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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
THE WAIF.

Just a lonely little maiden from the city's
dust and heat,
A homeless, lonely little ~aif with blue
eyes sad and sweet;
No fathers hand with thoughtful care
the little life had blessed.
No mothers touch of love had e'er the
tangled hair caressed.
Her ears had heard sins blasphemies, her
cheeks had felt its blows,
And in the wide. wide city she had lived
just how, God knows.
But now, out to the country-kind hearts
had planned the way
She rode to breathe the summer breath
fortnight and day.
Oh. joy of all that journey! and sweeter Joy
to come
When Farmer Stebbins took her to his
pleasant upland home.
The wide old-fashioned wagon was
chariot with wings,
And the big house on the hillside looked
grander than a kings.
All the beaming bliss of sunshine, all the
woodlands song and stir,
All the bloom of rural beauty was paradise
to her,
And the hum of bees that wandered in the
daisy fields all day
Was music of another world that stole her
heart away.
She knew the spreading maple that the
rUpIns loved the best,
She found the clump of grasses where the
ground bird hid its nest,
And when the wind at evening whispered
through the orchard boughs,
She went with Farmer Stebbins to help
drive home the cows.
And when, at quiet bedtime with touch of
tender care
Kind Mother Stebbins gentle hand brushed
back the tangled hair,
One little heart with happiness was full
and running Ger
One little soul was filled with love till it
could hold no more.
Too soon the visit ended, the parting time
drew nigh,
She kissed kind Mother Stebbins, bid the
birds and bees good-by,
And climbed into the wagon with it's wide
old-fashiOned seat
Once more a homeless little waif with blue
eyes sad and sweet.
But when they reached the station and
heard the whistles blast,
Around the farmers sunbrowned neck two
little arms chung fast.
Don't send me back! Don't send mew
the sobbing creature said,
And Farmer Stebbins swallowed hard
then bent his bushy head,
And soft unIoosed the chnging arms and
put the grieved child down;
He stopped and kissed the tear-stained face
and smoothed the hair of brown;
And then-the long train sped away around
a distant hill,
But a happy brown-haired maiSen stays
with Farmer Stebbins still.
Sheldon c. Stoddard, in Youths Com
panion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The princess of Wales has now held
her title just over SO years-a period
which has been exceeded by only one
IF her predecessors, Augusta, the
laughter-in-law of George H., who was
ior over 35 years princess of Wales.
Joseph Briggs, of New Orleans, who
has been totally blind for seven years,
heard the movements of a burglar in
his room and fired three shots in the di-
rectIon whence the sounds seemed to
come. Every shot took effect and the
burglar was captured.
The contradictory reports in the
newspapers concerning the Cuban in
surrection have sent one poor fellow to
the insane asylum at Topeka. He be-
lieves that he is Maceo, and that the
Spaniards have slain him four times
every month for the past year.
A well-known physician says that
Stanley, the explorer, owes the fact that
he has survived the most dangerous of
his African trips to his having sub
mitted five times TO a TRANSMISSION of
African blood into his veins, which is
| believed in Africa to be a great aid to
acclimatization.
-Surplus.-An ordinary man can
say everything that any occasion calls
for with a vocabulary of 1000 words.
OF these he generally uses only 400 or
| 500, using the remainder when an idea
outof the usual line of thought occurs to
| him. Most of us, being only ordinary
men, seldom draw upon the surplus 500
words.
"A Curious Postponement.-They do
things somewhat curiously in the
courts of the Isle of Man. On the con-
clusion recently of days hearing in
right-of-way case, one of the jurors
announced that ne had purchased a
ticket for America, and would not re-
turn for some months. The further
hearing of the case was postponed until
his return.
The present area of New York, in
| Guiding the recently annexed territory
of West Chester, East Chester and Pei
ham, is $3.50 square miles. The area of
Greater London metropolitan police
district) is 6SS.31 square miles; Paris,
little over 30 square miles; Chicago,
1SO.12 square miles; Philadelphia, 12932
square miles. The Greater New York
will contain 359.75 square miles.
The finished portion OF the new
congressional library at Washington
has about A miles of shelving. which
will accommodate over 100000 vol
rmes. The ultimate capacity of the
building for books will be upward OF
100000 volumes, or nearly 100 miles OF
shelving. In gratifying contrast to the
usual result in the case of public build.
ings construction is that the total cost
OF the work will be less by $4,000 than
the limit fixed by congress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

our only hope" whispered Cox. IF
the mill falls it'll be apt to go the other
way. If it should fall this way
But a groan was the only reply of his
companion. How ghastly their faces
were in the light of the flames. Each
thought he would scarcely have recog-
nized the other. They could OCCASION
ally see the faces of the men they had
left in the mill race. They would gladly
have come to them now, but their only
hope lay in their escaping the notice
Of the band, and any movement on their
part would surely be seen. They must
remain where they were, while all
around them fell the glowing embers.
But suddenly the hearts Of Cos and
Skinner almost stood still. There came
yell louder than before f1om the In
dams, who were now seen gathering
by the raceway and running along it's
side. Had they been discovered? They
tried to shrink farther bach under the
wheel. But after a moment they saw
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
King of Dudes.

The greatest dandy in the world is
Prince Albert, of Thurn, Germany
This fastidious young man attires him
self in a new suit Of clothes every day
enough yearly to keep 20 experienced
workmen going and to run up bill Of
$4,000. Each suit of wearing apparel
is highly pcrfumed with altar of roses
at $25 an ounce. He wears no less than
1000 neckties druing a year, being an
average of three every day. y laundry
employing 10 people is kept specially
for washing his soiled linen, which he
never wears more than twice, and his
cast-off boots number 200 pairs a year
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Suppose they should starl up the
wheel?" whispered Cox.
ut would be all up with u If they
should" replied Skinner. 1T Sould he
Just like the redskins to try everything
about the place"
In suspense they crouched lower and
waited. They could hear the men as
they rushed about the mill, but they
were searching for prisoners, and as
yet had no thoughts of setting the
great wheel into motion.
"Men! That's what I've bees afraid
of all the time said Cox, affs@a few
minutes had passed. He h. caught
the reflection of light, and t. sstraLge
silence which had fallen over the place
for brief time was now explained.
The attacking party had set fire to the
mill. The flames climbed higher and
higher; the roar was sounding now
above the noise of the waters and the
shouts of the men. The entire place
grew bright and the timbers began to
| crack and fall. The windows fell, and
in the freer draught the fames1 united
| higher and higher.
G"The winds the oil wavi alta
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
Dried AppIc Cake.

Soak three cups of dried apples over
night and chop them; simmer them for
one hour IN two cups of molasses and al
low them to cool. After they are cold,
add half cup of butter, two eggs, half
cup of sugar and four cups of flour,
one-half cup of milk. two teaspoonfuls
of soda, spice to taste, one cup of
chopped and seeded raisins, and a little
salt.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

"My mither sent me to see if you wad
gle her a calendar like the ane you gied
10 Mrs. Mackay," said boy to a grocer
in the village.
"But, my little boy" replied the
grocer, your mother doesn't get her
groceries here"
NO" replied the boy, "but she Dor.
rows them from Mrs. Mackay, and Mrs
Mackay gets them frae you."-London
Household Words.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
Too Much Competition.

Brassy-Are you in favor of restrict
ing immigration?
Roundsman-Oi am. There are no
places to be had on the foorce now,
and there won't be none for years
Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

She had removed her hat temporarily
merely TO adjust one of the ornaments,
''What magnificent, silky hair she hast"
audibly observed a man in the rear,
And she was so pleased that she held
her hat in her lap until the fall of the
final curtain. Such is the force OF
Observation-Disclosures Call.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
Specially Remember

That the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus R ",
is still selling round trip tickets between all
stations on its line, good going and returning
Sunday, at rate of one fare for the round
to c., F.. DAILY, General Passenger Agent,
Cleveland O
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

If you need anything in the line of Hay,
Coal, Stock, Grain or Cotton Scales, you
should write to the Weeks Scale Works,
Buffalo, n. Y, for catalogue and informa-
ton. This is an old reliable firm, and you
can rely upon right prices and right treat
ment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

When the Lord hands out a woman her
harp, she will not feel as proud as when the
minister asked for a second piece of her pie
At a church dinner
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
The HIT SnrinEa

located in the Black Hills of South Dakota
have wonderful medicinal properties for
the cure of rheumatism, neuralgia and kim
dred ailments, and should be Investigated
by all suffering from such troubles. First
class hotel accommodations and baths.
Tourist tickets on sale daily and especially
low rates on the first and third Tuesdays Of
application to ticket agents c. & N. w. R'y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25
NO-To-Dac for Fifty Cents.

Over 400,000cured. Why not let No To- BAG
regulate or remove your desire tor tobacco?
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, SOC and Sl00. all druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Some of our religious doubts are good
deal like the cannibal kings, who, after
swallowing a missionary, wondered if he
were orthodox, after all.-Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

There are almost as many crises in the
average love affairs as there have been in
the rule of the sultan of Turkey.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

1t will be heaven to the women because
the angels don't wear corsets or tight
Ehoes.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

A man can't firt with girl after he has
known her awhile.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption
Pinckard, Springfield, Ills, Oct. l, 1894.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Sudden weather changes bring rheuma-
tism. st. Jacobs Oil makes prompt cure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Borrowed trouble demands large interest.
Chicago Standard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

1t is brave to overcome, it is sanity to en-.
dure.-Chicago Standard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Just try a lOc box of Cascarets candy ca
thartic finest liver and bowelregulator made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-25

Disappointments are wings that bear the
soul skvward.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-28
OPPOSITION TO THE BELL
Gigantic Movement in the Tel
ephOne World.
Strong Company Organized in OppO-
sitiOn to the Bell Telephone
Monopoly.
Establishment of an Independent Long
Distance Service-CO operation for
Resisting Any Action the Bell
Company May Take.

CHICAGO, May 24.-The Times
Herald says: Steps looking to the
formation of powerful alliance in
opposition to the Bell Telephone
Company are to be taken in Chicago
this week. Here are the main
things contemplated:
A national association of the 1000
operating telephone exchanges of
the United States, Independent of
the Bell company for mutual protec-
ton and development.
Long distance toll line connec-
tions by the connection of the vari-
GUS Independent telephone ex-
changes of the country.
The establishment of an indepen-
dent long distance service connect
ing the great commercial centers in
field now occupied exclusively by
the Bell company.
The completion in the near future
of an opposition telephone exchange
in the city of Chicago, for which
purpose a company composed OF
capitalists with experience in large
enterprises has already been or
ganized.
Cooperation for resisting any
action the Bell company take.
These matters will openly be
brought to the attention of the pub
lie by a meeting to be held next
| Thursday and Saturday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-28
THE COURT WAS THIRSTY.
So it Overruled the Supreme Court and
Bought Itself IA Drink.

So IL Overruled the Supreme Court and
Bought Itself Drink.
Just as Shakespear has been ac-
cepted for years and years as the
deciding umpire in most matters
literary, so the Nebraska people had
grown to look upon the Supreme
Court of their State as the fountain
head of wisdom whose opinions
could not be gaiDsaid. 1t is way
people have of regarding Supreme
Courts in most States, as matter
of fact.
William Alstadt, little German,
whose readiest Identification among
his people was by the name of "Bis-
marck," was not one who cared
overmuch for tradition, and one
summer day, after having been
harangued by two lawyers until he
was almost bursting with thirst, he
made decisin which brought him
fame. 1t does not make any
especial difference what was the
question at issue. 1t was something
about a dog. There was sensible
side to it and technical side. The
"technical' lawyer presented
bushels and tons of authorities, and
finally wound up with triumphant
declaration that the Supreme Court
had decided on a similar case before
and had decided his way.
When he sat down, Bismark, with
sigh of relief, said: 81 decide for
de oder Teller. Come on pOys, let's
dakc drink"
But" cried the defeated lawyer
in establishment, II tell you, Your
Honor, that the Supreme Court has
decided exactly opposite"
my frent," said Bismarck, "Ir
sheneral | hat some sympathies nit
dot Supreme Court. Bnt on hot
day, nit fool of a lawyer dalkin
four hours, l am mofed to consult
der good sense and shudgment Of
Bill Alstadt, J. p. Bill Alstadt is MOI
only convinced, but he is dirsty, anC
he decides dat if der Supreme Cour
off Neprasky wants to make tan
fool off itself in a question like dis i
can do so, but dot amt binding
on dis shustes-shop. Der Supreme
Court is hereby oferruled. De-
plaintiff gifts ter dog, and der cour
will now proceed to spend der fee
in dis case in way dot his shudicia
thirst suggests, nit gerat gordiality
Come on, pOys."
Thus it was that the Suprem
Court was overruled, and on plat
statement of fact. Justice Bill
Alstadt's decision has always BEEF
followed in similar cases brought il
Nebraska tribunals. In the sam
way the half-true Shakespereal
sucking-dove theory is susceptible
of revision or reversal.-Chicag
Rncnrd
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-28
DETAILS OF EDITORIAL LIFE.

From the Cradle to the Grave humanity
Fearfully Maltreats the Editor.
II know newspaper man who is
thinking of giving mp journalism be-
cause he believes the workers on the
press are not treated fairly says
George f. Donoghue, in the New
burgh IN. " Sunday Telegram.
He remarked to me, the other day,
when feeling down in the mouth:
Let me tell you how it goes. A
child is born, he said; the doctor
in attendance gets $l5, the news
paper chap notes the arrival and
gets so. The infant is christened,
the minister gets $40 and the report
er, who writes it ny, gets 500. 1t
marries and the minister gets an
other fee. The chap on the news
paper gets piece of cake (maybe)
or 5000. In the course of time it
dies. The doctor gets from So to
800, the minister gets another "ten
spot" and the undertaken don't take
cent less than 500, The editor
the fool that he 'is-prints gushing
obituary and receives $0000-and on
top of all this the privilege of run
ming free a card of thanks from the
family to friends and to the ipsur-
ance company for prompt settle
ment.
"'Then look at the abuse we get
from every quarter. If the dear
public could just once get it into
their heads that everybody's bust
ness is a newspaper mans business,
perhaps there would be better
feeling all around. We are hound
ed, scorned and spat upon by the
roughs and scum Of the town--thOse
who appear before the Recorder
and get sentence. The middle
and kid gloved classes turn up their
noses when they meet US, because
we have Inadvertently omitted their
names at some public function.
"'The girls hate us because we
have perhaps cOmplimented dead
IT, rival of theirs, and the old maids
despise us because we Jolly them on
their single blessedness. Public
officials denounce US because we
crticse them openly when they are
wrong-and can't see it. Ministers
have no use for US because we print
what God has deemed fit to let Oc-
cur-and have no room for all their
sermons. My advice to young men,
I tell you, is to shun the newspaper
business. The free press is a glori-
Gus thing, | know, but we are, as a
rule, as thin-skinned as the rest of
humanity, and can't stand censure.
Still, the people Of any locality are,
after all, the real newspaper makers,
and the newspaper is only mirror
which reflects them Just as they are.
Good day. "-Newspaperdom.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-28
Greelpy'S Copy.

There was only one printer who
could read Greeley's writing well
enough to put it in type. He used
to boast that he could read the great
editors wonderous scrawl a mile
away, says the Journal of education.
One night the boys in the Tribune
composing room put up job" on
the old man. They took two rOost-
ers, made them walk around on a
newly linked form aud then run all
over ten sheets of copy paper.
The foreman wrote over it in
Greeley's well known scrawl, 1.-The
Plain Duty of Congress, and put it
on old man Lawton's hook. | think
his name was Lawton, but if it was
not it does not matter much.
The old printer picked it up,
swore little, remarked that they
had to shove it off on the old man,
as usual, adjusted his spectacles and
began sticking type.
The other printers watched him
for few minutes, but beyond a
muttered oath or two he gave nc
sign. Lawton went on setting type
until about half way through the
copy"
Then he was stuck.
He took the copy over to the fore
man and asked.
Jack, what is that word?'
~ don't know replied the fore.
man. "You know l never could
read the stuff
Lawton took the sheet down tC
/ 30 |, I'm ii
particularly awful scrawl of the
ROSTERS foot, asking what wore
that was.
Greeley looked at it moment anC
then replied with a frown.
Unconstitutional of course"
Lawton went back to the compos
ing room and finished his task will
the utmost sangfroid.
The old man never knew how thu
copy" was produced.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-28
JOIN WESLEY'S CHURCH.
Oldest Ediice in Georgia Burned to the
Ground.

Oldest Edifice in Georgia Burned to the
Ground.
SAVANNAH, GA, May 22.-Christ
Church, the oldest church in Geor-
gia, founded by John Wesley before
he promulgated the Methodist faith,
was burned almost to the ground
shortly after midnight. The build
ing contained all the records of
Savannah and practically of GeOr-
gia since 1925, most of which are a
total lose.
Christ Church is the mother
church of Episcopal communion in
Georgia. Christ Church parish was
founded soon after the settlement of
savannah. The first edifice was be-
gun in 1743, but not completed until
1850. In 1885 it was destroyed by
fire and was rebuilt upon an en-
larged plan about 1903. The next
year it was partly demolished by a
hurricane and was not rebuilt until
1910. In 1888 the cornerstone OF
the present edifice was laid, the old
church having been torn down, and
the building was complied in 1910
The founder of Christ Church was
Rev Henry Herbert, who came over
from England with Oglethorpe.
John Wesley was its third rector
and on the site of the present edifice
stood the rude chapel in which he
ministered as chaplain to the
cOlonists.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-28
The Negro North and South.

The Rams Horn last week con-
tains the following editorial ut
terance on the negro question:
THE south has its own RESPONSE
bilities and burdens, and short
comings too; but in i'll treatment of
the negro we doubt if she can APP
proach the north, where the lot of
the black nan is painful and OBJ
scure. In the south every avenue
to industrial life is open to him, but
i'm the north he is scarcely ever
found except i'm the most mental
service And the Rams Horn Is
published in Chicago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-28
II Paws WAnnnmnier.

John Wannamaker, the Phila-
delphia merchant, pays $500 week
to the man who writes his ADVERTISE
ments and $1,000 week to the news
papers which print them. Speak
ing of the benefit of advertising, Mr..
Wannamaker says: IL made
money by it. Advertising is the
leverage which has raised my store
to what it is. / DO not see how any
successful business man can do
without liberal advertising"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-28
How Wesley SnoiIed His sermon.

A farmer once went to hear John
Wesley preach, and the preacher
said he would take up three topics
of thought; he was talking chiefly
about money.
His first was, "Get all you can
The farmer nudged his neighbor and
said: THAT man has got something
i'm him; it is admirable preaching. -
Wesley reached his second di-
vision, "Save all you can" The
farmer became quite excited. "Was
there anything ever like this?" he
said.
The preacher denounced thrift
lessness and waste, and the farmer
rubbed his hands as he thought,
"Au this have | been taught from
my youth up And, what with get
ting and with boarding, it seemed
to him that salvation" had come tC
/ his house.
But Wesley advanced to his third
head, which was, "Give all you
can" 20, dear!n said the farmer
''he has gone and spoiled it ALL
] Rams Horn.