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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
made his confession very slowly:

made his confession very slowly:
Gould not"
''Yes, you could said Alice, with
Jesus help"
Suppose you ask Him to help u.s." 1t
was Mr.. Brown who asked her. and his
voice sounded low and choky.
So she knelt just where she was, and
the three men bowed their heads rev.
erently as the girl prayed that the Lord
Jesus would keep them from this dread
full sin of intemperance.
81 am sorry | was kept so late" said
Mr.. Hunter. Nora, is Alice still in the
other room?" The good woman
nodded her head as Mr.. Hunter moved
towards the saloon door. He paused
on the threshold, though, for strange
spectacle met his astonished sight,
Three men with bowed heads, and his
little daughter l1neeling in their midst
and praying. The man listened. A
long time his conscience had been
troubling him, and now the girls
prayer, simple though it was, showed
him his sim ina new light.
And please make papa see he is do
ing wrong in selling it. Amen"
Then she rose, and as she did so saw
her father standing in the doorway.
Papa" Alice said, "do help the 9th
er two decide. You will not sell it to
them, will you?"
Should he promise, and spoil the
prospect of making a good deal of
money? Mr.. Hunter hesitated. my
child" he said, kissing her gently,
your bravery tonight shames me.
Gentlemen" turning to the others,
God helping me, will never sell nor
drink another drop of liquor. Come,
give my little girl your pledge, too"
And they did, both of them shaking
hands with her heartily.-Grace Bah
bitt, in National Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

female, came Looping along. Mrs
Bear slid down from the tree, waddled
over to the wildcat, and man didn't
need to be an expert in wild animal ma
ture to see that an impromptu moth
ers' congress was in session. Mrs.
Bear evidently explained to Mrs. Wilde
cat the manner in which Hiram was
trying to play on their affections.
Then the old bear planted herself at
the foot of the tree and waited devel.
opments, while the wildcat went up
the tree with the evident intention Of
having an argument with Hiram.
And it was plain that Hiram was
about to collide with the real thing.
The branch he was on was plenty
strong enough for the wildcat. and
she wasn't wasting any time. Hiram
waited until the wildcat was within
couple of feet of him. Then he let
out yell, slid off his branch and came
crashing to the ground. For fear he
might be lonely the wildcat came with
him, leaping on his shoulders, and do
ing her best with her claws to keep
him from getting blase.
Mrs. Bear was waiting for Tie
couple. but, although l hadn't approved
of Hiram's scheme, didn't want him
to furnish a meal for justly enraged
mother bear. So l fired my gun. I
didn't hurt the bear, but she took alarm
and shuffied off in a reluctant sort of
way. The wildcat gave Hiram
couple of parting digs. and ducked, too,
leaving Hiram a saddened and bat
tered man. But was he ashamed of
his plan for betraying the affections
of confiding bears and wildcats? Not
a bit.
My plan was all right he sna~led
between his groans, but who would
have guessed l would run up against
a Pike County Bear and Wildcat Pro-
tective association IN. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

gave another call, which seemed TO
come from the corner of the pen. In
rushed the old bear. Hiram pulled a
string, and down fell the door of the
pen. Hiram climbed down from the
tree as pleased and happy as if he had
done something to be proud of.
Its only rescuing that old bear
from the wild woods and hills he said.
sort of eXultant like, and giving her
the benefits of civilization. When the
circus agent carts her off he will show
her what life in great cities is like.
Blamed if | don't feel as if | was the
original white mans burden bearerss
And he swelled out his chest, like d
man who has done al! kinds of chart
table deed.
Hiram sold the bear to the circus
agent for more money than he could
have earned in three months. The next
day he initiated the cry of a wildcat
kitten in distressful circumstances,
with the result that in less than an
hour he had small, but indignant. fe-
male wildcat in the pen. Hiram was
the happiest man in Pike county. and
began planning what he would do wit h
all the money he saw coming.
You've made a good bundle now,'
1 told him, and it's time to cash in and
get out of the game. Animals with
the intelligence of Pike county bears
and wildcats won't be made the victims
of perennial goldbricIl game. And I've
noticed both haorS Re,
ing around, as if they suspected that
pen of yours wasn't entirely a charita-
bic institution
But Hiram declared he wouldn't
stop while he was fairly coming money.
The next day he started after bear.
Sure enough, as soon as he gave the
bear cub cry. down from the hills came
big bear. But instead of going into
the pen, the bear kept nosing about as
if she suspected something was wrong.
About a minute later she spied Hiram.
You could fairly hear her brains work.
ing, she was thinking so hard. Being
an old and experienced bear, it didn't
take her long to figure out that the
bear cub cry had come from Hiram.
Talk about an angry bear. She start
ed up the tree with the air of bear
who was determined to give at least one
person a lesson on the evil of trifing
with the affections of respectable
mother bears. Hiram didn't wait for
explanations, but hunted for a higher
limb. Pretty soon he found one which
would hold him, being light man,
but wasn't strong enough for an ex-
tra-sized angry bear. For a minute
Hiram seemed safe, though far from
happy. The bear was puzzled, but gave
every indication of being willing to
wait for Hiram as long as he found
it convenient to stay at the end of
that limb.
just then a big wildcat, evidently
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
CONNOISSEUR IN SEEDS.
He Planted Some Bulbs That Turns
Out to he Bearing Balls
for a Bicycle.

81 have good joke on myself" said the
business man whose hobby is agriculture,
says the Detroit Free Press. my mind has
always had particular preference for seeds
and roots, and | never miss an opportunity
to indulge this fancy. Some time ago, in
looking through an old tool box, l came.
across several peculiar looking seeds that at
once aroused my interest. They were lit
tie different from anything that l had dis
covered during my Horticultural and agricull
tural experience, and | decided to plant
them and see what the product would be.
Well, | did so, and for weeks | waited to
see the strange fruit, flower or vegetable
plant make an appearance, carefully nur-
turing the soil, and giving my pet bulbs the
closest attention.
Discouraged at length at their failure to
part the soil and spring into life, dug them
up, and what do you suppose was the dis
covery that | made? Why, that my inter
esting and peculiar bulbs were nothing more
nor less than those little bicycle balls that
are an important part of the steel steed's
mechanism. They had been laid away in the
toolbox, and their size and rusted appearance
made them resemble seeds. Ny wife and
some of my intimate friends seem to think
there is no excuse for such ludicrous thing
to happen to man that has made a study
of plants and bulbs, and they are never done
chatting me and asking me when | expect
to gather my crop of bicycles"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
PRIEST SAYS WOMEN DRINK.
In Address Before Temperance BODY
He Ayers Habit Is Growing
Rapidly.

Some surprising statements were
made at New Haven, Conn, the other
day at the state convention of the
Connecticut Catholic Total Absti-
nence union by Rev. Walter Stanley,
the president of the organization, in
his annual address to the assembled
delegates of the state societies. The
priest talked on the project of tenn
perance in the state and said that
he regretted to state that while hab-
itual intemperance among men was
decreasing alcoholism in women was
becoming more common. He said in
part:
considerable comment has been
made lately concerning the drink
habit among society women and the
danger of this growing custom
among other women. According to
competent authority. drinking is de-
creasing among men, but increasing
among women and among women of
the Weather classes. 1t is to be
regretted that women who are leaders
in society initiate the drinking GUS
toms of English society and that the
old American ideas of responsibility
in this matter are fast disappearing
1t is to be hoped that Catholic women
will not be brought to adopt this
dangerous drink fashion,"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
The Pigs of renee,

A man may like to speak of his
first bullet, but the more of active
service he has seen the less inclined
he is to talk about his share in it,.
An officer who wore the Victoria
Cross, and who had distinguished HIM
self at the battle of the Alma, where
he had two horses killed under him,
was once entreated by Chaplain Har-
dy, of the British army, to tell some-
thing as to his feelings and expert
ences in an engagement. All the
chaplain could get from him was:
"A battle is very disagreeable place
to be in. Come, and I'll show yuu
my pigs."-Youth's Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

A suitable dover for widow is a wi.
dower.-Chicago Daily News
The sef-made man generally shows
wretched taste in his selection of PATTERN
Town Topics.
When rich man suddenly becomes poor,
or poor man suddenly becomes rich, his
true character crops out.-Chicago Daily
News
Occasionally. when girl has rugged her
self up to look like a picture, she accom-
pushes the desired effect, for she looks
like poster.-Atchson Globe
If we could keep ourselves from feeling
fattered when people ask our advice, we
probably shouldn't feel offended when they
didn't take it.-Puck.
"Whst are you buying all those traps for?"
doctors orders. He tells me | need a
little recreation and insists that l should
go duck hunting with him." HUH Seems
to me that's sort of quack remedy
Philadelphia Press.
The great moral force is nature itself
Violate one of its rules, and see how you
are whipped. If you persist in breaking the
law, you are finally condemned to death,
and no petitions will save you.-Atchison
Globe.
McJigger-"It should be cool enough on
top of some of these big office buildings"
hingumbob-"F Take the Tintopper,
for instance. Now, in one of its elevators
there's thermometer and" McJigger-
Really shows the difference between the
upper and lower temperatures, eh?" Thing
umbob-"Well, you'd be surprised the way
that thing goes up and down, "-Philadei
phia Press.
Edith-"Did you ever hear of such a
thing?" Bertha-"Such a thing as what?'
Edith-"As Name Tatting and Mr.. Stroll
er's courtship. They met at the shore, you
or, rather, she was awfully attentive to
him-and the upshot was he proposed and
was accepted. He supposed she was an
heiress, don't you know, and she thought
he was professor of something or other
in one of the colleges. 1t turned out that he
was floor walker in the same store where
Name is salesady.' Bertha-"How 10.
mantle! "-Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
FACTS AND COMMENT.

Dartmouth, n. S., town of 5000 in.
habitants. has no liquor stores, nc
slums. Scientific temperance is faith
fully taught in the public schools, and
the evil effects of narcotics kept before
the children.
DR.. Joseph Parker says things in a
stirring way: 81 could make a garden
of Eden in the East end of London in
three months if | had my own way
1 should DO nothing but burn down all
the breweries and shut up all the pub
lie houses"
The alcoholic not only does not resist
tuberculosis, but he acquires it with
the greatest ease. Alcoholic drinks are
not nutritive, they are not transformed
in our body; on the contrary, they re-
tard assimilation and nutrition.-Prof.
DIR. Forel, Zurich.
Five hundred thousand boys and girls,
members of all the anti-cigarette
leagues in the United States, have
joined together and effected a ma
tional organization. called the Nation
al Anti-Cigarette league, with head
quarters in Chicago.
A premium was offered by the coun-
ty fair committee of Skagit county,
West Washington, for the best home
made wine" The county president of
the w. c. 7. U. asked them to omit that
offer from the catalogue and her re-
quest was granted.-Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
FISHED FOR A COMPLIMENT.
And the Pretty Young Girl Caught
Something That Gave Her
n Pain.

l overheard bit of conversation on a
Chevy Chase car the other evening that put
me in good humor for all the rest of the
week, says writer in the Washington Post
She was a pretty girl and she belonged to
the number of those pretty girls who are
forever longing to be told Of their beauty.
She was with blue-eyed young man who
looked as if he had seen % summers ard a
great many other things more educational.
She was talking of a girl called Maud
Don't you think Maud is awfully pref
ty? she asked.
She's peach" answered the young
man.
The girl dangled bait more obvious.
I'D be perfectly happy" she said, ''if I
were as pretty as she is.
Bad fishing weather. The young man
merely settled his tie trife.
being unhappy about things that can't be
helped"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
Prince Tuan's Canaries.

Prince Tuan's opposition to Euro
pean ideas is of the bitterest charac-
ter, and his only trace of western civ
ilization consists of few dozen
canaries which he has imported and
placed in his well-kept gardens. He
is a diplomat of the first rank, and
it was through his intriguing that in
the war with the Japanese the Chi
nese fleet was brought so late into
action, resulting in it's total defeat,
and thus confirming Tuan's asser-
tons to the empress dowager
that European inventions were
hless.-Stockholm Dagblad.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Business Opportunities on the line of the
Chicago Great Western Ry in Illinois. Iowa.
ings in growing towns for all kinds of bust
ness and for manufacturing. Our list in
cludes locations for Blacksmiths Doctors,
Dressmakers, Furniture, Grain and Live
Stock Buyers, General Merchandise, Hard
ware, Harness, Tailors, Cold Storage,
Creameries and Canning Factories Write
fully in regard to your requirements so that
We may advise you intelligently. Address
w. J. Reed, Industrial Agent, c. G. w. Ry.,
COL Endicott Big, St. Paul, MINI.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Alcohol is not a stimulant; it is a
narcotic, a soother of irritable nerves,
or it may act as an irritant to cerebral
nerve cells. By giving alcohol we
put out the danger signal which M
ture is showing us; we lull our pa
tents and their friends into dam
gerous lsthargy, and give them
hopes that the patient is recovering,
while in reality the disease is rapidly
advancing.-The late DIR. Carpenter
(the greatest medical scientist of his
times).
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
Doe. Coffee Agree with You?

If not, drink Grain-O-made from pure
grains. A lady writes: "The first time
made Grain-O l did not like it, but after u.s.
ing it one week nothing would induce me to
go back to coffee" 1t nourishes and feeds the
system. Children can drink it freely with
great benefit. 1t is the Strengthening sub
stance of pure grains. Get package to-day
from your grocer, follow directions in max
ing, and you will have a delicious and
healthful table beverage for old and young.
15c and 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
Mike Found 1t Bad walking.

In the course of the terrible march of the
Irish fusileers from Dundee to Ladysmith
the men were much fatigued owing to the
rough journey. One man in particular
stumbled along as if walking in his sleep
An officer passed. Sir" said Michael,
what country is this we're marching over?'
The Natal tableland, my man" was the re.
ply. 'Bedad, sir" said Michael, Il think
the tables turned upside down and we're
walking over the legs of it."-London Tit.
Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
The Baby Was Healthy.

Two Irishmen who had not seen each 9th
er for a long time met at fair. They had
lot of things to tell each other "Shure,
it's married | am" said O'Brien. You
don't tell me SOL" said Blake. "Fait yes"
said O'Brien, IAN I've got fine, healthy
bhoy which the neighbors say is the very
picter of me-" Blake looked for moment
remarkable for his good looks, and then
said: "Och, well, what's the harrum so
long as, the child's healthy?" = Chicago
Chrnnicla
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Minnie-"Carrie says that Fred thinks the
world of her. He actually loves her faults,
she says" Hattie-"And she has so many
of them! What a wealth of love he must
bestow upon her. "-Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

According to the women, it costs as much
to get girl up to look like simple, wild
field flower as to dress her gorgeously-
Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

After a. woman finally decides where to
place her bureau she begins to long for next
house cleaning time, when she can change
it.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

The girl who turns up her nose at sight
of broom is always glad enough to sweep
down the aisle when she's married.-Phila-
delphia Record,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

We refund 10c for every package of
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES that fails to give
satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville,
Mo- Sold by all druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Sandy Pikes-Did de funny old chap in de
wayside cottage tell yer a side-splittin'
story, Billy?
Billy Coalgate-Naw! He told me a wood
ssplittin'- story, an l moved on.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Carriers Ink has the endorsement of the
United States government and of all the
leading railroads. Want any more evidence?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

A boarding house keeper who buys the
best butter never gets credit for anything
but butterine.-Atchison Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

Drugs have their uses, but don't store
them in your stomach Beeman's Pepsin
Gum aids the natural forces to perform their
functions,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

When patronizing a Boston hotel don't
forget that culinary symposium on the
bill of fare means hash.-Chicago Daily
News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

How Ny Throat Hurts!-Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar?
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08
He Had n Check,

Mamma-May, your father doesn't ap-
prove of Mr.. Kraft's attentions to you. He
considers him what he calls "a very smooth
fellow"
Mary-,So he is, generally, but once or
twice when he called he hadn't time to get
Shaved. -Philadelphi Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

To Cure "a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-11-08

A suitable dover for widow is a wi.
dower.-Chicago Daily News.
The self-made man generally shows
wretched taste in his selection Of PATTERN
Town Topics.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-24
Wednesday, March q,

Henry Smith, master. has reported
on the first and final accounts of the
will Of II. A. Widemann. deceased.
He recommends that they be approved
and the executors discharged, thus
closing the administration and opening
new accounts by the trustees. who are
the same persons, viz: II. r. Macfar-
lane, Il. w. Macfarlane and J. M. Dow.
sett. The income balance Is $709S.33
which must be distributed, and the
capital to go forward Is $23,267.SA
Since the filing of these accounts the
death Of the widow has made It incum.
bent on the trustees to pay requests OF
about $150.000 to the children and
grandchildren. The master is given to
understand that 1t Is the trustees in
tention to realize, for this purpose. on
all the personal property, 1t being theiI
intention to keep the realty intact
The master acknowledges that he was
much assisted in his examination and
audit Of the accounts by the expediti.
GUS manner in which they were pre-
Sented.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-24


London, March 15.-in the House of
Commons today, replying to Mr.. Red
mond, Irish Nationalist, who asked
whether the Government of the Unit
ed States had offered its good offices to
Her Majestys Government with the
view to bringing peacve in South AZ
RIGA, the Government leader, Mr.. Bal
four, said her Majesty's Government
would not accept Intervention Of any
power in the settlement of South AZ
rican anairs.
The following is the text of Mr.. Bal
four's reply to Mr.. Redmond:
THE United States Charge DAT
flares, March 10, communicated to
Lord Salisbury the following telegram
from Mr.. Hay:
by way Of friendly and good office
inform the British Minister of Foreign
Affairs that | today received a tele-
gram from the United States consul at
Pretoria reporting that the Govern
| ment of the South African Republic
| requests the President of the United
States to intervene with a view to the
cessation Of hostilities, and saying that
similar request has been made to
-hV Va thC iIuiopCah
| powers. In communicating this re-
quest | am directed by the President
If the United States to express the
earnest hope that a way will be found
to bring about peace and to say that
hewould be glad in any friendly man
ner to aid in bringing about the Ia
| sired result"
| The reading of this despatch was
greeted with cheers from the Irish
members.
Continuing, Mr.. Balfour said:
Lora Salisbury requested Mr.. White
to convey the sincere acknowledge
ment of Her Majestys Government to
the Government of the United States
for the friendly tone Of their commune
cation and to say that Her Majesty's
Government does not propose to accept
the intervention of any power In set
Element of the South African affairs"
Loud and prolonged cheering fol.
lowed this statement.