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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
is VERY INJURIOUS.
A Respiratory Symptom Noticed in
One Poisoned by Tobacco.


DR.. Morrow reports several cases OF
tobacco poisoning in which a certain
popularity of respiration was .Ioticed.
In each case reported the patient was
an excessive user of the tweed" and all
presented about the same symptoms.
The patients would take deep inspira-
ton, and then there would be no fur
Their breathing for considerable inter-
val, when there would again be deep
breath, attended with sigh. Chapman
reports cases of similar nature, where
the breathing is described as irregu-
lar, consisting of several short, shall
low respirations, followed by deep
and gasping one.
Experiments made upon rabbits
which had been poisoned with tobacco
gave results as follows: l. Slowing of
respiration. 2. Quickening to beyond
the original rate. 3. Slowing again and
Swallowing. 4. y change in type, in
which expiration became absolutely
passive, and the breathing consisted of
an infrequent deep respiration, gasp
ing in character. Next the pneumo-
gastric nerves were cut and the expert
.ment repeated as before with practi-
cally the same results.
The poisoning seems to act principal
ly on the respiratory center, paralyz-
ing the exploratory division of it and
rendering the whole center insensitive
to atferent nervous impulses.
He concludes by stating that a fairly
common symptom of tobacco poisoning
is deep, gasping inspiration, occur
ring at intervals and sometimes quite
audible. This may be practically the
only symptom complained of. 1t is
probably due to the paralyzing action
of the drug on the respiratory center,
affecting especially the exploratory di-
vision, but also diminishing the irrita-
bility of the whole center to afferent
impulses. This symptom may persist
from few days to some months after
the poison is discontinued. - British
Medical Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20

in debt. When, on pay night, West
stopped in to settle his score, he gen
orally made night of it and went
home with perhaps little silver.
1 wish to emphasize the fact that the
ellis had very little beside their health,
which was fairly good. No matter
what Gill did to maintain himself and
wife-that has nothing to do with this
annal. Some one told her the story of
the Vests. She asked few questions,
got the Vests address and went home
resolved. At supper she informed Gill
that she wanted him to enter into some
charitable work.
81 would like to know what WITH
said Gill
with me-"
But you know, my dear, in these
hard times"
"It won't cost cent, only, perhaps,
few car fares"
Well, Mrs. Gill called on the West
family and got the story of Vests fall.
She cheercd Mrs. West up, said she
would see to it that West paid the
grocery bill and then read Mrs. West
a severe lecture on the condition of the
house.
Il can't dcsit all, you must help" con-
cluded Mrs. Gill. I'll be over to-mor-
row. Have the house cleaned up, won't
you?"
Mrs. West promised. Then 1Irs. Gill
went to the grocer and gave him lee
ture on business.
why don't you make West pay that
bill? Don't you know that he pays his
saloon bills? Don't you know that
there is mortgage on his house and
that it may be foreclosed and you lose
your bill?"
nervous little man.
I'm going to try and straighten that
family out" said Mrs. Gill, land want
you to help me by making West pay
that bill. Threaten to garnishee his
wages. Walk into him-make him."
The grocer promised.
The next night after Mrs. Gill's call
he came home and found the house look
ing bright and CHEEKY. 1t staggered
him. but it also reached his heart. The
supper was quite the best his wife had
ever set before him-so he said The
children, clean and healthy. made him
feel proud Of them. The wife smiled
often and brought him an evening paper
to read while she was doing the supper
work. Then she came in and sat down
beside him. and when he lay down his
paper began to talk to him, not about
his fruits. but the happy days before
they left England, when they were low
ers. The hours slipped by and he did
not speak OF going out. AT last, hours
after the chilGren had come and kissed
him good-night-wihich was unusual
and had been put to bed, he said he be-
lieved it was bedtime. He looked up
and saw tears in the wife's eyes back of
their smile.
What is it. lass?" he said and she
thanked him for staying home with
her.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
ABOUT VACCINATION.
Some Causes of the Failure of Opera
tiOnS.

Many people follow the safe custom
of being vaccinated every five or ten
years. since it is well known that the
protection against smallpox afforded by
this procedure may become exhausted
after a time. Usually such vaccination
does not take because the immunity
conferred by the previous one is still
present, but it is not safe to trust to
this too implicitly, since person may
be susceptible to the disease and yet
for some reason the vaccination may
not take.
One should be suspicious if the arm
is exceedingly sore, for this does not
always mean that the operation has
been a success, but often just the con-
trary. The inflammation may be due
IA the admiXture of some impurity with
'he vaccine matter, or as is more likely,
to contamination by an imperfectly-
c'eansed lancet, the fingers of the ply
stefan or of the patient, or the clothing.
In such case the strange microbes
kill the vaccine.
Again. the vaccination does not sue
coed and the person is thought to be al
ready protected, but a few days later
4 fever declares itself, such as typhoid
fever, measles or scarlatina. This fever
is often incorrectly attributed by the
patient or his friends to infection by
impure vaccine matter, while the truth
is that the disease had already been
caught but not yet developed when the
vaccination was made, and this, like the
severe inflammation, also kills the
virus.
Another frequent cause of failure is
that the vaccine lymph is not inserted
deeply enough. 1t should be inserted
beneath the epidermis into the true
skin, as shown by the eXudation of
very minute drops of blood. If the
scraping is made too deep, however,
the blood will flow in greater quantity
and may wash away the vaccine virus,
and so lead to failure.
Finally, want of success may be due
to the fact that the arm has been COW
cred too soon, and consequently the.
lymph has been rubbed off before sufli-
cient time has elapsed to permit Of its
absorption.
Because of the many, often unavoid-i
able, accidents such as these, which in
terfere with the success of vaccination,
the operation ought always to be repeat
ed in two or three weeks, if the first
attempt does not take.-Youth's Com
Danion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
TEAS AND TEAS.
Thing Once Used, of Now Used, a
Substitutes for the Chinese Herb.

OF course, everyone knows that we
drink good deal that isn't tea when we
drink a cup of tea. We drink-or are
supposed to drink-some tea, some
lead, and some straw. But there are
several teas" that the drinkers know
are not made of tea leaves, and yet are
not adu!terated
In Peru they drink mate, tea made
from the Hex Paraguensis, q species of
holly. This is the only mate tea; but
there is a Brazilian tea, Gorgenha, called
mate there; another tea used in Austria.
called Brazilian tea, and several other
so-called mate teas are made from diff
ferent varieties of the lex. In Labra-
dor they make a tea from two species
Of Ledum; Oswego tea was made from
the scarlet Mouarda, and mountain te
from the dwarf evergreen. gau,theria
procumbens. Then clover tea. and
tansy tea, and catnip and mint tea are
used, though not as beverages.
In Sumatra they use coffee leaves to
make tea out of, and the beverage is
said to be very refreshing. In Maurit-
ius the leaves of an orchid, Angraceum
fragrans, are used. The Tonquinese
have teas of their own, made of leaves,
berries. barks, and woods. The Abys-
sininas make tea out of the leaves of the
Catha edulis; when n sentinel can't
leave his post to get cup of tea he can
chew leaf or two of this plant, and he
won't feel like going to sleep all night.
In Tasmania there are said to be more
than 200 substitutes for tea; in England
they used to make tea of sage. betony
or rosemary and of raspberry leaves;
in France they use black currant leaves
and borage to make tea; and century
or so ago they gathered in English
gardens and fields ash, elder. and sloe
leaves, and the leaves of whitethorn and
blackthorn. out Of which to make tea,
So it is evident that there are teas and
teas.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
TEMPERANCE.
A SHORT AND SIMPLE ANIMAL
How Mrs. Gill Helped the Vests on
Their Feet Again.

How Mrs. Gill Helped the Vests ON
Their Feet Again.
To my mind this story has a correct
and fitting title because all interested
were poor. The ellis were living-that
was all. Had they possessed the income
of the Vests they would have felt in
dependent, but the Vests were by far
the worse off of the two families. Be
sides the Vests were six-four of them
children. The ellis constituted Mr.. and
Mrs. Gill-that was all.
To go back in the history of the
Vests for a moment. West was first
class mechanic, a machinist. He was
faithful workman and for that reason
always had employment even in the
hardest times. Up to two years before
this story begins things had gone well
with the Vests. They had bought
lot and built home, little, one-story
brick cottage. The payments had been
met promptly and it had been paid for.
Then West contracted the grip and be-
fore he was well enough to work again
there was 5000 mortgage on the house.
Worse than that, the doctor who had
attended West during his illness had
been free in prescribing whisky and
when West got about he found a little
nip rather agreeable after work was
over.
Mrs. West was pretty girl when
West married her and good house
keeper. She was neat and pretty still
when West was taken down with the
grip, but the worry of the illness and
the sleepless nights and another baby
soon after his recovery, ran her health
down to quite an extent. Her interest
in her house and the color from her
cheeks disappeared. Besides, year
had passed and not one dollar of the
mortgage had been paid. West prom
ised to reform and did his best, but
the best he could do was fail.
The man who kept the corner saloon
learned that West would pay his debts
and was susceptible to flattery. there
fore he used to tell him what clever
fellow he was and permitted him to run
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
sixty Straight Miles of Line Fence.

Maj. Clapp, Indian agent at Pine
Ridge agency, has finally arranged for
a complete settlement of the late
trouble between the cattlemen adjoin-
ing the reservation and the Indians of
the agency over the question of stray
cattle on the reserve. For several years
II has been the practice of several of
the larger cattle companies to drive
their herds over the line on to the res.
ervation to avoid taxation. Other cattle
have drifted or strayed from their own
ranges. Agent Clapp thinks that fu-
ture trouble will be avAided. The stock
men have been notified to drive their
stock from the reservation and have
been warned to keep them off The de-
partment has decided to build a Eve
wire fence the length of the reserva-
ton, 60 miles. 1t is to be built in the
spring.-Nebraska State Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20

The Arkansas river, which used to be
the largest stream in Kansas, is now no
river at all in the eastern part of the
state, except during a flood. Cotton
woods are growing in the bed, and farm
ers fear the course will be so choked in
a few years that flood would menace
life and property all along the valley.
The big irrigating companies further
west take the waters of the one-time big
City Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
Men and Horses Killed in Battle.

In regular battles the proportion of
loss among men and horses is quite
Close. and in hand-to-hand combats of
cavalry, as we'll as in sharp artillery en-
gagements, for every man killed or
wounded there is also a dumb warrior
entitled to place beside him on the roll
of honor. The Light brigade, at Bala-
klava rode in $50 mot 600) strong and
lost 2SS men, but of the GOO horses. 800
were shot down by the Russian guns.
In the fierce charges of the German Uhl-
ans and Cuirassiers at Nionville, Mars
la-Tour. in 1870, 1,400 men and 1000
horses were killed and wounded, In the
fierce artillery contest on the same field
100 men and over 1000 horses fell
around the guns. AT Gravelotte, soon
after Mars-la-Tour, the artillery fight
ing was also terrible, and 1900 horses
were shot down around the batteries,
though the loss of the artillerists was
less than 1,00O.-Our Animal Friends.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20
RnLSin Cnke.

Cream one cup of butter and two cups
of sugar. Add one cup of milk, three
eggs, two cups of raisins (stoned), one
grated nuhneg, a tablespoonful each
of grated cloves and cinnamon, about
four cups flour, two heapine teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. Make about as
stiff as pound cake.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20

In Australia spring begins Angus,
90; summer Sovember 20; autumn,
+ bruary 20, aId winter, May 20.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-01-20

in debt. When, on pay night, West
stopped in to settle his score, he gen
orally made a night of it and went
home with perhaps little silver.
Evening journal., 1898-07-09
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Spanish now have a fair idea OF
what our marines can do when they
bunch their hits.-Washington Post.
As long as we have John Bull as our
rooter we don't care much for the Eu-
ropean fans.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
The Omaha exposition evidently
doesn't intend to take any chances OF
failure. 1t has two Mdways.-Chicago
Times Herald.
Spain may fool her own people all OF
the time, but she can't fool the rest OF
us any OF the time.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
II is a step toward an English alli-
ance that the geographical board has
dropped the III in Behring'S Strait
Philadelphia Times.
Dewey has now been made an Ii. D.
by Western university, because, it is
suggested, he Lambasted the Lurking
Dons.-Richmond Dispatch.
Madrid remarks 1t has a third fleet
pledged for the country's defence, and
there is still another in soak at Ma
nila.-Philadelphia Times.
The United States Government, with
mulish Obstinacy, refuses to believe
that the Berlin cables, written in Chi
ca9o, are to be depended upon.-Chi-
cago Inter-Ocean
Evening journal., 1898-07-09
TgIas WEATHER

New York Herald's Forecast. In the
Middle States and New England to-
day, fair to partly cloudy. sultry
weather will prevail, with light and
fresh southwesterly to northwesterly
winds, and nearly stationary, followed
by slightly lower temperature and by
local rain and thunder storms near the
coasts north of Cape May.
On Sunday, in both Of these sections,
fair weather will prevail, with slight
temperature changes and light to fresh
westerly winds. followed by warmer
conditions.
On Monday probably fair and
warmer weather, possibly followed by
local rains.
European steamers now leaving New
York, Philadelphia and Boston will
have mostly light, southwesterly
breezes and considerable fog to the
Banks.
Forecast for Saturday - Eastern
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, showers
and thunder storms; cooler; southerly
winds, becoming westerly.
Delaware and Maryland, partly
cloudy weather probably showers and
thunder storms; light, variable winds.
The two Republican State Commit
tees met at the Clayton House, Will
mington, on Wednesday, for the pur-
pose OF issuing a joint call for a state
convention for the nomination OF a
state ticket. There was a feeling OF un.
interrupted harmony between the two
committees, and but for difference OF
opinion as to the apportionment OF
delegates to the convention there seem.
ed to be no divergence OF purpose
Milford Chronicle.
The news Of the death Of Byron Rey-
nOlds came as a sad and sudden blow tC
this entire community. Although Mr.
Reynolds has for a number Of year.
adopted Baltimore as his home, yet the
people Of this county felt he was still 3
Delawarean, and watched with prid,
his steady advancement in his profes.
sion.-Dover Index.
Evening journal., 1898-07-09
AIURDEROUS ASSAULT AT ELK
TON.

Elkton, July civilian Fields, COZ
ored, aged 20 years, is in a critical
condition at the Elkton Jail, having
been murderously set upon with knives
and razors by two other colored men,
on the farm of William T. HarriOtt,
near Chesapeake City. Fields was in
a weakened condition when brought to
Elkton, having been terribly slashed
by his assailants. He bore large
wounds under his right arm and one
across his chest and body, one OF the
wounds measuring nine inches, and
laying the flesh open into the bone. DR..
John II. lamar, Jail physician, who at
tended the wounded man, pronounced
his case a critical one, and States AT
torney w. S. Evans took the mans
statement. The man is also stabbed
through the left breast, the lungs being
penetrated. Fields, who states that his
home is in Baltimore, had been at
work in the county about a week, and
he is unable to give the &ames OF his
assailants, who, he says, came from
Virginia. Sheriff ConOly is in search
of the accused.
Evening journal., 1898-07-09

Harmony can never come to the Re
publican party Of Delaware while 1T
tolerates the presence OF such a dis
cordant element as Addicks within the
organization. Tt is with him alone that
they must deal, and the proceedings OF
Wednesdays conference demonstrated
conclusively that he considers himself
not a representative of the party, but
the owner OF It. Fortunately for him
he knows the plant character OF the
men with whom he has to deal in his
own organization, and would now In
duce the Regular Republican organiza-
tlzon to come within the sphere OF MS
dictatlon.
Evening journal., 1898-07-09
gIlARlMONY'S SETBACK

Acting under instructions, possibly
smanating from j. Edward Addicks
himself, the Union Republican First
District Committee has reconsidered
it's resolution to merge with the Regu-
lar Republican First District Commit
tee. This is in the nature OF a re-
prisal for the refusal of the Regular Re
publican State Committee to accept the
terms OF peace held out by the Union
Republican State Committee last Wed
nesday at the clayton House confer
ence.
The action OF the Union Republican
First District Committee was not
wholly unexpected. It would be an
unnatural condition for the two part
les to be working under separate state
organizations and under single district
organizations in this city and the rural
districts. The work Of harmonizing the
two parties must begin at the foun-
tainheads and proceed thence TO the
several subordinate organizations. AS
the Union Republicans insist on their
apportionment OF 1856 delegates or moth
ing and as the Regular Republicans
know that It's acceptance on their part
would be fatal to them, we must ex-
pect nothing decisive in the way OF
harmony until the two State Commit
tees reach specific and satisfactory
agreement, which is scarcely likely,
considering the pronounced stand OF
Mr.. Addicks on his own apportion-
ment.
Chairman Downey, of the Union Re
publican First District Committee, and
those OF his colleagues who attended
the harmony meeting last evening
must recede from their advanced posi-
tion now or leave the Union RepubE-
can party, for the vice-presdent and
secretary have revohed' against them,
and they must hurry back to the fold
or remain In the Regular Republican
ranks.
These harmony proceedings are be-
coming quite amusing to all but those
who are anxious that harmony should
exist and who are wasting much valu-
able time in trying to bring it about.
Evening journal., 1898-07-09
SEAL IN TAEGIER SOUND.
THE ANIMAL TAKEN TO Girls
FIELD BY CAPTAIN SHORES
WHO CAPTURED IT.


FIELD BY CAPTAIN SHORES.
WHO CAPTURED 1T.
Crisfield, Md, July "a hair seal
was shot by Captain Shores. in com
mand of fish boat in Tangier sound.
and brought to Crisfeld yesterday. Its
length is six and half feet. Early IN
the morning the animal was seen by
Captain Shores near his vessel. It had
previously been in captivity or had
become very tame, as it manifested
no fear and ate fish vOraciously which
were thrown from the stern of the
boat, Soon after the seal ran into a
school of fish. A purse net was get
around the fish and seal, but the seal
dived under it. The captain then got
his gun and shot the hairy animal IN
the back. 1t was brought to Crishe.d
and excited much curiosity, as it was
the first seal ever taken in Tangier
sound. The skin will be stuffed and
mounted. There is much disappoint-
ment the animal was not captured
alive.
The seal had been seen by Captain
William Crockett, on his way from
Tangier Island. Captain Crockett re-
ported in Crisfeld that he had seen a
huge fish, about thirty feet long, with
immense legs or arms, and with head
resembling that Of a dog. The skin
of the animal was black, resembling
leather. 1t went under water for a
short time and appeared again close TO
his boat, with its fierce eyes glaring at
him. The captain was badly frighren-
ed at being so close to such an uncanny
creature, and sailed away as. quickly
as possible, expecting each minute to
see those long arms emerge from the
water and encircle him. Captain
Crockett states that he thought Old
Nick was after him, and that he does
not care to come in contact with such a
monster again. He thought that it was
an octupus.
Evening journal., 1898-07-09
GAY TIMEs AT pnNNsGRovn

Pennsgrove, n. j., July redistribution
of monthly pay in the camp Of the Penn
sylvania Volunteers Thursday made
things lively about town that night. The
only hotel in town did heavy business.
and yesterday morning the guard house
was well hlled. The men were supplied
with $50 pounds of refsh fish yesterday
for the noon mess. Major Hartung went
to Philadelphia and will intercept any of
the men that may get away without
leave
Evening journal., 1898-07-09

Those recalcitrant Cubans who refuse
70 do work in the hospital and commits
sary departments will realize sooner or
later that General Young is not a man
to be trifed with. He has already re-
fused to issue further rations to them
until they obey his orders. They say
that they are soldiers and not laborers.
General Baker. who asked the Cubans
to help open the roads for the trans
portation Of supplies to the front, re-
ceived the same answer. General Gar
cia's failure to prevent the entrance oi
Pando's reinforcements into Santiago
has heightened the feeling against the
GIbans. General Young placed The
Cubans in separate camp, under po-
lice regulations, and Clara Barton is
furnishing them with rations. Amer
cans will commend this action. Gu
bans are no better to work than Ameri-
Evening journal., 1898-07-09
SERVICE OF THANKS

WILL BE HELD ACCORDING TO
THE PRESIDENTS WISHES To-
MORROW.
Many of the Wilmington pastors will
preach patriotic sermons tomorrow, in
accordance with President Mckinley s
proclamation, asking the return of
thanks for many American victories in
this war
At Grace NJ. E. Church in the even
ing patriotic music will be sung, and
Chief Justice Charles b. Lore Will make
an address.
AT West Presbyterian Church to-
morrow evening Rev. A. N. Keigwin,
the pastor, will preach an appropriate
sermon. At Bethany Baptist Church,
Rev. o. G. BuddingtOn will preach on
The Things to Be Thankful For in
the Present War" At Wesley M. e.
Church Rev. w. w. Sharp will preach
on "TheDestructiOn ofCervera's s Fleet. "
Al Central Presbyterian Church in the
evening Rev. T. A. McCurdy will
preach on Our Victories" The Jewish
Sunday school will hold appropriate
services tomorrow at 10 a. m.