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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
AS FULL AS A GOOSE.

acted! They bumped against each 9th
err in dazed way, and every little while
one would tumble over on its back, and,
giving a few feeble kicks, would lie as
if dead.
Sarah Ann began to cry as if her
heart would break. She saw her pre-
cious dollars slipping away from her.
What should she do? But as the last
goose gave a final shake of it's webbed
foot her dear Aunt Dinah came to the
rescue. Sarah Ann should help pick
the geese, and then, just think of the
splendid bed the feathers would make!
They began to work. How their
fingers flew! In an hour all the geese
were shorn of their downy feathers,
and Uncle Jerry had carried them down
to the ravine, on the other side of the
cotton field.
The next morning while the family
were at breakfast, the door suddenly
opened, and in shambed Uncle Jerry.
"'Oh, Lor'! Miss Sarah Ann, jist you
come to the door. De ghosts of dem
geese am in de poultry yard" Sarah
Ann ran to the door, and sure enough,
there stood eight miserable and forlorn-
looking geese, huddled together in the
warmest corner of the yard. She
could hardly believe it was true, and
rubbed her eyes to make sure that she
was not dreaming. She looked again,
and this time she was certain that they
were her poor, picked geese. Running
back into the house she begged pieces
of old flannel from Aunt Dinah, and
then, with the help of Uncle Jerry,
Sarah Ann covered each shivering
goose. When all had been bundled III,
Uncle Jerry started to market with the
geese, and that afternoon he brought
back to Sarah Ann six silver dollars.
With the beginning of feather bed in
the attic and six jingling dollars in her
knit purse, she was now the happiest lit
tie girl on the plantation.
Sarah Ann wondered and wondered
how in the world the geese ever came
to life again, when she thought she had
seen them die with her own eyes. But
that night when she asked her father
he only laughed and said: ~ guess
there was too much brandy left on the
cherry stones, and the geese must have
been dead drunk"
Poor simple geese, they knew no bet
ter, and we cannot blame them. But
we can blame man, with all his wisdom
and learning, when he persists in
drinking that which makes him so
much lower than the foolish geese
Clarence A. jerks, in Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
STEERS STRANGE DEATH.
His Horns Grew Through His Eyes
and Killed Him.

and Killed Him.
A squatter in the backwoods of New
South Wales had young steer with
horns so perfectly turned that they
formed two artistic loops at the side of
his head. One day Boss" strayed with
mob of store cattle into a piece of
wild country infested only by kanga-
roos and the out-station boundary rid
ers' families.
These cattle arc rounded up and 9TH
erwise handled but once year. Before
this annual yarding took place Boss
had become a fractions terror to every
animal and man in that range. He had
terrified and scattered the herd that were
once his mates; he had charged madly
every kind of person who was wont to
pat him. Because his horns curled Ike
those of sheep he was called 'Sheep
Head" His mild, tractable nature add
ed to this delusion of likening him to
a lamb. Six months after his entrance
upon the range he began to act strange
ly. A wild look shot out of his eye un-
der the points of the ingrowing horns,
whose shadow fell heavier and heavier
upon the retina. He constantly shook
his head, as if trying to rid himself of
some annoyance. Then Boss" would
stand and stare at the points which were
pressing the pupils nearly up against
the sockets. He became more irritable
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
NOTES OF REFORM.

The w. C. I. U. hopes to send to Mex
leo some time a resident missionary.
A match may start a confagration
and a teaspoonful of brandy a thirst
for liquor.-National Temperance Ad-
vocate.
A gift of 81 900 for the Temperance
temple was received recently from an
unknown friend, accompanied with
request that it be used in memory OF
Miss Willard.
British sailors are allowed half gill
of rum every day. 1t teetotalers they
are permitted to take up the money in
stead, or cocoa and sugar if they pre-
fer tn. Y. Truth.
If those who are searching after a
"sure cure for drunkenness would quit
drinking while they are looking for it
they would find it.-National Temper
dnce Advocate.
There is society in France which
wages continual war against tobacco
under this motto: tobacco DESTROYS
the body, attacks the intellect and be-
sots the nations"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14

few years ago the Norwegian gov.
eminent authorized the opening of 6
hill at Gokstad, known as the kings
mound" with IL view of discovering
what might be buried therein. The
mound was so named from supersti.
ton that it contained the remains OF
some old Morse king. The real contents
however, were a viking ship, the bones
of IL horses, saddle remnants and 6
number of horseshoes. The mound in
question was 40 by $50 feet in height
Judging from the character of the
deposit science placed the date of the
deposit between 700 and 1000 A. D., dur
ing the later iron age. The horses
were some young and some aged, eight
of them being smaller, apparently
than the ordinary Norwegian horse OF
the present day, but of the same race
as the ford horse.-Chicago Evening
News
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Church Must BE Aroused,

Says Rev. DR.. Dunn, secretary of the
National Temperance society:
THE church must be aroused. No eff
fectual check will ever be imposed on
intemperance, no effectual prohibition
will ever be made of the liquor traffic,
10 effectual resistance of the drinking
usages of society will be realized, till
the church of Christ feels her RESPONSE
bility as a grand, practical temperance
society"
DR.. Dunn is right in this statement
It is marvel that such a vice as is in
temperance, and such a crime against
society as is the drink traffic, should
receive so little attention. So long as
the church maintains its present atti-
tude, making the impression of indif-
ference as 1t does to-day. the temper
ance reform will make slow progress.
Would that the church could see her
responsibility and the mighty power it
is possible for her to exert in the re-
moval cf this terrible curse.-North-
western Mail.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
ENGLAND AND EGYPT.
Britain's Clear Advantage Is to Main
tain the Status Quo.

Egypt is the chief modal point on
always been, and will continue to be
controlled by the leading maritime
power in the Mediterranean. In the
past its geographical position has con-
demned it to be a footnote to Euro
pean history; and nowadays, from the
same cause, it is but a stepping-stone
t. European conquests in the far east.
For the practical purpose of political
domination it is an island, surrounded
either by pitiless deserts or by wa
ter-highways, open only to the mis-
tresS of the seas; and as an island, po-
litically speaking, it naturally falls a
prey to the dominant maritime power
of the day. Great Britain, therefore,
can never evacuate Egypt except I'M
der conditions which, so far, have been
proved incapable of realization or at
the risk of imperiling her maritime
supremacy. Consequently, the powers
IN whose interests it lies to dispute the
command of the sea with Great Britain
Ihust necessarily be opposed to British
domination in Egypt. = 1t is
obviously in the interest of Great Brit
ain to maintain the status quo. For all
strategic purposes Egypt is fulfilling
the functions of British possession;
ready enjoys monopoly resulting
from open competition. But her rivals
in Egypt and the Soudan will not leave
her alone. They foresee the inevitable
destiny marked out for themselves by
the teaching of history and experience.
They know that nation can never stand
still without suffering atrOphy of its
functions, but must ever press forward
from conquest to conquest.
Russia herself is the most remarkable
example of this natural law. France,
too, recognizes it in her zeal to regain
a colonial empire; and Germany is its
latest exponent. In the hands, there
fore, of the greatest colonial power
of these or any other time, Egypt must
necessarily tread in the path of prog
ress; she must acquire the territories
which she lost by mismanagement
when left to herself and must establish
her dominion over the unity of the Nile
basin. If she fails to do this she will
be at the mercy of any European pow
CT commanding the Upper Nile val
Icy, since Egypt has been created by
the Nile and is fed by it.
If the protectoral power have to
provide men and money for the recon-
quest and pacification of the Soudan.
her hold on Egypt will be immeasur-
ably strengthened and the tenure of
her guardianship indefinitely extended.
Can the Egyptian army, without the
the aid of British troops, break up the
l,halifa's power, reoccupy Khartoum
and pacify the wild tribes of the Sou
dan? Can the Egyptian government,
with the funds at its disposal, pay the
bill? Can Egyptians be trusted to Gre
ate order out of chaos and to administer
the Soudan, when. even in lower Egypt,
European control is necessary? And
finally, will it pay?-Forum.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
A DOCTORS TESTIMONY.
From a Statement Made by DR.. De-
DANA. Dean of the Medical College
of Syracuse University.

For many years after my graduation
at Albany, in 1876, prescribed alcohol,
and for 20 years, while occupying the
chair of professor of the science and art
of medicine in the College of medicine
of Syracuse university, L followed in
my lectures-often reluctantly and
usually afar off, but still | followed
the almost unanimous teaching of au-
thors, ancient and modern. and the
| professors in the medical schools.
Convinced that a great number of
| the diseases l was called to treat owed
| their existence or aggravation to the
use, in alleged moderation, OF alcoholic
| beverages, and that not in a few in
stances this use was commenced and
even continued by the advice of the
medical attendants; convinced also by
| the published experiments of many
acute observers at home and abroad,
and by my own observations, that al
most all diseases could be managed as
well if not better by the non-use of al
cohol, and satisfied from the commune
cations of some brother practitioners
| Nllib lhC IdldIlN III CtIldlu SDttlueu
diseases was not delayed, to say the
least, by the employment of increasing
and enormous doses of wine, whisky
and brandy; and influenced, also, l
must admit - overwhelmed, indeed
| by what | know and what | read daily
of the pauperism, domestic wretched-
ness, crime, insanity and incurable NAL
aides transmitted to innocent offspring,
| abandoned entirely, more than three
years ago, the use of alcoholic remedies
l have endeavored by personal ex-
ample and earnest counsel to dissuade
my patients from the use of intoXicat-
ing beverages and medicines.
The outcome of this practice, medical
| ly and morally, has been satisfactory
to my patients also.
Whatever regrets l may feel for my
former teaching and practice, I have no
apology to offer for my Inconsistency
except that once given by Gerrit Smith
81 know more to-day than I did yes.
terday; the only persons who never
change their minds are God and a fool"
Permit me to add that while there
may be an honest difference Of opin-
ion regarding the efficacy of legisla-
tive enactments in overcoming or re-
straining the drink habit, there should
be little doubt that a whole-hearted
persistent, cept-and-example effort
of the medical profession eXerted as
individuals on their patients and the
families of their patients, and as asso.
Citations on the community at large
would do unreasonable good
And the newspapers might aid mate.
rally in this beneficent work if, while
they continue to spread before our house
holds every day the details of the
brawls and fights of drunken men and
the horrible murders which they com.
init, they would discontinue advertis.
ing, without warning or dissent, side
by side with the atrocities, the Gin
nocuous beers" the pure malt WHISTLES
the genuine brandies, guaranteed to
prevent and cure all manner of dis
| eases.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
A HOPELESS SITUATION.
The Red-Whiskered Mnn Was Ig.
ANONYMOUSLY and Decidedly
Done For.

Among the dozen of us who left the
train at Carriers Junction to catch the
west-bound on the other road was a red
haired. administered man, who was
very nervous, and who went to the
agent at once and inquired how long
we would have to wait. The time was
first put at ten minutes, then at 20,
then at 30, and the agent finally
announced that there had been a wreck
on the road, and we might have to wait
for five hours.
Good heavens!" exclaimed the red.
haired man, but I'm expected in Plum.
vile at eight o'clock tonight"
YES" calmly replied the agent.
is there no possible way for me tc
get there?"
Il don't see none, being you can't
fly"
ITS almost case of life or death, .
continued the passenger, after walking
around for minute and hopping his
perspiring brow.
I'm sorry" replied the agent, with
yawn.
Il couldn't hire a locomotives"
"Noap."
Gracious me, but this breaks me all
up.' sighed the passenger. Il was to
be married this evening at eight
o'clock. 1t puts me in an awful posi-.
ton"
We'll, | dunno. Going to marry some
one in Plumville?"
Yes, of course; and what will she
think of me? Heavens! But why can't
l fiy?"
Perhaps l know the party" sug.
gested the agent, 'as Plumville is my
home"
ITS the Widow Atkinson, and it has
just struck me to use the telegraph"
NO use, old man"
But | can explain the situation"
There is no situation, sir. The
Widow Atkinson is my sister"
80! What a coincidence" gasped
the redhaired man.
There is no coincidence, sir"
"But | must explain things"
NO explanation are necessary. The
Widow Atkinson passed here on the
east-bound train this afternoon. She
was no longer the Widow Atkinson
She was married and on her brida
tour. kansas City Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
THE BEAR ESCAPED.
Funny Incident Reported from a
Maine Lumber Camp.

The cook at a lumber camp near Great
Pond, Me-, discovered a bear one after
noon last month in the act of jamming
his head into the top of the uncovered
bean pot in quest of baked beans. When
the bear heard the cooks steps he lift
ed his head, and by so doing brought
the wire bail OF the pot across the back
of his neck. The cook yelled, and the
bear, tottering under the weight OF
nearly barrel of baked beans suspend
ed from his neck, retreated up the
woods road in the direction of the back
lot. Though the bear could make good
progress with his load, he had consid-
cradle difficulty in finding his way, be.
cause the bean pot INSTRUCTED his
vision. If he held his head high enough
to keep the pot from dragging it was
in front of his eyes, and if he allowed the
pot to drag his progress was so slow
that the cook was liable to overtaks
him.
The cook had managed to discharge
all the cartridges in repeating rifle
without effect and the bear managed tG
keep in the road for half u mile, when
the couple met the leading bark team
coming out of the wods on the last turn.
Nobody has yet been able to train q
horse so it will not be scared by bear;
and here was a big bear ornamented as
to his neck with a huge bean pot, and
behind the bear was bare-headed and
frantic cook yelling as loud as his lungs
would allow. The front horses reared
twice and turned sharp to the off side OF
the road, splitting two and a half cords
of bark across the sled track. While
the teamster was trying to untangle
his horses the second load came down
the hill, followed in quick succession
bya third and fourth. Every team act
ed as badly as it could, and while the
cook was pleading for somebody to help
him kill the bear, and the teamsters
were swearing about their horses, the
bear got away carrying the pot of
beans along.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
WHERE THE sUNBEAMS HIDE.

Long ago, a little sunbeam,
On q very dismal day,
Disconnected with the weather,
From his cloud home stole away;
Then his roguish cousin, Southwind,
Spread the story round about,
And to seek the wayward truant
Every sunbeam started out.
By and by they saw him shining
Through merry lassie's face;
In her heart he nestled snugly-
1t was such coZy place
That the sunbeams were delighted,
And together quickly cried:
Let us all find lads and lassies,
In whose hearts we, too, may hide"
Then upon their quest they started
Soon each found the home he sought;
When he entered, quickly vanished
Every sad and cloudy thought.
Now, whenever 1t is stormy,
In good children's hearts they stay.
And the people all around them
Quite forget the dismal day.
M. Thayer Rouse, in Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14

This seemed to solve the question, but
there remained one more step, and this
was the training of the quick horse.
Not only must the engine and the har-
ness and the men and the horses be
ready, but the horses must be in the
harness at once-the operation must be
as nearly instantaneous as human in
genuity and brute intelligence together
could contrive. In every tire-engine
house in the United States to-day,
therefore, we may see and admire the
quick" horse, sleek-limbed, clear
eyed, with an alert, intelligent air,
standing not far from the machine of
which he is the moving power.
The casual visitor saunters in. He
thinks the life of fireman is quiet
and easy one, judging from the appear
ance of the quarters. All is serene.
The machines are immaculate in pol
ished brass and red paint. Some of the
men are reading, others are playing a
game of checkers.
Suddenly there is a tinkling some
where, and the stroke of a gong. A
snap, a click-and through the wide
open doors the various machines fly,
one after another, until the visitor
views in establishment an empty house.
1t is like magic-a wonderful trans
formation-scene." He gazes up and
down the street, but the galloping pro-
cession has vanished as if it were a
| dream.
The quick horse has done his duty,
| and once more exhibited the power of
organization and training. Within the
| time required by the firemen of the old
en- time to throw open the enginehouse
| doors, the complicated machines of to-
| day are throwing water on the flames
and the brave fremen, having scaled the
building with the agility of acrobats,
are dealing well-considered blows
| against the fire foe.
In almost every city there is prac-
| tice-drill at least once day in the en-
| gine-houses, and the visitor may have
an opportunity of inspecting the admir-
able development of the American fire
system and the fine horses so spieqdidly
trained. And he may also have an OPP
| portunity at the same time of lament
| ing that other branches of our public
service are not conducted with equal
efficiency
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
TEMPERANCE.
GEESE AND CHERRY STONES.
Too Free Indulgence Costs Them
Their Feathers and Then
Their Lives.

1t happened a great many years ago
down in the south. Sarah Ann Lee was
IL years old. She had set hen upon
eight of the largest, whitest goose eggs
that you ever saw, and now she had
eight of the latest, noisiest geese that
ever waddled abroad in the poultry
yard.
Sarah Ann intended to sell the geese
at the market in the city. She could
not have told you how many times she
had spent, in her mind, the money she
hoped to get for them, it was so very
many times. She thought about it all
day long, and she dreamed at nigh.
that dollars, dressed in goose feathers,
danced around her bed.
1t seemed as if she could hardly wait,
for it was now only two days before old
Uncle Jerry would take the geese to the
city and bring back her precious dol
lars.
Sarah Ann wandered from the kitchen
to the front hall and then back again.
Two days seemed a dreadfully long time
to wait. After awhile she thought that
she would find Uncle Jerry and talk to
him about the geese. She found him
busy at work down in the cellar. Pres
emily he came up and emptied pail of
cherry stones in the back yard. They
were the stones which hpd been in a
barrel of cherry brandy, Ito improve
the flavor Uncle Jerry said.
The UeeSe WANDERING n hout in search
of some dainty morsel, soon found the
cherry stones. They screamed and
craned their necks in delight, and then
they began to swallow the stones as
fast as they could.
Half an hour later Uncle jerry came
into the kitchen and told Sarah Ann
that the geese were acting powerful
strange" and sure enough. How queer
they looked! And how funny they
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
GETTING TO A FIRE.


Fire Departments.
F. S. Dellenbaugh writes an article
for St. Nicholas on The Quick Horse"
devoted to the training of horses for the
American fire departments. Mr.. Dellen-
baugh says: When fire breaks out in
America, it is necessary to reach it at
once. The telegraph was brought into
service in sending the alarm. In
Munich some years ago the method in
vogue was to hang out red flag by day
and red lantern by night from the top
of one of the Frauenkirche towers, on
the side in the direction of the fire; but
in America such a system would have
resulted in the destruction of the whole
town. The telegraph is the only thing
for us.
But it is not enough to know imme-
diately the exact location of a fire; it
is also necessary to reach it Immediate
ly. The steam fire-engine was a splen-
did machine, with steam always up and
everything in readiness for instant de-
parture, but how to secure this instant
departure was a question. Horses were
kept standing in their stalls with the
harness on, but this was not quick
enough. Each seconds delay meant
loss of life or possibly millions of prop
erty destroyed. So the first swinging
harness was invented; a harness con-
trived in such a way that, while always
attached to the engine or other appara-
tus, it could be made to drop instantly
ON the horses back and fasten there.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
willing to Help 90 workinsmen.

Recently committee of the Trades
assembly of Duluth waited upon o
number of business men, asking them
TO withdraw their patronage from d
certain newspaper until its owners
came to terms with the printers. Among
others waited upon by the committee
was the proprietor Of wholesale beer
shop. When the committee made known
their errand, the beer seller said: Eyes,
you boys can count on us to help you
IT is the worllingmen that mostly pat
ronize us. The rich want their cock
tails and high-priced drinks; therefore,
whatever benefits the workingman ben
efits us. The more money they make,
the more they spend with us, and in
hard times we suffer with them. II we
could have it our way, we would like to
see the common workmen get three
dollars a day
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14

Put into an iron kettle one table
spoonful of butter, three tablespoon
fuls of water. one teacupful of pulver-
ized sugar. Boil until ready to candy;
then throw in three quarts of nicely
popped corn. Stir brisl<ly until candy
is evenly distributed over corn. Take
kettle from fire, stir until it is cooled
little, and you have each grain sep
arate and crystallized with a sugar,
taking care that corn does not burn
n. \. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14

Peel and cut the rhubarb into very
small pieces, place it in preserving
kettle without any water, cover anC
boil over a slow fire till done; then re
Inove the cover and continue to boil q
minutes; then measure it, add for every
pint of rhubarb one pint of sugar; boi
five minutes and fill into the jars
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
whisky In JaDnn.

Whisky in Japan is usually of the
sort that is in the United States de-
nominated rotten" and sells for ten
cents drink in places frequented by
sailors. Natives hold aloof from the
places where whisky is dispensed. The
reason for the abstinence of the Japs
in the matter of whisky is in the low
wages prevalent there. workman
doesn't get enough pay for days toll
to balance the cost of single drink.