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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
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OVER A GLASS OF WINE.
tion Win Disciple to the Temper
ance Cause ut n Dinner Party.

They had been introduced, of course,
but he spoke to her first at dinner.
May L pour you little wine?' he
asked.
THANK YOU" she said, simply, "a
little claret. drink only claret."
You don't care for the sweet
wines?"
81 don't think I really care for any
wine, but this is what we drink at
home. You did net pour any for your
self" she added, a moment after.
He smiled.
ut would be for the first time in my
life if L had"
How strange!" She looked at him
pointblank with a pair of clear and
very kind blue eyes. Have you scru-
pies? Do you think it wrong?"
"Well"-he drew a long breath
"hardly. Yet, for me, it would be
wrong"
The color deepened on her cheek a
little. He saw her check back word
from her lips, and the shadow that
swept over her face was sweeter than
any brightness. But he could not ap-
propriate her unmerited sympathy
"No-no," he declared, laughing
slightly. sit is not at all a temptation
to me. I have never known the taste
of any sort of liquor. I think have
great advantage against fate in this,
and mean to keep it,
Then you are afraid, after ALP"
Sometimes we recognize danger
though we may not fear it."
''If it be danger, you must fear it.
You do, or you would not take precau-
TONS"
He looked down and met her earnest
glance She was forgetting her din
ner.
''If you were not afraid" she went
on, impulsively, wine would seem to
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tons brigade offered thsir services TO
the federal government"

the 1eueral government.
Gen. Hunton's references to the vicis-
STUDIES of the confederates during the
latter part of the civil war reminded
friend of an old scrap book in the treas
ury department which mutely but elo-
quently tells the story of the failure of
the cause. 1t was shown TO the writer
to-day. 1t is filled from cover to cover
with samples of confederate money.
The first bills issued by the confeder-
acy bear the inscription: Two years
after date the confederate states prom
Use to pay" but very soon thereafter,
when it was seen that long war in
stead of a short one must ensue before
the confederacy could be established,
the notes were issued with the inscrip-
ton: six months after the ratifica-
ton of treaty of peace between the
confederate states and the United
States" and this wording was contin-
ued to the close of the war.
In 1861 and 1862 the paper money of
the c0nfcderacy was maintained at
par. Gen. Hunton referred to those
days as days of comparative ease for
the soldiers and for their cause. But
in 1868, when Vicksburg surrendered
and Lee was defeated at Gettysburg,
the confederate money fell to so per
cent. of its face value. At the close of
that year the money was held to be
worth AS per cent. of its face value. In
the spring of 1864, when Grant mobil-
lied his army in Virginia, Sherman at
Chattanooga, and Sheridan in the valley
of Virginia, the valGe of confederate
money deprecated so rapidly that it be-
came practically worthless. The union
armies encircled the confederacy with
walls of steel and fire, and the financial
world would give no recognition to con-
federate promises to pay.
Then it was that the confederate SOL
diers suffered many privations, while
their families at home suffered for the
necessities of life. The women and chill
dren lacked clothing and shoes, and
often were deprived of food. No Won
der that the old soldier and statesman
now says that the presidential success
sion is not worth another civil war. The
old scrap book referred to containing
samples of all issues of confederate
money, has companion in the last
check book used by the quartermaster
general of the confederacy. This book
was opened January 26, 1865, and our
ing the few remaining days of January
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HE RAISED HIS CRYSTAL GOBLET.

you as harmless as water. It is be-
cause you have fear that you will
not touch it,"
He was at loss just here. 1t was
difficult to match her candor without
touch of seeming discourtesy.
Suppose L drink to your better
courage?" she said. A roguish dimple
showed itself. "The deadly cup has no
terror for me-"
He raised his crystal goblet and
drank to her in sparkling water, say
ing, gently:
But of my cup no one need be
afraid
There was a pause. She had not
lifted the wine to her lips. A servant
came to remove the course, and some
one spoke 20 her across the table.
When he could claim her attention
again he was ready with bright re-
mark about the beauty of some roses
in a vase near them.
'Yes-so pretty-pretty,' she said,
vaguely, and then. with purpose in her
tone: I'VE had rot exhausted our
topic, think. May I asks it your
conviction that liquor should not be
used in any form ?"
you are unmerciful," he depre-
Gated, Think how ungracious it
would seem to object to anything
amid such surroundings"
'Never mind about being compli-
mentary," she replied, gravely. 81 am
trying 10 rehect-to decide. I have
never before given one serious thought
to this question of temperance. The
people / live among-and they are all
upright, intelligent and refned-re-
gard a moderate use of liquor as al
most Indispensable. Surely you must
admit that there are thousands and
thousands who are not in any way in
jured by its use
81 know" he said, quickly, "but
there are millions and millions--the
jails will tell you-the hospitals"
lie stopped abruptly.
Eyes" she said. thoughtfully, Eyes.
But why not take the good and avoid
the evil? We need not become drunk
ards because we use liquor?"
He met the appeal of her earnest
eyes with look as earnest
"Sincc you desire it," he answered
steadily, "let me say one word. and
then, think, will say no more. If you
never touch liquor you not only need
not. you cannot, become a drunkard
But if once it cross your lips the first
step is made"
There was a long silence between
them. The rest o. the guests went on
talking gayly. Presently she spoke
but so low that he had to bend his ear
TO listen.
you have given me a wonderful
message" she sad. She laid aside her
glass Of wine. and in the simple act
he knew there was conservation
Madeline :. Bridges, in Ladies' Home
Journal.
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HOLYOKE GIRLS COASTING.
Some Use BrOOms, Others Pans, While
for Some Single or Less
Sufnces.

This winter the students have found
vent for their superfluous energy in
coasting. The smooth, hard crust of
snow of last week made coasting with
sleds or without a most delightful sport.
The back campus offers a favorable
field for this exercise, as there are prac-
tically no trees.
Brooms are the favorite sleds, al
though some of the students have found
pans equally exciting. By peculiar
way of doubling themselves up the girls
find it an easy matter TO ride down hill
on broom, and, in fact, the sport is
much enhanced by the unexpected an
ties of the broom; sometimes it will dig
itself into a mound of snow and send
its rider in mass a few yards ahead.
The brooms are especially useful as car
ryalls. A large broom will comfortably
seat two girls, and companion is in
weighed into dragging them around.
The pack horse generally gets her fun
by suddenly spilling the broom riders.
To use pan for sled requires more
skill than to use a broom, because the
rider curls her feet up into the pan and
can only push off with her hands, some
thing in the manner &C tub race. 1t
takes only Slight lurch to tip the pan
over, and then the girl tumbles in a
sqealing bunch, while those behind pile
on top of her. Shingles are somewhat
more unsatisfactory, as they are too
apt to leave their rider half way down
the hill, either to go on without any
steed, or start all over again. If the
rider has had swift start she generally
prefers to go to the bottom of the in
cline without the shingle.-Springfeld
(Mass.) Union.
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A Poor Business Policy,

Chief of Police Kipley's estimate of
the expenses of the Chicago police de-
partment for 1900 is $3,7OS, 1913, an in
crease OF $327,649 over last years APP
porpriation. The principal item of in
crease is for 500 additional patrolmen at
$1,000 a year salary. This will bring
the number of patrolmen on the force
up to 5000. The amount of revenue
derived from saloon licenses in Chi
cago, or any other city, is not
sufficient to pay the cost of TAX
ing care of the consequences Of
the saloon. Indeed, Carroll d. Wright,
the eminent statistical authority, says
that for every dollar that the saloon
brings in, it causes an outgo direct, and
indirect, of $21.-Union Signal.
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A Beautiful Creed.

'The most beautiful creed of the
heart is love Of aume." SIN the purity
of the home is the hope of the ma
ton" SO says the Champion of Fair
Play, "a journal devoted to the inter-
ests of the retail liquor trade" 1t was
this same beautiful creed which drove
the early crusaders out into the streets
and into the saloons to do battle
against homes greatest foe. 1t is this
same creed which urges the home
keepers of the w. C. T. U. to edo ev-
erything" that organized mother love
can do to aid in destroying the de-
stroyer. Does the retail liquor trade
conduce to the purity of the home?
With a saloon on every corner and the
liquor power controlling our laws,
where is safety for our homes, what
the hope of the nation?-Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

Crate the white flesh of a cocoanut
pretty finely and mix it to a paste
with two tablespoonfuls of caster
sugar and the stiflly-whipped white of
an egg. run it into a square tin and
cut it into bars as it is setting. Put
away, wrapped in grease-proof paper,
in an air-tight tin. If preferred, half
the ice" can be colored a delicate
pink with drop or two of carmine
and set in layers with the plain white.
philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
Keep out the saloons.

There is no poverty, no suffering,
very little crime, and no strife be-
tween labor and capital at the little
town of Bolivar, So miles from Pitts
burg. The $50 men who are employed
in brick-making have not allowed any
saloons there for 30 years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

Hiram" said his wife, Il wish you
would go out to the shed anS get a
bucket of Goals"
"Coals!" muttered Hiram to himself,
as he went grumblingly to comply with
the demand. "Coals! That's her way
of reminding me that she could afford
to spend six months in England every
year before she married Chicago
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22

1t is a significant fact that one of
the first steps taken by Gen. Wood on
his return to Santiago, toward stamp
ing out yellow fever, was to order the
closing of all American bars and sa-
looms in the city, and prohibiting the
sale of strong drink to Americans.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09
METHODS HAVE CHANGED.
MIX, which Was an Expensive
and III-Adyised Practice.

In earlier days, when farmers knew
little concerning what is now the COM
mon possession of nearly every farm
worker, it was the practice to permit
young calves To suck at least two teats
and sometimes three of the four, the
milkmaid or milkman taking what was
lett. Calves in those days were no bet
ter than they are now, yet they re-
ceived more milk, or, az all events. rich
Ell milk. Practices have changed Every
saving means much in this age. Waste
OF valuable material of any kind must
be checked if any prof is TO be realized.
Calves are no longer given milk fresh
from their dams, drawn by their own
mouths. Twentieth century calves are
raised on skimmilk which contains all
the elements Of life-sustaining food,
only the butter fat having been re-
moved.
Skimmilk, judiciously fed, gives MS
good results fed TO calves a. are OBJ
served in calves sucking their dams.
This argues the lack of business tact and
good judgment on the part of the farm
er who, knowing it. persists inallcwing
his calves 10 suck the COW. If. however,
the calves are 10 be raised without the
COWS how are they TO be fed the skim
milk? This question arises In The mind Of
the intelligent dairy farmeratthe outset
and offers an opportunity to give "A few
general hints. After the calves are able
10 stand up and get around fairly well
they should be placed in warm, com
Portable quarters, fully protected from
hogs and cold, and their first ration
should consist OF some warmed skim
milk. Trouble may AT first be expert
enced I'm inducing them 10 drink il and
il may be necessary TO dose them with
a spoon. But Ills viii not last long.
Soon they viii learn TO drink the milk
from clean trough. After they have
reached this point bat little trouble will
be had with them. Increase the guam
tity of milk as their ages advance and
their aTpettgs seem 20 warrant.
TO ascertain the value Of the hand
method as compared with the mother
method LET cow two raise a calf
Compare gains I'm vciahtmG corforma-
tiou with chat of The cow-rai-ed calves.
Tile results will, prove that after the
calf has been delivered In good shape
there is 10 further practical use for
the coU.-Farmcrs' Voice
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09
Fair Tranquility Prevailed.

Every thing considered, Tuesday s
election was surprisingly free from
violence. One man was killed and sew
eral wounded at Denver, Col one was
killed and several wounded Mt Brazil,
Ind negroes destroyed polling place
at Wilmington, DA., and negroes
started a small riot in Philadelphia
In three of the episodes negroes figured,
and in the fourth Italians were promi-
nent. The whole list is scarcely above
the average of days record of violence,
but it appears larger because attention
is focused upon it in connection with the
election.
IL is gratifying TO record that at no
point was trouble melted by native born
or Intelligent naturaliZad citi2ans. The
negroes of Denver were, according to all
accounts, bad lot and ought never TO
have been clothed with police authority.
The leader was an ex convict and sew
eral of his followers, it is',said had served
time. White men, even without other
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09
McKinley's Policy Ratified.

The people of Michigan want congress
confirm and support the foreign pol
icy of the administration. If they wanted
otherwise they would not have elected
a solid Republican congressional dele
CATION If they preferred the expert.
mental policy of Bryan they would have
elected AT least one or two congressman
nominated by the Democrats, but they
elected none Moreover, they reelected
the Republicans by uniformly increased
maiorities ranging from 1900 in the
Democratic stronghold to nearly 10000
majority in the banner Republican dis
trict In districts that looked hopefully
Democtatic the returns show unexpect-
edly large Republican m Jority.
What is true in Michigan Is true in
larger sense Of the country as whole
The next house will have an increased
Republican majority. The next sena te
will have more Republican voices. Pitt
ful Pettjgrew, the asiniue anti.impe RI
alist, will be among the missing. All
this means simply that the Mckinley
policy in the Philippines is the popula T
policy, the American policy, the policy
approved by the people Wherever i'm
perialism was put TO test under the
guidance of ap1states like Senator Wei
liugton and Senator Pettigrew the peo-
pie repudated il in an unmistakable
manner
The administration will not be ham.
pered or embirrls5ed by an unfrien dly
house aud senate The people have d.
rectly commissioned both bodies TO sup
port the president in his efforts to sup.
press the revolt in the Philippines and
establish there q stable government. The
people have answered the Democratic
question, Republic or Empire by de-
claring for the republic They have
no fears that It's foundations will be
shaken because this great free people
mean to civilize one Of the 50 tribes of
Filipinos whose treacherous leader re-
sists their au hority The Filipinos will
be governed as jefferson governed the
Louisianians, as Cleveland governed the
Alaskans, aud not as Tillman would
govern the negroes of the souih.-De-
troit journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09
Gcnuinc Rcdnctinns.

The other day a very business-like
looking matron walked into large
drapery establishment, in which. ac-
oording TO the placards freely dis
played, a big sale was proceeding.
what can we do for You, madam %"
inquired the stylish shopvalker, as he
advanced TO meet her. 1--WE have \
big sale on, and genuine reductions
are the order of the day"
Everything is reduced, is it not ?"
inquired the dame, in whose eye dan
ger lurked.
Eyes, madam"
"Well, ! wish I'd known it before,
and ! would have bought this bit of
stuff at n shop where things are not
reduced quite so much"
"What does madam complain off"
"Why, / complain OF your genuine
reductions. This three yards Of stuff
only consists Of % inches, which
proves amongst other things you have
reduced your yard measure. Tit
Bits.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09

Regular meeting of the Alma Fire
Department next Tuesday evening
Every member requested to be present
Regular meeting of Alma Lodge,
No 23S, 1 O. O. +, next Monday evening
Work in the second degree. All mem
bers are requested to be present
The Bay View Reading Circle will
meet with Mrs. Chas Delavan next
Wednesday evening, Nov. II. Lesson,
first two chapters in the History of
England, Ireland and Scotland.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09
!, Churches : Societies.
CHURC HES.

Special meetings are in progress at
the United Brethren church. Services
begin at 1:30 each evening.
NJ E. church: Morning subject, "A
Matter of Heat or Cold" evening
After Death what or where DO Men 90
when they DIE"
First Church of Christ Scientist :
Services at 1900 a. IN. at w. X. Q. Hall
Adams block. Subject for next Sunday,
Soul and Body" All are welcome.
The morning subject at the Presby-
terrain church will be, "A Pair of Pict-
ures;' the evening subject will be,
The Heresy of Cain" All are welcome.
st. Johns church; Twenty second
Sunday after Trinity. Celebration 30
a. IN Morning sermon 1880 a. N.
Subject THE Blessed Dead a sermon
for All Saints. Sunday school IL 90;
Evening service 30 p. IN.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09
THE COW IN WINTER.
Immense Loss IL Caused Every Year
by Cold Harms and the Lack
of Warm Nntcr.

The investigation made by the Kan
shs experiment station of the cream
cry business of the Meridian creamery
revealed the fact that there was one
man that sheltered his COWS i'm winter
by two wire fences, another 10y wood
lot. and still others 10y wind breaks.
Out OF 50 patrons there were Is or %
per cent. that compelled their COWS to
drink ice water from a creek or pond
in winter
When we stop TO think that the
dairy COW unlike the steer, has a thin
hide. with little or no fat beneath the
skin and "a poor surface circulation. we
can understand one of the reasons
why the yield OF some herds is so low.
The dairy COW is a very sensitive ami
NAL. and when she is forced TO keep
up animal heat and TO stand shivcring
while having her fiji of ice water She
certainly cannot be expected TO make
a very good showing at the milk pail.
Very few people realize the loss sus-
tanned from cold barns. I'm an expert
ment carried on i'm New England II
was found that with a herd Of 30
cows the profit was three pounds or
about s1j per week more when the
temperature Of the barn was kept at
GO degrees than when at 80 degrees.
At this rate il would not take long
for herd Of good dairy cows 20 pay
for a barn. The barn should be tight
enough so that the animal heat of the
COWS will always keep the manure
from freezing.-D. II. Otis, In Rural
World.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09

The Chase, Nought and Mccall, trio
who insisted on times being as hard as
in 1926, undoubtedly referred TO their per.
sonal condition, and their vote shows
what the people think Of them and their
heresy. The people have placed their
seal Of condemnation on their rotten
tactics and have laid them TO rest where
they can have plenty of time trying to
make them believe they are starving to
death.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09
PLAN or HOGHoUsE.

TIT, Feed Troughs AAA. Places at
Bottom OF Crib 20 Scoop up Corn; =. Nest
with False Floor three or four inches
above Level OF General Floor, 20 keep IL
dry: CCC. Outside Runs. Odd. Doors In
Alley, 10 change hogs from one pen TO an
other.
opening into the alley from the pens
are very convenient i'm changing hogs
from one pen 10 another
The brood pens should have a south
ern exposure. with a large window for
each pen, made low down, so the sum
shine can reach the little pigs. Notice
the temporary floor i'm the nest part,
10 keep bedding dry. This can be re-
moved when YOU wish to fatten hogs.
The partition boards. etc. can be laid
on brackets or pins above. where they
will be out of the way and always
handy 20 get when needed The floor
should slant back from the iced
troughs about four inches i'm the -
feet.
Don't be afraid TO have plenty Of
windows, for hogs need lots OF light.
If You wish 10 raise early pigs and
are afraid of their freezing, build
temporary house over the nest about
five 10y six feet. This should be made
tight and warm, with n door in front
large enough for the sow TO go I'm and
out easily. If the weather is cold.
keep this door shut at narrowing time,
and when the pigs are four or five days
old remove the temporary pen from
over them, so they can get sunlight
and exercise. Don't neglect doing this,
for upon this may depend your sue
ccss.-Country Gentleman
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09
nurrIns the Tnttcrca coIor..

In connection with the story Of the
British flag said to be buried at Pre-
toria, it is perhaps worth mentioning
that in the middle Of the last century it
was no unusual occurrence for the tat
tered or wounded" colors, as they
were quantity styled, TO be Inferred.
IN a north country paper of May 81,
1903. there is the following passage:
"The old colors of the Twcnty-ffth
regiment Of foot, Lord George Len.
nox's" (now the kings own borderers),
"quartered at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, be-
ing much wounded in Germany, par
ticularly at the glorious and ever mem
cradle battle of Linden, were buried
with military honors. "-London Chron.
icle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09

The weather in Michigan election
day was all that could be desired by the
Republicans. There must have been Il
snow storm in a certain town in Me-
braska however. The first snow of the
season struck Alma Wednesday, but 81 e
kind we got fell on the just and the I'M
inst alike.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09
civic and Military Powers.

a Boer field cornet is usually the
magistrate of the neighboring country
wherein he resides, and is invested
with the power TO commanders all
bodied men on such an occasion
as the present WARN. Y. Sun.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-09

You have read of the cures by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and you should have
perfect confidence in its merit. 1t will
do you good.