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The Republican., 1899-04-06
TRAINING THE VOICE.
Beauty of Utterance, in Speech OF
Song, Is Mark of Culture in
All Good Society.

Aristotle said: ''It is not only nee
also necessary to know how TO say it. "
A well-trained voice is a mark of cul-
ture in all refined society. This is as
true in speech as in song; the same
principles govern both, but are even
more important in relation to speech.
Song implies a distinct art, whereas
speech is universal. Modern civiliza-
ton eXacts purity of speech and dis
tlnct articulation, but
'Tis not enough the voice be sound and
clear,
'Tis modulation that most charms the ear.
Sir Morrell Mackenzie says: 1T is a
mistake to think that speaking requires
no special training and exercise. Even
in ordinary conversation speaking is an
art, and a difficult one" Fer the club
woman and the woman of society not
to specially cultivate the speaking OF
conversational voice is tc handicap
them with {. defect wholly unnecessary
A well-modulated voice may be ac-
quired IA adult life, but the preferable
period of requirement is in childhood
and youth.
The generality of mothers are not
awake to the beauty of utterance. Ii
they were they would consider the ac-
QUESTION of a well-moduiated speaking
or conversational voice should go hand
in hand with piano-playing and sing
ing. If the cultivation of the every,
day speaking voice had been given
the attention and study that piano
playing has received, the disagreeabe
element so often complained of in the
American voice would have disappeared
long ago.
Spurgeon said: 81 believe that every
one should train his voice and body un-
der some system of elocution. First,
for the health it affords; second, for
its educating effects; third for the ad-
vantage it gives over others for use
fulness Chicago Post.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
HEALTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Injurious Labors in Home Life and
How They May Be Avoided.

Among all the notwithstanding occupa-
tions in which the housewife may engage
none is more productive of harm than is
the back-breaklng, muscle-twlsting, nerve
destroying operation OF washing and scrub
bing clothes upon the ordinary wash-board
The woman who stands over the tub inhal
ing the hot, unwholesome vapors cannot
hope to maintain good health, to say moth
ing of the effect of being confined to a
STOPPING, unnatural position, which, in time,
will wreck the strongest constitution. Do
not wreck health and happiness over the
washtub in this day of washing machines.
Get the best mechanism in this line and re-
lease yourself from the calling slavery of
the wash -board-that instrument of domes.
tic torture which is answerable for nine
tenths of the diseases with which our wom-
ankind is cursed. Take, for example, the
Rocker Washer, which is the representative
product in this line, and compare its work
and its results with the labors of the old
style 'blue Monday" wash day. Not only
does this washer do the work in fraction
Of the time consumed by the old-fashioned
methods, but it does it much more thor
oughly, the clothes being winter sweeter
and cleaner than could possibly be the case
were TIE garments cleaned by hand.
For the convenience of our readers who
realize that the highest class article in any
department of domestic equipment is not
only the most satisfactory, but in the end
is really the cheapest, we would state the
washer in question may be had from the
Rocker Washer Company, Fl. Wayne, Ind.
The woman who insists upon continuing in
the health-destroying methods and the man
who permits such cruel and unnecessary
sacrifice has much to answer for. When
work can be done more quickly and far bet
ter without the slightest risk to health il
is crime to persist in what causes such
general and widespread harm. The woman
who dscards the washboard for the Rocker
Washer will, at the end of the year, be
brighter, better, healthier and happier for
the change, and could never be persuaded to
return again to the days of her degrading
| and unnecessary slavery.-J H. Meyers, M
D., in American journal of Health.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
A TALK ABOUT TEA.
Some 1t Affects Most Pleasantly,
Others Are Seriously Poisoned
by n Single Cup.

Among "the cups that cheer but not
inebriate" tea and coffee stand pre-
eminent. Tea is, as a rule. the favori
in nothern latitudes, while the con
sumption of coffee is greatest in warm
countries.
Like most things in this world, es-
pecially like most stimulants, tea has
its good and its bad side. When taken
in moderation, and by one with whom
it does not disagree-for some persons
cannot drink even small cup without
symptoms of poisoning-tea is a stimu-
liant, relieving mental and bodily IA
tigue, promoting intellectual activity,
curing tired" headache and causing
most agreeable sense of well-being or
even eXhilaration.
Part of this effect is doubtless due to
the hot water-in itself a powerful
stimulant-yet not all, for cold tea acts
almost equally well. When one feels
cold, the heat and the alkaloid caffeine
or theine-in a cup of tea act as
stimulants to the heart, increasing
the warmth of the body. On the
other hand, hot tea is asserted to BE-
cooling in hot weather by reason of the
profuse PRECIPITATION which it induces,
The evil effects of overindulgence in
tea are greater than the good effects
just mentioned. Taken in excessive
quantity, or even in moderate quantity
by one with whom it does not agree.
tea causes marked dyspeptic and nerv-
Gus disturbances. Tea drunkards suf-
fer from catarrh of the stomach, fatu-
lence, inactivity of the bowels-or
sometimes the reverse-palpitation Of
the heart, nervous unrest, muscular
twitchings and wakefulness.
Some people, who can usually drink
tea without any evil consequences, find
that they cannot do so if they happen
to be worried or in mental distress; at
such times the beverage, instead OF
cheering, aggravates the worry and
adds to it the misery of indigestion,
Some of the dyspeptic troubles pro
duced by tea are doubtless due to the
tannin which is contained in it in vary
ing amounts, according to the kind and
quality, and which is extracted from
the leaves especially by long sleeping
or by boiling.-Youth's Companion.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
BLIND MATTIE's TALKING GLOVE.

she sits and waits she talks to herself
and often kisses the simple little cotton
thing, her key to everything about her
Blind Matties story is remarkable.
She was born healthy and perfect, and
until she reached her eighth year
showed no signs of disease or deform-
ity.
When she was eight years old her
brother died, and she was dreadfully
shocked by the event. One day she en-
tered a vacant room in her home in
Newark and there imagined she saw her
dead brother, and that he said to her:
Matte, where's pa?"
The sound of his voice struck her
dhmb, and when she was found she had
lost the senses which never returned
One of the saddest parts of this -
that the shock which caused her great
sorrow was only imaginary. Doctors
from all parts of the country have
worked on the case, with no good re-
suits.
She remembers how the sky looks
and what it is like to hear sounds, but
never again on earth will she enter the
Light of material things.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
DEWBERRY CULTURE.
Each Fruit Grower Should Make an
Effort to Raise at Least
Few of the Plants

There is no more delicious berry than
the dewberry whenit is fully ripe. Even
when only turned black and not vet as
sweet as it becomes when perfectly
ripened it makes delicious sauce and
pies that come as nearly to wholesome
ness as pies ever get.
The berries are two or three times
as large as blackberries and the plants
of most varieties are perfectly hardy.
The Lucretia is probably the best one
ever introduced, as it was the first, this
variety having been found growing
wild in Virginia by an Ohio soldier
during the rebellion. Noticing its
good qualities, he marked the place,
and after the war was ended he went
back and got the original plant, nam
ing it after his wife, Lucretia.
The difficulty with and chief cause OF
complaint against the dewberry is it's
trailing habit, although its dreadful
spines come in for considerable criti-
cism. AS there is no rose without a
thorn, so it seems one of the best ber-
ries must have the longest and sharpest
thorns of any of its family.
With all these faults it pays to have a
few dewberry plants, and usually these
make place for themselves that leads
to an increase in the original planta-
ton. They should be trained to low
trellis or over frame and given the
very best cultivation, rememberingt that
it is impossible to make the soil too
rich for them. If this is kept in mind,
dewberries will add to the value of the
berry products of the farm and pro-
duce crops that will oyerbalance any
physical failing its habit of growth may
develop.-Farmers' Voice.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
oueer Names for Women.

The wives of some of the Indian
braves have names as odd and often as
droll as their husbands. They seem to
have cognomens of their own too and
not TO take those of their spouses only.
Some of the actual names given in a
census of the families of the scouts at
one place include Mrs. Short Nose. who
was before her marriage Miss Piping
Woman; Mrs. Big Head, formerly Miss
Short Face; Mrs. Nibbs, formerly Miss
Young Bear; Mrs. White Grow, former
ly Miss Crook Pipe; Mrs. Howling
Water, formerly Miss Crow Woman;
also Mrs. Sweet Water, Miss Walk High,
daughter of Mr.. White Calf, and Miss
Usage, daughter of Mr.. Hard Case.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
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A TALKING GLOVE.
Novel Conversational Expe of n
Young Woman who Is Blind,
Deaf and Dumb.

"Blind Matte" is an inmate of the
Press. Th5E kind of home life would
seem SAD enough, but for Matte it mat
ters little where she lives so long as
people about her are kind and consid-
crate
Not only is she blind, but she is also
deaf and dumb, and can neither smell
nor taste.
With all this affliction she possesses
a mind of remarkable activity and even
brilliancy, for she can rhyme hymns,
which she loves to compose, and, in
deed there is in many of them real
poetic pathOs. Shs is 80 years old, but
looks much older.
Her sad life has attracted much at
tention, and recently she received a
talking glove'-a gift from a deaf
mute in Hartford, Conn. who had read
of Mattie's affiiction and who invented
the glove to help mitigate them.
1t is common white cotton glove.
with the alphabet put on it, each letter
on the balls of the fingers. Matte is SO
quick at learning with touch that in a
single day she had memorized the posi-
tion of every letter. SO that now the
people about her can talk to her by
spelling out the word on the letters of
the glove.
She is happy now, sitting by her little
cot, waiting for some one to talk to
her Over and over again her lips
move in spelling out words, and while
The Republican., 1899-04-06

In making cushions for the popular
wicker furniture it will be found thai
nothing is more durable than velvet
cen, and the different varieties of the
fabric sold under various similar
names. Being cotton fabric, it does
not gather moths, and both its dyes
and texture are almost waterproof
The beautiful tints in which it is shown
make it available for any scheme o.
daonrntiOn
The Republican., 1899-04-06
Caring for the Lambs.

The good flockmaster will be very
watchful day and night for the comfort
and health of his charges. Nothing un-
dermines so quickly the health of the
lamb as a few hours neglect, either in
a cold rain or exposure to draught in
sheltered buildings. The flockmaster
who wishes to get the utmost gain and
consequently profit from its operations,
will look after these things carefully
during the season when lambs are
dropped and when they are still young
and tender.-Prairie Farmer.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
Those Little CurIs.

No matter what the style Of coiffure
is, wether the hair is done high or low
or in pompadour combs, below the coil
there are found two. sometimes three
tiny curls. They add a quaint coquet-
tishness to a pretty face that is charm
ing in the extreme. Not once in sc
times are they natural. 1t is imprac-
teal to curl the ends of the hair that
are needed to wind up scientifically the
coil. But they are pretty just the same
and make pretty face twice as attrac-
tive.
The Republican., 1899-04-06

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
+. j; Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Iruax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucou.
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial
free
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
A Beautifer.

Medical authorities are agreed that
olive oil is a fine thing to build up the
tissues and to rectify rundown con
dition of the system. To certain forms
of microbes it is death and destruction
Plenty of olive oil in dressing, and once
a week teaspoonful taken clear is as
good a medicine as can be found for a
general tonic. 1t is the best beautifer
known
The Republican., 1899-04-06

The nails of two fingers never grow
with the same degree of rapidity. The
nail of the middle finger grows with
the greatest rapidity, and that of the
thumb least. 1t has been computed
that the average growth of the finger
nail is one-thirty-second of en- inch per
week, or little more than an inch and
half per year.
The Republican., 1899-04-06

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children's Home, New York, Break up
Colds in "a hours, cure Feverishness, Head
ache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disor-
DER, move and regulate the bowels and De-
stroy Worms. Sold by all druggists or by
mail, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
A Tribe Severe,

Mr.. Hunter with blase enthusasm)
i went south on a hunting trip this
autumn, and found most delightfully."-
wild spot, perfectly swarming with
game; such as deer, wild turkey, wild
pig, wild cattle, and even wild horses.
Miss Wittier (meaningly)-Indeed!
Why, you must have been the on.J
tame thing down there.-Life.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
our Naval static, at San Juan.

The new United States naval station to be
located at San Juan, Porto Rico, will be of
the utmost Importance to this country as the
key to the situation when the Nicaragua
canal is constructed. The key to good health
is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Itguards the
digestive organs from attacks of indigestion,
biliousness and constipation, just the same as
the new naval station at San Juan will ward
on attacks upon this country by foreign foes.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
Aunt Diana Heard From.

"Rastus!" yelled Aunt Diana in loud
voice, "yo'. en- Miami Snowflake cum in heah
dis berry instance en- stop playin' wifi dem
air. white folks chillun. All dey wants is
T learn lot OBJ cakewalk fgahs en- den
dey wont hab nuthin' mo- t do wifi yo'."-
Ohio State journal
The Republican., 1899-04-06

Muffs of velvet and fur combined are
finished at the opening with a ruche
of finely plated glace silk or lace
which has been stiffened little in the
plating. The fancy for having then
perfumed is going out of fashion, as
the scent is not always agreeable to
others
The Republican., 1899-04-06
From Baby in the High Chair

to grandma in the rocker Grain o is good for
the whole family. 1t is the long desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is food in itself. Has the taste
price. 1t is genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. 1t makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
The Republican., 1899-04-06

Quick time from the West to Port Tampa
and other Florida Gulf Coast resorts via
Plant System. Less than Al hours from
Chicago. No change of trains Days rest
at Tampa Bay Hotel before embarking for
Cuba is ENJOYABLE
The Republican., 1899-04-06

Turkish are very expensive. A
broad cot with mattress looks just as
well under large cover resGs ing to the
floor. No one could detect the differ
ence unless the cover is removed. One
very enterprising woman used piano
box instead of the cot. The springs
and the mattress were all that were
aaa1a1
The Republican., 1899-04-06
Oh That Delicious Conee!

Costs but lc per lb. to grow. Salzer has the
seed. German Coffee Berry, pkg. l5c; Java
Coffee pkg. l5c. Sslzer's New American
Nnlcory l5c. Cut this out and send l5c for
any of above packages or send soc and get
all pogs. and great Catalogue free to JOHN
A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis. *. ]
The Republican., 1899-04-06

"I understand Susie Smartweed was
dismissed frcm the hospital service in
disgrace"
Eyes. She used the chief surgeons
best lancet 10 sharpen her lead-pencil.' y
--ATit-Bits,
The Republican., 1899-04-06

Papa" said Benny Boobumper, "why
are days of grace allowed on a note?" "To
avoid weeks of disgrace" replied the Bloc
bumper.-Judge.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
Settlers Wanted on Michigan Farm
Lands.

Choice cleared and stump lands in Central
and Western Michigan, suitable for fruit
and general farming. Very low prices and
favorable terms to actual settlers Excel
lent schools and markets. Write H. II.
r. & W. Rvs. Grand Rapids. Mich.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
Making Sure of Her Ground.

He-Do you like classical music?
She-Do you want my honest opinion or
are you thinking of inviting me to the opera?
Chicago Evening News.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
Home Seekers Cheap Excursions.

The Northwestern Line will sell home
seekers excursion tickets February q,
March and q, with favorable time linn
its, to numerous points in the West and
South at exceptionally low rates, For tick
Chicago orth-Western R'y.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
Source of Great ANNOYANCE.

First Cook (reading)-Wanted, to 60 to
Connecticut, a frst-class cook. Good wages
Second Cook-Niver, on yer lofe Sure,
isn't that where they make alarum clocks? !?
Jewellers Weekly.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
The Nautical woman.

He ian old hand)-They had dropped their
anchor.
She ia beginner)-Served them right. 1t
has been hanging over the side all day long
-Tit-Bits
The Republican., 1899-04-06
You Can Get AlIen,s Foot-Ease FREE.

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, apowder to shake into your shoes. Il
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes tight Shoes easy
Cures Corns, Bunions and Ingrowing Nails.
Alldruggists and shoe stores sell it. 25 cents.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
Hard on the Collector.

The Merchant-Did he kick at the bill?
The Collector-Yes, but l don't see what
made him think had it in my hip pocket
N. Y. World.
The Republican., 1899-04-06

,McGonigle- candidates voice ha.
played outl
Heeler-Well, he can still sign checks,
can't he e?-Philadelphia North American.
The Republican., 1899-04-06
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., 1899-04-06

The best is the cheapest, but the cheap
est isn't always the best.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Republican., 1899-04-06

Waiter (yelling down the kitchen-tube)
Hey, Alphonse, make that chop steak"
"Sacre! Vot you t'ink? I'm chef; not
magician. ."-Tit-Bit
The Republican., 1899-04-06

You can't tell about boys salary by the
engagement ring he buys for his girl.-Wash-
ington Ua) Democrat.
The Republican., 1899-04-06

The Grip of Pneumonia may be warded of
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican., 1899-04-06

Whenever some people are able to raise
the wind they can't resist blowing them
selyes-Puck
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-20
FIVE KILLED
Collision on Chicago, St Paul, Minnea-
polls and Omaha Railroad

Sioux Falls, s. D., November 19.-In col
lision today on the Chicago, st. Paul, Min
neapols & Omaha railroad, near Humboldt
nVe persons were killed and a number of
Others probably fatally injured. A party
of men on a hand car discovered a work
train with about 100 laborers aboard back
ing down upon them. The men on the
hand car jumped off, leaving the car on
the track When the work train struck
the obstruction the force of the collision
threw four fiat cars from the track, killing
five of the workmen, among them Edward
Howard, an American, and injuring many
more.
Many of the injured are expected to die.
The injured Italians Immediately became
wildly excited and drawing their knives
made threatening demonstrations toward
the crew of the work train, who pulled
away from the scene of the accident with
all possible haste. Relief trains were sent
out and a number of the injured were
brought here. A 15-year-old boy died
en- route.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-20
". ]. BRYAN WILL
Be THE NOMINEE
Opinion of Senator James K.
Jones of Arkansas.
GUFFY BELIEVES so, TOO
National Committeeman Campau Says
Democracy Peerless Young Cham
pion May be Nominated by Ac-
clamation in Convention
GUFfY BELIEVES so, Too

Chicago, November Ex-senator james K.
Jones, chairman of the national democratic
| executive committee, tonight said he did
not know what the executive committee
would do tomorrow, but it could not call a
meeting of the full committee and it could
not call the convention. This is the first
time since the close of the campaign of
1896 that Senator Jones has met his col
leagues on the committee as he was absent
in Europe when they met here last July.
While the executive committee may not
do anything in regard to issues, candidates
or convention, 1t is expected that a number
of democrats from all parts of the country
will be here tomorrow to "round up the
situation.
Mayor David S. Rose, of Milwaukee.
heads a delegation of democrats from
Wisconsin who are here to boom Milwaukee
for the national democratic convention,
Milwaukee offering an auditorium seating
1900 people. with splendid monetary in
ducements.
Kansas City offers convention hall seat
ing Is, 600, and will pay all convention and
committee expenses, and on top of that Of
cratic fund.
Senator Jones tonight was asked what he
had to say about candidates and issues for
nextsyear. He replied:
There is no aoubt that Mr.. Bryan will
be the de1nicrotic nominee The democratic
convention will, in my opinion, reaniran
the Chicago platform
When told of reports to the effect that he
was opposed to holding the democratic con-
vention in Chicago and to keeping the ma
tional headquarters here, the senator re-
piled that there were good reasons why the
campaign should be handled from Chicago
and good reasons why it should not be.
National Committeeman Campau, OF
Michigan, who arrived during the day, is
discussing the recent elections, said the re-
suit in Nebraska shows that Bryan Is
strong enough to be certain of fenomina-
ton, and perhaps by reclamation.
]. NJ Guffy, of Pittsburg, national COM
mitteeman from Pennsylvania. said: "Bry-
an will be the next candidate. There is no
opposition to him in my state.
John S. Killing, of Erie, chairman OF the
Pennsylvania democratic state committee,
and w. j. Brennan, a prominent democrat
of Pittsburg, came to Chicago with COM
mitteeman Guffy as onlookers at the COM
mittee meeting. Mr.. Killing said: The re-
publican quarrel in Pennsylvania helps the
democrats in state politics only The anti
Quay forces are organizing for stronger
fight than they have ever made"