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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17
LEARN TO BE GRACEFUL.
1t Is Within the Reach of Any Girl
Who Exercises WatchfuIness
Over Her Carriage,

Women who wish to preserve the
slimness and contour of their figures
must begin by learning to stand
well. That means the throwing for
ward and upward of the chest, the
f1attening of the back with the shout
der blades held in their proper places,
and the definite curving in of the
small of the back, thus throwing the
whole weight of the body upon the
hips. A graceful carriage is within
reach of any girl who takes the pains
to have it; it is only the question of
few years of vigilance; never relax
ing her watchfulness over herself,
and, sitting or standing, always pre-
serving her erectness and pose, the
result being that at the end of that
time it has become second nature to
her, and she never afterward loses it.
This in a great measure preserves
the figure.
The correct stature of the human
figure is said to be six times the
length of the feet. Whether the
form is slender or plump, the rule is
supposed to hold good. The face,
from the highest point of the fore
head to the chin, is one-tenth of the
whole stature. The hand, from the
wrist to the middle finger, is the
same. From the top of the chest to
the highest point of the forehead is
a seventh. If the face from the roots
of the hair to the chin be divided into
three equal parts, the first deter
mines the place where the eyebrows
meet and the second the place of
the nostrils.-Chicago American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17
WIFE DISCRETION.
Drink as Factor in Ruined Homes
in Boston as Shown by Ac-
curate Figures.

That intemperance as cause of de-
sertiOn of wives by their husbands has
alarmingly increased during the past
three or four years in Boston, is shown
by report of the general secretary
of the Associated Charities, Miss iii
pah d. Smith, on Deserted Wives and
Deserted Husbands" Figures are
given concerning PA families which
have been under the observation of the
district committees and agents of the
society, showing that desertion is
very frequent cause of restitution,
about one in ten of the new families
brought to the attention of the AS.
sociated Charities being that of de-
serted wife. The report says:
In 10 cases the mans intemperance
was given as the chief cause. One hun
dred and nineteen men drank to the
point of intemperance, nearly 81 per
cent. of the whole number. The wives
of ten of these also drank; and ten
other women were drunkards, whose
husbands were temperate. So that in
temperance appears, as cause of de-
sertion, in 55.12 per cent. of the cases.
This is a strikingly large proportion,
as, among the cases, becoming known
to the society in 1898-99, intemperance
was counted as a cause of distress in
only 22.5 per cent. of those not pre-
viously known to some charity, and in
only 36 per cent. of those who had
been known to some charity before
that wear.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17

Tap on the window, mother,
Your boy is going astray,
See! he is wandering even now
Affair from the narrow way.
o beckon the poor boy homeward!
Why should he longer roam?
Perhaps a tap on the window pane
VIII bring the wanderer home.
Tap on the window, mother,
He's going down the street;
Perhaps your precious boy may now
Some dire temptation meet;
For the world is full of evil,
And the future who can tell?
Ali the path to Heaven lies very close
To the pathway down to hell
Then tap on the window mother;
Your boy may hear the sound
He may see your fingers reckoning him
From sins enchanted ground.
When he pays no heed to your weeping,
Though tears may fall like rain,
When his ears are deaf to the. voice of
prayer,
Then tap on the window pane.
o tap on the window, mother!
How can you give him up,
How can you yield your darling boy
To the snares of the drunkard's cup?
Perhaps he may heed your signal
When tears are all in vain;
Then add to the voice of your earnest
prayer,
tap on the window pane.
j. G. Cole, in Spokesman's Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17
The American Inebriate,

The inebriate in this country sell
dom has long preliminary period of
beer or moderate wine drinking.
Usually he begins by using spirits to
intoXication. Then, if the effects have
been pleasant and no serious results
have followed, he continues to use
spirits at intervals in moderation.
From any unusual causes he drinks
to INVESTIGATION again. But the first
poisoning from spirits has left pain
full impression on his mind. He alb
stains for a long time, or perhaps
never drinks again. 1t is said that
the American inebriate is self-assert-
i've and more egotistical than foreign
nebriates-that he drinks more pre-
cipitately and is less durable, unless
he is determined to recover.-JournaI
of inebriety,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17

the statement is made that the Sc
lection of such a commission has
been proposed to the president and
has been under consideration by
him. He has not been able to take
any action, however, owing to the
fact that Judge Taft has been kept
exceedingly busy and has had little
time to talk over this matter with
the president. When they do have
time for a talk something definite
may be determined upon by the pres
ident. The friars hold many thou
sand acres of the best lands in the
Philippines, and this fact is recog-
nized as a notable source of disturb
ance in the islands. 1t is generally
conceded that such of the lands as
are already the property of the
monastic orders should be pur-
chased after negotiations, but the
necessity and the wisdom of send
ing a commission to Rome for this
purpose are seriously questioned and
vigorously disputed.
Secretary Root is also authority
for the statement that no commits
sion or any similar body has been
appointed by the president or any
of his representatives for the pur-
pose of negotiating with the pope at
Rome or with anybody else for the
purchase of the friars' land in the
Philippines. He says that congress
has been asked to provide for the
purchase of these lands, and that
whatever action is taken will be
based entirely upon legislative au-
thority. If congress makes the de-
sired provision the lands will be pur-
chased from the owners by the rep
resentatives of the Philippine gov
eminent, The policy of the admin
istration in this matter is embodied
in the bill introduced by Represen-
tative Cooper, one section of which
provides for the issue of bonds by
the Philippine government for the
requirement of the land of the friars
in that country. That bill is now
pending in congress and nothing
will be done in the matter until that
body has declared its purpose re-
specting these lands.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17
MISS SUSIE SORkBJI.
Young Parsee Mis- 'Onary who Has
Done WOnderfU. EVnnReIistic
Work in til" Far East

There recently arrived in New York
from Bombay a young woman of an
exceedingly interesting personality
Der of a Parsee family-one of the
very few families which have abjured
Zoroastrianism to embrace Chistian-
ity. AS is well known, the Parsees
(Persians), of India, of whom there
are over 100000, are descendants of
an ancient sect known as fireworship-
ers, or Zoroastrians, who, driven
from their own land by Mohammedan
persecution, sought refuge in Hindu
stan IN the seventh century. At the
present day they represent the most
prosperous moral and cultured class
of the native population.
Until 1871 no Parsee had accepted
Christ. In that year Mr.. Sorabji, a
Parsee gentleman of position and in
fuence, was converted, and about the
same time two other men of similar
standing acknowledged the Saviour.
All suffered severe persecution. Mr..
Sorabji died in 1894, after so years of
missionary work. His widow is at
the head of a great Christian educa-
tional work in Poonah, and her chill
dren, one of whom is the subject of
this sketch, are the brilliant pioneers
of new movements in Parsee life.
Miss Sorabji's only brother, a dis
tinguished lawyer in Allahabad, is
the organizer of great deal of
Christian work, which draws to-
gether people of all races and classes.
Her sister Cornelia is the first wom-
an of India to take the degree of
bachelor of arts. She is India's first
and only woman lawyer, and the first
woman to hold a professorship (the
chair of English literature) in the
mems art college in India. Another
sister is, by government appointment,
head of the girls high school and
training college in Poonah, an I'M
usual honor, for it is not customary
to place natives at the head of gov
eminent institutions. The younger
sister of this gifted family, the first
girl to take the degree of bachelor
of science in the Bombay university,
is studying medicine in London, that
she may go back to India as medi-
cal missionary.
Miss Susie and Miss Lima Sorabii
conduct the four schools in Poonah
of which their mother is head; the
former is here to plead for this work.
The schools hold about 400 children;
three times as many would come il
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17
Proper Care of Hairbrushes.

Hairbrushes should be washed once
a week, and are soon spoiled unless
properly cleansed. The best way is to
put a teaspoonful of ammonia in
quart of water, as hot as can be borne
comfortably by the hand. The brush
should be freed from hairs and dipped
bristles downward, in and out of the
water until clean. 1t should be rinsed
by dipping in cold water in the same
way. Shake well, wipe the back and
handle carefully, and put on a window
sill to dry in the open air. The back
Should not be allowed to become damp
if it can be avoided. Soap should not
be used for washing, as it makes the
bristles soft.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17
GATHERING EDELWEISS.
Here Is at Last One Field of wOman's
EndeavOr That Is by No Means
OvercrOwded.

a traveller in the Tyrol affirms
that even in the loftiest Alpine re-
gions woman has taken upon herself
the task of self-support and assumes
burdens that are scripturally supposed
to rest upon more rugged shoulders.
One woman has gathered edelweiss
for so years or more-a very perilous
occupation when one considers that
the dainty little flower has habit of
creeping into the remotest recesses of
the dizzy crags, and seems rather to
beckon man to his destruction than to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17
RECENT RUMoR DENIED.
Commission to Treat with Phil
iPpine Friars.

The authoritative statement is
made by the Washington Star that
there is no foundation for a story
from Sioux Falls, S. D., that Ri. Rev.
Thomas O'Gorman, Catholic bishop
of South Dakota, has received notifi-
cation of his appointment by the
president as a member of commits
sion to visit Rome and confer with
the pope and other officials of the
Roman church for the purchase of
the lands in the Philippines owned
by the friars. On the same authority
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17

he asks you to give him light for his
pipe or cigar.
Then get two strips of strong pa
per, of equal length, and twist each of
them separately into a spiral form.
Next you must twist the two together,
taking care, however, that during the
operation they do not lose any of their
elasticity, and when this is done you
must break off the two ends. When
you hand it to your uncle he will think
it an ordinary cigar light, but as soon
as he lights his pipe, or cigar, he will
find out the difference.
The picture shows clearly how this
trick is played. If the strips of paper
are twisted property, one of them, as
may be seen, will curl upward as soon
as the upper end is lit, and the smokers
wrist is very likely to be scorched, if
he does not quickly take it out of
harms way.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17

wish to charm him with its velvet pur-
ity and fresh perfume.
Edelweiss was the late Emperor Will
liam's favorite flower, and every birth
day he was the recipient of many beau
tiful wreaths composed of the wild
flower gathered by loving hands often
at the risk of life and limb. 1t has a
lasting quality that makes it a gen
eral favorite, and, as it will not grow
as well under cultivation and defies the
arts of the florist, preferring it's native
snow clad crags and inaccessible ac-
clivities, those who make profession
of gathering the flower-and some few
of these are women-find it more or
less lucrative.
Il am never afraid" said one old
edelweiss gatherer, who called herself
champion of the Tyrol, and daily filled
her basket with the fairy blossoms,
'for | have learned to creep to the
highest points with the surest foot
and even the guides who take tourists
to the SUBMITS of these mountains
cannot discount me when it comes to
real climb.
I'm winter I sit in my little chalet
and knit stockings, in summer 1 am
abroad in the valleys and making my
way over the dangerous passes in
search of the pretty flower and as the
market for it is ever strong, manage
to make very comfortable living.
ITO strangers it may not seem quite
the genteel occupation for women,
but I love it, make good living by it
and shall remain champion edelweiss
gatherer till I die"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17
ANCIENT LAWS ON LIQUOR.
1t Is Known That They Date Back to
a Period 1000 Years Before
Christ.

Legal action against Incorporate
drinking is by no means a new idea,
and the Chinese, though generally re-
garded as the most temperate race on
earth, were first in this, it seems, as
in so many other movements that have
been considered as modern. Long be-
fore the birth of Solomon warnings
against intemperance were common in
the literature and laws of China. In
the year 1855 /, c., man was ban
ished by the emperor because he had
invented an alcoholic drink from
rice.
In 2,205 B. C. the emperor Eu refused
to drink wine, for, he said, SIN after
ages there will be those who through
wine will lose their kingdoms" Tn
Wang, the next emperor, punished
drunkenness by death. In 2O6 B. C. the
penalty for that offense was fine in
stead of death. After many changes
in the laws regulating the sale of drink
and the punishment for drunkards, in
1879 b. c. all liquor makers were ban
ished from China.
After the Chinese in point of time
came the Jews. After them the Hin
docs. The ancient laws of Ceylon,
Burmah and other Buddhist countries
forbade the manufacture, sale or use
of liquor. In A. ID. 626, the fourth year
after the Hegira, Mohammed, to pro-
mote the discipline and efficiency of
the army, forbade the use of wine to
the soldiers. This rule prevails in full
force and effect in the Turkish army
in the present daY.-Chicago Israelite.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17
CIGAR LIGHTER TRICK.
Played without ArOusing Sus-
piciOn of Victim

eff you have niggardly uncle and
you want to play trick on him." says
German humorist, ''just wait until
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-17

A frst-class ocean steamer re-
quires the services of about 100 fire.
men.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-07
TELEPHONES FROM TRAIN.
Louisville Inventor Puts His Device
for Moving Cars to Prac-
teal Test.

Telephoning from a moving train
was accomplished by means of the in
vention of DR.. A. d. Jones, citizen of
Louisville. The first intimation that
the feat was success came the other
afternoon, when telephone bell rang
in the office of A. NJ. McCracken, gen.
eral superintendent of the Louisville,
Henderson & st. Louis railroad, at
Louisville. and conversation was held
with DR.. Jones on train going at a
speed of ten miles an hour.
DR.. Jones secured a patent on his
invention-known TO the patent Office
at Washington as travelling contact
device-two or three weeks ago and
Immediately interested Atilla Cox
president of the Louisville. Henderson
& St. Louis railroad, to the extent that
he was given authority to make prac-
teal test at some point on the Hender-
son route. DR.. Jones selected mile
of track between Cloverport and
Stephensport. al Hoit's bottom, for the
test. and a car for his use preliminary
to the trial was placed at his disposal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-07
LUNCHES ON RICE.
to Restaurant That Makes Spec
ialty OF Article.

Minister WI is constantly surpris-
ing the residents of Washington by
bobbing serenely up in some quiet
part of the city, giving the typical
American scene a curious touch of
the oriental, but he has never cut a
more noticeable figure than when he
walked sedately into a downtown
eating house the other day, known
as the Rice Kitchen, and proceeded
to dine on his native vegetable in
true American style.
With the minister were several at
taches of the Chinese legation who
are in the habit Of visiting the place
where rice is prepared in divers
ways, and there making a good meal.
The minister ate rice. plain boiled,
rice in croquettes, rice salad, rice
pudding and rice pie. He discussed
the various dishes with his attend.
ants in his native tongue, and man.
aged the cereal as well with an Amer
lean knife, fork and spoon as he
could possibly have done with chop.
sticks. His blue silk garments and
small blue cap with it's gay tassel
were in marked contrast to the COM
monplace American surroundings,
and the other guests in the place en-
joyed the minister's visit as much as
he did the menu of rice.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-07
AMERICA A WONDER.
German Traveller Overwhelmed by
Giant Strength of United States.
Privy Councillor GOIdherger. of linz
perIal German Consultative board
for Commercial Measures, Fin
ishes Tour of Country.

Privy Councillor Goldberger, of Ber-
lin, member of the imperial German
consultative board for commercial
measures, who has just returned TO
Europe, after a stay of eight months
in this country, said enthusiastically
of his visit here:
"The impressions | have received in
travelling from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific coast and visiting all the great
centers of manufacturing works and
commerce are almost overwhelming
Everywhere l found the giant strength
of the nation. Crises, however, will be
unavoidable here. as we'll as in other
highly developed countries. The
large aggregation of enterprise, the
financial foundation of which is often
far from being sound. the power of
the individual with the danger of such
financial monarchies, the labor ques-
tion in its economical and probable
historical aspect-all these are clouds
on the horizon OF the economic life OF
the country. "The United States is q
country of unlimited possibilities. The
worlds trade belongs To Germany and
to the United States. They should not
try to either Americanize or German
ize each other. The industrial and
commercial people Of the two ma
tons should become better acquaint-
ed with one another, and should come
nearer each other. There is no such
thing as distance to-day, One must
learn the other through a mutual ex-
change of working methods and com
mercial and industrial institutions, as
far as they can be adapted to the pc
culiarities of the different nations, and
the conditions Of the manufacturing
plants. Each nation has its own ex-
cellencies. You excel in some things
we in others, And so am convinced
that German and American interests,
far from being conflicting, can be-
come really harmonious"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-07
For Recognition Of Union.

Pittsburg. Kan. July 30.-The
delegates representing 10000 coal
miners in district II, u and %,
comprising Kansas, Missouri, Arkan-
sasand the Indian Territory, at their
eonventionin Pittsburg to-day, pass
ed declaration of industrial war
against the non-union companies in
their districts, which will be backed
up financially by the miners of the
three districts and assisted by the
national organization. The Joint
action thereon, however, is deferred
till next year, ON account ofthe strike
in the anthracite fields. The idea is
to unite all labor forces this year to.
ward winning the battle in the East,
and next year the campaign will be
brought To the West. This campaign
will be directed at The Central Coal
and Coke company and the Western
Coal and Mining company, two Of
the largest organizations in the
West. The East has promised assist
ance when their own battles are
won. The miners demand of the
above companies that they meet
with them the same as the othercon.-
panies and sign wage scale, which
they refused TO do. Tonight the de-
legates were given a reception and
banquet by the Pittsburg industrial
council. This year the districts will
endeavor to arrange a scale separ-
ately, failing in which there will he
joint effort next year. The conven-
tion last night emphatically decided
that politics should have no part in
the work of the United mine workers
nor in its conventions.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-07
A Most Liberal Offer.

The st. Louis Mirror is a twenty.
eight page paper, in magazine form,
edited by William Marion Reedy, as
sisted by staff OF contributors COM
prising the best writers aud literary
authorizes on all current subjects.
social, religious, scientific, financial.
literary or artistic.
The Mirror is weekly review Of
men and affairs; a treasury of short
stories and good poetry; u paper in
which the best books, best plays and
best music are ably reviewed, and all
topics OF contemporary interest are
given careful attention. 1t is the up-
to-date paper for the merchant. the
teacher, the professional man. the
student, the politician, as well "a for
woman and the home.
| Hyou will send us 1Oc, in silver mr.
stamps, We will mail the Mirror tn
your address for ten weeks.
HE MIRROR,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-07
TO SUMMER AT GRAY GABLES.
Exclusive Fishing Priv
i1egeA.

Ex-President Grover Cleveland has
decided to spend the entire summer
with his family at his home at Buzz
Yards Bay, Mass. He has become by
proxy the owner of a vast tract of
oyster beds and has through the
same means obtained exclusive fish
ing privileges over the waters sur
rounding his home.
For years oyster diggers have
worked Monument Beach and Mano-
met river, which border Mr.. Cleve-
lands estate, and they have Uttered
the shores with shells and other
debris. The township of Bourne sells
the fishing and oyster digging rights,
but they can only be held by residents
of the town. Mr.. Cleveland, being a
resident of Princeton, N. j., was in.
eligible, but easily got around this
by having his superintendent, Brad.
ford Wright, q lifelong resident OF
the town, buy up miles of shore
which gives Mr.. Cleveland the ex
elusive privilege.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-07
Few English College Songs.

The conspicuous scarcity of charac-
teristic songs in British as compared
with German universities is probably
due to other causes hes sides the relative
indifference to musical culture of Brit
ish youth. The undergraduate of Ok
ford or Cambridge does not take him
self with that prodigious seriousness
which characterizes the student of
Bonn or Jena, and is not naturally in
clined to regard his university career
as a separate idyllic phase of existence
deserving of reverent and enthusiast
tic treatment.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-08-07
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