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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24

had to be satisfied, and ran off On my
way l passed by my hotel, and "the
boys" saw me and coaxed me to come
in and have something"
mo, boys, not this time, want to
get on"
But excuses did not avail, for, of
course, wanted a drop. 1 thought of
my shoes and my little girl, but COM
forted myself that 1 should only spend
little and get pair of shoes with
what was left. In 1 went, and the
drinks went round, my stakes were IS
cents, and, putting down a 5O-cent
piece on the counter, called for the
change.
Just then the hotel-keeper's little girl
came in and said: "Oh, papa, they have
just opened up a new box of Tam
O'Shanters at the store, and 1 want one
so much; they are only so cents"
Here you are, my girl" he replied,
and slid along to her my 5O-cent piece
the money 1 had laid down, and off
ran the child. Of course he gave me
the change, but 1 felt condemned.
Just think of it. / could not afford
to give the same 50-cent piece to my
own dear child, but could afford to
give it to the hotel-keeper's daugh-
ter to buy the very article my own
child longed for. left the bar, got my
shoes, borrowed so cents, and went
home and gave it to my child for her
Tam O'Shanter; but l could not get
the thought out of my mind. cor,:
see that child going off with tbs 80
cents l could not afford to give ay
own. I worried over it for week or
ten days, and then concluded l could
not afford to neglect my own children
to support a liquor mans child, and
quit.-The Templar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

1t has been discovered that the
stumps of pine trees make very durable
shingles.
Compressed air will soon replace
steam as the motive power of a wooden
mill in Almonte, Ont.
In Wetzel county, w. Va, there is
a gas well from which the roar Of escap-
ing gas can be heard al a distance of six
miles.
Elephants are transported on the
railroads of India at the rate of six cents
mile. Each elephant is allowed to
carry one trunk.
The editor of a paper in Jackson,
Ga, announces that in payment of sub
scriptions he is willing to accept ANY
digestible fruit, except Goldfish and
grindstones."
Compressed flour, in the form of
bricks, is used by the British army and
navy. In this form space is econo-
mixed, and 300 pounds of packed flour
may be stored in the space which 100
pounds would occupy in a loose condi-
ton.
A noted physician asserts that high
living checks the growth of the hair.
He declares that it is easy in society TO
pick out the girls whose parents have
arisen from the ranks of poverty, by the
superior quality and abundance of their
hair.
The Alaskans trap bears by tying a
r,fn ,f, 1nl = L e
N, in piece of meat. The bear gulps
down the meat whole, the gastric juice
Gissolyes the meat and decays the
string, the whalebone springs straight,
and the bear dies.
The electric light is still puzzle to
some folks. y lady occupying room
in the Windsor hotel, Milford Del, hav-
ing failed to turn off the electric light,
tied skirt around it. The skirt dropped
off. Then she tried to fan it out, and
broke the globe.
On their wedding day the bride and
bridegroom of Thuringa, Germany
partake of soup from the same plate.
They watch each other closely during
this performance, as there is a belief
that the one who takes the last spoonful
will be the first to die.
The last wish of Tipperary ex-
sergeant in the army, who died recently
in Wilmington, England, was that a
bottle of Irish whisky should be placed
in his coffin. As the sexton objected, a
comrade Of the dead soldier reverently
sprinkled the coffin with the whisky.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
FATE OF NAT eoODWIN's DOG.
Many Remarkable Features That
Prove 1t to Have Been Unique.

Did you ever hear about Nat Good
wins big dog? No? Well, l don't
vouch for the truth of this, but here's
his history" said one of the men at
the Chicago club. You know Mats
magnetism would give points to a COM
pass. Well, Nat was walking along
street one day when he passed yard
where there was big St. Bernard
chained to a doghouse. Nat looked at
the dog and the dog looked at him and
that settled it. The dog strained at
has chain until it broke, then bound
ed to Nat, leaped and fawned on him
and followed him home. Mats valet
gave the dog a scrubbing in bathtub,
and then had to make jardiniere of
the tub, because the waste pipe be-
came damned for any further use. The
dog was named Jason. You've all
heard of Jason and the Golden Fleece.
THE dog was intelligent and Nat
thought he would teach him some
tricks. Nat knows good many tricks
himself, and knows how to take one
pretty WELL too. The dog was slow at
first, but Nat said: I'll teach him in
time. SO he planted the tub full of
thyme and made the dog sleep in it,
and do you know, that dog got so he
could tell thyme as well as a human
being could. Why, he even got to chew
ing the clocks out of Mats hosiery.
His end was very sad, to hear Nat
tell it, He was killed by an elephant
in Il menagerie. Nat and the dog were
in the menagerie part of circus one
afternoon, and while looking at the
animals Nat missed Jason. Hearing a
fumpus in the center of the tent, where
the elephants and ponies and camels
make a show of themselves, Nat rushed
ever, and there was a keeper trying
to drive Jason away from a big camel.
The dog was chewing the Gamers tail
with all his masticatng strength, and
the poor camel was bowling with pain.
Then the elephant threw a trunk on
the dog and Nat was just in time to
see him breathe his last. Poor Jason'
said Nat; he was only fulfilling his
destiny. Once on time he strained
at a Nat, and he died trying to swallow
Q camel Chicago Times-Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
PROGRESS IN REFORM.

The saloon cannot be mended; it
must be ended.-National Temperance
Advocate.
The floor of the saloon is the roof over
hell and many there be that walk there
on.-Lever.
Wine may sometimes move itself
Alright, but always moves the drinker
wrong.-The Midland.
We have to fight appetite in front
of the saloon, greed inside CT the sa-
loon and capital back of the saloon
National Temperance Advocate.
The excuse of the inebriate often is:
"My heredity is against me-" But the
reply of the "white-ribboner"is good
one: 'If you had lived up to your best
heredity instead of down to your worst,
you might have had cause to extol your
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Telescope.
There is not a saloon in Charleston
or in South Carolina, and there will
probably never be another. Nobody
wants them. They were all closed in
one day nearly five years ago. The only
way W a is 10
Charleston News and Courier.
"The way to resume is to resume
said John Sherman. The way to shut
up the alcoholic drink traffic is to shut
it up. Every citizen of the republic, by
activity, inertia, silence or consent, is
on one side or the other Of this ques.
tion-the most vital question that con.
fronts the American peopie.-Allen B
Lincoln.
Recently Bradford man gave his
wife a mammoth parlor lamp for a
birthday present. She gave it his name
and when he asked why she replied:
We'll, you know. dear, it is handsome
to look at, requires good deal of atten.
ton, is sometimes unsteady en- its legs
is liable to explode when half full, fare.
up occasionally, is always out at bed
time and is bound to smoke"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
PARIS RAVISHlNG BEAUTY.
Rage for Beauty Makes the French
Capital IA Perpetual Picture.

Rage for Beauty Makes the French
Capital IA Perpetual Picture.
| never dreamed of such clothes even
in my dreams of Heaven. But the
French are an eXtravagant race. There
was hardly a gown worn last season
which was not of the most delicate tex
ture, garnished with chiffon and illu-
sion and tulle-the most crushable,
airy, int1ammable, unserviceable ma
terial one can think of. Now, l am a
unitarian. When | see a white gown
| always wonder if it will wash. If |
see lace on the foot ruff1e of a gown
[ think how it will sound when the
wearer steps on it going upstairs. But
lnything would be serviceable to wear
driving in victoria in the Bots between
i've and seven, and as that is where |
have seen the most beautiful costumes
L have no right to complain, or to
thrust at them my American ideas of
usefulness. This rage of theirs for
beauty is what makes a perpetual
honeymoon for the eyes of every inch
of France. The way they study color
and put greens together in their land
scape gardening makes one think with
horror of our prairies and sagebrush.
The eye is ravished with beauty all
over Paris. The clean streets, the walks
between rows of trees for pedestrians,
the lanes for bicyclists, the paths
through tiny forests, right in Paris,
for equestrians, and on each side the
loyeliest trees-trees everywhere ex-
cept where there are fountains - but
what is the use of trying to describe a
beauty which has staggered drawer
pens than mine, and which you must
see to appreciate LILLIAN Bell, in La
dies Home journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
LONGEVITY AND THE BRAIN.
The Necessity of Working on Until
the Close of Life.

Speaking of Selkirk on the Sth inst,
Sir James CrichtonBrowne dwelt on
the dangers to health involved in indo-
.lence and disuse of the brain. The med
ical profession, he said, adapting it
self to the needs of the times, had felt
it incumbent upon it during the last
decade to insist mainly on the evils of
misuse of the brain, on the excessive
strain not seldom imposed on it in these
days in the fierce struggle of the race
to be rich, and more especially in the
loverpressure imposed on it in the name
of education when in an immature
state, but they were not less keenly
alive to the ccrrelative evils of the dis
use of the brain.
Elderly persons who gave up business
and professional men who laid aside
their avocations without having other
interests or pursuits to which to turn
were in many cases plunged in despond-
ency or hurried into premature dotage.
He did not know any surer way of pro-
.ducing immature mental decay than for
a man of active habits to retire and do
nothing when just past the zenith of
life; and, on the other hand, he did
not know any surer way of enjoying a
green old age than to keep on working
at something till the close. 1t had been
said that one of the rewards of philos-
ophy was length of days, and a striking
list might be presented of men dis
tinguished for their intellectual labors
which they had never laid aside, who
had far exceeded the allotted span of
human life. Calico lived to rs, New
ton to IS, Franklin to IS, Button to so,
Faraday to 76, ana Brewster to "a
years. Sir james Crichton-Browne drew
special attention to the great age gen
orally attained by our judges.-London
Lancet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
AN INVISIBLE ClEW,
A Thief's Love of Perfumery Causes
HIS CAPTURE.

There was one time in nv house
keeping career" said the lady who had
had the experience, when | thought
there was no use of locking doors, for
thieves would break through anything.
I'VE were sitting at dinner one night
when heard noise that sounded as if
some one was walking around in my
room, l went up Immediately to see.
No one was there, but every drawer in
the room was open and all my jewelry
and valuables of every description thar
kept in my room were gone. 1t took
five or six keys to get at them all, as
l had been very particular about keep
ing them locked up. l had not been
cut of the room more than Is minutes.
and how anyone not familiar with every
inch of the house could have accom-
plished such piece of work was a
mystery. There was one thing | no
ticed upon entering the room and that
was peculiar odor. 1t was like mix
ture of cheap perfume. l had never
smelled anything like it before.
1--WE notified the police and they
worked on the case for weeks, but
could make nothing out of it.
Zone day when was passing through
the laundry noticed that same strange
odor.
Mary, what's that you are iron
ing?' said |, for it seemed as if the
odor came from the ironing board.
Its some VI my brothers handker-
chiefs said she.
eve investigated, and of course found
that the brother was the thief."-De-
trCit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24

Judge Gaslin opened the spring term
of court at Minden number of years
ago with the announcement that the
matters had to be pushed. He kept
the lawyers jumping all day, but his re-
marks when adjourning court for the
night awoke protest. Court is ad
journed until seven o'clock tomorrow
morning." said the judge. John Nc
Pheely, who was then county attorney
and had a number of cases to try, arose
and protested against such an I'M
seemly hour for converting court
"Your honor. seven O'clock is an incon-
venient hour to open court. | would
suggest nine O'Clock as more conve-
nient." This court will convene to-
morrow morning at seven o'clock"
shouted Gaslin. you lawyers are not
bit better than the farmers, and they
have to get up at four o'clock in the
morning 10 pay the expenses of running
this court. Courts ADJOURNED till seven
o'clock" And it opened on time The fol-
lowing morning. = Omaha WorldHer-
Alo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
TEMPERANCE.
A PATHETIC STORY.
How n Tam o. Shnnter Hat Worked
n Reform.

n Reform.
Temperance day, writes a Bridge
burg (Ont.) correspondent, was made
of special interest in the E. l.. of c. Z.
and Disciples C. E. meetings here. At
the former the pastor gave an excel
lent address on the temperance move
ment; at the latter several speakers
were present and the house was filled.
The meeting was the means of estab-
fishing a good temperance sentiment.
One of the speakers related the follow
ing pathetic story of how one man
quit drinking:
A railway man tells this story: One
day started out to buy pair of boots
which needed badly, when my little
girl, whom 1 loved dearly, and who
always met me on my arrival home
from work with a glad and cheerful
welcome, called to me. l stopped to
hear her request, and she said: Papa,
] want a Tam O'Shanter; they have
just opened up a new box at the store
and all the girls are getting one" had
only the price of the shoes with me,
and told my girl l would get her one
on payday. With this promise she
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
THERE WERE OTHERS.
All She Had to Do Was Blow n Horn
for Them.

for Them.
We were nine to get off the train at
Taylorsville to take the narrow-gaugG
up to Davisburg, and as we sat down
in the shade of the depot building to
wait woman drove up in a buggy
She was brisk little woman. and full
of business, and after hitching the
horses she came along down the plat
form and carefully scanned each face
and asked:
"Ar' you Mr.. John Hope?"
Each and every man answered no"
and when she had passed the last one
she came back to the colonel and sat
down on bag of land-plaster and took
a photograph from her pocket, and
said:
That's the man I'm after, but it
seems he hasn't showed up"
"Your husband, ma amp" queried the
colonel.
''Not jest yit, sab. He was to be if he
had got here to-day. and we liked the
looks of each other, but l guess he's
backed out What sort of a galoot
would you take him to be?"
Il shouldn't like to pass an opinion
on friend of yours"
'Oh, you needn't mind that" replied
the woman, as she used her switch on
the bags beside her. would you say
he was a squar' man? He lives over
at Gordonsville, and we've been CORE
spondin' by mail. He was to be here to-
dow h,t hos ri }, =
6ttrs--Does he look like a flunker to
you?"
'Well, ma am" said the colonel, after
a good look at the photograph, che
may be a good man or a bad one.
wouldn't want to do him an injustice,
you know"
SIS his nose set on right?"
cts a pretty fair nose"
SIS he too wide between the eyes?
perhaps not"
"How's his MOUTH"
"Really, my dear woman, you must
excuse me-" said the colonel, as he re-
turned the photograph. You see
Eyes, I see," interrupted the woman
as she received it. 81 see I'm wilder
bin wilder fur five years. This
Teller gees me once and falls in love with
me and writes me over so love letters
l finally give him my heart. He is tc
be here on the train to marry me. He
don't show up. l am left. What is tc
be done about it?"
I'll don't know, ma am" stammered
the colonel.
"Are you married ?"
"Yes'm."
'All the others married?"
"All married." we replied in chorus
"Then l tell you what is to be done
about it," she exclaimed, as she rose
up and flourished the switch around
81 git into my buggy and drive back
home. 1 stand on a stump in the front
yard and blow the dinner horn. About
! Is different fellers who want to marry
the Wilder Jones will come gallopin
down the road and across lots, and the
fust one who jumps the fence gifts the
prize, and Mr.. John Hope, of Gordons
vile, kin go to grass and be hanged tc
him! That's me, and that's my way
and if any of you want to kiss the bride
now's your golden opportunity!'-Chi
cage Evening News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
WHAT is SPENT FOR DRINK.
A Philadelphia Thinks 1t Is More
Important Than the Currency.

n III more
Important Than the Currency.
From the city of brotherly love came
a letter to Washington directed to the
postmaster-general:
"Dear Sir: think all this talk about
the currency should be checked by all
sensible persons. We all will have diff
ferences that can never be reconciled,
and we should direct our attention to
striving by all means to gain the ameli-
Grafton of our oountrymen and over
throw the saloon. The actual differ
ence between the Mckinley and Wilson
bill about which the country heard so
much would pay the drink bill of this
nation but two days. The entire out
put of silver produced in this country
in 1879 would pay this nations drink
bill but 25 days. and all the gold coined
in this country in 1902 would pay our
nations drink bill bit seven days"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24

These are delicious: Take two cups
cod oatmeal, or any cereal eft from
breakfast. Add two eggs, well beaten
four tablespoons cream. pinch of salt
and two tablespoons -four. Form In
little fiat cakes and fry on hot CREASED
griddle.--Boston Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
Anyone Can Sign Them.

Biggs-They say that old man who
sells newspapers over there on the cor
ner can sign his check for $4,000 any
day in the week.
Dggs-Indeed! Then why does no
continue to sell papers?
"Oh, signing a check and getting it
cashed are two different things, you
know. Chicago Evening News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24
Old Memories.

"Do you know" said the editor
looking UP at last, that this poem
reminds me of man | once knew who
mad cork leg which was two sizes
too small for him?'
Indeed" the poet exclaimed. How
is that?"
"Its feet are not mates."-Cleveland
Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-24

Over 100000 canary birds are an
uually bred in Germany, and bring a
revenue of S., 0O0,0 900.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-30
YOU TRY IT.

If Shtloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
which is sold for the small price of % cts,
80 ct. and S1,OO, does not cure take the
bottle back and we will refund your mon
ey. Sold for over fifty years on this guar
antee Price 25 cts and 80 cts.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-30
MANY LOVER

Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive breath.
Karls Glover Root Tea purllies the breath
by its action on the bowels, etc, as moth
ing else will, Sold for years, on absolute
guarantee Price % cts, and 80 cts.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-30
LIFE AFTER FORTY.

The best half of life is in front Of
the man Of forty, if he be anything
OF a man. The work that he viii.
do will be done with the hand Of
the master, and not Of raw appren-
tice. The trained intellect does
not see "men as trees walking,
but sees everything clearly and in
Just measure. The trained temper
does not rush at work like a blind
bull at hay stack, but advances
with the calm and ordered pace of
conscious power and deliberate de
termination.
To no man in the world so new
and so Gfresh as to him who has
spent the early years of his man
hood in striving to understand the
deeper problems of science, and
who has made some headway to-
ward comprehending them. To
him the commonest are rare and
wonderful, both in themselves and
as parts of beautiful and inteIli-
gent whole
Such thing as staleness in life
and its duties he cannot understand,
knowledge is always opening out
before him in viGer expanses and
more commanding heights.
If he be a doctor he finds that
the fresh study of one of the or
gans of the human body yields a
pleasure and enlightening which it
never yielded before; he sees the
wonders of minute structures with
new powers of comparison; he mark
the relations that subslst between
different organs with fresh compre-
hension and delight; the various
parts of the body, and the whole of
the organism in relation to its
powers, its functions and its envi-
ronments constitute a miracle, the
wonderfulness of which knows no
end.
The pleasure of growing knowl-
edge and increasing power in its
peculiar field of work makes every
year of his life happier and more
hopeful than the last.-Ex.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-30

Fine line OF sterling silver novel
ties, such as hair brushes, combs,
clothes brushes, manicure sets, puff
boxes, etc, at f. i, Schuster's.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-30
READ THIS.

Dallas, Texas, October ID, 1898. ---
This is TO certify that ] have been
considered incurable by two good
physicians, both saying | had
BrIght's kidney disease After us.
ing one and one.haf bottles Of
Hal's Great Discovery, OF Waco, |
think my troubles are at an end.
II. w, BRowN,
ST, George Hotel,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-30

Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
to operate, cure billousness, lndiges-
ton. 25c. 6.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-30
A TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls Great
Discovery cures all kidney and blad-
der troubles, removes gravel, cures
diabetes, seminal emissions, weak
and lame back, rheumatism and all
irregularities Of the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder troubles in chill
dreu, If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt OF 81,
One small bottle is two months
treatment, and will cure any case
above mentioned f. w. Hall, sole
manufacturer, p o. box 2l8, Waco,
Texas. For sale by Smith Drug Co.
Texarkana, Ark.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-30
A Sure Shot for Lagrippe.

Mr. Sam Lemley, who deals in
"shot gun remedies" tells us of a
simple remedy that will cure la
grippe right away quick. He says
take seltzer water and after boil
ing sweet milk mix a glass full of
equal parts and drink every hour
until the ache disappears which
will be after the third or fourth
glass tull is drank. Mr.. Lemley has
tried it on himself and he says it is
a sure cure.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-12-30
Curlous Advertisements.

Curiously worded advertisements
that are funny without intent are
common in London papers. Here
are few examples:
A lady wishes to sell her piano,
as she is going abroad in a strong
iron frame.
Furnished apartments suitable
for gentlemen with folding doors.
Wanted a room for two gentle
men about thirty feet long and
twenty feet broad.
Lost, a collie dog by a man on
Saturday answering to Jim with a
brass collar round his neck and
muzzle.
A boy wanted who can open
oysters with references.
Bulldog for sale, will eat any
thing, very fond of children.
Wanted an organist and a boy to
blow the same.
Wanted, boy to be partly out
side and partly behind the counter.
Lost, near Highgate Archway,
an umbrella belonging to a gentle
man with a bent rib and a bone
handle.
To be disposed of, a mail phae-
ton, the property of a gentleman
with movable headpiece as good as
new.