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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
ALCOHOL AND THE SOLDIER.
German officer Radically Opposed to
Use of Liquor in the
Army.

An interesting contribution to the
discussion growing out of the custom
of giving liquor to soldiers is made by
Count Won Haeseler, until lately COM
mander of the sixteenth army corps in
Germany, and one of Emperor William S
military favorites.
The count is not one of those who be-
lieve that strong drink is necessary to
make a good soldier, nor does he be-
lieve that alcoholic stimulation in
creases the powers of endurance or the
fighting quality in soldiers. On the con-
trary, Count Won Haeseler, after rs years
of total abstinence in the army, protests
strongly against the use of liquor by
soldiers. He says:
THE soldier who abstains altogether
is the best man. He can accomplish
more, can march better and is a better
soldier than the man who drinks even
moderately Mentally and physically
he is better. Strong drink tires
and only increases thirst For soldiers,
water, coffee, and above all tea"
The testimony of this officer, who has
behind him the record of long and ac-
tive service in the German army, should
be worth something in the discussion of
a question of this kind. There is little
doubt that the consensus of expert mill
tary opinion in Europe and America will
affirm the correctness of his judgment
To say that a sense of WEAKNESS and
thirst follows indulgence in alcoholic
stimulants is merely stating a physi-
illogical fact. Excessive stimulation
means physical and mental reaction,
in which the powers are at low ebb.
In the case of the soldier it would
seem to the "noncombatant" that a
sober, clear-headed, well-balanced fight
er is worth more in the long run than
the soldier crazed into reckless daring
or frenzied madness by temporary alco-
holic Chicago Record
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
u. S. SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
Recommends Pe-ru-na
For Dyspepsia and Stomach Trouble.
Catarrh of the Stomach is Generally
Called Dyspepsia Something to
Produce Artificial Digestion
is Generally Taken.
Hence, Pepsin, Pancreatn and a Hest
Of Other Digestive Remedies
Has Been Invented.
These Remedies Do Not Reach the Seat
of the Difficulty, Which is
Really Catarrh.

TX. U. S. Senator NJ. c. Butler from
L. South Carolina, was Senator from
that state for two terms. In a re-
cent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co.,
from Washington, d. c., says:
al can recommend Peruna for dys-
pepSia and stomach trouble. have
been using your medicine for short
period and l feel very much relieved.
Ii is indeed a wonderful medicine be-
Sides good tonic. "---M. c. Butler.
The only rational way to cure dyspep-
STA is to remove the catarrh. Peruna
cures catarrh. Peruna does not produce
artificial digestion. 1t cures catarrh and
leaves the stomach to perform digestion
in natural way. This is vastly better
and safer than resorting to artificial
methods.
Peruna has cured more cases of dys-
pepsia than all other remedies com
bined, simply because il cures catarrh
wherever located. Ifcatarrh is located
in the head, Peruna cures it. If catarrh
has fastened itself in the throat or
bronchial tubes, Peruna cures it. When
catarrh becomes settled in the stomach,
Peruna cures it, as well in this location
as in any other.
Peruna is not simply a remedy for
dyspepsia. Peruna is a catarrh remedy.
Peruna cures dyspepsia because it is
generally dependent upon catarrh.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
DRINKING AND THINKING.
Pointed Reply to the Flippant In-
quiry of Writer Who
Used Liquor.

We wish to answer seriously SEEM
ingly flippant inquiry, emitting, OF
course, the signature of the writer, says
the New York American.
Twill you tell me how manage to
think my most beautiful thinks in
drink"
Some men really do their best work
under the influence of drink for this
reason: Drink has weakened their
nerves and put their constitutions and
vitality below par. They do their best
work when they drink, just as poor,
thin, abused, tired cart horse does his
best work when he is dashed with
whip This does not speak well for the
whip, does it? It does not prove that
the lashing of the horse is a noble
process or the whip an admirable instru-
ment. 1t simply proves that if you
abuse an unfortunate creature and rem
der him unfit for work, you must abuse
him still more to get little work out
of him.
You think your most beautiful
thoughts in drink for various reasons.
In the first place, when you drink
you are quite easily pleased, and you
are pleased most easily with yourself.
If you were sober, your thoughts would
not seem so beautiful to you. Often
what you think in drink you would be
very sorry to hear repeated in your dull,
sober hours.
In the second place, feeling is essen
tial to any strong thinking. 1t is es-
sential to the expression of any strong
emotion. The man who drinks hard or
drink has dead nerves and a dead mag
ination when his drink time is over.
Drink sets the heart to beating; it
sets the blood to pumping through the
brain; it stimulates the mysterious COM
bustiOn of matter which results in
thought, and emotion becomes stronger
in proportion to the strength that ac-
companies this combustion.
The coward wants to fight when he is
drunk. He has some feeling The dull
mind gets imaginative. 1t has some
feeling. This does not glorify the cow
ard or make the dull mind better. 1t
usually makes both ridiculous and pa
thetic, in addition to being cowardly and
dull.
Stop drinking for six months, sleep
two hours more per day than you sleep
at present, take in more fresh air, think
steadily and soberly instead of talking
boisterously, as you probably do now.
We venture to predict that you will soon
find springing up in your head some
very acceptable thinks" with which
drink will have nothing to do.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
S REEAiasR5IsaCyea
-
WHAT WHISKY DOES.
Statement by a Young Man Who Had
Killed His Stepfather Under
Great PrOvOcatiOn.

"This Man Knows Whisky" is the
title of an article in the Cleveland Post
of March "a. The article is in the form
of a comment upon the statement made
by young man who was under arrest
for killing his stepfather, a crime that
he had committed under the circum-
stances of great provocation. Here is
the article:
Il would not touch whisky if it was
to save my life. l have seen too much
of its work. l have seen the misery
it has made for my mother. have seen,
too, the brute it made of my stepfather
when he was under its influence. If it
were not for whisky, our trouble would
never have happened and l would not
be in Jail. l never touched the stuff, and
I've made vow never will"
These are not the words of an i'm
FASHIONED temperance theorist. They
are the calm, deliberate utterance of a
young man who killed his drunken
stepfather in defense of his mother and
was incarcerated in a Cleveland police
station. A police lieutenant had pressed
glass of whisky upon him, urging him
that his weakened condition demanded
it. But he knew whisky, and he had
no use for il.
Here is what might we'll be accepted
as an expert opinion upon the effect of
whisky.
This young man has had experiences
that have shown him what whisky will
do. He does not need to theorize. He
speaks with positive information.
But for whisky he would not have been
in Jail.
Decidedly true. And equally true it is
that but for whisky few other people
ever would be in Jail. 1t is not putting
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
PROCESS BUTTER EVIL.
Tons of the Nasty Stuff Are Sold in
the City Markets for Choice
Creamery Product

Director Jacques, of the city labor
atory, says the Chicago Drovers' Jour
nal, states that probably half of the
butter sold on that market is pro
cess" product. Bricks of the process
stuff are veneered with pure creamery
butter and sold in large quantities
Prosecutions are to be started under
the pure food laws. While in a Mich
igan country grocery recently, DR..
Jacques saw large quantity of spoiled
butter piled in a back room, and was
informed that it was scld in Chicago
to be made ipto axle grease. This
vile-smelling, putrid stuff is taken to
some out-ofthe-way place, melted,
treated with acids and worked over
into process butter. 1t is colored and
nicely wrapped into pound bricks, and
sold as creamery butter 1t is sold on
It's looks, and consumed by people
whose taste is dulled by the bad air,
dust and filth of the city. Men get
this butter for a few cents, and by
working it over they often make 500
per cent. profit. Dr. Jacques gives the
following method of distinguishing
good butter from the process" arti-
Gle: Good butter has a grain, and
fractures by medium temperature
Process butter is pasV, like salve
Good butter should not stick to the
knife when cut, while process butter
sticks to the knife blade like warm
81
no assurance Of its being creamery
butter. Examine it before buying. 1t
is easy to distinguish"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
ADVERTISING LOST.
Clever Scheme Spoiled by tile Over.
Carefulness of a Con-
cerned Friend.

As an advertisement the man had had
prepared some pretty little match boxes
filled with matches; and he made it point
to leave one of them, as if by accident wher-
ever he happened to be, relates the Chicago
Post.
That's more effective than giving them
away" he said. The man who finds one
will give more attention to it than will the
man to whom one Is given"
But his friend persisted in ignoring this
scheme. He picked up the match box
and restored it to the owner, whereupon the
owner would leave it again.
Never mind it, he would say; but the
friend persisted in minding it to the extent
that he always Jagged behind when a match
box was left.
One day the advertiser happened to be
in the friends room and came upon about
a gross of his match boxes.
Where did you get these he asked.
'Oh, I've picked them up where you have
left them anywhere was the reply. mo
use buying matches when you are giving
them away, you know"
And now the advertiser is trying to figure
out what good the advertising on those
boxes does him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
SUMMER DAIRY NOTES.

Green corn and grass cut from fence
corners should be fed during the day
with the grain ration.
Give the calves now and then a
fresh sod. They crave it. Why, no
one knows, but it should be supplied
them.
Give the calves some fresh water to
drink, They get thirsty during the hot
days. You will be surprised how much
they will drink.
Give the calves all the clover hay
they will eat. 1t is important to slim
ulate the growth of roomy digestive
organs in the dairy calf.
A calf with roomy, large body is
not necessarily pot-bellied. There Is
a big difference. Only badly nour-
ished calves are pot-bellied
Remember that your future success
in your dairy business depends upon
the young herd you are raising, so it
will pay you to do it in an inteIli-
gent manner.
The dairyman should remember that
gains are never so cheaply made as
with the young animal, and for this
reason they should be carried along as
fast as possible.
With generous feeding and care to
protect the cows from the torment of
the flies, the careful dairyman can
easily keep his herd up to profitable
production during the trying heated
season.-Farm Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
SUCH A MISUNDERSTANDING
The Man who "Rubbered" Was Not
Familiar with Talk of the
Railway.

''When l cav that she was almost beyond
my control" said the railway engineer, 81
threw her over"
Brute calculated gentleman wearing
eye glasses and grassy whiskers who was un-
Intentionally straining his ears to overhear
the conversation relates Judge.
1T didn't do any good, continued the
engineer, so l shut her off; but still she was
jumping pretty hard and sliding around
Infamous" said the grassy whiskered
man.
sliding around; 50 1 give her air"
All, then you have some little instinct of
kindness" growled the incensed listener.
But 1t wasn't any use, and so ! Jumped
and got away just when she began to smash
things
And don't blame her one Bit" asserted
the man with the eye glasses and the grassy
beard. It's a pity she didn't smash you,
so you couldn't come here and boast of your
cruelty. l am not surprised at the number
of divorces nowadays"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
CELERY PLANT MARKER.


pering from a base of two inches to a
small end the size of bolt head, with
holes through them for three-eighths
bolts The bolts must be long enough
to reach through the peg, tire and
felloe, with a nut and washer on the in
side.
The frame is simple affair, consist
ing of two pieces about two by two inches
square, long enough to reach past the
pegs in front, and to form handles in the
rear. These pieces are brought near
together in front and spread to three
feet at the handles. This is to make room
to walk between the handles, and to
spread the feet sufficiently to hold the
wheel upright when not in use. Solid
crosspieces are bolted on to make the
frame rigid. The axle and skein belong
ing to the wheel should be used if con-
venient, and it should be fitted with
leather washers to take up lost motion
1t may be bolted to one side piece and
attached to the other by thin bracket
washer, bolted to the frame piece and
screwed up firmly, with the wheel axle
nut against the offset of the axle. 1t
may be necessary to cut away a por-
ton of the ferrule and hub, but it is
the easiest way to make barrow rigid
If very light wheel is used, box
suspended on either side, as shown in
the cut, in which little earth or few
stones may be placed, will add the neces-
sary weight.-E. ]. Hollister, in Farm
and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
l VNluE11TI'1W'17N71
BUT FOR WHISKY HE WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN IN JAIL.

1t too strongly to say that whisky causes
nine-tenths of the crimes that get peo-
pie in Jail.
This young man has seen the misery
whisky has made for his mother.
And who cannot call up from ones
own recollection dozens of mothers
whom whisky has made miserable?
Scarcely a community or social circle
but has several-often good, patient, I'M
complaining heroines who have given
up hope, and whose desolated hearts are
left to feed on the agony of despair.
They bear the deprivation, the neglect
the abuse, the blows, and utter no moan.
but in their hearts there is moaning al
ways.
The earth has been sailed with tears
shed by mankind in sympathy with the
brave women who send their husbands
and sons to battle, sitting alone at
home with their tears and fears; but
such women are happy, proud, exalted,
compared with the drunkards' wives,
crouching with tears and fears and
shame, while their husbands give their
A4NCS up " lut utNll- uIllh. .
The bright, sweet hopes of their bridal
days have become mockery The vows
upon which they staked their life hap
piness have proved light as air The
love that once bade fair to be shelter
in every storm has been beaten down
and torn to ruin by whirlwinds of
bestial passions.
There are millions of women like this
81 have seen, too" says this young
man, 'the brute whisky has made of
my stepfather when he was under it's
influence
Yes, there is the truth-it makes a
man a brute. He may be good and
kind and tender when he is sober, but
whisky makes him brute. He may be
provident and thrifty when he is himself,
but filled with whisky, he becomes an
entirely different class of being.
Sober, he may not be able to realize
that he can be brute when drunk. He
may be the last one to know the misery
that his drunkenness causes in his home
He cannot view himself in correct per-
spective.
But this young man who was sent to
Jail because of whisky speaks the sim
pie truth. He has seen how whisky
turned a good man into a brute, hap
by wife into miserable drudge, and a
devoted son into an unwilling murderer.
And whisky is no respecter of per-
sons. What it does in one family it
will do in another. What it makes of
one man it has made of millions. The
woe Of this one woman is a woe that
ever goes crying and moaning through
out the earth.-Nationa Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
PLANT WHEEL MARKER.
Simple Affair, Easily Made at Home,
But just Useful as Those
Sold in Stores.

Take a discarded carriage wheel, re-
move the tire and put in is place a
tire made of two-inch band iron. Space
the wheel around with pair of di-
viders, making the steps seven inches
apart, as near as possible to have them
meet right at the starting point. Drill
three-eighths-inch hole at each step
mark, through tire and rim.
Having pegs turned, cone shape, ia
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
She Didn't Care.

Maplehill, Ia, Aug. lOth.-"I felt as
though | didn't care whether lived or died
l was so miserable all the time
In these words does Miss Nellie Barefoot,
of this place, describe her condition. Every
woman who is, or has been, sick and sui
termg will understand and appreciate just
how Miss Barfoot felt, and there are nodoubt
many thousands of similar cases.
1t is truly an awful thing when a woman
gets so low that she can say 81 don't care
whether | live or die"
But Miss Barfoot tells different story to-
day, and her words should guide every suf-
fering woman to the path of health and hap
piness.
Il used Dodd's Kidney Pills, and l am
say to every woman suffering as did, give
Dodd's Kidney Pills trial. and you will
not be, disappointed. They are worthy OF
the highest praise"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
Get What You Ask For,

When you see an article well-advertised in
the newspapers, you may be sure it's good
article, for advertising only pays if the goods
are honest and possess merit The people
who make a speciality of one advertised ar
ticle, like Cascarets, Candy Cathartic, for ex-
ample, stake their whole business existence
on its doing what they say it will. They
must make good,' as the saying is. Read
they get what they ask for, when they ask
for an advertised article, for it's the good
thing that is initiated and counterfeited.
Don't accept substitutes! Insist on getting
the genuinel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
SnIoon Men Concerted.

A great revival IS in progress in Cen
terville, Ia, there being now over 600
conversions. County officers, members
Of the police force and men who had
been circulating a saloon petition were
converted. At once their names were
taken off the saloon petition and later
the petition was defeated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

Ifyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
wise gratis.
Address DR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
Didn't Like to Boast.

my DEAR" inquired a lady of her niece.
''Well, of course" replied the niece, diff
fidently, "it wouldn't be proper for me to
compliment myself, but some of the neigh
bors have told me they have staid awake
at night for hours, listening to my playing"
Stray Stories
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
The House That Jack Built

finds greater appreciation when one reads
of The Town That Jack Built" and the
moneymaking possibilities in the district
contiguous thereto Send two-cent stamp
for copy of this pamphlet and other Katy
publications equally as attractive and inter
,esting. Address KATY" Suite A, St.
Louis, Mo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

Molly Pitcher was bravely serving the gun
after her husband had fallen.
This will make your name famous" cried
the enthusiastic soldiers.
Yes returned the heroic girl; Sin time
pitcher"
Blushing at the glory awaiting her, she
rammed home another charge.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

Gushing Young Woman Ito famous actor
oh, do you know, Mr.. Starlight, I'm sim
ply mad 10 go on the stage" Famous Act
dear Young ladYk'-Punch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

The sweetest pie contains patience, indus
trdy, energy.-Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

''Do you believe" said the lady with the
sere and yellow, that the good die youngy'
How could % exclaimed the fatterer,
how could |, and you so good-er that is"
"Sir!'-Baltimor News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

People who get married for joke deserve
their fnish.-Chicago Daily News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

When a man admits that he is crank
he really thinks he is entitled to some credit
for it.-Washington (Ia) Democrat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

A dull man occasionally makes a cutting
remark.-Chicago Daily News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

What shade do you wish now" said the
medium, reaching Behind the black cabinet.
Can | really have any call for" asked the
woman who had never been to seance be-
fore. Most assuredly" "Then, if it's all
the same to you, III take pair of window
shades. Philadelphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
In the Family.

She-And are you descendant of the old
family of the van Bibbers?
He-No. not exactly; but my brother is.
Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

"Ah,' he said to her over their ice cream.
sit is very sweet, but not so sweet as you. y
ut is soft" she returned, promptly, but not
so soft as you" And it is cold" he con-
Guided, but not SO cold as you. Philadel-
phia Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

there is a future for you if you will only live
up to your own judgment" Mr.. Grooves
Il hope to do bette. than that. | am going
to try to live up to MY press notices. Dos
ton transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

The quiet thoughts of great men make the
loudest report.-N. Y. Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

Misfortune is oftentmes the stepping
stone to fortune.-United Presbyterian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

She-"Mrs. Boreton called to-day. and |
thought she dnevergo." He" Butyou are so
amiable, | suppose you never gave her the
slightest hint that you wanted her to 60"
She" Indeed, l did not If had, she'd be
here now Town and Country.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27

81 have prescribed the Complete Treat
ment called by my name and sold by all
druggists in hundreds of thousands of very
serious cases, with uneXampled success,
and most satisfactory results. DIR. $40
CUM
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-07-18
LeprOsy i'm the Philippines.

About mile from the business
section of Manila is located the San
Lazaro hospital, q large, rambling
old pile, built some three centuries
ago, and inherited from the former
Spanish administration here. 1t is a
story structure, built around a
central court and having projecting
wings. The buildings are of stone,
with enormously massive walls many
feet thick, pierced by infrequent and
small, grated windows. The base
ment rooms are low, dark, damp and
poorly aired, and the whole institu-
ton is something of white elephant
on the hands of the health authori-
ties. AT present the hospital shell
tiers about 200 lepers in one-half
of its buildings. With the compile
ton of the buildings for the leper
colony on Kulion island, in the next
few months, the lepers will be re-
moved. The authorities will then
have to decide whether the dsinfec.
tion of the leper buildings is practi.
cable by ordinary measures. These
buildings have sheltered several hun
dred lepers constantly for three cen.
turtles, and are certaily thoroughly
infected with the lepra bacillus
throughout.