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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
SOME BAD NURSES.
Census for Girls Who Are Merely Fol-
lowing "a Fad.

The fame and publicity which at
taches to this profession (nursing) have
stimulated a false enthusiasm which
seeks the satisfaction of pride and vani-
ty by fawning at the feet of the goddess
of notoriety. The result is that the girl
who is not satisfied with her home vol
unteers as nurse. She sees in it poetry,
life and fame. She finds the service of
her own relations dull, uninteresting
and prosaic; but she sees glory on the
horizon if she enters hospital ward.
Her own friends do not fulfill her eN-
pectations of what is her due. She finds
Aeasure in the duties of the home,
- there CLEANS to her entranced ella
'tion vision of the dawn of the ideal
service in becoming the drudge of the
unknown. But she who cannot serve
her own will never serve another. Her
dreams will vanish with cruel rapidity
when once inside the walls.
Hundreds Of those who stand on the
doorsteps Of our London hospitals, seek
ing by all sorts of ingenious devices to
gain admittance, are not capable of
busting lady's drawlng-rOom, much
less fit to have charge over life and
death. a large percentage of them
know not even the elements of domestic
economy and cleanliness, and it were
the grayest of errors to permit such into
the ranks of those who must combat
with the heterogeneous of disease.
To commit the charge or dressings and
cleansing to such would be to foster an
enemy in the camp. The strictest eX-
animation, the prolonged preliminary
training may have, must have, serious
disadvantages, but it is effectual at least
in this, that it makes the rejection and
elimination of such candidates as these
easy, and safeguards the public from be-
ing inundated with fimsy countcrfeits.
Westminster Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

John Mossman, of Parkersburg, w.
Va, made fortune of 100000 with his
nose He was deaf mute, and could
pick out piece of ground under which
there was an oil well by simply smelling
it. He recently lost his life in railroad
accident.
The biggest crab ever captured in
Mobile bay was recently caught by DR..
L. Aubrey Dickson and George w. Owen.
1t weighed two pounds, and measured
% inches from tip TO tip of claws. The
shell measured nine inches in length
by five in width.
Several farmers in central Kansas
are connected by telephones, to permit
the farmers families to engage in So
cial conversation. The instruments cost
six dollars each, and the barbed wire
inclosing the farms serves to transmit
the conversation.
Reports on the Indian wheat crop
are beginning to come in. From the
central provinces we learn that the area
of wheat is only 1898, OPP acres, as COM
pared with 2,714, asa acres for 1896, and
a ten years average area exceeding
100000 acres. The estimated outturn
is 324,75 tons, against 368,33S for 1896
and 7S4, S02 as the ten years average.
Experiments show that light of
one candle power is plainly visible at
one mile, and one of three-candle power
at two miles. A ten-candle power light
was sean with binocular at four miles,
one of 20 at ero ssailos, though tirfmt b,
and one of 80 candles at the same distance
without difficulty. On an exceedingly
clear night a white light of 3.2 candle
power can be distinguished at three
miles, one of Sc at four and one of ~ at
five miles.
1t appears that the domestic cricket
of Europe, the Cricket of the hearth"
has been introduced into this country.
In Minneapolis and elsewhere they have
proved to be a great nuisance. House
agents there claim that besides being
tiresome and noisy, they are very de-
structive, so that "a house invaded by
them could not be rented" This cricket
was observed in Canada by Kahn in
1749. and its recent occurrence there has
been confirmed by two well-knoWn en-
tomologists; and it has been observed
others, but it has not hitherto been com
mon in the United States. though fire.
uuently observed in Canada
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
MILO.

81 suppose l am a kind of gumbo,"
a New Orleans man said to me, as if
enjoying the joke on himself. Il am
French and German on my mothers
side, and English on my fathers; my
wife is mixture of French and Ger
man; we talk French to our children,
but we have given them English names,
and we are bringing them up to be
thorough Americans" At this juncture
tribute to "gumbo," the dish par eX-
cellence, seems appropriate. Okra val
ued as a homogeneous article of diet in
Egypt and Syria for centuries, becomes
a general mixer of meats and vegetables
in Louisiana; "okra gumbO" has a
universal succulence and adaptability
to the tables of the rich and the poor.
There are gumbos also of oysters, crabs
or shrimps, according to taste, and the
Creoles have their "gumbo file."-Lip-
pincOttS.
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had stood out glaring white all day in
the burning sunshine, turned black as
ink; the hollow boom swelled into a
deafening uproar, and in a moment the
whole country below them was one
foaming, leaping, roaring sea.
Burt and Hopkins instinctively turned
to fly, but a firm grasp pinned them tO
the spot.
Are you mad?" asked the old man,
sternly within five minutes all that
ground will be fathom-deep in water,
with current that would sweep away
an elephant. Our ouiy chance is to
stick to the bridge. Perhaps the water
won't overflow it."
Cold comfort, certainly; but as Har-
risOn said, it was their only chance.
There had evidently been very heavy
rainfall in the mountains, and the rains
and melting SHOWS had brought down
the summer floods a fortnight before
their usual time.
The new bridge was now to be submit
ted to an inspection far more search
ing than that of the jolly, easy-going
district commissioner, and if it failed
to stand the test, they were lost, one
and all.
Higher and higher rose the water;
more and more fiercely ran the furious
current. The two young handles, who
had no idea of the power of a real East
Indian flood, looked aghast at seeing
the whole face of the country below
them changing as if by magic
High banks fell away like melting
snow; huge trees were torn up by the
roots, and rocky heights hacked into
notches like the teeth of a saw Great
powders fell laundering into the swirl
ing foam; mountains of gravel were
piled up where hoIlows had been, and
ridges.
Suddenly the fall of an enormous
rock made an eddy in the current, which
sent half a dozen vast tree trunks rush
ing straight at the very arch upon
which they were standing.
Even brave old Harrison drew a quick
breath as the mighty mass came charg-
ing on, and plunged with deafening
crash, against the pier below. But, al
though they felt the solid masonry
shake under their feet with the shock
the bridge stood firm.
"Hurrah!" cried the old engineer, a
few minutes later. The water hasn't
risen a bit this last two minutes.
think we've had the worst of it now"
His practiced eye had not deceived
him. The flood, as it spread itself over
a wider and wider extent of country
lost its force more, and by midnight all
danger to the bridge was at an end.
well, young gentlemen" said Harri-
son, with piercing look at his two
pale and woe-begone companions, do
you think my bridge too big now?"
But the young gentlemen" made no
anSWer-GOlden DAYS.
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this bridge than to have to build an

this bridge than to have to build an
other, if it breaks down."
Every day, and all day long, the old
fellow was at his post, in the soiled,
white sun hat and threadbare cotton
jacket, at which his dandified young
lieutenants laughed behind his back.
So well did he keep the men up to their
work, that all was ready a full fortnight
before the time when the rainy season
usually set in, and the next day but one
was fixed for the formal opening of the
bridge by the English commissioner of
the district and the running of the first
train across it.
The evening before the ceremony,
Mr.. Harrison went out upon the bridge
to look about him, and Burt and Hop
kins, having nothing better to do, fol-
lowed him.
- was close upon sunset, but the
sitting heat which had prevailed all
day was still as oppressive as ever. The
whole air felt damp and heavy, and the
tiny streamlet that trickled through
the vast, gravelly hollow of the river
bed, seemed to crawl more languidly
than usual, as if it were tired, like every
one else.
Suddenly there came through the
still air, from the great mountains that
stood up against the northern sky, over
hung by thin, ghostly haze, a strange,
dull sound, suggestive of far-off thun'
der, but harsher and sharper, and alto
gether more like the rolling of cart
over pebbly road.
The veteran engineer bent his gray
head forward to listen, and very grave
| look came over his iron face.
whats up, Mr.. Harrison?" asked
Burt, feeling vaguely uneasy, though
he hardly knew why.
But, before the old man could reply
a deep, booming noise, which came rap
idly nearer and nearer, followed the
mysterious sound.
All at once, the upper part of the river
channel, the bare gravel beds of which
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
BY DAVID KER.

SAY, Jack, did you ever see such
piece of foolery as building this
enormous bridge over a miserable little
nous bridge over a miserable little
stream no wider than a gutter? Old
Harrison must be stark mad, and no
mistake!"
"If | were he" replied Jack, I'D sell
the bridge and buy some water with the
money"
I've split some lemonade on the
table" cried Harry. Il wonder how
long bridge l shall have to build across
that?"
And the two young sub-engineers,
pleased with these jokes, at the eX-
pense of their chief, resumed their
work in somewhat better humor.
Behind pile of timber, a few yards
off, within easy hearing of every word
they said, stood no less a person than
Mr.. William Harrison himself-the
chief of whom they were speaking. For
a moment his hard, old face flushed
angrily; but the flush melted into a
smile of Multiplying contempt, as he
turned slowly away, muttering:
We'll, well, my fine fellows, it won't
be very long now before we see who's
wrong and who's right"
At the first glance, however, it GER
tainly did seem as if Jack Hopkins and
Harry Burt had some reason to laugh
AT the bridge which they were helping
TO build.
Eleven arches, each having a span of
DO feet, stood ranged in stately process
sion over mere thread of water, bare
ly sufficient to wet one of the central
piers. True, the rainy season was at
hand; but, even in the rainy season,
how could this miserable little rivulet
ever swell into second Niagara?
So thought Burt and Hopkins, and
so, too, thought not a few of their Eng
lish subordinates. As for the Hindoo
workmen, who swarmed over the
bridge from one end to the other, they
thought nothing about the matter. SO
long as they got their days wages and
their days food, the English burra Sa-
hib (great master) was welcome to
build bridge over teacup if he liked.
DAY by day the bridge advanced
toward completion, fer the railway, OF
which it formed a part, was a very i'm
portant one, and Mr.. Harrison had re.
ceiJed orders to finish it as quickly as
possible. But, although he made ali
the haste he could, he took good care
that no part of the work was hurriedly
or ine1firiently done
Whaterer's worth doing at all, is
worth doing We'll" he would say; land
49, better to put a little extra work into
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
Pneumatic Horse Collars.

There are now sold pneumatic horse
collars that are inflated just as bicycle
tires are Pneumatic collars are made
for draught horses and for carriage
horses. Those thus far sold, however.
have been chiefly for draught horses.
They are made with a rubber air holder,
which is covered with canvas, and the
collar is then covered with ticking or
kersey or leather, in the usual manner.
Pneumatic horse collars cost about a
third more than the best collar of the
ordinary kind.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
COG.

Cos was dog who was owned by smith
You have heard of Smith; his first names
Mister
And May was a baby most seen with
Miss Maud, her grown-up, pretty sister.
So far the story is plain, no doubt,
But the rest of the tale demands reflec-
ton,
For every evening the dog went out,
And he always went in the baby's direc-
ton
And it puzzles me and it puzzles Cog,
But you-weu, you are experienced, may
Why the maid so longingly looked for the
And the man so frequently called on the
baby
And why did the young man sigh such
signs?
And why did the maids sweet voice grow
sweeter?
And why did they seem to realize
Maud's father paid for the gas by meter?
And how distant the young man was a the
CThis fact. by the way, is one of the odd
est,
Though they both so bashfuly kept apart;
Their chairs, somehow, were not so mod
est!
And it puzzled me and 1T puzzled Cog,
But you-well you can explain it, may
Now why did the maid caress the dog?
And why did the young man trot the
baby?
And the young man said: Dear baby,
how
love brown eyes and clear-cut features
And rare long hair and classic brow
a p1VaS favored
creatures
And the maiden said: Good boy, good
boy!
If l thought that dogs had understands
ing,
I'd tell you of eyes which give me joy;
Oh, they're eyes and most commanding!"
And it puzzles me and it puzzles Cog
But your wiser sense can explain it., may
For she don't seem to descrihe the dog
And his remarks did not fit the baby.
And the young man said: 90 baby May!
Don't you think you would like to have a
brother,
Who would worship you in the widest way
As he loVes-he loves-he loves-an-
other?"
And the maid responded: "Goggy dear,
Do you love your master? Say, is it true
sir?
For somehow, although it seems so queer,
l somehow feel that l feel like you, sir"
Then the young man said: Now Cog my
boy,
If you love me, give her sign to show
it;
Sit up on your launches, grin for joy
And bark three times, and then she'll
know it,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
walters First Dip.

Walter T was six years old. He
never had seen the ocean. We were
to spend the summer at the seaside,
and Walter had a new bathing suit.
Every boy in the block was invited
into the house to see him try it on, and
one day we discovered him in the bath
tub surrounded by an admiring group
of juveniles, to whom he was discours-
ing about how he would dive from the
end of the iron pier when he reached
the ocean. When the young man, how
ever, saw the ocean with the great
waves rolling on the beach, he could
not be induced to go near it, and posi-
lively refused to put on his bathing
suit. One day his father offered him
so cents if he would put on his suit
and get wet all over once. He wanted
the money very much, and he finally
consented. Clasping his arms around
his fathers neck like a wise, the great
undertaking was begun. After much
shivering and trembling he was wet
about two inches above his ankles,
when he exclaimed: Papa! +
guess-I-will-only - take - ten -
ceDts'-worth-th is-time. Crypt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Small boy dashed breathlessly into
a merchants Office. as the guv'nor
IMP"
Eyes; what do you want?"
Must see him myself; most par
ticker"
but you can't; he's engaged"
"Must see him immejit; most par
ticker"
The boys importantly got him III
"Well, boy, what do you want"
oyer want a ortfice boy, sir?"
"You impudent young rascal! No!
We've got one"
mo, you amt, sir; he's just bin run
oVer in Cheapside."
Boy engaged.-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
QUEER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

The pangkou is a small Chinese
drum resting on a wooden tripod. 1t
is beaten with common wooden drum
sticks.
The kanoon is the favorite instru-
ment among ladies in Turkey. It's
shape resembles that of a harp laid
fiat. 1t has 70 strings, in sets of three,
and is played with a small plectrum.
The Algerian music rs produced from
seven different kinds of instruments,
two being guitars, one a rude violin,
two kinds of drums, a, clarinet and a
flute, all of the most primitive forms.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
The Only WHY.

NO" said the business-like young
woman, 81 don't read anything that
author writes"
"Perhaps if you were to get better
acquainted with him he would interest
you"
81 don't think so. There is only one
way that l can imagine his interesting
me in what he wrote"
"You mean he'd have to change his
style"
mo. He'd have to become secretary
of a company in which l held stock and
declare dividend. "-Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
Whnt He Wanted d.

"Is there anything in my house you
w ould like to have?" asked the man, as
lie frowned over the back fence at his
next-door neighbor.
Eyes" "cnne frols +t- other side of
The fence; "Id like to have you send
the insides of that piano your daughter
bangs on, out to my rn."-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

a hasty Paris undertaken came near
burying man alive recently. A man
died in a room in which his paralytic
brother also slept and was measured
for his coffin. For convenience the fam
lily changed the bed about and the I'M
dertakcr's men put the paralytic in the
coffin intended for his brother. When
the time for the funeral came they
luckily discovered the real corpse.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Miss Keedick-I read about lady
suing a man for $500 for kiss he had
stolen from her.
Miss Kittish-But l suppose she
would have been willing to withdraw
the suit if he would return the kiss
ITn.tO-Date
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

"When you have y sore tooth you go
to the dentist and he pulls it, don't
hep"
Yes, my SON."
Now that you've got sore leg if you
go to the doctor will he pull it?"
with deep feeling) eyes, my SON."
Brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
OF Course She would Suffer.

IF you don't like to hear me talk"
she demanded, why didn't you marry
a mute?"
"a woman who is physically unable
to talk at all" he exclaimed. "Why,
I'm too tender-hearted. l can't endure
the sight of suffering, "-Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Mr.. Trivvet-Why did your wife get
wheel; she was so much opposed to
bicycling last year?
Mr. Dicer-She found bicycle belt
OF the street, and her economical in,
stinct would not permit her to let it
90 to waste.-N. Y. Journal.
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Her Comment.

~ have noticed" said Willie Wishing
ton, that a woman always puts the
most important part of her letter in the
postscript"
"You never do that" said Miss Cay
enne.
Never"
"Well," she went on, thoughtfully,
isn't it better to put the important
part of letter in the postscript than to
leave it out Observation-Disclosures
Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

81 have read repeatedly" said the sad
eyed young man, never to ask young
lady's permission when you wished ia
kiss her"
well, l hope you didn't" said his
friend.
mo, 1 didn't; but the young lady, |
think, does not read the papers,
Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
An OnicinI,s Wrath.

First Citizen-What's the alderman
80 mad about?
Second Citizen-A Doodle scheme was
pushed through while he was absent.
Il see. Mad because the taxpayers
are going TO be robbed"
NO. Mad because he missed diyvy."
N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
over Go Miles Per Hour.

The electric motor will be an ac-
cepted and working factor of the West
ern railway of France from the begin
ming of next years summer service.
The distances between far-off stations
from Paris are to be covered at the rate
of more than 65 English miles an hour,
l-Westminster Gazette.
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Merely n FeeIer,

The Baron-Did her father acquire
his money honestly?
Penelope-Oh, yes. (Sarcastically)
If he did not l suppose you would not
marry her.
The Baron-Not at all. If he acquired
it dishonesty he would probably be too
clever to give any of it up.-N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
They Would Kick.

He-I am opposed to women being all
lowed to vote.
She-What is your Objections?
He-lf they are allowed to cote they
will all be practically ballot girls, and
what few there are of them now make
trouble enough in the world as it is
Tammany Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

THAT man." remarked an admirins
friend, has the faculty of saying clear
ly in a few words what others would
require pages to express"
TOO bad!" said Senator Sorghum.
Hell never get along in politics; not
unless he learns to tilibuster better
than that. Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Zone of the greatest evils in life,"
said the elderly woman, lis procrasti.
nation"
Il think so, too" replied the young
married woman. u don't see the sense
Of putting off your golden wedding an
niversary till you are 60 or 70 years DID,"
-WasbinrtOn Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

The Edtor-I regret that your manu-.
script, though good, is not available at
the present time.
Scribbler-Ah, then may presume to
hope that your esteemed periodical will
some day improve TO such a degree as
to be worthy of my contributions?-
Yellow Book.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Jinks-That young lady may be fine
pianist, as you say, but there is no
warmth to her touch.
Blnks-I guess you didn't hear her
play the Moonlight symphony,
Jinks-No; but l squeezed her hand,
N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
Height of ImprODricty.

do you know" said the girl in blue,
while we were sitting in the hammock,
and just as l thought he was about to
propose, a garter snake suddenly APP
peared."
How indelicate!" returned the girl
in pink.-Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
Well balanced,

Eyes, Miss Howjames il a wonderful.
ly intellectual young woman, but she
has developed her brain at the expense
of her poor little body. To me she
seems top-heavy."
"Top-heayy? Then you have never
seen her feet."-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04
Such Is Fame.


"Do you consider Meeker self-made
man?"
mo; think he was made to order"
"Why SOP"
"Well, judging from the way his wife
orders him around he must have b cen
made for that purpose. "-Chicago
News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Lies troubles are many, its joys are few,
Yet will we not train with the dolelul
crew;
To double each pleasure and rout each
pang,
Just pluck every rose and let thorns go
hang.
Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

"Bilger says no woman could make
fool of him"
well, then, he's right"
"Right?"
"Yes, she'd be too late" - Chicago
Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Midnight Burglar-Fork out every
farthing you've got or I'll
Jones (half awake)-Look here, Ma,
ria this is coming it too strong. Didn't
l give you all had when | came home?
judy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Madge-When we were driving in the
park to-day we were the exposure of all
eyes.
Marjorie-Oh, so you had that pretty
southern girl with you.-N. Y. Journal,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Teacher--What is a rumor?
Pupil-A ship.
Teacher-What makes you say that1
Pupil-Because l always hear of ru,
mcrs being atloat.-Judy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

Charlie Bragg-Yes, Miss Brightly,
is costs me $4,000 a year to live.
Miss Brightly-Or, Mr.. Bragg! do you
think it's worth it?-N. Y. Truth.
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just the Girl He Wanted

He-Can you cook?
She-Im sorry to say that can't.
He-Will you be my wife2-N Y,
Journal.