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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04

ceremonies. The Egyptians wor-
SHIPPED cats, pied bulls, crocodiles,
apes, serpents, and numberless other
creatures. In fact, domestic cats are
supposed to have originated in or
near Egypt, for from the earliest
times temples were erected in their
honor and devotions offered to them.
The family in whose house a cat
died shaved their eyebrows.
A cat was supposed to symbolic
the moon, which was accounted only
less sacred than the sun. 1t was a
capital offense to kill cat in the
land. When dead it was embalmed
and usually buried in Bubastium,
which sacred city was dedicated to
the moon. Painted cats figured in
the finest mural decorations. In the
middle ages cats were supposed to
be the familiars of witches, and in
our own New England may still be
heard (when the lights are low
blood-curdling stories of the achieve
-ments of old Mrs. NJ, a we'll
known witch, and her familiar, and
sit is fact that when that old black
cat came into the room our Jim
caught him and put HIM into the fire.
place, where he was held till he was
'dreadfully burned, when, with ter
rible scream, he tore away and
leaped through the window, breaking
the glass, and no one could get into
the old woman's house the next day.
When an entrance was finally forced,
Mrs. NJ was in bed with her face
and whole body covered with deep
burns and cuts"
If cat cried on a house-top, it
was considered a sure "forerunner"
of death. In all ages the supposed
attributes of cats have received a
great deal of attention. In some
lands they have been deeply veneer
ated, while in others they have been
regarded with extreme dread. Satan's
favorite naturalization was said to
be the form of a black cat. Prob
ably the favorire Egyptian animal
was the sacred bull, Apis, worshiped
with divine lonors. 1t was regarded
as symbo. of Osiris, god of the
Nile. husband of Isis, and great di-
viniry of Egypt. His residence was a
sacred court in the temple of Ptah,
at Memphis, where he was waited
upon by priests. Oxen were sacri-
feed to him. His changes of appe-
tite, choice of places, and all move
ments were religiously regarded as
'oracles. 1t was understood that he
would not live more than 25 wears.
and if he reached that age the priests
quietly disposed CT MIN in a sacred
well into which it was popularly be-
1ieved that he had cast himself. If
he died a natural death he was
placed with great ceremony in the
temple of Scraps, in Memphis.
At the Inauguration of new bull
at Apis bacchanalian festivities were
held. This animal must be black,
with white square on the brow,
the figure of an eagle on the back
and knot under the tongue. His
birthday aud the day OF his dis
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ITEMS.

About $40 congregations in Scotland
now use unfermented wine at the
Lords table.
Mr. Schwab's advice to workingmen
to let strong drink alone for year
cannot be questioned, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. And the same adj
vice holds good for idlers, too.
The Church of Scotland Temperance
society in seven years has increasedits
membership from $4,000 to $4,000, and
now supports four temperance evan
gelists for preventive, rescue and re-
form work.
The Anti-Saloon league has decided
to take new tack in fighting saloons
in Ohio and purposes to make test
case on the claim that a saloon is pub
lie nuisance, and should be abolished.
Rams Horn.
South Dakota has passed law that
kindness to animals shall be taught to
school children, and that no expert
ments upon live animals shall be made
in the public schools. South Dakota is
the fourth state to enact such legisla-
tion.-Union Signal.
The mayor of Madrid, Spain, has or
dered as punishment that all inebri-
ates arrested for drunkenness on the
second offense shall have their hair
and boards cut off once every four
weeks as a mark of disgrace and pun
ishment for the offense.-Journal OF
Inebriety.
The New York Central railroad en-
ploys over 10000 men. About one per
cent. are dismissed yearly through
spirit drinking. Twenty years ago 20
per cent. were discharged yearly for
this cause. The demand for temperate
men and abstainers is more IMPERATIVE
every year,
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suns disk between her horns. She
a bird with a human face, horns and
suns disk, The third month of
the Egyptian year was named for
her.
The sacred bull of India is dedi-
Gated to silva. Many figures of him,
carved from rock, are found near
Mysore. OF these the famous NAN
d. of Hindoo worship, is the largest.
Devotees kneel on the flight of 660
stone steps which lead up to it. AS
the River Nile was to the Egyptians
a very god, the crocodile, its crea-
ture, was sacred thing which they
feared, but never injured. Until
very recent date its worship in
Egypt continued vigorously.
Serpent worship was most devel-
oped in Egypt, where a serpent rep
resented both the evil and the good
principles. The evil, red serpent,
Typhon, caused the death of the
good Osiris, who was sometimes rep
resented as falcon-headed serpent.
protected houses, gardens and the
infancy of a royal child. Bel was
worshiped by the Chaldeans in the
form of serpent. AS a dragon it
abounds in Chinese mythology.
A worshiped serpent was believed
to have delivered Rome from an cpl
demic. In our southern states and
in Hayti are still to be found rem
nants of snake-worship. The Mohi-
cans call a rattlesnake their grand
father. The Moquis hold snake
dances. Unless we may except the
cow no creature has been more
widely venerated than the serpent
from the earliest times. The Phoeni-
clans adored it as good genius and
made offerings of milk and fruit to
it. Zoroaster, founder of the Magian
religion of the Persians, taught that
the serpent was Ahriman, Lord of
Evil. who made men to sin. The
Greeks worshiped serpent as rep
resentative of Aesculapius, the IA
nous healing god. He learned so
much from watching them that they
were pictured with him, placed in
his temples and worshiped in his
honor. OF all the serpents of his
worship the Hindoo venerates the
cobra most. When he finds a snakes
hole he places daily offering of food
near it that the evil spirit may be
propitiated. The Hindoos rested the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The first balloon ascent took
place in 1888.
In 1871 there were 1,26s buses in
London. There are now 5000.
Ireland has 1O3 members in the
house of commons, while Scotland,
with a larger population, has
only ~.
England has a yearly surplus of
births over deaths of 100000; Scot
land, $1,000. Ireland, of $4,000.
The shipping trade along the Cen
trail American coasts is to a large
extent in German hands.
English imports of bacon and ham
have grown from 100000 to 6,O00,O 900
hundredweight in the last 80 years.
For Notwithstanding camels are
very inefficient and seldom used in
Abyssinia and other mountainous
countries.
The figure 9, which came into the
calendar on January l, 1889, will
stay there Ill years from that date,
or until December 81, 1899.
For Vermont the enumerators re-
port 33,1O9 farms; in 1850 there
were 1882, and in 1890, 32,573. The
number of farms in 1900 is $50 in
excess of that of 1890, and 2,413 less
than in 1850.
A photographer of Zurich has in
vented an apparatus with which he
asserts he has taken photographs
of comparatively small objects at
great distances. He claims recently
to have made teleophotographs at
a distance of 120 miles.
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days out between the camp and the
Indian village the two who accom-
panied him became so footsore and i'll
that they could neither go forward
nor back. This man tramped on the
remaining 40 miles to the Indian vii
lage. He reached there in a terribly
exhausted condition. He made the In
dams understand the condition of af-
fairs and party of them went back
with him to where he had left the
two others. They carried food with
them and a pack of dogs ana soon
reached the camp of the original par
ty. With this aid they continued their
Journey into the Klondike. In addi-
ton to his pay as cook for their
camp in the Klondlke every man in
the party shared in a small way the
fruits of his labors with this man,
and the man now lives in Cheyenne,
a respectable, well-to-do Citizen
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04
PRAYED TO ANIMALS.
Ancient Egyptians Worshiped Cows,
Bulls and Cats.
They Also Venerated Serpents and
Other Reptiles-Other Nations of
Antiquity Initiated Their
Example.
Especial Chicago letter.

"TEBSTER says that religion is
w ''any system of faith and wor-
ship" This is generally ac-
knowledged to be an age of religions
but = would be too much to ask
that large proportion of the devo-
tees of the various cults in vogue
should have faith or belief in all the
tenets of the sect to which they
sardently attach themselves to-day,
only to seek another tomorrow.
They worship for many reasons, chief
est of which is, perhaps, that it
pleases. their selfhood to differ from
average people who accept the be-
liefs to which they were born, and
adhere to them. 1t would surprise
the latter, probably, to know how
many fire-worshipers and survivor
shippers there are right mere in Chi
-cago to-day. Divination, by consult
ing the stars, palmistry, omens and
certain mysterious rites with which
the uninitiated are but little famil-
lar, are steadily becoming more pop
7ular.
religious tendency of the age is to-
ward higher spiritual development,
the number of those who have re-
vived and are practicing the reli-
Cions of the ancients is by no means
small. This has brought about
general interest in animal worship,
the different forms of which are be-
ing studied on all sides, and present
many curious features. Among prim-
itive peoples animals are regarded as
possessing souls which, in many in
stances, formerly animated human
bodies. A likeness is recognized be-
tween the animal and some deceased
friend, and the animal receives great
honor. Here distinct link is found
between ancestor worship and animal
worship. There are few well-known
animals that have not in some time
cor place figured conspicuously in such
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covery were celebrated as high fes-
tivities. He was supposed to pre-
side over agriculture. Decked with
wreaths of flowers, and led by q
priest, he was worshiped by the
people who danced around him.
Osiris was worshiped throughout
Egypt as a human body with bulls
head or in the form of bull. Isis,
v e of Osiris, was worshiped under
the form of a cow. She is often seen
represented with a cows head, some
times causing her to be identified with
Athor, a second-class divinity, the
daughter of Ra, the sun. The
Greeks believed Athor to be one with
Aphrodite. The cow was her. symbol.
and she generally appears in hero
glyphics with cows head, with a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04
Something Just rs Good.

An inexperienced young man was
given position in an Albany drug
store and was instructed how to eff
feet sales. For instance, he was told
that if a patron asked for something
just out, but have something quite as
good" A few days later a customer
asked for postage stamp. "Oh," said
the clerk, ''we are just out of them,
hut have something fully as good"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04

world upon a serpent. The Orphites
were a sect in the second century
who venerated the serpent that
tempted Eve and worshiped a real
serpent, which they allowed to curl
around loaves of bread which were
afterward broken and distributed
around as the Eucharist.
Almost god-like honors were paid
to the eagle as the symbol of Jove
by the Romans. Misroch was the
eagle-headed deity of Asayria. Chick.
ems and doves were used in divina
ton. The lamb often figures in diff.
ferent forms of worship. The great
Egyptian god, Ammon, is represented
as having rams head. The goat
also received honor. The Siamese
venerate a white elephant. The
greater part of the zodiacal signs are
represented by animals. Legends OF
Vishnu closely resemble the red In
dian myths and totemism is in the
same class. The Indians manitou is
generally an animal chosen by him.
self when he reaches maturity and
later adopted as the totem o. his
tribe. A picture of his manitou is
often painted on his skin. Tattooine
and heraldry are remnants of idol
airy. EDWARD JULIAN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04
Victory for Liquor Law.

The suprme court of Vermont has
decided that the liquor law passed by
the state legislature in 1898 is consti-
tutional. This law provides that the
holding of 8. United States license for
the sale of liquor is prima facie evil
dence that the holder is a common
seller, and he may be punished for yio-
iating the Prohibitory law, although
no evidence exists that a sale of liquor
has actually been made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04

The postal director at Doubs, France,
has issued an order forbidding all let
ter carriers from accepting alcoholic
drinks from their customers, both
while on and off duty. He declares that
the exigencies of the service demand
total abstir ence.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-03-13

DR.. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
assisted by his medical staff of nearly q
core of physicians, has treated aiii
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physicians.
"Your medicine is the best l have ever
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VOL: lpf II

Il Sniiod's Cough ami Consumption C..S, " iiicn
is sold sor the small price Of ~ cts. 80 80. and
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will refund you- money. Sc3 for over fifty years
on this guarantee. Price ss OTIS. and 50 cts
For sale at Neva Ia Drug Store.
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Cor, &c SlRzIlElla>lIl

IS disease of civilization. When tie
Indian was a stranger to the white man
he had no name IN his vocabulary for
this dreaded ra1ady.
Without arguing as to the durability
OF consumption, it may be stated posi-
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YOUNG MOTHERS.

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For s,le at Nevada Drug Store
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lodge Notice
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LARGE PHILIPPINE FORGE.

It has been determined to increase the regular army to approximately 76,000 men, and to leave it at that number, unless conditions in the Philippines should make more troops necessary. A number of officers will be appointed as originally contemplat ed. The artillery corps will be in creased to it's full strength of 18,00O men. Some time ago it was announc- ed that the companies of cavalry would contain sixty-five instead of eighty enlisted men, and it is expect ed that the infantry companies will also be reduced to bring the total to the figures agreed upon. It has not yet been determined what proportion of the troops shall be stationed in the Philippines, although it is known that large force will be needed there for some time
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A SUCCESS

The eighty-second anniversary of the birth of Odd Fellowship in this country was appropriately celebrated in this city last night by the three To- cal lodges of that order. They gave delightful musical and literary en- tertainment at their hall on Main street, which was enjoyed by a large assemblage of Odd Fellows and their families. The program was excellent ly gotten up and we'll rendered. The musical and literary numbers were we'll received and highly enjoyed The burlesque marriage was especially in. teresting and appropriate. Delicious refreshments were served after the rendition of the program.
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of eX-Senator Stephen N. White, is a pronounced advocate of David Ben nett Hill for the presidency, and Mitchell's appointment means a #reor- ganization of the state Democracy in Hills interest MT Mitchell says: "Fhere will be no more queer al dances with other forces that are not in real sympathy with Democratic principles. Mitchell is one of the best known Democrats in the state and is aggressive and energetic. His appointment was backed by Mayor M P. Snyder and other prominent Democrats of Los Angeles.
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Opening LDtter..

It Is penitentiary offense today to open another's letters. yet congress conferred this privilege upon the com mander in chief of the army, the president of congress. governors of states and the secretary of foreign af. fairs. The law was repealed in 1792. In England Sir James Graham so late as lS44 exercised his power of opening letters under warrant, and the con' tents of letters of the Italian patriot, Mazzini, were disclosed to the Alstri. an government
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AN APPROPRIATE VETO.

Gov Davis did the eminently proper thing when he vetoed the bill to au- thorize courts of record to suspend judgment and grant pardons to per sons convicted of crime or misde- meanor, and he was quite correct when he said tit is a discretion given to courts of record that might be sus- ceptible of much abuse" Gov. Davis further says in his veto message
 It is often difficult to resist the
 importunities of friends, and it
 might some times happen that
 the officers of the court would
 multiply charges against the de
 fendant for the purpose of collect
 ing costs, and as a condition of
 their payment would importune
 the court to suspend sentence:
 in fact, many vicious practices
 might creep into the administra-
 tion of public justice should this
 act become a law.
 The governor has summed the mat ter up correctly, and he will be com. mended by the people for putting his veto on a measure fraught with so much danger to the society and well being of the commonwealth
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The house has passed over the governors veto the Wright bill author. izing courts of record to suspend pun ishment and sentence in certain cases It is to be hoped that it will be de- feated in the senate. The intention of the measure is a good one, but the opportunities for it's abuse are too great for it to become a law.
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0soaosists to Study Samoa.

Interesting geological beaturss of our new South seR island possessions are to be made the subject of careful and scientific investigation, if reports from Washington are to be believed, and it is understood that the inquiry will embrace ethnological and geo. graphical as well as geological sub jects. Geologically the Samoan islands are of much interest and the investika- tions Of Prof. Dana many years ago mostly, however. in the especial direc- tion of the rich coral formations of the Samoan group-are about the only scientific work which has been done there with modern methods.
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Accomplished Interpreter Wanted.

Can anyone in Pittsburg speak kranish or Wendish? If so a nice berth in the postal service awaits him. Kranish and Wendish are the tongues of two ancient people of Slavonic stock. Their dialects are distinct. and, 1s they exhibit an uncomfortable desire to write letters, mystified pos- tai service needs the services of an in- rpreter.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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A HILL ECHO.

The Hill movement in Indiana finds an echo in California John w. Mitchell, of Los Angeles. who has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the Democratic state central commit. tee of California. caused by the death
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The Little Rock Democrat assures Us that to put the legislators on sal ary will result in seyral reforms-bet ter organization, better legislation less rush and hurry. and shorter terms. Then, by all means, let them be put on salary.
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The Choctaw train robbers are get ting a mighty lot of newspaper space for measley holdup which aggregat- ed only S300.
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The legislatures of Tennessee and Illinois have adjourned. When will luck?
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Mrs. Nation is in jail again in de fault of bail. The proper place fol her is an ansylum Her antics clear ly indicate a woman of unsound mind
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Ladies, Three Dozen Free.

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FOR RENT-Seven room house. Apply to J. k. LangstOn. 407 E. Second avenue.
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WANTED-Party with S19OO canital to put
 " an nart.cle of merit upon the market. Address w. J. L., care Graphic.
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FOR SALE-My horse and buggy Marcus l Sonnenschein. West Fourth avenu ,V