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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16
LARGEST CAPTIVE BEAR.
The Distinction Beyond Question
Goes to n Grizzly in Golden
Gate Park.

Without doubt the largest captive
grizzly bear in the world may be seen
in the Golden Gate park, San Francisco,
Cal. This bear was captured by an old
and experienced bear hunter and trap
per; was purchased by wealthy gen.
tleman, and presented to the city of
San Francisco and placed in the park.
The huge animal is one of the most
attractive features of the place, says
the American Inventor.
The bear was caught in a powerful
log trap away up amid the rugged soli-
tudes of the great Sierra Nevada noun
tains. The trap was temptingly bait
ed and the animal deliberately walked
to his fate, and became a prisoner. At
the time of his capture the bear was
full grown, in fact, was middle aged.
For time the animal was sullen, fero-
cious, and wild with fury by turns.
1t was no easy or safe task to trans
fer the bear to a strong iron cage
and bring him by team and rail to San
Francisco. But finally the savage,
powerful monster was safely landed
in the park. He was appropriately
named Monarch, by reason of his enor-
nous size and weight. From his mar
row prison Monarch was transferred
to large spacious cage constructed
of steel. Escape from this inclusure
is impossible.
AS to his exact weight there is much
conjecture. That has not been deter
mined, as the bear has never been
placed on a scale. Good judges esti-
mate it at not far from 1900 pounds.
The bears appearance justifies that
conclusion. The animal is kept roll
ing fat" He has very comfortable
quarters and plenty of food which
tickies his palate. Near the center
of his cage is a long, deep iron box
kept full of water. Like every other
bear, Monarch hugely enjoys his bath,
and spends much of his time disport-
ing in the water.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16
s EEE,4iaSIR5lsac,ea
A MOTHERS CHARGE.
BOy-SOciety Women Accused of
Causing His Death.

/. II. Gambell, in the Baptist Stand
ard, vouches for the following:
In the town of -, Texas, a young
man lay dying of wounds received in
a saloon row. Neighbors, male and fe-
male, crowded the parental home.
1.-The scene" says an eye witness, was
Undesirable in its intense agony"
On the right of the bed sat the ia
ther, and on the left sat the mother,
each holding hand of their boy, while
the death damp gathered on his hand
some brow. Solemn awe was on each
face, and the death stiffness was dis
turbed only by the heavy breathing
of the drink victim.
Quietly the mother rose from her
seat, and, turning her deathly pale face
TO the silent watchers, said: MY boy
is dying on the altar of society. /
charge you women with his blood.
From your hands he received the wine
glass; with you he drank at the
punch bowl over his mothers protest.
l charge you men with his blood. You
voted to place the gilded saloon before
him, and it beguiled him to this aw-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16

full end. Each of you have known
full well that the wine glass, punch
bowl and the saloon cannot be main
tanned without victims.
MY husband and my sons, l charge
you before God with the blood of your
son and brother. You gave the sa-
loon your influence, andvotes for bust
ness, and now you would give all your
business to close the gaping wounds
and light again these sightless eyes.
Won't you let this victim be enough,
and spare the lives of other boys and
hearts of other mothers?" Then she
staggered and fell.
A month later this mothers heart
ceased to ache, and her emancipated
spirit went up before the Great Judge,
to testify against the murderers of
her boy, male and female. Society
women and business men, Are you
ready for the Judgment day?" How
many victims have you helped to send
on before? How many are to come
after you, as contributions to your So
ciety and business? Are any of these
victims your friends, neighbors, broth
ers, sons?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16
THE COCAINE HABIT.
Great Growth Marked in the Addic-
ton, and Many Evils Attrib-
uted to 1t.

Even the most casual of newspaper
readers must have noticed how many
have been the cases of cocaine poison
ing during the last few years. Either
the drug has been prescribed in the
first instance by physician or-what
is more common, has been an ingre-
dent in some patent medicine to re-
heve nerve pain. Its value as local
anaesthetic and its immediate tonic eff
feet upon the nervous system are so
marked that the patient grows more
and more to depend on it for relief;
the cocaine habit is induced, and the
victim soon becomes a physical and
mental wreck. The dangers attaching
to the indiscriminate use of this al
kaloid of the cocoa plant, its fascina-
ton for neurOtic subjects, are now well
recognized among physicians of re-
pute, but it forms too frequent con-
stltuent in many popular medicines,
for II is cheap drug, and, unhap-
PLY, there are lat least, so far as
America is concerned) no restrictions
or laws regulating the sale. 1t is diff
ficult to eXaggerate the subtle and per-
nicious influence of this drug. The
absence of those unpleasant after eff
fects which attend indulgence in NOR
phla or choral, the sense of physical
well being and mental exhilaration
consequent, makes the drug more fas-
cinating to the jaded worker, who is
firmly possessed of the belief that he
can discontinue its use when he pleases.
"Cocainism," remarks DR.. 7. d.
Crothers lin his new book on "Mor-
phimsm and Narcomanias from Other
Drugs) lis new disease of civiliza-
ton. Its prevalence is certainly
grim commentary upon existing social
conditions, for it seems to fall most
heavily upon the extremes of society
- the rich and the impoverished
classes. Like other social sores, it's
real cure cannot be effected perma-
nently by any Legislative act, for the
drug habit is merely another aspect of
that big social problem which long
ago fretted the soul of Ruskin and.
still confronts social reformers of
every kind, but much may and should
be done in rendering more difficult in
diligence in this drug. The neurotic
we have always with us; he is one of
the inventions of the nineteenth CEN
fury; but if we are powerless for the
time being to change the atmosphere in
which he lives, we can fence him
around with better safeguards. Lon
don Speaker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16

Persons who become inebriates have
often history of what is called odd
spells before alcohol is used. These
so-called spells are either fits of de-
preston, great excitement, or strange
Indifference and neglect of the ordi-
nary duties. Alcohol is taken as a
medicine, either from the advice of the
physician or from desire for relief.
AS one man expressed it, hypos both
cred him for years before he used spir-
its; since then he had been free from
it. DR.. Brewer describes a condition
in which the peculiarities of the pa
tient were relieved and he was brought
back to a normal condition after the
use of spirits. He described such case
as when under the influence of liquor
he was a sober, rational person. When
abstaining he was Eighty, erratic in
speech, manner and acts, and in reality
he was never sober and rational unless
Re was under the influence of spirits,
and was always crazy and wild when
sos>sr.-Jourhal of Inebriety.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16
BRIGHT EYES BIRTHDAY BALL.

Said Mrs. Mouse to Mr.. Mouse,
Wdthin the pantry wall:
1 really think, my dear, that We ~
Must give birthday ball
To celebrate the grand event,
Our Bright-Eyes' coming out;
Just leave arrangements all to me-
know what I'm about
Expense? oh, that is nothing, dear
You need not have a care
know where there is dainty food
In plenty and to spare.
The invitations shall be sent
In proper form-you see
Our Brdght-Eyes must be introduced
To good society"
The evening came. The lights were bright
In Mr. Mousie's hall,
And mirthful squeaking there was heard
At Bright-Eyes' birthday ball
When suddenly the awful voice
OF Floss. the pussycat,
Cried out: Meow meow, meow!
l wonder what you're at?''
CTwas very rude of her, you know
She was not asked to Gomez
With squeak of terror and alright
Each mouse rushed madly home.
Said little Bright-Eyes to herself,
Amidst the shocking din;
"Oh dear! if this is coming out,
l think I'm safer in"
Marian Isabel HurrelL in Cassells Little
Folks
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16
FOR INGENIOUS BOYS.
This Article Tells Them How to Make
n Shelf and Drawer for Their
sisters Rooms.

This is for boy to make for his own
room, or for his sisters room, for
girls like shelves and drawers for
knickknacks, as well as do boys. Three
pieces of board, ten to IL inches
wide and 26 inches long, will be need
ed-two to incase the drawers and one
for the shelf at the top. Separate the
two lower boards by end pieces of
board three and one-half inches wide,
this being the depth of the drawer.
Make four square corner supports,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16

board, and carefully planed, and fas-
ten them in position with small brads.
Put in with brads two end pieces at
each end of the same material, in the
manner shown. The little balls that
are used can be procured at a cabinet
makers, and at many hardware stores.
They are held in place by long, slender
brads driven through them. A small
brass rod is secured in front, and
from this is suspended, by small brass
rings a little curtain of silk OF other
material, which mother or sister
may be asked to contribute. The whole
is supported by neat bronze brackets,
from the hardware store. The man
ner of constructing the drawer is
plainly shown in the second cut, ex-
cept that it may be stated that the
bottom of the drawer is fitted to go in
side of the front, back and ends, being
held in place by brads through the
ends and back.-Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16
NEW FLIGHTLESS BIRD.
Its Discovery on an Island on the
Coast of Ecuador Was "A Surprise
to NaturaIists.

So thoroughly has the world been
explored that the discovery of hith-
erto unknown bird is most notable
event from a geological viewpoint.
Hence it is that the finding of large
species of water fowl on an island of
the Galapagos group has attracted
the attention of naturalists every
where. The matter is additionally in
teresting for the reason that the bird
in question is unable to fly. 1t is
cormorant, and the only fiightless
member of its family. The Galapagos
cOrmorants paddle about among the
reefs that surround Albemarle island,
but, owing to their lack of wings, have
never crossed the four miles of wa
ter which separates them from the
nearest bit of terra firma in the group.
1t is quite a little archipelago, COM
prising five big and IL small isles, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16
THREE ROBBERS.
| Capt. Alcohol, Lieut.. Tobacco and
Sergt. Gamble Do More Harm
Than All other Highwaymen.

There are three robbers which are
doing more harm than all the high
waymen we read about of the bad old
days put together. The name of the
first robber is Drink.
Capt. Alcohol.-Now | need not say
much about No. 1. Everyone knows
that Drink is great robber, stripping
men of food, money, health and char
acter. But it is not very often, you
know, that robbers carry on their bad
business singly. And thus it is that
Drink, alias Alcohol, the biggest ras-
cal of the three. is captain of band
of robbers, and his chief lieutenant is
the rogue Tobacco.
Lieut.. Tobacco.-Now, boys who
make a companion of this bad fellow
are walking in a dangerous road. Gig
arettes and cigars and pipes spoil what
is good in up-growing lads, and take
away what they have of brains, muscle
and will. Boys who want good brains
and TO get good situations and sue
coed in life must have nothing to do
with the robber Tobacco.
Sergt. Gamble.-AlcohoPs second
officer, whose company we must take
care to avoid, is Sergt. Gamble. A
great newspaper once said that Cam
bling is an amusement to which is di.
rectly traceable more misery, more
ruin, more decentralization, than any
other pastime." Let us, then.Svoid it.
Don't let us ''toss" or bet. or try to get
gain by chance or trickery. Honest
work which brings wages and helps
to preserve peace of mind and health
of body, is better than all the "luck"
in the world.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-16
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

Alcoholic degenerates are specially
prone to become self-accusers. Offering
themselves TO the authorities as guilty
of crimes committed by others or con-
Tossing guilt for acts which have oc-
Cured only in their imagirations.
The present distressing condition of
many peasants in Sweden has revived
interest in the national evil-drink. Re-
liable statistics, according to the AL
lance News, show that SO per cent. of
the paupers of Sweden are habitual
drunkards, and that 80 per cent of pau
houses are the offspring of drinking
parents.
Lombroso, who is the greatest living
authority on criminslogy, recently had
an opportunity to test scientifically the
effects of alcohol in developing latent
criminal tendencies. The subject of
his experiments was man who had
surrendered himself to the police with
the avowal that anarchists wished to
make him their instrument for assas-
SlndtinS tle Ming VI Ildly Inc man
seemed sane, but no confederation OF
his story could be obtained. Unex.
pectedly, after drinking wine, he broke
out into anarchistic threats. Acting
upon this hint, Prof. Lombroso admin.
istered alcohol to him in carefully
measured quantities, and discovered
that after he had drunk a certain
amount he developed violent criminal
tendencies, all recollections of which
appeared to have vanished from his
mind when the effects of alcohol haS
passed off.-Journal of Inebriety.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
ROOT FOR GOVERNOR?
Secretary OF War Talked or for the State.
Hcad-PIatt to See the President.

Senator Plat. it was said last night.
is to go to Washington early next week
and have a talk with President Roose-
welt. Now that the President has returned
to Washington. many things concerning
Republican affairs in the State Of New York
are to be discussed. Incidentally. so 1t
was said, the presidency OF the New York
Republican County Committee will come
up for discussion.
Vt has been printed in THE Sun that
important Republicans in the State believed
that the Hon. Hamilton Fish, Jr,, Assistant
Treasurer of the United States, might be
nominated for Governor in 1904 A number
of other Republicans seemed to think yes
terday that the nomination might go to
the Hon. Elihu Root, whom Mr.. Mckinley
selected to he Secretary OF War to succeed
Gen. Alger and whom Mr.. Roosevelt re-
tanned in that important place.
There have been reports from time to
time within the last few months that Sec
rotary Root was to retire as head of the
War Department. but these reports ap-
parently were premature. and now Re-
publicans on the top shelf are talking about
MIR. Root as the finest candidate to be nomi-
mated for Governor by the Republicans
of the Empire State next year,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
CONGER DEMANDS EXPLANATION.
Objects to Russian Ambassador Cassini's
statement on Manchurian Case.

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
PEK1N, June S. The mail and newspapers
containing the explanation of the demands
made upon China as given by Count Cassini,
the Russian Ambassador at Washington,
have reached here, and the explanation
causes astonishment, as it is held here that
Count Cassini was ignorant concerning the
nature of the demands.
Further establishment is caused by his
amazing impeachment of the veracity
and judgment OF Mr.. Conger, the Ameri-
can Minister here. Mr.. Conger's knowl-
edge Of the demands is based on both the
Russian and Chinese texts. which were in
his possession and which have already
been sent to Washington.
Count Cassini's explanation is accepted
here as unnecessary evidence Of Russian
ouplicity. though nobody comedies that the
full Enlightenment of Count Cassini on the
real deeds Of Russian officials in China
by St Petersburg is possible. Count
Cassin ia not regarded here as being quail
fed to Judge Chinese affairs at present.
Mr.. Conger has photographed demanding
that Count Cassin explain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
PENN. TUNNEL PLANS WAIT.
Won't Ask for bids Till the Labor Market
Gets Safer and Stesdier.

Contractors who have been waiting for
the specifications of the Pennsylvania
tunnel job have been told that one Of the
reasons why they have not been given
out ia the unsettled state Of the labor
market.
A great mass Of detail il involved in
the preparation Of the papers on which
the contractors will be invited to make
their proposals. and while the engineers
have proceeded rapidly they have not
been hurried at all. as the mana cement
of the Pennsylvania realizes. IL ia said.
that bidders will be dubious about entering
into contracts OF such size unless they
have some definite knowledge Of the labor
market for the three years that will be
required to complete the work. The Penn
sylvania will allow several months for the
bidders to study the specifications and
prepare their tenders.
It ia understood that the contract for
driving the tunnels under the North River
will be let in one piece and for driving
the East River tunnels In another. The
tunnel across Manhattan Island will be
divided into as many pieces as possible.
Tunnels must be built on the Jersey side
far up to the level on the flats and on the
Long Island side half mile inward.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
NOT AT THE ROOSEVELT DINNER.
senator Ankeny's Son Nesents His Fathers
slight 10 Himself and Bride.

WALIA WALLA, Wash. June 5.--Nesmih
Ankeny, eldest son Of United Stat es Senator
Ankeny, has resigned the management OF
n 20 ,OOO-acre 81 ock ranch in Adams county
and has gone to Spokane to get a job firing
on a railroad engine. He was highly in
dignant because he and his bri de OF few
months, formerly a oolteacher of this
city. we're not invited to the dinner given
to President Roosevelt at his fathers
house last week. His brothers John and
Robert, were at the dinner, which makes
Nesmith especially angry.
Nesmith ia very independent. In 1898 he left
the management Of -four mill at Dayton.
owned by his father, and enlisted in Company
F, Washington Volunteers, and went to the
Philippines When the regiment returned
he came home from San Francisco by
train, refusing to ride on the steamer Queen
chartered by his father. Eight years ago
he was sent to military school in Virginia,
but became tired of school life and worked
his way home on railroads by the Southern
Pacific to the coast. He is very COM
petent fireman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
DIR. WEBB TO USE EXPLOSIVES.
Summons Prof. Myers to His Adirondack
Preserve With His Rain.Nlaking Apparatus.


Preserve With His Rain.Making Apparatus.
UTICA, June 5.-Prof. Carl Myers OF
Frankfort received a message from Major
Burns, caretaker OF Dr. W. Seward Webb's
Nehasane Park to-day. requesting him to
report at the earliest possible moment
at the preserve with his rain-making ap-
paratus and endeavor to produce a shower
Of rain, which alone can stop the forest
fires in that vicinity. Prof. Myers will
probably 60 to Nehasane tomorrow or
Sunday and attempt to make good his
guarantee Of producing rainfall by touch
ing Of quantities Of explosives at great
heights from balloons
The citizens Of lion have also become
impressed with the feasibility Of Prof
Myers's rain-making idea, and at a meet
ing this afternoon subscribed $500 to pro-
vide explosives for the professors expert
ments. The attempt to induce down.
pour will be made on the lion baseball
grounds on Tuesday, unless the drought
in the Mohawk Valley is soon relieved.
Prof. Myers has received scores Of re-
quests during the day from many COM
munites in the East to produce rain. but
his time promises to be fully taken up In this
region if his work at Nehasane and lion
proves the genuineness OF his claim.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
NINE HURT AT EAGLE mock.
Car Starts at the Top without the Motor.
man and Overturns.

ORANGE, n. j., June 5.-Nine persons
were hurt here tonight by the overturn-
ing of trolley car that ran wild down
Eagle Rock on it's way to Orange. One Of
them, William Curtis. the conductor, is 40
badly hurt that he may die.
According to people who were in the car,
it was standing on the track at the top Of
Eagle Rock waiting for passengers The
motorman was not in the car. Just about
II o'clock, when the car was scheduled
to leave for Orange, passenger who got
on is said to have struck the brake handle
by accident and thus to have loosened
the brakes.
The car went on and before the brakes
could be set again was tearing down the
hill at a frightful pace. 1t turned one
curve all right but gathered such speed
that when the second was reached the
wheels left the rails and the car over
turned.
1t landed on ito top and was badly
smashed. Two ambulances were sum-
moned from the Orange Memorial Hospital,
and nine persons were taken there. There
are said to have been only eleven pas
sengers.
OF the injured who we're taken to the
hospital four were 30 slightly hurt that
they were able to 60 home after having
been treated
The injured are William Curtis. the con-
ductor: Mr.. Cryan of Lincoln Park, Newark;
Mrs Cavanagh of Llewellyn Park, Gus
Goss, F. p Jones OF Jersey City, Gus Free
man Of Bloomfield, Fred Bagley OF Orange,
John Flynn and C. T. Van Cart.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
IS MATTER ITSELF FAILING:
Are Atoms Fly1ns or and VIII All Turn
Back Into FOrmless Mist :

Special Cable Dsspateh 10 TEE Sun.
BERLIN, June 6.--Prof Crookes, the we'll
known English scientist, in the course Of
long address before the International
Chemical Congress drew from recent dis
coveries the deduction that It il oonoeivably
justihable to doubt the permanent stability
Of matter. He said:
Tho chem cal atom may be actually
suffering q catabolic transformation, but
at so slow rate that supposing million
atoms fly of every second it would take
q century for it's weight to diminish by one
millgramme. This fatal quality Of atomic
dissertation appears to be universal and
operates whenever we brush a piece OF
glass with silk.
1T works in the sunshine and raindrops,
in the lightning and flame. 1t prevails In
the waterfall and the stormy sea, and al
though the whole range Of human expert
ence is all too short to afford 6 parallaa
by which the date Of the extinction of matter
can be calculated 'protyle,' the formless
mist may once again reign supreme and
the hour hand Of eternity will have COM
pleted one revolution