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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
CONVERSATION SIMPLIFIED.
Subject When a Man Talks
Like This.

TITS a fraud" exclaimed one of the men
who had stopped to read their papers in
the warm though unpretentious little place
which serves both as railway waiting room
md post office The whole business is a
downright swindle."
"Of course it u.s." answered his neighbor,
who was busily engaged in pronouncing un-
der his breath all the words in an article
on successful fertilizing.
Its an outrage on a confding public, and
a backset to civilization"
That's what it is" was the somewhat
grudging response.
The indignant old gentleman became so
excited that he had to go out and walk up
and down the platform. As his friend
glanced up from his paper to watch him
depart he caught the eye of travelling man
who, pending train time, had nothing to do
but observe people.
Excuse me for asking questions about
things that are none of my affair."" said the
travelling man, but are you mind read
Not that | know of"
you knew what your friend was talking
about without his telling you"
well, not precisely"
"But you answered him as if you knew"
Eyes. want takin any risk in that. l
knowed he was maxim illusions to either
lection or a prize fight. An whichever it
was, them was my sentiments. Washing,
ton Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

piece embarked in the bow of the lead
cr's c; noe.
The name of the leader was Lacobie,
and many a good canoe had he built
and sold to his white brothers, and
since the time of this story he has
clipped a paddle on the Thames and
sung Maliseet songs to the ladies of the
queens court and has taken away many
shillings from lords and dukes.
But at this time Lacobie was quiet,
undiscovered" Indian, content with
$40 for the building of a canoe.
The four bark hunters found the
rapids full and the waters swift. They
advanced slowly, and it was not until
the second day that they reached one
of those cIumps of virgin birches of
which Antoine had spoken. They land
ed on a gradual bank clothed with
wild vines, and set to work briskly with
their knives stripping the bark from
the trees in great sheets.
The comradeship of these men raised
Antoine's spirits. Life seemed good
again, with its songs, its work, its
great campfires, and always the dash
ing river. His nights were full of
sleep and peaceful dreams. Fear had
slid away like a shadow.
1t was not long before bark was
gathered in such quantity that the two
canoes would hold no more. The cargo
was made up in great rolls and bound
81, Of
then nicely slowed amidships of the
Trail craft. The voyagers took their
places one morning before sunrise, and
the current bore them swiftly away.
No need of using the spruce poles
now, the paddles had scarcely to be
lifted. Forests of spruce and groves
of waking naples slid by like green
shadows in a dream. Water fowl rose,
with wilding cries, as the canoes sped
down upon them. Red deer and carl
bou were startled at their drinking
pools. The cynical, FURNISHED king
fisher followed them with eltish laugh
ter. Rare trout leapt and the sun
touched their coloreG sides till they
cleaned like Jewels. The first of the
early flies tempted the silver salmon a.
the rapids foot, and all day they drifted
and sang, the soul Of the spring of the
north was in their hearts and her face
was before their eyes.
"Ah! this is good" cried Antoine
from Lacobie's canoe, and straightway
he made what he could read of it into
song.
When evening came upon them they
had covered may miles.
Let us build our fires on this soft spit
of sand, where the vines of the wild
grape hang over the bank" said La
cobie.
SO, with a fine skill like that of i
ropier player, he swerved his canoe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

One feature of the houses in Manila
which is rather hard to get accustomed
to is the presence of the great numbe
of lizards which crawl around the cell
ings of the rooms at night. They are
harmless, but the thought that they
may occasionally lose their grip and
drop down in ones face is not calcu-
lated to make them welcome members
of the household. There are many
scorpions about, burt they keep exclu
sively in the dark corners of the house
and yard and otherwise behave them
selves well. 1t is said that nearly all
the older houses are populated with
house snakes, which wage a relentless
war upon the rats; but so far I have
not found any beneath my pillow or
seen any wandering about.-Chicago
Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

lamp is extremely ingenious, says the
Golden Penny. The water to be heat
ed, curious to say, is not at the top of
the lamp-post, but at the bottom, and
the heat of the gas flame does not di-
rectly touch it at all. There is tank
inside the lamp pedestal holding 40 or
so gallons of water. A very small
quantity of water is carried over the
lamp flame and is there converted into
superheated steam, and this steam is
taken through carefully insulated pipes
and heats the water down below, gal
Ion at time.
Cold water is brought in by a small
pipe from the street main, passes
through the 40 gallons or so of hot wa
ter and then, slightly warmed, runs up
to the top of the lamp and coils in a
spiral many times round and round
just over the flame until it reaches a
small experimenting boiler at the top.
When the steam in the little super
heating boiler has risen to a pressure
of about 20 pounds to the inch it blows
down a pipe toward the water to be
heated, and the decrease of pressure al
lows a little more water to come into
the spiral vaporizer from the main au-
tomatically.
The very small supply of cold water
coming in under carefully regulated
pressure gets slightly warmed, passes
up to be vaporized and blows down a
pipe closely packed round with white
magnesium and asbestos.
The pipe containing the steam passes
through the little gallon tank and then,
only partially condensed and with much
of its heat still left, it runs through the
Large tank and raises the temperature
Of that a great way toward boiling
point.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
PREHISTORIC PEARLS.
iExcavated from the Ancient Earth
works of the Mississippi
Valley.

| Immense quantities of prehistoric
pearls have been discovered during the
Hast few years in the ancient mounds
lerected by a forgotten race in the Mis-
Eissippi valley, especially at certain
Iboints in Ohio, and the evidence thus
obtained proves that some of the chiefs
Whose people formerly inhabited that
region did actually possess treasures in
this form which far exceeded in value
those owned by the richest crowned
heads to-day. In fact, there are no col
lections of pearls in existence at the
present time that would compare at
all with those gathered by the aborig-
inal yeonnoisseurs referred to. In some
of the mound pearls have been found,
not by the hundreds or thousands, but
by bushels-large numbers of them
approaching or even exceeding in size
a hazel nut.
How such enormous stores of them
were gathered is a problem not easily
solved. The pearls were certainly OBJ
tanned from a species of mussel called
the "unio," which is still found in great
abundance in many of the streams Of
this country; but in those days the
shellfsh in question must have been far
more plentiful than now. No more
~heautiful pearls exist in nature than
those yielded by the unio, and the col
lections described must have been mag
niticent indeed in the period of their
glory. Unfortunately all of them have,
been ruined by decay due to long
burial, though an occasional specimen
reveals something of its pristine beau
ty when its outer layers are peeled of
In the famous Effigy mound, near
Chillicothe. O., was found more than
a gallon of pearls with two Skeletons
All had been drilled with holes. made
with heated copper wire. This drill
ing was undoubtedly for the purpose of
attaching them to clothing or belts. as
illustrated by the fact that 400 or 500
had been sewed originally upon shirt
worn by one of the Skeletons In 9th
err places in the same region more than
40 bears teeth with pearls set in them
were discovered. From a mound in the
Little Mama valley Prof +. w. Put
nam obtained over 10000 pearls. near
ly two bushels, drilled and undrilled.
Two other deposits yielded upwards OF
100000 pearls.
Plenty of evidence as to the posses
sion of great stores of pearls by the
early aborigines of this country is af-
forded by the writings of the first ex-
plorers of the new world. The atten-
ton of Columbus and other Spanish dis.
coverers was attracted to the matter.
and story having bearing on the
same subject is told of the followers
of De Soto, who came upon an Indian
town near what is now Tampa bay. Al
one end of the town was a temple. on
the top of which was perched wooden
fowl with gilded eyes. In these eyes
were pearls of huge size. When the In
dian queen. whose name was Ucita. vel
coined the strangers she drew from
over head long string of pearls ami
threw it around the neck of the leader
of the expedition. The Spaniards re-
turned this courtesy by robbing the
tomEs of the neigh borhood obtaining
from them about $50 pounds of pearls.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

Here is an amusing story of party
of wohlen who recently visited Pixies
peak: A youth, still IN knee breeches,
although he wore collar of extraordi-
nary height and stiffness, was their
guide, but his knowledge of the points
of interest appeared to be slight.
Every few minutes he stood up and
shouted the names of certain powders
and streams. When we were nearly at
the top he called out:
son the right is the Lions Mouth"
why is it called the Lions Mouth ?"
asked a skeptical lady, who had pes
tered him with why's" all the way.
cav, ] dunno" said the lad, tired of
being asked for information. 81 was
told TO holler these names. I dunno
why nothin'. It's my job to holler, and
so l holler."-Club Woman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
A CHEEKY BLUFF.
Gains for Him His Diff
cult End.

A local banker of small Iowa town was
called suddenly to larger town at consid-
cradle of a distance to intercept his clipping
daughter who had been visiting there In
order to get there that day he would have
TO change cars at Des Moines and the train
that connected with the Des Moines train
left earlier in the day. Consulting his time
table, he learned that the train he would be
obliged to board reached Des MONIES Just
10 minutes after the train for b, his
destination, pulled out. Remembering an
old adage of his cashier: Gle who works the
greatest bluff wins, he sent the following
message TO the Des MONIES train officials:
Hold the 2:30 train until l arrive.
&c. G. BLANK"
Not knowing but that G. G. Blank was
in some way highly connected with the
road and fearing to incur his displeasure,
the bluff" worked. When he stepped off
the train at Des Moines a man hurried to-
ward him, and, lifting his hat respectfully,
inquired: Are you Mr.. Blank!'
yes"
1--WE received your message. The train
is waiting"
And that is how G. G. Blank, who is not
known outside his little county, passed for
an official of a great and mighty corpora
ton and was able to reach his destination
lust in time to give the paternal blessing to
his daughter and her newly made husband.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Bankleigh-"Why do you always take
to drink in time of trouble?" Tank
leigh-"Oh, just to tide it over" Town
Topics.
"A girls aspirations go beyond mere
matrimony, these days" Yes, they
seem Oft~n to include divorce as WE'LL.
Detroit Journal.
81 fell over the rail- said the sailor,
"and the shark came along and grabbed
me by the leg" "And what did you
do?" 81 let him have the leg. Inever
disputes with a shark. "-Tit-Bits
Il saw you talking to Snaggs awhile
ago" Yes, we were discussing the
financial question" what position did
Snaggs take?" That of borrower"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph,
"How does it happen, Jane" snapped
the angry mistress, that l saw you
feeding that policeman pumpkin pie in
the kitchen last EVENING" 81 furgot
ter plug the keyhole, mum. Detroit
Free Press.
Cobwigger-'Is it really so hard to
get into society,"" Merritt-''That de
ponds. Those bogus noblemen who
come over here don't seem to have much
trouble getting into it for thousands"
Town Topics.
A Matter of Horsefesh.-First Ash
man-"I've got five dollars, and now
I'm going to buy me horse" Second
Ashman-'Tell you what, Bill; better
wait till you get five more an buy a
good one. Truth.
"If Methusaleh had any property
said the Cornfed Philosopher, what a
lot of fun he must have had after he got
to be about 500 or 600 years old, and his
younger relations began to be kind to
him. indianapolis journal.
THE trouble with YOU" said the
drum to the cornet sis that you never
do anything except when you're on a
toot." well, at least, replied the cor
net, they do not have to beat me to
make me do my duty. "-Philadelphia
North American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
The Modern Idea.

A teacher in a local primary school in
an endeavor to inculcate a moral lesson in
the receptive minds of her little charges
asked them what they would do if they had
a great deal of money With remarkable
unanimity the pupils replied that they
would donate it to pleasing others. They
didn't say so in chorus but the answers ran
down the line in about this fashion:
I'D buy present for papa"
I'D get something nice for mamma"
'Td spend it for my baby brother"
I'D buy nice cloak for grandma"
And so it ran on until it reached little
Jimmie Peters, the last boy in the line.
well, Jimmie" queried the teacher,
what would you do if you had lots Of
money"
Burn it." said Jimmie, Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

stump of his right arm, pressing it
down low to meet the oar to give him
a better purchase. Planting himself in
the bow of the boat, with continuous
wriggling motion of the whole right
side of the body Fuchs propels the boat
along.
Fuchs is an expert fisherman. He has
an eight-foot rod. When he has
reached the right spot in the river he
anchors his boat and adjusts the rod
under his armpit in such way as to
allow four or five feet of it to project
behind him. The bait he fixes on the
hook with his mouth. After expert
encing a number of mishaps from the
hook getting caught in his clothing
Fuchs devised an invention to avert any
further annoyance Of this sort
The arrangement by which Fuchs
manages to discharge his shotgun is
ingenious. With his hook he takes the
weapon and puts it in place against his
right shoulder, Right opposite his
mouth at the butt end of the gun. which
re leans against his cheek to take aim,
are two strings. Each communicates
with trigger. In firing the weapon he
SEXES one of the strings with his teeth
and gives it backward jerk of his
head and the weapon is discharged In
uine cases out of ten the object at which
he aims, be ii a bird or a rabbit, is shot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
where the Balls Come From.

The largest center in the world for
the manufacture of steel balls for ball
bearings is situated at Schweinfort, in
Bavaria. A couple of factories there,
owned by one firm, produce close upon
300 100000 balls annually with the labor
of 600 men working ten hours daily
The total production of Germany is
stated TO be about 650,00O,OOO while
England and France combined turn
out only about 70,OoO,OO0 ADDITIONAL
Chicago Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
THE WIND.

Out from the caves l spring at morn
Freed from my thrall at last;
NitE an angry roar and a cry of scorn,
A cEdHSngS l blow on my brazen horn.
With fierce and defiant blast.
The ships at sea sre 10Y easy prey,
And l drive them before my breath
Through the midnight gloom till the break
of day,
Out from the hold of the sheltering Day,
To whirl in a waltz with death!
THE sturdy oak of hundred years
Like reed twirl and break,
Then rush away with a thousand cheers,
Nor heed the cry that is wrought in tears
For the havoc my legions make
No human hand can compel to rest
My steed untrammeled and wild,
But voice comes to me out of the west,
And l ruffle the down On the sparrow S
breast
And kiss the lips of a child!
Edward w. Dutchs", in Minneapolis
Housekeeper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
AN ARMLESS HUNTER.
His Shotgun and Rows n Boat
Are Marvellous.

Johann Fuchs, who lives at Midtown,
near New Brunswick, n. j., having lest
both his arms nearly 30 years ago, has
trained his stumps to work marvellous
ly for him. Having a fondness for out
door life, Fuchs found that he could
devote some Of his time to fishing and
hunting with advantage. But he had
to exercise his ingenuity. In rowing a
boat he encircles the oar with the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
TEA FROM LAMP-POST.
Hot Water, Coffee and Various Other
DrinkabIes Provided by a Lon
dOa Slot Machine.

There seems to be no limit to the
capa bilities OF the automatic penny-in-
the-slot machine. The utility of this
system of supplying small articles di-
rect to the public has grown wonder
fully of late years, and there has re-
Gently been erected in Leicester square,
London, an automatic lamp-post. which
provides hot water, hot coffee and hot
cocoa, delivered in liquid form, and also
beef tea in globules, chocolate, cigar
cites, etc.
The way in which the water is heated
by the gas burners at the top of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

20 grandma in the rocker Grain o is good fof
the whole family. 1t is the long-desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or injuries the digestion. Made from pur
grains it is food in itself. Has the fast
and appearance of the best coffee at 1 the
price. 1t is a genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. 1t makes ior health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

The French president travels free on
the railways during his official tour in
France, but when the return journey is
concluded, his secretary calculates what
it would have cost if paid for at reg.
ular rates, and this sum is handed over
to be distributed among the poorest
paid of the railway men.-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
Too Big Il Risk.

eyes, I've made up my mind to have my
life insured"
ANY particular reason for it?"
Going to be married next week"
Lets see, you're one of these popular
fellows, aren't you?"
why, | fancy I'm pretty well known"
well, we can't insure you until after the
wedding is over"
why not?"
Because there's no telling what your fool
friends will do to you before you get out of
town. "-CleYeland Plain Dealer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
Railroad Trains to Run Slower.

Railroad officials claim that It is very ex,
pensive to run their lightning express trains,
and are talking about reducing the speed. II
is likewise expensive to the h@alth to rush
and struggle and compete in business affairs
tie muscles, the whole system gives out. For
restoring strength after business worries,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the proper
remedy. 1t is an ideal tonic for the tired, the
run down and the weak.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

Harry-Say, old man, I'm in hor,
rible fix.
Fred-What's up?
1--WE gone and got engaged to two
girls. How the dickens am | going to
get out of ito"
"Oh, that's easy enough. Just con-
trive to get them together so that they
can compare notes."-ChicagO Evening
News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
A True CynIc,

Voltaire did not believe in the post as
a medium of communication for low
ers. He claimed that the only ad-
vantage of the post was that woman
could let her lover know what she was
not doing.-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

Elderly Passenger-Here, miss, take this
seat.
Stout Young Woman-Oh, I could not
think of depriving an old mean l could
not think of depriving you
''You 90 ahead and take it, an don't ar
que. know you fat girls always has lame
feet. "-Indianapolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

cam | disturbing a train of thought"
sumption of comradeship and good humor.
Disturbing it?" responded the professor,
looking up from his table of logarithms, you
are holding it up, sir!"
And the abashed canvasser withdrew
Chicago Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

Are you bruised? Use St. Jacobs Oil and
You won't be long. Shortest way
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-16

ocratic. The present administration is called republican but 1t has inglorious- ly practiced and defended the perfid- country has in the past twenty-four years suffered enough of the blighting effect of the gold standard so far as fraudulent legislation and executive usurpation have been able to establish it. It is now boldly proposed to legal ize what has been done in deflnance of law and to use the power secured by false pretences from @ long suffering and too trustful people to put upon this infamous design the stamp of alleged popular authorization.
 The address declares that the admin istrations financial plan would turn over the duty of supplying the peoples money, the very life-blood of business, to selfish, heartless and irresponsible foreign gold syndicate and its Ameri- can agents and allies who have with the connivance, if not the assistance of our government, captured and to-day control every instrument of commerce in the nation. It says that all history teaches that those who have controlled the instruments of commerce in any country dominated the government. The address asserts that the gold sym dicate and it's allied monopolies have used their tremendous power to dis criminate against sections and indi- viduals to destroy competition, to breed business stagnation and to create hard times" in the midst of plenty. Thus the organization and mainte- nance of great industrial trusts have been promoted which operate to aggra- vate the evil conditions which gave i them birth. Thus they are making mil- lions of paupers to create a few mil lionaires. The inevitable result must | be to convert our government into an | oilgarchy of sordid wealth.
 | In conclusion the address appeals to "all citizens and to all organizations and parties that oppose this conspira cy-that oppose a government of trusts by the trusts and for the trusts, that oppose and will not submit to the des- potism of sordid wealth"-to unite and | to organize vigorous agitation in every state and congressional district, l county and precinct.
 | The address of the silver republicans says: The cunning plans of the bene- ficiaries of the gold standard and the advocates of monopoly are fast nearing completion. They need but to win one I more victory to become supreme, and to be able to defy the sovereignty of the people for generations. The policy | of the republican administration is a plain confession that the secret au- thors of the St. Louis platform of 1896 are in absolute control of that party. Power thus secured by false pretenses is to be ruthlessly used to carry out I the ulterior designs of the conspirators. l Before this awful and imimnent peril
 to the institutions to our country every personal ambition must melt away and every partisan contention must be still
 ed. While this issue remains unset tied, democrats, populists and silver re- publicans must stand shoulder to
 shoulder in @ common cause.
 Congressman Newlands of Nevada, representing the silver party, concurs
 in recommendation of the unification
 of the parties.