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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
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GIVE HIM YOUR HAND.
Alcohol who Has Sunk Below the
Level of SeIf-Respect.

What must be the inner life of the
habitual victim of any vice, when he
no longer respects himself, when he
realizes that he is an outcast, beyond
the recognition of respectable people,
and that between him and the pure a
great gulf is fiXed All pride is not
dead, and he smarts because he merits
the taunt that he has brought it upon
himself"
Human nature is akin to all grades
of society, and the erring possess the
same scale of emotions, and are con-
trolled by the same laws as those
which govern the righteous. What
must, then, be the sense of isolation
when the truth is forced upon these
lonely souls, that pure women pull
back their skirts so that not even the
hem of their garments may touch pol
luton, and that good men pass by on
the other side rather than to meet
objects so unwelcome. Memory and
remorse go hand in hand, and there
must often come moments when out
ragged innocence demands to be rein
stated.
Give your brother your hand and
note the glad surprise that will leap
to his eyes, those windows through
which his tortured soul looks forth.
The language which is higher than
words when souls so meet, will radiate
purpose from us. and we shall instant
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
USES BITTER WORDS.
In His War Book De Wet Scores
Boer and Briton.
Declares That Treachery OF Burghers
Saved England from RuIn-Says
Providence Saved Him and
His Soldiers.

In his book, entitled Three Years
War;" Gen. De Wet, the noted BoGr
commander, uses vigorous language
in referring to the results of the con-
test with Great Britain. In one pass
age he says:
Had not so many of our burgherS
proved false to their own colors,
England, as the great Bismarck fore
told, would have found her grave in
South Africa"
The book is dedicated by the Boec
general ''To my fellow subjects OF
the British empire" 1t is perhaps
the most remarkable book by the
most remarkable leader that any re-
cent war has produced. The concise,
simply told tale of the extraordinary
campaign is marked throughout with
the stamp of truth. The badness OF
the narrative only serves to bring
into strong relief the fiery passages
in which a strong man literally
blurts out his soul in pathetic regret
or bitter denunciation.
In thus taking the public into his
confidence De Wet loses nothing of
the glamour with which his exploits
in the ield surround him. In critics.
ing he spares no one; Boer and Brit
on come equally under the lash. De
Wet declares that, whatever the Eng
lish people may have to say in dis
credit of Gen. Butler, he had to oper-
ate against stronger positions than
any other British general.
Throughout the work the Boer
general has but slight praise for
Lord Roberts, and little more for
Lord Kitchener. Gen. Knox is al
most the only British general who
seems to have struck De Wet as a
, commander with real military genius.
Of Tommy Atkins" he has many
+ kindly words to say, and declares
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
PEACE IS RESTORED.
Warning Factions N Colombia Will
Fight No Longer.
Termination of HOstiIities Is of Par.
ticuIar Interest to Us on Account
of Pending Canal Ne
EOtiatiOns.

Colombian's reported conclusion of
peace is full of interest to the Uni
ted States. 1t is on general princi-
pies pleasing to know that our south
ern neighbor has reached the end of
a struggle which was tedious and dis
astrous in the extreme. 1t is a re-
lief to be rid of the necessity of
keeping guard over our interests at
Panama and occasionally intervening
in their behalf with force and arms.
There have been complaints made
against such Intervention, by both
parties to the conflict on the isthmus,
largely, if not entirely, unfounded.
The treaty rights of the United
States to intervene for the protection
of its property and the maintenance
of free traffic on the railroads cannot
be disputed. 1t may well be that
such intervention hampered the bel
hgerent activities of one or both cf
the parties. But if so their quarrel
was with the treaty, and not with
our enforcement of it's provisions.
Certainly the government, now that
it has won the day, must realize that
it is far better to have the railroad
and its terminals in good order and
in operation than it would have been
but for United States intervention.
The establishment of peace is thus
welcome as a vindication of Ameri-
can action.
Another highly important consider
alton is that the return of peace will
expedite a definite settlement of the
canal question. Being rid of the in
surrection, the Bogota government
can apply itself to that question
without distraction. 1t is high time
for it to do so to a practical purpose,
says the New York Tribune. There
has already been too much delay and
too much backing and filling. For
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
ITEMS.

A man in Goshen, Ind, has secured
a divorce in the ground that his wife
smokes cigarettes. An intelligent
jury. Buy why don't women secure
divorces for the same reason?-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
Rev. George Warren, chaplain of the
Missouri penitentiary. says that out of
the 2,279 conyicts in the prison at the
time he made an investigation, IS per
cent. of the entire number came there
directly through, the influence of
liquor, and that five per cent. of the
remainder came there indirectly from
the same cause. That is, 1000 of the
convicts in the Missouri penitentiary
as the result of the licensed liquor
traffic in that state.
He told me that years ago he was
accustomed to spend more money for
rum than he spent for his family. But
IS years ago." he said, 81 opened my
eyes to the situation, and changed my
habit. Now l own a handsome house
and two fine lots, and my family is
happy. You can buy the lots if you
wish. In the old days l never went to
church but now, if l miss going, feel
badly all the week" This is a true
temperance storyx.The Examiner.
Bishop Nicholson, of the Episcopal
church, has issued an edict to the
preachers under his administration on
tobacco using. He says: ''We never
yet heard any argument in favor of
this persistent use of tobacco except
that of purely sedfish indulgence.
Men whose vocation calls them to a
daily 'crucifXion of the flesh and who
are supposed to be on duty day and
night have no right to use such an ar
gument. We have never yet met with
one single trace of moral good or spir-
itual gain resulting from this use of
tobacco, but we have seen untold evils
and grave decadence follow in it's
in -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
Given over to the Pipe.

The rapid increase in the consump-
ton of opium has alarmed the French
government. which proposes to put a
prohibitive import tariff upon the
baneful drug. Opium smokers and eat
ers are numbered in the large cities by
the thousand Marseilles and Toulon
are the places where the opium habit
is most widespread, but there are nu-
merous "dens" in Paris. In some of
the seaport towns there are whole
streets where 'joints" flourish openly,
and where men and women pass hours
under the influence of the baneful
drug
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25

Once upon a time two women we're
talking over their troubles, and while
one of them was telling her tale Of
woe the other was very impatient to
tell hers.
Finally, after several unsuccessful
attempts, the second woman managed
to tell her story, and as she had the
last say she improved very much on
the tale of the first woman, in conse-
quence of which the first speaker was
made quite unhappy
Moral-Some women are more
wretched than others because the
others have more troubles than they
haven. Y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25

ly be understood. speak to his
heart" Emerson says, land he instant
ly becomes virtuous." Ignore the fact
that his self-respect is at low ebb, and
cordially invite him to your home to
meet your family. Let your dear ones
into the secret. and how gladly they
will respond to this noble home mis-
sionary work.
Now, mark the change in this man
when once he realizes that you 'mean
it," that you trust him, and are Will
ing to treat him as an equal. He can
not, he thinks, be entirely depraved
else you would not be so friendly. He
stands straighter, his eyes have more
direct look and his changed feelings
assert themselves in his very walk and
in the tones of his voice.
You may object to this method on
the ground that. through habit, he will
relapse into his old ways. In all prob
ability he will. Suppose that he does
The Masters seventy times seven
is 400 times.
You say, cannot afford such asso-
Citations. You forget that Christ ate
with publicans and sinners. When we
learn of Gods repudiating the least of
His children, then it will be time for
us to do likewise.
Every erring soul should be the OBJ
ject of our sincere sympathy and OF
our immediate consideration and en-
enlargement. We are, through habit,
prone to look at the crime, instead of
the criminal, at the mistake instead
of the cause or conditions which led
up to it.
1T is often maintained that a man
once reformed is more firmly rooted in
welldoing than one who has never
strayed, because through the rousing
of remorSe he has had a painful ex-
i. perience out of which true wisdom has
grown. The law which was given in
far-off Sinai, perfect in its character
and perpetual in its obligations, is as
obligatory to-day as it ever has been
and this law, applied to Cain, to Paul
to Christ. is surely applicable to us
Zella Henderson Fuller, in Union Sig
nal
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DO NOT WANT WOMEN.
in Washington Are Prejudiced
Against Thstr Appointment.

While it is true that more women
than men successfully pass the civil
service examination, fewer of them are
appointed than formerly. In the past
year or two prejudice against the
appointment of women as clerks has
grown up among the several heads of
the departments. No particular rea-
son or cause for this prejudice is as
signed by the civil service commission,
but it exists and seems to be growing,
says the Washington Times.
When a vacancy occurs in any di-
vision of department the civil SER
vice commission is notified and three
names are certified from the eligible
list. The names do not include q
woman's because the chief of the di-
vision has requested that only men
be submitted and the commission COM
plies with the request
Last year out of 1O,291 persons GER
titled for appointment through the
civil service, and who received appoint
ments, only 7S3 were women, and this
in face of the fact that the women on
the average made higher percentage
IN the examination than the men.
Not long ago the civil service COM
mission was called upon for ten stenog-
raphers and typewriters. This meant
the submission of 80 names of success
full applicants, who after much study,
had passed the examination and were
on the eligible list. There were many
women on the eligible list of stenog-
raphers and typewriters who stood
near the top. but not one had her name
submitted because only men were
asked for.
This discrimination against the
women applicants for appointments
in the government service through the
competitive system of the civil service
is not confined to any particular de-
partment, but seems to be general, al
though, it is said, the feeling has been
more pronounced in the post office
department.
An official of one of the departments
in talking about this movement
against the appointment of women as
clerks said: 1T IL in the interest of
the service, and also the women them
selves. Every time a woman is APP
pointed to a clerkship in one of the
departments she lessons the chance of
marriage for herself and deprives some
worthy man of the chance to take
unto himself a wife and raise a fam
lily. And in addition to that the men
make far better clerks. They COM
plain less, do more work, and work
overtime if need be without grum-
bling"
When it becomes generally known
that the women do not stand as much
chance as formerly in the matter of
securing government position
through the medium of a civil service
examination it is believed that there
will be perceptible falling off in the
number of women applicants and a
corresponding increase among the
men applicants. Figures furnished by
the civil service commission show a
gradual falling off in the number of
women appointed in the classified SER
vice during the past ten years, and if
this continues at the present ratio it
will be but few years when no woman
will be certified for appointment to
any position in the classified service
except those to which no men are ap-
pointed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25

ent substances in the case of each man.
After this preliminary training the
IL free boarders, who are all clerks in
the department, will be divided into
two squads, who will take their meals
at separate tables. At one table the
food will all be prepared with adulter-
ants, coloring matter and preservative
compounds. This is to be known as
the poison squad, and they will be fed
in this way for a period of half month,
when the tables will be turned literally
and the other half dozen young men
will become the poison squad and the
first six will recuperate on the fat Of
the land.
There is a secret connected with all
this which even the young men who are
being experimental rpon will not be
able to penetrate. One clerk will be fed
throughout with adulterated food and
one will be given nothing but pure
food, but the greatest care is to be
taken so that no one will know the
identity of these men except the chem
ist in charge so as to avoid any effects
on the body as the result of mere
imagination.
The clerks who are to be the subject
of this extraordinary experiment are
delighted at the chance of securing
their table board for six months abso-
lutely free of cost to themselves, espe-
cially as they know that Prof. Wiley
and several attending physicians will
see to it that there are no dangerous
or fatal results.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25

1888, 1S9O-91. DR.. Garvin's plurality is
greater than the majorities received
by all the other democratic governors
while candidates for their six terms.
Honest John" w. Davis, of Pawtucket,
however, had a majority of one branch
of the general assembly with him (the
house,, while DR.. Garvin will have only
a very strong working force, as the
legislature is republican by % on joint
ballot and the house is republican by
four votes.
DR.. Garvin is a Vermonter by parent
age, reared in Tennessee and North
Carolina where his father, an Amherst
graduate, taught in two colleges.
Young Lucius was graduated from Am
herst in 1862 and Immediately enlisted
in company E, Fifty-frst Massachu-
sets, remaining until his company
was mustered out. He then entered
the Harvard medical school, from
which he was graduated in 1867. At
first republican, he supported Tilden
in 1876 and has fought under the dem
ocratic banner ever since.
He entered Rhode Island politics in
1888, when he was elected to the gem
eral assembly and, with the exception
of two years, has served continuously
in one branch OF the other of that
body.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
THIRTEEN REASONS.
A Lucky Number of Arg pments Why
Every Person Ought to Be
Total Abstainer.

i. Intoxicating beverages are I'M
necessary. Many persons live in
health and labor in the hardest &C.
equations without them.
2. These liquors are dear. They
are SO in themselves, and in COMPARE
son with other articles of diet. Ar
dent spirits are destitute of nutritive
qualities; while wine, beer and cider
contain an exceedingly small por-
ton of nourishment. In a gallon of
ale there is about as much as in a
pennyworth of bread.
3. Intoxicating liquors weaken the
mind. They are enemies put into the
mouth to steal away the brains.
4. They always endanger the char
acter and often ruin it. They in
fame the imagination, appetites and
passions. Through their influence
multitudes have been plunged into
guilt and eternal destruction; and
even some wise and good men have,
for season, been covered with
shame and defilement. Witness Noah
and Lot.
5. 1t enlarges and multiplies our
jails, poorhouses, hospitals and luna
tic asylums. This is certified by our
judges, magistrates, physicians, chap
lains of prisons, and other compe'
tent and reliable authorities. 1t
means great extension of crime
and misery, as well as a large aug
mentation of taxes.
6. The general practice of temper
ance would help to fill our schools
and places of worship. Sobriety is
likely to lead to thoughtfulness; and
that, in connection with better cloth
ing and more comfortable homes,
will result, by the Divine blessing, in
the attendance at the house of God
of many who were formerly absen-
tees.
7. Personal abstinence gives us
much more influence over drunkards.
They are far more likely to sign
the pledge and keep it when adj
vised by those who, distinguished for
sobriety and religion, have also set
the example of nephalism, or avoid
ance of strong drink.
s. 1t tends to fill the treasury of
the Christian church and to raise its
spiritual character. In nearly all
sections of it, funds are constantly
wanted to carry on the moral ma
chinery. Backslidings and explosions,
too, are continually occurring
throughout Christendom, owing to
strong drink.
9. AS a pioneer, temperance has
tens the conversion of the world.
Means sufficient for universal evan
gelization would be provided, the
minds and hearts of Christians i'm
ers multiplied and in other ways the
grand consummation would be accel-
Grated.
10. 1t will vastly aid in multiplying
the inhabitants of Heaven. In the
case of many, it has been and will
be a stepping-stone to Christ and
eternal life.
II. 1t increases the joys of angels.
The repentance of sinner always
swells their gladness. and the aban-
donment of strong drink is often the
first stage of a prodigious reforma-
ton.
~. 1t undermines the throne Of
Satan. When delivered from the de-
mon of intemperance, many escape
altogether from the thraldom of the
great slave-master of the universe
10. 1t glorifies God. His honor is
necessarily promoted by the diffu-
sion of purity and happiness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
UNIQUE FOOD TEST.
1t Is Now Being Conducted in WASH
ingtOn Under the Direction of
Prof. III. w. WHEY.

Prof. Wiley, the chemist of the agri-
cultural department, began running
a government boarding house the
other day. The IL young men who
have agreed to submit to experiment
to determine the effect of chemically
treated foods all arrived at the de-
partment promptly at 1880 o'clock in
the morning. Every ounce of food
and drink they took was carefully
measured, and the same system will
be followed during the whole six
months of the experiment.
For week or two they will be given
only the best and most nutritious food,
so as to determine the action of differ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
Market Women Are Tricky.

A favorite trick Of Alsatian market
woman is to place six or eight eggs in
a small basket, and to declare that
those are all the absolutely fresh ones
they have. The victim buys them,
thinking that if the woman were dis
honest she would have offered moro
"fresh eggs" Afterward the market
woman takes six more out of larger
basket which is carefully covered
over.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
FOURTH OF HIS KIND.
GOv.-Elect Garvin, of Rhode Island,
Has Had But Three Demo-
cratic Predecessors.

Lucius F, c. Garvin, governor-elect,
will be the fourth democrat to occupy
the chief executive office in Rhode
Island since 1897. Three other demo-
cratic governors have served terms as
follows: Gov. Allen, 1S5O-51-52-53;
William Sprague (dem-conservative),
1S6O-61; Honest john" w. Davis, 1851
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25

Disturbances of the cerebral circu-
lation, vaso-motor paralysis, together
with reduced temperature, non-elimi-
nation of organic products, and slow
ing of functional and organic activi-
ties to the verge of fetal suspension,
followed by rapid return to apparent
normal states. are the peculiar effects
of the periodic uce of alcohol in some
cases.--Journal of Inebriety.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
aa. Quit Prescribing Alcohol.

Prof. Shattuck, of Harvard medical
school, says: 81 give less alcohol beg
cause l give less drugs, and alcohol is
a drug. reserve its use for only acute
disease, feeling my serious response
bility as a physician in regard to its
use. l used to prescribe ale and beer,
sometimes stronger forms of alco-
holic drinks, to patients with debility
from one or another cause. do not
do SO now"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-25
Policy with Every Ticket.

A commendable system of railroad
insurance has been established by the
French government. A patron of the
state railroads, by the purchase of a
ticket which costs about two cents,
secures the right to $4,000 in case OF
death or permanent injury, from $500
to $1,000 for minor injuries, and 81
a day while the person is unable to
work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-10-09
Godcharles Controls Labor.

The dominating feature of the
connection Of the F. A. Godcharles
Company with the Nail Trust is
perhaps the discrimination against
our own people in favor of the for
eigner. In addition, however, TO
forcing forty-one cents a keg abnor-
NAL profit from the buyers in this
district the Nail Trust enables them
to control absolutely the labor en-
ployed in their mill. The various
members of the Trust are so closely
in accord that a Black List can be
made and enforced SO strictly that
workingman under the ban can be
deprived of his right to earn liv-
ing. North, south, east and west
the arms of the Nail Trust reach
and a man may travel from Portland
to Pittsburg hunting work without
success if the F. A. Godcharles
Company SO wills it.
Candidate Godcharles shakes
hands with himself and laughs
quietly when he thinks how com.
plete his control is. On one side he
forces up prices while on the other
he grinds down the wages of his
workingmen, threatening to deprive
them of their livelihood if they
object.
1t has always been a basic princi-
pie of American Institutions that a
man shall have the right to sell his
labor to the best advantage to him
self. The Nail Trust when it brings
forward its Black List consequently
strikes a blow at every hearthstone,
an attack which will be Indignantly
repelled by every true friend of
labor.