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The Elbert County tribune., 1902-06-05
1t Was the Books or the Barn.

The following letter was re-
ceived some time ago by Chica-
90 publishing house from au Ell
bert county citizen. Evidently
it is an inquiry as to the price
of certian books, advertised in
some magazine. We sincerely
hope the writer secured the vol
umes, as Il barn is mighty poor
place in which to sleep:
dear Sirs jennie seen an sdver-
tise in an old magazine sayin you
had some dickens and Thackrey
books to sell, the book says you
ask l dolIer for each one but it is
old book and j thought mebbe
you had lowred the price some.
ranch ii out here and If you like
could swap spuds alowin you Chi
cago price don't care a dern about
the books hut jennie is goin to
teach school and wan,z TO be up to
snuf. jennie usually gets what she
wants if she don't the old woman
rases hi with me. if you don't
want to swap how much money
would it take to get both lotz
make il easy for the old girl says i
got To get them or sleep in the barn.
Il have been afflicted with sciatic
rheumatism for fourteen years" says
Josh Edgar, of Germantown, Cal.
Il was able to be around but con-
stanily suffered. | tried everything
/ could hear of and at last was told
to try Chamherlain's Pain Balm.
which | did and was Immediately re-
lieved and in a short time cured, aud
/ am happy to say il has not since
returned" Why not use this linz
ment and get well7 1t is for sale by
IL. II. Denney.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1902-01-24
St. Qouis, no, %. San.

VI. Spuls, ltp', GS' NSult'
@m. s. Soiimeiiler bon bier, fri.
bcr Suprcme Hccorocr oeS 8obltbG'
ti9feitSoroens @brenleaion (Segion Of
Sonor) bat ii6 bellte i'm PLANTERS
Sotel nit einem 9iepoIper eridJoi.
len.
Soffmeiiier unterldg geitern QbenO
bei Der Dabl, ais er ii9 Inn oas ers
ipdbnte 2lmt bepdr6. Die Wdbl mar
iiberbdupt cine Iebr srregts unb enoete
nit bem Siege Der Widnner, bic npI'
itdnbig neue 9sdmte buben MOLTEN.
Die bitter hieIer &f mar, erbellt
I6on aus benz llmitdnoe, 6aB Otto u.
Sperbed, Der 5iibrsr Der Oppoiition
unb oeren Ganbibdt fir bas gtmt oes
Supremez&an3lers. bes bo9iten i'm
Oroen, auf bem Dsge our 8eriumms
lunq BON einem @ebeimpoIi3iiten negen
9rdoens per6otener Ddffsn perbnF.ct
Dur6e. Seine 5reunoe erlungitn ieiat
SreilaiTung Qegen giirgi6uft, eilten
nit ibm mad eem 8eriommlun9sios
fal, mo er Ssitis aenus anidm, nm feis
ne Gtimme, relrhe bic (Fnti9tioung
6erbeifiibrts, abgeb,n 3u tOnnen.
Il. SolGs, %. San.
@coroe Ml. 9ldlcp BON aanios Gitp
Der ebcniaas iriiGcr enc bo6cre Stcl'
lc i'm Srocn inne bnttc, bepobnte nit
eoiimeiItcr Gin 3inmcr I'M planters
Souie. Ter Scbtcrc hcaing oic S6at
nit gldlep's &cpolocr i'm auitoben
Den gnOe5inmcr. gor Den Goroilers.
acihmorenen ingtc gIdIeD aus, oa6
ieiner Nniidrt nadj Soiimeiiter ieir
yebcn cn6etc neil or bei her 8abl
aeidlnoen murbe Gr babe gefpiBt
6aB Soiimeitcr cinen RcpolOer bate
nn6 bobe 6eniel6en beimlih tpegge.
nonmen. Soiimeiiter babe es dber
an bcuerfitcligen gepnBt, iif in Den
Qeiie ieines 9ldlep's 9fenoloer
an ietcn.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1902-01-24
" a mem art.
aopsnbaaen, %. eSon.

Hopenbagen, 23. sJon.
Gs III enbgiiltie beI6loFn pprb,n.
bab Der 9ertrus NIT ben 9ereinietsn
Stautsn lpsgen bss antaufs Der b6s
nifd'iueItinpif6en SnisIn i'm 2ouft
bisier Node in Waibineton untsrssids
net lp,rhtn tpirb. Sisr Iinb ale notbi'
gen GormaIitdten .rfiilt lporbtn.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1902-01-24

Sl ,3OU IN Sddr9elD ein, Die er IN lets
mem 3immer batte in Sti9 la6su
miiifen.
Die g III merctolSant."
Sutton, Wto., 23. San.
Die bur9 ben eeri9tIi9 beitenten
9erlpalter aespeens Silan3 Der bieIis
gen, 3eitpeilig seiaIOfenen rGommers
Ctal 8ant" ersab Elm Oefi5it ppn $16,s
651. Die Oeppiitoren perOen pprauss
fi9tlib ibre @inlagen in boiler S0b,
suriiderbalten; bic gltttonGre biirfteu
ba9eaen nur Is Yro5ent retten. Der
bisber permibte &aiTirer gbiI. abams
1T beuts in &edrne, auf Der Reiie mad
Sdn 9(ntonio gefeben poroen.
profeffor g 9effer &c It o r.
ben.
2ouispille, &p., %. San.
On 9lltersI6pG9e itarb beute bier
Der in ben ipeiteiten 8rsiien betannt,
@bemiter profeifpr @mil S9effer.
0erIelbe mar am z. SuIi 1922 in
Stuttgart, &Dnigreib 0iirtembere,
eeboren, iiebelte i'm Sabre 1849 mad
Nmerito iiber uno lieB ii9 elm Sabr
fpGter bauernb bier nieoer.
8uroe 04 S obre alt.
6elena, Mont., %. San.
5rau @inifreo Carroll, oie iIteit,
Srou in Montano, lit I'M Ilter bon
104 SSnbren geItorben Sic muroe
i'm Sabrs 1897 in S5rlono geboreu
iinb fam iCbon i'm Sobre 1911 nod
9lmerifo. l1eber fiinf5ig Sabre lang
lebte lie in Srop, ge. y.
u lie mieoer eingefang II.
Sacoma, Waib., %. San.
Ser .2eoger" brin9t oie Nadri6t.
boB ieoer Der elf StrGflinge. ole oln
Sonnto5 aus Dem 3udbtbauie in Wtc'
gteilS SSslono entlprongen, ipieoer
eingefangen iporoen lit unO ii6 hin
ter SdloB tnb 9tiegql befinoet. Cur
Strofe ftr ibren 5reibeitsorong mer,
ben iie einige Sabre mebr i'm 3udt.
banie 3ubrinaen ntiiiien.
Gin 8Ii33aro i'm . ten.
gIebelanb, g., %. San.
Ser Shneeiturm, Der bier am
9ienitaa Morgen einIsBte, tobt mod
INNER, aber iebt nit IOI9sr StGrfe,
oaB man i'm nit SSug unb &e6t sinsn
Blisaarb nennen fam. Der 8ertehr
uuf alien 8abnen lit iebr bebinosrt.
Buffalo, 90. Gan.
Seit eeitern Mittqg f6neit es bier
unaufbDrlidb. Die poIt BON Gbicugp
fam beute Morsen e9pns ipGt on uno
aug Hep Yort mar Bis neun llbr tein
8abnSu9 etngetroffen.
Die 4ntIagen gegen Mt t.
DELL uno 9eno en-.
indianapolis, Synb., %. San.
Die Wabl Der 8eamten purbe audi
beute nod nibt bonn @rubendrbeiterz
8erbanb por9enommen, neil man erit
ben 8ertht bes 9lusi6uHes dbparten
min, Der Die @nflugen gegen ben grdz
ftbenten Mtit6eQ uno bic onberen Mits
gIieoer Der @reclltipe 81 unterIu6en
hot
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1902-01-24
9nlaaO -prprlbrn.
Vas Der @uuucrnCnr Salt ii6er ben
Fbllippinen'Sricg 5u insen bat.
Vel cincm SranSe in @eit @irginien
mcbrcre Meniden nmgcfpmmen.
SeniatiuuelIcrSclbitmurb mst.eumis
Saft 1T tront.
San sSranciscp. Sal. %. San.

gD. $. &aft, oer GipilsouOernsur
Der PblItppinen SSnleIn. lpel9sr ge>
tern nit oem &runSportpampfer
p8rdnt" bier anlanete, iIt Elm tranter
Wtann. Oas <ma ppn Wtauild
i9eint feline itarte Contribution unters
9raben gu baen, @r gluubt ieoo9. CT
peroe in tinigen Sogen 10 melt fpie=
Der bergeiteIIt iein, um na9 @aibin9z
ton reiien unb ieinen 8eriht eritatten
gu tDnnen. Wie er iagt. lit jebt Der
Srieg auf bic SnIel Sumar
uno auf Die Propin3 8atanga3 b.
i4rGntt, Obglei9 mebrsre YrobinSen
In 5ol9e man9eInben Boli3eil9uBes
bon Rduberbonben terrpriiirt tperben.
SSeuer.
6oirmont, ". ga, -. San.
Sn 5pet perl6teDenen @egenoen pes
StadieS NeIt @irsinla Ilno 9ruBe
6euersbrilnite ausgsbru9en. Genaut
Na9ri9ten laufen aus ben 8ranbbers
ben nur ipGrli9 Gin, ba 3elepbon unb
SeIe9rupb, pabrI9einlib bere;ts bon
benz enIfeiieIten Clement aerltDrt, Midi
mebr funttion;ren.
Sas 5euer in Sbinniton, einem auFs
blii9ehben, i'm Monnn9dbela= SiItrifi
Ger Baltimore unb SbipzGiIenbabn
belegenen &obIens unb 8au6olss6ans
belscentrum, bra9 furS ppr Wfittaq
aus uno itorb, bu Die Stabt nod teinc
5euerlpebr beiiBt, Der gdnSe Ort naG
turSer 3eit in belen 5ldmmen, ipbdB
Iih Die 8eiprbner geSpuneen Idbeu,
ale glbbdmmungsarbeitsn i'm Sti9 gu
IuHen unb ibr Seil in Der SSlu6t gu Ius
den. 4us SbinEiton Iinb irgenb ipelds
9eri9te iiber ben 8erIuit bon Wfsnz
i6enleben bisber nitbt bisrber 9eldnot.
0ogegen tamen bel benz sipeiten
8ranbe iiebsn YerIpnen in ben SLAM
men um; cine Nn3ubl glnoerer nurbe
BEL bem 8sriuhe BON ben Od9ern Der
brennenben 8lpdbutten berunter 3u
Ipringen. i6per perlebt. 0ieies iebtere
Seuer entItanc beute friib A llbr in
bem .2umber Camp glo. 5" Der Otter
Greef Company, etipd 13 Meilen pun
bem S9ienenrege Der @eit 8ireinid
gentraIz@iien6a9n entfernt. SSrgenb
peIde peitere Ginsel6eitsn tonnten
iiber odsieIbe nic6t in Grfabrung ge.
bra6t iperbcn; cine 2tbtbeilung &et>
tungsmonnIbaften 1T bon bier belte
Mprgen mad Der llroliidsitdtte obqez
oanqen, unb piro nit neiteren H14z
riften nG6rsnb ter g}u6t 8uriider=
ipartet.
pttt8burg, %. San.
Stu ben Tobrifonlo8cn Der s. 8
Humbau0b 9rid So. in &itcairn,
ga, 1T Gin @ronO uu8gcbrod)cn, Ser
ibnen nit Qdu5Iiher3crit0ring 0robt
Die 3m0Ii QroBcn 9rodcubduicr itc-
ben in 6Inmmen lmo mon bcfiird)tct,
boB oih bo9 aeiiclbous nidlt 81 ret
ten iein miro. ga bic 9Iulogeu icit
elmer ISOLDE gcihloiicn mnren fam
man iid) oic llrindlc Oe9 9rnu0c9
nidt erfl1rcn. N1brcn6 Der Nn6t
pilegten 6ort 9nnoitrcid)cr 81 id)ln.
fen. N1on mciB nod nidt ob cinigc
IN Den 3Iammcn nmgcfonmcu iinO.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1902-01-24
Sic 4ntIa9en 9egen M it,
DELL 9enoffen.
ssprmell ernGb btt.
Oes Mloines, IA, q. oSon.

Sn ibrer gemeini6aftlihen SiBung
rutificirten ute beibe 9dufer Der
2e9isldtur Die geitern in Ieporater
abitimmung porgenommene Wdbl BON
8unbeszSenutpren. glllifon unb 9pGs
fiber fpurben bann formea als eripdblt
ertldrt.
10 rconi unb Groder ret.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1902-01-24

llper nuroen Damn forn1eu dls eripdblt
ertldrt.
Wt tarcpni unb Groder rel
len q b.
Nep gort, %. San.
Mit Dem 9cmpfsr rp6ilaoelp6il"
brn rer Mmericon Cine iino btute btr
@rfinbrr Wm. Murconi unp Del e6es
muIige 3ommonp 6duptIing &ifarh
Groter nu9 GneianO absefabrer.
Satum's Deficit.
ct. 2ouis, Ulo., %. San.
Die llnteriuduna Der @iider bes
friiberen Sefr.tay5 unb S6obmeiiters
Der ,8eItern Commercial SraoelerS'
QFociation", Der tiir3li6 Selbitmorb
begine, bat eine: YET betrGG pon $16,.
600 ergeben. 1Bis er Dor fs'n1n 5obe
c,i'unb, bat - nds Gelt be Wetircns
mr. nerloren.
.8.rndnoter Der Griffin
Walb.rH tobt.
NsW gort, %. San.
Stephen Q. GuIper, elm urentel oes
Sberitcn Stephen See. III mad tur5er
arantbsit in ieiuer Dobnung in
Nount 9srnon gsitorben. Gr mar elm
Gouiin Der GrGfin Wdlosrfee, Der Sc
mublin bes Jslbmari6als Duloeriee
unb felt 20 Sobrsn ein 8edmter ia
bisiisen 3ouhaufe.
9iirtei.
2onitdntinopel, %. San.
gs bsibt, buB lie ameritcnii6sn
llntsrbGnbler ben 6u!qdyiibsn Ban
bitten bas 20Ieaelb iiir JrGulein Stons
einise 5aee Dor Der JrsiloHung ipers
ben 1npertrauen miiTen. IS entiprtGt
oas osm 9anbitepdebreuh. Sis pol'
len erl m Si9erbsit iiber bds GeIo
Dsrfiigen tonnen. bsDor ieitsns Der
9,b0rben Mldbrsgsln geeen lie ,rgrifs
fen fpsrben fonnen. Die porterige
3obIune bes Gelo,s I9lisbf natiirlid
Elm setpiTes Riiito in ii4; oos bifbss
rigs 8srbolttn Der Rduber erlnutbigt
obr, ibnsn Elm gsDifes Uldb bon
9ertrouRn gu i6entsn.
aonItdntinopel, %. San.
3ipei gonben bepdffnstsr slrmsnier
babsn ii6 BEL Sanojai i'm Wuid 8L
itritt Der nfatiIa,H 1iirt.i ssJ.ist. 81
sin,m 3uIommsnitOb nit iiiriii9en
9ruppsn tobt,tsn Il. letleren tinsn
Siiisier uno apei Utdnn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
HOwELL'S HUMOR.
Fanny story Related by Him in Re-
prevail of an Oversrdent
Admirer

William Dean Howells has no consider
able reputation as a teller of humorous
stories, but once in a while an excellent
yarn is attributed to him. 1t was provoked
by the action Of young author who had
been a protege of Howell's and who when
ne arrived" never lost an opportunity to
say something nice of Howells On one
occasion the younger author made an ad-
dress before a body of literary men in
which ne virtually asserted. that, every
thing good and great in native literature
owed its inspiration to Howells The ad-
dress was printed far and wide and COM
mented on at length, not always in a man.
ner complimentary to las author. Mr..
Howells' attention was naturally called to
the matter and he wrote his protege let
ter in which he involved story of two
men who, bathing at the seashore, were
seen struggling and heard crying for help.
A crowd gathered to watch the efforts of the
life guards, who could hear above the roar
of the ocean and the noise made by the
crowd a voice believing: Save the red
haired mani Save him first! The red
haired man, sure!" Both men were saved
and the guards, going after the excitable
fellow on the beach in the hope af a graf
uity, asked; "Red-head chap relation o
yours, sir?' Mono relative at all, he
replied, but he owes me $l9"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
THE EMPRESS DOWAGER.
Her Appearance ut the New Years
Reception to the Ladies of the
Legation in Picking.

The Misunderstanding of the empress
was not perfunctory fashion, for
she shook the hand of each person,
and looked keenly into her eyes, and
distinctly separated her from her
kind. She had that rare possession
of so much charm in woman, soft,
caressing voice, supplemented by an
engaging smile, an eager, observing
alertness of expression, and a notice
ably gentle touch.
This formality over, she left the
throne and all it's formal greatness,
and came down among the children
of men with a true housewifely in
terest III the comfort and pleasure
of her guests. Of course chief favors
were shown the wives of the minis
ters as the irst-ranking ladies pres
ent, but she did not forget those of
lesser tame, and was particularly at
tentive to the children, writes Belle
Ninnedge Drake, in Century.
Her first duty was to see that we
were served tea iii little drawing
room leading off from the throne
room. She was attended by about
25 Processes, and, from the empress
dowager down, it was a beautiful
picture of Oriental splendor and
beauty The empress dowager was
dressed in the national costume. con-
sisting of long, loose, sack-like gar
ment reaching from the neck to
within about three inches of the
floor, ever which is worn short,
sleeveless jacket. They were made of
blue satin, eXquisitely embroidered
all over in figures of butterflies, bats,
characters in gold denoting long life,
and powers, all in harmonizing colors.
Her hair was dressed in the Manchu-
rian extension fashion, and adorned
with dozens of pearls, of varying
sizes, from a penny down to a pin
head. Her feet were prettily dressed
in the embroidered Manchurian shoes
perched on brackets, so that she
seemed taller than she really was,
for she cannot be quite five feet tall.
None of the ladies had small feet.
The younger ladies wore differently
colored gowns of the same style as
the empress, with large clusters of
bright colored flowers in their hair,
and, with only a few exceptions in
the case of widows, their faces were
most artistically painted, study in
pink ard white, with single blood
red spot on the lower lip. The effect
of this Kaleidoscope coloring can bet
ter be imagined than described.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

ting American mails through to Lon-
don from Queenstown, and it is eX-
pected that the new man will look
into the trouble. Furthermore, the
question of a parcels post with the
United States is up for discussion,
and Mr.. Chamberlain is known to be
deeply interested in that subject.
1t speaks well for the younger
Chamberlain that his fathers bitter
est enemies-he has wonderful col
lection of enemies-have had little
criticism to offer over the sons APP
pointment to succeed the marquis Of
Londonderry. The rich and ornate
marquis got the place because he had
political pull, was rather sore at
the government, and had to be pla-
Gated. Even the conservatives admit
that he was about the most ineffi-
Gent postmaster general st. Mar
n's-leGrand had ever seen.
Young Chamberlain, on the con-
trary, is a quiet, level-headed bust
neess man, who can be depended
upon to make the fusty permanent
officials in the post Office sit up.
Their motto apparently is: 1T must
be done thus, for thus it always has
been done"
Postmaster General Chamberlain,
who will be 40 next year, is about
the same age as his second step
mother-the third Mrs. Chamberlain
who was the daughter of Judge
Endicott, of Massachusetts. He lives
with his father and is unmarried lie
is not at all bumptious young man,
and is making his way largely on
his own merits. He has a wonderful
opportunity for cutting out a great
future for himself by reforms in
the post office.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
what the Cakewalk Really 7.

BY the time of the Louisiana pur-
chase, the negroes, especially those
of the interior, had lost all recollec-
ton of Africa, and with the failure
of the mothers to teach their chill
dren even a few words of their old
speech that tie disappeared. Being
an initiative race, they soon learned
to adopt the songs, dances and Gus
toms of their masters applicable to
their conditions. For example, the
"cakewalk" is but grotesque vari-
alton Of the stately minuet of long
ago.-Leslie's Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

through number of calisthenic eXer-
cises, which were, probably, some
what elaborated in honor of the dis
tinguished visitor, and then came the
doctor. speech. Thinking that it was
favorable occasion to impress upon
his youthful auditors the importance
of drill and practice, the doctor,
after expressing the pleasure that
the exercises had given him, told the
children that they had done far bet
ter than he could have done, and
then asked:
'Can some one of you tell me why
it is that l cannot do these calisthen-
ic exercises as well as you have done
them?"
After an instant's pause a small
hand went up, and, on receiving an
encouraging word from the doctor.
little boy stood up and said:
"'Cause you are old and stiff in the
j'ints''-which was not exactly the
answer either expected or desired.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
A VERY OLD FIRM.
An Influential Business Concern That
FIOurished in Nippur Thou
sands of Years Ago.

Prof. Hilprecht. of the University of
Pennsylvania, has been excavating the
ancient city of Nippur, built thou
sands of years ago. The following
description in Woman's Home Com
panion gives some interesting details
about an old business firm of that city:
"In an upper stratum of the highest
mound at Nippur. nearly opposite the
temple, there was discovered an office
of an influential business firm. known
as Murashu Sons. who fiourisbed in the
time of ArtaXcrxes I. (464-424 B. c.
and Darius II. (424-405 b. CO.. In the
room were found 80 business and
legal documents of the firm. quite
number of which were well preserved
and appeared as if they had been writ
ten within year. Among them are
mortgages, leases. promissory notes.
records of debts, surety bonds, guar
antees, receipts of sales, payment of
taxes. in short almost every imagin-
able kind of business documents is
represented among these tablets. A
great many Jewish names, such as
Jonathan and Nathaniel. appear on
them S names of witnesses or as those
with whom contracts were made. The
river Chebar, on the banks of which
Nebuchadnezzar placed the Jews in
captivity, and where Ezekiel saw his
vision and cOmforted his people in
their exile has been sought for in vain
in the past. On two of the tablets
thus far examined, belonging to this
firm, the river was identified by Prof.
Hilprecht as being a navigable canal
in the vicinity of Nippur."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
Joke WAS ON DOCTOR.
Asked n Question in school and Got
an Answer He Neither Expected
Nor Desired

DR.. ]. L. NJ. Curry, special ambas-
sador to Spain, tells the following an
ecdote, says Harper's Magazine:
In the discharge of his duties in
promoting the cause of education he
has been frequently called upon TO
address the pupils of schools he has
been visiting. On one occasion he
was at rural school, and the usual
address was expected at the close of
the exercises. The children went
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
Low Rates to the Northwest.

Commencing September l and continu-
ing until October 81, 1902, second -classo one
way colonist tickets will be sold by the Chi.
cage, milwaukee, & St. Paul R,'y from Chi.
cago to all points in Montana, Idaho, Utah,
California, Washington, Oregon, British
Columbia and intermediate points at great
y reduced rates. Choice of routes to St.
Paul or via Omaha.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y
is the route of the United States Govern.
ment fast mail trains between Chicago, st.
Paul and Minneapolis, and of the Pioneer
Limited, the famous train of the world.
All coupon ticket agents sell tickets via
Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul R'y, or ad-
dress f: A. Miller, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
Son of British Colonial Secretary
Who Has Been Appointed Post-
master General,

AUSTIN Chamberlain recently sue
ceeded Lord Londonderry and with
his father, Joseph Chamberlain, the
colonial secretary, now occupies a
place in the British cabinet. He is
chip of the old block and "a
young man of great promise. He
was educated at Rugby and Trinity
college, Cambridge, and has already
served as civil lord of the admiralty
and as financial secretary to the
treasury.
Mr.. Chamberlain's appointment has
some direct interest for the United
States, for there has been a lot of
complaint about the delay in get
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
DECEIVED BY ITS LOOKS.
Negro Soldier for General
Shafter.

Some army officers who were in Cuba
with Gen. Skaters army of invasion told
the other day an anecdote at the expense
of the commander of that expedition. The
troops with all their paraphernalia of war
had landed and were awaiting the order to
advance on Santiago. Staff officers were
busy carrying out the details for the ad-
vance and everywhere there was hurry and
hustle. Shafter was lying in a hammock
in front of his headquarters at Siboney,
while 100 yards down the road the men Of
the signal corps were initiating the war bal
loon preparatory to making the first as
eension. Without warning the ropes which
held it captive parted and the balloon, half
inflated and looking for all the world like
the body and legs of a gigantic fat man,
started down the road toward Santiago.
There was just enough gas in it to keep it
upright without entirely clearing the ground
and it went bobbing along, up and down,
as though it were walking A negro soldier
passing along at that moment saw the bal
loon and shouted at the top of his voice:
Hi, dar! Guess dat mus DE de ole man
eoin' fur de 'front.'"
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The Skin and the Graft

'Truly,' says the patient who is being
skIn-graftee.d, surgical science is wonder,
1T is" says the friend who is helping
out with the required skin. First theV
skin me and then they graft YOU; but after
you get well and they send in the bill You'll
lind that you've been skinned for their
graft. Judge.
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Stops the Cough
and works off the cold. Laxative Bronze
Quinins Tablets. Price 25 cents.

Forbes-"Why will you be seen with
Stryker? He is nothing but dead beat.
and everyone knows it, Grimes" That's
all right. But it is such a pleasure to be
with a man who is always ready to feed
your vanity, even though you know he is
doing t for the drink you are going to give
h N. Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02

Wife-You don't seem to enjoy the
dinner, dear. What's the matter?
Husband was wondering if there
weren't some typographical errors in
that cook book of yours. - Chicago
News.
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Not New.

This smokeless powder is something
new, isn't it?' asked Mrs Bickers. who
was reading of some military experiments.
=, why, my dear" replied Mr.. Bckers,
you have used smokeless powder for years. y
Detroit Free Press.
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Don't let the little ones suffer from
eczema or other torturing skin diseases. No
need for it. Doan's Ointment cures Can't
harm the most delicate skin. At any drug
store SO cents
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Layaround Lucas-Did youse ever
strike Carneggy fer mummy?
Tired Timothy-Yes.
"Wot did yer git?"
"Nuthin'; tn smallest change he had
with i'm wuz a free library."-Ohio
State Journal.
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A Cosey Home-"They seem to be happy
in their married life, with such perfect
confidence in each other" Eyes; they live
in fat, and there isn't room for doubt. -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Riches either serve or govern the pos
sessor.-Horace.