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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
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CIDER VINEGAR.
The Only Kind That Is Pure md Alb
soIutely Safe for House
hold Use.

Old-fashioned cider vinegar that used
to be made from hard cider. A long row
of cider barrels in a well-ventiiated Gel
lar.
First, the cider is sweet, very palatable
and much used as beverage by farmers,
and is even sold in some saloons.
Afterwards, the cider becomes hard.
In olden times it was still used as bev-
erage by the New Highlander, who was
perfectly innocent of any suspicion that
it was an intoxicating beverage. The
next change which happened to the cider
was when it turned into vinegar This
was the sort OF vingar our forefathers
used This is the only vinegar that is
absolutely safe to use, says Medical Talk
for the Home.
The present method of making spirit
vinegar has great many liabilities A
low proof solution of alcohol is passed
over beech shavings or birch twigs That
have been soaked in the mother of vim
egar or vinegar essence. This very
quickly converts the alcohol into vine
gar. Sometimes sulphuric acid is add
ed, and even hydrochloric acid.
The addition of any acid renders the
vinegar very liable to dissolve any metal
with which it comes in contact, copper,
tin, brass, bismuth, mercury or zinc.
Vinegar that contains the slightest trace
of any one of these minerals is apt to
be the cause of slow poison, sometimes
fatal poison.
The only safe vinegar to use is the
old-fashioned vinegar In order to be
quite sure that it is genuine it should
be procured, if possible. direct from the
farmer who makes the cider and allows
1t to sour. During the past temperance
crusades great Encouragement was
raised against the manufacture of cider
| by farmers. Cider was under the ban OF
the temperance classes because of its
supposed damage to the good morals
of the people This has resulted in a
| great falling off in the product Of vine
| gar by the farmers, and has encouraged
the manufacture of cheap and artificial
vinegars, which are very deleteIious
and sometimes absolutely poisonous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
The Slaughter Goes On.

The rate at which our railroads are
killing ard manning people continues
steadily to increase. According to the
report of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission on railroad accidents in the
United States, within the three months
ending March 81 last, 300 people were
killed and 2,S34 injured in train acct
dents. Other kinds of accidents, includ-
Ing those sustained by employees while
at work, run up the total casualties to
827 killed and II ,481 injured. That these
accidents cannot be put down entirely
to the fault Of the passengers and en-
ployes themselves is shown by the fact
that during the quarter under consid-
Grafton 1850 trains were in collision
and 1881 trains were derailed.--Scie
| tltic American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
GIRLS LEARNING TO BOX.
1t Is the Fad Nowadays to Indulge
In the Manly Art of
Fisticuirs.

A teacher of boxing at the east records
the somewhat surprising fact that many.
of his pupils of late are young women
of high character and good social posi-
ton, reports a Chicago paper 1T is
just as essential for a girl to know how
to use her fists in an emergency as it is
for man. said he. 1T is not at all IN
common for three or four women to Join
an evening class of boxing lessons and
some of them are quite proficient Box
ing is far more useful to a woman than
fencing, although many of them do not
seem to think so. know several teach
ers who give private lessons to women,
bit that is expensive. Any woman can
learn all that she wants to know about
boxing in five dollar course. The only
thing then is practice and to remember
what she has been taught when an
emergency arises.
Some women go in for boxing simply
for the exercise. There is nothing bet
ter for teaching them agility on their feet
and for reducing flesh on the shoulders,
bust and hips. Women must be taught
differently from men They can't stand
rough and tumble work But they can
be taught to hit hard and just where to
land an effective blow when it is most
needed.
You will notice that the young wo-
men who have got into print lately for
knocking down Washers knew just how
to use their fists. We teach women eff
fective blows for just such emergencies.
It is not sufficient to aim for the point of
a mans chin. The essential thing is to
keep cool and watch the opportunity to
hit on that spot when his teeth are
clinched, as they are pretty sure to be If
he is surprised or angry. Then any wo-
man who knows the blow can knock him
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
RESURRECTED LOVE-LETTER.
Never Were Even Partly
Fulfilled.

My dear said Mrs. Puppernan to
her husband, one evening, 4 was look
ing over bundle of old letters to-day,
and found this one which you wrote to
me before we were married, when you
were young and sentimental"
What does it say?"
III read it: Sweet idol Of my lonely
heart: If thou wilt place thy hand in
mine. and say, Dear love, I'll be thy
bride" we'll fly to sunny Italy, and
there, meath soft cerulean skies, we'll
bask, and sing and dream of naught but
love. Rich and costly paintings by the
old masters shall adorn the walls of the
castle I'll give you. Thy bath shall be of
milk. A box at the opera shall be at
thy command, and royalty shall be thy
daily visitor. Sweet strains of music
shall lull thee at eventide, and warbling
birds shall wake thee from thy morning
slumber. Dost thou accept? Yes, yes
oh, fly with me-
And | flew" said Mrs. Popperman.
But if had been as fly as l am now I
wouldn't have flown"
why, my dear?"
why? Have you done as you prom
ised in that letter? When we were mar
ried, did we fly to sunny Italy and bask
meath soft cerulean skies? Didn't we
go to Southend and spend two weeks
fishing for cells at the end of that mile
and quarter pier?"
well. yes"
"And how about the pictures? You
know very well that every rich and cost
ly painting in this house is a chrome
from the grocer's."
"W,u?"
Thy bath shall be Of milk Do I
battle in milk, or isn't it like pulling
teeth every morning to get copper
out of you to buy milk for the baby"
Kinder"
Royalty shall be thy daily visitor
The only Gaily visitors have are the
tally-man and beggars."
/ faint my fault"
Sweet strains of music shall lull
/ thee at eventide.' Oh, yes. The only
/ chance | have to listen to the sweet
! strains of music is when you and 20
out walking at night, and follow NOR
/ key and hand organ round the STREETS. "
"Oh! | am so sleepy"
81 don't care if you are Where are
the warbling birds you promised me?
| hear Mrs. Maeinnis growing roosters
next door every morning. Perhaps they
are what you meant?"
well. never mind"
But will mind. was to have a box
at the opera. Where is it? The only
time 90 to the opera is when you gel
billposters' tickets for two to the pit ,
IT'S too bad"
ut is too bad. And then you said
we'd talk and dream of naught but love
Since | married you we've talked and
dreamed of naught but rent. Good night
sir and, relates London Bits, Mrs
Popperman turned out the gas ant
jumped into bed, leaving Mr.. Poppermar
to bark his shins against the wardrobe
In trying to grOpe to bed in the dark.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
History Rcpeating Itself.

Daughter, you ought not to wear
those high-heeled shoes They Will
make corns on your feet
How DO you know, mammal"
by experience. | used to wear them
when | was girl
Did grandma tell you they would
make corns on your feet if you Wore
them?"
YES"
How did she know"
"She found out by experience, just as
| did"
Hadn't she any mamma to warn her
against wearing them?"
"Oh, yes.
But she wore them, just the same?"
ITO be sure"
"And you did, too?"
Eyes; that is what was telling you"
"Well, if | ever have any daughters
II be able to give them warning
against high-heeled shoes from my OWE
experience, won't II"
puts them on.)-Chicagc Tribune,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
Odd COrpOratiOn.

One of the corporations lately organ
lied under the laws of Maine is known
as the Conscience Law corporation,
and its purpose is to provide II ans
portation medium for conscience money
or conscience property, real or personal.
Its letter head bears the balance scale
of justice, with conscience law" in
the lower balance and Legal Law in
the upper. Along the side of the sheet
are these mottos: THE foundation of
true success in life is revealed in the
Holy Bible and in no other book" do
unto others as you wish them to do unto
you,' and "As you SOW, so shall you
also reap"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
Women of Business,

Two young women in New York have
lately made hit as stock brokers. One
of them was school teacher. Many
women would rather deal with woman
broker when possible and men in the
same line like her because she carries
on her affairs in a businesslite way.
The other woman broker, who has an
uptown Office, is just as discreet and
systematic. They are both making
money.-N. Y. Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
The Lost Continent Again.

1t is reported from London that Mr.,
Scharff, of the Royal Irish academy.
has revived the hypothesis of lost
continent in the Atlantic, which at one
time joined America to Europe. He be-
lieves that Portugal was connected to
the Azores and Madeira until the Mo
Gene age of geology. Morocco was then
united to South America, through the
Canaries, by a land link which took
in St Helena. According to Mr.. Scharff
it was only at the beginning of the
tertiary epoch that Europe was en-
croached upon by the sea.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
Suicides in Wet weather.

1t is a we'll known fact that after a
rainy spell in Paris the banks of the
Seine are sometimes fairly strewn with
the bodies of suicides. 1t is usually
found that the victims are absinthe
drinkers or chronic users Of some drug.
Gloomy weather always sends them
into fits Of melancholy, and while in
this state the impulse toward suicide
becomes uncomfortable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01
Out of the Question.

"You should sleep on your right side,
madam"
Il really can't do it, doctor My
husband talks In his sleep, and can't
hear thing with my left ear."-Strav
Stories.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01

AS Counryman day turning up the ground with his
pow he OF Transported with
fell the Earth and thanked her for her kindness and beaty
appeared and said him. you thank the
and think of IT, instead of finding this
lost it, should have been the first would have blamed
whose $ i'll
should have found fault with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-01

King Edward is the only English
monarch who has visited St PauPs
publicly for any purpose but that of
thanksgiving. Only one sovereign has
exceeded the number of visits made by
VII. to the present structure,
Queen Anne paying no fewer than seven
0 commemorate victories over France
aad Spain.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
.Sl2.ryis ors Upheld Robbins.

In the matter of the back tax as
sessment against trustees or represen-
atives of those who loaned money
which was not taxed the Board OF
Supervisors Of Warren county have
rendered the opinion that o. s. Rob
bins, an attorney, would not have to
testify as the revenue Agent wanted
him to do In cases Of his clients
Robbins was summoned before this
Board to testify as to who the beni-
ficiaries were in certain deeds of tru-i
wherein he had. made loans as counsel
and attorney, the deeds Of trust be-
ing made to him and no beneficiary
named The attorneys for the Stat
Revenue Agent contended that this
was not matter which the witness
could claim the privilege of refusing
to disclose. 1t vas represented tc
the board that. as an attorney and
caansel Mr.. Robbins cannot, under
the law. be compelled to answer ques.
tions as prepounded to him. He was,
therefore, excused from answering.
The Revenue sgent, through his at
torney, excerpts to the ruling of the
Board in absolving Mr.. Robbins from
answering the questions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
Appeal to Supreme Court.

St. Paul, Mimi. The United
States court of appeals having de-
cided the suit of the United States
against the Northern Securities
Company, in favor of the govern
ment. the ney5 step to be taken by
the defendants Will be to file an ap
plication for leave to appeal to the
supreme court of the United States.
This application for leave to appeal
to the supreme court of the United
States. This application will be
filed with tie clerk of the circuit
in ST. Paul and will De acted on by
a Judge of the circuit court.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
HILLS SCHEDULED.
Washington Man May Get the Vacancy
In the Treasury.

Washington. The impression is
strong amcng treasury officials and
employees that Secretary Shaw will
not go outside CT Washington for an
assistant secretary to succeed Mil
ton f. Allies, and that he will finally
decide upon Wallace H. Hills for
the position. MIR. Hills extensive
acquaintance with affairs and the
personnel in the treasury rerders
his selection extremely logical, and
likewise makes it UNLIKELY that a
new man will be brought In who is
unfamiliar with the work of the de-
partment. Secretary Shaw will not
be in a hurry about the matter. and
has not given the slightest indica-
ton OF his intentions.
Mr.. Hills is from New YORK, has
always been Republican and
geographically, politically and 9TH
erwise is looked upon as the strong
est man now in the race.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17

An important case affecting the
lum Der interests of the State has been
decided in the Circuit Court at Quit
man. The Legislature OF 1900 sought
to impose privalege tax on saw mill
operators who shipped lumber out of
the State and who bought timber
without buying the land. Under this
act the Revenue Agent sued the Mis-
sissippi Lumber Company, of this
place, for 1925 for privilege taxes
alleged to be due. On demurrer Judge
Neville held the act void as contraven-
ing that section of the State Consli-
tation which provides that taxation
shall be uniform and equal through
out the State, and also as infringing
the Interstate Commerce clause of the
United States Constitution. Samuel
H. Terral, Jr. Of his place, repre-
rented the Mississippi Lumber Com
pany, while Pierce and Jayne and
Fridge, Of Ellisville, represented the
Revenue Agent, The case will be
farried to the Supreme Court, and if
Judge Neville is affirmed several
thousands of dollars will have to be
refunded by the State.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
TREATS FOR TEDDY.
Dynamite Bombs to be Exploded in Mar
row Defiles of Yosemite Valley.


row Defiles of Yosemite Valley.
Washington.-The president will
be treated to several novel senSa-
lions next month when be is in
Yosemite Valley. The state commits
sioners in charge of the valley have
evolved a scheme of exploding
dynamite bombs in narrow detiles
whose walls stand sheer 5000 feet.
The dropping OF a pebble makes
remarkable echo. and it is believed
that the dynamite explosions will
give series OF echoes that will
make the president think dozen
San Juan hill battles are being
fought. The same night being
fought. The same night a monster
bonfire will be ignited on the ex-
treme tip OF Glazier Point, a rock
overhanging the valley, and 5000
feet high. When the fire is at its
height 1T will be pushed over the
eff. making a streak through the
night that ought to be spectacular.
Several other startling ideas are to
De adopted by the Californians.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17

New York.-Employees of the
Manhattan elevated railway have
accepted the new wage scale ana
reduced the hours of labor, but the
men will continue to agitate for a
nine hour day instead OF nine and
one half hours, as proposed by the
company. George K. Pepper. presi-
dent of the Manhattan division OF
the Amalgamated Street Railway
employees, is reported to have said !:
81 want to state positively that no
strike is contemplated on the l..
road. Any member of the division
who makes such statement does SO
to mislead the public"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
Says 1t Makes No Difference.

New York.-Daniel S. Lamont,
who is one of the directors Of the
Northern Securities Company and
vice president OF the Northern Pa
,ific, says: As long as the railroads
affected by the United States court
decision in the Securities case have
not lost identity. even if the decis-
ions were made final by the higher
court, little difference would result.
The same men who own ald control
Northern Securities control North
srn Pacific. Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy ard Great Northern.
What's the difference? The NORTH
ern Securities Company simply
make it easier for these men to run
the roads.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17

Austin, Texas. s.-St. Edwards Col
lege, a Catholic school building
.ituate three miles south of this city
and valued, with contents, at e176,-
300, has beer totally destroyed by
FIRE, which started on the roof Of
the main building from some un-
known cause. and spread rapidly to
every part of the immense struc-
ture. There was no water avilable
by reason of the fact that the iIsti-
tuition is Tot connected with the
city mains, and the only protection
was from an arteslan we'll which
furnished water CROUCH to protect
all buildings save the main one.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
TOPICS OF MOMENT
FROM MISSISS PPI
News of the Day and Notes by,
the Way in the Bayou State.
!. LUNATIc CREATED EXCITEMENT.
Escaped, Entirely Nude, frem sInsane
Asylum and Demanded of the First
!. Man he Met the Loan of his Trousers
...Niles ,UphOlds Demurrer.

Abta4am Arisko. negro lunatic.
who escaped from the State Insane
Hospital. atJackson has been returned
TO that Institution. after brief period
of liberty. WHICH was replste with ex-
citment for him and the authorities.
The negro managed to remove one of
the bars of window on the third
story, at about ore o'clock in the
morning. from the best information
obtianable, and m de his escape. He
got ont into the open without shred
of clothing on him, and took to the
woods. After wandering around for
some time it occurred to him that his
costume was not exactly derigueur,
and he ca>t about for some means of
supplying his mott pressing need.
Just about break of day he espied a
white man named Allen Stovall, who
was driving some COWS to the pasture.
He hailed him, and when the man had
recovered somewhat from his surprise
at the vision OF naked bushman, de-
manded the loan of his trousers. The
white man not only declined to COM
ply with this unreasonable request,
but succeeded in cowing the negro,
whom he recognized as lunatic, an d
took him in charge, BE got some
garments for him from somewhere and
brought him to to Sn and turned him
over to the Jail authorities. Once in
side the courtyard he realized that he
was returning to life OF captivity,
and he thereupon began q resistance
which gave all concerned bad quar-
ter of an hour. In the struggle his
new-found clothes were torn off and
he emerged once more ' au naturel. +"
Escaping from those who were trying
to hold him, he clambered up on the
Jail fence and regarded his pursuers
from that eminence. He was at last
cotton down AID In Jail. The State
hospital authorities were notified, and
they soon arrived TO take the escaped
in charge.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
Touring on a Gasoline Motor car.

Superintendent John T. Paul and
Roadmaster B. Sheaham. of the Mem
phis division of the Yazoo and Missis-
sippi Valley Railroad, are making a
novel tour of largo portion of their
division. They are covering many
miles of road on gasoline motor car
just large enough for the two officials,
though by crowdiny three may be car
ried. The obi ct of this nature of in.
spection is to exumine the track and
roadbed in moro thorough manner
than is possible from regular train.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
ARMY OFFICERS MISTAKE.
sent Girls Picture Instead of His Own
to Go On Exhibition.

Sent Girls Picture Instead of His Own
to Go On Exhibition.
Washington. Army officers who
comply with the regulation requir-
ng them to file their photographs
n the Office of the adjutant general
ire warned to exercise greater pre-
.autior In forwarding. Many Of
;hese likenesses have reached Wash
.ngton without any signature or
other means of Identification at
iached, and the climax was reached
this week when some officer sent TO
General Corbin a picture OF u very
handsome young woman. On lts
back was an affectionate inscription,
presumably written by the original.
but not in any way affording the
department any light upon the
ooks of the officer or even his iden-
tity. The photograph is still in the
adiutant generals Office. but has not
yet become government exhibit.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
Seek Socialistic Aid.

Berlin agent OF the Dutch
!trikers Is here arranging for Ger.
nsn SOCIALIST support. The socialist
eaders are asking for financial aid
Ind warn contributors against send
ing money through the posts to Hn!-
and, but request them to send their
contributions to committee In Ber-
in, who will tor ward TIE same by a
special messenger. The dock labor
,rs of BerliE and Hamburg have
been informed that an effort may be
made to divert to German ports car
goes destined to Holland.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17

The people of the Delta say they
expect to make one of the finest crops
ever known. The people of the Delta
are as game as 6 Peacock, and there is
not pessimist among them. They
have fine section and they are proud
of it. There is no better citizenship
in any State--than is to be found in
the great Delta of this Slate, which
Sargent P. Prentiss called the cornu-
copia of the Commonwealth. A little
thing like an overflow does not damp
en- their enthusiasm nor lesson their
crops.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
Increase for Railroaders.

Denver. Cola settlement of the
question OF wages of the t'ainmen
fer the Colorado and Southern has
been reached. The basis OF agree
ment is a II per cent increase for
freight men and 15 per cent In.
crease for passenger men. Regard
ing double headers the company
agrees that no more shall be run.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17

At meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors Of the Collins Canning Factory it
was determined to push the compile
iion of the buildings NO as to have
everyt thing in readiness for placing the
machinery by May l. The continued
dry weather has retarded the trans
planting of the tomato vines, but it is
hoped that they will be transplanted
ia ample time yet.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
True Bill Against Boyd Murder.

The grand jury of Copiah County
has found true bills against three
parties for murder-Y. b. Boyd, who
is to be tried for poisoning his wife;
John Gilman, who killed Luke Chan
nell in quarrel, and Ed Anderson,
the negro who shot Henry Howard.
These cases will be tried in the Circuit
Court.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
Woodworking Factory.

A woodworking factory for the pur.
pose of making hubs, spokes, cloths
pins and other things from hardwood
will be established in Laurel within
the next sixty days. The capital stock
of $50, 900 has all been subscribed
The factory will employ about seventy
five men. and will be located in King
ston. New York, Cincinnati and Lau
rel capital is interested in the new
ndurstry.