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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
FORTUNE IN CoFFINS.
Little Woman Showed UD in the
KIOndilxe Displays Rare Versa
tility and Enterprise.

''There have many stories come out
of the Klondike country of the people
who have made fortunes there. Some
have been of moving, some of packing,
some of gambling, some of salooning,
some of feeding the hungry and so
on, but none of undertaking, so far as
l have heard, and l know of a man and
his wife who have got rich by burying
people" Thus spoke a Seattle man
who had been at Dawson since the be-
ginning. 1T was really the wife who
did it," he continued, land her story is
interesting. Her husband, whom she
greatly admires and affectionately calls
jim, was a worker in an undertaking
establishment, and when the rush be-
gan toward the gold diggings she hus-
tied him out and came along to take
care of him. At Skaguay some friend
gave her a lean and lank little Eskimo
dog, broken to harness, and apparently
broken in health. At least he could
scarcely drag himself around, but his
new owner cuddled him up carefully,
and by the time she was ready to go on
sled load.
$50 she and her husband and the dog,
which she had named Jim as a compli-
ment TO her liege lord, started on their
long, hard journey. They got along
quite well or better than many others
on the trail, and when the first tollgate
was reached the woman's wit manifest
al -. i
vance with the dog and the sled, her hus-
band watching the remainder of their
goods some distance back. The toll
gate keeper looked her over minute,
took a squint at her measly little dog
and frankly told her that he would be
darned if lone woman like that would
have to pay to go through his gate, and
he sent her along free of cost. Smiling
and thankful she passed on and unload
ed a mile or so further on and came
back to her husband after another load.
Telling him to stay right there till she
had brought everything through free
she finished the job and Jim came saun-
tering through the gate unscathed of
toll.
Arrived at the spot, they did not
know just what to do at first, never
thinking of the undertaking business,
which they had run away from. But
one day a man died on the creek where
they were, and there wasn't anybody
in particular to bury him. This was the
little woman's chance, and she hustled
Jim out after the job. He got it, of
course, and in a short time he had his
carpenters tools out and was at work
building coffin. He turned out very
good one, got everything ready in true
professional style, and the funeral was
a great success. Jim got $3.50 for his eff.
forts, and Jim's wife knew what their
mission was in the Klondike.
"Other funerals followed, and Jim
got them and took in 5000 or $500 for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

SSaSlljilSI!S55y9
ARISTOCRATIC DOGS.
New York Society Women Exhibited
Canine Pets Which Are Worth
Their Weight in Gold

To be literally worth ones weight
In gold is an ambition laudable enough
even for a dog. An estimate of the
dogs in this world having such a value
places the figures at one eight-thou-
sandth of one per cent. So it can
readily be seen that only the tip-top-
pers of dogdom are eligible to such
honors. With gold quoted at some
thing like SIG an ounce, it is obvious
that none but the little fellows of the
canine world can be included in such
classification. At the recent show
of the American Pet Dog club a num-
Der of .diminutive animals that were
valued at their weight in gold were
exhibited. They included toy terriers,
japanese spaniels, Yorkshire terrier,
King Charles spaniel, toy Pomera-
mans and chihuahua (MeXican long
haired) dog.
Mrs. Frederick Sem, of No. 27S West
Eleventh street, New York city, ex-
hibited her japanese spaniel Semi
Sem, by Kobe, dam Nasan, strik-
ingly beautiful little creature, very
finely marked, which weighs but four
pounds and is valued at $4,000. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
Hard on the DoorIxeeper.

On the opening day of the session of the
Fifty;;sixth congress, a tall, gaunt, man,
sers, a slouched hat mashed in any old way,
and an overcoat that needed brushing, pre-
scented himself at the center door Of the
house of representatives. He started to
walk right in, but was stopped by one of the
doorkeepers, who said to him, testify: Say,
don't you know you cam go in there?" No
1 didn't know it, my friend; | thought :
could, he said, mildly; Nobody but mem
Der; Congressman Cushman, of Washing
ton" ooh! beg your pardon; walk right
in" As Mr.. Cushman strobe into the hall
the astonished doorkeeper looked after him
for a moment, and then, turning to his as.
sistant on the door, said: "Say, Bill, did
you see that? Well, after that amt got the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
THE PILGRIMS JOURNEY.

The Guide said: Trust to me,
Scarce one step canst thou see
Along this Swallowed way.
Child, follow me this DAY!
On either side
Stretch meadows fair and wide
But there the creeping, deadly ivy grows
Beside the gay and fragrant briar rose,
And where the grasses wave most rank
and green,
The quicksands lie which verdure serves to
screen"
The Guide said: Follow me,
Though rough the pathway be;
Where scarcely thou canst stand,
I'll hold thee, hand in hand,
And lead thee on,
And keep thy steps the narrow way upon;
And, thus upheld
Thy fear and doubling 1uelled.
Up to the HIS thy strengthened feet shall
climb.
Ard thy glad heart forget this weary time;
10, give no longing thought to all that may
Seem fair and tempting in thy sight to-
day"
The pilgrims heart was stirred
With JOY at that sweet word;
H turned his eyes aside
From the green meadows wide,
And said. with lifted head
Lead me Thy way o Guide;
Those fields of pleasure wide
Shall never solace me,
But will walk with Thee.
/ shall not fear
The craggy steep, if Thou be near,
Nor the dark misty valleys gloom and
chill!
And loneliness, if Thou walk with me still;
And after that-I, too, shall see and know
The glorious ending of the way we go!'
Emma A. Lente, in ~ Y. Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

each one. Now and then a man would
die who wished his body sent outside
and for this kind Jim got $500. In the
winter it was impossible to take bodies
out, and Mrs. Jim arranged a cold cor
ner of their cabin, where she had the
waiting boxes piled up, with portiere
drawn over them to make them more
ornamental, and there they remained
until spring.
"Grave digging was hard work in the
winter, and it required two or three
days of thawing and digging to get a
grave sufficiently deep for its purpose.
A little incident will show what kind
when it was necessary. One winter
night word came to Jim's cabin to come
six or seven miles over the mountains
to look after man who had died. Jim
was not at home, but Mrs. Jim was,
and without word she hitched her lit
started over the snow and the noun
tain, entirely alone in the darkness of an
arctic winter. She arrived at the place
without mishap and the live man wait
ing with the dead one for Jim thought it
was a ghost when Ice saw Jim's wife at
his cabin door. He offered to do any
thing he could for her, but she said
there was nothing he could do except
to help her put the load on her sled,
and back she came to her home, leading
the way with her lantern for the dog
and the dead man to follow.
when the springtime came again
Mrs. Jim went down to Seattle, where
she laid in full supply of funeral fix.
ings, except collins, which are all home
made, and she and Jim have first-class
place and have made comfortable for.
tune, besides owning several claims on
which they have not yet realized"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

same exhibitor showed Gem, a toy
dam Floss, weight three and a quarter
pounds, value 81 800, and Perseverance,
a handsome King Charles Spaniel, by
Champion Defender Princess Anne,
weighing only three and half pounds
and valued at $500. Another precious
bit OF flesh and blood shown by Mrs.
Sem was Ali-Baba, heavy-coated and
short-eared Pomeranian, two years
old, by Ali, dam Annie. This dog
weighs four pounds and is valued at
$1,000.
Ashton Premier, a three-and-a-half
pound Yorkshire terrier with strik-
ingly long coat, was an admired eX-
hibit. with value of $1,000.
The long-haired chihuahua (Nlexi-
CAM dog Fonso, shown by Mrs. James
Noyes, weighs but three pounds and is
valued by it's owner at $1,000. This
species of dog is very rare, and Mrs.
Noyes' exhibit attracted great deal
of attention. Fonso is pure lemon and
white in color Chat has great deal
to do with his value), is two years old
and was sired by Bromo, dam Oulita.
Nubian Rebel and Naughty Brownie,
toy Pomeranians, exhibited by Mrs.
Smyth, of Germantown, Pa, weigh five
pounds each and are valued at So, 400
apiece.
A 14-ounce toy black and tan puppy
owned by Mr.. w. w. Fuller of No. Ill
Fifth avenue, was valued at $500.
Trixie, a toy black and tan terrier, the
property of Mr.. jefferson Seligman,
weighed a pound and a half, and its
owner places a value of 81 900 on it.
Mrs. Winifred Harrison exhibited
Chest, a two-anda-half-pound Japan
csc spaniel, valued at SLIGO, and Snow
ball, a three-pound toy terrier, which
she values at $1,300.-N. Y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
Queen WiIheIminn's Sayings.

Some of the anecdotes told of Queen
Wilhelmina, the young queen of the
Netherlands, are interesting. One day
the little queen was busily occupied in
bringing up her dolls in the way they
should go. One of them, however, was
particularly obstinate, and the queen
was seen to shake it violently, and say:
"Look here, if you don't behave your
self I'll make you queen, and then
you'll have no one to play with" When
on visit to England, and asked by the
prince of Wales what she thought OF
the English people, she replied: They
are very nice and amiable. but should
never have thought it from the speci-
mems l have seen in Holland"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
A Startling New Theory.

Again attention is called to those es-
sentially feminine habits of putting
pins in the mouth or moistening pen
Gil with the lips. A pin swallowed
means only surgical case, but the
greater danger lies in the contagion
that may be lurking in the pin itself.
Under the head of the pin, or in the
point of the pencil all kinds of malig-
nant germs may be located, which will
be transmitted by the mouth quicker
than any other way. 1t hardly seems
possible that anyone needs to be eau
toned against holding money between
their lips, yet a person can scarcely go
a block on street car without noticing
some one INDUCING in the dangerous
habit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
TO MEET STEAMSHIPS.
A New Service by the New York Csh.
trail Railroad.

George H. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central and Hud.
son River Railroad, has added a steam
ship bureau to the equipment of the passen-
ger service of the road. He has engaged
Captains Louis lngwersen and +. A. G.
Schultze to superintend the bureau, and one
of their duties will be to meet all incoming
transatlantic and the principal coastwise
steamships to assist passengers who wish
to leave the city via the Vanderbilt system.
Capt. Ingwersen will have charge of the
American, Cunard, White Star, Atlantic
Transport, Wilson, Anchor and Allan-State
lines, and Capt. Schultze has been assigned
to the North-German Lloyd, Hamburg
American, French, Rotterdam, Red Star
and Thingvalla lines.
They will meet all incoming steamships,
and will be prepared to furnish railway
tickets, parlor and sleeping car accommo-
dations and to assist passengers with their
baggage and check it to points on the line
of the railroad, after it has been passed
by the customs inspectors. They will also
furnish passengers with cabs operated by the
railroad company, and furnish time tables
and general information to passengers. The
two men have also been directed to assist
passengers who come to this city with
view of going abroad, and such passengers
will be met at the Grand Central Station
on incoming trains and conducted to the
steamship. Their baggage will be attended
to, and steamship tickets can be procured
in advance by communicating with Mr..
Daniels.-From the New York Commercial
Advertiser
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
A Commercial Suggestion.

Customer-Look here, l want to
chenge this coat l bought yesterday.
My wife doesn't Ike it.
Heidelberg-Change that coat? You
must be crazy! That's the finest piece
of goods you ever wore. l tell you
what, my friend, you'd better KEEP
that coat and go home and change
your wife!-rit-Bit
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
Cnuse for COmnInint.

City Editor-Mr. Strong has been in to-
day, and he had murder in his eye. How in
time did you come to speak of Mrs. Strongs
"alleged husband in that paragraph about
her accident?
j. Fresh-I did it to steer clear of libel
suit You know you told me always to say
"alleged thief" ''alleged murderer" and
chat sort of thing-Argonaut.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
Give the Children a Drink

called Grain-O. 1t is delicious, appetizing,
nourishing food drink to take the place Of
coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
is free from all its injurious properties.
Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not a stimuant but health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about 1 as
much as coffee. Is and 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
An All-Year Resort.

The Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs, Ark,
opens March /, 1900. A most desirable, at
tractive and convenient resort for health
and pleasure seekers. Ideal climate, pure
sparkling water, best accommodations.
Through Sleepers via Frisco Line Write
for particulars to Manager Hotel or to any
representative of Frisco Line
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

To provide for the storage of decoy
ducks in small space New Hamp-
shire man has designed sectional bird,
which is hinged at the bottom and pro-
vided with hooks at the top to lock it
in position, the decoy being hollow to
allow several to be pocketed together.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

Salzer beats the world on prices. Larges
Growers of Farm and Vegetable Seeds anc
Potatoes on earth! Millions Of pounds
Corn, Potatoes, etc Prices dirt cheap
Send this notice and Sc. for catalog. John
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. Xxi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
Suggested by the l..

Teacher--Now, Johnny, you know the
eagle stands for America. What animal
typifes Great Britain?
JOHNNY dunno.
ooh, yes you do. Think for moment;
it begins with L."
Eagerly er!"-Catholic Stand
ard and Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

Fish can be securely hooked when
they take the bait on newly patented
fishhook, short hook projecting out
of small cylinder, with larger hook
attached to coiled spring inside the
cylinder, the bait hook acting as
trigger to release the large hook and
allow it to spring upward.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

Uncle William read that Gladstone
used to go out and cut down big tree
each mornin' before breakfast.
Aunt MAXWELL, l declare! How
reckless in usin' stove-wood his family
must have beea.-Brookiyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
Points to the New Man.

A shopkeeper named Danger moved across
a street and put up this notice:
81. Danger, from over the way"
Another man, who took the premises, put
up this notice:
"This is safe shop; no Danger here
Answers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once, Go to your druggist to-day and get
sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and so
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

is known everywhere and
thousands of WOssies, have
Been cured of serious kid
1ey arrangements by II.
Mrs. PissFklsasr,SS meth
0ds have the endorse
Hs,essf of the mayor, the
postmaster and Others O
her own city. y
Her medicine has the
endorsement of an Uss-
numbered multitude of
grateful women whose
letters are constantly
printed in this paper
Every woman should read
These letters
Mrs. Pi1klsaEss advises
suffering women free Of
Charge Her address Is
Lynn, Mass
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

Thus far in the year Cuba has bought
from the United States three times as
much as il did in 1898.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

What the public call failure is often
simply an unrecognized success.-Town
Topics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

1t is not necessary to die to prove friend
ship; just refuse to tell all you know on
man.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
VerdaYin'S Candidacy
By Pierre Veron.

CHOULD you ever happen to visit the
y department of Trois-Etoiles, and
mention the name OF NJ. Nerdavin, it is
safe betting that your interlocutor, no
matter who he may be, will eXclaim:
"Yerdavin! Well, of all the ambitious,
intriguing men l ever met, Verdavin
was the worst"
However, now that the voX populi
has pronounced upon my old friend,
permit me to have the honor of intro
ducing to you the real Verdayin, that
you may compare him with Verdavin
the legendary.
Born of honest, but not poor, parents,
Amedee-such was his name-had, from
his childhood up, one single sare-to
live quietly and cozily on the 10000
francs a year beQueathed to him by
his pa and ma. He had a CHEEKY little
town residence, a love OF country
house. In spring he made little trip
to Paris; in summer he fshed; in au-
'tumn he shot; in winter there was the
club. Nothing could have been pleas
anteT.
Nevertheless, Amedee perceived that
something still was lacking in his life.
He wasted some one to keep his ac-
counts and oversee his expenditures.
How was he to get rid Of this business
which threatened his idleness and
placidity? He made up his mind to
take a wife.
She whom he had chosen was young
girl of candid brow, but full of reso-
Iution-a fact which had guided Yer
DAWN in his selection. He had said to
himself; "She will have enough to see
after all my business affairs, and 1
shall be saved any trouble il such mat
ters."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

k0 liNA pa az DtHllI IS al Ills 0AuU
q package of hooks. TO which he was
attaching new lengths of line and gut.
What is it, darGng?"
''Amedee, be so good as to listen to
me, During the six months of our
married life l have been studying your
character and scrutinizing your apti-
tudes, for you know well that a man of
your age and position can not rust in
inglorious idleness."
why, bless me, Emmie, I thought
my time was sufficiently occupied. For
instance, just at this very moment, /
was setting off for the brook, where l
expected TO get you a mess OF fish for
dinner that"
1'Amedee, be serious, l beg of you, if
you can. ! have been can7assing the
whole subject thoroughly in my mind,
and have found the one pursuit"
But, my dear, when l say that"
''Thai one pursuit in which, nova
OF, is politics.
politics! Heaven be praised, never
have gone in for politics; and. heaven
helping me, madame. never will"
In three weeks there will be an
election in this department. will, that
is TO say. you will, come forward as u
candidate"
But, dearest, you have not
thought"
"Yes. dear, have thought it over in
its every aspect. Indeed, l have pre-
pared your address to the electors"
The deuce you have!"
Don't swear, Amedee; swearing Of
tends the sc:upulous voters. Do you
think it is very agreeable for wom-
an TO spend all her lifetime shut up in
this poky old hole, absolutely IN
known? The provinces do not make
regulations. but they elect deputies.
What would not give to hear people
say, as passed: You see that pretty
little woman in brown? She's the wife
of our representative.
"Emmie. you are only jesting!"
"This. then, is the address you are to
issue to the electors" and she read as
follows:
reslo" NitiNehs' al time Wien Tue
well-beins-nay, the very existence-de-
mands the harmonious union OF all patriot
&c men, feel it my duty to desire an OPP
portunity OF combating on the parlia-
snentary field of battle for the regeneration
of our beloved country. What / desire
what you must all desire-is order in liberty
with liberty in order"
Ther3 we're nearly three columns OF
this.
The next morning there began for
the unhappy Verdavin life the horrors
Of which it would De difficult to re-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

Nine. Verdavin has brought an action
for separation and the management Of
her own estate. The bill alleges that
the aforesaid Amedee Verdavin is hope
lessly possessed with the mania of po-
litical ambition.
And the public say of his wife: poor
little woman, it is q wonder she didn't
bring ner action sooner. That con-
founded idiot must have spent three
quarters of her fortune with his sense
less ideas of ambition. From the
French, in San Francisco Argonaut.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-08
GOVERNOR TAYLOR LEAVES.


Governor w. s.. Taylor. of Kentucky.
whose arrival in this city on Sunday even
ing was noted exclusively in the Journal.
after spending a pleasant day yesterday
with friends, in this city, left over the
Pennsylvania line last night for Washing
ton. He spent the greater part of the day,
accompanied by his friend, ex-Secretary of
State Finley. in looking over the fine points
of the city, with which he expressed HIM
self as being much pleased. At noon Gov
ernor Taylor was invited by a number of
friends to partake of luncheon at the Co
lumbia Club, after which he returned with
Mr.. Finley to the Plaza Hotel, where he
remained until his departure last night.
Governor Taylor insisted to the last that
his visit to this city did not have any Of
fetal significance, and said he had no de-
sire that it should create any talk. He said
he was very tired of the continuous stories
with regard to his movements and his al
legged Intentions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-08
THE ANNUAL PICNIC


At a meeting Of the board OF managers
of the Girls Industrial School. yesterday
afternoon, ii was decided to hold the an
nual picnic Friday, June /. The place has
not yet been selected. and 1t will be de-
ferred until arrangements are made with
the street-railway company for transpor-
tation. The plans for the closing exercises
of the school were also discussed.
The exercises will be held in Tomlinson
Hall, May 26, and there will be fourteen
graduates, who have taken the six years
course in the industrial school in cutting
and fitting. The girls will wear dresses cut
and made by themselves. They are all hf-
teen years old. For a diploma the system
of dressmaking taught will be presented to
each. There will also be samples of work
done by each class on exhibition and for
the visitors 10 examine. Prizes Will also be
distributed for attendance, a book being
presented to each pupil that has not missed
a session of the school during the term.
Last year there were 147 Of these prizes
awarded.
The programme will be interspersed with
music under the direction of Mrs. Maud
Cook and Mrs. Alice Fleming Evans. Two
thirds Of the school is being trained for the
big chorus for the May festival. 1t was also
decided at the meeting to hold an annual
rummage sale.