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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28
Pltkeathly Bannoclr.

The proportions of butter, sugar,
flour and rice flour are the same as for
shortcake, with the addition of quar-
ter of pound of almonds (blanched and
minced tine) and two ounces candied
orange peel, chopped very small. Make
up exactly the same as for short-cake
mix the fruit and flour together before
adding to the butter. AS this cake is
rather more troublesome to make than
shortcake, on account of being more
brittle, one egg may be added just at
the last to make the mixture adhere
better. Proceed exactly the same as
for shortcake, but do not make the
baTnock quite so thick. and do not prick
the top of it, but sprinkle over it, before
baking, a small quantity of finely
chopped almonds and orange PEEL
Ladies' Home journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

"Do love George?" unused Clara,
softly, cor is it simply a sisters af-
lection that 1 feel for" just then
Bobby burst noisily into the room and
interrupted her meditations. Get out
of here, you little brat!" she shouted.
and, Selling him by the arm, she shot
him through the door. "Ah, no." she
sighed, as she resumed her interrupted
train of thought; my love for George
is not a sisters love. 1t is something
sweeter, purer, higher and holier."-
London Figaro.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

ibid you ever near of singing in
sects?" she asked.
"Singing?" he said, interrogatively
eyes. | have just been reading All
article to the effect that there are IN
sects that sing"
1t was only after he had given the
matter his thoughtful attention for
something like six or eight minutes,
during which his mind reverted to en-
pericnces at a number of summer re.
sorts, that he suggested:
ut must be a typographical error.
There's evidently a t missing from the
word. Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

You are a producer of petroleum, l
believer"
II am"
81 would like to ask you question or
two"
go on"
Il have noticed that when oil sells
high there is great deal of activity in
well drilling. Why is that?"
That question is easily answered.
We want to take all the advantage we
can Of high prices. That is natural
enough, isn't it?"
NO doubt it is; but when the price
of oil is low, again Prospectors are busy
putting down wells. How do you ex-
plain that?"
THE explanation of that question is
quite as simple as the other.
When petroleum sells at low price
we have to produce more to obtain
The same return in dollars, Pitts
burgh Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28
Falling.

Mr.. Figg--I have called to get some
thing done for my boy Tommy. Per
haps you can prescribe without going
to the house.
DIR. Howless - What are the symp
toms? How is his appetite?
THAT is just what called to see yo,
about. He has got so for the last two oil
three days that he doesn't eat more thar
twice as much as / do."-Indianapoli.
Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28
No Opinions.

Lawyer--Judging from your replies,
you do not seem to have any opinions on
any subject.
Passible Juror-No, sir; amt tried
to have no opinion of my own for
good many years.
"Humph! How many years."
"On, l dunno; ever since L married"
N, Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28
His Conduct Explained.

Mrs. Ferry-Just think! That mans
wife across the way d.ed only six weeks
ago, and to-day he is getting married.
Mr.. Ferry-Well, what would you
have? You surely could not expect a
man on salary to stand the expense OF
a funeral and wedding all in the same
month, could you?-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

Clara's little brother had heard the
barber say something about her beau's
beard being In mode. Running in to
her as she was seated with the family
ut the dinner table he exclaimed:
Glare, it won't be fun for you to kiss
Mr.. Mouser any more, cause he's had
his beard all moved. Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

Husband Cat the close of heated
argument on women's rights Ma.
ria, they're not going to allow women
and geese to vote yet awhile.
Maria (calmly)-Well, that let's u
both out. anyhow.-Twinkles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

81 don't see any mistletoe hanging in
the old-time place" said George, re-
proachfully.
Papa could not afford it this year."
replied Grace, coyly; ''but I've got the
ribbon in my hair l used to hang the
mistletoe up with"
George fell over himself.-N. Y.
World
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

when Mrs. Rawton lived in Pawpaw
she wouldn't wear 4 gown unless it was
made in Chicago.
Yes, and now that she lives in Chi
cago, she won't wear any gown made
outside of Paris, Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

What do you think of my French.
Jules" asked of my Paris guide.
1T ISIS wonderful, madame" he re.
Piled, courteously. "In all my life be-
fore never have heard anysing like it,"
-Tit-Bits
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

Schoolmaster-Mast Isaac, what
wrong did the brothers of Joseph com
nit when they sold their brother?
Isaac--They sold him too cheap.-N
Y Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

He (from the west)-Yes, the cattle
business is very interesting. They
brand the little calves to distinguish
them.
She-It is not necessary here. They
wear bloomers.-Up-toDate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

Ethel-What was the date of our en-
gagement, Willie?
Westside-I remember it as though
it were but yesterday. 1t was the day
you took sick after the fifth dish of
cream.-Buffalo Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

"Maw, didn't you tell me that Miss
Mature and her brother Bob was
twins?"
Eyes, Jimmie"
"Nlust be some mistake, for he told
me he was IS and she says she's 24."-De-
troit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28
"GOING FOR THE DOCTOR"


Cora-The great trouble with female
suffragists is that they go to extremes.
Merritt quite agree with you, my
dear. They used to be satisfied with
short hair; now they want short skirts.
N, Y, Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

She-You looked like fool when you
proposed to me.
He (gloomily)-Well, why didn't you
tell me before it was too late?-De-
troit Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

Spain headed the list with 5000
hours of sunshine in 12 months, Italy
coming aext with 1900 hours. Germany
1900, AID England with 1,4OO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

Jones-The plry is said to be an ar
tistic success.
Smith-Are they losing much money
on it?-N. y. Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

Stern Uncle-Yes, sir; the young
man with no church connections is .
prey to all the worst elements of So
ciety.
Youthful Scapegrace-Oh, don't
know, he avoids the fair.-Chicago Jour
nal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

81 dreamt | dwelt in marble halls"
She sings the whole night through;
She never seems to think that we
Would like to dream some, too.
Washington Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28
A Victim of Generosity.

Jones-So you are going away?
Brownies: the doctor says 1 an.
from overwork.
Jones-You were all right yesterda,
morning when | saw you.
Brownies, but in the afternoon
smoked the cigar you gave me.-Town
Topics.
a Fortune IN 1t.
Her face is not her fortune,
Though fair indeed to see;
Rather the fortune of her
CompleXion's paten.ee.
Town Topics
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
21O FIFTH AVENUE, N. Y.

quently complain of the giving out of their
wheels and throw the blame upon defective
construction when the real trouble lies in
the unnecessary hardships which the BIZ
cycles have had to suffer. One point, for
instance. upon which many riders are care
less is neglecting in wet weather to wipe
off every trace of dampness from the ma
chine.
If one has been caught even in a slight
shower she ought when her destination has
been reached, to go over every part of the
wheel carefully with a cloth, not leaving
the smallest spot where rust could collect.
If one has time it is a good plan to rub the
metal with a little oil, too, but If properly
done, the dry-cloth rubbing will be suf1i-
cient. A further precaution against danger
from dampness should be taken by seeing
that the place where the bicycle is kept
is perfectly dry.
Another and quite different way in which
wheels are injured is by being racked un-
mercifully over all sorts of rough ground,
no effort being made to lessen the shocks
in any way. 1t is mistake to coast on q.
road which is stony or full of ruts. BY the
harder jolts which she herself receives the
rider can tell that the strain on the ma
chine is much greater than If she kept her
feet on the pedals. Nuts and bolts are
loosened and the entire frame Is Jared to
its certain disadvantage. In ordinary rid
ing, too, as well as in descending hills. a
skilIful cyclist will ease her machine over
rough places by bearing less weight upon
the saddle and more upon the pedals. and
by Stacking speed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01

Yesterday being day that was cold and
wet and dreary number of young men
found 1t comfortable to stay indoors, and
a dozen of them were lounging about Nav
ms drug store at IL North Illinois street,
damning the weather and discussing poll
tics and such matters, when one of them
discovered what he took to be a large bird
sitting on a chimney of the Windsor block
One said it was an owl, but Homer June
insisted that it was a parrot.
What do you know about parrots?" de-
manded Jim" Eden. You wouldn't know
a parrot from a rabbit If you were to meet
them on the street.
rs that so? l trust I've got the finest
bird in the parrot line in this part of the
world" replied Pop, jr,' and he went on
to dilate upon the beauties of the bird
which he claimed was the ''gabbiest" one
of its kind and the best educated. That
thing up there is parrot, and you can't
make me believe ii amt"
Don't tell me, interrupted Russell Eek
man. Its an owl. You can tell by the
way II hobs its head The rain was COM
ing down i'll torrents, but the bird seemed
not to mind little thing like that. 1t con-
tlnued rocking itself to and fro.
Finally vote of those present was taken
and the prevailing opinion was in favor of
the owl. Eden was Gaining victory when
Bear, one or the leaders of the late and
lamented Red Clouds" came along look
ing for shines. and ii was agreed that his
decision should be final. He refused TO act
as referee on such an important point with
out getting a better view than could be OBJ
tanned at an angle through a plate glass
window. He Went farther up the street and
returned In a minute
HUH he said. "YouSe is a gay lot Of
huggers. I'd hate to chase youse guys out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
A SHIPPING CLERKS ARREST.
Fred C. Mayer Charged with RobbiDg
Charles Mayer & Co.

Fred c. Mayer, shipping clerk for Charles
Mayer & Co., was arrested last night on a
charge of grand larceny. The young man
was called at late hour to the Office of
Harold Taylor. attorney, in the Stevenson
building. He was there confronted by men,
bers of the firm that employed him, and
after some pressure admitted his guilt. He
confessed to having swindled his employers
out of about $500 worth of goods, but the
superstition is that the populations will
amount to several thousands.
The scheme by which, it is claimed, the
young man robbed his employers was
novel one. He had a confederate in Louis
vile, who was on the books OF the firm as
regular customer. The Louisville man
seemed to make speciality of perfumery
and sent in frequent small orders for fine
perfumeries. 1t was the custom of Mayer,
when filling orders for his confederate. to
ship great deal more goods than were or
dered.
The frequency Of the orders and the fact
that the Louisville man was willing to pay
freight and express on number of small
orders when the goods could have been
shipped at much less expense in larger
quantities first aroused suspicion. Then the
stock was watched carefully, and finally a
case of goods was opened and 1t was dis
covered that the order was more than
doubled.
When this had been learned young Mayer
was called to the attorneys office and con-
fronted with his offense He at first
denied everything, but when convinced that
he was found out confessed. The police
will be arrested. Mayer lives at III North
Pine street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01

to have witnessed in the. grillroom. drunken
orgies and carousals of a most depraved
character. He asserted repeatedly that
liquor was sold by the glassfnl in his pres
ence over q bar to beardless boys, who
went reeling back to their rooms. He also
declares that he got all the whisky he want
ed at the inn by asking for it, and illus
tIated his article with picture of the flask
that was purchased for him at a drug store.
The whole article was string of false
hoods. Scarcely single statement in it was
true, and yet the writer IL said to be a
Clergyman and the Voice religious paper.
The drunken rufians Mr.. Thompson saw
were a group of the older students with a
few Of the tutors and younger professors
sitting around tables, slipping beer, eating
crackers, cheese and pretzels and singing
college songs. Students will do those things,
and it is the judgment of the faculty and
trustees of the university that such a PLACE
as the grillroom, with attractive surround
ings and associations, has been a whole
some restraint upon boys who would other
wise have sought disreputable scenes of dis
sipation. The grillroom is always closed at
II O'Clock, and the impromptu concerts given
there by the students two or three times
q week are very much enjoyed by the fami-
lies of the faculty who reside in the hotel,
as well as by transient visitors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
ARHANGHA PASS TAKEN
INDIAN TRIBEsMEN AGAIN DEFEAT
ED BY BRITISH TROOPS.
Afridis and Oral1zais Now Repentent
and Anxious to Learn the Con-
ditiOns of Pardon.

SIMLA, Oct. s1.-According to a dispatch
from Karappa the expected advance to
Arhangha pass was made this morning.
General Westmncott seized the villages
covering the line of advance, and the ar
tillery, brought into action at $50 o'clock,
soon expelled the tribesmen from the San
gars. Only slight opposition was encoun-
tered The crest was reached and the pass
captured by General Westmacott at 1890
The British sustained only a trifling loss
Captain Searle, of the Sikhs, was slightly
wounded. The rnuilah of Saidakbar has fed
to Jelalabad, and Sir William Lockhart is
now descending into the Afride Tirah.
The Ameer of Afghanistan received a
deputation Of the Afridis and Orakzais at
Cabul, his capital, on the 18th of the month.
In notifying the British agent to Cabul of
the fact he wrote that the tribesmen were
full of alarm and repentance" and asked
him to submit their apology to the British
government and to ascertain the conditions
of pardon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
NOTES FROM THE ORIENT.
American Injured While Walking IN
His SIeep-Dysentery i'm japan.


His SIeep-Dysentery i'm Japan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. S1.-The steam
ship Peru from Yokohama and Hong Kong,
via Honolulu, brought the following Orien-
tai advices
On Sept. Charles Carroll an American,
who arrived from Japan and Hong Kong
by the Kaiser-I-Hind on the previous day,
fell over a balcony in the Grand Oriental
Hotel at Colombo and fractured his right
leg in several places The leg was an1pu-
tated at the knee. Mr. Carroll, who is TWEEN
ty-five years old. was on pleasure trip
around the world. 1t is believed he was
walking in his sleep when the accident oc-
Cured.
The cases of dysentery in Japan reported
up to the end of last month totaled, ac-
cording to the statistics compiled by the
home department, 64,S42. OF these 1928
proved fatal
Yokohama was visited by prolonged shock
of earthquake. According to the observa-
tons made at Toxic the shock commenced
at nine hours, forty-five minutes and nine
teen seconds, and lasted three minutes and
twenty-five seconds
The Japanese government is being urged
to send military commission to the Indian
frontier to inspect the operations of the
British troops against the Afghan in
surgents.
1t is said that the proposed lease by Rus
STA of Beer island for the purpose of con-
structing a coal depot there will be de-
clined by Corea on account of the greater
part VI tue lSldIlQ DSlIiS dlEeduy III pOSSSS-
sion of Englishmen and Japanese.
The condition of Mr.. Akiyama, counselor
of the Foreign Office, who recently at
tempted to commit suicide by hara-kiri, is
said to be favorable and progressing toward
recovery. The threads used in stitching up
the wounds have already been removed.
The death Is announced at Hong Kong of
George Reinhold Lammert, one of the old
est residents Of the colony.
An accident occurred to q service train
near Oyama on the Tokaido Railway on the
Sd inst by which five railway employees
We're killed on the spot and fourteen more
badly injured Etlt
Foreign postage rates from Japan have
been doubled, and the government is con-
sidering the advisability of raising the do
nestle postal and telegraph rates so per
cent. in order to obtain funds for extending
telegraphic communication
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
BLANCO SUCCEEDS WEYLER.
Cuba's New Captain General Lands
and the .eButcher, Denarta.

HAVANA, Oct. 31.-The Spanish cruiser
Alfonso XIII, with Marshal Blanco, the
new governor general of Cuba on board.
was sighted off Havana this morning at
$50 o'clock At o'clock the AL
fonso XIII entered the harbor and Lieu
tenant General Weyler. the Marquis Ahu-
mazda, Admiral Navarro and other high off,
GERS went in a special steamer to meet Gen.
Blanco. After long and cordial confer
ence Lieutenant General WeyIer yielded up
his command to his successor.
i. At 1880 o'clock Marshal Blanco landed
According to the official account he was
enthusiastically greeted" by the populace
who shouted. Long live Blanco!" Leuten-
ant General Weyler and Marshal Blanco
exchanged farewells on board the Alfonso
XIII and the steamer MonteSerrat sailed at
o'clock p. m. She was escorted outside
the harbor by numerous tugs laden with
the friends of the departing general and
officers Of his staff. An immense crowd
witnessed the departure from the wharves
According to the official account, the people
cheered for 'Weyler, the pacifcator.'
General Weyler's escort on the Monteserrat
consists of 600 sick soldiers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
BIRTH OF THE PULLMAN CAR.
Veteran RaiIrOader Says They Were
in Use as Early 1857.

'It sounds queer to me to hear 1868 named
as the date when Pullman cars came INTO
service, when had the comfort or r1ding IN IN
Pullman sleepers as early as 1884, said
John Paul Jones, q veteran newspaper
man ami railroader, who in the fifties was
connected with the old Galena < Chicago
Union Railroad, yesterday. The cars were
used then on a road running between chi
cago and Dunleith, opposite Dubuque Ia,
a. line then thought to be the great over
land route to California. The berths were
first made in half spaces, so II pasSen-
ger wished a single space he secured IL by
taking one-half the room called a berth.
THE first sleeper owned by Pullman ran
out of Chicago over the Galena Railroad,
as is we'll known by any surviving employe
of that road. Woodruff sleeping cars were
in use on the Michigan Central Railway
previous to Pullman'S appearance as a
sleeping-car man. Before that time the so
called sleeping coach, with high-backed
seats in use by some railroads just pre-
vious to the advent of the regular sleeper,
was advertised as a desirable aid to COM
fort for night journeys by railroad, very
much as chair cars are now. In this con-
nection 1t might not be out of place to
say that Mr.. Pullman was a well-knOwn
figure about the offices and car shops of
the Galena road while his first cars were
being built, and every well-informed rail-
reader recognized the Importance of the
proposed convenience or luxury of sleep
ing car, which was hailed as a blessing to
persons compelled to travel at night
We'll do remember standing in the old
Galena WellS-street passenger depot one
summer day in 1857 or 1858, talking with
Hugh Gray, the superintendent of the car
shops, when Mr.. Pullman passed along,
with his coat over his arm, on his way
to dinner, after a faithful mornings work
at the shop few blocks west of the pas
senger station. His greeting was cordial,
as was his custom to friends and acquaint-
ances, and after he passed Mr.. Gray &
sturdy old Scotchman, remarked: Mr. Pull
man is about to place sleeping cars on on,
line, as you know, between Chicago and
Dunleith, which, if patronized as he ex-
poets, will make him, If adopted by other
railroads, one of the richest men in Amer
ica-' He spoke truer than he then thought,
as Pullmans millions attest"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
A NONOGENARIAN DEAD.
Lewis French, i'm Whose Shop Rev. t.
A. Goodwin First Preached.

Lewis French died yesterday morning at
the age of ninety-three years, after a short
Illness the first of any consequence he ever
experienced. Mr.. French was born in Hart
ford, Conn.,, in 1904. and came to the Ohio
valley with his parents when he was a
small lad. His parents lived in Cincinnati
for many years. and were carried away by
the cholera, along with many of his rela-
tives, in 1886 Mr.. French was married in
1913, and his wife survives him. She is
eighty-five years old. They recently cele-
brated the sixty-eighth anniversary of their
marriage. They had one child, a son, VINO
died thlrty-six years ago. There are three
grandchildren, seven Observation-Disclosures
ana three MISUNDERSTANDING
In 1850 Mr.. French moved from Cincinnati
to Edinburg, Ind, where he followed his
trade as cabinet maker and coffin maker.
1t was in his shop that Rev. Thomas A.
Goodwin, of this city, preached his first SER
mon. James Grigsby, who died a few days
ago at the age of ninety-five, and Mr.
French were friends from boyhood and were
nelghbors in the late years of their lives
Tine funeral will be conducted Monday
afternoon at o'clock by Flanner & Bu-
chanan at the family residence, 2lO Trow-
bridge street The burial will be at Edin-
burg Tuesday.