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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
WHAT RAN ACROSS THE FLOOR
A Bright Little TOddIer's Joke Sets
His Puzzled Father to
Guessing.

A Lake View father had impressed
his little son with the value of observ-
ing things and reporting any thing thai
seemed strange and interesting.
Though not more than five years old,
says the Chicago Chronicle, he had al
ready taken his fathers advice, al
though his reported discoveries of a
halo around the moon and the manner
in which the hens scratched up the
early vegetables were more enthusiast
tic than valuable. the other day he
came running in to his father in great
excitement and said:
"Oh, papa, just seed something run
across the kitchen floor!"
"Rats!" exclaimed his father, in
amusement.
mo, it wasn't watts"
"Cats?".
'No, it wasn't cats either"
"a dog-a bowwow?"
NO" he continued, in great glee at
puzzling his father.
"You?"
NO"
Brother Tommy"
"No."
Little sister,"
mo. 1t was something that hasn't
any legs"
"A worm?"
"No."
"a snake?"
''No, it wasn't snake"
By this time the boy had excited his
fathers curiosity, but exhausted his
knowledge. So heb ad to say:
What was it? Ican't guess"
"Why, papa, it was just some water"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
TEMPERANCE DRIFT.

The Free Church Temperance society
of Scotland is celebrating it's jubilee
this year.
The first temperance journal to be
published in Russia is the Viestnix
Tresvosti (Messenger of Temperance)
Its first issue appeared September 1,
1899.
Temperance people will watch with
interest the doings of the Royal Welsh
fusileers during the present Transvaal
campaign, for 500 men of the battalion
are stanch teetotalers.
The United Norwegian Lutheran
church. which numbers 225,0OO men,
bers, at its recent convention at ST.
Paul memorialized President Mckinley
on the canteen question.
The late Mr.. Cadbury, the founder
of the Birmingham temperance insti-
tute, directed that e37.5O0 be specific
ally requested. besides legacies for re-
ligious institutions. The London tenn
perance hospital will get 10000.
Temperance work is having auspi-
cious beginnings in Chill. Good Tenn
plarism ard open societies have been
successful. mold many meetings and
do aggressive work. There are promi-
nent physicians at the capital and else
where and other public men who advo-
cate restriction and total abstinence.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28

for insisting that it was the only thing
to brace him up. we can't go to the
saloon, though said he, and 1 agreed
with him. l then took him to place
in behind grocery store a famous re-
sort for politicians who want to get a
bit without being seen in a saloon.
piled up along every wall of the rear
room were barrels. There were hun
dred barrels of strong drink in the
place. The bartender-if you could
call the man that where there wasn't
any bar-drew a fair-sized whisky for
Bill and one about the size of house
for me. Just as we clinked our glasses
and put them to our lips l saw a look of
ashy paleness come over Bills face. I
followed his eyes, which were toward
the door, and there was Joe, with a
glass in his hand, ready for a drink
A remark from a man near Joe did the
business.
81 told you we'd find Bill here he
said to Zoe, intending it as joke. Both
men looked white, and nothing could
have convinced Joe that Bill hadn't
been in the habit of spending his time
among all those barrels boozing. 1
later learned that Joe had also had
cold, and that his friend had brought
him in the same way had Bill. found
it out too late, however. The mischief
had been done. From that time for
ward each doubted the other. Both
tried to explain, but neither believed
the other. The upshot of it was that
both lost their faith in human nature,
and ultimately both really. took to
drinking. 1t was a little at time at
first. but the amount increased until
finally they became merely good fell
lows. Both voted for bad piece of leg
islation later and were defeated for re-
on."-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28

and a terrible weapon. The boy is
said to have refused an offer of $780,
900 for his invention through mo-
tives of patriotism, he being DESTROYS
that the United States government
should have the first opportunity to
test and purchase the weapon.
Burl<in is a source of pride to the
colored population of Chicago, who
are jubilant that one of their race
should develop the creative power
The boy has never had any mechanical
training, yet all the work on his
model has been his own. The first idea
of the weapon came to him during
the Spanish-American war, when the
magnificent work of the American
gunners directed his thoughts to guns
and their improvement. He construct
ed his first model of wood, his only
tool being jack-knife.
The lack of funds then threatened
to put q stop to the young inventors
work, but he finally obtained enough
money to go into an iron works on
the West side, which gave him the
use of its tools and machinery for five
dollars day. Here he constructed
the model, which he sent to. the pat
emit office at Washington, which has
already allowed II of his claims on
the weapon. Prominent men Of the
colored race are using their influence
to induce the war department at
Washington to conduct a series of
tests with the gun. 1t has been chris
tened the Maine"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
ONE OF THE CAUSES.
bad Feeding and Consequent Poverty
of Blood Results in Craving
for Ardent Spirits.

1t is now pretty well understood that
bad feeding and consequent poverty of
blood creates craving for ardent spir-
its in those to whom the necessaries of
life come only in inadequate supply.
When the workingman's wife has
learned the value of a good hot meal
for tired, hungry man, and knows
how to prepare it, there may be less
need of temperance associations and
liquor licensing laws. There is rea-
son to hope that the cooking lessons
now included in the school board cur
riculum may effect an improvement in
the dietary of the working classes: for
there is little doubt that in many such
homes it has not been so much the
want of material as the want of skill
to turn what was at hand to good ac-
count. In the course of time. too. the
instructions the young scholars are re-
ceiving in the industrial departments
ought to make them more efficient
servants, as well as housewives. a con-
summation devoutly to be desired by
employers, as hitherto there has been
no branch of culture, excepting do
nestle service, where some kind of ap-
premiership has not been required,
and where the doubtful pleasure of
teaching has been conjoined with the
penalty of paying for incapacity and
sometimes hopeless stupidity.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
VALUE OF DEAD CELEBRITIES.
Prices Paid for Locks of Hair from
the Heads of Titled and Fa-
nous Persons,

Statisticians tell us that the hairs
of our head are numbered. and they
further state that the average head
of fair hair consists of 143, 600, of dark
hair, 100000. and of red, 10000; there
fore, says Cornhill, if we allow our
celebrity 100000 hairs, or, say, 500
(relic trade) locks, we shall have some
data upon which to estimate the value
of his hirsute adornment. A lock of
Edward Tvs ha;- last July fetched
6 s S.; in 1896 some tresses of Marie
Antoinette's hair were, brutal as ii
sounds, knocked down for C So; two
locks of Napoleon's hair, one of which
is in the possession of Lord Sheffield.
sold recently for 30 (the price in
cluded letter showing that it was a
well-authenticated memoriaD and SIS,
respectively, while a watch and a lock
of Sir Walter SCOTS hair realized
e26 S.; if we value our celebrities
locks at eS apiece, or 1000 for the
head of hair, no one with the above
figures to guide him can accuse us of
eXaggeration A part" of the beard
of George III. last August only real
lied 35s.. but then George was never
really popular among relic hunters,
and we have no doubt that our celeb
rity would command better prices.
AS part" is so vague measure,
and as the statistician, as far as we
know, has so far failed to number
the hairs of our boards, we feel
obliged to estimate the value of the
celebrity's beard and mustache at tho
nominal figure of e25O-a very alarm
ing sacrifice, we feel sure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28

yet child he went to Minnesota with
his parents from his native state Of
New York. He was so impatient to be-
come an editor thatShe abandoned his
studies in Hamlin college to take
charge of newspaper, but left his edi-
torial chair in turn to enlist in the vol
unteer infantry in 1861. He proved
himself gallant soldier, for he rose
from the rank of private to that of
major in three years. He fought in all
the battles of the army of the Potomac,
from which he was transferred in 1868
to the army of the Cumberland. He is
very popular in Montana, and has large
mining interests in that state.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28

DR.. A. F. Schauffler says in the St.
Louis Christian Advocate: SIN a GER
tain city 1000 saloons are doing bust
ness. These take in on an average SIS
FER day. This makes the awful sum of
$3,5OO,oC0 spent every year in that city
for intoxicating drink" After sum-
marizing a long list of things most de-
sirable for the municipality and indi-
viduals which this money would buy,
the worthy doctor adds that enough
would remain to buy out every saloon
at an average cost of 81, 100 each.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
New Uses for the Camera,

The Bank of France has an In
genious arrangement by which sus-
picious visitors can be photographed
without their knowledge. Behind the
desk of the cashier is a hidden photo
graphic studio, and at signal from
any of the employees of the bank
picture of the suspected customer is
instantly taken. The camera is also
useful for detecting frauds, an
erasure on a check, which may not
be visible to the eye, being clearly
perceptible in photograph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
TroubIe Over wen. An Indi.

The question of wells in India is COM
plicated by the coeNstence in each COM
munity of two castes-the purer Hindus
and Gonds on the one hand, the weav-
ers on the other. No weaver, says
Cornhill, may draw from the well of
the Hindus lest it Be defiled; nor will
the Hindu drink from the hands or
the well of weaver. Thus it becomes
necessary either to dig two wells or
to depute a certain number of the
Hindu element to give water to their
less exalted fellow villagers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
HON. MARTIN MAGINNIS.
Appointed Senator from Montana to
Fill the Vacancy Left by WA.
CIark's Resignation.

Martin Maginnis, who has just been
appointed United States senator from
Montana to fill the vacancy left by the
resignation of W. A. Clark, is we'll
known in Washington, where he served
six terms as representative from Mon
tana when that state was a territory.
Mr.. Maginnis is a journalist of note
and a prominent citizen of Helena,
Mont, where he has lived ever since the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
Why MnDle Snn FLOWS.

Before meeting of the Biological
society of Washington Mr.. w. A. Or
ton described the result of expert
ments made to determine the cause
of the flow of maple sap in the early
spring, His conclusion was that the
flow has mechanical cause, being due
to the increasing heat. which expands
the gases in the wood cells and thus
forcibly expels the sap. This con-
tradicts the view that the flow of sap
is due only to physiological action in
the plant.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
NEGRO LADS INVENTION.
Eugene Burkin, of Chicago, Con-
structs a Rapid-Fire Machine
Gun of Great Power.

Eugene Burkin, coloreu boy Of
10 years, who lives over on Chicago's
great West side, is the inventor of
rapid-fire machine gun which he
claims is the most effective weapon
of its kind in the world, and is des-
tined to throw the invention of Max.
i'm and Nordenfeldt, now in general use
the scrap heap. Several experts who
have seen the model of Burkin's gun
pronounce it marvel of ingenuity,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28

The other day horseless carriage,
worked by steam, was putting it's way
down Queens Gate, watched by two
"lidies" "of no Importance" As 81
passed the pair one contemporary
tossed her head and remarked: "Wea,
when | roides like to roide-I don't
want to squirm on no bloomin' tea-ket-
tle!"-Westminster Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
An American City.

Twenty-six thousand arrests for
drunkenness year and 5000 imprison-
ments is the appalling record of one of
the most enlightened of American
cities. 1t means one arrest to every
four families. The net cost to the city
was therefore more than 100000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28

A young French peasant. seeing his
child thrown from a mule, received
such shock that he became bald with
In eight days. After time the hair
began TO grow again. but it was white.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
A Definition.

ANDREW, do you know what an or
phan ISL"
Andrew-Yessum. A orphun IL
were hote your parents dies before
yonse is born.-N. X. Press.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23

VIII be quicker to demand the punish
ment OF the accused than the republicans,
If they are found guilty on reliable evil
dence.
If. on the other hand. a subsidized
democratic court. acting in connection
with detectives who see a reward of $780,
OOO IN sight provided somebody is con-
Flcted. attempts to convict innocent men,
beckham is fully alive to the fact that
the not blood of KENTUCKY will arise in
rebellion. Hence. the introduction of the
u~nrepublican n contemplate imperial
plan OF conducting a court behind bayo-
nets. 1t is o time the federal authors
ties interfered in Kentucky to protect the
people from the Osurpers who threaten
their liberties and who are running the
state.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
CLARK VERSUS CAMPBELL.

There were some amusing plays in the
democratic city convention yesterday.
AS the Daily wing of the party intends
to drop Campbell, as he can be of no fur
Their use to it, it's local leaders suggested
to the Clark men, in the interest of thar
mony,'' that no reference be made in the
resolutions to either Campbell or Clark.
The friends of the latter. apparently
willing to drag their champion down to
Campbell's level. assented to this, and
both were omitted from h resolutions.
Under cover, however, the Clark men
worked in an indirect endorsement OF
their leader and a rebuke to Campbell.
The passage of the recent currency bill
through congress was denounced in the
platform.
Inasmuch as Clark voted against this
measure in the senate, while Campbell
ran away from it in the house, inc re-
fused to stand his ground and introduce
a free coinage bill when challenged to de
50, it is obvious that the action Of thu
convention yesterday is tantamount TO 8
commitment to the former and a rebukt
to the latter.
In the first play. the DAILY Democrat
scored a point; in the second, the CLARK
democrats won a round. w."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
THE CLOUD.

The democratic g~ubernatorial usurpef
Of the Blue Grass state, Mr.. mas
organized a force Of militia to surround
the court house at Frankfort during the
trial of the secretary of state and others
for alleged completely in the killing of
Goebel. No one is allowed to attend the
trial aside from the attorneys, witnesses,
and press reporters. ,--. .ul.
The evident purpose is to railroad the
defendants into the pen%itentiary on gem
eral priniples, and to evade the con-
sequences of the contemplated crime.
Beckham does not pretend to a that
riotous conditions exist. but he explains
tina he is afraid they may arise. lie
knows thai if Powers and the other de-
PENDANTS are accorded a fair and impair
tial trial an army Of troops O the
court house will not be required, for none
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
INTERPRETED BOTH Ways.

After twisting itself out of shape sew
eral times in an effort to wallow the
Chicago platform. the eastern democracy
has hit upon a plan to effect the gulp.
The New York Journal says the free
coinage plank in the Chicago platform
meant only the. necessity for more CON-
that being the sole and only object OF the
declaration.
Then it points out the fact hat mas
much as the present production of gold
;s eo,al to that of the two. metals in
| 1896. the real object of the plank aiore-
said has been attained.
The adoption Of the Chicago PLATFORM
; therefore,, would mean merely that the
democrats were right in their contention
in 1896, when the volume OF metaiiic
money was insufficient; and that it wouio
be the policy of the party to adopt a slm'-
lar course in the future should a marked
diminution in the production OF golo
again make silver coinage necessary!
But it would have no present signlh-
cance as to immediate legislation along
such lines, for the necessity does not e~-
list!
So this is to be the Interpretation o.
the Chicago platform in the east whiis
in the west it will be interpreted asmean
ing Immediate free coinage as soon al
Bryan can get his easy chat warm II
the white house.
itfW- - -. 1-,.N1o lon1
Such is the hypocricy and double deal
ing of the double-headed democracy.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
rXAr RESOLUTION.


The Standard intimates that the anti
Clark resolution was adopted by the demo-
cratic city convention last year for the
purpose of inducing the senate to invests
gate the senatorial election in this state,
and that inasmuch as hat investigation
was undertaken no further action "could
now nave any effect on the disposition of
that case"
AS a matter of fact, last years resolu-
ton had nothing to do with causing a
senatorial Investigations; but it was
brought about through the sworn allega-
lions of DAILY democrats. filed In docu-
mentary form with that body.
The resolution was adopted because
the DAILY wing of the party wanted to
prove it's own purity by impugning the
character Of others.
Had not the investigation knocked Its
own professions of purity into a cooked
hat. it would have lambastigated Clark
yesterday in the same old style.
To prevent this. the Miner was willing
to let the platform indictment of last
year stand on the records without an
amendment.
Being brothers in affection, harmony
prevailed."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23

knife up its sleeve. to be sure, but they
will not be used until after the city elec-
ton is over.
To secure four aldermen apiece, why
should not these great opponents Of pub
lie thought forgive and forget all about
bribery and perjury and coercion. n all
the other crimes which each wing has
imputed to the other through the
should -four aldermen apiece be sac
rificed. when each wing is willing to
acknowledge that the charges made by
the other wing are true. and they are
willing to forgive each other until after
election? Such is the reasoning of the city
democracy of Butte. as exemplihed in the
work of yesterdays convention.
To still further promote harmony" a
resolution in the interests of labor. and
bearing on the six o'clock closing love-
ment. was howled down and tabled with
out the courtesy of debate on its merits.
Though the Miner has pretended to be in
, favor of that movement, it's wing of the
democracy was only too glad to 'let. CO.
in order to avoid friction with the DAILY
! wing and perhaps lose thereby its half OF
the aldermanic nominations. The inter-
ests of the laboring men, like the recogni-
ton of the only representatives which
the democratic party of this state have III
congress-. found no place in the platform
of yesterdays convention. Everybody
must stand from unde when harmony
is working a double shift in a democratic
gathering.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION.

A backwoodsman once explained that
the reason two of his neighbors refused
to fight, when they had their blood up.
was because zone was Altered and t'other
dassent." Such was the condition of the
two wings of the democratic party in this
city yesterday. With the political methods
Of both factions advertised to the world in
h senatorial investigation, with a pros
pective bearing on the results. and realiz-
ing that the eyes of the public were upon
them, neither dared exercise its ancient
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
REwARr.

h undersigned will pay the sum OF
twenty-five hundred dollars ($2, 500. OO) to
any person or persons furnishing the un.
dersigned wit.l information witch viii
lead to the detection n conviction Of
any person or persons or corporations.
who have heretofore OF may hereafter
trespass upon n extract and remove
ores or minerals from any Of the unS.r.
ground workings bsneath the surface y
those portions of the Michael Dewitt lode
claim. which are included within injunc-
tons issued by the state or United States
courts of Montana. &
BUTTE AND BOSTON CONSOLIDATED
AIMING COMIANY.
6y Z. s. S~attesnan. Asst Stunt.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23

Just between ourselves remarks TN.
Miner this morning. addressing it's demo-
cratic constituents. 1--WE don't need any
starch factory at this particular time"
The Miner is quite right. 1t would dc
them no good. Starch has to have some
sort of a basis to work on.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23

Get a reserved seal and watch the
Standard support the Clark aldermanic
nominees. while h Miner goes through
the same performance with the DAILY
nominees
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
THE MINERS CONSISTENCY.

In cordially endorsing the resolutions
adopted by the democratic city conven-
ton yesterday, the Butte Miner y
"All democrats can subscribe to such a
platform"
Among the most conspicuous planks In
that document is a hearty endorsement OF
the administration of municipal affairs
by Mayor Mccarthy.
For a veal past the Miner has been
finding fault with the present city admin
~istration, picking all manner of flaws
with it.
Our contemporary has repeatedly
shown tina gambling has been constantly
going on in violation of law and good Or
der. that the police has not done it's duty,
and that the affairs Of the city have suf-
fered in very man, ways by reason of
the %inattention of the present mayor to
the plain duties of his office.
And yet. in the face of all it's statements
. during the past ear, the Miner now
throws up it's hat and yells for joy over a
| platform that heartily endorses the pres
! ent city administration!
1t goes without saying that he Miner
was very, very anxious to get a chance
to again crawl in under the tent.
1t is willing to swallow Mayor Nc
| Carthy and the gamblers. and the whole
dose, if only permitted to be again recog-
nized as a democratic organ.
Evidently the Standard has worked the
Miner "to a fare-you-well."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23

The Miner went IN record in favor of
the six O'Clock closing movement. The
democratic city convention turned that
movement down. 1t refused to give 1t a
place in its platform. yet the Miner comes
out this morning with the declaration
that 'all democrats can subscribe to such
a platform The Clark wing was given
-four out of the eight aldermanic nomi-
nations, provided the Miner would let up
on it's fight against the city administra-
tion and the gamblers, n reverse its
position on the six o'clock closing move
ment. Had the convention thrown In
one more alderman the Miner would ave
forgiven Whiteside. The Miner knows
where it is. at.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
HIGHEST INHABITED PLACE.

me highest inhabited place in tn
world is the custom louise of AncOmar
ca, Peru. 1t is 16, 900 feet above tn
sea.