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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Madge-'I wouldn't think OF letting
a man love me until he knew me thor
oughly." Marjorie-"Do you think
he'd do so then, dear?"-Town Top
les.
He-"You'd never talk as insulting
ly to the maid as you do to me-" She
-"Of course l wouldn't. Maids are
difficult to replace. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Tipple-"I haven't much faith in a
girl who is always fishing for COM
pliments." Sibyl-"No; like all an
glers, she is sure to lie about what
she caught. Town and Country.
Joakley-"Queer thing about that
tall man over there. All his intimate
friends call him Short" Coakley-
just because he's so tall, eh?" Joak-
ley-"No, because that's his name
Philadelphia Press.
'Now, Johnny" said the teacher to
small pupil in the grammar class,
you may compare the word sick :"
Johnny hesitated for a moment, then
blurted out: ''Sick, sicker, dead. -
Glasgow Evening Times.
81 have not seen your husband out
lately" remarked the trapeze per-
former. NO" returned the wife of
the lion tanner, ''he is busy writing
a book entitled Wild Animals l
Thought L Knew st. Louis Re-
public.
You are the apple of my eye," de-
clared the Fortune Hunter to the
Wise Heiress. Il think" unused the
Wise Heiress, that l will keep my
eye peeled, nevertheless" Naturally,
this evidence of astuteness on her
part thrilled him to the come.-Bai-
timore American.
My SON. said the old lawyer with
the impressive dignity which he had
always found more effective in jus
tees court than elsewhere, there
are times when what people think
you know will help you farther along
the road to success than what you
do know."-Indianapolis News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19
THE MEXICAN COYOTE MINER.
A Kind of Prospector Who Is Ever
ON the Alert for Some One
to Take In.

Having your travelling outfit for a
Mexican prospecting tour, the next
question is, where are you going? You
will probably, long ere you feel your
self prepared to start, have been ac-
costed by numerous individuals who
have mines more or less distant The
first proposition of one of these Mex
lean prospectors is, usually, that you
grub-stake him; failing that, that you
go with him and look at the mine, fail
ing that, that you loan him two dollars
says Engineering Magazine. Never
grub-stake a Mexican. If you give it to
him in cash he will spend it on a glori-
Gus drunk before he leaves town; if
you give him provisions, he will take
them out to the mine-if there is one;
if not, to any suitable point, and assem-
BILE his friends and relatives and pro-
coed on protracted picnic. If there be
any of the assembly who do not feel
themselves up to the mark as vocalsts
or dancers, they may go out and dig
for an hour or so occasionally; but, on
the Whole, there will be very little work
done for the amount of grub eaten.
Never let one of these coyote" miners
undertake to plot you to his mine, or
anywhere else. He will have a number
of ranchers of his own feather along
the route of travel with whom he has
definite understanding. He will pilot
you to them for entertainment. and
they will charge you outrageous prices
for most villainous accommodations
In return for this favor, the rancher
keeps the coyote whenever his wander
ings bring him that way. Never loan
money to one of those coyotes; it will
not even have the effect of getting rid
of him-he will come back to borrow
more as long as he thinks there is .
chance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The pope has taken the name ami
works of Calico from the Index Ex-
purgatorius.
Preparations are already being made
In Germany for the celebration of the
centenary of Schiller's death in 1905.
DR.. Abraham Knyper, the present
prime minister of Holland, is the first
cleric who has ever held that position.
Jules Verne, who has now begun his
ninty-ninth book, has lived to see many
of his fantastical tales of adventure
by land and sea and air come within
the bounds of possibility.
Max Quarck, editor of the Frankfort
Volksstimme, was sentenced recently
to three weeks Imprisonment for libel
ing the German soldiers who were in
China by the publication of letter
headed German Beasts"
John Riley, an engineer on the Pitts
burg division of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, has received a check for $500 and
a gold watch, valued at $1,000, from
officers of the company for signal brav-
cry in stopping a runaway train last
spring.
DR.. r. S. Linn, of Detroit, who went
to China as a surgeon in the volunteer
army, has sent home several cases of
looted goods. Among other things is
a sacred yellow robe, which DR.. Linn
thinks is possibly the only one sent
to America. He took it from the Shout
ders of god in the sacred temple of
Picking.
For the first time on record the vi
emma university has elected as its
rector for the year a teacher OF Eng
lish language and literature-namely
Hofrath Prof. Jakob Schipper. The
new rector's inaugural address was
largely devoted to a comparison be-
tween ancient and modern culture, and
he came to the conclusion that the
lions share in the achievements of
modern culture belongs to the Anglo
Saxon race. The English language be-
ing now spoken by 12O,OOO,O00 people,
he urged that English and German or
French should take the place of Latin
and Greek in education, except for
special purposes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19
STANDS IN TWO COUNTRIES.
Post Office building That Is Located
on Vermont and Canadian
Soil,

The most curious post Office in
America is the one which stands in
Beebe Plain, town half in Vermont
and half in the province of Quebec,
Can, says the New York Herald
The old post Office was built about
IS years ago exactly on the line be-
tween the United States and Canada,
so that it stands in two countries and
serves in the postal service of two ma
tiors.
The cellar of the building connects
the two countries, and some years
ago, when the post office was a gener-
al store, whisky was known to be sold
in one country and delivered in an
other without ever having gone out
from under the roof of the old struc-
ture.
This combination post office is now
being run by parent and child, the
father being postmaster for Canadian
Quebec, and the daughter postmis-
tress for Vermont.
Standing in front of this strange
post office is large post which marks
the boundary line, and it is said that
one time a man who wanted to get a
roadway to his premises moved this
post, and many thousands of dollars
and no little time were spent to es-
tablish the exact line again.
Until short time ago a very De-
culiar post office was used in Argyll
shire, England. 1t was situated in the
lonely hills between Drimnin and
Barr, three miles from any habita-
ton, and consisted of a simple slit
in rock, closed up by nicely fitting
stone.
When any letters arrived at Drim-
hin for the district of Barr they were
conveyed to the rock by the first
shepherd or crofter going so far.
Having been dropped in and the slit
reclosed, they were left until shep-
herd or crofter from the other side
happened to come along, when thew
were taken up and delivered at their
due destination. No letter was ever
known to be lost at this primitive
post office.
At Burra, Shetland, an old tin can
aster, made water-tight with newspa-
pers and pitch, was once picked up on
the shore. 1t contained ten letters,
with the correct cash for postage.
With these was also a letter for the
finder, urgently requesting the post
ing of the accompanying missives, as
they were important business com
munications. After the letters had
been carefully dried they were at once
posted to their destinations, which
they reached without further adven-
ture.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19

A letter came recently to the treas
ury department in Washington from
Great Grimsby, England. 1t con-
tanned $50 confederate note, and in
rather pompous language demanded
that its equivalent in gold be for
warded at once to the address given.
Treasury officials say that the incl
dent was not an uncommon one. AL
though the civil war closed SO years
ago. confederate notes and bonds are
received two and three times a week.
Nearly ST. of them come from Eng
land, where the bonds were sold.
Some of the Englishmen, who have
been notified that the bonds and
notes are worthless, have grown in
dignant, and replied to the depart
ment that they propose to take ac-
ton looking to the creation of an
international incident unless the pa
per is redeemed.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19

III d ., d u
Mrs. Bennett, decisively, as she
poured out her husbands second cup
of tea. "The Lord amt good to us,
and don't feel called upon to act as
if | thought He was"
"Why, Hannah, how you talk" and
Samuel Bennett set his cup down so
suddenly that some of the tea spilled
over upon the table. 1T sounds kind
o. sacrilegious."
81 can't help it if it does. There!
you've stopped your tea on the table
cloth. Why amt you careful?"
"You kind O. s'prised me, sayin'
that, and"
Surprised you, did ~" and Mrs
Bennett wiped up the spilled tea with
a cloth taken from the sink near at
hand. Il don't knows 1 said any
thing so very terrible. 1 guess it
amt no worse than actin out lie,
tryin' to have Christmas when YOU
don't feel it,"
But the Lord is good to us, Han
nah. They's lot of folks worse off'n
we be-"
HNii III SUI y IoI Gil, Odlu Deli
nett. Look at. us. We amt had moth.
ing but bad luck this whole year
Don't talk to me. It's settled"
Samuel Bennett knew mis- wife too
well to argue the question, so he left
her and went out to do the Chores"
while she went glumly about the task
OF washing the supper dishes. But in
the old mans heart, as he went out to
feed the cow and fix the mares stall
for the night, was the lonely feeling
of disappointed child. He liked
Christmas. He had ways looked
forward to it with pleasu an
ticlpation, although for many years
the day had not meant so very much
to him. But he had taken delight in
trimming up the plain rooms of the
little farmhouse with evergreens,. and
he always had managed to give Han
nah little present, while she had
never failed to remember him with
some useful product of her own
handiwork. But these humble gifts
were real treasures to him, for he
measured them in loves own balance
OF the effulgent Christmas glory. He
and Hannah were alone in the world.
their only child having died in in
fancy. But they had been happy to-
gether and fairly prosperous, until
within the past year.
During this time, Samuel, as he ex-
pressed it, had "lost his holt" One
thing after another had happened to
discourage him and set him back.
First, his horse died, leaving only the
rather decrepit old mare to help him
in his field work. then crops had
failed. Never before had his few
acres of ground yielded so sparingly.
and the fruit trees were never so
barren. Along about harvest time,
as If to complete his misfortune, he
was taken i'll and for weeks was I'M
able to work, while doctors bill ac-
cumulated. He was obliged to hire a
man to do the work, and the farm
produced hardly enough to pay for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19

naturally kind heart had been
touched by the sight of some one else
in distress, and she forgot herself in
ministering to another.
1T was good of you to come over"
continued Mrs. barrow. I'm afraid
it will spoil your Christmas. You
must have been getting ready for it,
seeing it's Christmas eve"
Don't you worry. 1t amt bother
in me Bit" responded Mrs. Ben
nett.
But something was bothering her.
1t was something in her heart that
almost sent a moisture to her eyes.
But she choked it down.
You need something to eat" she
said, some tea and toast. And these
children must be half starved"
Pm afraid there amt much to
get" said Mrs. barrow, feebly. 81
don't know as there's anything but a
little bread"
well, that'll make toast"
Mrs. Bennett knew that Widow
barrow was poor, but she never had
known that the family were so desti-
tute as she found them to be, this
day before Christmas. Its dreadful"
she thought, as she searched the bare
cupboard. They're jest starvin'." A
moment later she was saying private
ly to her husbands: Sam, you go
home and get a loaf of bread and
some of that tea. Then you get a pat
of butter and little ham and hurry
right back with it. They're all starv-
in, sure's I'm born. L guess that's
what ails Mis- barrow. Now you
hurry"
Eyes, Hannah"
The old mare seemed to realize
that she was on an errand of mercy,
and actually quickened her pace.
1t was not long before Mrs OAR
row had her toast and tea, and the
children were enjoying what to them
was a bountiful feast. 1t was dark
when Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett left for
home. AS they were riding along,
Mrs. Bennett said:
SAM"
Yes, Hannah"
Them children have hung up their
stockin's."
Have they? Poor little things!"
''But, Sam, there won't be any,
thing in 'em. They think there's
Sanity Claus"
Il wish there was" sighed her hus-
band.
But there amt" answered prac
teal Mrs. Bennett, land there won't
be one thing in them stockins, unless
it's holes. Mis- barrow cried about
it. It's too bad"
There was silence for a moment,
then Mrs. Bennett continues:
Sam, there must be something
put in 'em."
How can they, Hannah?"
well, l guess there can. You 90
down to the store and get something.
guess we can spare little"
I've got" Samuel interrupted.
and then he paused, almost afraid to
tell the rest. He had always been
bit afraid of his wife
well, what have you got?"
Fifty cents, Hannah. 1 kind o.
saved it up, along, to buy you "a
Christmas present, but"
81 don't want no present. That'u
buy some candy and a few trinkets
for them children. Then, while you're
gone to the store, I'll pop some corn,
and there's some red apples. You can
90 over and fill them stOclxinus
jest like Sanity Claus" said the
old man. delighted. The thought !
warmed his kind old heart anew, and
the Christmas spirit within him be- |
gan to revive. That evening, tremu-
lous with Joy, he filed the little |
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19
Christmas with the Danes.

In many countries the Christmas
feast formerly lasted from TWO to
three weeks, and it was believed that
the angels partook of the earthly
food. Denmark, even at this time,
considers it obligatory to have break
fast, dinner and supper of distinctive
dishes on Christmas. Beefsteak and
reindeer outlets form part of the
menu for breakfast. The dinner con-
sists of grod Ga soup of oatmeal and
rice), roast goose stuffed with apples
and roast pork with beet roots and
gherkin pickles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19
JUST LIKE SANTA CLAUS.

full to look ahead to! No, | amt a.
going to do it. Sam can make the
best of it. | mean what | say"
That evening there was nothing
further said about Christmas be-
tween the farmer and his wife. By
nine O'Clock they were in bed. 1t was
Tuesday night and Thursday would
be the holiday. As he lay there, Mr..
Bennett wondered what he should do
with the so cents which he had saved
up to buy his wife a present. With
no Christmas, of course there could
be no present. He fell asleep, sad
dened by the thought.
The day before Christmas was
bright and clear. There had been a
generous fall of snow during the
night and everything out of doors
was covered with the pure white
mantle. Samuel Bennett was out
shoveling paths when the expressman
drove along, with well-filled sleigh.
Hello, there!" shouted the driver,
cheerily. merry Christmas, Sam!
It's little ahead of time, l know,
but l may not see you again"
Thanks. The same to you,' an
swered Samuel, leaping on his snow
shovel. Got lots OF bundles, amt
YOU?
yes; everybody's got something"
mat so! Amt come to ours yet,
nave you? The poor old man
chuckled at his own pitiable little at
tempt at a joke.
mo, not yet" was the merry an
swer from the sleigh. I'll bring that
around tomorrow, most likely. Well,
good-by. G'lang!" and on sped the
sleigh with its juggling bells.
L guess he won't, though" unused
the other, as he fell to work shovel
ing again, "'Tain't likely We'll get
anything. There amt nobody to send
it to us, that know Of"
And Hannah, looking out of the
window, echoed his thought with one
still more doleful.
Everybody'll get something but
US" she unused. Il guess Christmas
was intended for rich folks. Nobody
gets that amt got"
That afternoon about three o'clock,
mutfied-up little form trudged
through the snow and up the road to
the Bennetts' farmhouse.
why, Amy barrow, what you do
ing here in all this snow?" exclaimed
Mrs. Bennett, as she opened the door
and saw the little girl standing on the
steps. Come right in before you
freeze.
oh, Mis- Bennett" said the SILVER
ing enid, IN voice choked with tears,
won't you come right over to our
house? Mas awful sick"
is that SO? What's the matter?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19
GRAhpMAls
CHRISTMAS
y, y: !: !: q. I. j"
1F'T9 Al We C ar l y
AMH done a stitch
->-cN7ILu of work
NWNNNIE The whole de-
(O)L(Uk(OEU lightful day:
v@STlWl I'm Just too
y Ezlzz77 proud to set
Kzl@W tie down

Into the old time way.
eTis grandmas Christmas from the boys;
1t makes me young again,
With all the little ones at play,
And ne'er an ache or pain.
First came Dams Nell, with precious
gifts
From all the neighbors near;
Each sent note with wishes sweet,
Twould do you good to hear.
This easychair's from Brother Tom;
Jack sent this fur-lined hood;
And here's Bob's check from Michigan,
For winters coal and wood.
And let me see-gold spectacles!
From Dorothy, Dicks lass;
They say she's famous as a belle
To think it's come to pass
mat Dick, my boy, my youngest one,
Forever swapping things,
Should be magnate in the land,
one o them railroad kings.
This box is labeled from the kids
They live in Idaho
A pair Of silver candlesticks!
/ wonder if they know
How often by the hickory fire
I've spun both wool and thread,
And only lighted candles, when
We went upstairs to bed.
1ney never IN their modern nome
Worked their grandpa did,
Who wore the sleeps rough skin and
wool,
And dned upon the kid;
They want me, too, but bless their
hearts,
l couldn't live their way;
I'm used to this old fireplace,
And here 1 mean to stay.
FIN used to every homely thing
Hallowed by smile and tear;
i couldn't leave to stranger hands
What love has made so dear;
/ m fond of my old rocking-chair,
Though brothers gift is fine.
For there once laid the silver hair,
That changed as fast as mine.
And down the road a little way,
Then up the hillside steep.
L almost see the granite cross
Where father" lies asleep;
So here 1 rest and happy, when
Old Santa comes this way,
He brings a whole years happiness,
Wrapped in a single day.
MARY A. Denison, in Ladies' World,
New York
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-19
The Chief Difference,

One pulls teeth and the other
knocks them out-that's the differ
ence between dentist and pugiliEt.
Chicago Daily News.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-07
HURST DISQUALIFIED
LAY DOWN IN THE FOURTH ROUND
IN BOUT WITH FELTZ.
SHOWED YELLOW STREAK.
AND EITHER RAN OR WENT TO
HANDS AND KNEES.

WINS Cautioned Openly by Zeigler
That He Must Quit Such Tactics or
Be DisquaIifed-Wept Down in All
Nine Times, Each Time Taking the
Limit-CIub Refuses to Pay Him
other Than His Expenses While
Herewith Devote Remainder to
Charity-BOut Preceded by Pre-
Iiminary and Clever Exhibition OF
wrestling.
Joe Hurst, bantam light weight of
New York, lay down in the fourth
round of what was to be a 20-round
bout with Tommy FeltZ of Brooklyn,
before the Savannah Athletic Club last
night. Referee Zeigler disqualified
Hurst, gave the decision to Feltz, and
notified the managers of the club that
he considered Hursts performance a
'lay- down." upon which the club re-
fused to pay to Hurst the short end
of the purse, that he otherwise would
have got, gave him merely the money
for his expenses while in Savannah,
and will give the remainder to charity.
In only the early part of the first
round did Hurst make any show of
putting up anything Of a bout. His
work then showed that he is clever, but
for some reason after he had received
one or two good stiff punches from
Feltz, he seemed to think of nothing
other than an excuse for laying down.
After each passage of blows he either
ran away, often turning his back to
his adversary, in his efforts to hustle
the faster, or, if this expedient failed
him, went down on hands and knees
and took the time limit before rising.
This he did so often, even when not
hit, that Referee owen Zeigler eau
toned him, before the whole house,
that if he went down again unless hit.
he would be disqualified.
This warning was given in only the
second round, and had the effect OF
preventing the knee act to avoid
punishment, but at almost every blow
that he received he went down, as he
had a right to do under the rules,
and in each case he took the time limit
to get up again; this he varied occa-
sionally by doing a "hot-foot" around
the ring, which he seemed to think all
too small to contain with comfort him
and MS agile ana aggressive opponent.
Twice during the short time that the
bout lasted he was put through the
ropes.
The bout was seen by one of the
largest crowds that has ever attended
a fistic performance in Savannah. In
it Hurst had few friends at first who
encouraged him to go in and mix ii
UP, but after awhile the yellow streak
became so very pronounced that even
his most ardent admirers gave it up in
disgust and even had they tried to
encourage him. their efforts would
have been lost in the storm of Kisses
that his cowardly actions called forth
from the indignant spectators.
In the first round he went down
twice, in the second four times. and
| gained an additional respite by allow
! ing himself 10 be knocked through the
ropes. and taking his time about get
! ting in the ring again: a performance
! that he repeated again in the third
round, when he did the humble atti-
tude" twice. and even in the fourth,
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