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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
WHEN THOMAS TAKES HIS PEN.

Young Thomas Jones came home from
school with sad and solemn air;
he die not kiss his mothers cheek nor
pull his sisters hair;
He hungered not for apples, and he spoke
in dismal tones;
Twas very clear misfortune drear had
happened Thomas Jones.
My precious child" his mother cried,
what what is troubling you?
You're hurt-you're ill-you've failed in
school! Oh. tell US what to don'
Then Thomas Jones made answer in
dull, despairing way:
I've got to write an. essay on The In
dian To-day"
His tallest sister ran to him, compassion
in her eye;
His smallest sister pitied him-nor knew
the reason why;
And all that happy family forsook its
work and play
To hunt up information on THE Indian
To-day"
They read of Hiawatha and of sad Ra-
mona's woe
You found encyclopedias where'er they
CHANGED to go.
They bought a set of Cooper, and they
searched ii through and through,
While Thomas Jones sat mournfully and
told them what to do.
For three whole days the library was
like a moving van.
us Mr.. Jones'" each caller asked, "a lit
erary MANI"
And day by day more pitiful BECAME
young Thomas plight,
Because alas! the more he read, the more
he could not write.
Write what you know" his mother
begged (she stirred not from his
side.
Il do not know one single thingw that
wretched child replied.
"Oh, help me, won't you? Don't you
carer" Then, when assistance came A:
Don't tell NEEDN'T! 1t isn't fair" he
pleaded just the same.
The night before the fateful day was
quite the worst of all.
Black care upon the house of Jones de-
scended like a pail.
All pleasure paled, all comfort failed and
laughter seemed a sin;
For Oh Tomorrow" Thomas walled,
ut must be handed in,''
When, 10! the voice of Great-aunt Jones
came sternly through the door:
II cannot stand this state of things one
single minute more!
The training of fractions child is plain
ly not my mission;
But-Thomas Jones, go straigh upstairs
and write that composition
And Thomas Jones went straight up
stairs, and sat him down alone,
And-though l grant stranger thing was
surely never known
In two short hours he returned serenely
to display
Six neatly-written pages on The Indian
To-day"
His teacher read them to the class, and
smiled a well-pleased smile;
She praised the simple language and the
calmly flowing style;
For while" she said. The does not rise
to any lofty height,
'Tis wonderful how easily young Thomas
Jones can write
Elsie Hill, in st. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14

feet away, hidden behind gray rocks OF
in a thicket, are other entrances, one
for daily use, and one for danger gen.
orally. The hole is larger than that
made by skunk or woodchuck, and a
foX's workmanship is always neater
than theirs.
There are three ways of telling
whether there are any foxes at home.
First, examine the soft earth about
the entrance carefully. Tracks like a
small dogs, but narrower in proper
ton, and more dainty. That's sus-
picious.
Second, examine the sides of the hole
sharply. Here, clinging to point of
rock, is a long yellowish hair, which is
crinkled in the middle; and there, trail
ing from a root-fber, is another. There
was fox in here once.
Third, put your nose down deep into
the hole and take a Whit. Waugh! a
nauseating odor, strong and rank, the
unmistakable odor of carnivorous
youngsters. Now you are sure there
are foxes there. You can come almost
any bright morning or afternoon and
watch them from a distance playing
like kittens.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
THE BUSY LITTLE BEE.
not Fail to Arouse AstOnish-
ment and Admiration.

The whole atmosphere of the hive in
the summer is one of hustle and hurry.
The workers hustle day and night, and
work so hard that when honey is plen-
tiful in the flowers the average life of
the working bee is rarely over six
weeks. 1t is safe to say that not one
in 5000 bees lives to eat the honey it
has toiled so hard to lay up for the
winter. There are usually about 80, 900
bees in a colony or hive, and they
will average in good season some
thing like 81 pounds.
1t takes 10000 bees, working one en-
tire day, to gather a single pound of
honey, and to get the sweets they must
rummage 100000 clover blooms. Now
when we know that 75,OCO,OOO pounds
of honey are yearly produced in the
United States, it becomes very nice
problem to calculate how many bees
there are working, say, eight hours a
day.
The bee brings four substances into
the hive and creates one substance
there. The honey is brought in in a
little sac and stored in one of the cells
of the comb. If you'll notice you'll find
the cells slant little bit, so that the
sweet stuff will not spill till the cell
is full and can be sealed up. This raw
honey has to be stirred and mixed with
formic acid, which the bees jaws Sc
crete, and frequently moved from one
cell to another, so as to hasten its
evaporation and thickening. Then
there is pollen dust from the flowers,
which is used to feed the young bee
babies and is also used for Gaping over
their cells, as it is porous to the air and
is much cheaper than wax. Then
propolis, or bee glue, is fetched from
the willow, poplar, cottonwood and
balm-gilead trees, and is used to ce-
ment cracks and crevices about the
hive. Last of all, water is brought into
the hive to give drink to the babies.
But more precious than honey is wax,
which is really tallow and not wax
1t costs 20 pounds of honey and long
time TO make one pound of wax. The
bees eat the honey and then hang quiet
ly in cluster, waiting for the wax to
form. 1t is secreted under the little
scales on the abdomen and is used i'm
mediately. This wax is not made I'M
less it is actually required, and never
as long as there are any vacant combs.
1t is the desire to economic in wax
that makes the bee store its honey in
siX-sided cells, for when one cell is
built there is ore side furnished for six
new cells.-Golden DAYS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14

Little Bat, he quite forgot the over
hanging wonder of the elevated road
and the tall buildings to tell his re-
greet at the passing of one who had
shared with him many periis. Did
you ever hear of the Sibley fight?" he
asked. IF you have not. John Finertv
can tell you one lively side of it. Little
Bat might have told you some more
about it, and l might say something
myself. Yes, we were all in it up to
our chins, and as an all-around close
slave l think all accounts agree that
1T was about the limit The idea of
man living on a diet of that kind and
then getting killed in saloon fight!
1t seems tough. Poor Little Bat! Bad
whisky was worse medicine than Sit
ting Bull ever made in all his years of
deviltry.
But you want me to tell about the
Sibley fight do you? 1t was about "a
years ago last July, just about week
before the battle that wiped out Gen.
Custer and his entire command. Gen.
Crook assigned Little Bat and myself
to go north on the Tongue river and
meet body of friendly Crows that
were joining us to fight against the
Sioux. Much to my regret, Lieut. F.
w. Sibley and "a picked men of the
Second cavalry were detailed as an es-
cort. The men were splendid fellows,
but all more or less new in Indian
fighting. We had been moving north
two days when in the dawn of the
third morning l discovered the Sioux
moving toward Tongue river thicker
than buffalo in the valley of the
Platte. | called Bat softly and when
he saw the great painted procession
stealing over the plains he said NY
GOD! We are gone'
Il waited until l saw them strike our
trail. Immediately the discoverer be-
gan circiing his horse and waving his
blanket, and about 20 minutes later
every Indian in that section knew that
white men were somewhere about. |
thought we might possibly get away
from them by getting up into the
mountains. l told Bat to follow me
with the men as fast as he could nv
idea being to get beyond where the
Twin creek trail crossed our own in the
mountains, knowing that the Indians
would naturally make a run to cut us
off at that point. l suppose went up
the hills rather fast, for at length |
got tired waiting at the trail crossing
and went back for the soldiers. Imag-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
The DUTY OF MOTHERS.

What suffering frequently results
from a mothers ignorance or more
frequently from mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must suf-
fer" and young women are so taught.
There is little truth and great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment, and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to physician for examina-
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
MIR. REWARD AT HOME.
Watching Young Foxes at Play in
the Woods Is a Truly Fas-
cinating Sight.

The chance to watch young foxes at
play in the woods-and there are few
sights more disadvantages not so diff
cult thing as one would suppose, says
St. Nicholas. This spring l found two
dens within mile of city of 10000
people; and it is safe to say that with
in easy walking distance of every New
England town one or more pairs of
foxes build their den and raise their
little ones every year.
The best way to find a den is to ask
the hunters first, then the farmers
boys. Every den has a main entrance,
with all the earth from excavation scat
tered about its front door. That is to
mislead you; the foxes seldom use it.
And sometimes, indeed. it is closed al
together six feet underground. Ten
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14

A Glasgow servant girl went home
a few evenings ago with her head
wrapped up in a shawl.
Her young mistress asked her what
allied her, and was told that she was
suffering from a bad attack of tooth
ache, brought on by sitting in the
park.
But you ought not to sit on such
cold, chilly night as this" said the
mistress. You should walk at a
smart pace"
The girl looked at her minute, as
though plying her ignorance, and
then answered.:
"You Gamma coort right walking;
you must sit down. London Sps re
Moments.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
SHARES PUBLIC SCHOOLS HONORS.
Excellent Geographical Exhibit at
Paris Largely Due to
Union Pacific.

The Passenger Department of the Union
Pacific Railway is in receipt of etter from
Superintendent c. G. Pearse inviting it to
share in the honors bestowed dpon the
Omaha public schools at the Paris exposi.
ton. As is well known, the Omaha schools
We're awarded gold medal for the excel.
lence of the showing made by their methods
Of teaching geography. The most important
part of the exhibit consisted of set of il
Illustrated publications and maps showing
the sources from which geographical ma
terial and information are obtained. Su
perintendent Pearse acknowledges that
great credit is due to the Union Pacific Pas
of the publications and maps for the Paris
exhibit.-Omaha Bee" Dec llth, 1900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
y 10 INCHES
BOARD FOR NINE MEN MORRIS.

BOAhD FUR NINE MEN MORRlS.
where the lines meet each other, and
after all have been put on in moving
them from one spot to the next in any
direction along the lines. Each play
er's object, both in placing the men
and moving them, is to form a row of
three of his own pieces, and when
ever this is done he may take from
the board one of the opponent s
pieces, but he mast not disturb a
row of three if there is any other that
he can take. He VINO takes off all the
hostile pieces wins. Sometimes when
a player has lost all his men but
three he is allowed to hop" that is,
to play man to any vacant spot on
the board. The player must avoid
crowding his men together and try
to place them on or near the corners
of the board, at the same time trying
to block his opponent as well as to
get his own men into line. When pos
sible it should be arranged to make
more than one line in successive moves
when by moving one man backward
and forward two lines can alternately
be made and broken.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
THE OTHERS VIEWS.

i longed to go from where the hills
Loomed blue against the sky,
And gaze upon the spreading sea
And watch the ships go by;
i longed to stand while others still
Were fast in blissful sleep
And see the suns first crimson glow
Spread out across the deep.
And while in wonderment 1 gaZed
Out on the purple sea
Another glanced across the waves
And turned and spoke to me:
'Oh, that 1 might behold the hills,
The gray old hills that rise
Like monuments TO God and lose
Their SUBMITS in the skies!"
You count the treasures that you have
And sigh and turn away,
And envy some one else who seems
So amply blessed to-day
And yet his heart may ache and he
May have his longings, too
May count your blessings and his own
And watch and envy you,
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
NICE LITTLE GAME.
1t Is Called Nine Men Morris and Can
BE Played by Two on
Simple Board.

This interesting little game is
played by two persons on board
marked with the diagram shown, and
buttons, beans or grains Of corn of
two colors may be used as men. Each
player has nine pieces, none of which
are on the board at the opening of the
game.
The players take turns in placing
their men, one at time, at the points
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
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LITTLE BAT" and the
Sibley Fight

1T HE long-haired man from the
west may be all right, but there
are Others" remarked dark, swarthy,
stout man in Chicago, the other day.
He was Frank Grouard, eX-chief of
scouts of the United States army, the
hero of hundred Indian fights and
hairbreadth escapes. There is nothing
romantic in the appearance of tbis big,
brawny man, his black hair now well
streaked with silver, but his exploits
are literally blazoned on the army re-
ports Of Crook and Sheridan. Born on
an island in the south Pacific in 1850,
the son of a missionary, through stress
of circumstances at the age of five he
was left to shift for himself. Doing
chores about the California mining
camps and driving an ore wagon was
his training for carrying mail over a
lonely star route. He was captured as
a youth by Indians and adopted as a
son of the famous Sioux chief Crazy
Horse, living five years in Indian
camps, eating his meat without salt.
and forgetting the taste of bread, and
Entrusted with the mysteries of "med-
icine-making" by Sitting Bull. This
school injured him to hardship and
eventually led him to meet and over
come dangers that few men have ex-
perienced.
When he saw the telegram in the
newspaper the other day relating to
the tragedy at Crawford, Neb.. that
sounded taps" for Baptiste Gaunier,
better known as the famous scout,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
No Deceit About This.

you told me- said the Infatuated
purchaser, that that brook on the
farm you sold me never ran dry"
''Guess l did," said the real estate
man.
at has been dry all summer"
when it was dry it didn't run, did
It? Therefore, it could not run dry.
We never deceive" = Philadelphia
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
Try Grain-O. Try Grnin-O!

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. The children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult.
All who try it, like it. GRAINO has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. / the
price of coffee. l5c. and 25cts. per package.
Sold by all Crocers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14

Peruna not only the grip but prevents it.
Taken in
Every family should take the supply
the retail wholesale
by the demand for it.
1t wisdom have Peruna the
the household.
1t has been ascertaind by that the following
public
Peruna remedy for la grippe:
Howard Alabama
recommend excellent
Congressman White of North Carolina
excellent remedy for the have used family
Miss Frances NJ Anderson of Washington c. daughter of
Anderson of Virginia Il taken i'll with the
Peruna and was able to leave my bed in week"
Mrs Harree A Marsh, Benevolent
Association Chicago,
Nothing helped Tried Peuna and within weeks fully
restored. Shall never be without it again"
At the of the of grip people
Peruna small
disappear This will long disastrous sickness
perhaps fatal results
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14

Mrs. Crimsonbeak - There's one
thing about my husband 1 never could
understand.
Mrs. Yeast-And what's that?
"Why, when he comes home late he
can't find the keyhole, but when he
gets inside, from the noise he makes,
he seems to find everything in the
room. '-Y 7nkers Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
Delicious Desserts.

Burnham's Hasty Jellycon makes the
finest dessert jellies, clear and sparkling
and deGciously favored. Prepared in
minute. 1t is only necessary to dissolve in
hot water and set away to COOL Flavors:
orange, lemon, strawberry, raspberry, peach,
wild cherry and unfavored "calfsfoot" for
making wine and coffee jellies. All grocers
sell it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
Force of Habit,

Husband (returning from his first ascent
in balloonl-Just think of it, Alice, l as
cended $4,000 feet in the air.
Young Wfe-And you brought back moth
ing for me.-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14
EPIDEMIC OF GRIP
WORST EVER KNOWN.
GRIP BACILLUS EVERYWHERE-IN THE AIR WE BREATHE,
IN THE WATER WE DRINK IN THE FOOD WE EAT.

Hundreds of car loads of Peruna
are shipped in all directions to
meet the extraordinary demand of
the grip epidemic.
Everybody laying in a stock of
this valuable remedy in time to
meet the terrible enemy, the Grip.
The extensive facilities of the
manufacturers taxed to their ut
most to meet the urgent demand
for Peruna.
Almost everybody has the grip.
Almost everybody must have Pc
runa.
Taken at the appearance of the
first symptoms of the grip. not only
is Peruna a prompt cure for the
grip but it prevents those disas-
trous after-effects so characteristic
of this dread disease.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14

janet is always a surprise to me what
lot of homely women get married.
Bertha-No doubt it is a reflection that
gives you a great deal of encouragement
dear.-Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14

Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South
Byron, Wis, mother of the young ;ady
whose portrait we here publish, W cote
Mrs. PinlSham in January, 1899, sa ling
her daughter had suffered for two
years with irregular menstruation -
had headache all the time, and pain in
her side, feet swell, and was generally
miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly
replied with advice, and under date of
March, 1899, the mother writes again
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound cured her daughter of all
pains and irregularity.
Nothing in the world equals Mrs.
Pinlham's great medicine for regu-
latirg woman's peculiar monthly
troubles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14

A dyspeptic is never on good terms with
himself. Something is always wrong Gel
1t right by chewing Beeman's Pepsin Gum
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-10
MINISTRY MAY GO
Persistent Rumors of Cabinet
Changes in London.
MICHAEL HICKS BEACH UNDER BAN
He Is the Minister Charged With the
PrO1ongatiOn of the South
African War.


London, Oct. 10.-Rumors of impending
cabinet changes are growing out Of the
severe and almost universal criticism of
the government voiced in the press 1t
has long been recognized that Lord Sails
bury awaits an auspicious moment to re-
tire in favor of Arthur Balfour, first lord
of the treasury, but it is now believed
numerous other changes win take place.
Popular suspicion points to Sir Michael
Hicks Beach as the minister guilty of re-
tarding military aggressiveness and thus
prolonging the war. Many conservative
leaders also charge the chancellor of the
excbequer with holding the national purse
strings too tight. They say that his
cheese-paring influence ought to be re-
moved from the cabinet.
While outspoken condemnations of the
governments alleged blunders and mac
tion are harsh enough, yelled attacks are
much more violent. The war party threat
ems the ministry in dead earnest. A prom
1nent conservative member of parliament
said:
Lord Salisbury's mistakes would turn the
country into opposition, lock, stock and bar
rel, If the people did not know that they
could not trust the other fellows. Great
Britain wants the war won and demands that
the ministry hew to the line of it's original
policy, though the pro-Boers howl till they
are black in the face. The Salisbury cabinet
has not done this. 1t has made concession
after concession to the Little Englanders /"
it even went so far as to begin the reduction
Of the army in South Africa in order to
cheaper the war and thus shut the mouths Of
the croakers who said the country was going
headlong into bankruptcy These cowardly
relaxations from the sound military rule OF
augmenting your forces until you have the
enemy whipped are responsible for our pres
ent embarrassment. We sadly need cabinet
possessing the country's courage and pertin-
acity.
The government is beginning to realize
the folly Of obscuring it's points of view,
although nobody expects it to adopt a
different course, since newspapers are in
exorably barred from the war office, and
whatever activity reigns there is con-
cealed. The cabinet also refuses to take
the country into it's confidence Mean
while an angry public sentiment is in
process Of formation that would enthusi-
astically welcome an alternative ministry.