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The Republican., 1899-06-29
WANTED ST. PAUL.
The sultnn's ohcer Wanted TO Arrest
Him for Writing Those Let
ters to Galata.

comical incident at Constantinople
Illustrates what thin ice those who use
the press have to walk upon under the
rule of the sultan.
There is a Greek benevolent society
in Constantinople which recently had
occasion to publish pamphlet on its
work, and on the title page there was
put quotation from st. Paurs Epistle
to the Galatians. Very soon after il APP
peared polite officer came to the print
ing office and demanded Of the editor
that he should give him information as
to who this Paul was who had been
writing letters 10 the police of Galata
Zone OF the suburbs of Constantinoplel.
as he had orders 10 get a copy of these
letters and TO bring the aforesaid Paul
to headquarters.
The editor explained that Paul could
not be brought TO headquarters: he
was dead. But the functionary retort-
ed that his orders were 10 bring Paul.
and. il he could not bring Paul, TO bring
the editor. 1t was of no use TO protest
that Paul had been dead for 500 years:
the editor was taken 10 headquarters
and put in prison for several days, until
finally the Greek patriarch interfered
and presented the bureau of censorship
with a copy of the letter of Paul, which
he showed was addressed, not to the
people of Galata, but 10 province of
the ancient Roman empire.
This having been at last made clear
the editor was released.-N. Y. World.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Thermometers for indicating low
temperature may be filed with petro-
leum ether, which freezes at-19O de-
grees Centigrade $40 degrees Fab
renheit).-Uhland's Wochenschrift.
American silk mills now supply two
thirds of the home market. 1t is also
safe to say that the American mills now
consume at least 25 per cent. annually
of the entire worlds surplus produc-
ton of raw silk.
Vienna correspondence of the Lon
don financial press reports that new
undertakings in Hungary during 1898
involved capital of 15,21s,9S0 fiorins,
against minimum for the decade of
S,356,900 in 1897 and maximum of 2S,-
$4,000 in 1895.
Wapakoneta, o., operates an electric
light plant and waterworks, and IA per
cent. of the capital invested was real
lied from their operation during the
year Just closed, making a net earning
of eight per cent, after deducting in
terest on bonds issued.
Prof. J. X. Rees, professor of astron-
omy at Columbia college, has an
nounced the gift of $4,000, the money
to be used for the measurement and dis
cussion of astronomical photographs.
The gift was made by Miss Catherine
Wolfe Bruce, who has previously made
important gifts for astronomical work
Mr.. T. Thoroddsen, who has explored
Iceland during his vacations for Is
wears, and seen every part of it, will
shortly publish his results. He has dis
covered scores of crater lakes in the in
terror, and regards the country about
Natna Jokull as a counterpart of the
scenery on the moon, allowing for the
fact that water exists in Iceland, but
probably not on the moon.
United States Consul Higgins, of
Dundee, sends an account of plowing
match near that city. These matches
are held for the purpose of encourage
ing laborers to adopt this occupation.
Prizes were awarded for plowing. for
harness and grooming, and for finish
ing or clearing up burrows. Quite a
few American plows are in use and
opinions are favorable to their adop-
ton
The Republican., 1899-06-29

vas retreating still farther into the
Ieafy covert.
But wolves can't climb a tree!" ex-
claimed David, sorely puzzled.
This one kin, but mebpe 'tain't a
wolf" returned Saul, scratching his
head obviously. Il don't see how we're
goin' to git at him, though"
1--WE kin build a fire." suggested
David.
"Ain't got no matches" But David
produced two, and five minutes later
bright blaze was leaping high above
the pile of brush.
From every possible point of view the
lads endeavored to catch a glimpse of
the strange animal, but in vain. Still
Saul would not give up.
"You go home an git somethin' to
eat, Dave. Take old Hes along. Mother
IL be skeered to stay all by herself.
She'll do the chores for once. You come
back, an Wen watch until day. Wen
hev pay fer this long run, eff it takes
week"
David willingly agreed, though Hec-
tor was very reluctant to abandon his
quarry. An hour later the lad returned,
bearing an ample supply OF food for his
brother.
The two Youngsters settled down be-
side the fire, eating. talking and watch
ing for some signs of the strange ami
NAL. For an hour or two all went well
enough, but then their eyelids grew
heavy with sleep. They had been hard
at work since early dawn, and growing
lads must sleep at all hazards. What
followed was natural enough. Before
ten o'clock both boys were sound asleep,
nor did they awaken until broad day
light.
And then-their game was gone
They could see where it had leaped from
the trunk to the ground. its long claws
deeply scoring the earth not a dozen
feet from where they had been sleep
ing. Why had it not attacked them?
The Republican., 1899-06-29
TEEY DON'T SEE IT.
There Is Some HumOr Which Women
Have Difficulty in
Catching.

Now, that species of humor some
times described as "rollicling." which
men complain that women cannot see.
IS often more or less in the nature of the
practical jole-that is to say, it lies in
the matter rather than in the manner.
1t appears. for instance. in much (bv
nomeans all of the humor of Pickwick.
or in the farcical situations on which
the dramatists of the Restoration RELY
so largely, strong as they are also in
humor of a different kiId. The point.
II we must say so, is rot infrequently
supplied by the fact that some one is
exhibited in more or less undignifed
position. 1t may be freely and at once
conceded that. woman orc 49,. --------~vs
ny humor OF this class. They think It
silly, undignified and often coarse. and
so far as the last Indictment is con-
cerned men do not contradict them.
More than this, such jokes, like the
practical jokes that amuse a boy. are
often enough not only coarse but cruel.
and 1t may very well be that a woman
refrains from laughing at them. not so
much because her perceptions are dull
in one direction as because they are
keen in another. To see a human being
made fool of is too painful to be
amusing. Moreover, she often finds that
the joke consists in some time-honored
Wltucism against her own sex, sup
ported rather by tradition than bv OBJ
servation, and if she has any spirit she
naturally resents it, 1t is curious evil
dence of the strength of custom. bv the
by, this naivette with which women
are expected to join in jokes against
themselves "by men," as has been well
said in different connection. ''incapa-
bic of deliberate insult" But because
Il woman does not laugh it does not al
ways follow that she does not see what
she is expected to laugh at. a brother
once complained of his sister that she
could not see joke, and the criticism
was of course duly conveyed to her.
mo, don't see any joke. l see what
amuses him, but you don't really ex-
pect me to laugh at that?"-Cornhill
Magazine.
The Republican., 1899-06-29

If it We're TO be considered which
branch of the fine arts is the most use
ful TO man, it would probably be found
that he could most easily dispense with
sculpture, and especially that branch
of the art which portrays human and
animal figures. 1t is not too much to
say that, saving, perhaps, a score of
masterpieces, every human and eQues-
trian statue in the world might be de-
stroyed at very small cost to the aes-
thetlc sentiments of humanity. Sculp-
ture lacks color, warmth and life. 1t
is a luxury of the rich as far as the
adornment of the home is concerned.
and its public examples rarely afford
satisfaction to any but the amateur.
IL has, therefore, very little interest
for the vast majority of mankind. The
idols of idolatrous peoples must be ex-
cepted, but here the interest is not
artistic but religious. In the extended
sense of the term, sculpture could be
less easily dispensed with, because it
would mean the abolition of all adorn-
ment in architecture, and, to a highly
civilized people, this would be intolera-
bie.-CincinIAati Enquirer.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
That was a question they could not

That was a question they could not
answer.
They longed to follow the trail, but
that was out of the question. Their
days work must be done. They set
about without a mlltmur-
For nearly week nothing more was
seen or heard of the strange animal.
One of the neighbors, mighty hunter
in his younger days, to whom the boys
told the story of their adventure, and
who took the trouble to visit Spit hill
to examine the tracks, declared that
the creature was none other than a
panther of the largest size. He could
not understand how the boys had es-
capped so easily, especially as the ami
NAL was wounded. Their escape was
one in a thousand.
The widow and her sons had gone to
bed early after a hard days work. but
early in the night they were awakened
from sleep by hideous clamor Old
Hector was yelping furiously. The fat
tening hog was squealing fit to split
its throat The horses were snorting
demolish their rude stable.
Saul and David, half asleep. crawled
down from the loft where they slept.
and, grasping their rifles, opened the
door and rushed forth As they ran
around the corner of the house. shout
ing encouragement to the hound, they
caught glimpse of something lust
leaping out of the pig pen, but before
they could fairly lift a weapon the
prime cause of all this nocturnal dis
turbance ran nimbly up the old live oak
tree which formed one corner of the
stable. 1t crouched in the lowest fork,
glaring at them with fiery eyes.
ITS that old panther" and as he
spoke SOL endeavored to draw bead
upon the animal.
1t was too dark for him to see the
double sights, and now that he knew
how dangerous the creature was he
dare not risk an uncertain shot.
''Tell mother to fetch the lantern"
he muttered to David
This was the scene I beheld. as. be-
lated, | neared the cabin. A tall. hand
some woman in a night dress and bare
footed, holding lantern so that the
light fell upon the leveled rifles of her
two sons.
As one report the weapons spoke. and
with a screech of mortal pain the huge
panther shot through the air and
hurled that little group aside. But that
leap was only spasmodic; both bullets
were buried in the brain of the beast
and no person was hurt.
l helped to skin the creature. which
measured nine feet seven inches from
tip to tip and weighed $50 pounds. |
spent week at the farm and learned
to love the boys as my own kindred. /
am happy to add that, at this writing.
they are fairly comfortable in this
worlds goods, all of which they have
earned like true heroes. by the sweat of
their brows.-Chicago Record
The Republican., 1899-06-29
alls Family Pills are the best.
Patience md Practice.

A clever young physician here, who, like
so many of his brethren everywhere, has
had a weary time trying to build up prac-
tice, nevertheless meets his hard fortune
with smiling gayety. Like Warren HAst-
inYs, his motto IS ;, NitoF F4 in AdYersltum, i
sion the other day to go into the Hber
MIA bank, where, owing to the throng Of
customers, he could not get his business
transacted at once. After considerable de
lay, his companion, a nervous little man.
complained irritably of the inconvenience
to which they were subjected.
Doesn't this put you out Of patience,
Doc" he asked.
My dear sir" returned the medico, gay.
ly, "to be out of patients is my chronic con
dition. | haven't had one for a week. -
San Francisco News Letter.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
Swedish Postal Svstom

In certain parts of Sweden, where
the most absolute confidence is reposed
in the honesty of the people, very in
formal postal system is in vogue. AS
the mail steamer reaches a landing
place a man goes ashore with the let
ters, which he places in an unlocked
box on the pier. Then the passer-by
Who expects a letter opens the box,
.urns over the letters, and selects his
own, unquestioned by anyone.-Albany
Argus.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
4 Pneumatic Artificial Limb.

An English inventor has discovered
very ingenious artificial leg and foot
intended for use in cases of amputation
below the knee joint. 1t is mainly com
posed of a hollow rubber chamber
whichisinflated in exactly the same way
as is bicycle tire. The skeleton of the
foot is of wood and contains within it
rubber-faced joint which permits of
movements like those which take place
at the ankle. A pair of rubber pneu-
matte pads surround the end of the am
putated limb, so that no undue pressure
is exerted on the tissue.-Scientifi
American.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
Attracted Other scnrecrov,

"Do you find the scarecrows any use
for saving the crops? >"
Yes, certainly; you see il works out
in this way. Every tramp that comes
along crosses the fields to see if the
clothes are worth stealing. He finds
they aren't, but then he's helped to
scare the crows away."-Stray Storisa
The Republican., 1899-06-29

The Brides Father can't give you
i positive answer to-day. | must first
make inquiries about you in the mer.
camille agency.
The Suitor-Well, we might go there
together, for | want to make some in.
quiries about you!-The Rival.
The Republican., 1899-06-29

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j; Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
cut any obligations made by their firm
West & Traax, Wholesale Druggists, To.
ledo, 0.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial
free.
Halls Family Pills are the hest
The Republican., 1899-06-29
Masculine idea of n Tea.

Empty two quarts of dried peas into a
bass drum and trim up the outside with
pink baby ribbon and you have the average
mans idea of his wife's five O'Clock teas
Atchison Globe.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
A Powerful Incentive.

The condition of mans liver has more
to do with his reputation for generosity thar
Is generally UNDERSTOOD Louis Star.
The Republican., 1899-06-29

Yeast--Did you ever take any of those
mud baths?
Crimsonbeak-Well,I 1 ran for office once.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Republican., 1899-06-29
What He Got.

A sallow skin acquires a healthy clear.
ness by the use of Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
The Republican., 1899-06-29

Ethel-He offered me an engagement
ring.
Edith-And of course you gave him the
"gad hand!"-Puck.
The Republican., 1899-06-29

Clear on One Pont-Sprockett-'D YOU
believe that the bicycle has seen its best
days" Tyre-"I know mine has."-Phila.
delphia North American.
The Republican., 1899-06-29

But Short Time-"And pray" asked
the gay coquette, what is this claim of
yours to distinction?' "Why," replied the
loyeIorn caller, 81 am the man of the hour!'
-BrookIyn Citizen.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-27

The possibilities in America for the humblest boy have never been better illustrated than in the ease Of Albert Beveridge, who has been chosen by the republican legislators Of Indiana for United States senator. He is only B years old. He spent his youth on q farm as a plowboy. He worked his way through Depauw university and in Indianapolis read law with Senator McDcnald. He is considered one of h. diana's foremost attorneys, and his or atoTical powers have won him wide fame. Young MT. Beveridge's caresr refutes the statement sometimes made that the youth of the land haven't the opportunity in competition that oncs existed in this country.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-27
PROFESSIONAL FORTUNES.

The New York Times says Joseph H. Choats has made considerably over S1,- 100000 iii the practice of his profession. That is pretty large story to tell of @ lawyers success even in these days Of big professional fees. MT. Choate has had a long and distinguished ca reer in his profession, and he has had some great law eases, but it would take a great many of these to make his fees amount to a million dollars, and it is probably safe to affirm that no lawyer ever accumulated that amount of mon ey in the practice of his profession. If MT Choate's fortune exceeds a million dollars, it is doubtless to be accounted for by the fact that his big fees have been well invested, and his investments have handsomely appreciated in value on his hands. A great many handsome fortunes are thus to be accounted forl- Boston Herald
Arizona republican., 1899-01-27
GROWING MARVEL OF HISTORY.

It is estimated by the great fnanciers of Londcn, including the Rothscbilds and the governors of the Bank of Eng land, that Berlin alone is now AmeIi- cas- debtor to an amount not less than $150,0 900. The situation in the minds of thesa great money kings is as novel as it is surprising. For the first time Europe finds itself in debt to an- other continent. As Lord Rothschiid said to an American press correspon- dent few days ago:
 When the Spanish-American war broke out no one could have foretold the enormous outburst of enterprise in the United States or the unprecedented expansion of trade which followed up on Americas victory. Her harvests, of course, had been very good, but the present state of affairs is most remark able"
 Lord Rothschild expects an enor- nous development of American trada with Cuba-which has always been large-when we have had it in hand for few years, and also predicts similar results cn a smaller scale as to the Philippines. Other financial authori- ties agree that Americas commercial prospects ara very bright. Samuel Stewart Giadstone, deputy governor of the Bank Of England, is very emphatic in his optimism for cur country. He says:
 "As a matter of fact, Americas pros perity, and her outstanding account with Europe, dates further back than the termination Of the Spanish-Ameri- can wa, though it was that, of course, which gave it such a remarkable i'm petus apart from her harvests"
 MT. Gladstone finds in the develop ment of American railway receipts, in which the totals have been jumping up steadily, the true index of the condi: tion Of trade. He says:
 "A nation is like a private firm. If business develops it means bigger prof it's and bigger credit to ether people, hence it is that we have Europe's pres ent indebtedness to the United States British confidence in American seclri- ties and industries has undergone remarkable growth in recent years notwithstanding the fact that the pro- ductiveness of Europe as a whole has been on the increase.
 Pierpont Morgan, Jr., of London. holds that lit is ludicrously impossible to attempt to say what are the actual figures of America $ present trade bal ance in Europe" The famous house of Earrings says that Berlin is practi- cally living at the present time on American money and there are other capitals in EIIIols similarly placed.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.
(From the Atchison Globe.)

FTom the Atchison Globe.)
 An Atchison man had to jcin four teen lodges before he could become popular
 The women are wearing trains that are big enough to step on, but not big | enough to see.
 You can't persuade a woman who has | three children that a woman who has one, has anything to do.
 One great reason that leads men to marry is that if they don't marry the girl they are fond of, some other man will.
 Whenever a nervous man reads de- scription of how cancer originates, he begins to feel all over himself for little Jumps.
 A man is nsver seriously i'll so long as he can smoke, and no one need wor- ry over a woman who is not too ill to read love stories.
 An Atchison woman makes such good mince pies that her husband threatens to get a divorce. He can't resist. eating them, and suffers after ward
 When you complain that the gas you are burning is not satisfactory, a good gas man Ieplies that the trouble is with your eyes; that you are becoming old.
 As soon as a girl gets violin, she wends her way to the photographer and has her picture taken with it in her arms. A woman does the same with her first baby, and an Atchison woman, who has neither, recently sat for a picture with her sewing Tn her hands. She figured that it would look natural.
 The new comedy success, "Why Smith Left Home" was seen in Atchi- son before it viii be seen in New York. When it is presented in New York next September, we intend to visit that city, and attend the first performance, for the pleasure of relating the plot to those around us, and saying that we saw it in Atchison seven months ago, when it was new"
 It has been decided by Atchison citi- zers not to mention to Governor Stan ley that Atchison would like to have Major c. A. Woodwork retained as superintendent of the soldiers Or phans' home. It is believed that as soon as Governor Stanley sees that the people of Atchison county want MT. WOodwOrth retained, he will decide to remove him.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-27
USELESS INFORMATION.

There are only three structures in the world 500 feet in height.
 It takes 72,O00 tens Of paper to make the postal cards used in the United States each year.
 A professor estimates that the black race embraces about one-tenth of the inhabitants of the G.o5e, or 150,G00, coo persons.
 In China, where most eyes are mar row and long, a small, round eye is con sidored an extraordinary beauty. Chi nese girls pluck their eyebrows to make them very fine.
 Antiseptic gloves are the latest fad of a class which has been described as 'micTobe maui3cs." The glove is worn to keep the hand from contact with door-krobs, bell-pulls, gsrm-infected money, etc.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From the Chicago News.D

(From the Chicago News.)
 Too many men mistake gall for abil- ity.
 The pay days of those who work for love arc uncertain.
 A bug eXterminator that doesn't OK terminate is a hum-bug.
 Cold weather naturally makes the all coho1 thermometer low-spirited.
 Perhaps home is all the dearer to some men because they are seldom there.
 It depends upon what your living ex- penses are whether life is worth living or not.
 The old bachelor who has two small boys for neighbors says the good must die very young indeed.
 A poet writes of ''The Rent in the Clouds" He probably occupies room on the top floor of a ''sky-scraper.
 It is surprising how much more will ing a man is to give up his turn in dental parlor than in a barber shop.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-27
Dr. Mitchell says in diff

Dr. Mitchell says in diff cult cases of Ancmia, he adds cod-livcr oil half an hour after each meal and he likes to use 1t in an emulsion; that he has watched with grow ing surprise some listleSs, feeble, creature gathering flesh, color and wholesome ness of mind and body from this treatment.
 "Scott's Emulsion" Is cod liver oil combined with hy- PoPhosphites. Itregenerates tissue, invigorates the nerves and brain, enrichesthe blood and adds fat and strength.
 soc and s1.oo, all druggists.
 SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York.