matter with him. A doctor
was sent for, but when he arrived he said that
Rosenbrock had died almost, instantaneously.
The latter was 65 years old. He leaves a widow,
but no children.