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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

er and tried to rouse the operator at
the cut.
The brute was slow, and when he did
answer he said that Grimes train had
gone. Gone! Casey was almost reach
ing for the gun in the top drawer. But
he didn't. He worked the instrument
again.
"Chase it," ratified Casey, and the
operator chased.
In the next ten minutes Casey got
his first gray hair.
Now, from the cut to GAINESVILLE it is
down grade all the way. The gravel
train had stood on a siding, and the
brakeman had to jump to catch the
caboose after he had locked the switch.
The track was bad and good sprinting
out of the question. The operator was
| lOng-legged chap, however, and he
had a chance.
Meanwhile Casey sat still and wait
ed. He saw the wreck-vividly-t
steaming ruin of the engines, the
heapedup train and the bodies lying
side by side under blankets. Then the
| inquest and all the rest of the night
mare. There was murder on his hands
unless that train was stopped. And if
it was stopped-well, there would be
words of comment by trainmen, mes
sages over the wire to the division SUI
perintendent and others not by Casey,
and it would be all over with Casey's
railroad career, to say nothing of An
ME and the picnic.
O'Connor had left GAINESVILLE long ago
and was now plugging along up the
grade, with numerous curves ahead
and so dagoes behind Grimes train
was rapidly gaining Roadway, string
ing out of the siding and rafting onto
the main track, going faster with every
yard.
The long-legged operator ran rapid
ly. Just as the train Strengthened out
for the down grade of the main line
he caught the last hand rail of the ca
boose and was flung off his feet, but
hung on and climbed aboard.
And there they stood, the engine
putting and blowing off and Grimes
/ talking very earnestly with his en-
gineer when the O'Connor train pulled
in. 1t was the long-legged operator
who saved the trains-but it was the
| backyard quarrel that saved Casey.
Grimes scowied, O'Connor glowered
conversation was out of the question
and official joint reports not to be
thought of. In the feud that had dis
rupted the neighborhood up on Lynn
street the poor train dispatcher who
had nearly sent two trains over the
Great Divide was forgotten.
So Casey and the little lady with tn,
suniit hair went on their picnic up tn
river according to schedu.e.-PauI i
Wright, in Chicago ecordHerald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
4 NINTERFAMILY quarrel between

1NTERFAMILY quarrel between
two houses up on Lynn street,
rSsith the consequent arrangement be-
%%een Conductors Grimes and O'Con-
NOR, fathers and husbands of the war
King groups, respectively, were power
&ul saEtors in the last chapter, but
'a1aseys sweetheart with the sunlit
hair WAS the cause of the trouble. She
'EaS innocent of all evil intent, but be-
E~een her comeliness and Casey's feel
AHgs the most serious consequences
mary resulted to both parties, not to
znsHtlon two train loads of Italian la
A1orers and bunch of the company's
money And if it had not been for that
lynn street feud and the fact that
Both train crews took sides therein
sSeA, Casey and the girl would not have
gone 2icnicking the next day.
How the feud originated no one
seemed to know, not even Casey, and
z8fterward he was too glad to accept
Ehe bare fact to inquire. But after the
Kids" the mothers took it up, and the
Fathers had to follow suit to keep
i2eace in their own families. 1t was
serious by this time. Each of those
C~o men had said things which had
5een- passed along by mutual friends
tall neither could speak to the other.
oh, they were sore hearted. They met
face TO face that morning in the little
booth next to the office where Casey,
the train dispatcher, held the chair.
'sJne glared into space and the other
'zacoWled, and they passed. Casey saw
them and laughed. and later in the day
Seas thankful that it was so.
Casey's division ran from GAINESVILLE
UP to Baraboo, or therea bouts, and
Grimes and O'Connor were in charge of
the two gravel trains working the cut
north of GAINESVILLE. Their trains load.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
ABOUT BACKACHE.
The Various Causes of This Very
Common Addiction Call for
Medical Advice

Pain in the back is one of the COM
monest of the ills affecting humanity,
ard at the same time it is often one
of the most difficult to relieve and the
most pulling to trace to its origin.
1t is a symptom of many acute dis
eases, such as spinal meningitis,
smallpox, malaria, influenza, and so
forth, but in such cases it is of short
duration and its cause is usually evil
dent, says Youths Companion.
The backache of gladstone, renal
collie, or simple stomach-ache is also
an acute affair, and disappears rapid
ly when the gladstone or kidney
stone is passed, or the flatulence re-
lieved.
1t is different, however, with the
chronic form, which so often defies
all the skill and ingenuity of the
physician, and eXhausts the patience
of the sufferer with its persistence
and wearying, boring, wrenching
pain.
The conditions which may produce
this chronic backache are so numer-
GUS that mere catalogue of them
would fill the space allotted to this
article, and we can refer only to the
most frequent of them.
The pain may be due to disease in
the spine itself, in the spinal cord, in
the back muscles, or in the abdominal
cavity. Potts disease of the spine
(hunchback) and cancer of the verte-
brae are the most Rsual affections of
the spine causing backache.
Any affection of the spinal cord
may find its expression in backache,
but the one most commonly RESPONSE
BILE is perhaps locomotor ataxia
When of muscular origin, pain in the
back is known as lumbago, a disease
which is generally Regarded as a
rheumatic affection of the back
muscles.
The discovery of the source of tire
pain in these local affections of the
bone, muscle or nervous tissue is
usually not difficult, but the problem
is more intricate when the pain is
merely a reflex of some internal dis
order Often the physician must in
terrogate each internal organ in turn
before he can locate the starting
point of his patients suffering.
This is the field in which the quack
reaps his greatest harvest, his ad-
vertisements dilating upon the terri
BILE diseases of the kidneys or other
organs to which a backache surely
points, and which can be relieved only
by his infallible remedy-too often,
alas! containing opium or some other
enslaving drug. These ADVERTISE
ments are, of course, gross exaggera-
tions, and the condition is seldom so
serious as the quack would have his
victim believe, yet it is always well
for the sufferer from a persistent
backache to consult a physician.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
What WRa in Him.

"Children," said the teacher, while
instructing the class in composition,
you should not attempt any flights
of fancy, but simply be yourselves,
and write what is in you. Do not i'm
itate any other persons writings or
draw inspiration from outside
sources
AS a result of this advice Johnny
Wise turned in the following compo-
sition:
I'VE should not attempt any flites
of fancy, but rite what is in us. In
me thare is my stummick, lungs, hart,
liver, two apples, one piece of pie,
one stick lemon candy and my din
ner. "-Baltimore American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Wire fences were in limited use in
the neighborhood of Philadelphia as
far back as 1916.
The cost of the United States troops
and of the civil administration in Gu
ba is paid out of the revenues of the
island.
1t has been decided by the Kansas
supreme court that opening a window
screen constitutes a "burglarious
breaking" within the meaning of the
law
1t is curious fact that the deed to
the present police headquarters of
New York city, 300 Mulberry street,
which passed in 1868 from the metro
politan police district of that city to
the board of supervisors of the coun-
ty of New York, was not recorded I'M
til few days ago. No explanation
is given.
descriptive article on Norway
contains some striking instructions
for the use of fire escapes taken from
local hotel, of which the following
lines are part: "The plated snotter
shall be found in every room. To in
crease the hurry, let down the body
one by one until all shall be left.
The cord shall put out the ground
from the shoulder Hereunder"
A man riding a bicycle and driving
horse at the same time startled
North Broad street. He held the reins
in one hand and guided his machine
with the other. His feet rested upon
the coaster, and the horse did the
rest. In and out among the other
vehicles he guided the animal, and all
along the streets people stopped and
gazed in Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord
Among the interesting things on
view with the collection of books by
negro authors at Buffalo is an auto
graph of Webster, dated March 10,
1S47: 81 have paid $12O for the free
dom of Paul Jennings. He agrees to
work out the same at eight dollars a
month, to be found with board,
clothes and washing, to begin when
we return south. His freedom papers
l give him. They are recorded in this
dis trict."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
Slf(TTE25EE2R77| jJEkI9I4[a
Only Wise Course

Let us crown a queen of beauty"
said the enthusiastic young man who
was interested in the entertainment
they were getting up for social diver
tisement.
by all means" replied the wise
and thoughtful youth.
1T should be the first thing on the
programme, continued the first.
"Oh, foolish mani" retorted the
other. Think of the fun we will have
so long as every girl thinks she has
a show for the honor and of the row
there will be when a selection is
made. Let us rather make it the last
feature of the entertainments Chi
cago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

mic. The dispatcher couldn't resist. He
stepped out for just little spiel"
very short one. Annie was such good
hand to Josh with.
Casey returned to his desk at last.
Nothing had happened, and everything
was all right. The operator a the tank
wanted instructions. Grimes en-
gineer was ready to go back, but re-
quested additional orders to take on
his train at the cut, and then go rolling
down the line to GAINESVILLE, without
waiting for further Geographic in
structions.
If Casey had been thoroughly him
self he would not have granted it, be-
cause such a thing is irregular in rail-
road practice, and two trains nearly
always get into trouble when they try
to pass on the same track. But for ten
seconds it slipped his mind that he had
given O'Connor the right of way. And
in that ten seconds, having Annie's
smile before his eyes and being be-
nevolently inclined to all, he told
Grimes engineer to go ahead.
Then he looked out and saw Annie
waving at him from across the track.
She, too, had forgotten something.
Did he prefer beef tongue or ham in his
sandwiches? That was all, or nearly
all, and it was quickly settled. He pre-
ferred ham.
But when Casey got back and looked
at his order book he turned white. Ac
cording to the stories in the magazines
he should have drawn gun on himself
or died of heart disease. This is a true
story, however, and Casey did nothing
of the sort. He shut his lips tight and
all the sunshine of the day turned
black, and all the pretty things he had
been thinking about the girl turned
black with it. He jumped to the tick
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

ed and shoveled off alternately at the
SSNf and the fill, as the case might be,
sK.ad small were the civilities that
pIss7esi between crews.
Casey was rather young man for so
responsible a calling, but there was
a,poz- line besides train dispatching at
which he was even less experienced,
szn5 he was finding constantly that his
pathway was beset with new perplexi-
ties and wonderments. This morning
11e was absentminded, subject to I'M
vEsr41ted starts and other symptoms.
Casey hardly knew what was wrong,
Iout he suspected strongly, and so did
Annie. 1t was hard to confine his brain
NO the work in hand Instead of train
numbers and switches and sidings and
stations his mind was filled with such
Errelevant matters as the shape of a
CERTAIN young woman's nose and the
way the sun shone in her hair. But he
,g1ulled himself together and got the
1aang OF the days work before things
H7egan to snarl up.
The alternating gravel trains were
ATTENDED to early. Conductor Grimes
and his 50 Italian laborers were sent
69as.k 10 the cut to finish loading their
train with gravel. O'Connor and his
gang were put to work for awhile at
the M, unloading the fiat cars that had
Woeen filled the night before by the
astnarn shovel. All this was easy. The
passenger trains and the through and
way freights were reported o. K, and
casey allowed his min dto wander Just
~ Nttle. prospecting on the quality of
gTenic weather he and Annie would get
Tomorrow for their trip up the river
-HYsen he was called back to earth by a
ycnessage from the operator at the cut
we miles above. Grimes wanted to
ran up TO the water tank, three miles
further on, to fill the tender. Casey
gave The right of way.
About this time O'Connor had fin
Tshed his unloading at the fill, and his
.lsts7x train of empty flats pulled up al
che station for orders. The so ida
goes" sat complacently in the sun.
smoking their black pipes and saying
nothing, like so many craven images.
Casey sent them along the line to the
gut for another load. Casey laughed
again at the stolidity of the Italians,
;ares wondered if they ever felt as he
-<tia They did not seem to care wheth-
aer ssSool kept or not, but then, they
didn't know the condition of the train
5iSPa tcAer's mind, although this
ought to have been of vital interest to
them Still the passengers and the
through and the way freights were do
ing nicely, and it was already ten
o'clock.
Just then Annie came by. She ought
moi 30 have done so in BUSINESS hours,
but she wanted to ask Casey what
11nsA to put up for to-morrow's pic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
How Cities Bury Themselves,

A well has recently been driven in
the Place de FHotel de Vile in Paris,
for the purpose of ascertaining the
nature of the subsoil of the French
capital. The revelations throw light
on the manner in which great cities,
in the course of centuries, bury the
relics of their past. First comes
layer of rubbish, nearly four and a
half feet thick, dating from the six
teenth century to the nineteenth. A
second layer, little over two and
half feet thick, consists of rubbish
recognizable by the character of it's
fragments as belonging to the period
from the fourteenth to the sixteenth
century. This is separated from the
first layer by thin deposit of sand,
and second sandy deposit covers the
third layer, which plainly shows relics
of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
At the bottom is a clayey deposit
filled with fragments of pottery and
bits of oak timber belonging to the
Gallo and GalloRoman periods
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

A western millionaire, who has
made a fortune out of mines, and
who is remarkable alike for his lib
crafty and for his ignorance of his
bank account, was asked one day to
contribute to an object of charity
The canvasser suggested that $1,000
would be an acceptable contribution.
"That isn't enough" replied the capt.
talist. 81 will give you $4,000 if | have
the money in the bank. Wait until
call up and inquire" He summoned a
clerk and told him to telephone to the
bank to inquire if he had $4,000 on
deposit, as he desired to contribute
that sum, if possible, to a worthy OBJ
ject. The clerk returned, and report
ed that the bank advised that he had
$3S0,000 in the bank. "Dear me- cried
the capitalist, "as much as that!
Well, make out that check for 5000"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
Knew the Difference.

well, you're veterinary surgeon
what do you know about a horse?"
asked browbeating attorney.
81 don't pretend to be horse doc
tor" replied the witness, ''but I
know a good deal of the nature of the
animal
THAT means to say you know
horse from jackass when you see
Them" continued the lawyer, in the
same style, looking knowing and
glancing triumphantly around.
"Oh, yes, just sol" drawled out the
intended victim, gazing intently at his
legal tormentor. "For instance,
should never take you for horse!"-
Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

Elks' teeth are becoming the fnan-
cial medium of the jackson Hole
country, just south of the Yellow
stone park. They are accepted in ex-
change for ''wet goods by the saloon
men of the region, and in this manner
many teeth have accumulated, and
liquor dealers are laying up large
sums from their sales to jewelers. and
agents who dispose of the tusks to
members of the Elk fraternity. Every
four tusks represent the death of one
bull elk. Cow elk do not have tusks
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
Evidence to the Contrary.

DO you think that man is always
better off for college education?"
NO." answered the housewife,
rather sharply. This morning I
asked man who came around with
wagon whether he had any nice,
fresh eggs. He merely looked at me
reProachfully and said: Madam,
might be permitted to observe that
fresh eggs are always nice eggs, and
nice eggs are always fresh" Wash
ington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

AS I sit at fall of evening,
Musing fore the open fire,
'Joying thoughts as light and fitting
AS the blazes of the pyre,
Lo! appears to me a figure
Standing in the flickering light.
And l say in trembling accents:
Art thou come again tonight?
Speak! who art thou? what thine errand?'
Answer comes without delay:
Il m Jim Brown, the tailor's son, sir;
Here's that bill. Pa wants his payi''
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
Bound to Get Ont of II.

Mrs. Blinks (after breakfast) My
dear, l wish you'd stop into Biggs,
Store & Co.'S and order seven-eighths
of yard more of that cloth 1 got yes
terday, and three-quarters-
Mr.. Blinks-Tm afraid I'll forget if
you give me the items now. just speak
to me over the telephone this after
noon.
Office Boy Tin the afternoon)-
Please, sir, Mrs. Blinks is at the phone,
and wants to talk to you.
Mr.. Blinks (hurriedly) - say-er-
tell her I'm drunk.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
A Dear Friend.

Morgue Keeper-Looking for any
one?
Visitor-Oi'm lookin' fur me dear
friend, Moik Moolighan, who's mystic
riously disappeared. 1t I'D break me
heart to foind him dead. OF loved
that mon like a brother.
HAS he any marks by which you
could identify him?"
'Yis; he do have a big scar on his
forehead where Oh hit i'm wild a
brick."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
One for Bobby,

81 understand" said little Bobby,
looking up from his lesson and keeping
forefinger temporarily between the
pages of his history, that there is
only one man before whom the car
of Russia must take off his hat"
"Why, yes-that's so. Your book
tells all about it, Ell? Who is it, did
you say?"
"His hairdresser," said Bobby, get
ting busy.-N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

"See here, Lyons, you've ruined me.
In this account of the ball l said that
Mrs. Bunkerton, the famous lecturer
on dress, wore nothing that was re-
markable.' You've put it: Mrs. Bun
kerton wore nothing. That was re-
markable! You can go to the cashier
and get your money. We can't stand a
man like you around here. Harlem
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
The Nightmare

The nightmare comes to plague us wher
The lights are all put out;
We find ourselves in need of help
And try in vain to shout.
We suffer all the agonies
OF martyrs at the stake,
And just as all seems lost, at last
We manage to awake:
Then in a trice the awful woes
We thought we had disperse-
The nightmare comes to teach us that
Our troubles might be worse.
Chicago Record Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
Language of Flowers.

There's language of flowers, they say"
said he;
Now, which shall I choose to speak for
me?"
She blushed like a rose ere she found her
voice:
"Well-orange blossoms would be my
choice"
(And that's how Cupid was made to re-
joice)
philadelphia Bulletin,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

"No, Mr.. Whipcord," said the Bos-
ton young woman, rising. ut is use
les to urge me. l had begun to hope
that we were congenial, but 1 see my
error. 1 cannot marry you. 1 could
never endure the daily companionship
of a man who pronounces gen-e-al-
o-gy 'ge-ne-ol-o-gy.' "-Chicago Trib-
l1nP
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
Not the Way He Wanted 1t,

"You promised me kiss. May
take it?"
Surely" she replied, "a frst-class
baseball player like you would derive
no satisfaction from simply taking
kiss. Stand off across the room and I'll
throw you one"
Even meritorious proficiency in
some line may be regretted at times.
Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
Canada's Woodruff Exports

Canada's exports of pulpwood and
woodpulp in 1900 amounted to $780,
329, of which $966,92O was sent to
Great Britain and $2,3O2,215 to the
United States, S66,194 going to other
countries.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

The Neighbours Boy-Please, Miss
Jinks, nom says if you'll lend her a
cup of sugar an yer lawn mower an
some stickin' plaster an few eggs
she'll send back your SEWN ma
chine.-Chicago American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

Victim-Say, you ought to change
your vocation. You'd make good
butcher.
Barber-Sir, that's an insult.
Victim-Oh, all right. I'll take
back what l said. No doubt you
would make rather clumsy butcher.
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

But he doesn't seem to know much
about the topics of the day."
well, no wonder. He got all his
EDUCATION in a night school. "-Phila-
Ielphia Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

Cholly-So you think am too slow
for any use?
She-Yes. You don't even make the
other young men jealous.-The Smart
Set.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
A Stirring TOaI.

A fellow confined in the gaol
Once turned most exceedingly paol.
what is it?'' they cried,
And the fellow replied:
81 thought 1 had swallowed a whaol.
Baltimore American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21
Humane FURRY at Chicago

Stray dogs and cats are to be cared
for in Chicago during he coming win
ter, but, says the Chicago Record Her
aid, the sparrows will have to hustle
for themselves.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

Little Tommy was stealing jam.
He couldn't deny the fact,
For his mother happened to catch him
Red-handed in the act.
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

We say that farmer folk are queer.
Their ways we love to JOSH"
Yet, truly. did you ever hear
A farmer say "begosh?"
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-21

Captain - Yonder is Dinkydink
Point, the first view we get of Amer
lea. See it?
Lord Sayvus-Naw; cahn't say see
the point.
Captain-That's so-you're English
Chicago Journal.