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The Republican., 1899-03-23
PopIins Will Be Worn.

Advance information concerning the
fabrics that will be worn in the next
season puts poplins well up on the
list. Samples of this stuff show the
material in various new effects. The
finish is silky and in delicate stripes,
checks, plaids and dotted with silk
The dots match a hair line of silk
that crosses the lustrous surface. One
design in cream white is silk-dotted
with reddish tint of plum color, and
a model formed of the goods has a
skirt trimmed with circular founces
and very odd tunic above. A bertha
of the poplin cut in squares, edged with
guipure insertion, is placed above a
lace blouse draped over satin the color of
the silk dot The collar and belt are of
rich plum-colored velvet. All the pop
lins in black and white effects are very
attractive, and on these weaves black
velvet ribbon and black velvet buttons
are used. Gray flecked with white or
violet and cream color with cerise are
other pretty color effects.-N. Y. Post.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

"Huh!" exclaimed Percy Reginald,
aged six, as he examined Willie Cleav-
ers little brother, ''he amt got no
teeth"
Course he amt" said Willie; che
amt old enuff yet"
"Well, Charley Tompkin's little broth
er Harry aint no older'n what he is,
an he's got hull lot O. teeth"
THAT don't make no differunce,'
argued Willie, m sides, Harry Tomp-
kin's pa, he's dentist. Detroit Free
Press
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Margie (whose father is great read
er, to Edna)-Does your father like to
read, too?
Edna Gnnoeently)-I dess he don't
have to, for he says when he comes
home late mamma always speaks vol
umes to him.oJudge.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
EIicifinr the Facts.

"How long have you been married,
Mrs. Ashleigh?'
"Eleven years. You wouldn't be-
lieve it, would you?"
"Not after seeing your husband"
"He is young. The fact is that we
ran away from school together and
were welded"
"Oh! Then he must have been one
of those boys we read about who are
always falling in love with their teach
ers. Chicago Evening News.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Worry EnsY.

Hicks-Which do you think is likely
to get married first, homely girl or
smart girl?
Wicks-The one that is asked first
Chicago journal.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Twenty-nine sheep introduced into
the Australian colonies in 1888 are now
represented by 120,ooo,0oO of the finest
wool sheep in the world. - Leslie's
Weekly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-04-11
TAHITPS WAR SCARE.
Everybody Excited Except Yankee VIII,
Had Timber for Sale.

The worst scared people of the yea
1898 probably were those inhabitins
the French isles of the Pacific, espec-
tally in Tahiti. The people of such
islands rs New Caledonia, Tahiti. etc.
receive news from the outside world
when it is months old, and the white
inhabitants, being mostly French, are
easily excited. New Caledonia is n
convict settlement of the French Gov
eminent, where there are thousands
of exiled criminals This made an
exceedingly anxious time for the re-
spectacle inhabitants of the principal
town, Noumea, during their war scare.
At Tahiti the officers Of the French
transport ship Aube, hearing Of the
war talk between their country and
England several weeks after il started,
became disturbed at the movements
and signaling of several foreign yes
sells, aud straightway ordered all har-
Dor and lighthouse lights out, and be-
gan collecting and carting all stores
into the country, the work being car
ried on at night. To heighten the
scare several of the crew of an Ameri-
can ship went on spree and started
row in the market place at Papeete.
and the natives joining in, the fight
became general. Then was spread tho
rumor that the English had landed ana
were ''in the fight More than half
of the natives and large number of
French women and children made for
the country. taking their goods and
chattels with them, and have not re-
turned yet, thinking that terrible
war is going on.
For a few days boats and cutters
were kept busy taking emigrants to
Morea, n mountainous island lying
twenty miles away, and the Governor
of Tahiti, the Captain of Aube and
the military officers held council of
war. Inio VOL. -. decided to make
n new fort, the soldiers being started
on the work in pouring rain, the
wet season having just begun. Every
thing portable from the Aube was
landed and her guns were mounted or.
the new fort. and the vessel was
prepared to be taken to the entrance
of the harbor and sunk. la Hobson
and the Merrimac.
Lie nun VINO reapeu the proht oil
the scare was Yankee timber mer-
chant, and at last accounts he was
still doing an enormous business, tax
ing orders and saying nothing.
The sighting of the Ovalau, an in
nocent ship of commerce, caused in
tense excitement, as she was first
taken for the expected enemy. Just
before this steamer turned up it had
been decided at second council of
war to call out every man capable of
carrying arms. However, the appear
ance of Ovalau quieted things down,
and peace promises to reign ones
more in the principal town, but the
poor people who fed to the back
country and the other islands will be
some weeks in learning the situation.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

George I. of England introduced
the black cockade from Germany as
mark of the servant.
More women than men go blind in
Sweden, Norway and Iceland; more
men than women in the rest of Eu-
rope.
Several States in New England
have statutes forb idding kissing on
the streets. The law is an old one
and obsolete.
a grain Of fine sand would cover
about 100 of the minnie scales of the
human skin; each scale covers from
300 to 800 pores.
The utilization of rain-elevator
waste for sheep and cattle food has
given rise to new industry in the
Northwest The waste brings 81 a
ton
John Hooper, man with mania
for tombstones, stole eighteen of them
from Graceland Cemetary, Chicago.
and used them for bric-a- bracs at his
home.
Some Of the petrifed wood found in
Arizona, IT IS said, is 80 hard that
steel tools will not work it, the petri-
iications being only three degrees less
in hardness than the diamond.
The walking advertisement known
rs sandwich man" is by no means
a modern idea. In 1916 a procession
Of men dressed to represent straw
covered wine bottles used to parade
the streets of Florence, Italy.
Tea drinkers in London are swim
died systematically. A number Of old
women go about and buy up from SER
wants tea.leaves that have been used.
The leaves are then artifcially col
ored, dried, aud sold as good tea.
In Japan is a venerable camphof
tree, which, it is said will hold fifteen
full grown persons in its hollow trunk.
According to japanese tradition, it
grew from the walkiugstick OF the ia
nous philosopher Kabodairs, who
hourishcd about the year 7sO. The
tree is certainly 1000 years old.
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.Jnsf IIke a Man.

The country writhed in the throes
Of a terrible war, and the red light
ming Of battle played necessarily
athwart the skies.
1t was with an anxious heart Mrs.
Smith moved about the house making
ready for dinner. for her husband was
a soldier, and even now was battling
n mile or so away.
As she went TO the door for about
the fortieth time and looked down
the road, Mrs. Smith saw cloud of
dust. Shading her ewes, size looked
more intently, and soon forms evolved
ont of the rapidly moving chaos. It
was her husband, hotly pursued by a
squad of the enemy. lie was run
ming for the house like mad, his pur-
suers close on his heels.
With n sob, Mrs. Smith sank to the
floor.
'If that isn't just like Johnro she
cried; bringing a lot of men home
to dinner that never saw before, aud
not a thing in the house to cot. 49,
Life.
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FACTS ABOUT SHOOTING STARS.
Question Whether Not the Phenomenon
is Losing in Richness.

Question Whether or Not the Phenomenon
is Losing in Richness.
The present state of science does
not admit yet of our knowing whether
the contact of the shooting stars and
aerolites has had any effect at all on
the earth's motion, says writer in
the Chautauquan.
But we can assume that in the pro-
cess of time the amount of shooting
stars and meteors will decrease. For
any given group of the former il is al
most certain that it was once more
conspicuous than it is to-day, and that
1T is growing less as the periodic re-
turns pass on. OF course in this as
sumption we must take into account
variations of density at different parts
OF the steadily moving current, varia-
tons which can produce showers
that are now more dense and now
more sparse. For this reason the
constant enumeration of shooting
stars becomes quite important, since
this alone will teach us whether or
not the phenomenon is really losing III
richness, and if it is to what degree
and under the sway of what laws.
w hGu SuOOlluB SUR breaks into
flame in our atmosphere the residuum
of the combustion remains in the air
and can be found in what is known as
atmospheric dust. The virgin snow
of the polar region was often seen to
be spotted with traces of dust which
contained PARTICLES of iron. Like
PARTICLES are found on church towers
and elsewhere. Among the minute
bodies that dance in the suns rays
there are certain particles of shooting
stars. The sands of the African
deserts when examined by a micro
! scope present traces of very small iron
particles which seem to have been
subjected to n high temperature, and
the Challenger on it's remarkable trip
in the Atlantic found at times in its
| dragnet fragments of magnetic iron
which we have every reason to be-
lieye fell from the sky. Sir William
Thompson Lord Kelvin and Richter
have even seen in the aerolites the
disseminators of the germs of life
throughout the universe.
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ncath bk snrrosilnn.

A curious case Of what might al
most be called death by suggestion
occurred recently. Father Andrew
Wolanski, parish priest at Biala near
Czortkow, Russia, was falsely an
nounced 20 have died. the news being
published by some unfriendly person.
perhaps as q joke He was in perfect
health, and had said mass that very
day in his parish church, after which
he went 10 Czortkow ON business. Re-
turning home for dinner he took M
the number Of the Halyczahin which
contained the news OF his death.
Much as.onished, and unable TO dc.
eide whether the news was TO be
ascribed 20 malice or to be a mistake.
ultimately became so excited that no
fell into a it BY the aid Of his sister
and also of his SON (he belonged 10
the eastern rite, in which priests are
allowed 70 marry Father Wolanski
recovered so far that he was able TO
get mp and meet the doctor, but he
suffered q relapse and died the same
evening. Chicago Record.
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Life in Siberia.

The five years that I spent in
Siberia were for me great education
in life and human character. says
Prince Kropotkin in the Atlantic. 7
was brought into contact with men of
all descriptions; the best and the worst :;
those who stood at the top of society
and those who vegetated at the very
bottom-the tramps and the so-called
lncOrrigible criminals. / had ample
opportunities TO watch the WAYS and
habits of the peasants in their daily
life, and still more opportunities to
appreciate how little the State admin
istration could give to them, even
though 1t was animated by the very
best intentions Finally, my extern
sive journeys, during which ] travelled
over fifty thousand miles in carts, on
board steamers, in boats, and especial
ly on horseback, had wonderful
effect in strengthening my health
They also taught me how little man
really needs as soon as he comes out
of the enchanted circle Of conven-
tional civilization With few pounds
of bread and a few ounces OF tea Inn a
leather bag, a kettle and n Ratchet
hanging at the side of the saddle, and
under the saddle blanket. to be
spread at the camp fire upon a bed of
freshly cut spruce twigs, n man feels
wonderfully Independent even amidst
unknown mountains thickly clothed
with woods, and in winter time.
Siberia is not the land buried in
snow and peopled with eziles only.
that it is imagined TO be, even by
many Russians. Tn its southern parts
IT is as rich in natural productions MS
are tho southern parts Of Canada: and
besides half n million Of natives, it
has a population Of more than four
millions as thoroughly Russian as that
| to the north Of Moscow.
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PlTH AND POINT.
One shy but soulful glance she gavo
That trooper, spurred and booted,
And the military chest wherein
He kept his heart was looted.



And the military chest wherein
He kept his heart was looted.
Detroit Journal.
az notice somebody buried dog in
handsome style up town the other
day" "What kind of dog was it?''
Dead, believe. cleveland PleiyS
Dealer. -
Doesn't your brother Tommy ever
give you anything, Johnnie?" "I
should say he did! Hes the one
what gave me the humps and the
measles"
''Timmins is rather peculiar for a
poet. He says he is averse to noto-
riety." THAT is because of it all be-
ing gained by other poets. India
napolis Journal.
In the circus: "The tattooed girl is
as pretty as n picture, isn't she?"
ION, yes, whole lot of pictures.
But, then, her beauty is only skin
deep. philadelphia Bulletin.
Mrs. Hunt-"From what Iebesr of
your husband / should infer that he
is man of iron will" Mrs. Blunt
You're right, he is; and pig-iron at
that. New Orleans Picayune.
els literature business or pro-
fession?" GA profession when you
are writing, and business when you
are trying to sell what you have
written. '-Philadelpni Noyth Ameri-
can.
Never speak unkindly to child.
A child's feelings are very sensitive,
and an unkind word rankles in its
memory, and may cause it to drop a
piece of orange-peel in your path
Tit-Bits.
Excuse me, sir" said Barker to
boorish traveller, but what is your
business?" 81 am n gentleman, sir
that's my business. " "Ah," said
Barker, 81 see. You are taking
holiday. "-Tit-Bits.
Judge-''You are accused of steal
ing six reams of paper, three gallons
of ink, and five gross. OF pens. What
have you say?" Prisoner-''Your
honor, L am a novelist, and / was
merely collecting material for new
| story. Puck.
81 would advise the young man,
said the Corned Philosopher, "to
form his friendships among men older
than himself; by the time lie is at
middle age they will all be dead and
cant borrow his money. India
napolis Journal.
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IT'S NEVER QUITE THE SAME AGAIN.

An humble cottage meath the hill,
Where children laugh and romp at will
with parents tender love and care,
How could their lives be else than fair?
Oh. let them all be glad to-day
For swift the years will pass AWAY
And when they're women growp and men.
Twill never be the same again.
Together all their tasks are done
Their interests are all rs one;
The selfsame board they gather round.
And at one altar all are found;
The same dear song, the same dear prayer, .
The same old Bible all may share.
But when they leave the home--ohl then,
It's never quite the same again.
The wedding-b bells may sweetly ring,
And glory bee on everything,
But when one leaves the dear home nest,
lis loneler for all the rest.
And II they one by one shall leave
How can the parents help but grievo?
All come and go, and love-but then,
lis never quite the same again.
In other homes as dear and sweet,
VIII be the sound OF childish feet;
In many homes, instead of one
There Will be frolic, laughter, fun.
The old love will be true and deep.
But sometimes II may sigh and weep
For something gone, somewhere, some
when,
And IT'S not quite the same again.
All, we'll! perhaps tits better so,
That deeper meanings we may know;
Ihere Is no loss. no grief, no pain,
That may not bring it's own sweet gain:
And in the blessed land above,
Therell be again one home, one love.
Then one In heart, and one in name
At last twill ever be the same
Mrs. Frank A. Breck, in Youths Com
pRnion.
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embarrassing For Tho Lecturer.

Civilized people when they listen to
n lecture on some abstruse scientific
subject applaud even il they do not
understand. But there is evidently
more frankness among savages, &C.
cording to a story told by Captain Guy
BarrOws. A white mau one evening
tried to explain to some members OF
an African tribe, the Mcknight, the
wonders OF the steam engine and
steamship He drew diagrams on the
sand, and the audience listened and
looked with apparently intense inter
est AZ last ne asked his hearers
whether they understood eyes, "
they replied, ''they thought they
did" "There was a deep silence, %
Captain Barrows says, "for some time,
and then % voice in the centre Of the
crowd expressed the unspokeu senti-
ments Of the whole assembly in one
emphatic word, uttered in tone Of
the deepest conviction-L iarp" En-
barrassing for the lecturer! West
minister Gazette.
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AFTER SCHOOL.

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eporchat
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when 5
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arden fame
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deals
Of
forgotten lies lout of then2l2
" I'm your
CONGO
rheadd
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hisold staff
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66es' All over Donald, that has
the pauper
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EVANSVILLE, W. VA, TUESDAY. April II. 1891.
hip, and every few seconds gave him
q vicious shake.

hip, and every few seconds gave him
vicious shake.
We followed as quickly as possible
i thought this was really something
like lion hunting, quite in accordance
with the very best traditions of my
youth. In a minute or two the beast
stopped, dropped the man, and
gripped him afresh by the upper part
OF the left arm, gnawing it and suck
ing the blood. We heard the horrid
crunching of bone above the snarling
and snuffiing. Bob said, 81 may hit
the heather, but he'd be killed anyway.
so, Bang! A rafting good shot,
smashing its way into the lions skull.
1t was all over; the huge beast
lifted itself up, its mouth half opened,
aud then the lifeless mass collapsed.
We pulled the body clear of the poor
Hottentot, and found him terribly
mailed. Bob took him in hand, and
managed, with odds and ends of gar
ments, to stop the bleeding, after
which we got him to the wagon. He
lived three days, and spent most of
that time telling the other two how it
all happened. He seemed to feel no
pain, and Bob said he was doing nice
ly. But the next morning, when we
were at our coffee, we were told casu-
ally that he was dead 1t appeared
that he had somehow started the
bleeding again, and had refused to al
low us to be called; so the poor fellow
lay there in the darkness and let his
life's blood go from him till his life
went too. Bob said he would have
brought him through if lie had been
called, but L said I didn't think it
possible, because the bones were so
crushed, and one couldn't set crushed
bones. Bob, as usual, when / ven
tured an opinion, remarked, "Rot"
And so ended the adventure. Wide
World Magazine.
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Hcpinccd fho Woman's sca1p.

The remarkable surgical operation
recently performed i'm Parisis still be-
ing much talked about A laundregs
had her scalp torn of from the nape
Of the neck TO the eyebrows. by her
hair catching jim some betting. She
was taken to the Broussais Hospital.
where DIR. Malherbe, after seeing her
sent for her scalp. tie obtained it
after a delay Of several hours, shaved
oifthe hair, washed 20 with antiseptics.
and applied il in place again. The
scalp has grown onto the head.
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When Mary Gregg's rich uncle died
in St. Louis ne left her his fortune on
condition that she should never
change her name. Mary had r. sweet.
heart whose name wasn't Gregg. but
after the old man died the young fell
low had his name legally changed TO
Gregg, and now Mary has her money,
her sWeethenrt and her name.
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VI weather nau
set in and we
were trekking
with n span of
oxen from the
Transvaal to
Angola, and
had reached the
o k o + n IL e a
River. Here
our wagon had
broken down,
and whilst the
repairs were in
progress a lion
had caught one
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Protecting Orchards From Light Frosts
1t was, we believe, William Saun.
ders, the enlightened Chief of the
Government Experiment Gardens at
Washington, who, some fifty years
ago, insisted, in leading magaetes.
that the textbooks were wrong in
teaching that heated air assembled
that is, ascended in an active sense.
IT was, rather, pushed up by the
heavier cold air pressing against it,
IL seems a slight distinction. but IL
has immense practical Importance.
For instance those who understand
this smile M the Florida orange grover
who builds fires around his orchard
TO make smoke when he fears a frost
is coming lie lightens the atmos-
phere at the same time among the
trees, and makes it all the easier for
tho heavy cold air to push in and take
its place.
The modern thought 60 spray with
water is more philosophical. Water
is good conductor Of heat. and would
add 10 the chances OF resisting cold by
the heat it would abstract from its sur
rouudings. Horticuturists have long
known that cvergrecug are quite hardy
in q moist atmosphere, when they
would easily succumb under the same
temperature in dry one Mahan' s.
Monthly.
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To Cure BY Dreams.

An English physician claims to have
discovered a new and efficacious cure
for persons afflicted with nervous or
mental maladies. If such persons. he
says, can only procure pleasant dreams
they will soon regain their health, and
his aim is, therefore, to furnish them
with delightful dreams
For this purpose he uses a soft
leather cap, which covers the patients
head and ears and leaves only the face
uncovered. Beside the ears are placed
two metal plates. which are Joined by
a rubber tube to a monograph The
patient rests on divan in a dark room
and in front of him is a sort of magic
lantern, from which are projected at
brief intervals various enjoyable pic
lures In this way it is claimed, the
eyes of the sick person are delighted,
while at the same time his ears are
soothed by the vibrations of the phono-
graph.
AS a result, WEAKNESS comes upon
him and Is soon followed by slumber,
and it is while he is DOING in this
manner that happy dreams are evoked,
thanks to the monograph and stereop-
ticon. After this light slumber comes
a deep sleep, which, we are assured, is
always most beneficial.
Several tests of this kind have been
made with success, and it is said that
not only are tired nerves refreshed by
this method, but that the patients body
also rapidly increases in weight. That
pleasant sounds and sights are sooth-
ing to the nerves we have all known
for a long time, but that pleasant
dreams have a tendency to make per-
sons fat will certainly be news to the
general public.