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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
DR.. LEES ON FAST LIFE.
Traces Its Cause to Use of Alcohol
and Tobacco.


We live in a sensational age, because
the nervous stamina O. our people is
lessened-the very braic IS going. And
why? The silly cry is: I'VE live too
fast!"-silly, because it is in itself an
effect With less brain force, stronger
outward appeals to excitement are
necessary. Sensational play bills, SEN
sational amusements, sensational books,
even sensational songs and sermons.
What are the elements of this fast life?
A fast life is a life of waste, of eX-
haustion, both morally and physically,
and this has been going on in spite of
temperance education ard shortened
hours of labor. What, then, are the
chief constituents in this causatiOn
which can possibly account for the ter
rible effects? They are not far to seek,
and they are vices entailed upon the
children, cursing them evermore with
each generation. a tablespoonful of
alcohol diluted, taken in the "a hours,
causes 1900 extra heart beats, and in
secondary effect narcotics the recu-
perative forces. Consider the effect of
c 13O00O.O00 in value of this poison
yearly consumed by 12,000000 adults,
and then calculate the possible effect
upon the nerve and brain of 100000
worth Of the narcotic tobacco consumed
by another 2O.OOO,O00 of our population.
Gambling finds in these people low
cred tone of moral life and intellect,
which responds to the temptations Of
custom, example and interest, flooding
our country with corruption and crime,
and filling our homes with heartbreak
and misery far beyond our skill to de-
scribe Thrift is natural to the Celtic
race, but the unnatural appetite for
narcotics, on which brewers, wine
growers and distillers thrive and grow
wealthy, counteracts nature. First
conquer alcohol and tobacco, and then
Will foresight and economy resume
their happy reign of amelioration and
true glory.-Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
TEMPERANCE.
THE DRUNkARD's DYING CHILD.

" Dear mother, am going
To better, happier home;
You will follow me, know;
But my father, too, must come.
! want him to meet me there
Where no clouds obscure the way.
Tell him, ere l go, mother,
There is something l would say.
&c always loved him fondly,
Though oft shrinking in the blast.
But once he loved me, too, dear,
In the happy, happy past.
l hear the wandering footsteps,
They're echoing evermore.
Tell him to hasten, mother,
Hark! l hear him at the door"
My child" the mother answered,
While fast flowed her bitter tears,
" He comes; our shame and sorrow,
Alas, he has been for years.
] would not thy days were long,
Though such agony to part,
Nor have thee know the anguish
OF mothers breaking heart"
Upon the rusty hinges
Harshly creaked the battered door:
The wretched wand'rer entered
And fell prone upon the floor.
And there he lay unheeded,
Nor caring for their pain;
Deaf to the sweet, pleading voice
He would never hear again.
The child, then feebly turning,
Family whispered: Tell him this:
leave him a last good-by,
And a daughters loving kiss.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Just ask him for my sake, dear.
To be kinder and moro true;
When l am no longer near,
To take loving care of you.
" Hold my hand within your own;
Come closer, more close to me,
That your dear, kind face, mother,
Be the last that l may see.
Angels will carry me home;
'Tis where the bright spirits are,
! shall be waiting you there,
And will be your guiding star"
The mother in speechless grief
Now bows down her aching head
In brief oblivion of woe,
AS she sleeps beside the dead
The little voice is hushed
Within that darkencd room,
When behold! radiant light,
That is piercing through the gloom.
From out the dusky shadows
A voice of keen anguish came:
What bright vision clothed in white
Was calling upon my name?
saw Heavens door unclose-
But why speak l thus so wild?
Yet within is face l knew.
o God! 1t was my child"
Then he struggled to his feet,
ana, trefnDilnB, crew near the DeQ,
Where now, the stricken mother
Sat weeping beside the dead
His hands clasped the throbbing brow;
His eyes o'erflowed with tears
As balm to the parched heart
That it had not known for years.
" Wife" he said, in husky tones,
"She has gone, our little love.
But l have heard her message;
1t came from Heaven above.
III heed the gentle teaching,
And, God helping me, can
Overcome the demon drink
And will strive to be man.
The promise in fulfilling
A hard struggle it may be-
But l swear, Heaven my judge,
Ere long l shall conqueror be.
I'll see again that vision,
Hear that little voice of love-
And with Heavens own blessing
l shall meet my child above
"A. NJ. Burgess, in Banner OF Gold.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
TJTCAS COIrNTY oo'

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of f. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city OF Toledo
County and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol.
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
1856. A. w. GLEASON,
Seal Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. T. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
MARCH AND APRIL
Are the Most Disagreeable Months of
the Year in the North.

I'm the South, they are the pleasantest and
Itost agreeable. The trees and shrubs put
forth their buds and flowers; early veg
GABLES and fruits are ready for eating, and
il fact all nature seems to have awakened
Nashville Railroad Company reaches the
Garden Spots of the South, and will on the
Srst and third Tuesdays of'March and April
dell round-trip tickets to all principal points
ID Tennessee, Alabama, and West Florida,
1t about half rates. Write for advertising
Matter and particulars of excursions to c.
P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louis
vile, Ky, or jackson Smith, d. P. A, Gin
cinnati. o.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
Very Low Rate Excursions to the
West and South,

On April and 20 the Northwestern Line
will sell Home Seekers excursion tickets,
with favorable time limits to numerous
points in the West and South at exception
ally low rates. For tickets and full infor-
nation apply to agents Chicago & North
Western Railway
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

And very early too. That's what any one
should be in treating ones self for naction
of the kidneys and bladder. The diuretic
which experience indicates as supplying the
requisite stimulation to the organs without
exciting them, is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. Don't delay; kidney inaction and dis
eases are not far apart. For fever and ague,
dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatism and
nerve debility, also, use the Bitters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

In South and North Dakota, relating
their own personal experience in those
states, have been published in pamphlet
form by the Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul
Railway, and as these letters are extremely
interesting, and the pamphlet is finely illus
trated, one copy will be sent to any address,
to Geo. II. Heafford General Passenger
Agent, 4l0 Old Colony Building, Chicago,
Ill,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Johnnie, called his mother, stop
using that bad language"
"Why," replied the boy, Shakes
peare said what 1 just did"
well, replied the mother, growing
Infatuated, you should stop going
with him-he's no fit companion for
you. "-Pearson's Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Shelf you were to find that had lost
- my fortune-every penny of it-would
hesitate to carry out our engagement"
He-"l would hesitate at nothing. "-Indi-
annapolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

The trouble with most of us is that we
neglect to do tomorrow what we have put
off to-day.-Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
|sos BUS OATS, 1.s .us. BARLEY.

@. M. Luther, East Troy. Pa, grew
2qp bushels Salzer's Silver Mine Oats.
aud John BREEDER, Mishicott, Wis, 173
bishels Silver King Barley per acre.
Dbn't you believe it? Write them!
Fodder plants as rape, teosinte,
witch, spurry, clovers, grasses. etc, in
endless varieties, potatoes at $3.50 bar
gel. SalZer's seeds are bred to big
fields. Americas greatest seed cata-
logue and ~ farm seed samples are sent
you by John A.Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse.
Mis-, upon receipt of 10 cents, and this
notice, worth $40, to get start. Xxi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Some of the best people we know are 80
fat that they will not be able to reach
their arms around harp when they get Up
Yonder-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

When a girl has to entertain the young
men who call on her in the family sitting
room, It indicates that the father has more
authority in that house than the mother
When the mother has her way the parlor is
opened, and something is cooked to pass
around. "-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

He Was a SLAYER Helm going to kis
you when GO She-"Do it now while In
still young. Town Topics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

A mans importance cannot be deter
mined by the number of initials before his
name.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

George describes the girl he is engaged
to as a perfect vision" yes And his sister
says she is a sight" Indianapolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Judge Ely, of the municipal court,
Boston, in an address ON the problem of
crime, said that while he was not g
radical or a fanatic on the temperance
question, he "belicved that the saloon
is a menace to the public welfare"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Grymes-"The bride was quite popular
girl, wasn't she?" Gobang-"Y Yes, indeed
The Daily Whoop sent their sporting ed
itor to report it. He printed list of re-
jected lovers half column long under the
heading: Among Those Who Also RAN +"
Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Slumleigh-"l don't sec why you care so
little for me-" Miss Gyer-''Have you ever
taken good look at yourself%-Town
ToDics
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Hopeful.-"I hear that you are widow"
said the one who had been abroad. Eyes,
just at present" said the one in black.-In-
dianapolis journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

The word entertained" is overworked
worse than the mother of half dozen chill
dren.=Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

She--"Do you understand those French
jokes?" Helm afraid / do" She
"Then I wish you'd translate them. Pick.
Me-Up.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Don't snap in two. Timber up. st. ia
cobs Oil will cure lumbago sure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Blacker the spot, surer the cure. Use st
Jacobs Oil for bruises.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. l0c, 25c
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

The more grateful we are for our bless
ings, the smaller our trials will look.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Feeble nerves-severe weather-neural-
gia. Soothing cure-St. Jacobs Oil.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

The man who minds his own business al
ways has something to do.-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Our idea of hopeless fool is man who
has a stiff neck from looking up for air
shinS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

"Who is that Notwithstanding gen.
tleman standing by the theater?" asked the
guest. "Col. Gore, from Kentucky" the
clerk answered; but you shouldn't judge
a man by his looks, 1t is not blood the
apolis journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

A woman's idea of man good and true
is zone who, on Sunday afternoon, reads to
his child the little paper it received at Sun
day school that daY.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels Never sicken. weaken or grippe, l0c
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

"Well, what's your kick now" asked the
manager, as the soubrette entered his of
fee. six feet nine inches" she replied,
promptly. Consider yourself engaged for
quickly; that's two inches better than
last year. '-Chicago Evening Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Time counts, health gains. A quick, sure
cure-St. Jacobs Oil for sprans.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Put pain to sleep? St. Jacobs Oil does
this with scatica. Torment cured.
"Glory" is grace" perfected-and grace
Is ours on earth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

TIE cannibal chief was clearly angry.
chat the new missionary was man of
innate delicacy?" The minion cringed. 1T
was so stated in the invoice, SIRE" he
faltered. The savage nabob laid down his
napkin with a jar that spilled the gravy
boat. We'll, then" he blundered, you
find it! I'm fond of imported delicacies." p
N. Y. Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Algernon (who has invited himself down
for days shooting Hullo, Tom. What
are those tickets tied on the dogs collar
for" Keeper-"Well, sir, you see, the
squire remembers your last days shootin',
and thought you had better know the value
of the dogs beforehand to save future un-
pleasantness." Fun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Let the good book you read have an ap-
pendiX in your life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

color IN my face than I nave mad TOT a y
thanks. l hope all who read this and who
kind will do as have done and be cured"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-06
NOVEL as AN EDUCATOR.
Mrs. Selwyn Douglas of Oklahoma
City Reads a Paper.

Hutchinson, Kan, May 6-At the
annual meeting OF the Federation of
of Oklahoma City, read a paper on
The Novel as an Educator" Spoke of
the desire of all nations in all times for
entertainment through the medium of
story telling.
The people are necessarily educa-
ted said Mrs. Douglas. because they
have mastered college text books is
fallacy. Education today means growth,
development, culture and character
building A great man said, If events
change one. so does the meeting of per
sons. We say we exchange words
when We meet. What we exchange is
souls A child is educated by books
more than by the other children with
whom he associates. The people you
meet in the books are as much your
companions as those you meet in every
day life. Henry DrummOnd said that
he was much indebted to George Eliot
for the pleasant company she gave him
one season when he was compelled to
be out of society. And especially with
one young lady with whom he was
much in love all that winter Others
too, have been to readers, living, infiu-
encing personalities
Our environments may be ordinary
but in the novel we may visit with peO-
pie of culture and refinement despite
circumstances. The great colleges of
the United States have classes devoted
to the study of the novel Prof. Car
ruth of Kansas university used the
historical novel as a text book in his
German classes years ago and Har-
ward and Yale soon adopted the method
in teaching English Scientific men
present the dry facts of science and
history in the guise of fiction. The
novel serves well in history. The Wal
ter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth that
you and 1 remember are those that liv-
ed in KeniIwOrth, not those of the
school histories
Uncle Toms Cabin was a most eff
fective sermon. There was never
great novel without a great or pathetic
human figure in it. John Vatican is
the most profound Christian in fiction.
No young man can spend his evenings
for a month with Thackeray's New
comes, coming in contact with Colonel
Newcome, without himself assuming
the manners of that perfect gentleman.
Thereby a new influence enters his life.
Dickens righted wrongs. He branded
the Pecksniffs, the Squeers, the Uriah
Keeps.
Concerts, lecture halls and chapels
of rest have grown out of the novel
Robert Elsmere.
THE novel writer is a magician. He
touches his wand, annihilates time and
space. The poor fOrgets his poverty
and the rich remem bers his misery no
more. We visit London with Dickens,
wander with Hardy in rustic homes of
DevOnshire. cross the water with Hall
Game and shake hands with the Manx-
man. visit the salons of Paris with Mad
anne de Stael, study French peasant
jungles of India with Kipiing each and
all education of a practical type
The discussion was led by Mrs. Wa
terman Stone of Lawrence, followed by
Miss Ethel Essex of Ottawa and Mrs
John I. Hale of Kansas City, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-06

el as an Educator" and boldly claimed
that most of our education in history
much of our ethical instruction and
decidedly a large per cent of our poll
teal beliefs were obtained from novels
citing "kinelWOrth' and Les Miser-
a bles, - Uncle Toms Cabin and Rob
ert Elsmere,' as proof of her assertion.
Mrs. Stone of Lawrence felicitated our
boys and girls, that they could thus
obtain a knowledge of history from
story books and Miss Essex of Ottawa
stirred up a small and mild tempest by
the assertion that whether we read the
Bible, Had. the Eneid, ThackeTy, Haw-
thOrne or Geo. Eliot, there is the same
clever study of motives in close con-
junction with the widest romance.
Mrs. McClintOck reminded the audi
ence that it was Walter Besant'S novels
which had done more good for the poor
of London than Robert Elsmere.
For few moments then, higher cri-
ticiSm had the floor and Moses and EIs-
Their and Ruth were explained and de-
Tended. The influence of Lyman Alb
bolt was shown in the fact that Jonah
was spoken of with bated breath Mrs.
Toler of Wichita swept the convention
back to modern nOvelists by giving
Harold Frederic, particular fits.
DR.. ComstOck had an illustrated lee
ture on public baths and public respon-
SlblitieS in the matter of better Sani-
tatiOn, and she drew a picture of the
results of the original, so discouraging
and dOleful that it would have warmed
the heart Of a DrumtOchy Calvinist,
with ecStatic delight. A bite of bread
and butter SWarmed with a pODulG ton
greater than that of Europe Sore eyes
and lOckjaW resulted from hitching
horses along the street. The board of
health was recommended for a large
appropria ton that it might teach the
people hygiene. When the wOmen's
clubs We're invited to take hold of this
work OF sanitation, and ventilation, an
unhappy woman, president of a school
board at Girard said she had so often
been the victim of designing architects
and engineers, that she had grown
hopeless and begged the club to suggest
a remedy. Nothing better was suggest
ed than to kill off the surplus popula-
ton so that there might be more pure
air left for the remainder, and then
when a slender little lady introduced
the question, How Shall the Baby Be
Dressed" sanitation, ventilation here
dity and reform were all forgotten and
to say something at the same time. The
men reporters fed in despair, followed
by the echo of garments with buttons
before and buttons behind and buttons
on the shoulders, and babies with stock
ingS. and ba bieS without stockings"
What Shall we do With the Sewage
was swept away in the discussion as a
sOft-vOiced lady in the distance vainly
attempted to stem the tide.
Laugh if you please. oh man, at WO-
mems clubs, with their suggestions of
social reform. The baby still holds the
best and dearest place.
Mrs. Gray of Kansas City, Kansas,
paid Hutchinson delicate tribute by
sending a paper on salt, which by trans
position was brought in to fill the af-
isheS with reception to the federation
and the homeopathic doctors from the
WOmen's clubs and husbands and the
Commercial club and wives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-06

" establishment: but it is safe to say
that many women, when they contem-
plate the erection of a home, act re
versely They plan the hall and parlor
first, then the dining room and kitchen,
but fail to make provision for a large
and well ventilated pantry.
ITO turn to the other side of the
matter, our food industries, we find here
a most exasperating and reckless dis
regard of the laws of sanitation; es-
pecially in the small dairy. Very slight
attention is given to cleanliness. Bac-
terra and mould are chief enemies of
the dairy but in most instances the
farmer is entirely unaware of the ex-
iStence of these things, and although
we suffer, we are asked to excuse his
ignorance on account OF MS innocence.
The only way in which we can hope
to escape the dangers to health arising
from these breeding places of disease
is for the county board of health to ap-
point a trained inspector, whose duties
should be to hold a reg liar and care
full inspection of the dairy, to examine
the cows and to examine the means of
transporting the milk. Milk is eSpe-
cially favorable for the prOpa cation of
disease germs, the most virulent being
tuberculosis, typhoid, cholera and diph-
iberia. So it is with butter and water.
Another point may be considered
with interest and benefit. 1t is the
culpable ignorance and carelessness of
some one. or all concerned, in main
tanning a pure and healthful condition
IN our school rooms ana cnurcheS.
1.-The most ignorant persons are en-
ployed to 90 the house cleaning. 1t is
a very common thing for a service to
be conducted from beginning to end
without particle of ventilation.
The filthy condition of our country
towns is a prolific cause of disease.
Hitching horses along the streets is a
most disagreeable and unsanitary
habit. Two of the troubles which re-
suit from it are sore eyes and lockjaw,
the latter arising from the urinary ele-
ment
The school room. How is the house
cleaning done? In busting the furni-
ture does the janitor try to avoid send
ing the dust into the air of the room,
so it will not settle again in the same
place or on the walls? These institu-
lions should have the most perfect
means for lighting, heating and ventil
ating, but this desideratum is seldom
attained There should also be some
effective appliance in use for fumigat-
ing the room morning and evening
During the last few weeks an i'm
that which is a most disgusting habit
and a fruitful source of infection.
Health officers have announced that
they will make it a penal Offense for
persons to spit upon the floor in certain
places where people cOngregate. This
reform should extend throughout the
entire country in all educational insti-
buttons. churches, and especially in all
means for human transportation.
THE teachings of sanitary science and
a practical observation of the laws
should be made compulsory in every
educational institution in the country"