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souls of the boys instead of their bodies. and pride in an honest record is still not so rare a1hing but that parents are to be found who would rather see a son dead than see him expelled from college as a convicted and confessed thief.
 But what is the rich boy at college do- ing who turns his room into a poker re- sort? He is enerally merely imitat- ing the customs of his fathers club. where the steady poker habit prevails. He is doing at college. perhaps. what his own father is doing practically every evening of his life. The students have not invented or manufactured the virus of their poker plaques. It has has been passed along to them by their elders.
 Moreover. the sentiment which en- eourages extravaganza and display at college is merely sesmuch food for such epidenics. Cut it out of the college life and gambling would sink to a minimum. i The college swelr' is the person who infects his fellow-students with this malady.-New York Mail and Express.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

Of the period of gestlation of a field mouse or a hummins bird"
 In welcoming reve3e1tly the addition to the worlds knowledge we had no in- terest in Burke. The period of gesta- tion was the salient part of the res ses- tae. so to speak. No professor has dared to deny the genuineness and value of Mir. Hoar's theory. No scien- tific periodical has questioned 1t. It stands majestic. eIephantine. monu- ment of patient observation. still, we feel that Mir. Hoar should be requested, if not in his judgment incompatible with the scientific interest, to communi- cate to the public such facts as may be in his possession, as will show whether the new constitution of the female eIe- phant has been lawfully adopted.-New York Sun-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
4 nor NOT HE'LL srruArEp.

Joplin. Missouri, isn't heard from very often. but it is quite a place. Big enough. it appears, to have a school system. This system has been so ap- piled to one boy that his mother has been moved to complain. Her oldest boy. she says. has no voice and no ear for music. but he has been compelled to study music in the schools, until he now goes believing about home in tones that are satisfactory to him but any thing but melodlous to others. He has no taste for drawing, but he has nevertheless been compelled to waste a lot of time and paper trying to learn how to make straight lines and curves. But, although he has been taught the rudiments of music and drawing, which, because of his ineptitude for them, will never do him any good at fourteen he is still unable to write. Since he is boy of average ability, his mother suspects that he has been compelled to put time on things that never will do him any good and that it ought to have been ap- piled to things that would be useful to him.
 Poor Joplin boy. What pity he can't live where there is school system that would be good for him. In New Haven, for instance. If he could go through the mill here he would not only be able to write vertically, but he would also be able to read. spell and cipher.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

The will of Washington Corrington of Peoria, Illinois, leaves his entire estate, which is valued at s75O.OOo, for the founding of an educational institution in, Peoria. to be known as Corrington Institute and University. His estate is to be managed by trustees until it reaches s1.5OO,OOo. when work on the < diversity is to begin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

measure at a height of three feet from the ground as much as eighty-five or ninety feet in circumference. The roots sometimes extend forty or fifty yards from the trunk.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each in- sertion; Five Gents Word for full week ! Display advertisements, per inch. one h. serfion, S1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4o cents; one week. s5 20: one month. S10; one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

The Hon. Dudley Gordon. the second son of the Earl and Countess of Aber- deen. is working as joiner for an Aberdeen firm. The earl and countess have recently entertained the fellow workers of their son, who is twenty wears of age, at Haddon House.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

R Stripes for convicts are to be dis hrded at the Indiana State prison next Rsk. The prisoners will be dressed in informs os cadet gray, adorned with
 lass buttons, and gold and black EriDes will be attached annually as badges of merit for good behavior.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

He-Wont you let me give you just one kiss before I go? She-Will just one satisfy you? He--Yes, darling.
 She-Then T won't give it to you The Standard.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

he latest novelty in divorce com- irlts is that Of a New York wife her titled husband spent his time cling with the family of a certain paire ''for the purpose of lending an air of refinement" The peo- "a lot of money" but as in, their
 niey did not know how to give Zertainments, the husband was "kive them distinction"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

If is said that most of the timber of Athe South African interior consists of earious kinds of thorny acacia, one of ,a hapdsomest of which is the spread giraffe acacia, or kameeldoorn. Here here is to be seen the gigantic ba- invariably called by the colonists
 am oS tartar" tree. These enor-
 les are sound in the low veldt.
 lber-if tTpber it can be called
 G of sofb spongy growth, A-< useless to any one. The bark, howeyer. is used by the natives for making a kind of strong cord, which is affected after submitting it's fibers to Alue soaking and heavy pounding. No 3arna is done to the tree by this strip ing of the bark; indeed, the baobab kenas to defy time and all other kinds enemies. It is one of the most long, ked vegetables i'll the world and a ell grown specimen is estimated by entists to attain to the age of at least years. A fair sized bad.hcb will
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

homemade lace industry in Ice doesn't seem to be prosperous
 pointed out that half a century Stllere were still over 50,000 dentel- in the department of Calvados who earned their forty cents a In Auvergne there were more >O,O00, while Lorraine reckoned lat nurnber. Now there are not f such 1acemakers in the whole srn1andy, and Auvergne and Lor- can only show 10000. Depopula- sflas been in the lacemaking dis
 It is to the imitation trade, Sits machinery, that the mischief f.e~attributed. Out of fifty Par Establishments which onve gave Aployment to the women of a single pruraI district, only three have survived.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

lter in the London Chronicle, |as 8 reference in Scribner's Maga- So s<sign in a Dutch town, Fl. Y. sanA Morgen Wekker" (which nosAing waker), notes that the
 Is common in the districts
 ondcn workingmen live, and
 ysk from each client is the Makers" wage. All over Lon- 3o. policemen make a little extra king those whose work calls them He tells of seeing a South Ken sDn constable clambering suspi- " upon wall. There the peace caught the end of a rope and till an answering shout was
 The constable explained that liner end of the rope was affixed bakers bedclothes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

ers of the Society of the Daugh- khe American Revolution and er women's clubs and patriotic ms in Pittsburg, Penrisyl-
 to make house-to-house as was never before un- 2at citys in. furthevance
 mans, the new
 Ispring about re- in tfss ssaiduct ot municipal af- They hope to have an apprecia- feet upon the vote at the munich ection in February, especially in Nice of members of the city coun-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14

tide fortunately Cor I'd have had a
broken head or neck most likely, and
as the cold water rushed in mouth,
ears, nose. there came to me like
flash fathers instructions of many
years ago: Keep your mouth shut,
hold your breath, keep your arms
down, and you'll come to the top and
noat until some one can rescue YOU"
and | Immediately proceeded to fol
low instructions to the letter Result:
| went down to the bottom, then, still
holding my breath, turned over and
came up to the top, right side up with
care, and | f1oated. Looked about for
the jinrikisha man and saw none, but
while | was wondering what | could
do next, how l could get out of that
awful place when | didn't know any
japanese word for help" and |
couldn't swim nor climb up a perpen-
dicular stone wall ten feet or more high
in case | could get to Indirectly |
saw his head and shoulders come above
water near the edge. l called to him
and he turned as if shot (suppose he
thought | was done for), padded out
to me, and grasping the bottom of
my skirt, towed me in until | got near
enough to catch his shoulders, which |
grasped, and righted myself, standing
by his side, while he held on to me and
/ to him, the water to our armpits as
/ remember.
Then we both yelled, Help! help,"
In our own language, and soon we
heard voices and then three Japs'
heads peeked over the canal wall and
peered down onto us. By dint of the
man with me boosting, my scrambling
and those three men pulling on one
wrist which they could just reach with
the combined efforts of us all to get
together, | was at last hauled out more
dead than alive, and lifted to my feet
only to tumble down again, for my
strength went from me then, as Sam
sons must have done when he lost
his hair.
After finding out about my baggage.
two of those men took me- one on each
side, and started me for the house.
NV DiONho away. h6uJ q lew TOUS
and then discovered my knee Qeft)
was hurt. and deathly faintness
seized me. l started to fall, but the
men held me firmly between them,
saying most kindly: Mo scotia, mo
scotia" (meaning a little more-a lit
tie more). | begged them in Japanese
to put me in another purunia and hur-
ry me home, but they only said:
Scotia matte, scotia mattel" a little
wait, little waltz and dragged me
along half falling, stumbling. plung.
ing, half fainting They got me home
looking like a drowned rat, and | had
just strength enough left to arouse the
household and toppled onto a chair
in the hall. but l didn't faint Oh, no,
l knew | mustn't; if l did. then the
worst would be to pay, so | held onto
my will power and exerted it as best
| could, while four women and two
strong men addressed and carried me
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
TEMPERANCE POINTS.

Ex-Gov. John D. Long has been elect
ed to the presidency of the Massachu-
sets Total Abstinence society
Stand with anybody that stands right
Stand with him while he is right, and
part with him when he goes wrong
Lincoln.
Enact into every day living the ethics
of Christ's Gospel; nothing else can
bring the glad day of universal brother
hood.-Frances E. Willard.
The average per capita consumption
of liquor in the United States last year
was 19.4S gallons. Such is the state
ment of the American Prohibition Year
Book for 1904, edited by Mr.. Alonzo E.
Wilson, the state chairman for Illinois,
and just issued from the headquarters in
Chicago Among other startling facts
which every temperance man should
consider.
A young man who drinks even moder-
ately thereby surrenders his place in
the commercial world. Should the
fathers and mothers of marriageable
daughters be less concerned about the
habits of possible sons-in-law than are
bankers, railway managers, merchants
and manufacturers about the conduct of
their hired men?-Nationa Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
They Like TO Be Holy

AS if nature had rot been unkind
enough, the Thibetan woman heightens
her ugliness by smearing her face with
a horrible black ointment to keep her
skin from cracking in the dry wind.
Her dress is not different from her hus-
bands. Her browning glory is her hair.
Plastered down with butter from the
part to the ears, it goes off behind into
a sunburst of small braids to which is
fastened a great fan-shaped headdress
falling to the hem of her garments. 1t
is Of spreading strips of red and blue
cloth joined horizontally by iron
bands and ornamented with countless
coral and malachite beads, silver coins.
and tiny bells. The one poetic thing
about ThibetSn lady is the sound of her
gong-a soft melodious tinkle, belying
the grotesqueness of her face.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
MRS. DENISON'S TRAVELS.
President of General Federation of
Women's Clubs Has Established
a Unique Record.

Mrs. DENIES T. S. Denison, presi-
dent of the General Federation of
Women's clubs, is at present at her
home in West One Hundred and Third
street, Manhattan, resting between
Journeys. And she probably needs the
rest. For three months she was as con-
lnually on the road as a commercial
traveller. In those three months she
Travelled more than most women do in
lifetime, and all without going out.
side of the United States. She crossed
the Mississippi six times. got almost
out to the coast twice and kept en-
gagements in Louisiana and Texas,
and engagements in Michigan and the
Dakotas. She visited 22 states in all.
Travelled about 10000 miles, talked to
not far from 100000 women and came
home fresh as a daisy and having
gained weight during her travels.
That is something of a record even
for these strenuous days, and now she
has started off again to Florida first
and possibly to one or two other places.
All this, of course, on federation bust
ness. Who takes the place of presi-
dent to that enormous aggregation of
women must make up her mind to put
her own private and personal affairs
entirely in the background for two
years. And even that Mrs. Denison has
not done, inasmuch as her mother has
been very lila situation which she
did not foresee when she took the
presidency-and she has been drawn
hither and yon by divided duty, and
succeeded in neglecting neither. But
poor Mr.. Denison! He has been prac-
tically Wireless for the past year, be-
tween his wife's mother and his wife's
clubs. However he brought it on him
self, so far as the clubs are concerned,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
THE PHOTOGRAPH FAN.

framework is of thin silk and tortoise
shell, the mount deliberately decorated
in gold. In orchid design silk is ap-
pliqued on the foundation fabric, with
the petals so arranged as to leave
space for the painted portraits of the
owners dear friends. In place of the
painted picture tiny photograph may
be inserted if desired, and if cleverly
done the effect is good, although the
painted miniature adds to the pictur-
esque and artistic effect of the fan. The
college girl, the debutah1e and the
young girl in general is likely to ap-
prove of such fan, as it can be made
to serve a decorative as well as usefuf
purpose and hold the place of honor as
photo frame.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14

for it was he who urged and encour-
aged his wife to go into club life and
cheered her through her first moments
Of stage fright and was so proud and
pleased at the general recognition of
her brilliancy and graciousness and
ability that she couldn't help being
pleased and proud with him.
Speaking of her travels-and even
as she spoke Mrs. Denison was dressed
and ready to go to big local club re-
ception as guest of honor'-she said
to Brooklyn Eagle reporter: Il had
perfectly delightful trip in every
way. 1t seemed to me that each town
outdid the last had visited in its well
come And those western club women
They are such forceful, brainy, prac-
teal creatures. They don't seem to
waste so much time on unimportant de-
tails, but get right down to the meat
OF the matter. | suppose that in our
eastern cities our various reforms and
charities and public works are so we'll
organized so crystalliZed that there is
not so much for the clubs to do. But
out west the women's clubs are an &C.
tive living public force, doing things
that ought to be done, accomplishing
things that need accomplishing. And
their hospitality is not mere civility:
their politeness seems to be a deep
seated courtesy that springs from real
Kindness.
Il think any one who had been on
my recent trip with me would have
realized the uses Of women's clubs.
Possibly occasionally they would have
realized their abuses, too. But in the
main they do stimulate and develop.
And the club woman is not necessarily
a masculine, domineering, unwomanly
creature. She can overdo it, of course,
and sometimes clubs seem to become
an obsesson with women. But those
are the women who are naturally i'll
balanced; if it wasn't clubs it would
be something else. OF course, a whole
lot of them take themselves with ire
mendous seriousness and are awfully
funny.
This southern trip of mine is prob
ably the last one | shall take as presi-
dent of the general federation. My
term ends in the spring"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
HINTS FOR YOUNG MOTHERS
Caring for the Baby Is Robbed of
Many Trials by Adopting
Rational System.

Young mothers usually know very
little about the care of babies, and this
lack OF knowledge is apt to make the
task seem very difficult one. Let his
clothes be soft, warm and comfortable.
We often fail to realize how much
more sensitive he is to changes of
temperature than we are, and are not
careful enough to guard against them
The room in which he stays should be
kept as near the same temperature as
possible, and we'll ventilated, but avoid
keeping him in a draft or he will be
apt TO have the collie. A healthy baby,
that has not been taught bad habits,
will be happy and contented in his crib
the greater part of the day, allowing
the mother time to attend to other
| duties, or to rest. He does not need
to be held in your arms all the time,
and he never needs to be carried about
to amuse him. Few mothers are strong
enough for that task, and they should
never begin it. A great deal of worry
and many cross spells might be saved
II the mother would begin by having
regular hours for feeding and bathing
the baby The bath should never be
neglected, for SO much of his comfort
depends upon it that he will be rest
less and cross without it. Have the
room warm and the water just warm
enough for comfort. Get the bath tub
in place, with towels and clean clothes
hung on a chair before the fire. SO they
will be at hand when needed. Batha
him quickly, and wipe him dry with
very soft linen towel. Dust him I'M
der the arms and any other places
that seem in danger of chafing with a
powder composed of ten parts talcurI
powder and one part boracic acid, thor
oughly mixed by sitting together two
or three times. This is very soothing
and healing, and when prepared at
home it is inexpensive, and one can be-
sure to have it pure. Slip his clothes
on and fasten them with as little turn
Ing and twisting as possible, and if he
is not hungry he will fall into a quiet.
refreshing sleep.
When babies are teething they need
special care to keep them we'll. They
should have plenty of simple and nu.
trltious food that is easily digested.
The gums become swollen and the
mouth feveriSh. Give them a drink of
water occasionally and see how eager
ly they take it. ANY tendency toward
diarrhoea should be checked at once
II home remedies fail call a physician
without delay.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
S EEy z 5sR
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Miss Kara Smart Meets with Serious
Accident at Hands of Drunk
en- japanese.

eve are permitted to quote the fol-
lowing extracts from a personal letter
to Miss Smart's mother.-Editors of
the Union SigTal)
Tokyo, Japan.-The other evening,
as | was coming home. after a days
abseroe travelling over the same
road | have Travelled hundreds of
times, my jinrikisha man turned abb
ruptly and darted off the road into the
big canal along which the road runs.
1t was done so quickly had no time
to jump to save myself nor to stop the
man.
Almost the first thing | knew saw
him dropping into that awful black
hole, then saw one wheel go over 1--WE
went sideways fortunately the stone
wall lining side of canal, and then |
was hurled into gulf of pitch darkness
and knew nothing more eltil | struck
the water some fifteen feet distant.
Down. down l went. for it was high
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPH FANS.
A Novelty from Germany Which Is
Destined to Become Quite Pop
ular in This Country.

Of the making of fans there appears
to be practically no end in clese days,
and novelty and artistic results are
the dual aims of the designer and
manufacturer of these essential posses
sions of maid and matron. The French
man and the American are exceeding
ly adept as fan designers and con-
structors, but the newest idea in this
line comes from the land of the leu
ton. 1t is the photograph fan, of
which a picture is here shown. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
out the worst never really happens.

but the worst never Teally happens.
No artist should attempt to select a
living model unless he understands fig
lres.
After marrying the man who courted
her girl is apt to find that he's another
man.
Truth is constantly getting in the way
Of some people, That is probably why
t is crushed to earth so often.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
A reproduction of the cottage in which
the grandfather of the late President
Mckinley was born in ireland will be
one OF the features of the Irish exhibi.
ton at the worlds fair.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
Drunken Fish.

Bridgeport fishermen were aston
ished and puzzled yesterday by the re-
markable spectacle of intoxicated fish.
One fisherman said he thought all the
fish had gone crazy, They wiggled
and waggled about in the strangest
manner, Search for the cause of the
spectacular actions Of the fish brought
to light the fact that Deputy Sheriff
Doolan had emptied about 80 casks of
red wine into sewer which feeds into
the harbor The wine was seized by
the police in an Illicit still.-National
Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
Stufing for Green Peppers.

Corned beef hash is said to make an
excellent stufing for green peppers
or course no one would make hash on
purpose to stuff peppers with, but hash
is often left over. A housewife of an
experimental frame of mind who had
'vash left over filled some peppers with
It, poured around them brown gravy
OF butter, Hour ana water and baked
them. She says there is no doubt of
the success Of that experiment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Some die with heart failure and some
live with head failure.
1t isn't always the best actress that
gets the most followers.
Nothing jars man like being COM
pelled to love by contract.
Somehow man generally loses his
nerve just when he needs it most.
In order to start the political machine
one must drop dollars in the slot.
Every time man calls his wife an
angel she thinks he's been drinking.
A good many things are bad enough,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-04-14
Cleaning White Satin Shoes.

White satin shoes may be easily
cleaned at home. Stuff out the shoe in
shape and rub it gently with a soft
cloth dipped in methylated spirit, re-
peating till clean. Dry with a clean,
soft cloth.