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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
SHAKER RELIC DISCOVERED.
"Kissing Stone" in Use in 1s47 Dug Up in
New York State.

"Kissing Stone" in Use in 1S47 Dug Up in
New York State.
In the old Shaker settlement at Son
yea, N. Y, peculiar relic has been dis
covered. 1t consists of stone about
2Ix4H feet and four inches thick which
is covered with inscriptions, though
most of them are so badly defaced that
they cannot be deciphered. But the
words The Lords Stone, and the date
'1S47," are sufficient to identify the
stone as connected with the worship
of the Shakers. 1t was found by work
men in excavating for building that
is to stand directly on the site of the
Shaker meeting house.
The stone is supposed to be sort of
kissing stone" 1t has been turned
over to the Historical society of Mount
Morris and will be preserved in a glass
case. No doubt some process can be
devised by which its inscriptions can
be deciphered more fully. The char
acteristic reticence of the Shakers has
made information in regard to them
difficult to obtain, and anything of the
nature of historical relic will be high
ly priced
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
CIGARS AND THEIR MAKERS.
Each Havana Box Has Six Marks and
the Cignr Mnkers Have u Cinch.

How many, | wonder" said a dealer,
"have ever noted on every box of cigars
packed in Havana six distinctive marks ?
First there is the brand which is burned
in the upper side of the lid of the box
with an iron made for that purpose;
second, the label; third, the mark des-
ignating the size and shape of the cigars,
which is usually put on with n stencil;
fourth. the color mark, which is also
put on with stencil; fifth, the class
mark, and sixth, the mark usually put
on with stencil denoting the number of
cigars in the box.
There are not so many regular sizes,
or vitolas, made in Havana as might be
imagined-21, | believe, is the whole
number of sizes-while all the cigars
made in Havana are separated into
three classes; some manufacturers di-
vide them into primera, or first, secunda,
or second, and tercera, or third; while
still other makers call the first class
flora, the second primera, and the third
secunda.
las a general rule, one workman
makes only one kind of cigar; for eX-
ample, one makes only londres, another
only regalias, and so on. And when a
man has become a skilled cigarmaker
he has things pretty much his own way;
if the crop has been a heavy one and
there is a demand for labor, it is no un-
usual thing for skilled worker to de
mand from one employer 500 or so as
an inducement 10 work for him for a
season, and then before his time is up.
to accept another 'inducement' from
another manufacturer for the balance
of the season.
Not only this, but the workmen in
sist on having their wages paid to them,
first at nine o'clock in the morning.
when they 60 to breakfast, then at noon.
and again at night. And not only this.
but each workman is allowed five cigars
day, and you may be sure they select
only the best ones."-l[picure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
HoOd1e Dill cure nausea, indigestion
lIOOd . iIIo biliousness Price Csc.


A contemporary calls attention to the
fact that this year is the centenary of
the meerschaum pipe. 1t was just 100
years ago that the raw material of
which it is composed, hydrated silicate
of magnesium, was brought TO Prague
and converted into pipe by Magyar.
The soothing effect which this pipe has
had on men for century, and the
eagerness with which some of them
generals, statesmen and philosophers
searched for valuable specimens of the
work of the great pipe maker, EdouarG
Carbon, have been told in literature.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
REVERSING NATURES PROCESS.
Some Things That Would Happen If E1-
perimentalists Had Their Way.


The reversibility of the physical
processes of nature has latterly been
the subject of interesting comment,
says Casters Magazine. Lord Kelvin,
for example, has been credited with
saying that all of them, no matter how
complex they might appear to the
human senses, consist in reality of the
motions of invisible molecules, and if,
therefore, by some means, all these
molecules could, at the same time, be
made to move in exactly the opposite
direction, and each with the same We
locity that it possessed at the moment,
all the world would begin and continue
to move backward; waterfalls would
flow up the sides of the cliffs; rivers
would run upward from the sea; rain
would rise; full-blown flowers would
shrink into buds and plants dwindle
into seedlings, man himself would be-
come young again, passing from old
age to infancy. Just what kind of pic
lures such a topsy-turvy world would
present may be seen with kineto-
scope running backward. Prof. Que
roult, according to report, has made
observations in this line, and some
time ago communicated them to the
French academy of science.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
China's Scientific Awakening,

1t is reported that commercial mu-
scum has just been opened at Picking
to which contribution of the tools and
machines used in civilized countries,
together with models and photographs
of the same, are requested. The director
of the museum is particularly DESTROYS
that his countrymen shall become ia
miliar with the various kinds of plows
used in the western world. He also
calls for specimens of electric ma
chimes, printing presses, and in fact all
the things that have contributed to the
civilization and enlightenment of Eu-
Eope and America.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Ranchmcn near Carbon. Wyo., under
he stimulus of the bounty law, are pre-
pairing to capture wolves and coyotes
n large numbers by using Russian wolf
ounds and Siberian Gloodhounds. An
of these animals has been
lade and others will follow The ST.
aerian bloodhound is the only dog that
van master gray wolf alone, and with
.heir assistance it is believed the packs
f gray wolves which prey constantly
pom the young stock of the country
IN be thinned out. With the bounty
ne sport will be profitable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
Foreign Ships.

according to the striking figures Just
lhlshed at Paris by Nicomte d'Avenel,
e-siNths of the ships now sailing I'M
n the French flag are of foreign con-
,ruction: this, too, in spite of state
buntes on hOme-built vessels. Only
few sailing vessels, of slight impor-
lncc. and four steamers have been built
France during the last 80 months.
Lring the same period 80 steamships
sve been wrecked and two steamship
have gone out of business
,ayng no uccessors.-Boston Trar
.r:pt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

the smoke boiling up the elevator shaft 4
thick enough to lay your hat on. w
1T was nine o'clock in the morning,
and [ was sitting in my room. when
there came through the transom little VI
puff of smoke that strung out in a faint 81
line toward the open window. Some one ,,
came running along the hall muttering.
A bigger puff came in at the transom, :
and then there was a cry of FIRE. D
81 really did not believe it. Here was
an old house that had stood for 80 '
years. 1t never had been slnged.
came only the night before last. 1t was m
absurd and incompatible with the laws
of chance to think that ii had been wait g
ing all these years till l got inside be- -.
fore it took fire. Something must be u
wrong with the tiues
ION the other hand. | had never been
in a fire. In the natural run of things II
my turn would have to come some tilSe,
and on second thought it seemed-as 1
am getting along in years-that l had 4
rather overrun the average in this eX a
emptiOn. Possibly, after all, there was .
truth in the alarm. l would go down 7.
and see about it. anyway.
"Once through the door it was a diff
ferent proposition altogether. There
was now no doubt about it at all, but
the daylight had suddenly gone out; l
even my own room filled with black
smoke while | stood there for moment y
trying to comprehend the situation. n
Il knew there were several persons in
the hail. although not word was said.
l could hear feet shutting along upon
the carpet and hands striking the walls,
but there was no breath for talking. 1t =
was a question that occurred probably I
to each one as to how long one could Il
breathe such fumes without tumbling -
over. | reached the elevator shaft and r.
felt my way around it and down the 6,
first flight of stairs. Still nothing could ,
be seen, but | could feel the hot smoke =
gushing up from the basement in the y
same way that it comes from the stack y
of a locomotive.
81 had always connected panic with
a fire of this kind. but there was no sug-
gestion of a panic here. People were s.
saving every bit of breath to carry them d
through Some couldn't have got p
through alone. One little old fellow, n
cripple, tumbed over on the stairs and ie
announcer man SuOulOeTeu MIN ana -
brought him to daylight.
AT the first landing there was II
faint gimmer that showed through Il
waves of smoke. | thought it was the d
fire, but it proved to be only gas jet !
that was still burning weakly. Some It
one came running through the hall and as
said: This way-to the other stair s'
way and | soon came out into daylight d'
And then what surprising number of b
people there were coming into the main Il
corridor from all drections z
1--WE went down two more flights to |
the ground floor. The fremen were n
just arriving at the front door, and st
there was a crowd of people in the office o
''Still they kept coming down the back
stairway-more people by half than |
thought lived in the hotel A man was Ii
half carrying his wife, who had tainted. Il
"Many of them were in their night O
CLOTHES, and it was amusing to observe y,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

how they had arrayed themselves in the
brief time at their disposal. A tall man
was robed in red bed comforter and
had on a silk hat. In and under his arms
ne carried some ill-assorted pieces of
three different suits of clothing, a
valise, two collars, three cuffs and
shoe. Behind him came a gentleman
unevenly clad in a nightshirt, an over
coat and one stocking, but he had had
the presence of mind to bring the rest
of his effects in a sheet.
About the last person to appear was
La Belle Fanchette, who has been hav-
ing everything her own way over at
the Follies theater for two or three
weeks. She was dressed all in white,
with the exception of a mantle of about
the same shade of blue as her eyes, and
she was barefOoted and had gown or
two clutched in one arm.
"Fanchette stopped thus at the head
of the stairs, with downcast eyes, for
little while-well. until she had all the
stairway to herself-and then she came
down.
THE thing was becoming too hot to
stand on, and the people began to file
out into the street just as the fire.
men came in with the hose and met the
flames at the bottom of the elevator
shaft.
"Out in the street the crowd was
w. 49, OBJ leader: 7G6fnesGGf ''baiTfnnaaclees a
Off .''ii pa VS. ~ 'io''i"S
win, editorial successor and I
of ex-editor Ernest p. Baldwi
was free-silver First Auditor of the
cracv ury, attributes Republican
, who dency in Maryland. He furthe
or at They have, like the old man
Ia bill 70 his nact NIL +b 1o' iii'sil an
.Arican plished his eternal political do
Without the knowledge O
sent of Senator German II
:al at iiIH i''',iG la W nlaue more
which did not fulfill than conIG ho !,
New a combined Democratic Nation
10 the State Administration. They
:. ~, themselves to be political stuff,
} iIIS phets and Ananiastic Munchau
lclt or huge proportions, for which
lning vlcarious political suffering ofG
can hardly compensate,
As a piece OF unconscious
news this must be pronounced a &
e evil success; as an explanation of t
bust feat of 1895 it is a sad failure
tn of voters of 1895 were striking
part cause, as well as the effect.
d to Democrats, weary of barnacl,
rtion vampires sustained by Senate
com man, took the sensible course
trOad 1eatlng the whole ticket made /
show man. Some good men suffere
the worst sufferers wereGorman
and the whole tribe of what
dur Baldwin calls leeches, for they
rices deprived OF what they prize alb
and personal power and opportu
diff enrichment. y Democratic :
an on that means the continuation O
Cd 30 man in the United States Sena
that means the control of the party
rice, and his kind. The men who
Gown Laurel organ charges with
west almost accomplished his eterl
litical DOWNFALL in 1895, are tn
men by whose aid he rose fro
Nd a security, and who have always
Slow; out his reprehensibla methods
ut Il does not become him now to rep
lpon them.-News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is,
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube When
this tube gets infamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it lie,
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out.
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catsrrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars free.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

A boy sees his best days when he is so
small he is allowed to eat with his mother at
the first table.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
A Painful Hum0r
On the Ankle Spread to the Knee
and Developed into Boils-ko'
Trouble Since Taking Hoods.

~ was troubled with disagreeable
itching on one of my ankles. In time it
developed into boils of which had five or
six at time. The humor spread from my
ankle to my knee and was very painful.
1t baffied the skill Of physicians. For
weeks l could not bear my weight on this
foot. An abscess formed and was lanced
and the humor broke out on my other
ankle and threatened to repeat my former
experience. Hoods Sarsaparilla attracted
my attention and began taking it. In six
weeks 1 was better, and began to hope for
a permanent cure. l took Hoods Sarsa~
parilla six months and was entirely cured.
l have had no trouble with humor since
that time" Mrs. NJ. B. MACINTOSH,
Darlington, Illinois. Remember
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Everyone at times feels that the world is
a wilderness, because he has an ache, and
no one follows him solicitously around with
a medicine bottle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Observing the Prophecies said
Mrs. Cumrox, Il guess we're all ready for
the dinner party" Sure you haven't for
gotten anythirg"' rejoined her husband,
ooh, yes There is one little matter that
l wish You would attend to for me. | want
you to telephone to the confectioner and
have him send up two or three pounds of
bon mots l understand it is considered
proper to have some between the courses. "
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

copyrighted DN - N emo.
TO THE ENNIOUS:-HOw do YOU
ter yourself by coveting the pror
of others? Doy you not rather let
i'll your heart ravening wolves W
teeth are whetted to tear down t
who run well? Many untoward tn
have happened to you, doubtless
you feel sick at failures, but envy
leads you further astray. Conce1
ton upon your own affairs tone OF
ways to success) is impossible if
marvellous mind spends its strel
i'll estimating the seemingly III
distribution of worldly goods.
brighter the sunshine the darker
shadow, and your heart would all
stand still with dread could YOU
the gloom along some of the WAYS
think so bright and happy. ~
serenely once more your own Y
holding life to be a providing plac
merit, and at the end there shal
peace.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Pretend to know and you will become ar
empty shell.-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Wrinkles come with neuralgia. They &c
with St. Jacobs Oil's cure of it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
Zulu Churches.

The Zulus of Africa contributed 81, 900
last year for the sustenance of their
native churches
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Just try l0c box of Cascarets candy ca.
thartic, finest liver and bowel regulator made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
Shake Info YOur Shoes

Cures painful, swollen, sInarting feet and in.
stantly takes the sting out of corns and bun
ions. Greatest comfort discovery of the
age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. Is certain cure for sweat
ing, callous. hot, tired, aching feet. Try il
to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmstead LIE Roy. n. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

When baby smiles in its sleep. its mothe,
says it is talking with the angels, but it IL
reilly the colc.-Atchison Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

f had a fire in our
hotel last Sunday"
said the man from
the country, that
has caused me to
change my mind a
few points in re-
spect to the cour-
age of women. 1t
was, indeed, an eX-
citinU time with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

A crust with an appetite is better than
feast Without.-Raru' Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

Minnie-'I want to introduce you to a
young lady-a very nice young lady-and
she's worth her weight in gold" Bob
Stout girl, hope. Tit Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

What quantities of dried grasses you
keep here, Miss Stebbins Nice room for a
donkey to get into" Make yourself at
hone" she RESPONDED, with sweet gravity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Why are you afraid in the dark?-Atchison
Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Not instantaneously, it is true, but IN
short space of time, persons of bilious
disordered liver is capable of inficting by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an anti bilious
medicine and aperient of the first rank. The
pains in the rig ht side and through the right
shoulder blade, the sick headache, nausea,
constipation and saffron hue of the skin, are
entirely removed by this estimable restor.
alive of tone to the organs of secretion and
DIGESTION
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Don't refuse or excuse-St. Jacobs OILS
the cure for bruise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

You can 60 into big dry goods store
any day, and find garter on the floor
AtchisOn Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

The people ara so hungry for sympathy
that no one is ever pleased at being tolc
that he looks wcll.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

A little girl accompanying her mother on
a visit to an old lady, the latter showed the
child her parrot, in a cage by the window,
warning her at the same time not to go too
near, lest he should bite her. why should
he bite me- she asked. Because, my
dear, he doesn't know YOU Then please
tell him that am Mary Ann"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

If We were woman and had sealskin
sacQue we would want to live in a country
where it is winter the year round - Wash.
inglcn Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Hardly any of us like people who talk Sc
much about their own troubles that they
can't listen to ours.-Washington Demo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

There would be deal less of disturbance
in this world if when a man had nothing
to say he would be silent about t.-Boston
Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Better understand one theoren, than
learn a dozen.-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

gt TO FRIENDLY. sorLy-rn opcior
m & Mythology the world was believed t
SOL be held on the shoulders of Atlai
ola This man of mighty frame has hi
e counterpart i'll these later years, an
/ the fancy of the ancients docs nc
lia- seem so very remote, for | see thi
thl grand old age-marked world rollin
0i( SOL paying Tor them out of his own !,
pocket" H.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

''om TO BEWILDERED ONES:-Buflet
the by iil-winds, with faith shaken
ncy lniscries that seem undeseyved,
jem sometimes are tempted to cry ont t
pro- life is nau%ht but chance and 7
sin, chance. But every analogy of nat
ing is against you. There (and with
nal too everything is concluded to be
The result of cause and effect. There
ac- reason for all that is happening to ,
ia difficult though is may seem to
yes- cover it. Learn from the scient
= he In number of sciences, Tor inata
-, no the study of the stars or the STUDY
nhe life, there is point reached bey,
e which the light Of reason fails =
4 soon becomes impenetrablc darkn,
ally The scientist must choose one of 1
.'he ways, either conclude thar the orr!
"a. of things comes by chance, or that
+ Mt is ordered and directed by a power
&C. yOnd his ken. Which seems 10 y
,Se the more reasonable? ! necG har,
sTe inquire Then let your reason Ie
ice you TO the same conclusion in relat,
oeS to your own problems.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27

Some men don't feel dressed up unless
they have on collar and cuffs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-05-27
Hoods s psSiiIa

Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
All druggists. 81; six for Is. Get only HOODS.
The herald., 1897-03-27
OIL INFORMATION
State Mining Bureau Report Is
Nearly Ready

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-Mucn
impatience is manifested over the long
delay in the publication of the bulletin
on the petroleum fields of the south,
prepared by the state mining bureau.
The trouble has been caused by the
block in the state printing office con-
sequent on the session of the legislature.
Matters are now, however, adjusting
themselves so that in a few weeks the
publication will be ready for distribu-
tion.
The bulletin will appear in four parts.
each subdivided into chapters, and VIII
be Illustrated by thirty-five diagrams
and views. Its general scope will be a
treatise on the oil and gas yielding for
nation of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara
and Ventura counties, and descriptions
of the oil fields in Los Angeles county
and city and the Puente oil wells, the
Sespe district and those north of Santa
Paula in Ventura county. and the sum
merland oil field and the petroleum
yielding formations in the southeast
corner of Santa Barbara county.
Among the special subjects OF the
bulletin are pipe lines and tankage, oil
tunnels, refineries in Los Angeles and
Ventura, drilling machinery and the use
of oil as a fuel in Los Angeles county.