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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

Fish being rich in phosphorus and phos-
phorus being the essential thing in making
matches, it therefore stands to reason that
girls should be partial to a fish diet.-Chi.
cago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

Always put off until tomorrow that which
should not be done to-day.-ChIcago Daily
News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

Wife--John, let me tell you that as surely
as you keep on in your present career, juss
so surely will you pay for your indulgences.
Husband with air of pride)-Thanks,
dear, for that tender tribute to my financial
probity. Courier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

When the hostess no longer apologies fol-
the lack of pie, a wise guest knows her well
come is worn out, and talks of going
Atcbison Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

have received
from the use of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
Soon after the
birth ofmy first
child, l COM
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price 25 and Soc
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

We have often wondered that women do
not have their kitchen dresses made as low
necked as their party dresses. 1t would GER
tainly be cooler in working over hot stove.
-Atchison Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

Pisos Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate coughs.-Rev. d. Buch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
TO Cure "a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinirc Tab ete. All
druggists refund money lift fails TO cure 3Sc
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
LETTER TO MRS. p1NxHAM NO. o,,as4l

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-For some
time have thought of writing to you
to let you know of the great benefit 1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
HnIl,s Catarrh Cure

Is Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c.
Never do to-day any wrong thing you can
put off till tomorroW.-L. a. W. Bulletin.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
At Our Regular Auction,
JULY Is, 1899,
THE DANGER SIGNAL
we viii sell me FOLLOWING;

Your eyes may be warning you every
day of their weakness their inability to
work without help. The eyes are the
daily bread makers for most of us.
They are priceless to all. DON'T NEG
LECT THEM Timely attention Will save
future misery The examination Of the
eyes Is free to all
w. p MYERS, EYE SPECIALIST.
office aud residence 744 Main street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
Stores. Offices. etc.

TO RENT-Barn, 9S Grafton St; stalls;
plenty of shed and yard room. Apply
at o. A. Kelley's, 81 Foster st.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
CHAMpLIN COTTAGE = NARRAGANSETT PIER.

Good ACCOMMODATIONS Tor summer
boarders; 81 to S12 per week; ocean
view. e. c. Champlin. box 1928, Nara
gansett Pier. r. |.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

Have you thought of Yarmouth as
good place to spend your vacation in? If
not, let us send you booklet. The sum-
mer temperature at Yarmouth is a con-
slant delight; other conditions for enjoy
ment are excellent; good fishing boating
and bathing, good roads and charming
scenery; air that cures hay fever in a
day. Yarmouth has also the one thing
needed to enable you to thoroughly enjoy
Al these-one of the best hotels in Canada
1.-THE GRAND" Address
+. C. WILSON. Manager.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
Clalrvoyan,s and Massage.
chiropodlst and Manicure.

ALL ILLS OF THE FEET scientifcaIly
and carefully treated without pain;
warts removed; also manicure. Miss Al
v. Carbcrry room IS, Burnside building
Main st. Evenings until 7.ao.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

IT is FOOLHARDY to go canoeing I'M
less you can swim. Swimming lessons
sundays and week days. Woman's Pub
lie Bathhouse, Lake Quinsig.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
For San or Repair Clothing.

$500 SUIT cleaned and pressed; $500 sink
velvet collar on coat Upham e Padula.
tailors, 81 Main st.. opp. elm. one flight
Open evenings.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

TO RENT-Furnished front room bath
and gas, $1.5 per week. IA Maple st.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
Bargain!

For Sale-Large Brick Block at No S11
Main St; hardwood finish, all modern inn
provements: dining room and kitchen in
basement; s rooms above; good location
and arrangement for a doctor Apply to
H. G. Fisher, State Mutual building
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

FOR SALE-50 secondhand ladies' and
gentlemen's bicycles; some but little
used; soma We're taken in exchange for
Northampton and Monarch wheels. Guy
Furniture Co.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
Help Wanted Male

per month ana railroad expenses who will
faithfully take orders for the largest
wholesale and retail mail order house
IN the world. Remember. this is strict
~ salary and salary only. Address i'm
mediately, as positions will soon be
nlGed. A. 3. Steckel Manager, Depart
ment 163, New York city.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

FOR SALE-Ten R-I-P-A-N-S for cents
at druggists. One gives relief
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

"A FEW ADULT BoARDERs can be ac-
commodated with summer board on a
dairy farm near Worcester Terms
and further particulars, address Pros
pect farm, West Boylston, Mass.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
RIVERSIDE HOTEL,

throughout. The best family house over
hooking. Narragansett Bay. Bathing, boat
ing, fishing and everything that goes for
comfort. Rates 81 per day and upward.
Special rates for families. Address
GEO. w. PATTON, Riverside. r. l., or
Hotel Patton. 464 Westminster St., Provi-
dence r. ]. II
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
Boaru and Rooms.

IN private family, two very cool fur.
nished rooms, with modern convent.
ences. Inuire at As Salem st.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
MANET BEACH COTTAGES.

$40 to $15 per week; all furnished, in
Guiding use of boat and bath house: ex-
tensive views Of other seaside resorts;
Boston harbor in the distance. Manet
Beach is between Quincy bay and Wey-
cool breeze These cottages are all near
the beach. Everything eatable brought
TO the door. One minute from trolley
521 Main ST.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
NARRAGANSETT BAY.

BKANI HUN HUUSE, MASS. "'
Beautiful Sea Shore Resort. Hotel Within
no feet Of high water Send for circular.
c. T. SUMNER, Prop'r.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
For BICYCLES.

SEBBENS HAS SOME OF THE FINEST
both new and secondhand, at very low
prices; easy terms; repairs done quickly
and right. IL to 10 Vine ST., from lS9
Front st.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

AGENTS WANTED-The greatest seller
ever put on the market; make big
money in selling rubber faces; they sell
on sight: already introduced and de-
manded everywhere; sample, prepaid,
loo Allegheny Mailing Agency, Is G.,
Perry St, Allegheny, Pa
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

FOR SALE-The new house cor. Faraday
st. and Lancaster pl., u rooms, bath
rooms. 8 set bowls, water closets,
laundry, furnace etc; will be sold low,
on easy terms. Stephen Salisbury, 8
Main st.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
BAKERS OVEN

FOR SALE OR TO RENT-A finely stu
ated factory for manufacture of TOYS.
novelties light machinery or wood
working plant. Inquire of +. M. Clough,
Athol Mass.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
FOR SALE,

diately from the premises, the present
wooden house at South Worcester, owned
by M. ]. Whittan. Apply at once to M.
p, Whittan, or Earle & Fisher, architects.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
WORCESTER, MASS.
H beautiful SUMNER RESORT,

Much patronized by business men who
have sent their families to suffer the pri-
vations of country and seaside resorts
that they may enjoy the comfort of living
at the Creamerie,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
sItuarens Wanted : NleIe.

SITUATION WANTED-By married man
for general work or second man; UNDER
stands care of horses, good driver, etc (:
good Worcester references; address T.
w. Malone, IL Norton pl., Cambridge,
Mass
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
Miscellaneous.

A LADY of refinement will buy ladies
slightly worn clothing; correspondence
confidential; will call at your conven-
fence Address Miss NJ e. d.. 20
Chatham ST.
NEW ENGLAND Primers Wanted--I pay
81 TO $25 apiece for them. Write me date
and condition. Edwin Batcheller. Box
247, Wellesley. Mass.
LAWN MOWERS sharpened and re-
paired: called for and delivered ST. Geo
L. Fairbanks. ie6 Union st. Telephone
No. $685.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18

WANTED All-around cook, general girls,
kitchen girls, middle-aged American
woman, table girls green girls. Mrs.
Jones, 40 Main ST., room H.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-18
Business Notices.

OLD RANGES or parlor heaters taken as
part payment for the National Acorn,
Crawford Grand, Diamond and other
ranges We put our secondhand ranges
IN order and sell them cheap. Guy Fur
niture Manufacturing Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
ApecIdeeIy Novel Claim.

a claim once made On the explorer.
Cameron, in the neighborhood of Ga
boon, Africa, shows the peculiar work
ings of the native Africans mind.
Some of Cameron's possessions proved
unduly attractive TO q native, and he
determined on transferring the owner
ship to himself. He accordingly paid
another native 5000 TO procure for him
the coveted goods.
The assistant took the money and did
his best to earn it, but Mr.. Cameron
had perversely locked up the very arti-
Giles that the fellows employer had set
his heart upon. The man could not car
ry out his bargain, and neither did he
feel that he could part with the money.
Therefore he ran off with it. What
more logical than that the man who
was the loser by $500 should expect the
explorer to make the loss good? This he
assuredly did expect.
He went to Mr.. Cameron and told
him the story, demanding in the first
place the $500 which he, Cameron, by
locking up his goods, had compelled the
complainant to lose, and, secondly, the
actual price of the goods themselves,
which; but for these arbitrary measures.
would now have been in his possession.
1t is not stated that his expectations
were realized. -Watchman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
NIaori Women.

The Maori women of Australasia have
their riGhts-hourishing ones. General
ly they have little voice or choice in the
selection of their first husbands, but
they may, and frequently do, change
them. A woman may trade her husband
without SO much as a comment from
the public, without the slightest smudge
on her good name, and it is nothing TO
his discredit either. Courtship is always
brief and does not often preface mar
riage. The Maoris, however, love to re-
peat oriental love tales and sing love
songs. Maori widows not infrequently
commit suicide on the graves of their
husbands and are honored for doing so,
as in China. Divorce is simple; it needs
no revenue, employs no officers. He
turns her out of doors, and both are free
to remarry. This is all. Girls are often
betrothed irrevocably from infancy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
Sterne,s Destitusion.

Laurence Sterne, the writer, was the
victim of the intensest poverty. a little
time before his death, being i'll a state
Of restitution, he went one evening to
borrow So from his friend Garrick.
Upon arriving, he heard music and
knew that a party was going on. He
heard the merry laughter, and, gently
replacing the uplifted knocker, retracec
his steps.
We never feel our miseries SO keenly
as when contrasted with the joys Of
others, and it is only then that we re-
alize Wordsworth q picture:
And homeless near thousand homes stood
And near thousand tables pinned for food.
Another story of this writer does not
evoke so much sympathy. 1t was known
that Sterne used his wife very i'll, and
in talking with Garrick one day in fine
sentimental style of conjugal love and
fidelity he said, 1.-THE husband who be-
haves unkindly to his wife deserves to
have his house burn down over his
head"
IF you think so," said Garrick
quietly. 81 hope yours is well insured. F"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
Bank Impertinence.

The Philadelphia Record tells of an
old Pennsylvania farmer who recently
came into possession of a check for
5000. 1t caused him q great deal of anx-
iety. and for a long time he could not
muster up the courage TO have it cashed.
Finally, while ON "a trip to town, he
summoned up nerve enough and, stroll
ing into the bank, presented the check.
The teller glanced at it hastily, and
then, after the fashion of his kind,
brusquely asked, What denomina-
TOM
Lutheran, gol durn i'll But what s
tibet got tew do with it:'' as brusquely
replied the old farmer, to the great as
tonishment of the bank official.
1t required several minutes explana-
ton before the teller could get the old
man to understand his question, and
then the latter took his money and de-
parted. with suEdry growls derogatory
to banks in general.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
4 Malay su1tan,s Letter.

In the cover there were three inclo-
sures-a formal letter of extreme polite
ness, written by a scribe; secondly, a
letter written in my friends own hand;
and thirdly, another paper, headed,
Hidden Secrets, written also in the
sultan's own hand. At the top of the
first page of the second letter is writ
ten, "Our friendship is sealed in the
inmost recesses of my heart Then
this, II send this letter to my honored
and renowned friend" (here follow my
name, designation and some conven
tional compliments). The letter then
continues: "You, my dear friend, are
never out of my thoughts, and they are
always wishing you well. 1 hear that
you are coming to see me, and for that
reason my heart is exceedingly glad, as
though the moon had fallen into my
lap or / had been given a cluster of
flowers grown IN the garden called
Benjerana Sri, wide opening under the
influence of the SUMS warm rays. -
"Unaddressed Letters" by Swetten-
ham
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
NO STOVES IN KOREA.
Instead Fines Are Laid Under the
Floors, which Are Thus Heated.

Instead Fines Are Laid Under the
Floors, which Are Thus Heated.
Stoves are not used to any extent by
the native Koreans. The Korean meth
cd of heating is excellently adapted to
their resources and conditions. In build
ing their houses they lay down sys-
tenn of flues where the floor is to be.
These flues begin at fireplace, which
is usually placed in an outer shed or
connecting closed alleyway.
From this fireplace the fines extend
in a more or less curved direction, like
the ribs of round fan, to trench at
the rear of the room, which in turn
opens into chimney, which is usually
placed some distance from the house.
Fiat fiagstones are then placed carefully
over these fiues, and the whole is &C.
mented over and finally covered with a
thick oil paper, for which the country
is noted. This paper keeps smoke from
entering the room, and little straw or
brushwood, used in the fireplace for
cooking tho rice, serves to heat the
stone floor and gives an agreeable
warmth, which lasts till the time of the
next meal.
Two heatings daily tend to give the
people a nice warm floor, upon which
they sit in the daytime and sleep at
night. By leaving their shoes at the
door the inmates preserve the paper
floor, which from constant polishing
takes on a rich brown color. New
York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
The Maa ro.t.. Retort.

Many stories are told of Mcdonald
Clarke, known 80 years ago in New
York as the ''Mad Poet, 2" which show
that he had vein of great shrewdness.
such as Is often possessed by people
who are counted insane.
One day he was seated at table in q
New York hotel quietly eating his SIM
pie dinner when two young men took
their seats at the same table. They were
not gentlemen in the best sense of the
word, and it occurred TO them that they
might have some sport with the poor
poet. Consequently one of them said in
an unnecessarily clear tone:
Il have seen almost everything and
every body in New York except McDon-
aid Clarke. 1 have great admiration
for his poems, and 1 would give great
deal to see the man.
When he paused, the mad poet leaned
forward and said with evident gratifica-
ton:
"Sir, I am Mcdonald Clarke, whom
you say you wish to sec.
The young man stared at him with
much rudeness for a moment, and then,
drawing quarter from his pocket, he
laid it on the poets plate, saying.
That's for the sight!'
Clarke looked at the coin for an in
slant, and then, placing it in his pocket,
he took out a york shilling" IL =
cents. This he handed to the young
man, saying gravely. Children half
price. ''-Youth's Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
Robbed the Grave.

a startling incident of which Mr..
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the
subject. is narrated By him as follows:
Il was in most dreadful condition.
Ny skin was almost yellow, ewes
sunken. tongue coated, pain contin-
ually in back and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, friend advised trying
Electric Bitters, and to my great JOY
and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided improvement. / continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
a well man. l know they saved
my life, and robbed the grave of an
other victim No one should fail to
try them. Only so cents per bottle
at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
CROSSED" MONEY ORDERS.
safegunrds Employed In England In
Making small II emittnnces.

Safeguards Employed In England In
Making Small Remittnnces.
Americans who are buying books in
small quantities or are RENTING dues
to the treasurers of English societies of
which they happen to be members occa-
sionally receive printed or written re-
guest TO use a crossed order when
sending money. At first they are likely
20 be mystified by the phrase. Even if
inquiry is made at the postoffice in this
country it is quite possible that no sat
isfactory explanation will be obtainable.
The renting party Will ascertain,
though, that American postotfices do not
issue Crossed orders.
The term in question refers to two
lines drawn with pen from the top to
the bottom of postal order ON its face
near the middle and an inch or two
apart. That treatment of a money order
will prevent payment of it to any one
but a banker, and if, as is sometimes
done, the name OF some particular bank
is written in the space between the
lines the order will be paid only to that
institution. 1t is not necessary to use
any words in addition to the name of
the bank. No explicit prohibition is re-
CURED. The mere crossing of the order
is we'll understood signal to the Brit
ish postal authorities. for, while the
custom is comparatively unfamiliar to
people on this side of the Atlantic. it is
common enough in the United King
dom.
When an American RENTS money in
this manner, he crosses his order him
self, but in several foreign countries the
postoffice does not give the order to the
sender, but transmits it directly to the
paying office. The person who RENTS
merely sends notice to the right person
to go to the postoffice and apply for the
money. Where this usage prevails the
postoffice issues crossed order because
the sender cannot cross the order him
self. Such is the practice, for instance,
in Germany, Belgium, Austria and
Italy.-New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
STROKES OF A RAZOR.
How Many Do You Suppose Tt Takes
to Shave Man.


How Many Do You Suppose 1t Takes
to shave a Man.
"Now that you've finished shaving
me, how many strokes Of the razor did
it require:" asked the man in tho chair,
as he Strengthened up to have his hair
combed.
That's pretty hard to tell, " said the
barber.
"Of course it is. But you've been in
the business how long,"
Fifteen years.
"You ought to know by this time
about how many strokes CT the razor it
requires to shave Il man, supposing that
you go over his face a second time
81 might make a guess at it,
"All right. What's your guess? Re-
member that L have hard beard
''Well, 1 should say about 125."
you're a good guesseT, ] don't
think. Some time ago 1 got into the
habit of counting the strokes of razor
every time was being shaved. It's
good way to employ your mind. In
shaving me you just made 732 strokes
with the razor"
81 wouldn't have believed it. ."
''No man believes it until he takes
the trouble to count. In my case never
knew the number to fall below 500,
and it has gone more than 500 at times.
call it a stroke every time the razor
is brought forward and then drawn
back. 1 should judge that there are no
fewer than 500 strokes in a first class
shave. You remember that, and proba-
bly, you can win few bets. New
York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15

Scene-A railway carriage.
First Artist-Children don't seem to
me to sell now as they used.
Second Artist Gin hoarse whisper)
We'll. I was at Stodge's yesterday.
He had just knocked off three little
girls heads, horrid raw things, when
dealer came in, sir, bought 'em direct
", took 'eIn away wet as they were on
the stretcher and wanted Stodge to let
him have some more next week.
Old Lady Quitting her head out of
the window and shrieking) - Guard,
stop the train and let me out. or I'll be
murdered London Tit-Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
Protection.

Nephew (from the city)-Why do
you have those lightning rods on your
house and barn, Uncle Josh: Don't you
know the theory that they afford pro-
lection has long since been exploded?
Uncle Josh-Waal, 1 kin tell you
they dew act as perteckters, the'ry or
no the'ry.
Nephew-Do You mean to tell me
you believe they protect you from light
ming?
Uncle Josh-Mebby not, young I'm,
mebby not, but they perteckt me frum
them pesky lightnin rod peddlers.-
Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
An AntenuptinI Understanding.

There is one question want to ask
you, dearest, said the beautiful girl as
she toyed with the diamond ring on
her third finger. when we are mar
ried, will you expect me to bake my
own bread?'
lyon can do as you like about it,
darling he replied, "but 1 certainly
shall insist upon your not baking
mine. Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
Feeding Hotel HeIp.

The first work done in the Waldorf
Astoria, New York, each day is the
preparation of breakfast for 1900 en-
ployees. The last of these meals is
served usually before the earliest rising
guest sIeepiIy orders his eggs and cof-
fee, thinking himself almost hero to
be breakfasting at such an hour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-15
Unhappy Hinaoo women.

The Hindoo holy books forbid a wom-
an to see dancing, hear music. wear
jewels, blacken her eyebrows, eat dainty
food, sit at a window or view herself in
a mirror during the absence of her hus-
band and allow him to divorce her if
she has no sons, Injuries his property,
scolds him, Quarrels with another wom-
an or presumes to eat before he has fir
ished his meal