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WORKINGMEN'S INSURANCE.
Benefits of the System in Operation Il
Germany.

Benefits of the System in Operation In
Germany.
Some valuable statistics relative to the
growth in Germany of the workingmen's
insurance system lave been received at the
State Department, Washington, from Uni
ted States Consul Stern at Bamberg. These
societies insure against sickness, accident
and old age, and in the opinion Of the con
sui have had a beneficial influence upon
the economical and social position of the
German working classes. He says that in
q country like Germany, where low wages
allow but u small fraction Of the laboring
classes to put by something for q rainy day,
a great deal has been accomplished by this
system, which he hopes may be extended to
other countries. In ten years, from 1885 to
1895, claims to the amount of 1896, OBS, S21
lave been paid to 25, 061 ,620 persons. and
$3.50, 900 per day is disbursed in such bene-
Ut0
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Oynx in New Mexico.

A party of gold ~prospectors in New
Mexico are said to have discovered
immense deposits of onyx in that
State. Hitherto the chief supply Of
onyx has been obtained from Mexico.
The new deposits will greatly cheaper
the price of this beautiful marble, and
the housekeeper can look forward to
enjoying more of it in her house dec
orations.-New York Tribune.
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cattle stealing. There can usually be
found, of course. some incident upon
which to fasten the outbreak. but the
real cause of the Indian troubles lies
deeper than this.
At certain times, as the red man
himself says, "Iniun's heart gets bad"
Very often, declares the New York
Tribune, this occurs in the spring,
when the fresh, new grass has put the
ponies into perfect condition and when
the mild weather has caused the ponies
masters to shake off their winter
lethargy. Then the AFORESAID bad"
feeling manifests itself, and the In
dams desire nothing so much as to go
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30

fnement which the cold of q Dakota
or Montana winter enforces. An extra
amount of vigor is infused into the
savage and grotesque contortions OF
the dancers, and the spectators gaze
as if they could not see enough OF these
movements, which are suggestive to
them of the highest type Of valiant
daring.
But it is perhaps after the dance is
ended, when the warriors are seated
around in a circle on the ground, that
the fighting desire is worked up most
surely and powerfully among them.
The pipe Of good fellowship is first
passed in silence, each Indian taking
only two or three pufs, and then hand
ing it on to his next neighbor. Just
here it is interesting to note that the
red man does not smoke after the man
ner of his white brother. Inthe whole
circuit which the pipe makes its mouth
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
Rag Carts in Street Cleaning.

Kansas City will adopt another of
Colonel Warnings New York ideas in
street cleaning. Along with the white
brigade and clean streets, the Street
Department will have bag carts to be
used by the street sweepers. Bag
carts are something new in the West.
They are little two-wheeled push carts
arranged to hold a large jute bag. The
street cleaner deposits sweepings IN
the bag as dirt is gathered from the
pavement, and when the bag is filled
ties it up and lays it on the curb to be
hauled away and emptied. Each cart
is provided with half a dozen bags.
They answer the purpose better than
the little dump carts, doing away with
dust and facilitating the cleaning
work.-Kansas City Star.
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MOVING A BIG CHIMNEY.
Tall Structure Conveyed Nearly 1000 Feet
Over Rough Roads.

There are two ways of moving a
chimney. One way, and that usually
followed, is to tear it down carefully
and rebuild it in the desired. place.
This u~tilizes only the brick and means
a great deal of labor. The other
method of moving a chimney is to
handle it much as a house would be
handled and to move it bodily and
without tearing it down, by putting it
on skids.
This latter method was followed by
q firm of contractors of Binghampton,
N. Y, in moving a chimney for the
Manhanset Improvement Company at
Manhansett, N. Y. The chimney is
eighty-fve feet high and seven feet
square at the base. 1t weighs nearly
one hundred tons, and yet it was
moved a distance of $50 feet over
rough roads and up and down steep
grades without injury or accident.
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CHAPTER VI.
THE CRITICAL MOMENT

THE CHlTlCAL hOMENp
Arnold Dacre felt the wallet and its
precious contents slip from his nerveless
hands. and he powerless to combat a
grasp far weaker than his own.
Master of the situation complete a mo-
ment previous. enriched beyond his most
SanSulne expectations by u curious freak
Of fate, at the high tide moment of sue
tess and victory, discovery, disaster had
suddenly crossed his unholy schemes.
For one glance at the white face of the
girl before him, one look into the
depths OF those accusing eyes, told that
Flora Merwyn knew all.
Ali, at least. that the villains last
words bad revealed. Appearing noise
lessly at the door at a critical moment,
she had crossed its threshold as the care
less self-implicating words of the cashier
revealed his true ~iniquity as a would-bo
thief, and verified the dark ~insinuations
of Ray Webster that his base hand had
wrought all the trouble that was wreck
ing three devoted lives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
A Church's Historic Memorial.

The old Dutch Reformed Church,
on Norfolk street, near Stanton, in
the very heart of the packed tenement
district of the lower East Side of New
York, is to be destroyed, and q dwell
ing house is to be erected in it's place.
In the last century two OF the
church's most prominent members
we're John Jacob Aston, the founder OF
the Aston family, and the famous Baron
Steuben. In the vestibule of the
church, set into the wall, is a tall mar
BILE memorial, on which is inscribed
the following:
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AMERICAS ONLY KING.

and England resigned her Mosquito
p%rotectorate. Nicaragua was there
upon appointed suzerain over King
Robert Charles Frederick, but that
dusky sovereign was permitted to re-
tain his rather dilapidated royalty,
nor, indeed, has it ever been formally
taken from the hands of his success
ors. Nicaragua is overload of the
Mosquito Coast, just as Turkey is OF
Egypt. Moreover, the Republic paid
annually, until q few years ago, the
sum of $4,000 for the use of the King
and his numerous family. This pen
sion has been discontinued.
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But six men were required to do the
work. One horse attached to a wind
lass furnished the needed power.
The accompanying picture, from
a photograph reproduced in the Scien-
tifc American, shows the style of
braces used and the sort Of sled
on which the chimney was moved.
The skids were we'll creased on the
bottom, and the rate of progress was
so fast that but nine days elapsed from
the time work was begun until the
chimney was securely located in its
new foundation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
A Million to Destroy LoCusts.

The Argentine Government has asked
Congress for the appropriation OF 81 'oVU,-
600, for the purpose of destroying the
plague of locusts which has done so nucn
injury to the crops Of Argentina. Professor
Bruner, the North American scientist, en-
Gagged by the Chamber of Commerce to in
V%estjvate the locust %migrations in South
America, has arrived ut Buenos Ayres.
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BICYCLE OR CHURCH,
Metiodists in n Jersey Congregation
Must Choose One of the Two.

u SfOONC VHC vi IT INUs
There is some discord in the Broadway
". E. Church Of Camden, N. j., over the
question of Sunday bicycle riding. The
church has over 1000 members, and it is
said that over half of that number ride the
wheel. It is stated that the wheel has LED
to small a%ttendances at the Sunday SER
vices, and that this caused the official
board Of the church to take action. The
official board wants the members who ride
wheels to either attend services on Sunday
instead Of going bicycle riding, or go bicy-
Gle riding M sever their connection with
the church.
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the junction of the Yellowstone and
Missouri rivers, when Low Dog at
tackled him. Not content with plum
der and the mere killing, the savage
Sioux resorted to the most dreadful
species of Indian torture, and his vic
tim, though still breathing when
found. was mutilated and his flesh WIS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
GETS BAD
THE USUAL YEARLY
EEAKS IN THE WEST.

UEhost and War Dances Potent Causes
IF the Red Mems Uprlsing-Whfle
. Smoking the Pipe of Fellowship In
dian Orators Arouse the Warlike Spirit.
1t is the custom, upon the occasion
of each Indian uprising at any Of the
Western agencies, to assign some
special cause, differing according to
the circumstances, for the outbreak.
In the case of the Cheyennes, who
have been making trouble at the
Tongue River Agency in Montana, it
is said that the disturbance originated
in the murder of a sheep herder by
the Indians because they feared that
he would inform against them for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30

quired, should often take a long time
to quench?
The ghost dances and the war dances
held in the spring are always more
effective than those at other times of
the year. The Indians are pleased at
the thought of being able to hold them
out of doors again. after the close con-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-30
Sacred to the memory OF
Fred'k Will'm Aug's Baron Steuben,

a German,
Knight of the Order Of Fidelity,
Aid-de-Camp to Frederick the Great,
King of Prussia;
Major-G General and 1nspector-General
in the Revolutionary War:
Esteemed, respected and supported py
Washington, he gave Military
Skill and Discipline to the
Citizen Soldiers
who
fulfilling the DEGREES OF Heaven(
Achieved the Independence OF the
United States.
The highly polished manners OF the
Baron we're graced by the most noble
feelings of the heart. His hand, open
as day for melting charity" closed
only in the strong grasp OF death.
This Memorial is inscribed by an
American who had the honor to be
his aid-de-camp, and the happiness
to be his friend.
Obit., 1875.
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This memorial is eight feet in height
and tapers to a point, just below which
is q crown, s~urmounting a shield.
Lower there is a Greek cross, within
which is the word "Fidelitas.
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Don't believe that every II else ID
the world is happier than you.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
Queen & Crescent.

During the Tennessee Centennial and In
ternational Exposition at Nashville, Tenn,
a low rate special tariff has been established
for the sale of tickets from Cincinnati and
other terminal points on the Queen & Cres-
cent Route.
Tickets are on sale daily until further no.
tice to Chattanooga at 1913 one way or 81. 20
round trip from Cincinnati, the round trip
tickets being good seven days to. return;
other tickets, with longer return limit, a.
$3.50 and at $3.50 for the round trip.
These rates enable the public to visit
Nashville and other Southern points at rates
never before offered. Nestibuled trains Of
the finest class are at the disposal of the
passenger, atfording a most. pleasant trip,
and enabling one to visit the very inter
esting scenery ard important battle-ground
in and about Chattanooga, Lookout Noun
tain and Chickamauga National Military
Park. Tickets to Nashville to visit the
Centennial can be repurchased at Chatta-
nooga for $40 round trip. Ask your ticket
agent for tickets via Cincinnati and the Q.
& c. Route South or write to
w. C. RINEARSON, Genl Pass'r Agent,
Cincinnati, o.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
MACHINE THAT FLIES.


in an Hour.
This is the age of flying machines.
OF course, our boys and girls hardly can
expect to make real machine which
will sail through the air and carry them
for the problem has puzzled more
than one wise man-but any boy can
make very successful toy flying ma
chine which will fly, and that is more
than many of the larger machines will
do.
Get an old tomato can and by setting
it on the stove, first one end, then the
other, melt off the tin ends. Then cut
the cylinder apart and fiatten it out so
that you will have perfectly smooth
piece of tin. From this cut piece the
shape shown in the picture (a) five
inches long and ~ inches wide in the
widest part. This work can easily be
done with a pair of old shears.
Now, procure an empty spool, one
with a large body if you can get it, and
in the top drive two wire nails (b) and
with a file cut off the heads of each. III
the narrow part of the strip of tin make
three smooth holes 6, and y, two of
which 6 and 81 will fit snugly over the
nails in the spool and the third (7) will
be directly over the hole in the spool.
Now give the corners q and ~ a slight
turn downward and the corners G. and
- a slight turn upward, and having
placed the strip of tfn on the spool, fit
ting it down over the nails, you are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
GRANDMA'S GLASSES.

Grandma is puzzled. The dear old face
Is seeking her glasses in every place;
The fiuttering hands reach here and there
Fer the glasses the brown eyes always
wear
Bonnie and Joe fly nimbly around
To seek where those spectacles may be
found.
Grandma is saying. in tones of fear:
Il was reading-and laid them down right
here!"
Mischievous Fred, now reading a book,
Looks lazily on from his cozy nook.
And watches the solemn hunt with glee,
While all wonder where those glasses can
be,
They scour every shelf, and scan each
chair
Through the hall, the kitchen and every
where.
They say: "Oh, dear me-" and I'm be
bound!
Those glasses, where are they? They can't
be found!"
at looks to me- says mischievous Fred,
LAS though grandma has eyes on the top
of her headn'
Sure enough" they laugh, and plainly
there
They behold those glasses in grandma's
hair!
She takes them down with a smiling face,
And soon they are put in their proper
place.
Then the children laugh and dance
And the scene is repeated-perhaps, the
next day!
Ohio Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
CHAIRS AS A LUXURY.



Most people believe that the habit of
sitting down as practiced by themselves
is a common human habit, old as the
race itself, in no way associated with
civilization. But Frederick Boyle, who
seems to have one of those inquiring
minds that are not content to accept
things as they are without first tracing
causes and history, contends that sit
ting down is an acquired habit that
marks height of civilization.
He estimates that even at the present
day not more than ten per cent of hui
man kind practice Sitting on our plan.
Men who do not sit have two attitudes
for resting; women use one of their
own. Squatting ION the heel is ia
vored in India and China. In this posi-
ton the weight of the body falls upon
the toes, and to keep the balance COM
Portable the arms must hang over the
knees, the hands dangling. A European
trussed in this manner promptly feels
pain in the calves, but he can under
stand that habit makes it restfuI pos
ture. In fact. the Golfers of England
use it altogether.
The cross-legged attitude is general
from Siam eastward through the Malay
countries. In the jungle men crouch,
the knees raised. the arms folded over
them, and the chin resting on the arm.
The women of that region rest upon the
floor with the knees bent sideways,
thus throwing the weight on the outer
part of one thigh.--a mighty uncom-
Portable posture 20 a civilized eau
casian.
Chairs really seem to be no more nee
essary to the race than pianos.-Golden
DAYS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
Sheep Improve the Soil.

The sheep is unlike the hog in its
choice of food. 1t will not take up feed
cut of filth or live on animal flesh. II
will eat weeds of almost any kind, and
will peel an apple tree if given an OPP
portuntity. The excuse for not keep
ing a few sheep that it costs so much for
fencing, is, to say the least, flimsy
one. Barb wire or woven fence can be
had for a very reasonable amount. Four
wires will restrain sheep if the fence
be put up in the proper manner, al
though five wires are better, and this
number is all that is required to make
good fence. Sheep bite somewhat
closer than cattle, but they improve the
land. Western Plowman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Flax is very exhaustive to the soil.
Insure your buildings against cy-
slones.
Shallow cultivation of corn should be
the rule.
Drainage will greatly increase the
Talue of wet ground.
Roots cannot penetrate a subsoil that
IS as hard as a stone.
The silo will enable the farmer to
keep more cows profitably.
In sections where cyclones are likely.
a storm cave shows wisdom.
Spare the harrow in the early stages
of corn growth and spoil the crop.
The hired man should be a gentle
man among the children in the home.
In sections outside the corn belt corn
:an often be proftably grown for the
Ilo.
Hay caps are a good investment.
they will in a wet season pay for them
selves very quickly.
We do not like the barbed wire fence
md would not have one. while other
encing can be had.
When the surface bakes after a rain,
light harrow should be used, whether
he crop is up or not.
Hailstorms are likely anywhere. and
insurance against them is as necessary
as insurance against fire.
Eighty acres, intensively cultivated
are better than 100 acres under the too
often loose system of farming.--West.
.rn Plowman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22

THE STOIC HERO MADE NO OUTCRY.
pie, and it was wrecked in waters full
of sharks, and the lieutenant and six
of his men escaped drowning by cling
ing to capsized boat. The lieutenant
was the youngest of them all, except
lad named Wilson, but he was also the
coolest and cleverest, as a commanding
officer ought to be. He ordered the
men to get off the boat and endeavor to
right it. They obeyed, all the time
they were in the water waving and kick
ing to scare off the sharks they could
see swimming about. Lieut.. Smith then
ordered two of the men into the boat to
bail, while the rest chung to her sides.
With so much water in her she could
not bear up more than two men. Soon,
though, so much water was bailed out
that he ordered two more men into the
boat, and the bailing was going on fast
when one of the two beside himself who
were still in the water was seized by
shark, and with one cry sank This so
frightened the men that. horrible to
tell, they once more capsized the boat.
The young commander remained calm,
ordered all hands to again right the
boat, and when that was done put two
men in it again to bail As they got to
work a shark, with one bite, took off
one of Lieut.. Smiths legs, and he, the
more than stole hero made no sign,
lest fright again cause his men to cap
size the boat They did not know he
was hurt. In moment or two the
rest were ordered into the boat, he wait
ing to enter it last himself. just as he
was ready to ask the men to help him
shark caught his remaining leg, He
fell back in the water, but his men
saved him, and lifted him into the boat
to die. With his last breath he told
the boy Wilson to report to the adj
miral that all the men had done their
duty-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
MONUMENT INDIAN BRAVES.
Sioux Braves Desire to Commemorate the
Battle of Wounded Knee.


Battle of Wounded Knee.
The remaining braves of the Sioux
tribes have petitioned the government
for permission to erect a monument
over the graves of the dead warriors
slain at the battle of Wounded Knee
seven years ago.
About is miles west of Pine Ridge
agency, extending along the ridge of
plateau, is trench where lay 1870 In
dian warriors, The government has
marked the place where many of the
soldiers are buried with a fitting mon
ument, and now the remaining Sioux
braves have asked that they may erect
a shaft Is feet high, six feet at the base
and tapering to an apex of six inches
at the top in commemoration of their
dead. The stone is to be made of Sioux
Falls granite, and the expense of it will
be borne entirely by the Indians
1t is desired to have appropriate cpl
taphs engraved on it in their own lam
guage, and as an evidence of good
faith to the government it is further
desired to imprint thereon words that
shall proclaim Wounded Knee to be
the last battle field on which the
Indian shall show hostility to his white
brother
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22

- l. 1l-\CT hA1ltlNL Thai w ILL L LII ..
ready for your first experiments in fly
ing.
Get brad-awl or a half knitting
needle fastened into a stout handle of
wood and pass it up through the spool
and through the center hole in the tin.
Then wind the spool with a piece of
string just as you would wind top.
When this is done hold the awl handle in
one hand and pull the string sharply
with the other. Of course, the spool
will spin and you will be surprised to
see your tin flying machine whizzing
OFF through the air like a thing of life
If the weather is calm it will sometimes
so to an astonishing height, but you can
have much fun with it in the wind, for
then it will play all sorts of odd pranks,
turning and twisting and finally com
ing down to the earth with a PUNK.
Any boy can make this flying ma
chine in an hour without costing him a
cent.-Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
WAITED HIS TURN.



doctor, just an instant, please, en-
claimed a caller at the Office of a man
of physic, as he caught sight of the
physician disappearing in his private
office.
"I'n see you shortly, sir" was the curt
reply.
But second Is all I want per
sisted the caller.
I'll see you directly, sir" with stern
ness.
The visitor took a seat in the general
reception-room, read the afternoon pa
per through, looked at the pictures,
played with the dog and took a nap
After 80 minutes or more had passed
the medicine man came out of his den,
and with an air Of condescension said
to the visitor:
''Well, now, my man. I am at your
service. Your turn has come. What
can do for your"
"Oh, nothing in particular" was the
reply. 81 just dropped in to tell you
that your neighbours three cows have
escaped from the barn, and are having
a picnic in your garden and flower
beds. '-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
Case of Faith and Works.

A pretty anecdote is related of a child
who was greatly perturbed by the dis
eovery that her brothers had set traps to
catch birds. Questioned as to what she
had done in the matter, she replied: 81
prayed that the traps might not catch
the birds" "Anything else?" Eyes, :"
she said, 81 then prayed that God
would prevent the birds getting into
the traps" and, as if to illustrate the
doctrine of faith and works, 81 went
and kicked the traps all to pieces. -
Buffalo Commercial