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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
WHEN YOU STRIKE A MATCH.
An Interesting Problem Which May
Not Have to Come to the Notice
of the Many.

"How many matches are struck in
single day." asked an enthusiastic
young statistician, according to the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, land
how many cords of wood and how
many tons of sulphur and how many
units of heat are represented in the
world daily consumption of matches?
Here is an interesting problem.
Matches, of course, are not used in all
the countries of the world. There are
many primitive peoples who are still
kindling sparks from flinty substances,
just as our ancestors did in the long
ago, when they made pots and kettles
out of clay and stones and knives out
of bones and the harder formations
in the crust of the earth. Some coun-
tries are so damp that matches can
not be used with convenience. In
many of the tropical countries which
may be classed as civilized matches
cannot be struck on account of the
dampness except on the rough sandy
edge of the box.
But in the great and more advanced
CUM u lCS VI llC WOIlt ludLCUtS are Ill
almost universal use. Exceptions may
be found in rural sections that are al
most completely isolated, like some
portions of agricultural Germany, or
remote parts of the United States, for
that matter, but these exceptions are
very rare. Getting back to the daily
consumption of matches, it is really
an enormous thing. The consumption
in the United States daily is some
thing enormous. Roundly there are
S0,000,000 persons in the United States.
On the accepted allowance of five for
each family this means 16,000,O 600 fam
lilies, so right on the jump we would
have 100000 stoves which would
consume at the very lowest an aver
age of three matches each and every
day, or total of 4S,O00,000 In the
evening the lamps must be lighted in
each of these homes.
Then there are the hotels, the res
taurants, the saloons and the business
places generally which keep open at
night, with their millions of gas Jets
and lamps, and it is reasonable to as
sumo that the consumption of matches
in these places would equal, if it did
not surpass, the consumption in the
homes of the couStry. Mind YOU |
have said nothing about the factories
and institutions of that sort, and
nothing about vast quantities Of
matches consumed daily by the smok-
ers OF the country, the cigarette fiends
and the fellows whose pipes are al
ways going out. Why, fortune goes
up daily in matches smoke, and the
sulphur and wood and units of heat
wasted in this way is something start
ling. Electricity has to some extent
cut down the consumption of matches,
but the consumption is large enough,
and the fellows who are to come after
us may have reason to deplore our ex-
travagance in this respect, for wooa
is getting scarcer cll the time"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
LIES VICTORIES.

The bravest man is he ~.o owns,
Through good report and i'll,
In sunshine, in the darkest hour,
A self-reliant will.
Let come what may, no coward he,
Tor facing fate e'er fearlessly,
He braves the most tempestuous sea.
Others may falter by the way,
Others may faint and fall;
But onward e'er he meets the worst
And nobly conquers all.
He knows that far the clouds above
The stars e'er shine, and grandly prove
The boundless measure of God S love.
Whoever in the ranks of Truth,
Shall strive to reach the van,
And lead the Right to victory,
Does honor to the Man.
No laggard he, no slothful one.
For every day some good begun,
He toileth till his work is done.
Though fortune i'll and cares Cypress,
Though sorrow come. and pain,
He knows there is in every grief
A victory to gain.
He reads, encouragement to find,
This warning precept on his mind
Hope points before! Look not behind!
Who would life's noblest tridmphs win
Must struggle for the Right,
And be, when Wrong and Sin assail,
A hero in the fight;
So that, when earth and night are DER,
His feet shall walk that shining shore
Where trouble cometh nevermore.
IN. Y. Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
SALVADOh'S PROSPERITY.
The Country is Enjoying a Period of
Unexampled Peace and PLENTY

The little republic of Salvador is
the smallest country in America and
one of the most densely peopled
parts of it. If our country had as
many inhabitants to the square mile
as are living in Salvador we would
have a population of about 35O,O00,-
600. Perhaps that day is coming,
but not yet awhile, says the New
York Sun.
Our latest consular reports from
Salvador says that the country is en-
joying a period of profound peace.
This is good news, for Salvador has
had its share of revolutions. to say
nothing of quarrels with its neigh
bors that at times have seriously in
terfered with its prosperity. The
government is supposed to be based
upon the consent of the governed,
but sometimes it is merely military
regime with a little diversion in the
form of Instructions.
The reports say that the coffee
crop will be unusually large this
year. This, of course, means pros
perity, because coffee forms three
fifths of the exports, little Salvador
selling more coffee than any other
state excepting Guatemala. The crop
will be gathered next month.
The crop of indigo is also unusu-
ally large. Indigo is one of the two
products that distinguish Salvador
from the other countries of Central
America, for practically all the crop
is gathered in that republic. The
other commodity which Salvador mo-
nopolizes is balsam of Peru. so called
because the Spaniards used to carry
1t to Callao, Peru, for shipment to
Spain. 1t grows on the coastal plain
of Salvador and is valued in medicine.
Salvador has no foreign debt and
its financial condition is very salts
factory. Like our own country Sal
vador exports a great deal more than
1t imports. Its prosperity is of par
ticular interest to us because the re-
public has larger trade relations with
this country than any other nation
except England.
The reason why Salvador is so
densely populated is that it fronts
wholly on the Pacific ocean and prac-
tically all of it is adapted for settle
ment. 1t is one of the peculiarities
of the Central American republics
that nearly all of their population is
gathered on the Pacific slope. The
northwest trade winds bring a ire
mendous rainfall to the Atlantic
slope covering most of it with dense
tropical forests which are not fitting
homes for white men because they
are so unhealthful. Civilization,
therefore, has centered on the Pa
cific slope for the most part, the rain
fall there being moderate and the eli
mate and soil adapted to the raising
of stock and the cultivation of many
crops; thus nearly all of Salvador is
adapted for DEVELOPMENT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
He Needed the Bath,

A certain congressman has instructed
his butler to say to all undesirable callers
that he is in the bath and cannot be seen.
One day lately constituent with a griev-
ance to exploit called. every day at the
presented himself he was invariably in
formed that the honorable NJ. c. was
bathing. His last visit he timed late in the
afternoon, but was again chagrined to
learn that Mr.. X was in the bath.
Whereupon the disappointed constituent
wrote upon his card: you may succeed, if
one of, these days; but if you should spend
the rest of your life in bathtub it would
not purify your conscience or your political
record. IN. Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Persons contemplating a journey East or
West should be careful that the rates paid
for their transportation do not exceed those
charged by the Nickel Plate Road.
This company always offers lowest rates
and the service is efficient. Careful at
tention is given to the wants of all first
and second class passengers by uniformed
colored attendants. The dining car service
of the Nickel Plate Road is above criticism
and enables the traveller to obtain meals
at from thirty-ive (35) cents to $l.00 but.
no higher.
grade standard. Semi-weekly transconti-
mental tourist cars ply between Atlantic
and Pacific Coasts. Confer with nearest
agent of the Nickel Plate Road.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
Every Forest an Oxygen Factory

1t has been claig49d that forests
exert an important influence in be-
half of kaman health. Soil condi-
TORS in the woods are unfavorable
10 disease-producing germs, especial
ly those of cholera and yellow fever.
Every forest is an oxygen factory,
and it is declared that its production
of that life-giving gas is of sanitary
Importance. Ozone is also a forest
product. he forest may be regard
ed as blanket with which nature
covers the earth for it's protection.
This blanket, says Prof. Mary w.
Harrington, determines many of the
features of climate. Science.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02


yourn any longer the widders got to
give me a patch O pertaters to work in
where the ground amt i'ble to drop
down like a trap door. S'posing |
hadn't a-been on the fence-I'd a-had
my pesky neck broke by that dog
goned yearthquake. Now you just send
that supper up to me by berloon or
tell the wilder IL quit and go back to
working in the broom factory
''Then Hold seen it want no use, and
we r'ared up ladder and took Jason
down, and he made bee line for the
house, and called for snack to eat,
though it want more'n four o'clock.
And that ended Holds trying to make
Jason work"
But Hold got the widow, didn't he p"
asked the newcomer.
well, you don't know much about
women, seems to me. Not much, he
didn't. The wilder was so mad about
the way they had used the poor fellow
that she fired Hold then and there, and
in two weeks married Jason"
But what did she want of such no.
account husband?"
mo account? Well, there you show
that you didn't know the wilder. She
had soft boo eye, but / forgot to
mention her tongue. Under her infioo-
ence Jason is the hardest working man
in the county. Works harder than Hold
did that summer. Rip-snortingest
worker and the best provider that ever
looked through a shirt collar"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
Never Loved His Work.

A visitor to a farm was especially
struck by the great ruggedHess and
strength of one of the stalwart
harvest hands, and said to the
farmer:
THAT fellow ought to be chuck
full of work"
HE is" replied the farmer, cor he
ought to be, because l hain't never
been able to get none out of him.
This man never fell in love with his
work, and hence was regarded as a
good-for-nothing by his employer
Success.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
LARGEST in the World.

Walter Baker & Co., Limited, Dorchester,
Mass, are the largest manufacturers of
cocoa and chocolate in the world.
They received gold medal from the Paris
exposition of last year.
This year they have received three gold
medals from the Pan-American exposition
at Buffalo.
Their goods are the standard for purity
and excellence
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy, natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C.. G..
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
And They MarYeIed.

"And what are you making?" we asked
of the Intelligent Artisan, as we admired
the play of his brawny muscles.
Maxim cowcatchers for milk trainA" he
replied without looking up from his work
Whereat we passed on, marveling greatly
at the intricacies of modern science.-Balti-
more American
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
The abandonment Calendar

heads Ton six sheets, l0xl2 inches), repro
auctions of paintings by Moran, issued by
General Passenger Department, Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, will be sent
on receipt of twenty-five cents. Address F.
A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chi.
capo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
Just About Right

What is a promoter, JIM"
well, promoter is one of those fellows
that can sell you a colander for a wash
basin. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Miss Bragg met that wealthy Mr.. Yves.
tron at the Cadleys' last night.
Miss Nagg-Did you, indeed?
es. He sat next to me at dinner, and
was pleased to remark upon my birdlike APP
"Ah! Well, he's a good Judge He owns
DraCc
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
Naming the Bnby.

Mother-in-Law (who helps)-How would
Cleopatra sound?
Father-Cleopatra is pretty name; but
you must remember we are selecting a name
for my first child. not a parlor car.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

football player, looking from his cot in the
hospital.
Yes" replied the nurse, you bit off one
ear and two fingers and broke three legs"
Thank heavens!" murmured the football
player, lapsing again into Inconsistencies.
Ohio State Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

1t will entirely the worst forms of Female Complaints all
rn troubles Inflammation and Ucaton Failing and Displacement
of the Womb and Spinal Weakness and peculiarly
adapted to the Change OF
1t has cured Bacache and Ieucorrha
other remedy the world
1t Ssoles and exp from the Uterus early stage
development and checks tendency
Irregular Suppressed Painful Menruaton of the
Stomach Indigestion Boang Flooding Nervous Postrao,
ache, General Debility quickly yields to it,
Womb troubles causing weight and bacahe instantly
Ieved and permanently cured by its Under all
in harmony with the laws that the female
harmless
1t quickly that Bearingdown Feeling,
tude, "dont care" and feeling
irraby Dizziness Fantnes sepessnes atuenc
melancholy the "bues and bacache These
of Female Weakness arrangement of the Uterus which
medicine always
Kidney Complaints and Backache Vegetable
Compound always
No other female medicine the
widespread unqualified
has such record of cures of female troubles.
Those who refuse to anything els
wared hundred thousand times
Sold by Druggists everywhere. Refuse substitutes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

''You Young scoundrel,' said the father,
Selling his disobedient son by the hair; 'Ill
show you how to treat your mother" And
he gave him several bangs on the ears, and
then shook him until his hair began to fall
out.-London Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Gotham-"A man should never smoke
when out with a lady in an automobile"
Church-"Why not?'' Just think how it
would sound when they were getting out
for him to ask her if he could help her to
tight ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

"a woman" said Mr.. Plattitood, cant
keep a secret" Huh" said little Johnny.
my teacher KEEP me workin' an hour on a
sum when she might have told me the an
swer any time london Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Mrs. Wuffingham-Sam Black doan'
seem ter hab much luck.
Mrs. Moke by-Not much. l spec a
rabbits foot won't make a libbin' for
a man what won't take keer of Job
Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Waiter, | find l have just enough money
to pay for the dinner, but l have nothing
in the way of tip for yourself"
=. Let me add up the bill again, SIR
Mocrshine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

If you tell your troubles too much, after
awhile folks will not believe you.--Washing-
ton la.) Democrat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

A good way to meet an argument when
you are cornered is to tell the other fellow
that he doesn't know any better-Wash-
ington Qa.) Democrat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

At 80 man is anxious for fame; at 50 he
is willing to accept money as a substitute.
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Some men cannot hold a job because they
always want a better Washington
Qa.) Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

He-'Ts she good-looking?" She-''No;
but she will be when her father dies. She's
an heiress. London Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Speaking of bargains, good resolutions
will soon be marked down.-Chicago Daily
News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

1t is said that people run" in debt; but
they crawl out.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

A miser is known by the money he keeps.
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the
brightest, fastest and easiest to use.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

The man who think himself bright is not
inclined to keep it Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

A pinch Of borax put into the water
each time the face is washed will cor
rect the tendency to unbecoming oiIi.
ness,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

They say loafng is hard work. Still, we'd
like to try it-Atchison Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Piso' S Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
lungs.--Wm. 0. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb. 10. 1900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

In driving storms the clouds hold the
rains.-Philadelphia Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

1t is the chief fault of women to be care
less of love they possess.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

Tess-I heard him say he felt rather en-
couraged because you left the gas turned
low in the parlor when he called.
Jess-How foolish of him! One needs a
dark room to develop negative.-Albany
journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02
To Cure n Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-18
WOULD BE A FARCE."
CrOwninshield Opposes a Court
martial For Chicago officers.

London, June 1s.-The text Of the findings
OF the court OF inquiry IN the case OF the
United States naval officers imprisoned at
Venice in the latter part of April throws
new and important light on the affair
consul at Venice, Henry a. johnson, and
the lawyer provided by him for the de-
Tense, urged the officers to plead that they
We're violently drunk This they declined
TO do. Rear admiral A. s. Crowninshield,
commanding the European squadron, in
verely censures Captain James III. Dayton,
commander Of the Chicago, for not person.
ally attending to the defense Of the Off
ties suffered by the officers while con-
fined at Venice. Under the circumstances
martial would be a farce"
Capt. Dayton's court of inquiry infinitely
the Chicago on the day Of their arrest and
says Lieut.. John ). D0ddrldge and Sur
by liquor to a noticeable extent but were
not intOxicate ted in the ordinary meaning of
the term, and there is no evidence that the
other parties were affected by drinking
The disturbance arose when Capt. Rob
ert T. Wynne, commanding the Marine
and Ledbetter sitting outside F1orian' 5
resembling vi vi Lieut.. Doddridge and
Surgeon Iedbetter ran towards Captain
Wynne, upsetting chairs and two small Ia
bles a large crowd and the police inrne-
diately surrounded Lieut.. Doddridge, who
endeavored to explain THE crowd, the
findings continue, pressed on, shouting
d41U S1StiCQldli1tE, 0Ql were not welt GOu-
trolled by the police. The police secured
Lieut.. Doddridge and apparently at the
same time the crowd attacked him. Lieut..
Doddridge was roughly handled by the po-
lice and it required the assistance Of citi-
zens to effect his arrest, But there were
no means of Distinguishing the persons as
sisting the police from those who We're at
lacking the prisoner.
Capt. Wynne. Surgeon Ledbetter, Naval
Cadet James c. Kress and Langley, 3. ma
rine all forcibly endeavored to help Lieut..
Doddridge, retaliating for the assistance of
the civilians, but not attacking the pol ice.
AT the station it IS added, in the find
ings of the court. there was much ex-
element. The crowd was at first allowed
therein and no one appeared to be in high
authority The crowd shouted and -gestieu-
lated and the officers made demands and
protests. Their treatment in prison was
severe and extremely humiliating, but
there is no evidence that the prison rules
were exceeded y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-18
The Four-Track News.

When the different members of the
editors family ask. Why don't the
Four Track News come ?" it is getting
to be like Castoria, even the children
cry for it." and this tells the story. 1t
is the most interesting publication that
comes in our exchanges, and the reason
is easily told. Mr.. George H. Daniels,
the general passenger agent, who has
charge of it, has the Carnegie faculty
of getting good men around him who
know their business, and the result is
that in everything the publication de-
partment of the New York Central dis
tributes. it is s'aIl right. "-Broollyn, N.
Y, Journal. The subscription price of
the Four Track News is 90 cents per
year. A sample copy will be sent free.
for 5 cents by George H. Naniels gen
eral passenger agent, New York Central
& Hudson River railroad, Grand Central
station. New York.