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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

ploye will have a great reputation as a
wit and another is spoken of as re-
markable musical genius; certain sec
tons of the establishment will be re-
garded as aristocratic, while others are
looked upon as rather plebeian. In
short, the store is little municipality
within itself, and its people are curious
ly isolated from the outside public.
They revolve in their own particular
orbits, the gossip that flies about the
place deals with the people inside its
walls, and they care very little for any
other news. Their feeling toward an
other establishment is good deal like
the feeling between two rival towns,
and the other folks in the city are all
more or less aliens and outlanders. It's
very curious life, and has to be seen
from the inside to be fully understood.
lola tried to paint it in one of his nov
els, but he missed it by miles"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

fully. Nevertheless the chickens would
disappear Out of a brood of rs there
would be left only three. The dog was
at last suspected, but as he would per-
init the chickens to climb all over him
this was considered a libel. But close
watching showed that early in the
morning when none but chickens were
astir, of which the dog would make
sure by listening at the house doors
and looking up at the windows, Re
would turn to and treat himself to a
good square meal of chicken. Another
story is of horse that. having been
treated to bread at customers once
or twice, would, when he bad a chance,
cross the sidewalk and with his mouth
hammer the brass knocker on the door
until his wants were attended to.
Hayti Provides Chairs for Soldiers.
The Haytian government is consid.
eratesDf the comfort of soldiers. Every
picket is supplied with chair.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
Outlets of Rabbit,

Cut the backs of two fat young rab-
bits from the body, lard and braise half
done; take up and let cool. Slice into
neat outlets, dip them first in beaten
egg, then in grated bread crumbs sea
soned with grated lemon peel mixed
sweet herbs, mushroom powder, salt
and pepper. Fry in boiling fat until
a light brown. Arrange the outlets in
a ring on dish and fill the center with
PURGE of vegetables. Send to the
table very hot. Servewith brown gravy
and currant jelly.-Ladies' World,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
whisky without Headache.

A Kentucky distiller advertises o
whisky without headache" Now let
some enterprising rival advertise a
whisky without a heartache. We are
of the opinion that no whisky can be
made that will not produce both head
ache and heartache.-Lever.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
A Great Cat Town.

There are said to be 4OO,O 900 cats in
London. of which half are ''unat-
tached," and live largely on refuse. In
one district near a very large and ia
nous brewery a number of ownerless
cats go regularly as soon as the gates
are open to hunt for rats in the brew
cry stores.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

Scotland has beaten England in the
number of teetotal chief magistrates
elected this year. The pro~osts of no
less than 33 towns are total ahstainers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

GeOrge-Do you think that your fa-
Their will consent to our marriage?
Ethel-Oh, yes! he has always hui
mored my silliest Enthusiastically
Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09
Animal Epicures.

HIIhI"I I1UfVuTtSs
In its stories of animal life the Strand
Magazine tells of an old sheep dog that
was used to keep foxes away from a
chicken farm and who did it success
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-09

ShOp-WOrn Socks.
The National Advertiser tells story
of an old bachelor who bought pair of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
The Charm of Yachting,
From Lippincott's.

The charm of yachting rests very largely
upon its uncertainty. SO elusive are the ele-
ments of air and water that from the mo-
ment when she Is set afioat until she is
hauled out for repairs vessel is never at
rest. The sea Is forever seeking to force an
entrance into her from below, and the
winds of heaven are ever ready to snap her
spars and rend her canvas overhead. 1t is
largely luck IL. when she is first set afioat,
she settles nearly enough to her estimated
water line to satisfy the ideas of her de-
signer, and nothing but the keenest watch
fulness can keep her up to a perfect stand
ard of effectiveness when she Is called upon
to endure the complicated strains Of sail
ing match in q smart breeze.
III any one questions the difficulties of
such navigation, let him take the family
umbrella and try to make 1t pull push
him across the lawn against the wind. This
Is precisely the problem that confronts the
yachtsman. save only that in place of the
umbrella he has to manage a towering
structure of belying canvas held aloft a
hundred and more feet by slender spars
and network of cordage, every fathOm Of
which must be under absolute control If the
beautfful-almost sentient-creature of can
vas. wire and steel is to acquit herself with
credit
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A Jonah on .shipboard.
From the London Spectator.


1t does not take long series of misfor-
crew that lineal descendant of Jonah and
an inheritor of his rhsagreeable disquali-
fications is a passenger. SO deeply rooted IS
this idea that wheti' once it has baen
aroused with respect to any member of a
ships company. that .persop is in evil case
and. given fitting opportunity, would ac-
tually be in danger of hsriife. This tinse
of religious fanaticism, cropping up amor g
class of who, tee put it mildly are
not remarkable for their Knowledge OF
Scripture, also shows itself in connection
with the paper upon which good words"
are printed. 1t is an unheard-of m sde-
meanor on board ship to destroy or put to
common use such paper. The man guilty
of such action would be looked up N
with horror by his shipmates although
their current speech is usually vile and
blasphemous beyond belief. And herein is
to be found a curious distinction between
seamen of TeutOnic and Latin races eX-
Guiding Frenchmen.
Despite the SuDerStitiouS reverence the
former pay to the written word, none of
them would in time of peril dream of rush
ing to the opposite extreme. and, afte' mad
Ky abusing their Bibles throw them over
seeching their patron saint to aid them in
the most agonzlng tones, repeating with
frenZied haste such prayers as they can re-
member, and promising the most costly
gifts in the event of their safely reach ng
port again. often turn furiouSly upon ali
they have previously been wCrship.ng, and
with the most horrid bIasDhemies vent
their rage upon the whlom objects of their
alteration. Nothing is too sacred for insult,
no name too reverent for abuse, and should
there be, as there often is, an image of a
saint on board it will probably be cast into
the sea.
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Answered His Own Letter.

certain young railroad man who has
charge of department, in the auditing
branch of his compapys business had occa-
sion recently to dictate letter to the head
OF a corresponding department of another
road. There was point in dispute between
the two railroads involving money and this
young official had taken a stubborn ground
that the other official was totally at fault
and advanced what seemed to him unan-
swerable arguments to prove it. A short
time after he had forwarded the letter he
received proposition from headquarters
OF the other railroad which he accepted,
and within few days he became the head
or the department with which he had been
in dispute: The first letter he found on file
ready to be answered was his own on the
point IN question. There was only one thing
to DO He Immediately dictated an answer
TO his own letter. refuting and repudiating
its argument, and wound up by a heated In
situation that the writer of 1t was an un-
mitigated donkey. OF course, the letter
was addressed to himself and signed by
himself. but in his enthusiasm for the
interests of his new employer he did not
mind a little thing like that.
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lodging for the night for myself, my hound
my hawk my fly" says he. We'll, for
yourself you can" says the old woman. says
she. but l don't like them other animals
side" says she Very well and good
he agreed to this. When the old woman
was getting his supper for him she said
she supposed he was for The big fight
the morrow. He axed her. What big
nght? And. och" says she, lis that all
you know about it," commencing and tell
ing TO him how that the kings daughter
of the castle beyond was 10 be killed by a
great giant the next day unless there was
man there able 10 beat the giant and
TO any man that would .i&ht him and beat
him the king was TO give his daughter in
marriage and the weight of herself three
times over in goold. och" says he TN
find something better to do. III not go
near it.. So the next morning early he
was up betirnes. and pretending he was
to the kings castle, and there he saw no
end of a crowd gathered together from
the four winds of the world. some of them
thinking to fight the giant and win the
kings daughter. and more of them only
come out of curiosity. just to look on.
But. my gorras. sir. when the giant made
his appearance. and they saw Ike sight of
him, not man of all the warriors there
covered all over as they were in coats of
iron mail from the crowns of their heads
to the soies of their feet-the sorra resaiye
the one of them but went like that trem-
bling with fear. for the like Of such tar
rifle giant none of them ever saw or heerd
tell of before. So my brave kings son
waited till he saw there was none of
them present would venture to fight the
giant, and then out he steps himself and
the giant and him to il and the like o:
their fight was never witnessed in Ireland
before. and he gave the giant enough 10
DO, and the giant gave him enough to do:
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same castle his two brothers reached be-
fore him. and drawing on the wee hut he
saw near 1t he went in, and the old woman
jumped ana threw her arms about his neck
and welcomed him home with a hundred
thousand welcomes, and told him it was
poor thlng TO go away and leave his bride
the way he did, twice. and that she was
in a very bad way. downhearted entirely
thinking and Eliminating what had become
of him. or happened to him at all. at all.
And then she hurried my brave Jack off
to the castle. And. och, it's there the well
come was for him and the requirements.
bekase he had come back again. And this
time. just as before. the great faist
was given and the gentry and nobility all
asked in to It, and the play at it's
height when the word came to the ball room
once more about the unmannery hare
spelling the cooks best dish the third time
and how the cook said it was a purity how
de We do. entirely, that such thing would
be allowed with hairo in the house that
slew three giants. And with that, with
out more ado. off my brave Jack insisted
on starting. and there was no holding of
him, good or bad, for he said he had to
fetch that hare, dead or alive. So off Jack
starts himself. his hawk, his hound and
his flly, and Jack had sort of notion in
his eye that this same hare was nothing
good and that twas it led his two BROTH
ers aStray whatever had happened to
them. So he Travelled on. and on, and on.
for that night and all the next day. and
never came up with the hare. till at length
late that evening he saw from him the
same wee hut in the hollow that his broth
drew on before. and on it my brave
Jack drew. too. And after he had been
in the cabin some time himself his hound,
his hawk and his filly, he hears the noise
at the window. and there he sees the old
bag. trembling and shaking and quaking.
and 'Och, och. och. but it's cold. cold.
cold" says she. And why" says he. but
you come in and warm yourself?' OCH"
says she. I'm afraid of them wild ami
mails of yours. But here" says she, TAX
jros Of hor hal
three of the kind of borochs we used to use
in old times. and tie your animals with
them and then I'll go in
Jack took from her the three hairs, and.
pretending to tie the hound, the hawk and
the FLY with them. he threw them instead
into the fire. Then the old bag came in,
her eyes blazing in her head, and, draw
ing a sword. she rushes at Jack to
have his life. And Jack drew his sword
and rushed at her, and both of them to
it hard and fast, and they fought long
and they fought hard. till at length
Jack, finding the bag putting too sore oh
where are you at my commando Hair.
hair says the old bag, says she, hold
tight oh says the hair, Its hard for
me to do good and me a-burnfng in the
fire." And then Jack called on his hawk.
Hawk. hawk" says he, where are you
at my commando" Hair hair" says the
old bag, says she. hold tight" "Oh," says
the hair. ITS hard for me to do good and
me a-burning In the fire" Then Jack call
ed on his fly 'Filly, Ally" says he,
where are you at my commando Hair,
hair says the old bag. says she, 'hold
tight" 'Oh." says the hair, ITS hard for
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it's hard for me to do anything
and my throat a-cutting" And then he
called on the FLY. "FilIy. filly." says he,
where are you at my commande' Hair
hair says the old bag. says she, hold
tight" "Oh. says the FLY. sure it's hard
for me to do anything and my throat a.
cutting" So the end of ii all was that
the bag overcame him. and then taking out
of her pocket a little white rod she struck
him with it, and turned him into a gray
rock, just outside her door, and then strik-
Ing the hound. the hawk and the flIy with
the rod she turned them into white rocks
just beside him.
Now, at home they watched the water
IN the hlly's hoof tracks as regularly "a the
sun rose every day, day after day. till at
last the one day saw the water in the
hoof tracks frothing, and they said he was
nghting hard battle; and so he was for
that was the very day himself and the f,rst
giant had the encounter. Next day il was
frothing more than ever for that was the
day he was fighting the second giant and
on the third day the water frothed right
up out of the tracks. and then they knew
he was fighting a desperate big battle en-.
tirely; and sure enough himself and the
third giant were at it hard and fast at
the same instant But at length didn't
they find the water turning to blood and
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Once on time long. long ago. when there
were more kings and queens in Ireland
than O'Donnells old castle has windows.
and when witches and entertainments were
as plentiful as blackthorn bushes, there was
a king and queen with three sons, and
to every one of these three sons the queen
had given a Mound. a hawk and a f1lly.
The filly could overtake anything. the
hound could catch anything 1t pursued on
dry land. and the hawk could come up with
anything in the air or in the water In the
course Of time, when these three lads had
grown up to be fine. abe, strapping young
men. the oldest said one day that he would
go away 10 push his fortune. The king and
the queen were vexed at this, and wrought
him high up ard low down to keep him
from going. but it was all no use, he
wouldn't be said by them, and so, asking
their blessing, he mounts the filly, and.
with the hawk on his shoulder and the
hound at his heels. sets out. And he told
them he was setting out to observe
from day to day the water that settled in
the til4y's huof tracks outside the gate.
for, says he. as long that water keeps
clear I'm al. right; but when you see it
frothing I'm fighting a hard battle; and
II ever you see it turn bloody I'm either
dead or under enchantmert So himself,
the hound. the hawk and the FLY, they
Started, and off with them, and they trav
eled away and away far further than l
could tell you or You could tell me- till at
last one evening late he comes in sight of
d great cast .. When he got sight of the
castle he pulls UP his FLY and. looking
about him. he sees a small, wee house con-
Naynent, and he drew on this house, and,
going in. found only one old woman in it
and saw that ii was neat, clean little
house entirely. God save ye, young gen
teman," says the woman. God save
Jersef kindly, and thanky; and can have
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till at last. when Ii was going hard with
him, he gave one leap into the air, and
coming down with his sword just right en-
the giants NECK. he cut off his head clean
of. and then when he had that lone he
disappeared in the crowd and after killing
some game on the hills. came home and
gave the old woman the game for supper
That night when the old woman was Civ
ing him his supper she told him about the
great gentleman that had killed the giant
that day and then disappeared all OF a
suddint into the air. And then she said
that giants brother was to he there the
mora TO fight any one that woii.d fight for
the kings daughter. and she told him he
should go. for il would be well worth see
ing. But. Och says he. I'll find some
thing better worth doing-I'l not so near
1t So. after hts supper to bed he vert
and he was up again early betirnas in the
morning, and making pretend he was going
to hunt. he went off To the castle again
This day the crowd was bigger than ever.
and when the giant appeared ana If the
first giant was tar-rifiic, This me was
twice over double as tar-riffic and he could
get no man with The heart 20 venture 10
fight him. till at length my brave kings
son had to step out this day again and en-
counter him. Well. If the fight was hard
the first day, 1t was this day double as
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says she 'the gray stones are your broth
ers, and the others are their hounds, their
hawks and their FLIES: and if you take
water from the well at the foot of that tree
below the house and sprinkle three drops
of it on each of them stones, they'll all be
diSenchanted again. Jack. you may sup
pose didn't lose much time doing this, and
10 and behold you from the stones comes
up his two brothers, every one of them
with his hounds, his hawk and his FLY, just
the same as they We're before they had
been enchanted by the. old bag of the for
est. and that was the meeting and the
greeting between Jack and his lost broth
ers. that he thought he'd never see again,
But off they soon started, all of them with
their hounds their hawks and their FLIES,
away back for the castle again, and the
eldest brother got his bride and the faist
was spread this time again and all the
gentry and nobility of both that and the
surrounding countries all come to attend
it and do honor to the bride and groom;
and such time for eating, drinking, dane
ing, singing. fun and amusement was never
seen before after. Jack and the second
brother started away off afterward for
home with their hounds, their hawks and
their FLIES with them and as much goold
brougham and slippers of bread a bit of a
pie for telling lie, and then come slither-
ing home on my head.
'Odious is very comprehensive word in
the mouth of a Donegal sftanachy It gem
orally means everything inexpressible by
the English language
f'The boroch is the rope used in tying
COW to the stake "5
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me to do good and me H-burnfng in the
all rallied to my bra9s Jahk's aid, and the
hound got hold Of the hag, by the heel and
wouldn't let her go alI SIP could do: and
with one fling the my brSke her leg. and
couldn't see what sheewasii doing, or where
she was striking. So then, she cried out
Mercy, mercy, spare my 4ife and I'll give
you pack your two orotneTs An right,
how I'm to get thems' 30 you see them
two gray stones,' says, she, outside the
door, with three smaller White ones round
each Of them" Il do" says Jack. WELL"
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A Remarkable Woman.
From the Detroit Journal.

From the Detroit Journal
Il saw a love of a bonnet todayr' ex-
claimed the woman.
The man. her husband gasped for breath;
great beads of Precipitation upon his brow !:
his knees smote together
"Of course you bought tt?'' he faltered.
his voice trembling with emotion.
"Oh. no. 1t was merely a piatonic loyet,
replied the woman, not unbrightly. per-
haps.
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What He Feared.

From the New York Journal.
Biggs-'That man Dobbs Is going around
telling lies about YOU"
Boggs-"l don't mind that. but IL he be-
gins to tell the truth I'll break his neck >,
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OROL[ER|ES OF DONEGAL
The Old Hag of the Forest.

Copyright, 1899. by $. s. Mcclure Coz

IS y IS J. IS IS y
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-29
PennRylVn VictOry.

Poughkeepsie, June 29.--There could
hardly be IL more sensational contest than
the intercollegiate eight cared varsity
boat race over the Hudson river four mile
course. The hitherto almost unconsider-
ed crew from the University of Wiscon-
sin, rowing in magnificent form. led over
nearly the whole course. There was a
falling off in the form of the western
men toward the very end, and when the
victory was almost theirs they lost it to
the champion Pennsylvania crew, which
passed them in the last half mile and
won the race. The finish was so close
that the spectators had to wait for the
referees signal before they knew which
crew had won. The Cornell eight which
had been prime favorite in the after
noon. was hopelessly beaten, and the CO.
lumbia eight brought up the rear
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-29
S1v Old Commodore,

"When Commodore Vanderbilt was
alive" says New York Central Off
cial, "the board Of directors OF the
New York Central used to find their
work all cut out for them when they
met. All they had to do was to ratify
his plans and adjourn. Yet they had
their uses. Occasionally a man would
come to him with some scheme which
he did not care to refuse outright.
"NIy directors are difficult body
Of men to handle,' he would say. Tll
submit it to 'em, but warn you that
they are hard to manage
"The matter would be submitted to
the board when 1t assembled and
promptly rejected.
""There,' the commodore would
say when his visitor came to learn the
result. 4 did the best l could, but
told you In advance that my directors
were an obstinate lot."-New York
Herald.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-29
won't incorporate Cau.I

nrenton' June 2o.-Attorney General
ta "! mas MED an opinion with the secre.
ealy OF state advising the refusal Of tha
4rt,cies OF incorporation of the American
lslhmns ship Canal company. The arti.
Soo d crowded for an authorized capital of
@oo'ooo' with the proviso that the conital
STOCK might be increased to $3.50. 900 900
ny vote of the holders of not less thon
.hree-fourths of the capital stock. This
ploViso is IN conflict with the New Jer-
sev state statute, which gives to the hold.
ers OF two-thirds of the capital stock the
P power to increase the authorized capital
me secretary of state will return the m :.
pers 10 the company. The company in
tended to be Incorporated here to build a
snip canal across the Isthmus of Panama