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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10
MOUSE AS ENGINEER.
Constructed a Spiral Gallery to Es-
cane from IA Post-HOIe

cape from n POst-HoIe.
Along the mountainous shore of Lake
Lucerne in Switzerland, carved in the
face of the cliff, runs a famous road
called the AXenstrasse. In several
places where the hills jut out in pre-
cipitous bluffs over the water, it be-
comes an actual tunnel-a sort of gal
1ery cut through the solid rock, partly
open, however, on the side toward the
lake. 1t has long been considered a
great feat of engineering skill; yet it
was once closely paralleled-one can
not say initiated 10y an ignorant little
field mouse. AS usual with both mice
and men, necessity was the mother of
invention
That this was mouse of more than
ordinary skill and experience the event
sufficiently proved; but he was racing
rather recklessly across the garden,
and it CHANGED that he fell into a post
hole. As this hole was about three feet
deep, with perpendicular walls and a
narrow bottom, he found himself as
helpless as young Joseph when his
brothers left him in the pit. He tried
in vain to scramble up the sides; he
lcaped with all his strength again and
again; at last he gave it up, and
crouched painting and discouraged on
the loamy floor.
The mind of a mouse works rather
slowly, except when the claws of a cat
are near the tip of his tail, and it was
some time before our prisoner rea-
soned out his problem. At length,
however, he saw the solution, and set
to work without further loss of time
He had a life to save, and only his own
little brain and feeble paws to do it
with.
So he began to eXcavate a spiral gal
lery, running around the perpendicular
sides of the hole very much on the plan
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10
NOBLEMAN A POLICEMAN



The strangest of all the many re-
quests that haze been made OF Mr.. Han
Ia since he took up his leadership in
politics came to him when Baron Won
Muegge, a Young German, solicited his
influence 10 obtain an appointment as
dc1u;y United States marshal, at any
place where the surroundings are
agreeable, al any salary, or any amount
OF Gees that might be offered.
The applicant, who is well vouched
for and is undoubtedly all that he pre-
: tends to be, told strange story of the
will OF his mother, wealthy. but &C.
centric, German, who stipulated that
he should serve ten years as policeman
before he should come into his fortune,
her idea being to teach him scif-con-
troll, develop his characte" and convince
linn OF the dignity Of labor.
As he did not wish to serve in such
an humble capacity among his former
and suture associates, Won Nuegge
came to the United States 10 serve his
time. He has been on the force in sew
eral cities, and is now employed as a
Waterman by Il railroad company in
Cleveland
The man is personally known to Mr.
Hanna through Il rather curious episode
that occurred while he was a member
OF the Cleveland city police. \ few
nights after the election some of Mr..
IIanna's friends and admirers rendered
him u banquet at the Union club in
that city, and during the dinner two of
the walters got into trouble, in which
one of them bit off a portion of the ear
OF the other.
The fight was so fierce that n police
man was sent for to take charge of the
combatants, and that duty happened to
be assigned to Won Muegge. Mr.. Han
ma recollects seeing him at the Union
club on that occasion.
His term of seryitude expires in No.
vember next, and the baron is anxious
to spend the remainder of the period
in surroundings which will he more
agreeable than those in which he has
been situated for the last nine years
lie would like to be a deputy to the
United States marshal of the District of
Columbia for the next six months. and
has asked Mr.. Hanna's influence to Sc
cure that position.-Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10

Some men, if they prayed at all, would
say: Give us this day our daily grog."
Rams Horn.
The Fiif-flas mortgage on The man
who fdns the drink habit.-Nationai
Temperance Advocate.
a Chinese proverb says: medicine
may heal imaginary sickness, but wine
will never dispei SORROW"
It has been claimed that tobacco is
ore OF the prime causes Of color blind
ness.-PoPular Science News.
Mr.. Ruslin, whom no one would
charge with being "tcetoual craak,'
said: ''Ike announcements OF drunken
ness for the sake Of the profit IN the
sale of drink is certainly one OF the most
criminal methods of assassination for
money hitherto adopted by the braves
% any age or country"
there are said to be ten Scottish
dr..es, Eve marquises, twenty earls and
five lords-40 in all-who have di
rect financial interest in the continual
ton of the drink traffic. In England
and Wales the names of no fewer than
172 members Of the upper house appear
as owners of one CT more licensed
places.
The Indiana supreme court has sus-
tanned the Moore temperance law which
permits city council to exclude sa-
looms from residence portions of q city.
This decision Of 10 court gives gen
eral surprise, not to say general alarm
to liquor interests. as its effect is likely
to be widespread, affecting hundreds Of
retail liquor houses scattered through
out the state.-Union Signal.
The teaching of temperance is now
compulsory in the public schools of the
province of Ontario. According to the
minister of education, no fewer than
10000 pupils are studying this quas-
ton in the public schools of the prov
ince and 10000 in the separate schools,
and the public school inspector for To
ronto states that more than 10000 pu-
pills in the public schools of the city re.
ceive instructions in temperance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
AN OLD STORY IN RHYME.

ct heard great big lion in the brush"
Said he along the river" - Freddy,
hush"
Said his mamma; you talk at random,
dear,
For there were never any lions here"
"Oh, then it must have been bear" said
Fred;
"A cross old bear-he might have killed me
deadr
''Why Freddy" said mamma, you talk
SO wild;
The bears were all killed long ago, my
child"
"a wildcat or coyote, then" said he:
But his mamma said no, it could not be-
You think" said Fred, that it was just
a calf?
That's what you said-I wish you wouldn't
laugh.
Twas getting dark hadn't time to look,
But anyhow, l know the bushes shook"
Della Hart Stone, in n. Y. Independent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10

A contract for 5000 worth of betting
for brewery was given through a
third PARTY to j. L. Rhoads & Sons, OF
Wilmington, Del. Later the third party
received the following, signed by the
firm: I've write in reference to the
lot of betting. We are total abstainers
and opposed conscientiously to either
making or selling Intoxicating drinks
rs a beverage. Consequently, having
learned what we did not at first know,
that this betting is for brewery, we
corsi4 Der II more consistent for IFS not
to furnish the belt for such purpose.
We therefore withdraw our quota
tions."-Uuion Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10

OF the AXenstrasse, and gradually
bringing the little deliver nearer the
top. But like many another amateur
engineer who goes ahead without an
adequate survey Of the ground, he met
with an unexpected obstacle. About
half way up he encountered a stone,
firmly embedded and so large that he
could not tunnel around it. Here again
was pause, and sadness, and cogita-
ton. But again the diminutive brain
was equal to the emergency-though
ordinarily it doesn't contain wit enough
TO keep its owner out of a palpabfe
trap with the dead bodies of three or
four of his neighbors stuck in it for a
warning. For a mouse, our long-tailed
engineer was nothing less than a
genius; he reversed his plans, set his
back to the rock. started his spiral in
the opposite direction, and finally
reached the surface. Certainly he had
earned his freedom; and let US hope
that the clever little fellow never fell
victim to either cat or trap.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10
TEMPERANCE.
4 DRINK TRAGEDY IN PARIS.
Degeneration of "a Liquor Sellers
Entire Family.

Degeneration of Liquor Sellers
Entire Family.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
News reports trial in the assize court
recently, the closing chapter of story
OF which the title might have been
Drink" The eliminating tragedy has
already been reported. 1t all began in
a public house a generation ago. Vas
seur, the landlord, after selling enough
absinthe to his neighbors to become a
respectable citizen, found his Nemesis
in his own bottles. He became alcohol
lied himself. Without his knowledge,
his wife fell into the same state. Their
son was Il victim from his birth, suffer-
ing from the laziness and general good
for-nOthinGness common in the second
generation of drunken families. There
was a cousin, too, who. along with bis
wife, appears to have been pretty equal
ly degenerate. AS years went on Vas
seur. senior, whose public house was
steadily prospecting. became liable to
mad fits of rage, while his son was a
Dale-faced, worthless, dishonest weak
ling. yet with kind and affectionate
qualities. The mother shared her hus-
bands hatred for the son, who never
stayed more than fortnight in any
place. The father had several times
threatened to kill him, and on one occa-
sion he threw him into the Seine. On
April pa last Vasseur strangled his son
in the wood of Vincennes. Boucher,
the nlurdcrer's cousin, and a railway
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10

The island of Jamaica, owing to its
peculiar situation and climate, i. said to
possess q greater variety and album
dance of ferns than any other known
place on the globe. No less than 500
species of ferns grow there. and Mr..
Gilbert said recently, at n meeting of
the Torrey Botanical club, that prob
ably no other equal area produces half
that number of ferns.-Youth's Com
DaniOn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10
Queen victorin's views on Tobacco.

An English paper is authority for the
following: ''rhe queen has strong
objection to tobacco smoke, and will
not allow smoking in any rooms used
by her or in any place where she is
likely to go. Even the late prince COM
sort forebore to smoke in her presence.
On one occasion she happened to no.
tice the tabooed perfume in Bucl1ing-
ham palace, and on making inquiry dis
covered that the prince of Wales (then
in ais minority was the offender. Her
majesty forthwith gave orders that the
prince should be confined to his rooms
for a month, and the order was rig
orously carried out"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10
To Make Sure.

Young man said the statesman, IT
decline TO be interviewed"
The hopeful reporter locked sad.
Il always interview myself" the
statesman explained 1T is great
plan for missing MISTAKES. just sit
down and will have your copy ready IN
about 20 minutes. "-CincinHat En-
uuirCr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10
Plain CrOuuettcS.

One pint of chopped meat Of any kind.
one slice Of bread soaked in tepid water,
TWO eggs, seasoning to taste. Squeeze
the bread dry, add the meat bind with
the eggs, seasoning to taste. Mold, rcil
in egg and crumbs and fry. One cuptul
of cold mashed potatoes can be used in
stead of the breld.-Boston Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10

Miss Stella Evans, of Colorado Springs,
was boiling can of lard over cook
stove and, picking up an egg, thought
she would boil it in the red-hot grease.
The egg no sooner touched the boil
ing lard than loud explosion occurred,
and the young lady was literally Gov
@red with the flying lard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10

Miss Quilling-lsn't it perfectly out,
rageous the way the papers publish peo-
pies pictures nowadays? a reporter
was after mine Yesterday. He said
they wanted it to run in their GALAXY
of American Beauties"
Miss Pankslcy-Dear me! How
shocking! Did you get the reporters
address ?-Cleyeian Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10
BABY WITH THE TREMENS.
Scene in ~ Hospital That Is Almost
Beyond Belief.

Dr.. William Taylor, of Cincinnati,
told the late Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge
sad story of woman's degradation
through strong drink. But" he added,
II can show you something vastly
worse" lie took her to one of the hos
pital wards and brought her to a little
crib, where, hound hand and foot. that
it. might not dash itself TO pieces, lay
a babe Of II months in the agonies of
dclrium tremens.
After reaching home she dared not
tell the story until in black and white
the facts were before her. SO she wrote
DR.. Taylor. and she received in SUBJ
stance the following;
1T is not an uncommon thing for
children from one yearOld and upwards
to be brought TO this hospital in de-
lirum tremens. Mothers begin to give
their children intoXicants at very
early age, which they increase as they
desire to go out for debauch or for
work, and SO the little ones come to the
hospital in this condition. The babe
you saw had probably lost its sight. but
not its hearing. and the passion is
ruling in death. for it opens the mouth
TO receive the alcoholic stimulant, as
the bird in the nest to receive the food
from it's mother."-Lever.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10

Sister-There you have candy all over
your new suit! What will namn4 say?
Little Brother-Well, mamma won't
let me have any fun in these clothes
till get 'em spoiled.-Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10

There must, there shall be no com
promise with the liquor traffic. H.
must be given no quarter. 1t deserves
the execration of mankind. 1t will be
condemned and executed for high
crimes and misdemeanors.-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-10
GENERAL GLEANlNGS.

Some men, if they prayed at all, would
say: Give us this day our daily grog."
RAMS Horn.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-15

Secretary Ceb1irn, Of the State De-
partment of Agriculture. has issued @
special report on the poultry and egg
industry of Kansas. The product for
1896 amounted to $3,60S, S15, sum
sufficient to pay all the State and city
taxes of the preceding year and leave
a surplus of $4,000. No field crops,
with the exception Of wheat, corn, and
hay, equalled in value the poultry in
dustry. The yield from poultry was
ninety-fvs per cent. greater than the
same years output Of lead and zinc
mines Of the State, and twenty-three
per cent. greater than the total paid
for teachers wages and school super
vision. In fact, the poultry came
within fourteen per cent. Of paying
the entire cost Of the public schools.
The poultry product was ten per cent.
greater in value than the potato crop,
and within twenty-three per cent. OF
the value of all the coal mined in the
State for the preceding year. The
average value Of poultry dud eggs sold
annually in the State for the past five
years was s., $780, 62.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-15
The Crynto Carrier.


entertain no doubt that we have not
as yet nearly exhausted the possible.
ties Of utilizing machines driven by hu.
man agency. The carrier tricycle. 10
daily becoming more common object
In the streets Of London and ether
large towns, and sooner or later 1t will
become the recognized medium for the
collection and delivery Of the lighter
kinds Of merchandise.
But there 10 q greater future In store
for 1t as a passenger conveyance, and
although l may be regarded as unduly
sanguine I believe that before many
years have passed we shall have tricy.
cles playing for passenger hire In the
streets. Such a vehicle would be far
more expeditions than q cab, and
would pay well, even If the charges
were half or one-third Of the present
cab fare. Motor cars will some day,
perhaps, supersede horses for cab
work, but the man you must have to
work the motor might just as well
work the machine. The Cryptic carrier
IS gradually superseding the older and
ciumsier forms for parcels conveyance
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-15
Recipes.

Pineapple Fritters-Half a cup Of
-four, half q cup of milk and two eggs.
Beat together the -four, half the milk
and the yolks, seasoned with half q
tablespoonful of salt. Add gradually
the balance OF the milk. Stir in tea
cupful of finely chopped pineapple,
and lastly the whites of the eggs beaten
stiff. Drop by spoonfuls on hot but
tered griddle. Cook till delicate
brown on both sides.
Egg Pufs-Take one egg for each
person to be served. Separate the
whites from the yolks, keeping the
yolks whole. Add a saltspoonful of
salt and dash of pepper to the yolks.
Add pinch Of salt to the whites and
beat stiff. Drop in teaspoonfuls on
hot buttered griddle, and lay yolk on
top of each spoonful. Cover each with
another teaspoonful Of white. Turn
quickly to brown the other side. They
will be almost balls.
Banana Cake-Put in a saucepan
four tablespoonful Of sugar, two Of
lemon juice, six tablespoonfuls OF
orange juice, and place over the fire.
Peel and slice thin six bananas and
add to the liquid; cook five minutes.
Make sponge or cup cake, and bake
in a biscuit tin. When the cake is
partly cooled split it, and spread one
half of the bananas over the lower
part; place the top OF the cake on the
fruit, and put the remaining bananas
over the top. This is very nice and
should be eaten warm.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-15
Sick Room Hints.

For cramps or pains in the stomach
try a few drops Of essence OF camphor.
For nervous headache a cup OF
moderately strong tea, in which two
or three slices of lemon have been in
fused.
For tired feet put handful Of COM
mon salt into four quarts of hot water.
Place the feet in the water while 1t IS
hot as it can be borne. Then rub the
feet dry with arough towel.
For making a clear complexion stir
two teaspoonfuls Of flowers of sulphur
into half pint Of new milk. Let it
stand awhile, and then rub the face
over with it short time before wash
ing.
For binding up cuts and wounds
always use linen, not cotton, as the
6bres of cotton are fiat and apt to irri.
tate sore place, while those Of liner
are perfectly round.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-15

When you raise your arm for God, IL
Is connected with his shoulder and
heart.
The fellow who Is always straining
to be great wears himself smaller and
smaller.
The man is stranger to Christ who
can see nothing bit poetry in ths
psalms.
The Word of God, and rational
thought from it, unlocks all the myster-
les of life.
The man who truly follows Christ
will never have to go where he will not
find it joy to go.
Showers Of blessing" are most likely
to fall upon the church when the pastor
has an oyertiowing cup.
The devil soon gets a mortgage upon
the man who drinks-and he already
owns the man who sells.
When the Christian finds the lions
cen in front of him, he will miss much
if he tries to go Ground it.
There is an angel in every stone but
only the one who knows what an an
gels face is like can get it out.
4 better thing than 'hitching your
W, gon to STAR" is 10 put your hand
in j. e hand that moves the star,
Ussa, Our children go astray the
capsa "a outside Of them; when the
children, "A others go wrona, The cause
Il ,as,t.s ar hezn,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-15
las we'll believe woman, or an epitapn,
Or any other thing that's false"

"As we'll believe woman, or al epit@ph'
Or any other thing that's false"
Even Solomon in all his glory with
his wives and concubines said:
"Young man, rejoice with the wife OF thy
youth, and be thou always raVlshed Will
her love-"
Edward W. Box says in The Ladies
Home Journal, ''No economy Is SO
false and misguided as that which
seeks to withhold one pleasure from
the life of good woman, a true wife
or loving mother. The best home q
man can give her becomes tresome If
she is asked to live in it and stay in it
365 days in year. The Lord knows
that woman's life is hard enough. She
travels a path of endurance and suf-
fering to which the average man is an
entire stranger. Then let us make
that path as pleasant, as easy and as
bright as possible. Every dollar that
g man spends on his home for the
happiness and comfort of his wife will
come back to him four-fold.
That is true-all true. Better mend
the broken pane or that sash core or
that gate latch and sometimes take an
hour off from business and take her to
ride. The Odd Fellows and Masons
and Knights of Pythias are good lnstl'
tutions, but should not come in between
a man and his wife. The mother wants
help with the children, for tell you,
nv brethren, there is no care nor
anxiety like nursing and caring for 9
little child, and nobody but mother
will do it willingly. A mother who
has reared eight or ten children from
infancy to maturity, and four years o.
the time during q pitiless war, wher
she had to flee from the foul invader
| with her little ones and ride them
half clad and always hungry, can say
with Paul, IT have fought good
| fight; I have finished my course" Yes
Paul said that, but he was an ole
bachelor, and knew nothing Of what
mother suffers. The most pathetic
line in all poetry is that of Fitz-Green'
Halleck, where he apostrophizes death
"Come to the mother when she feels
For the first time her first-born's breath"
The death Of a young mother in child
birth is the saddest of all nature
calamities.
Maternal loye-maternal interest
What is it that SO inspires woman t.
bear her fate-to suffer and be strong
Bill ARP in Atlanta Constitution.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-15
RED RIVER Line.

Chas. P. Truslow.... ...... President
Chas. W. Drown ..................~
Traffic Manager, New Orleans, La.
Leroy A. Stafford. ...... -.
49,. Agent, Alexandria, La
This Line is composed Of the following
frst-class steamboats,:
Imperial, capacity 5000 bales of cot
ton.
Valley Queen, capacity $500 bales
of cotton.
Hallette, capacity 1000 bales OF
cotton.
W. T. Scovell, capacity 1900 bales
of cotton.
Anna B. Adams, capacity 1000 bales
of cotton.
Rosa Bland, capacity 500 bales of
cotton.
And feet of 8 Barges, capacity 500
bales of cotton each.
Boats leave New Orleans Wednes-
days and Saturdays, and leave Shreve-
post Tuesdays and Fridays.
The new steamer W. T. Scovell,
built expressly for this trade, will
make weekly trips between Alexandra
and Shreveport during the coming
season.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-15
Worlds Youngest Teacher.

At teachers examination at De.
catur, Ind, the other day, before the
County Superintendent, Rovillo
Shearer, the twelve-year-old son Of
William Shearer, successfully. passed
the examination, and was awarded a
license. He is conceded by instruc.
tors to be the youngest teacher in the
State of Indiana, if not in the United
States. He has always shown ezcep.
tional educational abilities, and will
10 doubt become = suesaasful teacher,
even ct the early sgs. -