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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

A remedy recommended for patients af-
ficted with the grippe is Kemp's Balsam,
which is especially adapted to diseases of
the throat and lungs Do not wait for the
first symptoms of the disease, but get bot
tie to-day and keep it on hand for use the
moment it is needed. If neglected the grippe
has a tendency to bring on pneumonia. The
Balsam prevents this by keeping the cough
loose. All druggists sell the Balsam.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
Shall Porto Rico BE n StnteY

action should be taken regarding the status
of Porto Rico. We have never before had to
deal with similar condition where nearly a
million people of foreign tongue have been
annexed. Neither have we ever had before
such a reliable medicine for malaria, fever
and ague as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t
drives the poisons out of the system and es-
tablishes strength to resist future attacks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
In Old Missouri,

Mrs. Olive-It is rumored among the
neighbors that your husband beat you last
night. Is it true?
Mrs. Poplar-There isn't word of truth
in the report. He struck at me several
times, but failed to hit me- You know, he
played with the st. Louis nine last sea
son. "-Chicago Evening News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep You
can drink Grain o when you please and sleep
like top. For Grain-O does not stimulate;
it nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains.
Get package from your grocer to-day. Try
it in place of coffee. Is and 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
How They Were Impressed.

Mr.. and Mrs. Whyte were introduced
to Mr.. and Mrs. Browne at a social
function.
isn't Mr.. Browne handsome man q"
exclaimed Mrs. Whyte to her husband
that night as they were retiring.
81 didn't notice particularly" said
Mr.. Whyte, but Mrs. Browne is a very
charming woman."-Somerville Jour
nal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
oh That DeIiciou, Coffee,

Costs but lc per ID. to grow. Salzer has the
seed. German Coffee Berry, pkg l5c; Java
Coffee pkg. 15c. Salzer's New American
Chicory l5e. Cut this out and send l5c for
any of above packages or send 3Oc and get
all pkgs. and great Catalogue free to JOHN
A. SALZER SEED CO, La Crosse, Wis.Ik.1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
None to Turn Over.

'1 thought you were going to turn over q
new leaf, John" she said.
~ was" he replied, "but find I can't"
'Why not"
There won't be any new leaves until
spring. Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
Opinions of n Pessimist.

Polish may be laid upon wood to such
a thickness as to. obliterate the grain. The
same thing may happen to man.
People who honestly tell us of our faults
may mean well, but they never run ahead
of their tickets, at the polls.
The man who prides himself upon his
good looks never acquires the students
stoop.
Hard steady, determined hammering is
good thing, but the greatest battles of
life are won by strategy.
The philanthropist who gives to the poor
only that he may lay up treasures for him
self in Heaven, will be surprised if he ever
gets there, to see how little credit he got
for it. True charity is love for your fel-
low man-Cleyeland Leader
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

Teacher of the Future-Who can tell me
who was Hobson?
One of the Countless Generation as Yet
Unborn-Please, he was the hero of the
merry smack.-Indianapo Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

She-"That's just it-everything I say
goes in one ear and out of the other" He
well, good gracious! You don't suppose
my head is big enough to hold it all Ply on
kers Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
An ExpedIent.

Poet (gloomily)-I don't see how it is 20.
ing to be possible any longer to keep the
wolf from the door.
Poets Wife-You might sit on the door.
step and read aloud one of your rejected
poems.-Somervie journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

On visiting Niagara for the first time one
is apt to carry away falls IMPRESSION
Harlem Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

An agreeable truth may lie at the bot,
tom of well, but a disagreeable one al
ways comes to the surface.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
More Fact Than Fiction.

Miss Worth-It's considered impolite to
give jewelry to a girl to whom you're not
engaged.
Mr.. Strongly whom?
by all the other girls" - jewelers.
Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

The story goes that when Ii Hung Chang
was in England an admirer sent him spe-
cially fine bull terrier intended to watch
years. The following letter-so the story
goes-was received in Acknowledgement:
My Dear -: While rendering my best
thanks for sending me your dog, l beg to
say that, as for myself, have long since
given up the practice of eating dogs flesh;
but my attendants, to whom handed the
creature, tell me they never tasted any.
thing so nice, Your devoted L".-House
hold Words.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

A woman thinks it is all right in her OWE
case to marry man younger than herself
but how she howls 20 years later when some
woman older than her son wants to marry
him!-Atcbison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

See! Bad sprain is cured. st. Jacobs OILS
magic worked it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
Lanes Family Medicine.

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, 1899-02-16

The man who always says exactly what
he means is more numerous than popular
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

Where's it gone? Ask st. Jacobs Oil. It
cured that bruse-gone.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
High-Pressure water.

So penetrating is water at high pres
sure that only special qualities of cast
iron will withstand it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

St. Jacobs Oil cures Soreness.
St. Jacobs Oil cures Stiffness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
Coughing Leads to Consumption

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough AZ
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 81
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

Injustice of Fate.-"A man can't do much
without money" ''No, and when he has
money he doesn't need to do anything
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

If, as the poet Wither says, "care viii
kill a cat" it might be we'll to hang a little
of it over the back fence where felines most
do congregate-L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

Philosophy with some men means thu
love OF their own isdom-Ram's Horn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

Two little brothers in Bath, Me-, were
confined indoors during a Storm and Sam,
the, younger, made such an uproar that his
father Inundated him by whipping They
shared the same bed, and as they knelt side
by, side at night, saying their prayers, the
elder thus closed his supplication: "And,
This Sam promptly resented by excaiming:
You shut up, Willie. l can pray for my
self"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

could not get along without Piso's Cure
E. c. Moulton. Needham, Mass, Oct %, '94.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

The bootblack always begins at the foot
Chicago Daily News.
1t is easy, sure. 1t will vanish. Use st.
Jacobs Oil for Neuralgia. It's done.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

II think I am in love with that girl;
when she comes around get three new dis
eases; 4" What are theyS "Palpitation of
the heart, ossification of the head and
paralysis of the topgue."-N. o. Times.
Democrat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

Old Fogle-"The country is going to the
dogs: I'm as certain of it as | ever was of
anything" Old Keener-"By the way,
whatll you sell that acre lot on the cor
ner of Mary and Martha street for?" Old
togle-'Ihat lot is not for sale. / shall
hold onto it.. In less than ten years it will
bring more than double what it would sell
for to-day. "-Boston Transcript.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-02
COAL PRICES NORMAL.
Dealers Have Not Heard of an Ad-
vance of Twenty-Five Cents.

Dealers Have Not Heard of an Ad-
vance of Twenty-Five Cents.
The reported raise in the East of %
cents ton on hard coal has had no eff
feet on prices Of anthracite in this city
Coal sold for $3.50 ton here Monday, the
last day of July, and yesterday the same
price was quoted for August deliveries
ard sales. The raise is said to have been
ordered by the coal trust, but local deal
ers say they have not been notified of
any advance in prices. If the raise was
intended to effect the Western territory
they say notice would have been received
before this.
According to local coal dalers raise
may have been ordered for the East and
coastwise trade without having an appli-
cation in this section. 1t is explained that
ofteDtimes a shortage of a particular size
or kind of coal will result in raise for
this particular fuel, and that the advance
is only intended for the district where
the shortage exists. If an advance of
% cents a ton has been made in the East,
LEGAL dealers say it is doubtless from some
such cause as this.
mo notification of an advance in prices
has been received here said S. C. Rus
sell, Northwestern salesman for the
Northwestern Fuel company, yesterday,
''and we are sending out our August price
list with the same quotations as the
July list. There may have been a raise
in the East, but it will not affect this
section during August
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-02

ing vouched for the generalship and
statecraft and rigid truthfulness of Gen.
Otis, the administration now proposes to
relieve that reliable and imaginative
warrior, probably replacing him by for
mer scapegoat-Gen. Miles. Just what
disposition will be made of Gen. Otis
after he has remained in obscurity while
the clouds are lowering no one can
now tell; but after he has been offered
up on the altar of the administration s
devotion to the public demand, it may
be safely assumed that he is certain to
receive some more fitting recognition of
his services to the nation and the admin
istration than has thus far been be-
slowed upon him.
The entire succession of incidents might
make a splendid act in opera bouffe, the
closing scene representing the president
down on his knees before the chief scape-
goat Of all, his former war chief, explain
ing to him that whatever he might feel
disposed to do to Mcmillan he ought in
no way to interfere with the delegation
from Michigan in the national convention
or the electoral vote of that state in 1900.
This really is the present attitude of the
president toward his former secretary of
war unless the press dispatches belle both
numerically.
No mans hostility to the expansion
principle will prevent him from wishing
in the most heartfelt spirit, however
ridiculous or stupid or sordid this ad-
ministration may have shown itself to be,
that some means may be discovered for
bringing to a close the disgraceful and
tiresome state of things which has pre-
vailed in and around Manila for the past
six months or over The position which
the United States is compelled to occupy
before the nations Of the world is suffi-
ciently disheartening to cause any pa
triotic American to consent to almost
any proposition which would bring the
entire foolish exhibition to an end.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-02
AT THE THEATERs.
METROPOLITAN.


Sweet Lavender" the NeiII company's s
offering to the patrons of the Metropoii-
tan opera house for the first half of this
week, is undoubtedly the most pleasing.
as it is the most popular play this clever
organization has presented during the
present season. Other productions have
been given on a more pretentious scale,
other plays have enjoyed welI-deserved
seasons of popularity, but in very STEW
dramatic creations are the elements of
pathos, humor and genuine heart interest
as daintily interviewer as in this delight
full story of love and foggy London
Sweet Lavender" will be presented at
the matinee this afternoon and for the
last time tonight The matinee sale is
very large and these desiring seats for
this performance will do well to secure
them early; there will, however be room
for all who desire to attend the matinee,
IS the management has made special
preparations for this occasion.
For the balance of the week, beginning
tomorrow night, the Neill company will
present the famous London society
drama, Lady Windermeres Fam" the
company gives a splendid production Of
this play, and the indications are that
the house will be crowded for every per-
fornance. Next week the Neills will be
seen in ga Bachelors Romance" and
Alabama" The sale for next week
opens tomorrow morning.
he Boston Lyric company will return
to the Metropolitan for an engagement
of two weeks, beginning Sunday Aug. 10,
presenting a repertory of operas includ-
ing La Belle Helene "Olivette.' "The
Musketeers," ''Maritana" and Bohemian
Girl"
The Banda Rossa is underlined for an
early appearance at the Metropolitan
opera house in this city.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-02
A MILITARY OPERA BoUFFE.

There has been a very active trade in
scapegoats by the Hanna-McKinley ad-
ministration, at least on the surface of
things, since the imperianst difficulty
assumed something like its natural pro-
portions Recently developed facts all
tend to show, however. that the scape
goats have all been used for the effectua
ton merely of temporary purposes. For
instance it is now related that the i'm
mortal Eagan is about to return to his
post. he having done a sufficiently long
penance for providing more than was
thought altogether proper of given sort
of Aforementioned beef, to wit. 1t is
also worthy of mention that Gen. Miles
who was condemned and re-condemned
for his fearful misconduct in criticising
the beef contractors. is now about to be
restored to his position as the nominal
and actual chief officer of the army. An
other interesting development In the pro
gramme of this most original administra-
ton IS the circumstance that, after hav-
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-02

fathers, and the very same regime that
relglous zealots are now seeking to bring
about prevailed for q time In the colon
les. when they stripped men and women
10 the waist, and tied them to an OK
cart and fogged them with rawhide.
sunday is not an American institution
for 1t dates back to the days of Con-
stantine, while yet a pagan, who enacted
the very first Sunday law, which reads
as Follows: Let all judges and all city
people and all tradesmen rest upon the
venerable day of the sun But let those
dwelling in the country freely and with
tulI liberty attend to the culture of their
nelds; since it frequently happens that
no otner day is so fit for sowing grain
or the planting of vines; hence, the IA
Vorable time should not be allowed to
pass. lest the provisions of heaven should
be lost
Given the seventh of March, Crispus
ana Constantine being consuls, each for
the second time. .'-Codex Justin. lib
Ill, tit. xiii, l., (321 A d..
Now 1 will suggest that if would he
Wel for those who are so anxious that
sunday should become the American Sab
path, TO appeal to some law making body
Tor an amendment in this the first Sun
DAY law, so that instead of reading, ''rest
= upon the venerable day Of the sum- it
may read rest on the American Sab
L Ol uHLI lney can nnd these
much used words, "the American Sab
bath' in some Of the earlier Sunday
laWs' their claim is without foundation
1t may be we'll in this connection to note
that the North British RevieW styles
sunday as ''the wild solar holiday of all
pagan times" Why should our Presby-
ter1an brethren, and others, work to such
a disadvantage, when by going to the
Bible they can find abundant evidence
for the Bible Sabhath7
st. Paul, July 81 H. F. Phelps
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-02
PRINTING OFFICE TOWEL.

When I think of the towel.
The Old-fasfioned towel,
That used to hang UP near the printing
house door,
l can think of nobody
In these days of shoddy
That could hammer out iron to wear as It
wore.
The devil who used 1t,
The tramp who abused It,
The comp who got at it when these
two were gone,
The makeup and foreman.
The editor (DOor mani,
Each rubbed some CRIME off, while they
put heap on.
In over and under,
1t was blacker than thunder,
Harder than poverty, rougher than sin,
On the roller suspended.
It never was beHded,
And tapped on the wall like a banner Of
tin
1t grew harder and rougher.
And blacker and tougher.
And daily took on a more inkier hue,
Until one windy morning,
Without any warning,
It fell on the floor and was broken In
two New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-02

under the auspices Of the Interstate Road
roads are to be built at a number of agri-
cultural colleges in the West and South
the coming year.
Among the chief practical contributions
made by public authority in this direction
it may be said that the most valuable
comes from the South. There the use of
convicts in the work of road building is
spreading rapidly-in one locality In
South Carolina nearly seventy miles of
ffrst-class stone roads have been built by
the convicts within a couple of years.
The sensible course inaugurated by the
South in this matter represents the So
luton of more than one problem If
every state prison and county Jail and
workhouse would engage themselves in
the undertaking of occupying the ener-
gies of their inmates in the work Of road
construction it would not be long until a
complete network of good roads had been
constructed on the face of every state in
the Union. There could be no serious OBJ
lection raised to this form of convict
labor. On the contrary, it would be uni
versalIy agreed that no more useful en-
ployment nor one less injurious to the in
terests of free labor could be determined
on.
In number of European countries now
enjoying the blessing of admirable public
roads this plan has been in operation for
many years, and has been productive of
the best possible consequences, both with
reference to the healthful occupation of
the convicts and the public results ac-
cruing from it. The example of the South
will be followed. When its advantages
come to be known it will in itself consti-
tute an object lesson more effective even
than that'of those presented by the speci-
men road building which is contemplated
by the state agricultural colleges, and
which was set in motion some time ago
in the vicinity Of Cornell university
One of the greatest needs of the imme-
diate future will be found to be this OF
good and easily Travelled highways That
means by which they can be produced
with the least cost to the taxpayers is
the one that will be adopted And 1t will
be found after but slight investigation
that no better or cheaper way can be
adopted than that of setting our convict
labor at work on the public highways
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-02
GOVERNMENT CASH.
Figures Showing Receipts, Expend-
itures and Circulation.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The monthly
statement of the government receipts and
expenditures show that the total receipts
during July were 8,054, 25S, as against
S43, ,847 .10S for July, 1895 The expenditures
during last month were $56561, ,O9O, as
against STA. 1853, AIS for July, 1898.
The receipts last month from customs
were S6,97l, asa; internal revenue, $2S, ,322,-
574; miscellaneous, $2,760, ,229 This is an
increase over July, 1893, Of about 81, 800 900
from customs, 81, 200 900 from internal rev.
enue, and about $254 900 from miscellane-
Gus sources. The expenditures on &c
count of the war department last month
were $751; ,0S0 Same for July 1898, $A-
T4,153; navy, S5O90,245. same for July,
1898, S., ,279.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that at
the close CT business July 81, 1S99 the
total circulation of rational bank notes
was S24i ,541 SIS, an increase for the month
of $273, 162, ard an increase for the year
of $1S,S45, ,OOS. The circulation based on
United States bonds amounted to $205,
76S,3 ,304, an increase for the month of $780,
30, and an increase for the year of $10.-
075.619. The circulation secured by law
full money aggregated S35, 1854, a de-
crease for the month of 1924. S28, an In
crease for the year of 81, 1885,
The amount Of United States registered
bonds on deposit to secure circulating
notes was $50, 464, no. and to secure pub
lie deposits, $69, ,S4S $40.
The expenses of the bureau for the
fiscal year approximate $4,584, 145, and the
percentage of cost of collection predi-
Gated on these figures, less tax on money
orders, will be 16S. a reduction of 81 In
the percentage of cost of collection as
compared with the preceding fiscal year,
when the percentage Of cost was 2.29.
The receipts from the several sources
of revenue and the increase or decrease
in each for the year, as compared with
the year 1885, are given as follows:
Spirits $99 2S3, ,543, increase &C. 1856 SAB; tobac4
co $52, ,493, POT, increase SIG, ,262 6S5; ferment-
ed liquors $6S 644, ,55S, increase $29, ,129, 1877;
oleomargarine $1,956,618 increase $64O S3S;
filled cheese $1S,098, increase 1879; mixed
flour $3.50 Claw not in effect last year,.
Special taxes under war revenue act not
elsewhere enumerated, $i,921 ,593; legacies
and dfstributive shares of personal prop
erty, $61, ,235, 1856; schedules A and B (stamn
tax, $43,S ,S18; miscellaneous, 81 1,O85, ,S68;
total, $273, ,5S2
Among the war revenue receipts ina
cluded In the above are the followingi
Bankers Capital not exceeding $25, ,OOO),
$44S, 7O2; bankers Capital exceeding $751;
00O, S3,302, 1874; billiard rooms, SS67, ,074:
brokers (stocks and bonds, etc), $357, ,01O;
commercial brokers', $1S1, ,919; pawnbrok-
ers, $5O,522; bowling alleys $61,349; cir
cuses, $18,2S3; theaters, exhibitions, ETC.,
$l26,541; playing cards, $271, ,278; penalties,
$166,576.