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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17

is here on a visit, and this is the first
time he has come home in such a condi-
ton.
After a time the poor sick wife opens
her eyes and begins to sob and moan,
and the girl passes into the kitchen to
prepare a soothing potion. The room is
smaller than the other, and contains
one small window and door; the furni-
ture consists of a cook stove, table, cup
board, lounge, chairs and large chest,
and the room is pretty well filled up.
The young man owns this tiny house
and the lot on which it is built in Che
suburbs of the town. lie is a prinrer,
and might have continued for years to
make comfortable living and add TO
the beauty and comfort of his home
had it not been for the demon Of drink
that possessed and oyerpowered him.
The pair were married in st. Louis,
and left there to get away from his old
haunts and the associates who fol-
lowed him up persistently with their
threats and other devilish devices to get
him drunk. They had been here for
over year; he had been sober and in
dustrious, had procured this little home
and they were prospecting; but at the
office they heard that he had another
boy, so the man must treat-now what
sense is there in that l never have
been able to learn. No one ever thinks
it necessary or even proper to bring
beer or vitriolized whisky to offer the
mother, even when it is her first at
tempt. Now, if that is what they
call congratulating a fellow, l. believe
the mother who has passed through
such an ordeal is the one to be cOngrat-
ulated; but it would not be deemed
proper or even safe in her case to do so
in that style; neither is it in his; but
men are always on the lookout for an
excuse to take something" so they
treat and are treated, and thus many a
poor wretch who would never buy
glass for himself and could keep his
pledge is dragged into the gutter.
In the case of this young man it re-
quired several years, but at last he gave
way. and was so entirely crazy when
drinking that his wife had him confined
in an asylum where he remained for
two years and then escaped.
His wife had gone to Canada to rela
tives and taken her three boys with her.
He had no desire to live with her, so he
went TO Chicago, where he lived for
years before he died. The lesson of the
asylum was a salutary one, but l have
no means of knowing if he ever fell back
into his old incorporate habits or not.
Those who knew him when he was
a boy say that he was very bright and
intelligent, much superior IN every way
to the majority of boys, but he lost his
mother at an early age, and lived for a
couple of years with an uncle who kept
a tavern in a small village in Ohio. The
usual barroom was kept in the house,
and the usual loungers hung about the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17
TEMPERANCE.
NOTHING TO ME.

It's nothing to me-" the beauty Slid,
With a careless toss of her pretty head
THE man is weak who can't refrain
From the cup you say is fraught with pain"
1t was something to her in after years,
When her eyes were drenched with burn
ing tears,
And she watched, in lonely grief and dread,
And started TO hear a staggering tread.
ITS nothing to me-" the mother said;
Il have no fear that my boy will tread
The downward path of sin and shame,
And crush my heart and darken my name"
1t was something to her when her only
son
From the path of life was early won,
And madiy quaffed of the flowing bowl,
Then-a ruined body and shipwrecked soul.
It's nothing to me-" the young man cried;
An his eye was a flash of scOrn and pride.
Il heed not the dreadful things you tell;
can rule myself. know full well!"
Twas something to him when in prison he
lay,
The victim of drink, life ebbing away,
As he thought of his wretched child and
wife
And the mournful wreck of his wasted life.
Boston Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17

bar, treating each other, singing songs
and telling yarns. Harry was only
eight or nine years old, but they treated
him, and if he got tipsy occasionally
they thought it great fun.
The uncle did not always know what
was going on, but was 300 much afraid
of offending his customers to say much
if he had, and thus a young life and soul
were wrecked that few tipplers might
have what they called fun, and thus one
poor, motherless boy acquired taste
for intoXicants.-Jennie Watson, in
Lever.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17
THE DEVILS OWN DRINK.
Hon. Elijah MOrse's Attack on AIco-
hOI In Congress.

moi IN Congress.
Hon. Elijah Morse, in debate in con-
gress on the bill to regulate the sale
of drugs in the District of Columbia,
moved to amend the bill by adding after
the words "oXalic acid" ANY prescrip-
ton containing over two per cent. of al
cChol."
Mr.. Richarlson-Wha per cent?
Mr.. Morse-Two per cent.
Mr.. Richardson-Would not that m
clude cologne?
Mr.. Morse-Wait till you hear me.
Mr.. Chairman, chemistry ranks alcohol
among the deadly poisons. This bill
recites the names of poisons. Why
should it not include alcohol? Alcohol
is the fruitful source of pauperism,
crime, insanity, disease and death. 1t
is matter susceptible of proof that in
our country, in consequence of the use
of alcohol, over $1,000 men annually go
G~'vn to drunkards' graves. Five hun
dred ghastly suicides are annually COM
mitted in consequence of alcohol; 500
murders are annually committed; 1OO,-
900 men crowd our almshouses and
swell our taxes in consequence of alco-
hol. do not see, therefore, any reason
why the committee should not consent
to my amendment.
Alcohol is "a poisonous, dangerous
drink. 1t is the devils own drink. Of
all the engines the devil ever invented
to destroy the body and souls of men
and the peace of families, alcohol beats
them all. l believe not a few of the
appalling suicides which have recently
taken place under the very shadow of
this capitol are directly traceable to
the poison known as alcohol in some
one of its various forms. Surely, Mr..
Chairman, alcohol is a poison, a deadly
poison, brain poison that turns man
into a beast and brute, a criminal, Il
murderer and a suicide. 1t should be
labeled "Poison." and its sale inter
dicted. 1t should certainly be included
in this Lill with these other poisons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17

The Indians on the Shoshone reserva-
ton have to the present time this sea-
son sOwn $4,000 pounds of grain, and
it is expected they will SOW as much
more before the close of the planting
season. The department IS not giving
the seed to the Indians this year as
heretofore, but is loaning it, and eX-
poets the Indians to repay it when they
harvest their crops. The pupils of the
Indian school are farming extensively
under the direction of the Indian agent,
Capt. Wilson, and the teachers of the
school. They have put our $4,000 cab
bage plants, and have model garden.
y test will be made on the farm with
sugar-beet seed, the department having
furnished "A large quantity for expert
ment Under the present management
of Indian affairs the Indians of the
Shoshone reservation are improving
rapidly in condition, and the majority
of the tribe will soon become self-suD-
porting. Great interest is being taken
by the Indians in school work, and the
agency school is having very success
full term.--Omaha Bee
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17
CURED OF HYPOCHONDRIA.
Heroic Measures Adopted in the Case
of an Eastern Millionaire.

Heroic Measures Adopted in the Case
of an Eastern millionaire.
For 4 time said a man who is now
an employer instead Of an employe, II
was manager Of an eastern company
mining copper in the upper peninsula
of this state. 1t is delightful part of
the world in summer, and some of the
stockholders used to be with us nearly
all the time during the hot months.
Among those who took this vacation
the most was a little bachelor million
aire from Boston. In my opinion he
was tough as pine knot, but a con-
firmed hypochondriac. He always had
a chest of drugs with him that would
stock young drug store, and it was
an off day when he did not take from
three to ten different kinds of medicine.
He seemed to live in constant dread of
being carried off suddenly by some of
his recurring maladies, and it came to
be standing joke among some of us
who knew of his popularity.
But one day he was doubled up in
earnest. He was fishing, lost his
lunch, ate heartily of the rough fare
at miners shanty, took cold and had
a severe attack of acute indigestion. I
never saw Il man more frightened. He
was perfectly sure that the last call
had come. He had men hustling in all
directions to telegraph for the best doc
tors to be had. But it was plain that
he never expected any of them to reach
him.
There was smooth fellow that we
called Parson loating about the place.
He was as cultivated a rascal as ever
ed on his wits. | hurried him into a
black suit of mine over fresh linen, had
him shaved. put the Bostonian's own
plug hat on him and told him to follow
me. At the bedside | introduced him
under the name of a distinguished
physician and remarked how lucky it
was that he should be in the section.
ParsoE proved star. His perfect cool
ness restored confidence. He pro-
nounced it a slight attack of something
no one ever heard of, but peculiar to the
region and never fatal. Then he mixed
up dose of red pepper, cheap whisky
and peppermint, told the patient to
swallow it right down and then had
nothing more to do than to keep the
poor fellow from strangling. This and
the old bachelors Imagination saved
him. Otherwise he would have died
from fright. Parson solemnly charged
a $500 fee. \ month later received this
watch. | will never be rich enough to
want finer one."--Detroit Free Press,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17
Has No Right to ExIsr,

A traffic that is prolific in producing
shortened lives, accidents, misery, pau
perism, crime, insanity and insidious
hereditary evils of an appalling nature,
to such an extent as the liquor traffic,
cannot be successfully defended in the
name of liberty. In the interests of
true liberty to all citizens, ard especial
Iy in the interests of liberty to the
weaker elements Of society, the liquor
traffic should perish. 1t belongs to the
broad road that leads to destruction,
and many there be that go in thcreat.
Liberty does not flourish in the broad
way-=Ck".stian Guardian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17
VARIOUS NOTES.

A jag of whisky costs more than a jag
of wood.-Ram's Horn.
Man should be little lower than the
angels, and not Il good deal lower than
the beasts.-Ram's Horn.
Man is liable to commit any sin when
intiamed with Intoxicating drinks
National Temperance Advocate.
The dean of the medical department
of the Syracuse university disapproves
of alcoholics and is following the lead
of the famous Sir Benjamin Ward Rich
ardson.
At u quiet looking farm near Somer-
set, y. j., officers of the law seized a lot
whisky, and the farm was the seat Of
tlourishing illicit still industry.
New cures for alcoholism probably
help the victims along for awhile, but
after all the only sure cure is the old
resort, which consists merely of a
strong injection of will power.-St.
Louis Republic.
y nottingham tried to pawn his
Bible for liquor, but was refused.
Well" said he, "if they won't take
my word or Gods, it's time to give up
the drink" And he signed the pledge
and kept it.-Lever.
The editor of the Commercial Journal
of Chicago says: The terrifying of
wines in Europe with beet root and po-
tato spirit has ruined the wine trade
there and made wine-growing coun-
tries, which used to be the most tenn
perate and sober on earth, the most
drunken"
A thousand smallpox hospitals in
every state would not so endanger the
health and the life of the people as does
the saloon. A thousand lotteries in
every state would not so thoroughly
corrupt the morals of the people as does
the presence of the aforementioned
Temperance Advocate.
Lady Mcdonald, widow of the late
premier of Canada, was asked: Did
you not set out wine when you enter
tanned the marquis of Lorne?" She
replied: Never" She was asked ii
she did not apologize. Certainly not"
was tie answer; wine is not a natural
beverage and should rather come in
than go out with apology"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17
STATE FLOWERS.
There Will BE FOrty-Five in the Near
Future. Perhaps.


Every one of the 40 states in the
union has a motto and shield, and
some OF these mottos seem to the disin-
terested observer to be somewhat map
prOpriate. Nevada, for instance, whose
population is declining steadily and
whose influence is yearly growing less,
has for its motto Nolens ct Potens
OWilling and Able.) Mississippi, the
only one Of the states which has ever
repudiated formally its public debt,
has as its motto Union, Justice, and
Confidence" On the other hand Wyo-
ming, the pioneer state in woman S
suffrage, has as its motto Let Arms
Yield to the Gown" The motto of
Oregon is ''She Flies with Her Own
Wings" the appropriateness of which
does not appear to be entirely clear for a
state whose foreign commerce and rail
road business are done through the
adjacent states of California and Wash
ington.
Though all states have notices and
all states have shields, only a small
proportion of the states have flowers,
though all may have them before very
long, if the popular demand for flow
ers typical of statehood continues to
increase. The Iowa legislature at Des
Moines last week adopted the wild rose
as the official flower of the Hawkeye
state. There are 45 states, but ~ of
them only have official flowers, the Sc
lection of which has devolved in some
states upon the Legislature, and in 9TH
ers upon the public school children.
Two New England states only have ex-
pressed preference for any flower;
Vermont for the red clover, by act of
the legislature, and Rhode Island, by
vote Of its school children, for the vio-
let. The golden rod is the favorite in
Alabama; the magnolia in Georgia, and
the peach blossom in Delaware. South
western states are not represented in
flowers to any great extent. Those
states in which complete or limited
woman suffrage has been established
by law are those which have taken the
lead in the selection of state flowers.
Colorado has the columbine; Idaho, the
syringia; Montana, the bitter root, and
Utah, the sego lily. The state flower of
Nebraska is the golden rod, which is
likewise the state flower of Oregon
Michigan has adopted the clover, and
Kansas. the "Sunflower state" would
naturally, one might think, adopt the
sunflower as it's favorite, but they do
things different in Kansas" and the
field daisy is the favorite.
The state flower OF Minnesota is the
moccasn flower. New York's pref
erence for state flower has been for
several years n matter of contention
The rose is the favorite, but on the vote
of the school children of the state held
some years ago the preference for sew
eral varieties of roses led to a subdi-
vision of the vote among these, with the
result that, technically, the golden rod
had the majority and was chosen; but
efforts have been made since to reverse
this declaration of preference, with the
result that there are some who say the
golden rod is the favorite of the Empire
state and others who contend that the
rose is entitled to the distinction. The
fayorite of New Jersey is the white
clover. Pennsylvania has never pro-
nouHced in favor of any fower--N. Y.
Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17

She suffered, but she was awfully
s-s-sweet, just the same.
She went with him "a far as the front
door when he left, and said:
George, are you coming around next
S-S-S-S-S-s-S-"
1t was unfortunate that the dog hap
pened to be lying on the steps and
heard her remark, for he chased George
five blocks before it occurred to him
that possibly his mistress was going
to say Sunday" instead of sic A.
n. Y. Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17
BEAN BANQUET IN MAINE.


Streets md Celebrate at Night.
Hallowell, Me-, has an improvement
society which turns out once year to
clean the town. y recent Monday was
observed by the society.
At seven o'clock the men and boys
began to collect at the city hall. They
converged from every direction. One
hundred strong they were marshaled,
armed with ralles, hoes and heavy
in-chief.
Hallowell is laid out with four streets
parallel to the kennebec and several
streets intersecting these at right
angles. The 100 men and boys were di-
vided into l6 squads. Each squad was
put under the charge of competent
captain, and a simultaneous attack was
made at Is points. On Third street Ed
itOr MarstOn headed band on Second
street, Alden Grimes was in charge. and
so on, everywhere it was the same. Peb-
bles, leaves, sticks, paper, and other
matter, some blase and all passe, were
raked into heaps, then half dozen two
horse teams picked up the heaps and
hauled them to the river bank. Now
the river bank might be a thing of
beauty and a delight to the thousands
who pass in the steamer, but it is, or
was, collection of ash heaps and less
clearly things. The Kennebec tried to
sweep the bank the other day, but it
only got up high enough to raise the
countless pieces of paper and leave
them on the bushes.
While these matters were progressing
on the streets, appropriate exercises
were held at the high school grounds.
Most of the boys were helping on the
streets, but enough were at the school
house to set out two trees to take the
place of a large rock maple, which must
soon be cut down. Creeping plants were
set around the fences, and brief exer-
Cises were held inside the building.
These over, most of the pupils went
down to assist the improvement society
in some way. The girls went down to
the Old South church yestry to help
get the dinner ready, for there was a
grand banquet for the conquering he
rOes, the knights of the rake and the
hoe. The labOrer is worthy of his grub,
at least for during the morning some
pretty dirty jobs had been tackled and
Gowned Some positive nuisances were
cleaned up which soon would have re-
quired the attention of the board of
health. As noon approached the adj
vance guard appeared at the chapel.
Fifteen or twenty of the best and hand
soonest girls in town, and that means a
good deal, made the vestry a scene of
delight for hungry, weary soul
Most of the laborers were boys. and
after half days hard work the beans,
rolls, doughnuts, ham, beef. cake, and
numerous brands of pie
Melted from the field as snow,
When streams are swollen and south winds
blow,
Dissolyes in silent dew
The boys were silent. too, for few
minutes, and then the uproar. Mr.. Ten
ney beamed all over the place. Henry
Clearwater baled out the beans with
smile land spOon) that was almost as
refreshing as the food. Some fears were
expressed that too much food had been
collected, but these fears were soon dis
PEELED. One of the mattresses said she
never had such a jolly time in her life.
Lewiston Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17
Making Rapid Strides In Norway.

Total abstinence is making rapid
strides in spite of the naturalization
Of the liquor traffic. Associated with
the Norwegian Total Abstinence So
Getty there are 915 local unions, having
membership of over 100000 persons.
In 1895 the membership increased by
10000. In 1894 the Morse storthing
passed a law comforting local veto upon
the people. All citizens over % years
of age have a vote and no "samlag"
may be continued against the vote of
the community. During 1895 this vote
for and against the continuance of the
samlag was taken in 10 cities, and in IL
cut of the - it was summarily abol-
iShed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17

Dir. f. H. Marshall, of Boise, Idaho.
says that in the vicinity of Boise there is
store of subterranean hot water which
is being used to heat that city, and
with excellent results. The water was
discovered about six years ago. and
when first tapped gushed to a height Of
40 feet and almost SCalded to death the
workmen who We're boring an artesian
well. The water was found at a depth
of about 400 feet, and has natural pres
sure enough to raise it to the top floors
Of ordinary buildings, whence it will
flow down through coils of radiators.
heating the whole building. The water
is said to have a temperature of 40 de
grees Fahrenheit. and Il company has
been formed for piping the streets and
supplying the hot water for heating
purposes. 1t is claimed that saving of
so per cent. can be effected over the
ordinary method of heating. There is a
large area of ground near the city where
the hot water spOuts above the surface
when tapped, and number of well
drillers are at work endeavoring to en-
large the area.-Butte Inter- Mountain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17

Son (who has been caught reading
dime noveD-Unhand me, tyrant, or
there may be bloodshed.
Father-No, my son; there will be
nothing more serious than woodshed.
Come, that is where my strap hangs
Princeton Tiger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17

Caller-Is Mr.. Smith lodging here?
Seryant-Yes, sir.
us he in?"
mo, e amt"
"Do you know where he is?"
"No, | don't; but l think 'e's gone
golf-tishing."- Sketch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-17

Hobson-I've seen drop Of water
run an electric light plant.
Dobson-Where did you see a drop of
water do that?
"At Niagara Falls. buffalo Courier