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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
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ALCOHOL RESPONSIBLE.
Disasters of Various Kinds Which
Are TraceabIe to Drink-Be-
fuddIed Brains.

Many of the most serious railroad
and steamboat accidents have been
found in the final analysis to be due to
the bad reasoning and faulty senses of
the responsible persons in charge.
When these accidents are studied they
are traceable to distinct physical
causes, among which the use of alco-
hol is most prominent. Thus the engi-
neer who, tired and worn, takes a
drink of spirits, which all unconscious
ly depresses the acuteness of his senses
and dulls his reasoning power. Later
the train orders are confused and the
danger signals are not correctly seen,
and a frightful accident follows, in
which he perishes. No one realizes that
all this was due to the glass of spirits
taken to relieveh his wearied state. The
captain of a great steamship used
spirits to keep warm while on the
bridge, and a few hours after made a
terrible blunder. No one recognized
the connection between the spirits
taken and the accident. and yet it was
simply cause and effect. His usual
mental clearness was dulled and his
Judgment impaired. An architect
planned a great block of buildings
which collapsed and he was punished
as dishonest and fraudulent. In reality
it was the alcohOlized brain of a man
who drank daily and yet his friends
saw no connection between the faulty
plans and the accident which followed.
An enUiueer who drank a uioh and in
so-called moderation decided that a
reservoir dam was safe and would bear
any pressure. Later it burst and many
lives and immense property was de-
stroyed. Here the same mistake was
made, in trusting to the faulty reason
ing of the engineer This list of dis
asters and losses might be extended
almost indefinitely, and only recently
is there any suspicion that the use of
alcohol was an active predisposing
cause. The delusion that alcohol used
in small quantities never impairs the
integrity of the senses and reasoning is
cOntradicted by daily experience. A
still greater delusion exists in suppos-
ing the inebriate to be simply a moral
victim. not diseased. 1t is this error
that crowds the criminal courts with
victims, who are crushed out in the
efforts to restore them. Scientists are
teaching the great lesson of proven
ton. which insists that all responsible
men. holding positions of trust. should
be total bstainers-JOurnal of In
ebriety.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
OUR EXTINCT VOLCANOES.
Craters Plainly in Evidence in the
Northwest Corner of Oneida
County, New York.

Oneida county has a number of
good things, but it is doubtful if the
ordinary inhabitant realizes that it
has extinct volcanoes taking a quiet
snooZe in the northwest corner of
the county. p. J. Loveland, of
Taberg, contributes an interesting
chapter to the geological history of
the county, reports the New York
Sun. He contends that these eX-
tinct craters are plainly in evidence
on the farm of Messrs. Mack and
Kulp in the Stone Hopper district
near Taberg. They are on top of
the hill and their tops are like three
immense kettles set in an arch. They
are from 100 to 200 feet deep, and to
all appearances have filled up per-
haps so to 100 feet from their orig
inal depth. Two of them are nearly
dry, but the upper one has pond in
it, with no inlet, or outlet to be
seen,
1t is supposed that at some period
in the past these craters belched out
an immense quantity of water, stone
and sand. The stone and mud, being
heavy, fell near the crater, forming
the hill. The sand, being lighter. fol-
lowed the waterspout' further, max
ing the sand plains found between
Taberg and Camden and McConnells-
Vile. The water was so abundant
that there was a great inland sea
where Taberg is, and another at
Blossvale and one at McConnellsville.
1t is evident that there was no fire
when those volcanoes had their erup.
tions, as no scoria is found. The
volcanoes were simply of the hot
water or steam variety.
Another curious natural formation
is on what is known as Bryant Hill
or Percival Hill, about two miles
northeast of Camden village On the
summit of the hill are several regu.
lar hollows, round in form, which
are so to rs feet deep and probably
$50 feet across. These formations
are familiarly known as the Devils
Punch Bowls" Everything indicates
that at some period powerful up
heaval took place on the top OF
Bryant or Percival Hill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
HOW PLAIN GIRLS WIN.
They often Secure Handsome Hus-
bands Where Their beautiful
Sisters Fail,

There are few regular occasions
on which every pretty girl feels in
clined to give vert to her feelings by
a good cry" One is when her plain
sister enters into the bonds of matri-
mony with an exceedingly good look
ing man, says Hearst's Chicago
American.
1t is very Notifying, if you hap
pen to be pretty, to be left out in
the cold, and the pretty girl never
has understood, and never will I'M
derstand, how it is. And perhaps it
is really good thing for the beauty
of the family that she is so ignorant
on this matter. If she fully compre-
hended the brain workings of that
strange creature Man, matrimony
would lose its dearest charm.
The handsome man marries the
plain girl. Cry as we will, this is a
fact, and one that we may test the
actuality of every day if we will
To take up the question of forlorn
beauty. Why is it? A man who is
good looking must admire beauty.
He does admire it; he cannot help
himself. Then why, the pretty girl
inquiries, does he marry her palmer
sister?
The answer may best be found in
the letters of II intelligent men on
the subject of choosing a wife. Each
one stated seriously what qualities
he would look for in a possible part
ner, and set them down in order, the
most important first, the less impor-
tant following.
Taking an average, their ideal was
to be as follows: % Kind-hearted,
true and sympathetic; (2) lively and
fond of children; (3) proud of herself
for the sake of her friends; az
good housekeeper and busy bee;
(5) a graceful figure and beautiful;
(6) wealthy and clever.
The plain girl scores at once with
her sympathy; it is her chief and
most powerful weapon against man.
The girl with good looks has no need
to find friends by being sympathetic,
and it is doubtful if people would
believe her sympathy to be genuine.
At all social gatherings the plain
girl is so much alone that her man.
ner appears at once modest and re-
firing. Let handsome man give her
half an hour of his company and her
whole mind is bent on being agree
able. But the pretty girl has a score
of men to talk to, and falls into a
habit of inattention. The pretty girl
really has a harder time than the
plain girl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
GRAND ARMY HONGRS.
Eastern Veterans Think They Should
Go to Gen. Stewart, of Penn
syIVania, This Year.

Pennsylvania candidate, Adjt
Gen. Thomas j. Stewart, is considered
a certainty for commander in chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic. The
encampment will meet in Washington
N October, and in the meantime the
friends of Gen. Stewart will make an
active canvass for delegates, of whom
there are 1900.
Gen. Stewart is the only aspirant
for grand army hOnors who has been
indorsed by the state encampment.
In addition to that support the general
has received hundreds of letters and
voluntary pledges from grand army
leaders and delegates. His candidacy
last year was defeated by Gen. Stew
arts absence from Cleveland because
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
QUEEN OF SOCIETY.
Beautiful Duchess of DevOnshire
ReiGns Supreme in Great Brit
MINIS Social Sphere.

The duchess of Devonshire, who is
one of the royal guests at Windsor for
Ascot, is now recognized as the queen
of society after royalty. If there had
been any doubt of it before her SUI
premacy received the royal cachet in
the Derby week, when she was permit
ted to entertain the queen to dinner
while the king entertained the jockey
club. Her supremacy, however, was
really recognized by society some
time ago when she took the lead in
getting up" the present form ladies
in society" of a diamond tiara to the
then princess of Wales on the occa-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
To smooth wrinkIed Gowns

For cloth gowns that are wrinkled
after packing, draw the bathtub half
full of hot water, hang the gowns
above it to steam; in couple of
hours the wrinkles will have disap-
peared. 1t also freshens lace and
chiffon gowns. In packing. always
stuff sleeves with little tissue pa.
per, laying the waists fat in the tilis.
Also cover velvet collars, cuffs or
vests to prevent marking.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
THEY GET UP VERY HIGH.
Able TO Reach the Top of
Mount Everest.

just how high a man is able to-
not because of the lack of noun
tains, but owing to the ever-multi-
plying difficulties which beset the adj
venturer the higher he gets.
The highest point to which a man
has so far climbed is 1898 feet.
loftiest summit of the main Cordil-
lera of the Andes. This point was
reached by the guide Matthias Eur
briggen and Mr.. Vines, two members
of the expedition that was sent out
in 1897 under f. a. Fitzgerald. Be-
| fore this the record was held by Sir
William Martin Conway's expedition,
which in 1892 climbed mountain in
the Karokoram Himalayas 22,6O0 feet
high.
Whether a man will ever be able to
climb to the top of Mount Everest,
which is $4,000 feet above the sea
level, is a question upon which scien-
fists and others are divided. An eX-
petition to finally determine the
matter would be watched with con-
siderable interest.
Such an expedition, however, to be
carried out with any reasonable hope
Of success would not be a matter of
days or weeks, but of years. Noun
tain expeditions have hitherto adopt
ed too rapid a rate of ascent. The
nervous system consequently had
not time to accustom itself to the
ganisms to the cold.
Angelo Mosso, one of the great
est authorities on human physiology
who has devoted years to the study
of the effects of high attitudes on
the human frame and who has been
Instrumental in securing the erection
Of new observatory and Alpine sta.
ton on Monta Rosa for the special
study of the life of men on the high
Alps, stated very recently that he
was convinced that man may reach
the summit of Everest without seri.
Gus sutferings.
The reason, Sig. Mosso tells us
why so few have attempted the as
rent of the highest peaks is the con
viction that man cannot withstand
the rarified air of such attitudes
We live at the bottom of an ocean
Of air and our bodies are especially
adapted for life at low levels. Con
sequently when we are placed in un
usual conditions, such as exist al
great heights, we are affected in
various ways. Respiration becomes
difficult. the circulation of the blood
IS altered, the heart is fatigued
mountain sickness" is experienced
and lassitude and exhaustion follow
In spite of all this the ascent OF
Mount Everest is believed possible
The progress must necessarily be
very slow because the climber viii
aave to acclimatize himself perfectly
as he ascends in order to reach the
top in conditions of health anC
strength. His victualing arrange
nents must be generously and pru
IDENTIFY made, more especially as the
;ast stages must be covered at snail's
pace. By devoting two or three
years to climbing the 10000 feet tC
the top of Mount Everest at an aver
age rate of about 30 feet daily Sig
Mosso believes the feat may be ac
complished. \.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31

of illness. Ell Torrance, who was
elected commander in chief. is Gen
Stewards friend, and the same forces,
it is expected, will be back of the Penn
sylvanian this year.
Since the organization of the grand
army Gen. Stewart has been promi-
nently identified with it. He was COM
mander of Zook post, No. II, of Nor
ristown, in which town he lives He
was assistant inspector general in
1880 and assistant adjutant general
to Commander in Chief Robert b.
Beath in 1888, and also to Commander
in Chief J. p. S. Goblin in 1897. James
/. Sexton and w. c. johnson in 1898,
and Albert d. Shaw in 1899 He was
Pennsylvania department commander
in 1897.
During the civil war Gen. Stewart
served with the One Hundred and
Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania volun-
teers, enlisting when 1G years of
age. In civil life he served as a men,
Der of the house of representative in
1885. He was elected secretary of in
ternal affairs in 1856. and was reflect
ed in 1890. He was appointed adju-
tant general by Gov. Hastings in 1895,
which post he has filled since.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31

sion of her silver wedding. The
duchess is very keen on politics,
skillful player at bridge and devoted
to music.
The duke of Devonshire, who, it is
animated in dispatches from London,
will succeed Lord Salisbury as prime
minister of England, has had a re-
markable career. His wife is one of
the most brilliant women in Great
Britain and long has been acknowl-
edged the leader in nobiliary society.
As the marquis of Harrington the
duke was Gladstone's right-hand man,
but he broke away from the great
leader on the question of giving home
rule to Ireland, and has since been a
guiding force of the liberal unionist
party, which has outtoried the tories
in its iingoiSm
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31

To make a sweet dressing for a
fruit salad boil one-half cupful of
sugar with one-fourth cupful of cold
water until the sirup will spin a deli
cate thread. Add the unbeaten white
of one egg and simmer three min
utes. Remove from the fire and add
the juice of two oranges, two table
spoonfuls of lemon juice, one-half
cupful of pineapple juice and strain
through cloth.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
you drink glass of beer a day?"
''No, indeed, don't. / only drink &C.

you drink a glass of beer day."
"No, indeed, don't. | only drink oc.
casionally."
But you had a glass to-day?"
Eyes"
"And a glass yesterday"
Eyes"
"And glass the day before?"
eyes, l think So"
"And on Sunday" said, you usual
ly drink two glasses?"
Eyes, s'pose l do"
"Well, then, let me see; how much
do you pay for glass of beer?"
81 pay five cents glass"
give cents a glass! Have you ever
figured up how much your drink costs
you a year?"
took out pencil and my note
book and figured the problem before
him, saying: 'Now, you say you av.
erage glass of beer each day. That
is five cents day; or So cents a week
On Sunday you drink at least two
glasses. We will say then that your
beer costs you 40 cents a week, but
presume you drink more than that,
don't you? Haven't you had two
drinks to-day?"
'Yes, l have. I presume l drink
on the average two glasses day"
He had become interested in my fig
uring by this time and was quite com.
municative.
"Never mind that now" I said, ''let
us figure up the cost as you stated it at
first. Forty cents a week is $1.60 a
month, or a little over $40 year. Now.
you say you drink just twice that
amount, so we may say every year you
drink $3S worth of beer! But I'm
eot through yet. You have been a
drinking man for several years, haven't
you? How many years have you been
in this sort of business?"
With shamefacednes he confessed
that for seven years he had been such
drinker. my dear sir | said, you
tell me you are poor, that your wife
hasn't had new dress for years, and
your children are barefooted even in
this cool weather, and yet-and yet,
you stand here and tell me that you
have for the last seven years system
atically put down your own throat
over $3.50 worth of Seer! Where has
that money gone? Does your saloon
Keeper dress in rags as do you? Does
the saloon keepers wife ever wear
the same ragged clothes for years ?
Do their children go hungry and bare
footed, as yours do? But why not?
Whose money pays for their clothing,
their plush carpets, their coal and
food? Man! your money has helped
do it. Yours, and every other drink
ing man's!"
By this time the kindling-wood man
had his eyes and his mouth wide open
in establishment. He acknowledged
that what 1 said was true, and that
he was a foolish man. 1t was a bad
bargain, and he saw it, as many an
other man has seen it before, and with
tears in his eyes he faltered out
and | believe he was sincere-'I never
thought of it in that way before. I'll
never drink another drop!"
Oh, how many men there are who
are wasting their money on drink,
running themselves, cheating their
families out of house and home, and
are, at the senae time, cursing God
and the evil times that keep them
poor and in disgrace. God grant that
such deluded men may be made to
see their folly!-Rev. Z. A. King, in
Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
EngIIshmen Like Cocoa

Cocoa is running close race with tea
as beverage in England. 1t is on ac-
count of taxation. Tea is taxed six
pence a pound, while the tax on cocoa
is only penny pound, and the cheap
ness of the latter has caused many to
begin using it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31

The Bride-There's only one thing
needed to complete our happiness.
The Groom-Wha5 is that, dearest?
81 do wish my first husband and
your first wife would meet and get
married. Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
BiOrraph whisky I'm Kons,s

The corn juice sold in Abilene, Kan,
has a peculiar effect, and is called
autograph whisky" because after the
third drink fellow sees variety of
moving pictures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31

A man turns 1921 spadefuls OF
earth IN digging an acre of ground, and
the soil he has moved during his work
weighs $50 tons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
Longevity among Royalty.

Europe has five reigning princes who
are over so years old, and nine others
who are more than 10.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-07
.l3,H4,53O 0,013. I

Totals ..... IL, 7G4 go N,0l3. 100
The NiS~al'e road shipped U3D.O74
tons III October, as compared with
4oI .i;1o tons the same month last
year. T.i'e Iron Range shipped G7D,-
l6' tons Ill October, as compared
with NH;,l5N for the 5ap,e month il,
1901. The Great Nurthern'S record
was '!H,NO tons for October, as com
pared With ;H;o3>4 for the CORES
pOndiny month last year
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-07
ONLY UIl 10 COOK VENISUS

AS the open season for killing.
deer is almost here, the following q
will be Of interest to our readers,
who, perhaps, are not up on the
cooking OF venison, but nevertheless
are anxious to bring. down a deer
or two during this MONTH 1t is
given by an experienced hunter:
"The man who is going into the
woods to shoot a deer and cook and
eat venison of his own killing
should leave all his boiling and
grilling utensils behind. There is
only one way to cook venison in the
woods or anywhere else.
"Heat thick frying pan or an old
style spider upon the Goals till al
most red. Cut off thick slices of the
meat and throw them in the frying.
pan and keep them right up against
the dry hot surface until they are
scorched on both sides.
"Then turn them out on a platter,
cut the meat full of deep gashes
and clean through the crust, and
into and beyond the center and fill
the openings with butter, piling it
on until the platter swims in gravy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-07
no LUCK ABOUT II.

There is no luck about advcrtis-
ing, no chance, no scheme. 1t is
Legitimate, straightforward busi-
ness from beginning to end. The
advertisement which appeals best
is that which is planned with the
greatest intelligence, contains the
greatest volume Of honest intention
and speaks in frank, unequivocal
words 2out reliable goods and
about oH'e. careful, painstaking g
methOG OF those who are handling
the bus Jess; presents in the best
way log, "ai arguments for the pur-
chase o! goods from the merchant
in question. This is advertisino Q
that will pay, that cannot help it
Advertising World.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-07
CON .WEtCE, EORk.

The new saw mill will soon be-
come a reality, crew of work1nen
commencing preparatory work .on
the site this morning. The port
able mill which has been at Rice
River has been brought down and
will be used in cutting tinbers for
the structure, which will be in
readiness for operation by mid
winter. 1t is understood that 3d.
100000 feet will be banked in Silver
Lake this fall.
1t is also stated with a good deal
of positiveness that a big sash,
door and box factory, to employ a
hundred hands, will be in opera
tion by spring.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-07

Supt. Shea, of the Commodore
was in Duluth Wednesday, r..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-07
THE VIRGINIA VOTE.

The Virginia vote was an excep.
tionally light one, being consider.
ably less than the registration o,
the vote cast at the primaries.
Party lines were lost sight of in
many instances, as Will be noted b>
the vote recorded by wards, as
fCliCvS:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-07
litter Section -.
Pickands, Mather & Co. Ne.
gotiating for a Lease of
the Property.
REPRESENTATIVES EXAMINING
MINE.

Pickands, Mather & Co., the big
Cleveland iron mining and ore
handling concern, is said to be the
latest interest that is figuring on
the leasing of the section 30 lands
on the Vermilion range, belonging
to F. W. Eaton, r. H. Eagan, George
Lonstroff, Leonidas Merritt and
others.
Some time ago the Cleveland
Cliffs company was after the pron7
erty and it was several times :.
ported that the negotiations had
practically been concluded, but
they evidently are off.
Representatives of Pickands,
Mather & Co., and the owners of the
property have been examining the
property this week with a view OF
making deal, but the negotiations
are understood to be still in the
formative stage.
Pickands, Mather & Co. recently
purchased the Elizabeth Iron com.
pany's property on the western Me.
saba range. At the time of the pur.
chase the property proved to the
extent of about two million tons OF
ore. Explorations made since then
indicate that there is about twenty
million tons. This is a state lease
and it will mean the enrichment OF
the state school fund to the extent
of about OOO,OOO.-Herald.