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Auction Tc-Day.

d. j. Simmons & Co., will sell at
auction at 1916 Fourth street, at 10 a.
m. to-day the effects CT the estate OF
L. c. Jones, deceased. They consist of
fine furniture, crockery. gold watch,
OF
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White OXfOrds, ST so.

Ladies' and Misses pure white
canvas or all kid 1ece Oxfords,
stock tip, long narrow (dime) coin
toe, half French heels. Elegant in
fit, snappy IN style and excellent
RoF wear; any Gize or width. 81 SO
pair.
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Infants Long Slips.
ST and uD.

Space only permits speaking
briefly OF these. They're made
principally from fine nainsook
with pretty yokes OF fine tucking
and embroidery insertion. Priced
from 81 up to So.
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Lace Curtains,
81 Is pair.

Nottingham lace curtains, 31h
yards long, white or ecru, over
locked edges, rich scroll effect
border with vine spray through
center; dainty in style, durable in
kind.
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Messrs L. H. Brown, e. P. Colgan, II
Weinstock, H. G.. Smith, ]. II. Glide
William Geary, L. Tozer, William +
Coleman and D. D. Whitbeck. Re
served seats may be obtained at Coop
er's music store.
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At ST Is each.

Child's short white dress, made
Of fine diElity, yoke of fine tucks
and embroidery and lace insertion,
turned down collar and cuffs.
Price, 81 25.
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Her Choice.

He-You ought to marry man like
myself, one about fifty, who would be
able to protect you.
Shield rather have two at twenty
fVei-Judy
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Infants and Chill
dren's Short Dresses
at 05C each.

Child's short white naiasook
dress, yoke of tucks and row of
embroidery insertion, foUr-inch
hem at bottom OF skirt. Price, Csc.
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Watch Guards.

SILK watch guards, with gold and
silver slides, OF neat pattern and
with good clasp re hold watch.
Priced 25c, 39c and soc.
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Vesting Top Oxfords,
81 05.

Ladies and Misses extra fine
chrome kid Oxford ties, silk vest
ing, figured top to match; made
over a handsome fitting coin toe
last; flexible sole. a beauty at
the price. 81 95 per pair.
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Cloth Top Shoes,
81 pair.

Chi!dren's fine vici kid dress
shoes, black cloth top, nediun,
square or coin toe; patent leather
tip; IN lace or button. ST. pair.
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Lace Curtains,
75C pair.

Nottingham lace curtains, in
white or ecru, full three yards
long, and the correct width; they
have overlooked edges AID are in
attractive scroll patterns. A great
deal of prettiness at very small
Drice
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The box-of1ice of the Metropolitan
Theater opens this morning for sale of
seats for the weeks engagement of the
Sam T. Shaw Company, beginning to-
morrow night.
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Bows Blouse w aists
SOC.

Pretty white nainscok striped
waists, blouse style, with large
embroidery collar, or collars with
insertion and edged with rutHe (;
very easy matter to keep the little
fellows clean, neat looking and
comforta BILE for summer.
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Swiss Curtains,
81 pair.

A durable and desirable curtain
at the above price is plain swiss.
with deep ruffle around and dou-
BILE row of plating. Actually
pretty in their plainness.
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At the Metropolitan Theater TINS
evening Brady & Ziegfeld's company
in the laughing success, "A Gay De-
ceiver," the much-t talked of Chinese
drama. THE Cat and the Cherub, :,
the rival of THE First Born" and the
famous Partisan beauty and chanteuse,
Anna Held. She is reported as
woman whose beauty lies in her eyes
and her form more than her face; as
a voluptuous and magnetic parsonage
representative of active, supple, joyous
auin4alism. One critic says of her:
THE Held pictures show a particularly
wirsome face. the most salient features
of which are a pair of luminous, vel
vety eyes Were Anna Held unfortu-
nately ever stricken dumb she could
make all the world understand the Ian
guage of her wondrous orbs." The
vehicle introducing her is the comedy.
"A Gay Deceiver," by Paul Wilsbach
and Joseph Grismer with Messrs,
Beach. Holland Mills and M. A. Ken
nedy in the male parts and Marie Val
leau, Lizzie Evans and Emile Collins in
support Preceding the farce of three
acts there will be played Chester Bal
ley Fernald's Chinese tragedy in one
act. THE Cat and the Cherub,' pre-
sented by the original New York cast.
Mr.. Fernald's drama has been pre-
sented through the Century Maga-
zine It is the China of Chinatown,
San Francisco. seen and interpreted
by an Anglo Saxon mind. The life
which Mr. Fernald shows in his brief
play is that of another race and civil
ization from ours; its prime passions
are the same as ours, but all the out
side. all the garnish of manners and
speech. all the atmosphere. is as re-
mote from us as if it belonged to the
inhabitants of Mars
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Lace Curtains.
81 pair.

Nottingham lace curtains, come
in white only. Full 312 yards lone
and Sd inches wide, with over.
locked edges, and in rich floral de-
sign. Handsome enough to grace
your parlor.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

The Orpheum management presented
to a fine audience last night wonder
fully strong bill If such attractions
do not draw good houses this week
through the management might as wen
make up its mind that none it can pro-
duce will do SO, and proceed to shut up
shop. The Gilsandcs are the funniest
and most novel clown musical team We
have had yet They are inimitable-
Watson, Hutchings and Edwards pre-
sent a farce character sketLh full or
snap, wit and rich humor, and some
clever singing by Alice Hutchings
Mile Bartho is one of the best dancers
we have had, if not the very best. Her
first act is Partisan through and
through ard the second is premiere
ballet act. in which she proves that she
is in the front rank Of skilled artlStes
of that order Her reception was very
fattering. Signora Maria de Castillo
is a finished soprano Of high culture.
Her numbers We're grand aria from
III Trovatore' and an aria from
Faust" She is a slender. modest little
woman. with the throat of natural
singer She has taste, expression ana
force, and combines with these sweet
ness of tone and artistic finish of exc
cution. Not before has the Orpheum
had so high-class a soprano on its
| boards. Charles r Ellis and wife, as
sisted by Little Clara. Berry, Thomas
Grady and Michael Welch, presented
one of the wittiest and most charming
of comedy and sentimental sketch
es. Mrs. Hogan's Music Teacher.
Mr.. Ellis is writer of songs, and IN
troduces one entitled, Please, Mr.. San
ia Claus. Don't Forget Me- which is
| full of tender sentiment. 1t was ac-
companied by scenic and tableau eff
fects, with handsome scenery, on
darkened stage front, with electric re-
! Electors on the back scene, that proved
to be one of the most effective acts
seen here in many a day. AS for Mrs.
Ellis, she is a whole show in herself.
wit humor and song bubble from her
lips as from a fountain. She is rolly-
polly little woman, bOasting OF her
| pIainness. and personating an Irish sec
ond cook who comes into fortune, III
manner indescribable. She was
prime favorite from the instant she
rolled upon the stage, and until the
! fall of the curtain never lost her place
| in the esteem of the audience. She IS
! one of the cleverest most natural irish
| condolences we have ever seen. Sne
quite eclipses her husband, clever as ne
is The Five Whirlwinds" are lightning
acrobats; four at least are Arabs, ana
/ the five are announced as such They
do marvellous feats of strength ana
agility. and are properly entitled The
Whirlwinds" We believe that still an
other new number Will be upon to-
nights bill, the three Martells. The
bill will run the week. 1t ought to
draw full houses and encourage the
management to hold on and keep the
| OrpheUm open.
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oCont:nued IRON First Paseo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
POWERFUL MAGNETS.
To BE Used In Raising an III-Fateo
British War Ship.

The ingenious scheme which has been
talked of for raising the Inflated Vic
tora of the British navy, which now lies
at the bottom Of the Mediterranean, in
$50 feet of water off the harbor Of
Tripoli, has called attention to the pos
sibilities in the employment of power
full magnets for raising iron and steel
vessels sunk in deep waterloo deep
to admit of the use of divers. The
weight of this wreck in water is esti-
mated at 1000 tons. 1t is suggested
that powerful hydraulic rams and dy-
namo machines and series of electro
magnets be arranged on pontoons at
the scene of the wreck. A magnet low
cred over the side and coming within
reasonable distance of the sunken ves-
sci would be drawn toward it, and
would stick with a power of 100 tons
tc any part of its iron or steel with
which it came into contact. AS each
magnet-made attachment, which would
/ be indicated by means of an electric
dial on the pontcon, a trial pull would
Be giYsn to the rope to asceeSs:. 6 a
whether Il connection had been made 70
a firm part of the wreck. Were this
, test not satisfactory, the magnet would
come off, and its position would be
charged until a firm grip had been
made. When all the magnets had been
fixed, the wreck would be ready for
raising. Each lifting rope would be
attached to the lifting pontoon by
means of a sheave on the head of a
hydraulic lifting ram with a 12foot
stroke, which would give an effective
lift of "a feet. Each hydraulic cylinder
on the pontoon would be in connection
with all the others, and balancing ac-
cumulator would prevent any rope get
ting more than a normal strain of 100
tons. When the rams had made their
full stroke, the lifting ropes would all
be simultaneously held in position.
The rams would then be lowered and
another lift of "a feet given to the
wreck, which, as it reached the sur
face, would be lowed to shallower wa
ter and then beached.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17

bracelets and lenses-with the pipe
stem. Any boy can become expert at
it with very little practice. A pane OF
glass may be cut in similar way.
There is another and older method
of cutting bottle in two with a string
which may be tried when pipe stem is
not at hand. Hunters and backwoods-
men often use it with great success,
although it is not as sure and practical
as the pipe-stem method.
Two boys are necessary to do the
work. Take very stout piece of hand
woven string and give it a single turn
around the bottle. Each boy should
take hold of the string with one hand
and the bottle with the other. See-saw
the string rapidly back and forth, being
careful that it rubs the glass always i'll
one place. Continue this until the fric-
ton of the string has made the glass
hot where it has rubbed and then
plunge the bottle suddenly into a pail
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17

OF clubs, the horse, the elephant and
the tiger, a napoleon and five-franc
piece, red, white and blue; and when
he is asked: What color is Bob p"
puts his foot upon white. He reads the
newspaper with his spectacles on and
does a number of small tricks, such
as shutting the door, jumping over
hands and catching a ball. At this
last achievement he is very adept and,
indeed, as good as any dog of his size.
Bob sits up and snlutes of his own
accord when he wants anything and
his most taking trick is considered to
be saluting the queens photograph and
the union jack, for he is a British dog.
He is not very fond of spelling and
will sometimes, in hopes of getting off
it, do another trick instead. What he
really loves to do is to hunt for small
bits of hard toast hidden under the
carpet or the rug, which he always
finds at once. He recognizes pictures
of birds and cats, and once sat up and
pointed at very fine etching of Tyre
bird and golden pheasant on drawing.
room wall. He is afraid of nothing and
was on one occasion wild to attack
great bear in a cage. He is Travelled
dog and understands French and Ger
man as well as English. AS wind-up
the following anecdote shows that he
has kind heart. On arriving with his
mistress at country house he was
introduced to terrier who always lived
in the stable yard and was never al
lowed to come into the house. When
Bob had rartaken of his own afternoon
tea he suddenly disappeared from the
drawing-room. but speedily returned,
wagging his tailF and looking behind
him to encourage the dog from the sta
bles, whom he had been to fetch, in
order that he, too. might have share
in some of the good things 1t was,
however, misplaced kindness, as the
unfortunate terrier who had been led
into temptation soon discovered.
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a complete survey of several miles Of
country. The value of such an APP
paratus in time of war could hardly be
exaggerated. Capt. Baden Powell also
exhibited gliding apparatus, sort of
flying machine, composed of bamboo
framework and canvas. This, however,
has not progressed much beyond the
theoretical stage, and it remains to be
seen how it will work in practice.
The soaring apparatus exhibited by
Mr.. Pitcher is perhaps the most per.
feet of its kind. 1t consists of two large
lateral wings, attached to framework
of bamboo. 1t is similar in character
to the soaring machines invented by
Herr Lilienthal, of Berlin, by which the
inventor unfortunately met his death.
MIR. Pitcher, however, claims to have
discovered a method of preventing cur
rents of air from getting under and
upsetting the machine, as was the case
with Herr Lilienthal
Maj. Moore, r. E., who was the third
speaker, is the inventor of an ingenious
electric motor, which he claims will
prove invaluable in aerial navigation.
1t is as close a reproduction of the art
of flying as has yet been achieved. 1t
contains a number of powerful springs
which cause the sails of flying ma
chine to open and shut in imitation OF
the action of birds wings
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
CUTTING WITH A STRING.

of cold water. The glass will instantly
crack where the string has rubbed it.
Probably not many boys know that
glass can be cut with a pair of shears
and that almost as easily as if it were
pasteboard. 1t seems almost unbelieve-
able at first, but any boy can readily
prove its truth by trying it. Provide a
large pail or tub of water Hold the
pane of glass under the water with one
hand and cut it with the shears held in
the other hand. The pressure of the wa
ter prevents the glass from cracking.
1t is not possible to cut straight
through piece of glass, as you would
through piece of paper. 1t must be
trimmed around the edges, where the
glass will crumble off easily and rapidly
You can thus cut square pane of glass
to fit round or oval frame, or you can
trim down large piece of glass to fit a
smaller frame. 1t is simple method,
but it will often be found very useful.
Try it.-Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
CUTTING UP BOTTLES.
Three Ways in Which Boys Can Make
Glnss TumbIera.

Bert Wallace has whole row of col
ored glass tumblers which he had made
himself. He didn't blow them, nor
mold them, according to the best
known methods of glass making-he
simply cut them down from old bottles,
and they made very useful and serv-
iceable tumbiers, too.
Bert didn't own a diamond glass
point nor steel glass wheel and so he
cut the bottles with clay pipe stem.
Seems odd, doesn't it? But any boy
who wants to cut glass-and where is
the boy who doesn't?-can do it with
out the least difficulty.
Bert learned that if a piece of glass
or a bottle contains ever so small a
crack, it can be cut into any desired
shape by leading the crack along with
some redhot object, such as heated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
THE TABLES TURNED

TIL rec little girls in a row, oh, obi
Thr-e little girls in row:
And one saucy face is hidden by curls;
And one in her hand her sunbonnet twirls
And all are wee, saucy midgets of girls
Three little girls in a row.
Three little boys near by, oh, my!
Three miscievous boys, my eye!
Ard one cried BAH" with terrible shout
And two cried "Boo!' as they all rushed
out
And put those three little girls to rout
With their strange and startling cry.
boo hoo" cried the girls. in alarm: "boc
hoo.
Oh what shall we do. we do?"
''Te he!" cried the boys, as theyDran; 'te
he,
Such fun as this you never did see."
And they danced and they shouted and
laughed in glee,
And made great hullabalo0
"oh, no." cried three mahmas with
switches: "oh, no! N
There's mischief afoot, we Know"
And they captured those boys in the wink
of an eye
And out of their Jackets they made the
dust fly,
And. merciful me, how those urchins die
cry!
Such a sorrowful time, oh, no!
Arthur j. Burdick, in Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
individuals ms Magnets,

Recent French experiments have
developed the curious and unexpected
fact that certain persons possess mag
netic poiarity-that is, they act as mag.
nets, having north and south poles.
Such a person, when completely I'M
dressed and placed near sensitive gall
teal axis, cause a detection in one di.
rection and then in the opposite, just as
magnet would. Allpersons do not pos
sess this polarity. Prof. Musani, an
Italian, upon whom the experiment was
tried, exhibited this phenomenon, and
it was found that his breast correspond
ed to a north pole and his back to a
south pole.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
Hindoo First step. in English.

A native has been caught at Calcutta
scaling the wall of the premises into
the compound of No. 3, Chowringhi,
dressed in complete suit of European
clothes. The man had, the previous
evening, concealed himself inside a
shop, and had employed himself till
morning in fitting himself with COM
plete suit of clothes, including a white
shirt, with studs and links, q red tie,
carefully put on, black socks, a pair
Of boots, a watch and chain, handker-
chief, and even a pocket knife, with a
straw hat and stick. He went the
length of writing his name inside the
hat. On being caught he said he want
ed to learn English, and as a prelimi-
nary step thought it best to dress him
self in sahib's clothes.-Bombay Qn-
dial Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17

of 100 miles. One of the huge section
illustration. 1t is nine feet in diameter
and composed of 100 prismatic seq
ments, so arranged that the light of the
arc lamp which forms the source of
light is thrown out in the powerful
horizontal beams referred to above.
The lamp lens and supporting frame
work weigh about 20 tons, and yet so
delicate is the adjustment that the
whole mass can be moved with the
pressure of single finger. The arc
lamps, each designed to give 9O,0OO,OOO-
candle power, burn carbons 80 inches
in diameter. They are located between
the two lenses and are so arranged
that, should one fail or flicker for an
instant, the other will be Immediately
placed in operation. The electric gem
Grating apparatus will also be in dupli-
cate, so that the light may never be
eXtinguished in case of accident. The
beacon is known as the "Lepaute BIZ
valve or lightning light" and, with it's
framework, is f1oated in tank of mer-
curry and at present revolved by clock
work, although it is probable that an
electric motor will be substituted for
this work. The flashes will occur once
in five seconds and will be of one
twelfth second duration. In order that
the arc lamps may always be kept in
focus they are operated by alternating
currents, which renders the consump-
ton of both carbors equal, and conse-
quently the arc will always be in the
center of the focus.-Cincinnati Com
m arnial Tri hnna
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17

Strange to say, they make their ap-
pearance on absolutely MINDLESS days,
and, at moments notice, the sand is
caught up and whirled several hundred
feet into the air like huge fountain.
The yellow sand, falling in counter
currents against that which is rising,
catches every ray of sun, and CLEANS and
glistens against the blue sky in won
derful effect. If the traveller manages to
keep enough dust out of his eyes he
will enjoy rare spectacle. The sight
Is apt to cost him his life, however. y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
AN INTELLECTUAL DOG.
He Can Spell Several Words and
Knows Many Playing Cards.

Bob is a small, well-bred fox ter
rier, who, besides being an excellent
ratter, is distinguished for his intel
lectual accomplishments. He can spell
several words of three letters, includ-
ing his own name. A word is called out
and he picks out the letters as they are
repeated to him; or, if he happens to
be in good form and keen on his les
son, it is only necessary to say the
word, and he puts his foot OH each let
ter in its order. He also docs Lady
Jane Grey. e., has his head cut
off and then dies-makes bow, knows
ace of spades, king of hearts and ten
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
CUTTING GLASS WITH SHEARS

clay pipe stem or a bit of hot wire.
Having this knowledge, Bert readily
applied it. He started crack in green
mineral water bottle by heating it in
the blaze of gas jet, and then drop
ping a little water on the heated spot.
Sometimes the heating alone will form
the crack. When the cold water touches
the hot glass little star is usually
formed, with many cracks reaching out
from it. This star is formed at some
distance away from the place where
the real cutting is to be done. For
instance, if Bert is making a tumbler
from the bottom of an old bottle he
starts the crack near the shoulder at
the top. Then he pastes strip of pa
per or snaps a rubber band around the
bottle to show exactly where he wishes
to cut it off. Then he heats'the end
Of the pipe stem in gas or coal flame
until it is very hot. Carefully he
presses the end against the glass near
one of the cracks, as shown in the pic
ture. AT once the crack leaps out and
follows, and Bert leads it around as
much as he wishes. When the stem
cools off he heats it up again.
When the bottle is cut off to tumbler
size the rough edges are smoothed
down with a fine file or on a grind.
stone, and Bert has a fine new tum-
bier.
Besides this, bottle may be cut into
all manner of odd shapes-spirals
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17

On wash days, when the family
laundry has forenoon out, the hen
hawk will make himself up to look like
a lean pillow which has been slept upon,
and will hang himself by his claws to
fence cap on the top of a stake and
wait for hens all day right under the
eyes of the women folks, who some
times go out and shake him up to learn
If he isn't most dry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
STATEN ISLAND BEACON.


The electric beacon with which the
United States naval authorities are ex-
perimenting on Staten Island is the
most powerful and yet the most easily
controlled light that has yet been tried
by the department. 1t throws out two
great beams of light, each nine feet in
diameter and estimated to afford an
illumination equal to 10000, OOO-candle
power, and this powerful beam of light,
by reflection from the clouds and wa
ter, can readily be seen at a distance
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
WIllIe's HerOism.

Mamma-How did you get your
clothes so badly torn?
Willie-Tryin' t keep little boy
from being licked.
Mamma-That was a brave deed.
Who was the boy?
Wilhe-Me.-Up-tO-Data ...
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
We VIII All He Inanne

An English statstician has figured
out that in the year 1901 there will be
no further use for insane asylums, for
there will be no sane persons left to lock
up the crazy ones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-17
Air Impregnnted with Salt.

One of the features of the new hos
pital building in Berlin is to be a large
room in which patients with maladies
of the respiratory organs can breathe
air artificially impregnated with salt.