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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

For luncheons, afternoon teas and
evening suppers nothing compares in
favor or effectiveness with the polished
table. Indeed, it may be said that
polished tables, round, square or OBJ
long, are the fad of the hour. They
are, of course, made the background
for beautiful lace effects, in center
pieces, large and small doilies. New
mahogany may be aged by processes
that are known to furniture dealers,
and defaced or dull woods may be re-
newed and polished. A top 60 inches
in diameter will seat seven or even
eight comfortably, and one 70 inches
will seat -. A large dolly is placed
at each cover, and every article on the
table excepting the silver and glasses
at the individual covers) has something
under it proportional to its size. These
bits of lace or Openwsrk, with the CEN
terpiece, flowers, brilliant crystal, sill
yer and fine china, give an effect as
striking as it is pleasing.-Ella Morris
Kretschmar, in Womans Home Cora
panion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

kets for our surplus of cereals, fruits,
cotton, animal products, etc. A wise
choice has been made in the appoint
ment of Charles Richards Dodge as the
representative of the department of ag-
riculture for the collection and prepara-
ton of the agricultural exhibits and
later to represent the commissioner
general at Paris. For more than 80
years officially connected with the
United States department of agCicul-
ture in various capacities and long rec
ognized as an expert in textile fibers,
MIR. Dodge will bring to completion an
exhibit highly creditable to the depart
ment and also to our farming interests.
The United States will have almost
10000 square feet of floor space for it's
agricultural exhibits, properly grouped
under four general divisions, animal
products, vegetable food products, veg
etable products not food, illustrations
of the science and practice of agricul-
ture. In due time Mr.. Dodge will issue
invitations to American farmers, hor-
ticulturists, stock raisers, etc, to plan
for and eventually offer specimens for
display. Special efforts will be made
to bring prominently to the front corn
and corn products, the latter to include
such items as canned corn, desiccated
corn, hominy grits, various grades of
corn meal, starch, dextrin, glucose, etc.
Also the auxiliaries, such as soap, corn
oil, rubber substitute, cellulose, smoke
less powder and upholstery materials.
Fodder plants will have place in the
exhibit; so with cane, beet and maple
sugars, honey, apiary implements
hives filled with live bees, wines, elders,
brandies, textile fibers, American
woods, hair, bristles, feathers, an elab-
crate cotton collection, flax, hemp,
ramie, leaf tobacco, fresh and dried
fruits, etc. The exposition opens April
IS, 1900, and closes November s. Con-
gress has made total appropriations for
exhibits of $1,210,000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The number of cities in Massachu-
rs.AAr L. L 4 o.

The number of cities in Massachu-
sets has doubled in 25 years.
Not one residential house in 40 in
England, counting even those occupied
by the nobility, has a stationary bath
tub, with running water.
A tobOggan slide in st. Moritz,
Switzerland, extends three-quarters of
mile and is said to be the longest in
the world. The descent has been made
in II seconds
The Swedish traveller, Kahn, said that
in Pennsylvania in one year, 1749, 6 s.
900 were paid out for heads of black
and gray squirrels at three pence a
head, which would show that over
100000 were killed.
The Bongolas, a tribe of the Congo
Free State, are cannibals and resort to
strange custom. Before putting a
victim to death they break his limbs;
then he is placed chin deep in pool of
water, with his head fastened to a log
to prevent drowning. He is left in the
water three days before being killed,
as this treatment is supposed to make
the flesh tender.
Austria has profted by the ex-
perience of the last naval war and now
owns an ambulance ship the Graf Fall
kenhayn, fitted up and presented to the
government by private gentleman to
commemorate Emperor Franz Josef's
jubilee. The donor has also given So
900 tioTins to maintain the vessel in
time of peace. 1t will be managed by
the Austrian Red Cross society.
A batch of letters written by George
Borrow has been discovered among the
papers of the British Bible society.
Some, written from Spain, Borrow made
use of himself, but many others, writ
ten from Russia, are probably new.
They are the reports of the Bible So
ciety, which had sent him to Russia in
order to prepare the Manchu transla-
ton of the New Testament.
Marconi has invented an instrument
for ascertaining a ships position in a
fog when it is within range of one of his
telegraph stations. 1t consists of re-
ceiver which can be revolved and which
when pointing toward the transmitting
station sets off an electric bell, thus es-
tablishing the bearings as accurately
| as the compass can. The instrument
is to be tried on the channel steamers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
BEAUTY AND THE BATH.
Tepid or Cold Water Very Good for
aintnininG the Purity of
the Complexion.

The complexion is one of the points
that are noted first in a woman's APP
pearance. The bath is valuable aid
to the necessary purity of the skin,
but, like all beneficial processes, it is
liable to abuse. The hot bath especially
is misused to great extent. \ warm
bath, as distinct from hot one, is sell
dom injurious, but the safest is the
tepid or the quite cold one. The test is
simple one. If, after a cold bath,
when the skin is dried the surface of
the body glows with heat and is suf-
fused with a pink tint, all is well. But
if this reactionary warmth fails to re-
spond to vigorous rubbing with the
towels the bath is injurious. A chill
often follows the hot bath, which proves
how dangerous it is. If chill follows
the cold bath it must be abandoned at
once and the tepid tried. Much de-
ponds upon circulation, whether it be
brisk or sluggish. If the former, the
cold bath may almost certainly be VEN
tured upon with uniformity and be-
come a daily delight. But if the circu-
latiOn be slow and defective large
can of hot water should be added to the
cold. Only short time should be al
lowed to the bath proper, whether hot,
warm, tepid or cold; but the drying
process should be thorough and vigor-
ous.-Mrs. Humphrey, in Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
'sNEW CANALS IN GERMANY.
The Great waterway That Is to Run
East and West Through the
Country.

The Germans attribute their rapid
commercial progress in part to the add
yanced development of their internal
means of communication by rail, river
and canal. They are not able, for in
stance, to mine coal quite so cheaply
as is done in England, but they can
carry their products to the iron mines
for smelling purposes on the state rail
roads, at so small a figure that it equal
ICES matters, and they accordingly
manufacture pig iron as cheaply as is
done in England. They are now at work
on what is known as the Midland canal,
which is to run east and west, cutting
through the territory between the
Elbe and the Rhine, permitting not only
the direct passage of ships from one to
the other without unloading, but also
allowing Rhine boats to carry cargoes
gathered in the harbors of the North
sea to places far inland. The canal will
also connect with other canal systems,
penetrating to the Oder and Nistula,
so that all parts of the country may be
lCdCIVQ ny NdlNI I'll GU llOll illt WI III
sea. Side canals are to run to Osna-
bruck, Hildersheim, Peine, Brunswick,
Madgeburg, and perhaps to Neinburg.
spEsNe cost of the work is estimated at
$3S, 900.
Nature has traced the course of this
canal, and the work presents so few
difficulties that it is hard to understand
why it has not been built before. con-
sidering the Importance of the region
between the Ems, Weser and Elbe as
means of internal communication. The
Dortmund canal, already in operation,
will be part of the system. The canal
will be dug from Bevergern, on the
Dortmund canal, to the Ems, will reach
the Weser at Minden, the Leine near
Hanover, and will finally join the Elbe
at Heinrichsberg, little below Madge-
burg. This stretch of the canal will be
very fiat, and over half the canal will
be at an altitude of about $50 feet and
20 miles at an elevation of 175 feet.
There will be only six locks. The canal
will be 10 feet wide at the surface. 60
feet wide at the bottom, and ten feet
deep.
AS the great ditch will run through
a region of extensive marshes, the canal
will be of much importance not only for
commerce but also as a regulator of the
drainage and water supply. In the
eastern part of its course the iron in
dustries are highly developed. 1t is
also expected that large quantities of
fertilizers will be transported by the
canal for the improvement of the poor,
sandy soil in this part of the low Ger
man plain, and it is thought the result
will be a considerable increase in the
density of population.
Canalization is of much importance
IN country like Germany, and the re-
suits thus far obtained have more than
justified the expenditure. Emperor
William recently said that the empires
future is on the water, and he has done
much to encourage canal building
Last month he approved the plans for
the projected ship canal between Stet-
tin and Berlin, by means of which YES
sells of heavy tonnage will be able to
load and discharge cargoes at Berlin
n. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

where they had been planted and were
growing apace; and that as a conse-
quence she was by no means widow.
At first both the rajah and Chumla's
parents affected to laugh at the report,
until particular cutting left one night
at the formers door put a different
complexion upon the matter and
brought CONSERVATION into the Soman
household.
1t appeared that among the flowers
culled for the bouquet out of the rajah's
garden was the blossom of a plant not
found in that neighborhood, but from
which it would seem the cutting had
been taken, until, on the plant being
closely examined, it was found that it
bore no signs of a recent bereavement.
Then the rajah, believing that there
might be some truth in the report, de-
termined, if possible, to set the matter
at rest by a search of the jungle in the
vicinity of the Soman bungalow, at the
same time privately making up his
mind that whether the plant were found
alive or not he would refer the Whole
W IL III VI Nt't as
ical reputation, in order to decide if it
savored of enchantment, because in
that event nothing in all Hindustan
would induce him to marry Chumla.
You see, the raiah, like many people
elsewhere, was inclined to be supersti-
tious.
So, accompanied by his servants, the
/ ,,1 10 ho AnyHay-
but the party had not proceeded far
when a cat in hot pursuit of bird
sprang directly across their path.
The rajah paused for moment, as
that was an unlucky sigma cat cross
ing the path in connection with matri-
mony; but at length, proceeding, they
had not gone far when a cobra glided
out from the bush and disappeared on
the opposite side in the rank vegeta-
ton.
At this second i'll omen the raiah halt
ed abruptly and was debating the adj
visibility of a hasty retreat, when the
appearance of fox a short distance
ahead settled all doubts, and sent the
party home in great expedition.
| With three such i'll omens, a cat, a
snake and a fox, taken in conjunction
with the mystery concerning the'fiow-
ers, the rajah could not be expected to
carry out his part in the marriage with
Chumla, perhaps no very great hard
ship when it is considered that he had
already six other wives. So it was
promptly broken off, with the conse-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
THE UNHAPPY CZARINA.
II Is Reported That the Empress of
RUSSIA Does Not Enjoy Her
SpIendOr.

The evident beauty of the Russian
empress face is so overshadowed by
an expression of patient, pathetic mel
ancholy that she arouses sympathy and
curiosity in everyone. Undoubtedly the
czarina is not happy woman. Russian
expresses have little enough to inspire
content, and this pale, pretty creature
with the sad eyes and mouth endures
daily such tests of her physical
strength and moral courage as few
American women would care or con-
sent, for all the Russian state and
power, to undergo. Her husband, on
the whole, is a kindly young man who
is considerate, even affectionate, but
he can do very little to mitigate the Sc
we're, even cruel, Russian court etiquette
to which she must bow; with her he
shares the daily terror of assassina-
ton, and with his people he laments
the fact that the empress has not yet
given an heir to his throne.
In spite of her beauty and her vir-
tues, the empress is not loved by the
Russian people nor consulted and con-
fided in by her husband as her mother
in-law, Empress Dagmar, the dowager,
was. She has neither the robust
physique nor the ambitious interests
of the clever dowager, and court in
trigues, squabbles and etiquette dis
tress and fatigue her. 1t is fact well
known that up to the very day before
her betrothal she resisted the change
of her religion and Christian name that
every Russian empress consort must
yield to; again and again she has faint
ed at the long receptions, balls and re-
views through which, in spite of her i'll
ness, she is obliged to stand, and the
only true comfort and solace she finds
in her dreary splendor is the personal
services and attentions she is allowed
to lavish on her tiny girls.-Detroit
Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

socks and brown shoes 'upon his feet;
the rest of his person was clothed in
native dress. The shoes ought to have
been laced, but, as they were rather
tight, the laces were allowed to hang
down at the sides and the tops of the
shoes had been cut off with kuife.
Nevertheless his majesty suffered
:ruelly, and attempted to alleviate his
condition by alternately shutting along
and stepping with very high action.
He entered the reception-room in this
manner and sat down under dais, one
of his high officials fastening to remove
the shoes and socks. These he rolled
INTO tight packet and held under his
arm as he stood proudly beside the
monarch leaning upon an express
rifle, muzzle downward.
"At this moment the Negus yawned.
All those around spat vigorously in or
der to drive away the evil spirit which
might have profited by that unguarded
moment"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
No Wonder 1t Panied.

A tender-hearted old woman noticed
a horse with broad rubber band
stretched around its leg just above the
hoof. She asked the waiting driver of
the cab why it was there and suggested
that it was more than cruel to place it
on the animal.
Yes, num- replied the cabby, cts
painful to the horse no doubt, but that's
not the worst of it. It's the getting of
it on that pains the poor thing. Why,
we had to stretch the band and draw
it over the horses head and down all
his body to get it on
For the lands sake alive" exclaimed
the woman, and walked away Mortified.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
luences falling upon the not unusual

quences falling upon the not unusual
head.
Disappointed and enraged, the whole
Soman family, parents, uncles, broth
ers, and sisters, set to work to abuse
and beat the unfortunate Chumla.
"Unlucky creature!" they cried.
you have disgraced us all. You are
bewitched; but we can, at least, beat
the devils out of you"
Poor Chumla's appeals for mercy for
tunately did not fall entirely upon I'M
sympathetic ears. Young Motilal, near
by, appeared upon the scene Just in
time to receive blow intended for her
''Why do you beat her thus?" he de-
manded.
Because she is bewitched," replied
one of the uncles. ''She was to have
married the great rajah, but now he
will not have her on account of bad
omens. She is disgraced thereby in all
mems eyes, and we shall never be able
to marry her. But we suspect, rascal,
that you know something of this" and
he threateningly fiourished the stick
over young Motilal's head.
Il do know something" boldly re-
torted the other. 81 know it is a fact
that her flower husbands live"
"Oh, you dol" came a chorus of re-
joinders. ''Where are they, them"
THAT 1 shall not tell you, unless
"Unless?"
''Unless she is promised to me as a
wife. Then l will kill all the flowers
and marry her. l alone know where
they are. See the proof?" and he held
up a sprig of the rajah's plant.
Take her, by all MEANS" cried
Chumla's father, 'and may she bring
for you better fortune than she has
brought us, the unlucky daughter of
evil
So Motilal rooted up all of Chumla's
husbands, and exchanged them for the
person of Chumla herself-a bargain
which, so far as anyone knows, he never
repented, for the youthful Hindu maid,
on this occasion at least, gave not only
her hand, but her heart.-Atlanta Con-
StitutiOn,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
Fowl Sauteed.

Cut the remains of cold fowl into
neat pieces, removing the skin and as
much of the bone as possible. Put an
ounce of dripping in a stewpan, and in
it fry the fowl, sprinkling it with pep
per and a suspicion of mace. emove
the fowl, dredge In little -four, and
then add pint of stock; stir well and
add a sant of boiled haricot beans. Let
all stew till tender. Put back the fowl
into the stew to get warmed and then
serve. Arrange the chicken nicely in
the center of dish with the beans
round. Scatter chopped parsley over
the beans and garnish with rolls of
tried pork.-Boston Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
Use for Volcano Dust.

Volcano dust carried by the wind
from the mountains of Puy in Au-
vergne enriches the soil of Limagne
with phosphoric acid and potash. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Nivois, inspector gen.
eral of mines in France, it is owing to
this natural fertilizer that the soil is
so rich. A field at Gerzat, Clermont-
Ferrand, has yielded a fine crop Of
hemp IS years, running without any
other manure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

We find in report on Sabbath OBJ
servance, just presented to the free
presbytery of Lorne by Rev. Mr.. Mac
leod, of Oban, this statement: THE
queen and royal family, it is deeply to
be deplored, have not shown a happy
example to the people in the matter of
Sabbath observance. Her majestys re-
cent journey to France and arrival
there on Sabbath day must have been
grief to every enlightened Christian
subject of her own and pernicious in its
influence over the giddy and godles1
French. "-Westminster Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
CHARLES R. DODGE.
Representative of the Agricultural
Department at Next Years
Paris Exposition.

American agriculture will form an,
important part of the exhibit of the
United States at the Paris exposition
next year. Plans are being made on a
comprehensive scale for the installa-
ton of an exhibit which will creditably
show to the millions of foreign people
visiting Paris the merits of our prod
ucts. The effect cannot be other than
beneficial to our farming interests, GO
ing far toward charging foreign mar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
Catarrh Cannot be Cured


''Chew your food with the celebrated
Dewey false teeth"
Eat at Hashem's and try the surprising
Dewey sinkers.
Play your patriotic pieces on the unex-
celled Dewey mouth organ"
Buy Dewey pies for dinner"
Cool your throat with Dewey ice cream
soda"
"Wear Dewey waistcoats."
Take Dewey bitters for that tired feel
ing"
ATTEND the Dewey picnic given by the
Patriotic Sons of Manila"
Spank your children with the Dewey
chastiser." - Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele.
graph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22

Indignant Spinster-I shall sue you
for breach of promise, sir, and 1 shall
have your letters read in court!
Recreant Bachelor-That's all right.
[ amt ashamed of those letters. cop
led every one of 'em from a regular
printed letter writer.-Chicago Trib-
une. 49,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
EVERY INCH A KING.
Negus Menelik of Abyssinia rs Seen
by the VicOmte de POucius, a
French Writer.

81 arrived early" writes the vicomte
de Poncins in the Nineteenth Century,
land soon caught sight of Menelik pass
ing through little court with his pow
erful acolytes.
Upon his head he wore big black
hat, without which he is rarely seen,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
Joke ON the Major.

The major, just returned from Boston,
tells in strict confidence this story:
Il had engaged my berth, and was stand
ing on the rear platform five minutes be-
fore the. train pulled out of the Park
Square depot, when a middle-aged woman
and handsome girl, both ladies, passed me
and entered the car, accompanied by a
gentleman -lookng chap wk1o carried their
baggage. moment later this fellow pushed
up to me and said he was in a most embar-
RAISING position, had his sister and mother
aboard, and had lost his mileage book He
would introduce me to them and give me
any security for S25. said l needed neither
introduction nor security, but would give
him ten dollars-all | had to spare. He in
sisted on giving me his diamond scarfpin,
and then rushed into the station to see if
he could get more cash. As the train pulled
out without him, he came running wildly
after it, but had to give it up.
Then the porter approached me tenta-
lively. Was that man annoying you" he
said. told him no. He insisted on carrying
the baggage of two ladies inside, sab, an
an-dld he get any money out of YOU?
OF course he didn't said / but | took
the lrst opportunity of examining that pin.
It was worth about~fve cents. Buffalo
News.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with Local Applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years,
and is a regular prescription. 1t is COM
posed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting direct
ly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-06-22
"Th11k of Ease
Bat Work On. i"

IF your blood IS impare you
may "qVork on but you
cannoteUen think of ease. -
The blood IS the greatest sus-
tainer of the body and uhen
you make it pure by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla you haze
the perfect health tn 4vhfch
euen hard Work becomes ease.
Hoods SaadaboIM
zZlzz2|Es'll ls:;z22JaDT
Hoods Pills cure liver ills; the non IRRITATING and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-10-12
AnaWERnn-

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale Of any medicine in the
world. Your mothers and grand
mothers never thought Of using any
thing else for indigestion or bilious
ness. Doctors were scarce, and they
seldom heard Of appendicitis, ner-
vous pr0stration or heart failure, etc,
They u1ed August Flower TO clean out
toe system and stop fermentation Of
undigested food, regulate the action
OF the liver, Stimulate the nervous and
organic action Of the system, and that
ls all they took when feeling dun and
bad with headaches and other aches.
fon only need q few doses Of Green's
August Flower, in liquid form, 20 make
you satisfied there's nothing SER
lous the matter with you. Sample
bottles at J. F. Lewellyn's drug store.