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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Lebanon, Ind, was recently startled
by the advent of its first pawn shop.
Five bachelors of Shelbyville, Ind,
who dined together on Christmas day,
are pledged to marry before the eXpira-
ton of the twelvemonth.
Among the Christmas tree decora-
tons at an indianapolis home were rep
reservations of scenes in the Cuban war,
and there was also shown a company of
United States troops marching to the re-
lief of the patriots.
One of the candidates for pageship
in the Tennessee senate, a 15-year-old
boy of Fayetteville, made a favorable
impression on the members-elect by
writing to each one of them and in
closing his photograph.
1t is said of a Hartford City 0nd.)
man that the only present he ever made
to his wife was on the twenty-ffth an
niversary of their wedding, when he
gave her four yards of cotton cloth with
which to make him shirt
A Shelby county Gnd.) man who
left his home on Christmas eve II years
ago because he was out of work and
without money to buy presents for his
children, returned last Christmas eve
with fortune made at mining in British
Columbia.
Some New Orleans residents have
been swindled by an impostor who pre-
sents a card bearing the same surname
as that of the person on whom he calls,
and similar initials, and pretends to be
looking up family history. At an aus
picious juncture he intimates that until
the following morning he will be some
what embarrassed, and then for family
sake his gulls have sometimes lent him
money.
Claim jumpers have been so trouble
some about Westmoreland, Kan, that
when Charles OFT saw a man hauling
lumber on to his land he went out to
talk with him, but finding that useless
he got spade, and while the man was
away after another load of lumber,
dug a hole six feet long and three feet
wide in the ground. The man came
back, looked at it, and instead of I'M
loading more lumber took away what
he had previously left there.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
A COLD-HEARTED THEORY.


Comments of the Chicago Advance on a
Recent Publication.
Good people were shocked a few
years ago by the publication of an
article on the economic function of
vice. The writer held that vice per-
formed useful service to society by
taking off the weddings, degenerates, as
N0rdau would say. And now comes
Mr.. Archdall Reid, who in his volume:
The Recent Evolution of Man." main
tains that alcohol does good work in the
same way. 1t kills off class of people
who do no good By living and ought not
to multiply. Savages are swept right
out of the way by the introduction of
alcohol, but the nations which have
longest used it are least affected by
such use because the wealllings have
been sifted out and the most fit survive.
The nations of southern Europe, says
Mr.. Reid, are of this kind. They have
used wine so long that the individuals
who were not fitted to use it have large
" persisted. But Mr.. Reid will find it
difficult to convince the world that
chose who do survive are better fitted
to live than the nations farther north.
The Spaniard and the Italian may be
able to stand large quantities of
alcohol, but they cannot bear COM
parison with the people whose nerv-
GUS energy and eager action make them
an easy prey to tie destructive effects
of alcohol. The Spaniards do not think
that the Cuban insurgents are fit TO
live, and the rest of the world enter
tains about the same opinion of the
butchers who are trying to suppress
them, but whisky does not seem to
have much effect on either one. But
the Recent Evolution of Man" is
another indication of cold-blooded and
increasing disposition to regard life as
Il merciless process which is to elmin
ate, not redeem, the weak, and to leave
the world in possession of favored
class who are superior not to the temp
tations of evil. but to its destructive
power.-Chcaro Advance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
TEMPERANCE.
TWO LITTLE MAIDENS.

Two little maids met one day
The one in carriage grand
On cushioned seat sat prim and sweet
With mamma close at hand.
In dainty lace and dainty fur
The little miss was clad.
Her eyes were blue. and smiled at you
In way to make you glad.
The lashes dark the rosy cheeks
Kissed soft, and golden brown
Was hair so fair that waved in air
AS carriage rolled toward town.
The other maid in alley dark
Trudged cold, and lone and sad,
And her eyes, too. were heavens blue
But no light made them glad.
Her little limbs and feet were bare
And winters breeze so chill
About her face of native grace
Made locks to play at will
Her mammals heart was broke one day
Not even baby love
Gould stay the hand from other land"
That beckoned her above.
Dear little maids 1 met that dayI
Canst tell why heart of one
Was light and gay and bright as day
And other sad and lone?
A shadow dark stood in my path
And shut away the sun
It told me true as tell you
drunkard's child was one.
Mrs. c. II. D.Thompson, in Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
ARTIFICIAL MILK.
Doctors Are Pulling Over the Problem
of How to Feed the Babies.

Medical scientists more than any
other class Of persons realize the neces-
sity for some substitute for milk for
feeGing infants and young children.
There are so many imperfectly nour-
ished babies, and so many little ones
that show unmistakabIe indications Of
wrong feeding, that the chemist and
the doctor are becoming concerned as
to the future health and development of
bottle babies. The one-cows milk idea
has ceased to be attractive, and doctors
and nurses long since lost faith in it.,
Even the COW selected with the utmost
care from the best conditioned herd and
kept in the most approved way, may be-
come a source of evil by developing IN
suspected diseases.
In view of these facts, experiments
have been made with a new preparation
which is to be substituted for ordinary
diluted milk. This mixture is composed
of cows milk, veal bouillon, sugar OF
milk and cream, and is prepared as fol-
lows: ~ piece of veal weighing eight
ounces and a half is allowed to boil for
30 minutes in II ounces of water. After
this is finished, sufficient quantity of
water is added to increase the amount
of bouillon to II ounces. A mixture of
$50 grains each of cows milk and of
veal bouillon contains only 1.35 per cent.
of fat, and in order to complete the
three per cent. of fat teaspoon
full of cream is added, together with SO
grains of sugar of milk"
This preparation has proved very sat
fine, soft particles, and a number of
children fed with it were entirely free
from bowel troubles or evidences of NAL
nutrition.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
SPIDERS AND THEIR WAYS.
Marked Differences in Habits. Tastes and
Characters shown.

We find as marked differences in hab-
its, tastes and characters among spi-
ders as among human beings. Some
kinds prefer always living in houses or
cellars, not seeming to care for any
fresh air or Out-of-door exercise Mr..
Jesse tells of two spiders that lived for
IL years in opposite corners of a drawer
which was used for soap and candles.
Others delight in making burrows in
the earth, in dwelling under stones or
behind the loose bark on trees, ard
others live under water. Many never
leave their webs, but patiently wait
hoping some insect will become en-
tangled in the snares they have SET
Others dash about and seize upon every
luckless insect that crosses their path.
The most adventurous of all are those
that sail out into the world on one of
their own little threads. Darwin tells
of encOuntering thousands of them
many leagues from land when he was
taking his famous voyage in the Beagle.
He says: The little aeronaut. as soon
as it arrived on board, was very active,
running about, sometimes letting it.
self fall, then reascending the same
thread. 1t could run with facility on
the surface of the water"
In the bright autumn weather, if we
observe closely, we may sometimes see
some of our own small spiders ascend
to the tops of trees, fences and OTTER
high objects, rise on their toes, turn
the spinners upward throw out a guam
tity of silk and sail away. They can
be seen plentifully any fine day in Oc-
tober or November, before the cold
weather, on Boston common. They
grasp the silllen thread with their feet
and seem to be enjoying themselves
as much as the birds and butterflies
Margaret W. Leighton, in Appleton's
Popular Science Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
MlCROBE.pROOE HOUSE.
All the Air sterIlized Before Entering
sun Furnishes the Heat.


One of the oldest domiciles on earth
is that recently erected at Yokohama
by DR.. W. Van der Heyder, the noted
baeteriologist of Utrecht and Japan.
The doctors house is dust-proof, air.
pro0t microbe-proof building of glass,
ltstands on the open, unshaded grounds
OF the hospital of Yokohama. The house
y a feet long, % feet wide and Il feet
high. Large panes of glass, one-half
incl, thick and about four inches apart,
are set in iron frames so as to form
the sides of a cellular building block.
Of these blocks the walls are construct
ed. There are no window sashes, the
air escape being through several small
openings around the upper part of the
| second story, but through which no air
from the outside is admitted. The air
supply is obtained from a considerable
| distance, forced through a pipe and
carefully filtered through cotton wool
to cleanse it of bacteria. To insure fur
ther sterilization, the air is driven
against glycerin-coated plate of glass,
which captures all the microbes the
wool spares. The few microbes brought
| into the house in the clothes of visitors
soon die in the warm sunlight with
which the house is flooded The space
between the glasses of the building
| blocks is filed with a solution of salts,
(which absorbs the heat of the sun, so
that the rooms of this house are much
cooler than those protected by the
thickest shades. In the evening the in
terror is heated by the salts radiating
the heat they have absorbed during
the day. So effective is the system of
regulating the temperature that a few
hours of sunlight, even in freezing
weather, will render the house habit
able. 1t is only when several cloudy
| days follow in succession that artificial
heat is needed. Then it is supplied by
pumping in hot air. DR.. Van der Hey
den thinks he has solved the problem
Of a complete germicide on big scale.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
NOTES BY THE WAY.

In Alaska, in 1895, 81 taxed liquor
dealers were recorded.
During nine months the Cape Colony
W. c. T. U. printed and circulated O,O0O
pages of literature as well as a large
amount of foreign matter
The power of rum will some day be
overthrown, with as little ceremony as
the legion of devils went out of the
Gadarene.-Ram's Horn.
The saloon is SINS chief agent, Satan's
head servant. Woe to that minister of
God who fails to antagonize the saloon.
National Temperance Advocate.
The Western India Tempernncec oun-
Gil is newly inaugurated movement in
Bombay, and reformers are looking to-
ward it for some definitely aggressive
work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-England's iron and steel trade is i'm.
proving. The imports of foreign metal
in 1896 were $20,OOO,OOO higher than in
either of the two preceding years.
Australia had last year 9,76O miles
of railway open. The capital expended
on them has been S537, 900, 900; the net
revenue over working expenses is 234
per cent.
DR.. hansen will receive the special
gold medal which the Royal Geograph-
ical society intends to present to him,
from the hands of the prince of Wales,
who will preside at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the political
troubles in the Transyaal at the begin
ming of the year, the output of gold
from the Witwatersrand district for
1896 is the same as for 1895, about 1885,
600 ounces.
Prof Rudeloff, of Berlin, recently
demonstrated that both the strength
and the yield point of wrought iron and
steel are increased by cooling below the
freezing point. The angle through
which the materials may be bent de-
creases, however, with the decrease in
temperature.
What is considered goodsized Or
der for telephone material was placed
recently by a Wall street export firm for
prompt shipment to Japan. Heretofore
the telephone and telegraph instru-
ments and materials, which the Japan
nse do NOT manufacture themselves,
have been bought principally in Ger
many. 1t is, therefore, of interest to-
note that American manufacturers are
beginning to gain ground in this diree-
ton.
The production of minerals and
metals in the United States for the
wear 1896 is given total value of $685.
81, 46S, showing decrease as compared
with 1895 of $24 $50 266, or about 3 " per
cent. This decrease was largely in
values rather than in quantities; in
none of the chief articles was there any
marked decrease, while in several there
were considerable increases. The total
production of metals in the year 1896
was valued at So 81 ,4S1, an increase
of 81 ,G94, III over the previous year.
while the value of nonmetalliC sub
stances was $40 ,9S7, a decrease of
$26. 80, 377 from 1895. y large part of
this was due to the lower values of coal,
stone, and few other important sub
stances, very little resulting from
the smaller quantities.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18

81 see, said the wild-eyed cIairvoyant
IAN aged lady, attired in camel's hail
shawl. She answers to the name O
Eeasley. Does anybody recognize
her?"
There was silence for Il moment ant
then a gaunt female arose in the mid
die aisle.
'If it's Jane Beasley's mother 20,
nean," said she, you're a-layin' it OF
little too thick. That shawl of herr
wasn't nothin' but two-dollar imita
ton"
Then the seance went on.--Clevelt.nC
Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
HIS FIRST CHANCE.
How . Man Cursed with q Thirst for
Drink Was Saved.

Drlnk was SaVeus
A young man had just joined the
church. Hewas in the very first glow Of
religious citation, and eager to do some
thing definite and important to prove
himself worthy of the Christian name.
1t was country church, old and con-
sentative. There were few young peo-
pie in it, and there did not seem 10 be
any opportunity for practical everyday
Christian work.
In the congregation was man who
had been a drunkard. To use common
phrase, he had reformed and had be-
come u changed man. He was thinking
seriously of uniting with the church
when his probation had ended.
One day, in stress of temptation, he
was overcome by his old appetite. He
remained under it's debasing influence
for about week. Then he went in great
trouble to friend and said:
What shall do?"
"Do?" said the other. There is but
one thing to do. Go to the prayer-meet-
ing. Take your usual seat, rise at the
usual time and tell the whole story.
Ask the pardon of God and of the
church. Do this, if you are sorry. If
you are not sorry, stay away"
The poor fellow went and did as he
had been advised. Tremblingly he told
OF his temptation and of his fall. With
tears he offered his confession, and
asked that the petitions of Gods people
might be offered for Divine help. that he
might never again be overcome by
temptation; but not a word of encour-
aging response or a prayer in his behalf
was offered by any one of the members
present.
The meeting ended. The people filed
out past him on their way from the
church. Not one of them approached
him. 1t seems incredibe-but this is
no fiction. They who had vowed to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
DOGS ATE UP THE CHURCH..
Whale Ribs Not Found to BE Success
full Building Material.

full Building Material.
Bishop Williams, of Marquette, was
recently invited TO serve his alma mater,
Cornell university, as university preach
er. He did so, coming straight from the
synod of the Canadian church at VIM
nipeg and bringing this story with him:
There was a missionary bishop there"
said Bishop Williams, who had been
six weeks in coming, most OF the way
by canoe. He rose and began by saying
that he would speak for himself and
fora brother bishop, who, unfortunate
ly. could not be present. He was sorry
10 say that his brothers diocese had
gone to the dogs! \ general gloom fol-
lowed these words. He went on to say
that the bishop had found so many in
quirers after religion among the Es-
quimauX north of Hudson bay that he
had to build a church. As there was MOI
wood. he used whales ribs for rafters,
covering them with tanned walrus hide,
and so made a church to hold 50 per-l
sons. All went merry as a marriages
bell for a time, until-the dogs grew
famished and ate the church. Troy
Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
A QUESTION OF GEOGRAPHY.



Land survey.
1t seems strange that there should be
places in the United States where peo-
pie may live a long time without know
ing what state they are in, but such
places are found to exist. One of these
is Bain's Station-now known to be in
Oregon, but for some time supposed to
be in California. And at last accounts,
though it was known that the place
was in Oregon, it was not known
whether it was in Josephine or Curry
county.
Last spring a man was murdered near
Bain's Station and his body thrown into
we'll. In the summer the body was
found, and a man named Nelson was
suspected of the crime Indeed, cir
cumstances pointed most closely to him.
Nelson was arrested in California, but
before taking further proceedings the
California authorities, who were doubt
full of their rights in the matter, caused
a survey of the place to be made, and it
was shown to eyerybOdy's satisfaction
that Bans Station was in Oregon. This
fact was telephoned to the authorities
of Josephine county, Ore, who issued
a warrant for Nelson.
The next step would have been for the
Oregon authorities, acting on this war
rant, to send eXtradition papers to the
governor of California;; but an uneX-
pected difficulty arose in an uncertainty
whether Bain's Station was in Josephine
county or Curry county. No one knew
which county it was in.
The line between the two counties is
the water shed between two streams,
but as there are no streams anywhere
around Bain's Station, there can be no
certainty, until a survey is made,
whether it is ON one side of the waite
shed or the other; and proper survey
would involve much time and expense
The accused man. therefore, at last
accounts lay in California jail in
which state he certainly did not commit
the crime, awaiting the determination
of the question as to what county of
Oregon the crime was committed in
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
LONG CLOAKS.
Are Now the Most Stylish for Evening
Wear.

BY far the handsomest of the cloaks
for evening wear are these that are
long, covering the entire gown. Some
of the most exaggerated styles even
have a slight train. They are not made
to match any costume, but are quite in
dependent both in coloring and texture
from anything With which they are
worn. There is no fixed law as to what
material shall be used in the construc-
ton, but the rule must be followed of
having the haudsomest and most etfec-
tive of everything outside covering in
side lining, trimmings, etc.
Brocades, which this year are TO be
had in an almost unlimited choice of
pattern and quality, are excellent for
these cloaks; the larger the pattern,
the more effective it is, for there is so
much opportunity to display it to its
full advantage. Soft fabrics are better
than the stiff ones, such as MORE, etc,
and if satin is used it must be of the
all-silk quality, and the most flexible
that can be found.
In pale silver-gray brocade an eX-
ceedingly smart cloak has just been
made, the pattern of the brocade large
silvery oak leaves on a, plain satin
surface. This has thu fronts lined with
ermine, high Medici collar faced with
ermine, a broad yellow circle and girdle
to hold the fronts in place, and just at
the back of the collar is full double
bow of yellow uncut velvet, Inside the
collar is a full frill OF ricn lace, the ends
CT which are not caught down in front,
but hang in jabot fashion over the
ermine. The lace is quarter of q yard
In width,-Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18

The present are the days of darkness
and doubt, when deadly germs have
been proved to Turk on all hands
in what we eat and in what we
drink. Science has warned us off
with emphatic voice from un-
cooked saveloys, from ice creams, from
underdone pork, and from good many
other more or less toOthsome delicacies
1t has shown that timed meats and
stale soup often spell poison in large
letters, and that ordinary filters are nc
better than so many deathtraps. In
the midst of all these disquieting dan
gers it is pleasant to be able to say a
good word on behalf of our old friend
the English plum pudding. Properly
made and properly cooked, it under
goes complete sterilization in the boil.
er, and can then be kept for year and
day in a dry place, not only without
being bit the worse, but even with alb
solute advantage to its flavor and gener.
al attractiveness. Indigestible it may
be to the stomachs of our weaker breth.
rem, but dangerous, never. With con,
tidence, then, all halesome folk, whether
in the green bud or the sere and yellow
leaf, have our sanction to indulge dis.
creetly in this most sweet and season.
able dish.-Medical Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
LONOON'S DRINK BILL.



of the Entire City.
The population of the county of Lon
don in 1895 was little short of 1900, 900,
and the amount of money spent in Lon
don for drink was 20,0OO,OO0, or $780,
100000. This sum is more than one
half of the present ratable value of
London.
The rating estimates adopted by the
London county council on May 5, 1896,
for the new financial year, formed q
total of G3,3G9,S47 which amount
could be provided six times over from
the sum spent upon Intoxicating
liquors. The total of the maintenance
account of the London school board for
the year ended March 25, 1895, was c , :
0,761, in addition to which a further
sum of 500, 1862 was spent in connection
with the erection of new schools, the
charge for which will be spread over a
number of years. But these two sums
combined could have been provided
nearly eight times over from one years
drink bill" The gross yearly eNpendi-
ture on relief to the poor in London is
about 6 2,75O,000, which is only one
eighth of the amount of London's
drink bill" The net debt of the county
of London at the present time is 49,
215,00O, the whole of which could be
paid off in one year by the sum spent
upon Intoxicating liquors. The school
board and the various local authorities
of London have debt of an almost
equal amount, which could be disposed
of in another year.--National Temper
ance Advocate
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18

Aconvenient floor covering for clothes
closets is the marbled, enameled cloth
sold for various uses. 1t is readily put
down and fitted. Many closets are sell
dom stepped into, and as there is at
least but trifling wear its durable quail
tiles are not tested. Closet floors so
covered may easily be wiped over with
damp cloth every morning, thus Sc
curing all loose dust.-N. Y, Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18
Two.

Judge-Has the jury come to an
agreement yet?
Foreman-No, you honor; there are
two who refuse to give an opinion un,
til they consult their wives!-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18

Australia has no orphan asylums.l
Every child who is not supported hyi
parents becomes a ward Of the, state
and is paid pension for support, ami.
placed in private family, where board.
and clothes are provided until the iour-
teenth birthday.--N. i, Sun,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-18

There were 4,237,755,9 43 cigars manu-
featured last year in America for Amer
tca2 consumption.