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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
AFTER ALEXANDER'S DEATH,
4 New Order of Things Was Intro
duced in Greece by the Great
Macedonian COnquerOr.

When Alexander came upon the
scene Greece was still the old Greece,
the composite of autonomous cities and
cantons. In this form it was past the
bloom, and was ripening to seed. All
that the little communities could ac-
complish for history through living for
themselves had been accomplished. In
the miniature life of these isolated val
leys, opening to the sea, they had de-
veloped a social system in which, as
individual achievements directly count
ed. and individual responsibility was
directly assessed, personality gathered
to itself unwonted consciousness of
power. So it was that here man first,
as it were, discovered himself-frst
saw with clearness the power and the
right of the free human soul. Man as
a base-line for measuring the universe,
man as a source of governing power,
arose in Greece; it was Greece that
shaped the law of beauty from which
came the arts of form, the law of spec
ulative truth from which by ordered
observations came the sciences. the law
of liberty from which came the demo-
cratic state. This was what the old
Greece held in keeping for the world.
Alexander was the strong wind that
scattered the seed: again, he was the
willing hand of the sower. When he
planted 70 cities of the Greek type
on oriental soil he acted with plan and
purpose. The city was Hellenism in
the concrete. AS principle of social
order, Hellenism was the government
of communities of Zen located in ter
ritory, and the source of authority was
from within; orientalism was the gov
eminent of territory in which lived
men, and the source of authority was
from without.
The story of Alexander has become
a story of death. He died himself be-
fore his time. With his life he brought
the old Greece to its end; with his
death the state he had founded. But
they all three, Alexander, Greece, the
grand empire, each after its sort, set
forth, as history judges men and things,
the inner value of the saying: Except
a grain of wheat fall into the earth and
die, it abideth alone."-Prof Wheeler,
in Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
A TRICK FOR HALLOWEEN.
1t Is Called "CIairVoyance" and
VIII Mystify and En-
terrain.

A game that is not entirely new and
yet especially appropriate for Hallow-
cen is known as ''clairvoyance.' 1t
is especially enjoyable for an evening
of mystery, because it always proves
mystifying to the uninitiated. Take
some particular person who under
stands the game to play the role of me-
dunn, send her from the room, an emp
ty chair being reserved for her next
to the person who is in collision with
her. When she leaves the room some
word is determined upon by the rest of
the party, for instance ''horse," and
when the medium returns her task is
to tell what the word is without any
questions. She is summoned, sis down
next to her friend, and while all present
are seated in a circle, with joined hands,
the one who was in the room. and hence
knows the word, spells it to the me-
dunn by tapping with a finger upon the
palm of her hand, the number of taps
being equal to the number of letters in
the alphabet. For instance, eight taps
for Fl, then quite a pause; Is taps for
0, etc. When the medium announces
the word successfully, those not know
ing the secret cannot understand it at
all, and it is even more mystifying
when it is explained that it is based
upon some peculiar mental action
Phebe Westcott Humphreys, in Wom-
ans Home Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
New Millinery.

Picturesque hats in Tuscan straw,
with high crowns and turned-up brims,
borrowed from the empire period. are
among the most select fashions of the
moment, which have not become gen
eral, and so the more commend them
selves to the notice of the well dressed.
Many of the brims are covered with
puckered black tulle, a little Jet here
and there; long ostrich plumes lying
on either side of the brim falling on the
hair at the back, starting from paste
ornament. Two or three shades of
straw mingle in the same hats, es-
pecially in greens and mauves. and
there are many new colors; pink that
tones into brown, blue with close
affinity to green and mauve that
might be magenta. Lavender and slate
color are mingled, and wings are
placed under the brims as much as
over. Black is worked in white chen
lille and silver, and the wings and al
grettes are covered with jet, but pink
rose finds its way somewhere in most
millinery Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

fancied the same horse, which, by the
way, was Lucky Baldwin's old stall
lion Rutherford.
"McGrath suggested that as this
horse was such a great favorite he
should be sold at auction, and the other
horses as well, the aggregate sum to be
put in a pool for the winners hackers.
This was the first auction pool, but
shortly afterward this method was
adopted on all the race tracks in Amer
lea, the pool seller taking five per cent.
of the total for expenses and compen-
sation.
st was very popular, and many of the
'old-timers' regard its passing into dis
use as bad thing. It's a good thing as
far as fairness is concerned, but there
were many scandals when it was in gen
eral use, as those who ran the pool boxes
were known at times, after the betting
was over, to have turned on the crank
that is, marked up the number of tick
cts sold on the winning horse, so that
the winners would get but a small por-
ton of what rightly belonged to them.
But to see the crowds anxious to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
RICH DRESS MATERIALS.
Vslvets Are the Most Expensive of
Staple Goods, But Laces the
COstIiest of All.

The costliest of what might be de.
scribed as staple dress goods are veil
vets. Fine silk velvets, in black and
in colors, for reception, dinner and
evening gowns sell in regular widths
up to SIS a yard, and in velvet of extra
widths as high as $40. The velvets sold
oftenest for dress goods are those at
prices under ten dollars a yard.
The costliest of fancy fabrics are sat-
in ground brooches, a satin fabric in
white or in some light color, with en-
BASED velvet figures, in various col
ors, and in floral and in geometrical de-
signs. The broche satins are made for
evening wear. They are produced in
great variety and many of them are
of great beauty. Made 81 inches in
width they sell through a wide range
of prices up to SIS a yard. There are
wider satins and velvet brooches, i'm
ported in dress patterns that are cost
lier still. These goods in patterns from
seven to eight pards each, with pink,
heliotrOpe, blue and other grounds, but
single pattern in shade or color, inn
ported, are sold at $3.50 a dress pat
tern.
But the most expensive of dress ma
terials is lace. Point lace flounce, AZ
inches wide, for gowns, is sold at prices
ranging up to 1925 a yard, four yards
being required for skirt. The same
lace could be used for the waist, in
which case two yards more would be
required; but oftener there is sold for
the waist and sleeves an all-over lace
to match the flounce. This, in a lace
from IS to 90 inches in width, to match
the fiounce at 1925 yard, would cost
$50 a yard.
1t will be borne in mind that these
prices represent the cost simply of the
material for the gown, without Innings
of trimmings or making up. What the
finished gown would cost might de-
pend on variety of considerations. 4
gown of satin and velvet broche costing
say $3.50 a yard might cost completed
$500 or $500. A gown from any of these
materials would obviously be costly
n. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
MacarOni with Mutton.

Remove fat and skin from cold roast
mutton, cut the meat into small. thin
slices, season with salt and pepper. But
ter a dish, put in layer of meat, then
cold boiled macarcni and moisten with
tomato sauce; so continue until all is
used. Cover with crumbs and bits of
butter and brown in the oven. To be
served as soon as it is done, or it will
be dry. French macaroni may also be
used, after it has been boiled in sailed
water until tender. When it will cut
easily it is done. 1t takes about 20
minutes.-Ladies' World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
HAYDN'S UNHAPPY WIFE.
Married Her Instead of Her Sister
Merely to Oblige His Fa-
ther-in-Law.

Haydn married, not the girl he was
in love with, but her sister. HAYDN,
you should take my oldest daughter"
said Father Keller, the barber, and,
as Keller had done a good deal for
Haydn, the composer felt that he must
sacrifice his affection on the altar of
duty and oblige the old man. At the
time of the marriage, in 1860, Haydn
was 30, while his Anna Maria was 3D.
There does not appear to have been
much love on either side to start with,
but Haydn declared that he had really
begun to like" his wife, and would
have come to entertain stronger feel
ing for her if she had behaved in a
reasonable way. Unfortunately, Anna
Maria had neither rhyme nor reason in
her composition. The entertaining
Marville says that the majority of Ia
dies married to men of genius are so
vain of the abilities of their husbands
that they are frequently insutferable.
But Frau Haydn was not lady of that
kind. The world had emphatically
proclaimed her husband a genius, but
to Maria it was quite immaterial wheth-
er he were a cobbler or an artist. Nay,
she even committed the incredible
crime of using the composers manu-
script scores for curling paper, as ur
derlays for pastry, and similar things.
She was gay enough with it all. too.
When Haydn went from home she
would send him the most cheerful little
notes. SHOULD you die to-day or to-
morrow" ran one of these missives,
there is not enough money left in the
house to bury you" At another time,
when Haydn was in London, he re-
ceived a letter in which Maria wrote
that she had just seen neat little
house which she liked very much, and
that he might do himself the pleasure
to send her 1000 gulden with which to
buy it, so as to have in future a ''wid-
ows home" Pleasant reading this
for the genial composer! In the first
case he wrote, without trace of anger:
"Should this be so. take my manu-
scripts to the music publisher. | guar
antee you that they will be worth
money enough to defray my funeral ex-
penses." In the matter of the widows
home" he thought it would be best to
arrange things himself. Ultimately he
bouht the house, and in spite of Maria's
frequent suggestions of his coming dis
solution, he lived in it for nine years
after she had been dead. Frau Haydn
saw out her 20 years, but some time be-
fore that the pair had agreed to live
apart as the best way of ending a union
which had proven utterly unbearable
to the omposer.-Cornhill Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
LESSON FOR TYpEWRITERS.
There Are Many Offenders Who Will
Do Well to Read This Truth
full Little Story.

SIT was several years ago." said the
woman at the typewriter to New York
Times writer, land was young, but |
knew my work. 1 had been very anx-
ious to get position in certain law
office, because the head of the firm was
an old friend of my father, and it would
not be quite like going among strangers
to be there. There was vacancy. l
applied for the position and obtained it..
My first days work was along the regu-
lar lines of routine work in law Office
and it was not until toward night that
was called into my employers private
Office to take dictation. He dictated
clearly and distinctly. took the notes
easily, copied them on the machine and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
ALASKAN EARTHQUAKES.
A Larger Extent of Coast Line Afeat-
ed Than Ever Before Reported
in That Region.

The seven earthquakes that shook the
coasts of Alaska on September and
10 were unequaled in the historic pc
Rod in that region for the extent of
coast line affected. Reports of the
shocks have been received from various
points between Juneau and the Aleu-
ton chain, a distance of over 600 miles
1t is well known that the effeSts of
earthquakes originating on the coasts
are often felt in the far interior of
continents, and it is not at all unlikely
that these shocks extended hundreds
of miles inland. In a region like Alas
ka, where large areas are uninhabited,
severe earthquakes may sometimes oc-
cur without the facts ever becoming
known.
1t is said that a number of islands
along the coast near Yakutat bay, in
the neighborhood of Mount st. Elias,
have become submerged or have settled
in the water. and that the adjoining
coast line has perceptibly sunk, while
a little distance out at sea the ocean bed
appears to have risen. While these re-
ports need confirmation, it may be said
that it is not uncommon for consider
able areas of the crust of the earth to
sink as the result of an earthquake.
One example that may be cited from
our own history is the New Madrid
earthquake of 1881, when the subter-
ranean disturbances resulted in the
subsistence of about 5000 square miles
of alluyial lands along the Mississippi
river in what is now southeastern Mis-
souri, and northeastern Arkansas. The
subsistence was about ten feet and the
river poured into some of the depres-
sions, forming a series of lakes.
A few hundred miles north of the re-
gion where this sudden subsistence and
elevation is said to have occurred in
Alaska the earth's crust has been rising
for a considerable period. Behring sea
is slowly becoming shallower. If this
tendency is continued, the time will
come when Behring sea, or large parts
of it. will be dry land, and thus Asia
and North America may yet be united
above the sea level.
Inc known earthquakes IN Alaska, as
in the present instance, have occurred
along the line of volcanic cones, and
particularly in the Aleutian chain.
Over 30 of these shocks have been re-
corded by the Russians and our own
people. When we bought Alaska we
acquired an addition to our earthquake
territory. Canada throughout its great
domain has comparative immunity
from this sort of visitation, while we
record from 30 to 40 earthquakes in
year, most of which, however, do very
little damage, if any.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

ONE of the curious social laws of Pc
ru forbids women to attend funerals,
and they do not appear at weddings
unless they are very intimate friends.
When funeral procession passes
through the streets the coffin is carried
upon the shoulders of the pail bearers,
who are followed by an empty hearse
drawn by two, four or six horses, &C
cording to the means of the mourners
and their desire for display. All the
male members of the family and
friends of the deceased follow on foot,
with a line of empty carriages behind
them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
ORIGIN OF AUCTION POOL.
An American Invention That Became
Popular System with
BettOrs,

Il suppose many people do not know
the origin of auction pool selling" said
Frank /. Herdic, the famous pool seller
from Williamsport, Pa, to an interested
group at the Hotel Rivers during his
last visit to New York. ITS of Amer
lean invention, and before it was start
ed betting on races was, perforce, be-
tween individuals, on honor between ac-
quaintances, and by depositing the
stakes with a third person, known to
each, among strangers.
I'm the winter of 1869 there was race
meeting at New Orleans, and one day
several men around the gambling house
kept by the late Price McGrath wanted
to bet on a certain race, but they all
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
BIG GALAPAGOS TURTLES.
The Heaviest Weighed 900 Pounds
and Was Worth for Scientific
Uses $500.

From the Galapagos islands the
schooner Julia Whalen has brought ten
OF the immense turtles for which the
Islands are noted. The biggest she'll
back of them all weighs 600 pounds and
is said to be the largest ever brought
from the islands. Unfortunately, the
monster reptile was accidentally killed
two weeks out from the islands. A
sharp piece of timber fell on the deck
and pierced the animals lungs. The
turtle coughed blood for awhile, and
an attempt was made to plaster up the
hole, but the injured tortoise died in
fortnight. AS scientists estimate the
average life of these turtles at 200 years,
death within two weeks of an injury
is practically instantaneous-for
turtle. 1t is said in the islands that no
turtle has died a natural death in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant. Dur
ing the two centuries that scientists
have allotted it to live some accident
generally befalls the turtle. Many have
met their deaths by falling over preci-
pices, and a number have been over
taken by the lava flows of these vol
canic islands. In fact, the turtle
brought back dead by the Whalen
shows marks on his shell of having been
caught in some fiery flow. There are
scars on his shell, showing that the lava
moved more quickly than he. A ton
of cactus leaves was brought on the
schooner as food for the turtles.
r. E. Snodgrass, an instructor in
zoology at Stanford university. and Z.
Heller, geological student there. went
on the Whalen for the purpose of max
ing scientific observations. One of the
giant tortoises belonged to them, and
they have in addition $50 varieties of
fish. SiXty-two varieties of fish were
already known on these islands, which
are remarkably rich zoologically. Of
the fish brought back to Stanford, 90
specimens are new to science. The col
legians bring also a most complete col
lection of insects, many of them unclas-
sified, and fine collection of birds and
reptiles. They have a specimen of a
marine iguana, or sea lizard, six feet
long.
The college men report that the tur-
ties, though still numerous on Abe
marie, have disappeared from the other
islands, except on Duncan island, where
one species of the testudo family still
exists. There are three species on Al
bemarle, but on the other islands, each
of which had once its separate species,
the turtles are extinct. The inhab-
itants of the islands kill the turtles for
their oil, and the supply is steadily
growing less. The turtles brought back
on the Whalen are worth from 5000 to
5000 apiece. There were ten, some of
them bound for museums, some for
geological gardens and more for the
soup kettle.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

AN office thief is at present work
ing" the physicians. He calls at the
office, sees the doctor and gives him an
address where patient is said to lie
suffering. After the victim has gone
off on his errand of mercy the man re-
turns and says he will wait for the doc
tors return. The servant, having seen
him before, regards him as regular
patient and admits him. and he selects
what articles he regards as the most
valuable and the most portable and
decamDS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09
Corn and Tomatoes scnIIoped.

Fix together in a good-sized baking
dish one pint of cold boiled corn. one
pint of chopped tomatoes, teaspoon
full of salt, half a teaspoonful of pep
per, two tablespoonfuls of butter and
one tablespoonful of sugar. Spread half
a pint of grated bread crumbs over the
mixture, dot with small pieces of but
half an hour.-Household.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

NOVEL idea which comes from Paris
is the decoration of dresses with water
color designs. Hand-painted mousse =
ines are popular for evening wear, ard
when light, graceful pattern is artist
ically executed the result is admirable.
A dress of white mousseline finished in
this dainty manner with Il vine of rich
scarlet trumpet flowers, which grace
fully followed the outlines of the long
over-skirt, shows effectively upon the
low-cut bodice. lunches of artificial
flowers fastened upon the left shoulder
and trailing upon the arm served 10
complete a most unique and attractive
tot let,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

The Boston Pilot tells of an exhorter
who was holding forth on the common
and solemnly presented to his hearers
the alternative of salvation or damna-
tion-the King James Bible or the
Douay Bible" Among the audience
was citizen who had been imbibing
somewhat freely. This gentleman ap-
parently misunderstood the preacher,
for he yelled: "Hooray for the Dewey
Bible!" The crowd took up the cry
and the exhorter was compelled to sus-
pend further effort.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

GREAT BRITAIN has another war in
Africa; this time in the northeast part
OF the Dark Continent Troops have
been hurried from Bombay to Berbera,
which is the chief town of the Somail
coast protectorate. The disturbance
is caused by a Mahdi, or false prophet,
who is melting the natives to rebel
lion. The British took possession of
the Somail coast in 1884, and now lay
claim to a district 400 miles along the
shore and extending 200 miles inland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

was that he had such a natural dislike
for water. ''I'll tell you of an incident
that'll help explain it" was the frank
old soldiers reply. "A good many
years ago was crossing the great con-
tinental divide. 1t was colder than
Greenland. In one of my saddle pock-
cts 1 had a jug of whisky and in the
other a jug of water. Well, it was so
cold that the jug of water froze up and
busted. Surprising it had been inside
of mel"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

was told that the work was satisfactory
when | took it in.
There had been only one thing that
I noticed particularly while 1 was TAX
ing the dictation. My employer seemed
to be in the first stages of the grip, to
judge by the frequent 'snifs' that he
gave.
Poor man. I thought to myself. 4
am afraid he is going to be ILL.,
in his private office I had noticed
placard bearing the words: No Smok-
ing but I had not given it thought I'M
til the next morning, when / went
again to take dictation, and there 1 saw
an addendum to the sign. thread: No
Perfuming,' and was in the handwrit-
ing of my employer. 1t was aimed at
weakness of mine, l knew, and that had
been undoubtedly the cause of the grip
symptoms. I did not say anything, but
I took the hint to heart, and 1 can say
that L never offended again in the same
way"
Terrible Possibility.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

THIS is an age in which we can not
afford to lose any opportunity; such
was evidently the opinion of the inven-
tor of new nozzle for fre-hose. lie
designed it with side openings in addi-
ton to the ordinary large one at the
end and made shutter so that they
could be closed at will. Thus the fire.
man can direct a smaller stream Of
water on an outburst at the side, while
devoting to the chief point the greater
stream from the hose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

The outlook for deer hunting was
never so good as it is this year. There
are over 100000 deer running wild in
the Maine woods this fall, or more than
in all the other New England and the
Middle States com bined. Since the
flies have gone and the animals have
sought the hills great herds of 60 to 100
deer have come out to the clearings,
stripping the gardens and fields of ev-
erV growing thing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

Mr.. Jackson-Chasin' a woman is jes'
like chasin' a trolley car; after you've
caught her you've got to put your hand
right down in your pocket and pull out
some money!
Mr.. Johnson-Yes; and you're darn
lucky if you don't find you've caught
de wrong car, after all!-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-09

MAYOR PRICE, of Macon, Ca, who
has held his place for IA years, is a
great believer in the newspaper as an
educator. For years he has out of his
own pocket paid the subscriptions for
a considerable mum Der of papers which
ne ordered left at the homes of persons
who were unable to pay for such ne
eessity OF up-to-date life. Mr.. Price is
fully convinced that his action has
been productive of much good.