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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
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RUINED BY DRINK,
Young md Talented SchOOI-Teacher
Who Could Not Control Her
Appetite.

Margaret Weir. daughter Of wealthy
parents, a graduate of the Normal col
lege, a school-teacher whose duty it
was to teach self-control, died last week
in Gouverneur hospital as a conse-
quence of her slavery to drink.
DR.. j. II. Mittelman, of No. ZIG Co
lumbia street, who was called to at
tend Miss Weir, said that, in his opinion,
the woman was suffering from the eff
fects of some violent poison, presum-
ably strychnia.
She was in commissions when he
reached her side, and these were more
violent in character than commissions
Characteristic of certain phases of
Bright's disease usually are.
Margaret Weir was young, handsome,
talented, successful in her chosen call
ing, but a slave to drink, which had es-
tranged her from her brother, John
Weir, had disguised friends and ac-
quaintances alike, had separated her
from her betrothed, and had been the
means of crowding her out of the lu-
crative position she held.
Time and again her brother had en-
deavored to reform her, but without
success.
Miss Weir had been out of position
lately, but about a week ago she re-
ceived the assurance, through the eff
forts of friends, that she would get a
position and be assigned to duty to-day.
AS soon as she learned this she hired
an expensive room in fashionable
boarding house.
She told the landlady week ago
the time when she hired the room-that
she would take possession April II,
adding that she was going to spend the
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tatronized by any New York woman?
Not she! She answered in monosyl-
tables.
Did she enjoy New York, Mrs. Bon
selle asked.
Not very much" Mrs. Gwinn said.
She don't ask that New Orleans wom-
an if she likes New York." she added TO
herself.
Mr.. Bonselle, tall, his dark hair lit
tie gray, his evening dress setting off
his fine figure to the best advantage,
came in following his guests, WAC
spread all over the large rooms. Three
or four went straight to the New Or
leans woman, who was also perfect
stranger. Mrs. Bonselle arose, and
looked smilingly at her husband.
Il will leave Mr.. Bonselle with you,
Mrs. Gwinn," she said. Il know you
must have many mutual friends to talk
over"
George Bonselle was in the habit of
taking care of his own, and with an in
dignant feeling that Mrs. Gwinn had
been made his own by no volition of his,
he arose and offered her his arm.
You haven't seen my orchids. Mrs.
Gwinn," he said. suppose we look at
them"
The conservatory was dimly lighted.
George Bonselle did not know why he
had brought Mrs. Gwinn in here. He
certainly had nothing sentimental to
say to her. He wondered if he ever had
said anything sentimental to her. He
looked at her badly dressed heaviness.
and critically and coolIy concluded that
he never in all his life had seen a woman
SO utterly and entirely out of her ele-
ment. He concluded that he must be
very much abused man for life to have
gone so badly with him that he had
been bored into making companion
for many spare hours of this woman.
He laughed little grimly at what he
thought had been stroke of diplomacy
upon Laura's part.
Il suppose" he said to himself. chat
she and Mary and Alice Martin talked
the matter over, and concluded that the
easiest way to open my eyes was to
stand her up in a row with people of
our own sort and let me see her imper-
feCtions."
Mrs. Gwinn admired the flowers in a
perfunctory way. She had never seen
anything like the orchids, but not real
izing how rare they were she was afraid
to say so. They walked once through
and as they came to the end saw an
ODeDiup which led tn the foot Of tho
| stairway. Mrs. Gwinn felt that her
face was warm and shining. Upstairs
there was a maid with powder. With d
hasty word of excuse she dropped Bon
senIle's arm and went through and UP
the stairs.
II will wait here" he said.
He sat down in Spanish rush chair
and lighted a cigarette. Life seemed
very empty. He was trife amused at
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More personality Needed.

The need is for the introduction into
reform work of more of the factor of
personality. A soul is more than a sta
tistic; man can do more than a meth
cd. While it is important to convince
the head, it is of great moment to move
the heart. And hearts are drawn out to-
ward other hearts. Men as rule fall
in love with causes when they are led to
esteem the advocates of those causes,
The reformer is the inspiration of the
reform. What moves the world is not
men alone. nor ideas alone, but men
and ideas in vital and vigorous union.
1t is the Luthers, the Cromwells. the
Savonarolas. the Whitefields, the Fin
neys. that master the multitudes by
their own consecrated heroism and
swing them into line with the causes
they have espoused. In such cases IL is
not so much the man who has made the
cause his own as it is the cause that
possesses itself of the man, and through
him of other men. 1t is personality that
is persuasive, as the magnetism of man.
hood reenforces the pleas Of an abstract
cause.-N. Y. Observer.
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ROUGH EXPERIENCES.
Such as Are often Encountered in
the Mountains of
Tennessee.

All old drummers who make wagon
trips" know that when night catches
you out on one of them you are glad
TO find shelter almost anywhere. re-
member late one night l had driven as
far as | could, and, coming to little
log cabin in the Tennessee mountains,
stopped and inquired if l could spend
the night there and get supper and
breakfast for myself, driver and team.
The old man who answered my sum
mons said: Yes; git out and come in.
If you can stand us, we can stand you
'uns one night"
| found this to be very interesting
family. The old man told me he only
had 10 living children. None of them
had ever seen railroad or train, and
only two had ever been out of the coun-
ty. After a supper of fried meat, corn
bread and buttermilk fell into con-
versation with mine host, and he re-
lated some wonderful hunting stories.
He said he had killed 81 bears-which
he called ba'r"-and showed me some
ugly scars he had received in some of
his bar" fights. He had also killed
q great deal of other wild game. Dur
ing our talk in some way the name Of
Jesus Christ was mentioned. The old
man said: Jesus who? Don't think
He has ever been through here, Nd
a timber man or drummer?" 7 ann
rather timid when it comes to mission
AIRY work, so I dropped back to bar
talk as soon as possible.
L had figured all the evening how
we were all to sleep in that little house.
Finally I saw them put seven of the
children crosswise in one bed, some
more went up a ladder through the
~cuttle hole into the loft" and the rest
crowded into the other three beds, and
still there was one left for me. My
driver went to the stable.
In the morning, as may be imagined
they had to bake several cakes of corn
bread before we all set in" to eat break
fast. The old lady baked three cakes
in the oven at time, and my driver
who was evidently paying pretty close
attention to the preparing of break
fast, AYERS that when she took set of
cakes out of the oven she put them in
the foot of one of the beds to keep them
warm until she had enough baked for
all.-Leslie's Weekly.
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the way they had tangled things, he
! ard Laura. They had started out so
happily. What was it all about? Here
was he making a fool of himself, and
| here was she, showing the world what a
fool she had married. What a comedy
it all was! He looked up Directly in
! his vision, within six feet, stood his
wife and Buxton White, her hand in
his, her eyes downcast.
\ chill went down George Bonselle's
body. His wife!
Il heard the whole story tonight,
Laura" White was saying. Alice Mar
tin told it to me, partly at the dinner
table and partly afterward. | knew
that you were not happy. Your face
told me that; but | came home TO hear
that you and your husband are as
strangers-that he not only neglects
you, but insults you-that tonight,
here in this house. your house, you have
felt obliged to receive a person YOU
should never know, merely to save him
from the tongues of the town. You
cannot care for this man."
Mrs. BOnselle was not looking down
now. Her eyes were up, and her hands
were her own. There was the dignity
of the offended wife in her face.
mir. White, the fact that you were
my oldest friend allowed you some lib
critics, but nothing could ever justify
you i'll speaking to me as you have Just
done. Whatever my relations to my
husband may be is not matter to be
commented on by anyone, in my hear
ing at least. My husband is my hus-
band, and his friends are my friends"
George Bonselle walked composedlv
through the door and drew his wife's
arm through his. She looked up in his
face, startled out of her customary
calm. He saw a look in her eyes, q
look that said things he had thought ST.
fenced forever.
'Mr. White" he said, with his Gus
tomary grave suavity, 81 am sure you
will excuse Mrs. Bonsele. fear her
guests will wonder what has become of
her" And they went back to the
world ogether.-Peterson Magazine.
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PLACING OF FURNITURE.
Much May Re Added to the Attractive e,
ness of Room by
Good Taste.

1t requires display of good taste to
arrange the furniture of a room in the
way which gives the room the most
satisfactory appearance. Everyone real
ICES the soothing, restful effect of some
rooms and commonplace effect of 9TH
ers. There is often no great difference
in the quality or cost of the furnish
ings of two parlors, but one room is a
restful, quiet place, where no jarring
color offends the eye, while the furni-
ture in the other appears to have been
tossed into its place without care or
thought The want utmost parlors is
not the expenditure of more money, but
of the use of more harmonious colors
and the more graceful arrangement of
the furniture. Exceedingly pretty cot
ton upholstery materials may now be
purchased in the paint mistletoe greens.
terra Gotta reds and other artistic col
ors now used by the most intelligent
decorators. \ coat of gray green OF
any pretty tint of enamel will revolu-
tioniZe the appearance of an old chair
and when pretty cushion of cotton
upholstery in harmonious color is added
it becomes thing of beauty if it is a
graceful, sensible shape. After adding
one such chair to room it will usually
be necessary to fit over some other
pieces to prevent their looking shabby,
1t is astonishing so one who has never
experimental in this way what
change little dainty color will make.
The recovering of too gaudy a piece
here, the bringing forth of daintiIy-
shaped chair to this point of the room
and the setting back of another may
make an unattractive room most at
tractive. The arrangement of a fern
or palm in this place, and of table, books
or papers in that place all change the
effect of a room. AS a rule, remember
that no one article of furniture should
be given undue prominence. The colors
of the sitting-room should blend with
each other, but should not be of the
same tone of color. Bedrooms and 9TH
err rooms, like a dining-room or music
room, where there is one, may be prop
erly furnished in one color. Monoto-
nous color becomes very tiresome in
the parlor or in the living-room.-N. Y.
Tribune.
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BUSINESS BARS DRUNKARDs.
Society Is Also Turning Its Back on
Those Who Are Known to
Drink to Excess.

drunkenness to-day is deemed dis
reputable in the very quarters where
only little while ago it was looked
upon simply as d misfortune" writes
Edward w. Box, in the Ladies Home
Journal. Every line of business
shuts its doors absolutely to the drunk
ard. 1t has no use for him. Business
competition has become so keen that
only the men of steadiest habits can
find employment. This fact the habit
ual indulger in alcoholics has found
out, and the different cure establish
ments for drunkenness-and Godsends
they are, too, to humanity-are to-day
filled with men who have come to a
realization of the changed conditions.
The man of steady habits is the man
of the hour, and the drunkard realizes
this. In the social world the same
thing is true. The excessive indulgence
of even few years ago would not be
tolerated at any dinner to-day. Society
has become intolerant of the behavior
which inevitably results from excessive
indulgence in drinking, and men realize
this. 1t is bad manners to-day to drink
to excess. Good taste is spreading, and
moderation is necessarily fOllowing.7
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RIGHT TO THE POINT.

Every man should shun liquor-drink.
ing as he would taking arsenic.-Na-
tional Temperance Advocate.
Since cigarettes affect the brain it is
fortunate that no one with brains ever
smokes them.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The production of dry wines in Cali
fornia last year was 25,O0O,O0O gallons,
ard of sweet wines 100000 gallons.
In these days of struggle for exist
ence the working and business man
cannot afford to spend money in liquor.
National Temperance Advocate.
One direct result of the war will be a
reduction in the size of the beer schoon-
er. The consumer must pay the tax, is
the memorable law in such cases.
Illinois State Register.
The governor of Canterbury Jail,
England, who has had acquaintance in
his official capacity with 10000 prison
ers, says he has never met with a pris-
oner who was a teetotaler. Those who
are engaged in the temperance reform
would do we'll to make a note of this
Philadelphia Methodist.
Circumstances connected with the is
suing of liquor license have brought
out the fact that an "athletic club" in
Philadelphia consumes 25 barrels of
beer a month. The process of disposing
of that quantity of beer, glass by glass,
necessarily involves a good deal of
physical exercise, but it was not exer-
else of that description that brought
Gladstone to his 80 years. - Chicago
Chronicle
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intervening week with friends in Brook

intervening week with friends in Brook
lyn.
The facts in the case would seem TO
indicate that Miss Weir had felt one
of her seizures to be imminent and re-
solved TO make one last grand fight
to overcome her enemy, so that she
might be able to discharge the duties
of her new position when the time
came.
Her Old school friend, Mrs. Mandel,
who knew Miss Weir's weakness, mad
promised to stand by her in this crisis,
and so she went to the latter's house in
Grand street, to be under her surveil-
lance.
Mrs. Mandel guarded her carefully,
and would not even let her leave the
house for an airing. 1t was thought
that by being forcibly kept from drink,
as it were, the danger that impended
might be made to pass over Miss Weir.
All went we'll until Good Friday
night, when Mrs. Mandel began to
notice something peculiar about her
friends manner. She did not ascribe
tllS ~ ullIh. IOI SIG vas COHIuGul
Miss Weir had had no opportunity of
getting liquor. Miss Weir explained
her condition by saying she was in
great pain from an Old sickness, which
bothered her at times.
The next morning Mrs. Mandcl
found her friend breathing heavily. All
efforts 10 rouse her proved Intellectual.
The odor of liquor was strong upon
Miss Weir. While her husband ran for
DR.. Mittelman, Mrs. Mandel made a
thorough search of the room.
After eXhausting all conceivable hid
ing places, Mrs. Mandel happened to
look into the stove, and found there an
empty whisky bottle. the presence of
which explained all. Mrs. Mandci
could not understand how the liquor
could have been smuggled into the
house.
In speaking of the case yesterday,
DR.. Mittelman said: "My opinion was,
and is. that this young woman took
poison. Her commissions were such as
would have followed u dose of strych-
nine.
Il think it was a case of suicide. We
hunted high and low for some vestige
of the receptacle in which the poison
had been kept, but all we could find
were some pieces of burnt paper in
the stove.
The woman had been drinking, but
not sufficient in my Judgment to pro-
duce such violent symptoms. Neither
do l regard the commissions as charac-
teristic of Bright's disease. | believe
the woman committed suicide"
Miss Weir was 26 years old. 1t is
generally understood that. in conse-
quence Of her habits. all the member
of the family were estranged from her
with the exception of the brother John,
whose whereabouts could not be ascer-
tained.-N. Y. journal.
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THE SALOON.
Its fernIcious influence Brought Out
by Testimony Before
Grand Jury.

The Union Signal gives publicity to
some very interesting testimony against
saloons from the grand jury of Cook
county. This body, at the close of a
recent exhaustive inquiry, in The official
report of its work commented upon the
saloon as follows:
I'VE call attention to the growing
pernicious influence of saloons. Re-
peatedly witnesses before us have testi-
fed to the fact that in saloons which
are the resort of thieves, hold-up men
and dissolute women robberies and
burglaries are planned, criminals with
well-known records issuing from these
vile dens to waylay men, women and
children. In many cases saloon keep
ers and saloon employees serve as re-
ceivers of stolen property. In no less
than six cases before this grand jury
it was shown that murders were COM
mitted either in saloons or as the re-
suit of saloon influence. The police,
when striving to detect criminals, at
once visit the saloons, proving that
these officers are aware of the char
acter of the men who habitually fill
them. The fact that, in the opinion Of
competent men whose duties call them
to the consideration of crime in Cook
county, IS per cent. of the criminal Of
lenses committed within the county
are traceable directly or indirectly to
the saloon, and the further fact that
the greater portion of the expense for
the administration of justice and the
regulation and punishment of crime is
caused by the evils of drink, is ample
evidence that there should be immedi-
ate and stringent measures adopted for
the suppression of this frightful evil, the
influence of open saloons, which in far
too many instances are allowed to carry
on their nefarious traffic in defiance of
police regulations, city ordinances and
state laws. The regulation, not to say
the obliteration, of the saloons would
cause an enormous saving in county eX-
pense and the lessening public taxes"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16
lSirned.l W. P. COBB.


There are few sermons neither too long
nor too short.-Ram's Hoyn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-16

Rapid-test soundings were required
in some work on a railway line between
Paris and Iayre, where the cast-iron
viaduct of Bezons was replaced by an
arch bridge alongside. The old founda-
tons for six channel piers were re-
moved to the bottom of the river. 1t
was required that the river bed should
DE carefully leveied. After it had been
dredged the bottom was explored by
means of a horizontal bar of iron about
20 feet long, which was suspended at
each end from a framework uniting
two flat boats in catamaran fashion.
This beam was lowered close to the bot
tom and the boats were gradually
moved along in the direction transverse
to the length of the bar. When the
scraper encountered no irregularitv.
the suspending chains hung vertically.
but as soon as either end was DETECTED
by contact with any obstruction AN
electric circuit was closed which
caused an alarm to be rung. The boat
was stopped, and the obstruction 10.
Gated 10y means of sounding poles. In
this way, small stones, down to a di
ameter of four inches, were easily To-
Gated, and the bed of the river was lev.
eled TO within that amount of irreg-
ularity. This method proved rapid aud
successful.-Savannah News.
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Is Americas Greatest Medicine. All drnpgist
THIS IS A "HOT" ONE.
Lake CRYSTAL. Mimi. July 3lst. IS

Lake Crystal, Mimi, July 3lst, 1897.
April 5th 1892 my little boy, just four
years old, was terribly scalded by falling
| backward into pail full of boiling water.
| He fell into it in such a manner that he re-
| manned doubled up until his mother, who
was in the next room, could come to his res
| cue. In tearing his clothing from him, the
| skin and flesh came off in strips, and the
mothers hands were badly burned. The
| skin came off his body from above the middle
| of the back to below the calves of his legs
The burn was deep and the case desperate.
| For two months he was under the care of our
family physician. We then took him to St.
Paul and acting under his alvice called in one
of the leading surgeons of the city, who took
the case in charge. Other physicians were
| called in consultation; sixty pieces of skin
were grated at one time, yet notwithstand-
ing all the skill of the doctors and the most
unremitting care, two months afterwards all
hope had been given up. For months he
had lain on pillows with his face down and
suffered terribly. He had no appetite and
could retain nothing on his stomach
The sores We're indolent and for two
months had lain perfectly dormant. My
attention was then called to Aliens Uterine
Salve, and in desperation, ready to try any
thing that promised help, we commenced its
use. Results were apparent at once: 1t at
once aroused the sores to action and Stimu-
lated healthy discharge. We kept the
boys strength up with preparation OF
beefs blood and wine, and in about two
months he was well on the road to recovery,
and we were able to remove him back to our
home. Thirteen months from the time he
was injured he was perfectly restored. 1t
has been over four years since the cure was
effected and the boy is perfectly well and
remarkably strong and active. I believe
that Aliens Uterine Salve saved his life, as
when we commenced its use all hopes had
been given up, and blood poisoning was ex-
pected to set in any moment. 1t was four
months after he was burned before we be-
gan to use the Salve Signed, H. f. WOODS,
Travelling Agent for c. Gotzian & Co.,
Wholesale Boots & Shoes, St Paul, MINI.
Sworn to before me this 3lst day of July,
1897.
(Signed) w. P. COBB,
Justice of the Peace.
Sold by all Druggists. Price, 25c and SOC.
per bottle.
Prepared by j. P. ALLEN Medicine Co.,
st. Paul MINI.
Uterine Salve is a sure cure for all kinds
Of ulcers and sores Also best preparation
for Boils, Carbuncles. Piles Salt Rheum,
Burns, Cuts and fresh wounds. Be wise
keep it in the house
There are few sermons neither too long
nor too short.-Ram's HoTn.
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Minnie-Papa informed me that he
was very much opposed to George.
Niolet-And what did you say?
81 notified papa that intervention
would mean war,"-Puck.
The record-union., 1898-12-04
A Disappearing Bullseye.

The Chinese peasant wears a turban,
loose coat and short and very baggy
trousers, all of blue. The Chinese SOL
der wears the same, with an overall
sleeveless smock, or long waistcoat but
toning on the right shoulder, edged
round the neck, arms and skirt and
down the front with brcad "facings'
The breast and back are decorated with
a one-foot bull's-eye with characters on
1t. This is all the character the Chi
nese soldier possesses. The bull's-eye
would be a very convenient mark for
an enemy if the Chinese soldier would
give the latter chance of shooting him,
but the bulrs-eye is only Torn to raise
false hopes, for no sooner does he arrive
dangerously near the enemy than he
doffs the garb of war to disappear rs
an innocent civilian. He is usually
armed with a muzZle-loader or STAN
dard, both equally harmless weapons.
In the case of General LUIS escort the
uniform smocks had evidently not been
used as nightshirts for more than q
few weeks. The men were armed with
Winchesters and a few Martins, rusty,
dirty and out Of order, and wore about
their middles a belt of some sixty
rounds of solid-drawn brass cartridges.
London News.
The record-union., 1898-12-04
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