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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-20

History, by DR.. S. E. Forman. The
teachers who expected an instructive
talk from the Doctor were somewhat
surprised when each of them was
handed text book on history and
the teachers became his pupils. The
Doctor then called upon Il teacher to
rise and read a paragraph in Barnes
history on some noted event, for in
stance the battle of Yorktown. Then
the Doctor called upon another to
read paragraph inMcMasters history
on the same event and so on, thus
bringing out the thought of the diff
fcrent authors and then comparing
them. A full and authentic account
was thus obtained by combining the
thoughts of many historians on the
Observation-Disclosures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-20
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Song, Dear Native Land"
Discussion, Fixing the Teachers
Wages, opened by l.. NJ. Barnard and
followed by Prof. Maffett, Prof. San
ner, c. A. Ashby, WE. Beeghley, A.
S. Teats, j. s. Gnegy, G. W. Moon and
others.
Song, Love at Home.o
Language Lesson, DR.. S. Z. Forman
who conducted language lessons in q
similar way to that of history, asking
the teachers to do the work outlined
by him.
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s.e.mins Forty Mile. an Hour.

Cleveland Moffet'a fascrlption In
McClure's Of the English boat, the
Turbinia, which travels forty miles
nm hour with ease. suggests that 1t u
n good thing that we are not over
stocked with torpedo boats at the be-
ginning of the war. Apparently all
short distances on water are to be
eclpsed. The Turbinia is the inven-
tion of Mr.. Parsons of Newcastle, n
son Of Lord Rosse, who Is widely
known for the big telescope that he
built. 1t burns coal, but has no
steam engine in the ordinary sense of
the word. The cylinder and piston
are replaced by n set of turbines in
side the steam chest. These are at
tached directly to the shaft, or rather
TO the three shafts that carry the
nine screws. The steam turns ut the
rate of $500 revolutions n minute
with perfect ease and smoothness,
while the best marine engine In the
world would tear itself to pieces do
ing n quarter as many. In fact, the
Turbinia's screws could he run up to
10000 turns n minute IL there were
any gain. The trouble is that above
certain limits the water Is simply cut
into foam. The inventor says that
forty-siX miles an hour is quite practi-
cable commercially. and fifty-eight
miles an hour possible where cost Is
not considered. 1t looks us though
the torpedo boats and destroyers now
built might rs well be sold for tug
boats.-Springfield Republican.
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STONE IN HER STOMACH.
ES0sn .he Gazcttc, Blandfrspf,le. Ill

Tho wife Of the Rev. A. R. Adams, pastor
Of the Bedford Christian Church at Blan-
dinsviE6, ILL.,, was for years compelled to
live life Of torture from disease. Her
ease baffied the physicians, but today she
{: Give and well and tells the story Of her
recovery as follows:
"About six years ago," said Mrs Adams,
II weighed about 14O pounds, but my
health began to fail and lost flesh. Ny
food did not agree with me and felt like q
stone in my stomach. began to bloat all
over until thought had dropsy.
81 had pains and soreness in my left side
which extended clear across my back and
also into the region Of my heart. During
these spells hard ridge would appear in
the left side of my stomach and around
the left side.
''These attacks left mo sore and ex-
hausted. lllast summer was SO nervous
that the children laughing and playing
nearly drove me wild. ! suffered also from
female troubles and doctored with ton diff
ferent physicians without receiving any
help:
my husband having read in the news.
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In treating of South Africa I must
include Cape Colony. Natal. Bechuana-
land, the South African Republic and
the Orange Free State. because want
of space forbids detail and compelsi
brevity. The most marked advance in
Africa during the next century will ae
in this region. because 1t is suitable to
the constitution of the European, and
for $50 years he has proved himself
adapted to it, and has already founded
several flourishing states within It.
Even the youngest state is possessed
OF all the advantages necessary to :he
fullest expansion. railways. telegraphs,
and steam lines bring It in direct con-
tact with the center of the civilized
world. Nevertheless there is n necu-
liar condition of things in south Az
rica. found in no other part of the
continent. which as we look forward
along the coming century. satisfies US
that &ere must be a troublous future
in store for these colonies and states.
The worst danger think to be apuce-
hended is from the stubborn antag0n-
ism which exists between two such de-
termined races as the British and the
Dutch. Years do not appear to modi-
fy, but rather to intensity. the incom-
patibility. Already they have lived
side by side under one flag for over
ninety years. but the feeling has been
more hostile of late years. The sorth
African Bond (Boer) and the South 2f-
rican League CBrit!sh) represent the
variance Of feeling existing. Though
the Beers are in the majority at pres
ent. time appears to be in favcr of the
ultimate predominance of the British.
During the last six years the steam
lines took GG000 people to south Aft
ca. and johannesburg Kimberley ard
Rhodesia must account for most Of
these. The next ten years at this rate
will place the British as numerically
equal to the Beers, and in twenty yenrs
they will exceed the Beers. and by that
time the supremacy question will have
been definitely settled.
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alton and they've been blaming each
other ever since.-Utica Observer.
A Handsome Rug.

Requisites, an old ingram carpet. pa
tience and good pair of shears. Thor
oughly cleanse the carpet. then cut in
strips lengthwise, each strip a foot
wide "a foot and half will make
longer fringe. The warp is drawn out.
leaving the wool as fringe. and to IA
cilitate this work I cut the strips Of
carpet in one inch slashes on either
side. leaving in the center of the strip
an inch intact to hold the fringe. The
fringed strips are then doubled and
sewed in rows on o foundation Of car
pet. If the rug is wanted stiff. attach
the under surface 10 a second piece of
carpet with heavy paste. The fringed
rug is very handsome and the colors
will not fade.
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THRILLING BURGLAR STORY.
In Which Two Philadelphia Women Are
Concerned,

In Which Two Philadelphia Women Are
Concerned.
An elderly woman and her daughter
living in Philadelphia have been spend
ing the last few days in recuperating
from nervous shock they recently
received, each blaming the other as the
cause of the trouble. The elderly We
man is slightly deaf. and lives in coh-
stant dread Of burglars. and to adei-
tionally fortify her room at night she
has taken to standing stick between
the lower sash OF her window and the
casing above. so that 1t cannot be OPEN
ed. The other night she was awaken
ed by hearing racket in her room.
and finally. mastering up enough conr-
age to look around, she discovered that
her stick had fallen from the window
to the floor, behind the sewing ma
chine. She arose, went to the machine
and leaned over 1t to reach the stick.
Meantime the daughter had been
awakened by the same noise. and. fear
ing that a burglar had entered her
mothers room and would frighten her
to death, she hurried to Investigate.
Reaching the door. she saw, to her
horror, that her mother was lying,
head down. over the machine. evidently
dead or unconscious. Though the
daughter is small and frail, she de-
sided to carry her to the bed and hurry
for help. Running over, she clasped
the supposedly unconscious body
around the waist. Immediately the
mother gave forth such n succession
of blood-curdling shrieks as might
have been heard for squares. as she
struggled in the grasp of the long-ex-
pected burglar, but the daughter, GER
tain that her mother had gone mad
with fright held on for dear life and
tho two struggled and swayed till fin
ally they both fell exhausted on the
bed. Then they realized the true stu
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tilities. 1t was five and half months
after the declaration before the first
shot was fired, and nearly eleven
months after the destruction OF the
Turkish fleet by the Russians (Gt Sim
ope, November 30, 1881, which virtu-
ally insured war between France and
England on one side and Russia on the
other.
Now for the Egyptian campaign. It
was in the last week of May, 1882, that
Arab Pasha seized the reins OF power
in Cairo. Did England strike n blow
at once? Not bit of 1t. Diplo-
matte negotiations were tried in ad-
vance OF force, and 1t was not until
June IA that war was declared. 1t
was month after that before the his
toric bombardment OF Alexandria took
place. England was then in much the
same situation as that in which the
United States was placed when Dewey
destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila.
having no army ready to occupy the
city after practically destroying 1t.
But the results were far more deplor-
able. since Alexandria was sacked and
a large part Of its buildings burnei
by half savage mob.
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Yet England was then, as now, one OF
the great military powers of the world,
with many times more trained fighting
men that the United States had when
the war against Spain was begun. On
the other hand. Arab Pasha's army. In
arms, organization and command. was
about as poor rs was ever lined up in
fighting array. Its total strength
amounted to only eighteen regiments
Of infantry and four Of cavalry, twen
ty-two in all. or from $4,000 to 10000
men. 1t was made up wholly of Egyp-
tian peasants, unframed to Withstand
the onslaught of civilized soldiers and
really worthless as military material.
England's organized army at that time
numbered 1889 men at home and
1853, all British soldiers, in India, n
total force of nearly 100000 men. And
yet it was not until August 27, two
months and half after the declara-
ton of war. that England managed
to land $4,000 men at Ismaila and Port
Said, where active land operations
were begun. Yet England is not now
held to have acted unwisely in the
Egyptian campaign. The result was.
of course. complete victory for the
British arms and highly benefcent
extension of civilization followed the
ending OF the war, much similar 20
that which is bound to follow the close
of the war between the United States
and Spain.
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FUTURE OF AFRICA.
Black Continent Has Bson Divided
Among European Powers

Blnck COntln6nt b6oh Divlu60
Among European Powers.
1t Is a fitting time at the end Of tho
century to exhibit Africa. Like poor
Poland, it has been fully partitioned,
though, unlike Poland, not torn limb
from limb. What political changes tho
next century will bring in continent
which has interested the world for
thousands Of years cannot be forescen.
but there is no probability that great
native negro kingdom will rise. The
control is likely to continue where 1t
Is placed, in European hands. The
few states that may be called native
have no promise OF permanence. The
destiny of the two Boer republics Ia
absorption in British South Africa
Mr.. Stead, 1t will be observed. is very
confident Of this, and he has good rea-
son for his confidence. Independent
Morocco and semi-independent Trip
oil, on the Mediterranean. have no fu-
ture of their own. Sooner or later
they will go to swell the possessions OF
France and other European powers.
We must regard Africa. therefore. as
an appendage of Europe. The white
races which pushed back the natives
and settled and control the American
continent from Cape Barrow to Cape
Horn dominate all the other continents
and the black tribes of Africa. as we'll
rs the brown and yellow OF Asia. arc
subject to their rule. The greatest OF
Asiatic Kingdoms is in The PROCESS G;
decay, and Its partition is already be-
gun. 1t SENS terribly unjust for tho
hi trta n fwn CnDtt-
nents-America and Australia-from
the aboriginal man and make them
their own; to take another from tho
Asiatic races and erect their standards
over It. and. finally. to take Africa
from the blacks and subject 1t wholl:a
to their will.
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PEOPLE OF NOTE.

The czar of Russia, SO the story runs,
has in his household, an understudy.
singularly like him in appearance. who
way carriages when his imperial ma
jesty does not wish to disturb himself.
The prince of Wales has taken a
great fancy to a pretty little villa at
Cannes, belonging to Comte st. Priest,
and arrangements will probably be
made so that his royal hishness may
become the owner. The maisonnette
is of very modest dimensions. but
charmingly situated and commanding
lovely views.
All American admirers of Robert
Louis Stevenson will hear with sorrow
full surprise that the subscriptions late
ly invited for the purpose of erecting
monument in honor of the dead writer
in Edinburgh have fallen far short OF
the expected amount. The memorial
Will. as consequence, necessarily be
modest. 1t may take the form of
marble bust, with his own words, He
clung to his paddle" inscribed beneath
1t.
An imposing and sympathetic crowd,
including nearly all the nobility OF the
French empire, short time ago, at
tended the funeral at the Church Of
st. Pierre de Chailcot Of the Due de
Bassano, chamberlain and intimate
friend OF Napoleon III. The Empress
Eugenie was represented by Gen. Prince
Murat and Prince Napoleon by the
Marquis de la Grange. The duke was
the last surviving senator of the Sec
ond empire, whose great men are grad
ually disappearing from the scene. His
birth certificate, which had to be pro-
duced on this occasion. caused some
surprise and much interest, as 1t bore
tho signature Of the first consul and
Mrss. Josephine Bonaparte.
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Blood-CleaninE.

House-cleaning is duty in every we'll.
regulated household. People don't wait
lniil the filth becomes painfully apparent,
but 1t stands to reason that in every day
use moro or less dust or dirt accumulate.
It is SO with the human blood. From tho
enormous variety of eatables taken into
the stomach, a quantity of useless ma.
terial is bound to accumulate In tho blood
and clog the free and wholesome flow in
the vessels. Every person should from
time to time have "blood-cleaning" and
the best cleanser and blood purifier Is
Cascarets Candy Cathartic. We recon-
mend than to all our readers.
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Man.

Man is trinity-body. mind and soul.
God is continually coming to him, CIV
ing him life. He comes in SUNSHINE
and shower. in darkness and dew.
God comes to him with revelations Of
love, words to cheer and hope, calling
him to his best self and noblest. But
there is no response. Man as we see
him is dead. The soul is dead and the
great need Is life; that is power to
fulfil the purpose of our creation.-
Rev. ]. X. Montgomery.
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An Arizona Haircut.

Doesn't it disturb you when they
have shooting scrap next door,?
asked the tenderfoot who was under
going an Arizona hair cut.
Disturb nothin'!" answered the bar
ber. TT gener'ly makes 1t easier"
At this juncture the shooting began
at Red Mikes saloon next door. The
tenderfoot's hair rose on end, and the
barber trimmed 1t as expeditiously as
II he were shearing hedgehog.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
That at its narrowest part the harbor
Is but 1S0 feet across.
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a Curious Answer,

The teacher was asking questions.
Teachers nre apt to ask questions, and
they sometimes receive curious an
swers. The question was rs follows:
Now, pupils, how many months have
twcnty-eight days?" "All of them.
teacher" replied the boy on the from,
seat.
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MALT CREAM There is Manufactured in
Denver an article called Malt Cream that
Is credited with doing wonders in curing
dyspepsia and insomnia, and for general
Barley Malt. and Is past doubt the best
baby food known. as 1t contains no chem
Milk Goods Company. Any druggist can
furnish IT.
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luyYlAY5yll
aMu Husband Read.n

have been greatly benefited.
Il WINS also troubled with nervous pros
tration and numbness Of my right arm and
hand so that at times could hardly endure
the pain, but that has all passed away.
do my own work. Have done moro this
summer than in the pnst four years put
together. DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People cured me, and think 1t my duty to
let other sufferers know it"
Hundreds of equally remarkable cnses
have been cured by DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
This war has simply ruined me-"
"How's that?" ''rhe heiress ] was court
ing has cot engaged 10 n soldier"
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In the leading navies of the world
the cost OF building typical ironclads
per ton is as follows: United Kins-
dom, 5000; United States. $500; France
and Germany. S435 to $3.50.
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ase.u.y !. Hood Deep.

Clean blood means q clean skin. No
beauty without 1t. Cnscarets, Candy Cathar-
tic cleans your blood and keeps 1t clcan. BY
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from tho body. Begin to-day to
Danish pirnp!es, boils, blotches, ,blackhends,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, s,-benuty for ten cents. All drug
Qists, satisfaction Guaranteed. l0c. 25c. bOc-
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lg read in the news

paper OF Dr.
Williams m 81
Pink Pills
forPale Peo-
pie, induced
me to try
them. I be-
gan t taking
( h o m last
Nov 0 m be r
but experi-
enced no re-
lief until I
had t n k o n
Siy InraS 7
am now TAX
ing the elev-
anth box and
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1.-THE citizen who votes right Is Just n.
valuable as the one who fights" "Is thai
so? we'll where does he go to collect hi.
little S13 a month";"
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CoSMo BUTTERIILK TOILET SOAP
makes tho skin soft, white and healthy.
Sold everywhere.
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This war has worked In woman
One change of which man braEs-
She's dropped her fad Of crazy-quilts
And gone to making flags.
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Daughter. who Is this Mr.. Eugene
Wadsworth Darlington that is calling on
you SO often?" why. papa. he's the boy
We used to call 'Bustur' when he lived
next door,"
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FITS permanently oEts or ncrvousnc IS aftci
first days use OF DIR. Kline. Great Nerve Restorer
send for FREE $500 trial bottle and trcatIs.
Dr. X. H. kLiSE. Ltd. a3 Arch ST., Philadel Pa
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-07-21

For a perfect complexion aud clear.
healthy skin, use COSMO BUTTERMlLK
SOAP. Sold everywhere.
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II can't understand how some people
always have n good time wherever they
60. THAT'S easy enough: they take II
along with them"
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I'm afraid workeni Is getting ready to
borrow money of me-" what makes you
think so?" He has been treating me to
good cigars"
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'Piker's wife has lots OF confidence in
him." "How do you know?" she lets
him pack his own trunk"
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No-To-Bao for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit euro. makes weak
zen strong. blood pure. Soc. el. AL druggists
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'Scorchers are declared unfit for mill
tary service" well, they would rather
kill people ut home. anyway"
Evening star., 1898-09-02
MAINE MAN An EMBEZZLER.
EN-MayOr Fritz III. Twitcheu of Batb
Ack kEONNIedgea His Chilli

Ex-Mayor Fritz H. TwitehelI, one of
Bath, Mes, most prominent citizens. and a
member OF Cover nor Powelrs council, and
well known in bI siness circles in Maine
and Massachusetts. is a confessed erubez-
zier. The amount Of the embezzlement is
placed at 10000, but 1t may exceed that
sum. 1t is alleged that for the past four
teen or fifteen years, during which Mr.
Twitchell has beer connected with the
Worumbo Wooden Manufacturing Com
pany. various sums have been appropriated
by him.
When confronted with the evidence Mr.
Twitchell acknowledged his guilt, but Ii is
thought no prosecution will follow, as the
one most deeply involved is Galen S.
Moses, treasurer of the mills who is in
clned to treat the matter as one of per-
sonal wrong rather than an instance of
criminal intent. Mr.. Twitchell, who is at
his summer home at Popham Beach, Is in
very poor health. He refuses to discuss
the situation.
The disclosures in the case We're precipi-
tated by the personal assignment of Mr.
Moses, which was announced Tuesday, and
in which Mr.. Moses himself says more
Included in this are the interests of the
Bath Gas and Electric Company and the
Richard Paper Company of Gardiner.
Mr.. Twitchell was chosen mayor in 1891
and 1892. He was sent to the legislature in
1893 and 1885, and this year he was select
ed member of the executive council He
has been grand commander of the Masonic
commandery of Maine, and is past grand
chancellor of the knights of Pythias.
Evening star., 1898-09-02
Record of the Clubs.

The old story of defeat comes from Gin
cir natl, the Senators going down yester-
day by the score of 5 to 4. With Mercer
sick and Donovan at short nothing else
could be expected, but strange to say our
representatives played good ball and made
the Ewingites extend themselves to the
full limit to land the game. Mercer started
the game with nice hit, but after reach
ing third retired from the game, Donovan
taking his place at short and Killen going
into left field. Donny hammered out a
double and single and played the new
position fairly well, cutting off several runs
through a good double play.
weighing hit quite freely, but his
good support kept the score down. Haw-
ley had almost perfect support, and it
tCck consecutive safe hitting to drive the
Senator's runs over the plate.
The attendance was gRxsll, although the
victory landed the Reds in the first posi-
+;
Evening star., 1898-09-02
NINE OFFICERS KIDNAPPED.
President and Superintendent Seized
by 500 Men, but Later Released.

Six hundred striking miners yesterday
afternoon seized David J. Overholt and
Levi s. Overholt president and superin-
tendent, respectively, Of the Springside
mines at Pana. Ill. The two officials were
taken out of their buggy by the mob in
front of the Baltimore and Ohio South
western depot and carried In the direction
of the mines. Rev. DIR. Millard minis
ter of Pana, made a plea to the miners to
release the Overholts. and was knocked on
badly injured. The seizure was made for
the purpose of demanding the surrender
Of the negro miners who had been working
In union mems places.
The Messrs. Overholt were formally re-
leased at o'clock last evening. The strik-
ers are said to have voted several times to
hang the OVerholts. but were prevented by
their leaders from committing violence
All saloons were closed last night by order
of Mayor Penwel.
A conference was held last night be-
tween Secretary Ryan. Vice President
Mitchell of the miners union and David
Ross and T. D. KeIiiger of the state labor
bureau. and later they conferred with
Louis Overholt who agreed to meet the
committee this morning and submit the
concerns books. looking toward settle
ment- Other operators will meet with the
state officials today. Most of the miners
OF other towns have returned home
battery of the Illinois National Guard
received orders last night to leave at once
for Pana. Ill. Sixty men, with five CAT
ling guns under command of Ite,,tsna MT
henry, Will start Immediately on a special
train Trouble between the striking coal
miners and deputy sheriffs Is feared. be-
cause of the efforts of the mine Operators
to import colored miners.